this is deja vu news live from berlin the standoff in venezuela escalates in an interview with g w opposition leader 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 but president maduro says he will not but. also coming up in the dock a trial opens in madrid for twelve cattle and separatist leaders who try to break away from spain if they're found guilty of the politicians could face up to twenty five years in prison. if asked waymark for the berlin international film festival

our correspondents on the in s.f. and david leavitt's are standing by with details on the latest contenders for the top prize the golden bear. the competition is heating up at the berlin international film just we've got sneak peek for you up to world premieres will they make the cut. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us venezuela's opposition is renewing its push to bring in humanitarian aid from neighboring countries in defiance of the government and the military now the country is facing dire shortages of medicine and basic supplies and more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid is still waiting in the colombian border city. but president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to block the supplies from entering venezuela he. says this

aide is a trojan horse and part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government now the opposition leader and self-proclaimed president of venezuela one by dole has repeatedly called on the military to switch sides and he did so again in a one on one interview with news though told our correspondent oscar shanker that model should start putting people's needs first he also mounted some serious accusations against muslims 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 it 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 that we have a failure of a thief and 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. 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 at 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 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 fleeing facing a dire situation we know the mother government is blocking that 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 then he told our correspondent in caracas that he had been distributing the help we don't know exactly where it happened but people can sneak in and out of the country and 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 mass if i don't have to put up a page where he has already one hundred thousand people that have vall. 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 on the borders and putting more pressure on mentors ridge in our case who could become a really tense situation even more so than now how has one by though managed to do this to really plunge mother rose 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 the u.s. intelligence with the governments around ms went out with the colombia with brazil so this has been planned it wasn't as spontaneous as they have been trying to show our right to. arms or at the from our latin america just thank you so much for your analysis thank you now in spain the trial is underway for twelve leaders of the cuttle on separate 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 face 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 carlos push tomorrow is not in court he is currently living in exile in belgium. let's go to madrid

a journalist 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 at the courthouse for you cause to stop someone stranger's from getting close to the two of the courts here and you can see some banners is still there was a demonstration there earlier in the morning show in the court all day celebration or what they call the political prisoners and we've seen also isolated moments of tension with all the people waving sunny's and yelling not beach all that but it has been quite quiet. in the whole morning and things are. 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 law you know road to terrorism got salon . because of the speaker of the council in parliament and to photo political activists so you. can be seen on the bench and they thank you very harsh tones of rebellion you know. i mean orchestrated really for the show a movement. that ended up with a unilateral declaration of independence in the face of carnage and we all know handy if wishing for a miss or count this edition would be six years in prison many of the moment a prosecutor it's important twenty five years for

a role you. think is the ninth name accused of 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 he's here in berlin he spoke a little while ago at a press conference here i mean let's listen to what he said. the trial. has a start even with three this morning he's a test for the whole judiciary spanish system therefore is a strange 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 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 an independent movement it is a whole a strategy of trying to make these try out of political you try out of the i think . one hundred one is government i think to try you really need to show trust far and see if they can this is why for example the. broadcasting live from day one to show you again is that democracy doesn't work and the judiciary is absolutely independent independent foreign so i think i'm saying yeah we're going to move to. story around this whole trial. this is when when when when we think like all right journalist time it didn't ask of speaking to us from madrid thank you so much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world british prime minister theresa may has asked parliament for more time for talks with the european union to

renegotiate her braids that deal may told lawmakers she can still reach a deal on leaving the bloc that lawmakers could support about so far her deal has failed to get parliament's court britain is scheduled to leave the e.u. on march twenty ninth. 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 team saved thirty five people from the building the disaster has raced questions about port safety standards and a lack of government regulation. and 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 the protests are fueled by anger over her option and the government's handling of the economy. refugee football or hockey team has arrived back in australia after being detained in thailand for more than three months al-arabiya was facing deportation to his

native country bahrain on charges of vandalizing a police station which he denies he was freed after bahrain withdrew its extradition request be received a hero's welcome at the airport. parking a rabies nightmare is finally over. on tuesday he made his emotional return swashed radio. with the thanks the is there are you know amazing to see all the people here they're all your big boys their media is the world to me and i just know what they think they are all of. 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 had 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 persecution. in the us republicans

and democrats have reached a tentative agreement on border security to prevent another us government shutdown the deal includes nearly one point four billion dollars in financing for new barriers along the us mexico border but that's only a fraction of the funds that president trump wants to build as wall and it's not yet clear if he will sign the agreement. to draw. there was no escaping the message at this rally in el paso texas president donald trump has promised to build a wall on the us mexico border and despite a political backlash he says it will still happen. setting the stage with setting the table we're doing whatever we have to do the world's being built it will continue it's going at a rapid pace. the rio grande copper go check about. 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 almost 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 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

