d.w. . this is new news live from berlin venezuela's political crisis escalates with border clashes over a. two protesters were killed and others wounded as troops opened fire near the brazilian border on the colombian border venezuelan soldiers fired tear gas at aid trucks trying to enter the country also coming up. vote counting is underway in nigeria's presidential election surveys suggest a tight race between incumbent. and his challenger.

fires that. those responsible were destroyed. the german cardinal marx makes a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse on the clergy. spicer thanks for joining us the showdown in venezuela is escalating at least two trucks transporting foreign aid across the border from colombia have been set on fire protestors have formed a human chain to carry in the emergency supplies several have been injured by tear gas and clashes with venezuelan security forces opposition leader who had earlier vowed to deliver the aid and has condemned the violence. president nicolas maduro

has announced he's breaking diplomatic ties with colombia. tensions are also high at the border with brazil at least two people have been killed there in clashes with police over the a blockade. and we're joined by. who is in colombia right on the border with venezuela and what is the situation there now. well the situation still is very critical we have reports coming every few minutes telling us that the confrontation between armed forces in venezuela and those who were trying to deliver the humanitarian aid continue as we are standing here right in front of the city of winning in venezuela behind my back we can still hear the shots of mainly tear gas but also gunfire we have the reports that we mentioned earlier about two or even three trucks that have been burned so they're going to turn eighty did not reach

the border to venezuela where at least worst burn after it got there so the situation for the off lorries is still tense and we also have reports of military officers in the colombian territory at one of the bridges with an ongoing operation there we don't know if they are planning to cross the border into iran as well but that would definitely change the scenario here and it would be talking in that case of a military intervention in venezuelan territory so of course it's an atmosphere of extreme tension right now you're just talking about the military we have reports that some of the bennett some venezuelan soldiers have actually deserted today can you tell us more about that. well official figures by the migration authorities here in colombia tell us that it would be sixty officials of the armed forces and the venezuelan police that have decided to back why do and therefore decline of course their loyalty to. is that enough. to talk about

a breaking point in the in his own military certainly not but it's a very important symbolic gesture if you will we don't know if these officers decided to back away though today if they change their mind if you will or if they had been supporting him from the very beginning and decided to do it today a day that is supposed to be historic that is supposed to be a new beginning for of an as well in history but what is certainly true is that the military is divided we don't know to what extent though and one pressing question is still open and it is who is in control of the military and when as well is if you can as my little or is it really one way to. have you know our greatest thank you for that. earlier i spoke with a correspondent oscar shanker in caracas i asked him about the significance of venezuelan president nicolas maduro breaking off diplomatic ties with colombia well here. because of the help that he is getting to that as well in the border but let's remember of that or oh yes already recognized by the us president in

terms of france where they are and one way there was already any diplomatic representatives to go for ministerial so cars were pretty much broken off when only a recognized one might go as president and that is why it's official isn't labia are going to try and stress now what that doesn't apply is that a lot of them don't like medicare so now you're in minutes where that might have to leave the country and that puts a lot of tension in the border at this point. folke outing is underway in nigeria where people have been electing a new part of an and the next president after four years of economic stagnation and failure to do what the jihadist terrorists boko haram president will amount to bill hari is under pressure from challenger. the elections were postponed for a week and the delay is causing tensions in the country at least six people were

killed in clashes after polls opened and long lines of voters formed outside some polling stations that opened later than planned. after a long wait at the gates of this polling station in the capital of voters who rushed to cast their ballots it open two hours later than scheduled some were overwhelmed by the crowds and upset at the lack of organization i'm not tied to we did live as this was the worst of what i did because my request separates a soft predator strike and it's i'm not certain that. the others are hopeful that the election will bring about real change. disillusionment has an eight year and shimmied so much to me it means the future of the financial. future of my children. and she she chose. to have friends. that's what sustains an.

incumbent president who hamadou bihari voted in his northern hometown of dowry where he brushed aside the prospect of defeat. you know if you lose my selection will you accept defeat on congress today that we. don't like no children. his main challenger actually to abu bakar has pledged to accept the results if they are credible he and his people's democratic party have vowed to quote get nigeria working again saying that the president has wasted the last four years mugari promise to crack down on corruption and the jihadist group boko haram but the problems still persist. high unemployment is another issue affecting nigerians many are hoping the election will be a new beginning for the country. counting is underway in a jury in fact of this particular pulling station the nation's capital in one part

