but you little investigation story on g t o m g w. this is g w news live from berlin and more pressure on venezuela's president nicolas maduro u.s. vice president by chance will meet with latin american leaders today to work out how to bring but dodo down it follows a weekend of violence as we do those troops who blocked attempts to bring humanitarian aid into venezuela. also coming up for the first time arab league and european union leaders have held

a summit high on the agenda of the talks in egypt terrorism and migration and a night of surprises at the academy awards in los angeles. and oscars conducive to . screen but of cause. a drama about race relations means the odds for best picture another unexpected when britain's a livia coleman took the oscar for best actress in the favor. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program but as well as an opposition leader one is needing leaders of a multinational group today in the colombian capital bogota one of the leaders that he will be meeting as u.s. vice president my pants washington has been a key backer of why go who has been. locked in

a political standoff with the us well a socialist president. four people were killed and hundreds wounded along the border over the weekend. supporters clashed with back security forces in a failed attempt to bring international thing into the country. and that is where correspondent javier i guess is standing by now in cuba to colombia so tell us a little bit more about this summit javier i mean what can we expect from it. well first and foremost we will probably see one way to go and his team trying to set a higher tone a more aggressive tone against the government of nicolas maduro accusing him of things like crimes against humanity or violations of human rights based on the incidents that we saw during the weekend and that would eventually if that if his agenda succeeds justify the use of force at least that is the request that we've already heard from the representative of one way to go to lima group as this summit

participants call themselves but the problem is that the use of force is a matter of finish and we do not know what exactly they mean by that and of course many here in cook with where we stand think it could mean a military intervention that is not going to be easy though because the lima group has members like mexico for example did not recognize one way to go as interim president of venezuela or close to recall for example that cannot accept or support a military intervention for a constitutional issues so having a new unanimous in this lima group conference to support an action like that that might be supported by the united states will be hard to reach and this trip i mean it is also coming after those severe clashes over the weekend that we saw as supporters they were unable to deliver those those truckloads of humanitarian aid from colombia and brazil i just want to get a closer look at that situation there on the border for thousands of vendors and then get your reaction there after. the market at the colombian

venezuelan border it's where venezuelans go to purchase basic goods from colombia the closure of the border is bad for business on a regular sunday safina motto which sells ninety five kilos of potatoes today she only sold five well they were all still the produce from wednesday and we don't know if we can invest again gavin maybe if they open the border in some but they say it will stay close to that and we're wondering where to go now to help our struggling families in venezuela it's really tough if the border remains closed she will lose everything. cannot get intimate with already lost a lot of our projects. look how many tomatoes we have last they only last two days or a day with this son we have to work like this on the sun damage is the peppers the potatoes the carrots. carlos says to put out

a market is the only option for thousands of venezuelans though if they close the border for two days we suffer though you know why because our customers they are not from colombia they don't come from kuta or pump lono work or on our go summers are the venezuelan people there barbara not going to now go back to another market trader list kano was wounded in the weekend clashes at the border. they said ok we live on the border and because it is close that there are no sales no customers but it affects us a lot. nobody knows when the border will reopen meaning more hardship for traders and their customers on the other side. so have your what is the situation at the border right now. well sarah the border has been quite calm and quiet because it has

a lot of military and police presence from the colombian army and the colombian police forces that being said we don't know how sustainable the situation is because you already saw the desperation of the people who depend on these sales and on top of that we had we have thought of it as well and who crossed the border to come and support but you couldn't get back in and they are now facing a close border they can't see their families they can't provide for them because they were planning to buy the food and medicine here so that together with the clashes with the venezuelan forces at the other side of the border we might see an escalation of violence on this side of the border with colombian authorities even because they are trying to keep the border safe and shut down at least for a few hours more and we hear that it's going to be one or two days maximum but if that desperation that we just saw in the video and the report and the description of an israel is trying to get back home escalates then we will probably see a whole other level of clashes during the week so the situation still is tense i

