this is d w news flash from burlesque the standoff in venezuela. in an interview with g w opposition leader juan why those calls on the military to allow humanitarian aid into the country otherwise he says as many as three hundred thousand people could die like nicholas my little says he will but. also coming up in the docks the trial opens in madrid for twelve cattle and separatist leaders who try to break away from spain if they're found guilty the politicians could face up to twenty five years in prison. the end of an ordeal he was jailed in thailand and

facing deportation to bahrain but now refugee football or hockey mahler a beat has made a triumphant return to australia. and hollywood star christian bale praises the director of his latest film bites. the from his body minor and these are so close margin around in each he does it through comedy and then through that you actually get incredible emotion from the you know it's a very moving through and give you part of the bell on the red carpet of the berlin film festival you'll also find out about how the actor transformed himself physically to be able to play the former american vice president dick cheney. i'm suso misconducts good to have you with us venezuela's opposition is renewing its push to bring in humanitarian aid from neighboring countries into fine. and so

the government and the military with a country facing dire shortages of medicine and basic supplies more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid is still waiting in the colombian border city of. embattled president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to block the supplies from entering venezuela has called the ada a trojan horse and part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government now opposition leader and a self-proclaimed president of venezuela though has repeatedly called on the military to switch sides and he did so again in a one on one interview with t w though told her that a muggle should start putting people's needs first and he also mounted some serious accusations against all those government. we will always appeal to the conscience of the armed forces and ask that they pick the constitutional side we have been very clear with the armed forces that they have to allow humanitarian aid to enter and whoever blocks it will be tried for human rights violations what's happening in

venezuela could be considered a silent genocide when you have hundreds of thousands who've died because of a shortage of food and medicine and this regime hasn't protected people's right to life this regime is responsible for direct deaths like in the case of the special forces that killed more than seventy people in a week for protesting and for indirect efforts because they're not doing anything to solve the food and medicine crisis that. we have managed to hand out a small portion of the humanitarian aid to save lives four thousand five hundred nutritional supplements for malnourished expectant mothers to save unborn lives we also handed out eighty five thousand nutritional supplements for malnourished children to stabilize them that represents over one million portions but it's not enough that can only be enough for a small period of time that's why we need to open a humanitarian corridor the. time is running out for nicolas maduro regime that has no future because he has no proposals and does not have public support he has

no direction he's not protecting his people and this is against the popular movement that is growing being mobilized and gaining international support it's also presenting plans for the country presenting a plan to stabilize venezuela it's unstoppable they can continue to do the only thing they know how to do and that's repression torture persecution or simply robbing money from venezuela but what is unstoppable is that we are going to have a peaceful democratic transition in venezuela for the good of the people we have a latin america desk with us a covering the story for us we just heard one quite they'll say they're a peaceful democratic transition is that really. possible when in the same interview he's essentially accusing president maduro of making moves that lead to genocide well we all we all hope that it's going to be a peaceful transition we have been very tense in the past couple of days following this story because of the crisis of the border calling it a genocide i think is

a bit difficult it's certainly been a myth mismanagement of the oil resources in venezuela for years but. calling it a genocide is going a bit far but as you mentioned before there are three hundred thousand people that are in of risk of dying if the medicine doesn't come in early and we have seen two point three million people fleeing the country because of this economic crisis that has been going on for years now so people in the country also feeling facing a dire situation we know the mother of government is blocking that aid at the border at the same time we also heard though in that interview say that they had distributed some aid how is that possible where did it come from well we all want to know how he managed to do that he tweeted it and he told our correspondent in caracas that he had been distributing the help we we don't know exactly where it happened but people can sneak in and out of the country we know that there's

a porous border for example to colombia for for two thousand kilometers that's two thousand kilometers long so it possibly came in somewhere i think this is to provoke maduro as well to show him that he's not powerless and that he's still managing to get some help in even if mother accused blocking the border and he's trying to drum up popular support as well he's calling for more protests do you think it's possible that we could actually see a showdown at the border well we have been waiting for things to happen it's been peaceful for now the protests today might be massive why don't has put up a page where he has already one hundred thousand people that have valan. to help him bring in the aides his people has also been saying that they will put up centers for humanitarian aid at the border with brazil of the border to some caribbean islands and so we might see more people gathering at the borders and