of the counting has already finished and that's about the candidates for president according to their result the challenging p.d.p. party won by fifty nine votes now there's a say anything about the result of the selection of course not given the fact that this is just one of almost one hundred twenty thousand polling stations across this huge country but again through tell there is excitement anticipation of course about the result these people here are waiting even though they have cast a ballot because they want to hear themselves the results they want to hear themselves as votes being counted which of course also has to do with the fact that the selection has been delayed by one week and it was time therefore that skepticism and doubt could grow about whether this election is going to be fair free and transparent. another major election is coming up this weekend in senegal incumbent fifty seven year old president macky sall is seeking

a second term in office senegal's peaceful transfer. of power have been hailed as a beacon for africa but tensions are rising this time around after x president called for a boycott and the burning of election materials recent clashes between supporters of rival parties have left two people dead and geos have teamed up to organize a parallel vote count an important move for peace and unity and to help prevent election rigging and now to some of the other stories making news around the world a u.s. judge has set a bad set bail of one million dollars for the singer r. kelly he's charged with sexually abusing four people including three miners the r. and b. star appeared in court in chicago after heading in to police prosecutors say they have d.n.a. evidence against kelley. thousands of anti-government protesters known as the yellow vests have taken to the streets across france for

a fifteenth straight weekend at the eiffel tower police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators who has been losing support after some members were involved in violent incidents and verbal attacks on a jewish intellectual. in india now nearly one hundred people have died after drinking tainted alcohol and at least two hundred more have been hospitalized officials say the illegal bootleggers liquor contain toxic amounts of methanol to increase potency most of the victims were teeth plantation workers in the country's northeast. north korean leader king. is traveling to vietnam on his armored train that's been confirmed by north korean state media next week he will meet u.s. president donald trump in hanoi the three thousand kilometer journey is expected to take at least two days. a top roman catholic cardinal has admitted the church destroyed its records about priests who sexually abused children reinhart

marks made the revelation during a speech at a vatican conference on preventing sexual abuse by clergy victims of the crime say they find little comfort in the admission. by master and the third day of the vatican conference on child sex abuse that the mood was somber as pope francis reflected on the proceedings. but if. these days we spoke to each other we listened to the voices of the victims who survived the crimes youth have suffered in our church. to enter the future with renewed courage we need to say like the prodigal son father i have sinned. so it was earlier pope francis looked on as church officials reckoned with a decades long legacy of sex abuse some have criticized francis for moving too slowly to address accusations after his predecessor failed to address the subject

at all german cardinal reinhard marx admitted to a shocking lack of transparency over the years flies that could have document the terrible deeds and named those responsible were destroyed or not even created. instead of the perpetrators the victims were regulated and silence imposed on them. cardinal mark says words created outrage outside the vatican protesters some of them victims of sexual abuse within the church insisted that simply admitting the problem wasn't enough. cardinal marks. and he answers to me pope francis he got up in front of me and everybody else and he said we've just destroyed i know we've destroyed evidence of child sex crimes i would have stood up and i would have said who did it when did they do it and other

hand the room. while many have applauded pope francis is willingness to take on the subject for others it's too little too late. it will be a day of football history on sunday when in. the first woman to coach a men's team in one of the top five leagues in germany fifty year kloppenburg are bottom of their division but the thirty year old is ready to make a big impression in more ways than one. cup and there's a little known place in northwest germany but given the holes to put the town on the map on sunday never before has a woman been in charge of the men's team in the country's top five divisions. it's been a long journey for the thirty year old who has become something of a celebrity on the local streets she played in the women's bundles league before moving into women's coaching at kloppenburg she then applied for jobs at men's

teams and eventually got a chance very close to home. i always wanted to be a football coach i even wrote in my childhood diary. it was decided someone within the club should take over the men's team and i said i'd very much like to do that before hand i don't think the idea had occurred to anyone. her bottom of the table side have been hard at work preparing to face second place see how in the fifteen year her appointment to compete of getting used to for some. it was a surprise but after one or two days would accepted everything and could get back to concentrating on football. with me it's. been host has a difficult job to try to avoid relegation but so far big challenges haven't seem to faze her. coming up after the break the bundesliga with pablo foley alias it's matchday twenty three find out of fire munich managed to come away with

a victory against her to berlin to go level on points at the top of the table at least until dark and play on sunday stay tuned for more of that and much more on the bundesliga you're watching news from berlin spicer thanks to you all from all of us here in the media your news room and studio don't forget you can all get all of our news around the clock dot com thanks. for digital more years. for women for internet activists one mission the battle for freedom. against repression and violence they deployed the powers of social media. their messages are spreading like wildfire.