this is g.w. news live from our lens from political showdown to the battle of the bands in venezuela tens of thousands of people to a rival music concerts near venice was border with colombia the events that set to kick off what could be a decisive weekend as the impasse over aid for the country heats up. also coming up as kenya's high court postpones a much awaited decision on decriminalizing de sacs we will hear what it's like to be a lesbian in the country where persecution and we try to homosexuals are right and

pope francis outlines new steps to stop the sexual abuse of children in the catholic church the outcomes as a summit in rome years ago and testimony from survivors of break and assault by members of the clergy. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in venezuela where the battle between the country's rival leaders is about to spill over into a battle of the bands groups from the opposing camps are set to play rival concerts a colombian city on the venezuelan border the british billionaire richard branson is backing the opposition concert people have begun streaming into the venue a quarter of a million are expected branson is hoping to raise one hundred million dollars for food and medical aid and the other concert is being planned by venezuela's

embattled president nicolas maduro earlier madugalle closed venezuela's border with brazil to prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid and he says the aid is a pretext for military action. tempers run high as soldiers and opposition supporters scuffled at a security checkpoint outside of caracas. with young boys load up. the lorries are part of an opposition convoy organized by self-proclaimed president one way to go to pick up a at the colombian border. along the colombian venezuelan border many people are crossing the frontier to pick up desperately needed supplies. they're hoping to see change soon. said he wouldn't we want to be free. we want to be able to cross the border more but we want freedom we want the

government to fall they got it is what we all want in elections so we can have a new president at him if i must and everyone obviously and they will see a president nicolas maduro who is against letting any u.s. backed aid into the country saying it would be a forerunner to an invasion. he's rejected the existence of a humanitarian crisis in his country. this three hundred meter bridge crossing from venezuela into colombia has become the arena for the next showdown. on the colombian side british billionaire richard branson is organizing a concert to raise money for the opposition in response president maduro will hold his own concert on the opposite side of the bridge. and covering those events for us we have our very own javier i gave us who is standing by where the concerts are

due to take place soon so on javier tell us how are these being seen i mean are these really a sideshow to the other events the political tension there in venice fail or are they seen as a sign a further confrontation between the two sides. these are definitely signs of more intense confrontation at least between colombia and venezuela let's not forget that colombia has taken about a million immigrants from venezuela and the country has a very strong interest in making sure that venezuela prosperous in its very own interest and this bridge where we are standing right now the border between colombian as well it still is and will probably continue to be the most important spot where the crisis in venezuela is with visible where people cross every day to provide basic goods and medicines and of course we're today as we can see in my back it is the gathering of the most important or national support and the most important or national movement against the government of. meantime we have the

opposition leader won by he wants his supporters to just the five minutes mail and soldiers and transport across the border just walk us through that scenario and whether or not it is likely to indeed happen. well it's very difficult to say because one decisive factor has not been cleared out yet and it is whether the border between colombia and venezuela will be open tomorrow or not that is the most important legal way to get the humanitarian aid into van as well as the plan is actually to have venezuelans who are venezuelan citizens and who are technically allowed to enter the country to pass that many tarion aid through but if they close the border that will become very difficult and that could set the stage for armed confrontation that might be supported by the military we don't have plans we don't have in from. ation about what the orders will be for the military in colombia or even as well and that makes it very difficult to predict. meantime

we know why go declared himself interim president last month what is the situation with regard to his support base right now here because i mean we we have seen internationally he has quite a lot of support but how about within the country itself. you know first of all the perception is that why dog does have a lot of support that is just a result of the needs of the population in venezuela that being said may be the most important factor is that why do manage to unify the opposition in venezuela an opposition that has been widely criticized internationally as well because they were divided against the power of the government of nicolas maduro that is the one thing that has truly changed in the last few months and that is what is marking a very important difference the question is whether the military will actually obey him that it will be the most crucial point in the coming hours or whether they will risk having the anger of the venezuelan population not getting that humanitarian

