i'm ready. to do. charge more to be on t w. a q q because. this is d w news live from berlin and tens of thousands have flocked to a charity concert in defiance of the venezuelan president's aide to blockade the event on the colombian border organized by the british billionaire richard branson aims to raise one hundred million dollars to help venezuelans software and medicine shortages also coming out of the. pope francis outlines new steps

to stop the sexual abuse of children in the top but church the move comes as a summit in rome hears harrowing testimony from survivors of rape and assault by members of the clergy. and powerhouse football club chelsea appeals of pan am signing players until twenty twenty the team has been accused of breaching rules about signing minor. waiter welcome to the program we start in venezuela where the standoff between the countries rival leaders is playing out as a battle of the bands groups from the opposing political camps have organized rival concerts near kuta a colombian city on the venezuelan border british billionaire richard branson is backing the opposition concert. which is underway with an audience of tens of

thousands grants and is hoping to raise one hundred million dollars for food and medical aim the other concert meanwhile is backed by venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro who says the aid is a pretext for u.s. military intervention he has closed venezuela's border with brazil to prevent the delivery of aid at least one civilian has been killed after government troops opened fire on our correspondent javier are with us in kuta close to the colombian border where both concerts are taking place cover the concert dubbed venezuela aid live is now well under way the rival government sponsored event appears to have far fewer spectators what message is this sending. well it's very difficult to tell exactly how many visitors a concert has so far what we can tell you from here the concert is just in the back here's a dad we had to see a constant flow of visitors arriving and let's not forget that the most important artists are scheduled for the afternoon hours so we still might see more people

coming and it's also important to remember that's a bit as well and she wanted to cross the border to come here are facing very strict regulations and slow down immigration process so that definitely makes it harder of course and this isn't a shows that the situation here in good time is not as it would be in a normal regular day. all these concerts were viewed as a sideshow to all the very dramatic events happening in his will or they actually a sign that the standoff between the two sides put intensify. here definitely a sign off from both sides both sides are trying to send a very clear message to the world this side in colombia here is trying to send a message of solidarity of and as well that is desperate for aid for help national support for a change of government whereas the other concert that is taking place which we can't hear from here so. so far by the way he's trying to send

a message of it as well that is under attack by the united states colombia and other allies and that needs to be defended by the government and especially by the military forces there has to be a lot of security personnel where you are what their take on the situation right now. while the city of received a thousand and five hundred more people from the army and police officers that are trying to keep people safe from where we are right here we can actually see in other terraces of other buildings that military personnel is actually surveilling especially the side of the border and the bridge just behind the concert stage so we definitely see a very tense atmosphere and a lot of presence from military and police authorities. for us thank you so much. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world gay rights activists in kenya say they're disappointed after the high court delayed

a ruling on decriminalizing same sex relationships sexual acts between same sex couples are a crime in kenya and can be punished with up to fourteen years in prison. thousands of algerians rallied in the country's capital algiers to protest a bid by ailing president abdel aziz beautifully to win a fifth term in april's presidential polls. who uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in two thousand and thirteen announced earlier this month that he will run for another term. russian authorities have extended the detention of former u.s. marine paul whelan who has been charged with espionage the court denied his request to be released from house arrest and said he'll be held until late may he was taken into custody in late december by the russian secret service. the german state generated a record surplus of fifty billion euros and twenty eighteen its fifth annual

surplus in a row despite a slowdown in the last quarter of the year the treasury benefited from a buoyant job market and low interest rates. today is the second day of the vatican's four day summit aimed at tackling sexual abuse in the catholic church bishops vatican officials experts and cardinals have heard testimony about the devastating effects of abuse on the lives of survivors many of them have suffered in silence others have seen firsthand efforts by the church to cover up reports of sexual abuse but as one survivor says in this next report a culture could slowly be changing. it's was ten years old when his mother died of cancer it was nine hundred eighty six the boy was sent to a relative a catholic priest in a village and has said the clergyman became his foster father. feeling try to

create a comfortable and sphere sitting on the sofa watching t.v. in the evenings i hear there were caresses leaning on each other and things at some point the next step a kiss. saying i really do love you a lot. more that was severely sexually abused for years he fled immediately after finishing school and went to university in munich but he soon began to suffer from flashbacks of the trauma he confided in a friend of the family she confronted the priest and forced him to admit his crimes to the diocese the priest supervisor spoke to moderates and his friend he offered therapy and put him under pressure or not even from utah after he informed me that this conversation was never to have taken place he warned me not to take legal steps because he said in his experience when a person a paedophile goes to jail he'll still be a paedophile when he gets out so if it were just a matter of changing