putting more pressure on mentors regain their case it could become a really tense situation even more so than now how has one guy though managed to do this to really plunge government into crisis well many people wonder how someone so young and basically unknown before has managed to get the role to be the leader of an opposition that has been divided for so long but what we have heard from reports and investigations on the spot is that why door was blocked and has been planning this with u.s. intelligence with the governments around me as well with the columbia with brazil so this has been planned it wasn't as spontaneous as they have been trying to show our right to. arms are the from our latin america just thank you so much for your analysis thank you in spain the trial is underway for twelve leaders of the catalan separatist movement they are charged for their role in the two thousand and seventeen independence referendum that the spanish government in madrid said was

illegal some place decades in prison if they're found guilty of rebellion the trial is expected to last three months with verdicts coming several months later now the head of the independence movement. is not in court he is currently living in exile in belgium. well let's go to madrid a journalist i'm a bit us because it is near the supreme court building there and he's joining us good to see you this is being billed as spain's trial of the century there's so much interest in this it's being broadcast on television there are people there behind you what's been happening outside the courthouse. well i am a few meters away from the court because the courthouse will go for you cause the top demonstrators from getting close to go to all the courts here and you can see some banners just still there was a demonstration there earlier in the morning showing the support all the celebration or what they call the political prisoners and we've seen also

isolated moments of tension with all the people waving sunny's flags and yelling not teach all that but it has been quite quiet. in the whole morning and things are getting quite normal at the moment in the space what's happening inside the court as you know who is in court and what charges are they facing those twelve got to learn leaders sitting on the bench nine of them like vice president got a lawyer the former vice president of the lonely old john kerry the. speaker of the speaker of the council in parliament and do photo political activists you also can be seen on the bench and they face very harsh tones of rebellion you know. i mean orchestrated really for the selling movement and to flaunt that and that i'm

with a lot of the gratian i think defensiveness the basic arnesen we all know handy if wishing for a nest or a town of a solution would be six years of imprisonment but at the moment the prosecutor asking for twenty five years for a road you. think is the nine name i can use to being forced on the moment ok some very serious charges with serious consequences now the leader of the separatist movement we mentioned carlos pushed him off he's not on trial there madrid she's here in berlin she spoke a little while ago at a press conference here i mean let's listen to what he said. trial. has a start even with three this morning he's a test for the whole judicial responding system therefore is a stress test for the spanish democracy because the judicial system is one of the basis of the rule of law in our democracy. so for that

all democritus around the world must be inspired by the catalan struggle for democracy. so i mean we heard there a stress test for spanish democracy now the spanish government is saying the same thing is this really a stress test. well i think that obviously for some on the dependent movement it is a whole a stretch of you trying to make these try out a political you try out of the i think. one hundred one is government has. to try you're in a show i strive for and see and they can this is why for example the trial of broadcasting live from day one to show you again is a democracy that works and the judiciary and the independents can independently for it so i think that's a yeah we're going to see. two. story around the

old trial. this is when when when when we think like all right journalist time it then ask a speaking to us from madrid thank you so much. now some other stories making news around the world at least seventeen people have died in a fire at a hotel in india's capital delhi most were sleeping when the blaze broke out early on tuesday morning rescue teams saved thirty five people from the building the disaster is raise questions about for safety standards and a lack of government regulation. anti-government protests in haiti are growing increasingly violent demonstrators took to the streets of the capital port au prince for a fifth day on monday clashing with police and vandalizing shops and the protests are fueled by anger over corruption and the government's handling of the economy. and rescue workers in the south african city of durban they have pulled a newborn baby alive from a storm drain after passers by heard her cries and alerted emergency services it's believed she was in the drain for at least five hours doctors have held