was. the will continues to divide the u.s. it looks set to play an even more prominent role in the twenty twenty election. nato secretary general again stoltenberg has warned against a new nuclear arms race after a cold war era pact between russia and the us collapsed earlier this month stoltenberg urged russia to comply with the eye and ask treaty which bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the us quit the deal after blaming russia for not sticking to its obligations and moscow followed suit the eye enough treaty is the topping the agenda of a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels this week. now the sixty nine berlin international film festival is at the halfway point our film buffs i mean s.f. and david levitz are down at the red carpet the joining us now hi guys good to see you so what is premiering behind you. hey sumi well the red

carpet is just heating up for the world premiere of i was at home but difficult title it's it's by on a lake she's a german director who's part of what's called the berlin school this is a group of young directors who emerged at the beginning of the ninety's right when the berlin wall came down and brought german film to international acclaim now she is probably the most obscure least accessible group so this is a quite an art house film from her if it has a plot i don't know if i can describe it as such in the traditional sense but it has a plot it's a portrait of a young family in a difficult time opens with a scene where the the boy has just come back as news philip just come back from an unexplained absence of several days he's not talking he's covered in dirt and we never find out what actually happened to him you can see the mother is distressed there's some joyous moments of course but also some outbursts where the mother

really is having a difficulty handling it we find out eventually that the father has just passed away and really a tumultuous time in this family's history yeah and if we don't find out what happened to him it's because there's very little dialogue in the camera hardly moves through this film as i said it's definitely art house and we're not allowed to give you our review yet because it's a world premiere so until the film starts we can't tell you what we thought of it but i think i am allowed to say that and a lot of the people around us were falling asleep a lot of the film critics around us were falling asleep through this i mean and i managed to stay awake through the whole thing we did and i just say that critics who have praised her work have described it as a painting or a series of paintings and even if they're hard to interpret even if it doesn't give you a certain like an air. it is to take your hand and take you through the film it gives you something to look at and it could be appreciated for what it is it's something for film theory. nerds more or less all right but to falling asleep is never

a good sign guys what else is there to look forward to today. oh well we saw an italian film by the director claudio jova nessie it couldn't be any more different from the german film we saw earlier it takes us into the heart of us uni ron naples and italy of course we follow the story of a group of young boys thirteen to fifteen who get involved in organized crime you know one thing that's notable about this movie is most of them are not actors or they weren't actors i should say before this movie they're locals who were cast and they very much look and feel the part now the movie takes us through the life of a fifteen year old boy who is very ambitious his ambition is to take over the mafia basically to take over the turf of this neighborhood and he's smart he's a kid who in other circumstances would probably be training to become a rocket scientist but you know here is in a poor neighborhood in

a poor family and he wants to take over the mafia and protect his mom now another thing that really struck me about nico is he's he's sort of straddles manhood in boyhood he's tough enough to go out and kill the top drug dealer in the neighborhood but he's still a kid enough to fight with his little brother over who finished the snacks right and we really see innocence caught up in something bigger than itself of course is a love story first love you really sense a bond there he cannot see you're at a certain point because she lives in a neighborhood that's controlled by another gang almost shakespearean romeo and juliet tale you could call it that couldn't have been more different from that german or that's for sure all right that one looks really interesting i just bet if you can half way through this festival have you seen anything that looks like it might get one of the top prizes from the festival. yeah we've got a couple of films that we've got our eyes on one is system crashers this is a debut by

a german director north side it's about an emotionally disturbed nine year old who keeps getting shipped from one foster home to another strong debut that you're going to the jury's eye and of course it's also by the grace of god a guy from the film french film director francois ozone a very political film very controversial and of course this film now is not is not shy to controversy all right i mean as a fan david leavitt's down there on the red carpet for us thank you very much gus. back to some international news now nigerians head to the polls this weekend in a crucial general election well we're bringing you reports from the country throughout this week we kick off our coverage by introducing you to people working to assure that voters have access to accurate information they say fake news is increasing in nigeria as the election approaches. in ones in her team and 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 it. the best that's the image found out it was a night i mean photographs dated as far back as twenty seventeen it was a photograph from an outreach done by h.r.t. to foundation in lagos so it wasn't what she said it wants. 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 seen this happen at the press and if it. is somewhat easy i mean it's quite simple to hire you. there's

a whole lot of them but when it's videos they become to be more complicated because . you have the metadata stripped off and sometimes that's what you need actually to track so. complicated and then we audio files. to check these kind of stories the guardian has teamed up with some twenty other media outlets they form 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. is one of the coordinators around fifty journalists involved in the project. everywhere in the world even in the us in the most advanced technology. politicians would always use any means to gain advantage if you to. information do we do that what you see the important

thing is that the one to be do we try to make use of technology that can also. reduce the incidence of you know weaponize information for advantage or to do damage. 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. for ten steps this is how the tech giant advertising in the traditional newspaper. in one's observes the 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. coming up on news asia is india's government putting callus before crops will meet some farmers facing up to play golf cattle protected by law. indonesian police try to force a concession with the snake we'll hear from a rights advocate who says this is nothing new. she will have those stories and more coming in that coming up next on news asia that's in just a few minutes and don't forget you can always have told website to get you dot com for all the latest news and information around the clock or follow us of course on twitter our handle their attitude abuse thanks for watching.

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