aid at the expense of of course staying true and loyal to. the i guess that's what the latest from where as we can hear the concert about to get underway thank you. get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has praised his country's relations with china as quote troublefree the crown prince on a trade visit to beijing faces intense pressure in the united states and elsewhere following the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul last year. india says that it is building dams to block its waters from the indus river from flowing into pakistan the move is a bid to punish pakistan following a suicide attack in india administered kashmir that killed over forty indian soldiers last week and a powerful earthquake has hit ecuador about two hundred twenty kilometers from on bato on the peru ecuador border witnesses eyewitnesses said that the seven point

five magnitude quake shook the surrounding area but there are no initial reports of casualties or damage officials also ruled out a tsunami warning gay and lesbian activists in kenya say that they are disappointed at the high court's decision to delay a ruling on decriminalizing homosexuality the judge deferred proceedings until may twenty fourth citing what he called a heavy caseload some activists called the decision quote ludicrous under the current law from the sexual acts can be punished with long jail terms discrimination against gay people is widespread in kenya our correspondent melanie carr deval is following these developments outside of the courthouse in nairobi so you know melanie this was a decision which was really highly anticipated in the country why was it postponed . well the activists i have spoken to believe that the court might be stalling this is of course not what this judge has

been saying he cited myanmar's challenges he gave the impression that they have really got on well with the amount of facts still left to be done for example joked about the kind of document which just one of them himself at the moment and also explain for two judges who are really on this case with him i can't be out of town but this is no cause a huge disappointment for so many people here but hoping here today for a monumental decision to be taken which could potentially have a ripple effect across the region i met one of them and for mary with raymie time out repeal one sixty two could really change everything take. let's close. this switch. myself. just because i choose to love frank.

if it weren't for marrying with three scars he would have a hard time guessing what she's been through mary identifies as a lesbian that is why her stepfather cast her out into the street when she was delivered child that is why she was attacked by a group of men as a teenager and infected with hiv be. poor all of them. and. all of my own. thank you. yes i know i was pregnant. and and i'm so thankful the group who may cause someone to me is. consumed the money. that he's failed to give me for. my son christopher has given mary strength and

pacing prejudiced and dilute it criminalizes mary's very identity if in kenya it's not illegal to be gay but it is against the law to act on it in practice this means that in so many cases like that of mary as you can see i.q. couples have had their relationships repressed by the state and given the widespread disapproval of homosexuality it face constant discrimination and the threat of violence in their community mission we did. we did. you cause they're bringing evil on the world god. not other moms to. not accept it. we can't get out and never learn to that it's our behavior be creative selves. they are born like that i don't know i see it is i'm not. privy to the hostility she's encountered hasn't broken very spirit. ask yourself. a

minute this is. who or how you need. to because a lot different in doesn't make me. the one love. love love i don't know what. mary hopes that soon she won't have to feel imprisoned for loving women and that one day in kenya she might be able to marry the woman he loves. to. and melanie you know we really see there in your piece the range of views on this issue talk with us a little bit more about the public perception of this particular case in kenya is there a public debate about the subject the topic is widely debated especially in the local media and in big cities like nairobi where we have

large bt i.q. communities which have really been fighting to be seen as equal citizens for years now but of course we also have the rural parts of the country which are still very traditional very conservative and where same sex intimacy is seen as something an african many people there don't question a lot of which is basically a left over from the colonial era from the colonial rule rather than a truly african law and now we have these judges deciding whether or not to decriminalize same sex relations where could this possibly go melanie i mean do we have an indication as to how they might rule. anything could happen really the chances are fifty fifty but the activists i've spoken to are hopeful their course the optimistic because kenya has set precedents in the past for example last year a court ruled that fullest anal examinations which were used to determine whether

a man engaged in sex and no illegal so there is hope and people like mary and the activists here they won't stop fighting until one day they all seeing this as equal citizens and can love whoever they choose to love melanie card to ball joining us from nairobi thank you melanie. watching date of you news still to come on the program the italian island of sardinia has turned from a sleepy tourist destination to italy's political hotspot a closely watched election there has drawn the country's tough talking deputy prime minister the leader of the country's all right party. but first today is the second day of the vatican's four day summit aimed at stopping sexual abuse in the catholic church bishops top vatican officials experts and the heads of religious orders have heard stories from abuse survivors about the devastating effects the trauma has had on their lives many have suffered in silence other survivors have seen firsthand efforts by the church to cover up sexual abuse.