mean what seems to be a regular normal day here in kuta having our guest there at the venezuela colombia border thank you. and let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world pope francis has vowed to confront child abusing priests and to cover up and protect children as the catholic church struggles with its ongoing sexual abuse crisis that the pontiff laid out steps at the conclusion of an unprecedented the vatican summit but abuse survivors say that the measures don't go far enough and they want police and the courts to step back. a u.n. report says that a record number of civilians were killed last year in afghanistan during the country's ongoing conflict it counted over thirty eight hundred civilians killed the report says that's due to an increase in suicide bombings by the so-called islamic state and more frequent aerial attacks a u.s. led forces. and the prime. mr of the west african state of senegal says that incumbent president macky sall has been re-elected after

a first round of voting the ruling party says he won fifty seven percent of the vote but official results are not expected until later in the week and solves two main challengers have not conceded they say a runoff is unavoidable. a u.n. arab league leaders have concluded a joint two day summit in the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh the meeting hosted by egyptian president a defector l.c.c. aim to to foster deeper swap aeration among the region's delegates said that they discussed migration terrorism human rights and the iran nuclear deal strategy is to bring the wars in syria and yemen to an end were also on the table the european and arab leaders were seeking common approaches to problems affecting both sides. and corresponding matters in sharm el sheikh egypt covering this historic meeting for us so. you know even arab leaders they pledge for a new era of cooperation what exactly does that mean in concrete terms

investing in stability that was the headline over this is story first meeting between the arab league in the european union and so leaders talked about stability in economic terms when it came to prosperity and increased disparity that prosperity was interesting to address the root causes of migrations of they talked about stability regarding migration stopping people smugglers and then quite crucially mentioning they talked about stability in the international rule based order and that is something of. a final press conference just now said that is something that is under threat from global players and that is where these two neighbors the arab states and the european union should work together in order to highlight that unilateral ism is the way forward. and it's not only that topic which is really a hot one there i mean what to what extent is the issue of human rights playing a role as well. absolutely human rights not top on thea gender but all

european leaders i've talked to have mentioned the issue donald atos the head of the european council even said that he insisted that reference to human rights even a common commitment to human rights and democracy is sets down in the final conclusions of this common summit and then there were a number of leaders who made clear that human winds are not just an end in itself but they can also be a means to an end for example german chancellor angela merkel. is something else to undo in my remarks i made clear that we are interested in promoting economic prosperity. but i added that i'm also convinced this can only succeed if we have a strong civil societies if human rights are upheld and if civil society focuses primarily on the young people in these countries in the cold. migration an important topic as well what were the two sides pushing for while there were not

a lot of concrete results on that topic a lot of agreement on the root causes on the fact that people smugglers need to be stopped but when it came to like a very really tangible results there's nothing much on the plate the european union would like to see a refugee camps being set up for instance in egypt where refugees that are found in the mediterranean could be sent back nothing on the horizon on that front and equally egypt for instance example would like to see a turkey style deal where aid money is exchanged for the favor of stopping refugees something that egypt has done incredibly well where they were priced for from the european union but also a deal like that's not on the table georg this is the first time that these leaders have come together like this one now. well it is a time where really multilateralism is under threat that is something that still chills has emphasized and so that is important and then also clearly they face

common challenges so terrorism is one example but also migration and that is where really they want to send the signal you know we're talking to each other we're trying to tackle these issues good commonly and that's why we're sitting on one table. matus in sharm el sheikh thank you. well no matter where leaders gather these days one issue is certain to be a talking point that is of course brags that donald tusk the president of the european council has called on british prime minister theresa may to extend article fifty to avoid a chaotic crash out of the bloc but after two days of failed negotiations with the e.u. leaders may dismissed the proposal arguing that it would solve the impasse over a break that deal postponing her country's divorce from the european union she says would merely delay a decision that she insists is within reach tomorrow may will update parliament on her progress and on wednesday lawmakers will have a chance to debate and vote on the way forward to nigeria now

where votes are being can counted after the presidential election there the u.s. observer mission says that turnout was hit by the delay in the poll which took place a week later than planned saturday's election was also marred by some incidents of violence but the country's election commission says the voting was generally peaceful to that he's funny fatah has been speaking with young people about the issues they consider important for the future. there's only one topic on people's minds this pentecostal church the election that also goes for the pastor. the presidency. jesus christ. just to crouch to refrain from violence as a member of the congregation to twenty five year old is grateful dead things here remain peaceful unlike in other parts of nigeria.