a baby survival as a miracle. refugee footballer hakimullah brady has arrived back in australia after being detained in thailand for more than three months other regulars facing deportation to his native country of bahrain on charges of vandalizing a police station which she denies he was freed after bahrain withdrew its extradition request al-arabiya received a hero's welcome at the airport. parking a rabies nightmare is finally over. on tuesday he made his emotional return swashed radio. i. just i would defend the law is there i you know amazing to see all these people here there are to be avoided media is the world to me and i just know what they think that. the bahraini football is back in his adopted home after three long months spent in

a tight jail he was arrested in november while on his honeymoon in bangkok on an interpol warrants for his arrest. in his native bahrain he'd been convicted of vandalizing a police station even though he was playing in a televised football match when the alleged offenses took place. al-arabiya is released as much to form a footballer craig foster who led a campaign to pressure the bahraini government i think what's occurred over the last almost three months to fight incredibly hard for not just the young player who . virtually no one knew but a refugee who was under our protection and who we felt that all of us needed to step forward and protect to see him back here on home soil today speaks volumes about the character the values and the pride that we have as australians al-arabiya fled bahrain on political grounds in twenty fourteen and was granted refugee status by australia his family feared extradition would result in his

torture and possibly death at the hands of far range justice system. now back in australia he's safe from prosecution. nato secretary general against altenburg has warned against a new nuclear arms race after a cold war era pact between russia and the us collapsed earlier this month sober urged russia to comply with the i n f treaty that bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the u.s. quit the deal after blaming russia for not sticking to its obligations and moscow followed suit the i.m.f. is topping the agenda at a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels this week ahead of the munich security conference. in the us republicans and democrats appear to have reached an agreement over border security that will prevent another us government shutdown the deal includes plans to finance new barriers along the us mexico border but it is

only a fraction of the money that president trump wants to build his wall the agreement still needs to be approved by congress and signed by trump. rob. there was no escaping the message at this rally in el paso texas president or not trump has promised to build a wall on the us mexico border and despite a political backlash he says it has still happened setting the sage was setting the table we're doing whatever we have to do the walls being built it will continue it's going at a rapid pace. the rio grande up and go check it out. what trump was on stage a tentative agreement was being thrashed out in washington the deal between republicans and democrats will fund fifty five miles of new fencing in the rio grande valley to prevent migrants crossing over from mexico but it's far less than

trump wanted and has been agreed only to avoid another government shutdown this is really a difficult one because the issue is so important and we all said that we did not want to shut down the government we want to reach an agreement. back in el paso one trump was delighting his people across the street at a protest rally was being staying just. only. former democratic congressman better rule is not only against trump school but he's also a potential rival in next year's u.s. presidential election. we stand for america and we stand against. while the war continues to divide the u.s. it looks set to play an even more prominent role in the twenty twenty election.

nigerians head to the polls this weekend in a crucial general election we'll be bringing you reports from the country throughout the week we kick off our coverage by introducing you to people working to make sure that voters have access to accurate information they say fake news is increasing in nigeria as the election approaches. in ones in her team in the guardian's digital newsroom check the top social media topics every morning on twitter and advisor to the nigerian president alleges that an opposition party is offering food and money in exchange for votes the news spreads quickly so the guardian team decides to investigate. the best actually image found out it was a lie i mean quite a grab dated as far back as twenty seventeen it was a photograph from an outreach done by charlie to foundation in lagos so it wasn't

what she said it was. shortly after the guardian publishes its findings the politicians tweets are deleted the team here say they see fake stories like this every day. so if it's text it's a lot easier in the sense that you just need a few people. who are making this claim who's seen this happen you know call up the press and if it's for a grab it's also somewhat easy i mean it's a good idea is quite simple to hire you can reverse actually tonight is a whole lot of them but one is video to be continued to be more complicated because once we do get some social media. you have the metadata stripped off and sometimes that's what you need actually to track a b.t.o. so i guess in a big complicated and then we do files. to check these kind of stories the guardian has teamed up with some twenty other media outlets they formed a collective called cross check nigeria to support each other in the research process