and i asked our correspondent at the vatican martin jacques how abuse survivors were reacting to the pope's twenty one point plan to combat sex abuse. well i mean obviously the big tim voices sexually nineteen of oakland in there are many many people in the victim side that are talking in you know there are people that had been very critical of this twenty to one point essentially saying that this is pretty much more talk but there is a recall yelling from what i originally was going to b.s. here a tolerance approaches sexual abuse then there are other people including groups from chile lived was actually very significant figure among victims with whom we talked today who pointed out that in fact there are major changes and major steps are being taken so things are very civilly differ and you know there is no agreement what he's quite clear is that the church does see these as an immediate priority and something that has to be taken care of right right away what are you

hearing from the survivors that might and what do they want the vatican to do. to say we actually a you actually heard a particularly interesting claim we'd sure way to us from from one got a cruise which was like well i really just don't want to talk about my story anymore he said i'm just not really willing to retell the story it kind of upsets me to have to do it you know and to some degree it's now time for the church to actually concretely take the steps and stop asking victims to tell the story it was really quite enlightening it was quite sobering because i think in the media we very often take the position that what we need is just far there are sort of space for victims to sort of tell their plight and i think that in some way where at least many of the people that are sort of here including the ones that criticise is twenty one points from the pope yesterday are saying enough talk i mean we want now

concrete actions. and that was martin jacques speaking with us from the vatican let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the united states says that it plans to keep a small unit of around two hundred troops in syria as part of an international stabilizing force in december the trumpet ministration announced that it would pull out all two thousand troops in the region a decision that shocked the u.s. allies and military commanders. demonstrators in bratislava have marked one year since the murder of the slovak journalist john kitschy at jack and his girlfriend were shot dead last february shortly before he was to publish a report on alleged government corruption the killings and the explosive before it sparked mass protest leading to the country's prime minister resign. the italian island of sardinia goes to the polls on sunday in a closely watched regional election commentators believe that the poll will serve

as an indicator of the growing popularity of italy's far right league party their leader and deputy prime minister mattel salvini has been campaigning in sardinia and. reports from the campaign trail. they celebrate him like a rock star i. italy's fall right into your young minister is cranking out. here in this small town square in sardinia i the beach is only one flag one mine with one identity history culture i'm tradition which must survive. to be able to if you could put it in sharp rhetoric against migrants and praising the electoral votes he will is not to back. lection sardinia is only a regional one italy's paul wright is flying high in nationwide a situation that so he now wants to exploit even if he's keeping a low profile in front of your camera not all your friends i mean is the link there

no i'm minister of the interior and it's not my aim to become prime minister my business right now is public safety the mafia drugs i'm going to have this job and i want to keep doing it but only a few months into an easy government coalition between salvini sleek they were the the and the five star movement of luigi de ma you italy's far right senses the chance to govern alone to leave. has already overtaken its previously stronger coalition partner the pole. the setting for this political battle is now the holiday island of sardinia here both camps are pitted against each other in the regional but. for an entire week interior minister has been traveling around the islands to complain it shows just how important this region election here in sardinia has become it is a test of strength for the parties and an indicator that the entire country of

italy is moving even further to the right at sardinia second largest paper than we have. the elections are of course front page news salvini himself even paid a visit to the news from. a space i think salvini is just waiting for the european elections and if his party wins which is pretty likely then the time is right for him to pull out of the government she said specially since if the five star movement loses again they will be in a serious crisis with. his coffee saying i can use either morning or had a small market in the west of the island so the news media more supporters barack railing against migrants. for gavino modi to who's been selling fruit and vegetables here for twenty years so he would be the ideal man for at least top job you know look like i want him as prime minister he only one who