usually it. is. during service it's irrelevant who voted for whom it's after church when the discussion moves beyond the gospel. there are more than fourteen million you want to read just supporters this time around compared to twenty fifteen and many of them have voted for the very first time they want to bring about change young people young thirty years old like you danielle you're one of the people who voted for the first time what kind of change and see change in policies that affect us as youths and young people want to see changes that economy quite quickly daniels friends begin a heated debate about the future of the economy have been put in handicapped we don't even want to move yet there is no. want to move to the other side

and. those friends of danios who received a voter's card on time voted for a car challenger to incumbent president bihari not because they believe things will change overnight but because they see a different administration is key for they use to claim power one day you no longer waiting for the government's young people i read. and young people are frustrated and dear determined right now to do to get themselves what they want to get. people under thirty already in the majority in nigeria they know that the population grows young people will have more power if they actually use it to hold politicians accountable that process has just started as people like daniel and need to and their friends are getting older. the annual oscar ceremony in los angeles held plenty of surprises the choice for best picture

a feel good film about race relations was one of them as was the decision to give britain's olivia colman the award for best actress in the favorite but what most agreed on was this year's oscars marked a nature shift regarding diversity. british rock legends queen the ceremony inside hollywood's dolby theatre off to our browsing start fronted by american idol star adam lambert. the band stayed in the spotlight as rami malik picked up best actor for his portrayal of freddie mercury in the queen biopic bohemian rhapsody. this and we made a film about a gay man an immigrant who. lived his life just unapologetically

himself and the fact that i'm celebrating him and this story with you tonight is is proof there were longing for for stories like this vehicle my. name to best actress for her role as queen and in the costume drama the favorite olivia colman said no one was more surprised than her i this is a low. gone also. but the night's biggest surprise was arguably the pick for best picture and oscar to. be thank canned by many critics as racially tone deaf green book story covers controversial ground but its director said it was an important one to tell. this is his right this is the whole story is about love it's about loving each other and despite our differences and finding out the truth about who we are we're the same people. best director went to mexican filmmaker alfonso cuarón for his

stymie autobiographical film roma a movie that highlights the plight of poorly paid to mystic workers. i want to thank the academy for recognizing a film center around an indigenous woman. one of the seventy million the mystic workers in the world we don't works we don't work right. roma also won the oscars for foreign language film and cinematography let's get more now on the oscars we're joined by our film expert scott roxboro here in the studio now and scott you know let's start first talking about the controversy because there was controversy not only when it came to the host or lack there of us here but also the award for best picture tell us a little bit more about that yeah the green book one as we just heard it's a film set in the one nine hundred sixty s. when there's still segregation in the southern united states and it's sort of i always describe it as being a driving miss daisy story is reversed so it's

a white racist driver played by mortars and becomes a chauffeur to a talented black musician as they're touring through the united states. musician played by the who won for best supporting actor so the story itself it's a lot like that a lot of oscar winning films we see in the past like driving miss daisy these sort of telling the story of racial. discord in america but from the perspective of the white people so the story is very much the story is the driver story about how racist learns to accept black people by doing this amazing talented black. it's not that it's necessarily a bad film but it's really seems. out of place nowadays it seems really sort of they didn't quite get the tone right compare this to the film that a lot of people had favored to win best picture rolled up yeah this is a story set in mexico in the one nine hundred seventy s. it's from

a phone call role and it's sort of his story it's his childhood story but instead of telling it from his perspective as a sort of quite privileged white kid growing up in a wealthy household and i think seventy's from the perspective of the woman who basically raised him the domestic servant who was an indigenous woman who raised him who didn't have a voice at the time and so. entire story from her perspective and that type of perspective i think gives the story its strength and it's sort of a slacking green book and so a lot of people looked at green book when one said you had the opportunity to maybe make a difference to make the sort of a radical choice and choose something from a different perspective instead the oscars went again to the old story of white man telling his perspective of why he was really nice to people who were who did not like that choice also spike lee we have to mention you know he won his first oscar which i was actually surprised to hear on he won for best adapted screenplay he hit on the issue of diversity and let's listen in to hear what he had to say when he accepted his award and get your reaction.