a person this would be a fully an appropriate step one of course because he would be stigmatized if he had gone to jail i did not want to ruin this person's life work here would just leave. he could not forget about what happened about ten years later he confronted the church again with the crimes and again the priest kept his job millet's again spoke with his supervisor without success last december moved his turn to the church once again but this time something changed the diocese filed a complaint against the priest for. what changed was the perception and the listening to now they are really. true and not just half heartedly claiming they don't have time for example. doing listening changed to. the bishop of limburg really spent two hours with me and i noticed he seemed affected by the discussion. of a tough night the judiciary also hopes to hold someone accountable not just the

perpetrator but also his supervisor there may have been an obstruction of justice the statute of limitations has passed but the church too is investigating the case raising markets its hopes for the abuse summit in rome. i expect this summit to be the beginning of an ongoing process and for it not to be like now that we've talked about it everything is ok we. will continue to fight by telling his story again and again. sports news 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 found the premier league club guilty of twenty nine incidences related to the transfer of players under the age of eighteen soccer's governing body also five of the english football association the club released a statement refuting the charges insisting they have complied with ethan's rules

and regulations chelsea plans to appeal the decision to discuss further we're joined from london by rob harris a football writer with the associated press rob thank you so much for joining us can you break down for us what exactly chelsea has done and how common is this among the big clubs. well faith that this is all about the protection of young players we're so used to hearing about feet for and all the politics involved in the governing body but at the heart of one of their main functions is protecting footballers and there is a ban on the international transfer of plays under the age of eighty there's an exception within europe that you can move between sixty and eighty something that will be affected by breck's it potentially and what chelsea are accused of or is engaging in and bring in players to the club under the age of eighteen without properly registered in them as well which is under question and this is just yet the latest example of a big club being sanctioned might this we've seen

a classic only trip around the drip barcelona all we've transferred bans in recent years for failing to properly. sign players in terms of those under the age of eighty and how badly is this ban going to affect the club well it's going to potentially a significant blow to them as it stands now chelsea won't be able to sign a player until the twenty twenty summer transfer window so the entire next season they were in single player but given the fact they have announced an appeal already and that process could go on for some time there is the potential that the band is called home for the summer transfer window are coming and only kicks in later what else are we hoping to do is achieve like ramit dreaded did which is get a harp though at let's go driven past alone it did fail to reduce their bans on appeal we knew this was coming oh so chelsea the news in the pipeline that's why you seem so sleepy transfer ready christine pulis it's obvious you joining from

dortmund for sixty four million euros in january and then immediately sent on loan until the summer and chelsea has flatly refused the findings a thief and they said they will appeal does that alter the situation at all. well as i say it does delay things in terms of the implementation of the camp attempts of late but what chelsea haven't done is produced anything which counts is the fee for case we don't know that defense at this stage but three years ago this first became under suspicion because. fast so in that national transfer whose parents were played for the chelsea team as a trial is while under the age of eighteen he signed with them when he was eighteen but the fact he claimed for them at that young age is not something that should be allowed the international transfers are banned under the age of eighteen unless your family moves to that country for non football reasons or you're from a country with a nearby border iraq harris but the associated press in london thank you so much

and looking ahead to next week we're covering the second summit between president donald trump and leader kim jong un taking place in vietnam preparations are already underway and one local artist has big hopes for the meeting take a look. courtyard of a handle a cafe. is busy on his latest collection a series of what he's calling peace portraits the self-proclaimed trump obsessive has painted the american president dozens of times now he's together with north korea's kim jong un in a message of love. my wish is that after the summit. could have a vietnamese coffee together. and then walk together on a green lawn. i would love to paint that picture of them and give that to them.

as a present from vietnam. that would also be a dream come true for the cafe zinah he's keeping the artwork on full display until after the talks just in case. a strong aspiration that u.s. president. or any peace lovers would come here to enjoy the paintings of trying. we want to convey the message of peace. might be the technicolor trump and kaleidoscopic kim will inspire some true diplomatic artistry in hanoi. israel is on its way to becoming the fourth they sent a letter spacecraft on the moon. unmanned spacecraft was launched into orbit by a rocket at cape canaveral space station in florida on thursday night the israeli

robotic lander will sit around the earth for about six weeks and ever widening orbits to land on the lunar surface. you're watching the news coming up in business africa in just a moment we'll take a look at senegal's opposition candidates pledge to replace the country's currency if he's elected the sunday what kind of difference would it make. and more coming up with gas first on my ass waiter thank you for joining us. taking a few risks you could even take a chance on. don't expect happy ending.