knew livers only one thing all the others and i'm nothing but he kept his promise. fishmonger subuh talk among also like the speech. he's doing so many things right he loves public order and the people love him look around everything's going smoothly in the market here today at the end of the event as usual but he also being asked the audience to. join him on stage a selfie with italy's most popular politician and if there was this office followers come true the next prime minister. of the more on this now we're joined here in the studio by my tail he is an expert on italian and european politics at oxford university welcome to the program thank you how important do you see sunday's election in sardinia for italy as a whole indicator of what we might be see and what will things to come possibly it's a three way race we have the time to write an account of back by any. that

we have the center left and then we have the five star movement the candidate backed by those so believing is hoping to push even further and ride on the wave that most of even the league is talking about to show the left on the other hand start to see some first signs of recovery so they would hope not to win this election really but to get a bit of momentum and and see a trend where they're coming back the five star movement they're frightened they're very scared because the situation doesn't look good for them and the implications could be massive in broader terms on the top of the political scene so in other words i mean if we look at the national level for example you know not just talking about sardinia we have the far right party you know really seeming to gain ground whereas we have you know the populous the five star movement declining what do you think is the reason for that divergence because i mean they are both the ruling parties currently on the national level absolute what's going on the league is

doing extremely well because they they create and nurture fear there is fear about migrants and crime here especially of the fact that if you look at the data immigration in italy is on a downward trend where fewer few few people are arriving in italy displays little insurance and crime rates are down as well yet the public discourse is one of an invasion and crime this makes it easier also for most of the need to play the. law and order card so to speak and he has a very simple message to put across that he and he does so extremely well by going on this fall whenever you have a crime he puts on a uniform police uniform and goes almost all the messages to send out these very simple only movement is struggling with a number of problems there's internal fighting they are arguing against each other we did the party and this is coming out people are observing that too they have to

promote policies that are much more. two to sell you know we're talking about labor reform infrastructure they are not they don't they're not easy to to come up with with a message and three the electorate all of the voters behind the five star movement are very good surgeon as they want very different many different things and therefore some of them are bound to be appointed to tell us a little bit about how you see sort of the dynamics in italy how we're seeing things play out there you talked about you know how how the parties really tapping into fear of the electorate we also have european elections coming up coming up in three months. and there we also see the projections the polls favoring far right populist parties and i'm curious if you agree and why you see those dynamics also shifting on the european level we do see those dynamics shifting on your own level because we actually are observing a realignment all european politics to traditional cleavage was one between left and right we and was fundamentally starfleet over the last one hundred fifty years

an economically that we're leaving that leave us behind and we're moving to a new political cleavage which is a cultural war where we see open progressive liberal forces versus closed nationalist forces so there's a shift in terms of where the battleground is what we'll also see is certainly a strengthening of civil become populous forces and you know a lot of people talk about that but i think it's much more interesting what is what could happen on the other side there. how and to what extent the more open and progressive and liberal forces i'm talking about greens i'm thinking about the liberals possibly about the monocle how they will manage to come together work together and create a common united open progressive front so we really have a battle for the soul of not only italy's and also europe really ahead of us. joining us expert on assigning european politics at oxford university thank you. now powerhouse english football club chelsea has been banned from signing new

players until the twenty twenty summer transfer window after breaching rules about signing minors fifo found the premier league club guilty of twenty nine incidents related to the transfer of players under the age of eighteen the soccer governing body also pined the english football association the club least a statement refuting the charges insisting that they have complied with faeces rules and regulations chelsea plans to appeal the decision. israel is on its way to becoming the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon the bearish unmanned spacecraft has launched into orbit by a rocket at cape canaveral space station in florida on thursday night the israeli robotic lender will visit around earth for about six weeks and ever widening orbits to land on the lunar surface after a journey of six point five million. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next indeed have you news asia anger and

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