a story only goes online when four of the different media organizations have looked at it. di you are you is one of the coordinators around fifty journalists involved in the project everywhere in the world even in the u.s. in the most advanced technology. would always use any means to gain advantage if you. information do we do that what you see the important thing is that the new one to be tried there are mechanisms use of technology that can also. reduce the incidence of you know weaponize information for advantage or to do time and. the number of fake stories has increased in the run up to the elections nigeria is the most populous country in africa and it's divided along ethnic lines which often leads to conflict

according to nigerian police they have already been cases of false reports causing violence so it's not only newspapers who are reacting to increasing levels of faking us also facebook. the issue. but for ten steps this is how the tech giant is advertising in the traditional newspaper. new lot in ones observes a change in the news business rather than publishers competing against each other to be the first to break the story they are now working together to separate fact from fiction in times of falling newspaper circulation she says this could be an opportunity for nigerian media companies. football now and abundance league a club nuremberg have fired their coach michel kono with the team stranded at the bottom of the table or took over as coach in march twenty seventh when they were

india second division they climbed up to the top division at the end of last season but this term has been a lot tougher the club is only one twelve point so far there are only thirteen matches left to save the season the club's axed of the coach turner and the sporting director and i want to i the knockout stage of europe's top football tournament the champions league gets underway this week with three bonus league a club still left in the competition and meanwhile anguished side manchester united so have a shot at the continent's biggest prize and they face their french champions paris argument tonight in the first leg of their round of sixteen attack coach oleg going arsehole ashar won the champions league with united as a player back in ninety nine he is confident that his current team is peaking at the right time. we're given us the best possible look at unity on the way we've gone into this game because we're confident we've found. what kind of fun or team

we have we look in looking like it seem if there was ever a chance or any time to to go into big games like this it's no brooch. former england goalkeeper and world cup winner gordon banks has passed away at the age of eighty one banks played a key role as included claimed its only ever world cup trophy defeating western four two in the final he also looked at the one thousand seven hundred world cup we made a save against brazilian striker pele many consider to be the greatest of all time . now to the berlin international film festival currently under way here in the german capital our correspondent charlotte shell some people went to see vice a biopic about the former u.s. vice president dick cheney starring british actor christian bale as he explains it's a film that makes you last but also cry. if they. have to root words to be honest you have fears that vice is more than just a bio pic it's

a full frontal attack axe a christian bale says his inspiration for playing u.s. vice president dick cheney with satan and it shows on the show the truth. is. i want you to be my v.p. feiss all to prove that from the shadows of the george w. bush administration cheney was one of the most menacing figures in recent history willing how without conscience on everything from the iraq war to global warming bush approved this. or standing organism with amy adams as his ambitious wife lynne. you know we're going to bomb cambodia and steve carell is political ally donald rumsfeld satirical and at times of saddest vice we'll have you varying between often and hora we were tickled. and it was that absurdist humor that christian bale brought with him to palin at the film's german premiere so

we'll just have sex with the belly but i have cast us there and you guys can see it it's a very intriguing belly but that's the biggest challenge of the scene in the actual . box humor aside bale was also asked a question about his enormous weight gain for this role and the impact on his body it streams out loud you're going to keep you're going to die if you keep doing this . vice was written and directed by the man behind the oscar winning docu drama the big short about the two thousand and seven financial crisis now adam mckay is back shining a light on one of the most significant periods of all time the funniest by the man around these are smart men around each he does it through comedy and then through that you actually get incredible emotion from it you know it's a very moving film at first glance an international audience could be forgiven for dismissing this film as being too entrenched in u.s. politics but they'd be wrong by surprise cheney to some of the darkest moments in recent history and passionately that his actions are still working around the world

today as the old cliche you know it unless you know history will repeat itself so hopefully it will have a factor in that way and vice is already making waves while it may not be in competition at the ballot nala has been nominated for eight oscars including best film director and actor. charlotte shell some pill reporting for us there coming up on d.w. news asia is india's government putting cows before crocs will meet some farmers facing a plague of cattle protected by law. and i don't. police try to force a confession with a snake we'll hear from a rights advocate who says it is nothing new. to. the responders you will have those stories and much more coming right up on it just a few months. to. come

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