and the former president of the county or most of the signs sure. i wouldn't be here tonight they open up the. to make the camera look more like america's more diverse. so you know we have now it's been three years since the oscar so why can't he just referenced it there when he was perhaps you can explain to our viewers what exactly that was where do things stand now yeah you know he was referencing it for a new is a blogger in two thousand and fifteen who point you started this tag this this mean oscar so white after we had two years in a row when there were no people of color nominated for any of the acting awards at the oscars it caused a huge controversy a spike lee himself boycott at the oscars as a result of this campaign and it caused real change because cademy look at that i think of took a hard look at itself and saw that it was i think of the time ninety four percent white seventy seven percent male and they made big efforts to try and change that

diversify their their voting group increasing the numbers from something like six thousand to nine thousand bringing in a lot more women a lot more people of color and a lot more not americans significantly i think that had an effect you saw just the nominees this year were much more diverse than we've ever seen before we also films like black panther getting nominated a film with an entirely not almost entirely nonwhite cast that got a lot of nominations won three oscars last night films like spike lee's a black klansman the fact that spike lee even gets nominated and recognized a director who's been around for decades having huge impact in american cinema finally getting a little bit of recognition i think that's significant but even a film like the favorite which look at holden won for best actress this is a film in some ways the traditional movie it's a period movie but instead of being from perspective of the men it's from a perspective of three very powerful very dangerous women who are given the same treatment and same complexity as you'd usually have with male characters and

interestingly in this period movie unlike all the other period movies you see in the male characters are just excess or ease on the side they're ridiculous accessories on the side so it completely flips the script i think those type of movies getting some sort of recognition of the oscars has to do with also so white and the transformation that we've seen over the. the past few years that said i have to come back to green book giving the best picture award to a film that is so traditional and so so much of a throwback i think is a is a step back we've made a few steps forward but there's still quite a ways to go so it's not all glitz and glam there are some real issues that are really on display when it comes to watching the oscar scott rockstar are breaking it all down for us thank you. now to the bundesliga and before their match on sunday league leaders and hadn't won a game since january the fire nick closing the gap only a win would do against leverkusen they got there in the end after a thrilling encounter. it's been seven long years and last won the league and

they're threatening to buckle under the weight of expectation the teaching table toppers feast leverkusen and former coach peter bowes desperate to end february with the wind. after regina first half hour documents donna says i get to start the game into life with a simple finish a free kick leave a cruise and pick them back five minutes later through kevin fall and book straight from kickoff and stormed out the other end and regained the lead thanks to electric englishman jade and son. after a breathless and to the first captain stepped up after the break to give them breathing space goodson made it three one. but both his boys bit back with twelve minutes left units and having the deficit with a flying header. but they held on for the win they desperately needed to once again put daylight between themselves and byron at the been to see the summit. and in sunday's other game

second to last hanover had to deal with european contenders frankfurt and things did not turn out well for the cellar dwellers and over battles valiantly early on a bus in the second half of rivage at frankfurt ahead looking your bitch then netted and philip cost it secured a deserved three nil victory for the visitors. meantime incredible scenes from the league cup final in england where manchester city defended their title after beating chelsea in a penalty shoot out but it was chelsea goalkeeper kept who stole the show when he refused to be substituted the coach mauritius sorry one of his reserve keeper to play during the shoot out kept however threw his arms up in protest and would not come off the pitch sorry i was so angry with the situation that he initially stormed off sorry was already under pressure after a poor run of form he later claimed it was all a mix up. it was a big misunderstanding to boot caused by former understood here that there. so i

didn't want to go. to depend on this. in that physical condition or is that the situation only after thirty four minutes when do. you begin to do bench and in golf dustin johnson is celebrating his twentieth p.g.a. tour victory after dominating the w.j.c. mexico championship the american won by five strokes after closing with a five under par sixty six he also boot up to world number two tiger woods tied for tenth place after posting sixty nine in his final round but it was johnson who triumphed with five birdies on the black on the back nine it is his second win in three years at this event for him uncle roy was second. you're watching news i'm sarah kelly in berlin after a short break d.w. news asia the deadly toll taken by bootleg liquor in india we look at what's behind

this weekend's mass poisoning and north koreans building so-called socialist utopia by hand a defector say they're suffering to build a vanity project for kim jong un. all that more coming right up on d w news asia i'm sara kelley in berlin take you so much for watching.

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