d.w. and online. this is g w news while i'm from berlin janai u.s. president telling been it's one of those opposition leader on you i'm with you one hundred percent that was the message his vice president delivered to one point zero increasing the pressure on president nicolas maduro it follows weekend violence his troops loyal to watch humanitarian aid from entering the country also coming up tonight british opposition leader germany corben says he will back a second referendum on leaving the european union it's

a major. and it comes just days after eight labor lawmakers quit the party will their wives for the latest in london and a night of surprises at the academy awards in los angeles. and ask you. a drama about race relations beats the odds for best picture and of britain's olivia colman wins best actress in the face for. our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome venezuela's opposition leader . is meeting leaders of north and south american countries in the colombian capital bogota this evening u.s. vice president my pen. yes it is there washington has become quite as in key backer

since he declared himself interim president in his standoff with president nicolas maduro this is a key moment for the opposition just days after four people were killed and hundreds wounded along venezuela's border when bureau's security forces blocked why do supporters attempts to bring international aid into the country. the u.s. vice president pence said that he is there to offer a hundred percent support to the venezuelan opposition leader we stand with you in america along with all the nations gathered today and we will keep standing with you until democracy and your liver todd are restored. all our very own correspondent javier on the way it is in the colombian city of on the border with but it's. good to see you how important and how divisive is that support coming

from the united states. well brant support coming from the united states is very welcome when it comes to things like sanctions for example against those who are closest to me a little the u.s. today released fresh sanctions against four of governors of different states in venezuela that are very close to me but as my little that kind of support is certainly welcome as it is when you talk about sanctions against the state oil company pay they've asked which still has business ties to the u.s. but if we talk about the possibility of a military intervention then things change drastically because some latin american countries have had military interventions by the united states in the past in order to force a change of government and that of course leaves a deep wound so that's why some countries have been very quick to dismiss a military intervention as a possibility as part of the lima group including brazil by the way a country that now under the leadership of. jade it was thought to be a strong ally with the u.s.

if a military intervention was being considered. today one. called for more back up from his latin american allies take a listen. but it made me see the use of patience of power carried out by the duras regime poses a threat me to democracy throughout the americas the pan american system for the protection of human rights and multilateral institutions would be turned into a forum of exchange. for time the alliance we cannot allow that to happen and. now regardless of one why those call to action in those military is still backing the president nicolas maduro so. who can do what next. well brant that's a very difficult question to answer because it depends on what the truth is and on who you believe one way though has repeatedly said that a vast majority of the military backs him but we didn't really see that happening

it during the weekend when we saw that the fact that one white dog didn't even manage to get humanitarian aid by even as well and citizens regular as well and citizens into their own country but the thing is that if we take a look at how the military has reacted so far there's about one hundred sixty five officials that have switched sides if you will and there is a division in the military we could say high ranking officials close to the last model that have privileges are still backing him whereas the lower ranking officials are struggling the same as the rest of the population with shortages with economic problems and with the shortage of medicines and that means that they will probably unlikely what back wedo first it's a very complex situation a very difficult to assess at this point and now here we know there are somewhat an american countries as well as russia which are firmly on nicolas maduro. so how does that fit into the entire equation. well

that gives nicholson a little a lot of confidence it's not only russia but also china that has still not recognized one go as an interim president and therefore sort of backs him up and that has a lot to do with oil business of course and let's not forget that when as well it has the biggest oil reserves in the world and strong ties in that oil industry to russia and china both countries have financed and. government for a long time now but we don't know if that would lead to a military support in case there is some sort of military action happening here something people in were i'm standing now definitely hope the government can avoid it at any cost i'm very honest does include talk along be on the border with venezuela of your thank you. president maduro is closure of the border is also causing hardship on the colombian side traders in the market towns used to rely on but it's where you lose coming across the border to buy their goods

or nandini more. the part of 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 josephine a motto which sells ninety five kilos of potatoes today she only sold five and me and 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. but they say it will stay closed 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. they're not getting in america see i guess i'm we've already lost a lot of our projects. look how many tomatoes we have left they only last two days or a day with this son we have to work like this on the son damages the peppers the potatoes

the carrots. carlos says the pot on the market is the only option for thousands of venezuelans though if they close the border for two days we suffer oh you know why because our customers they are not from colombia they don't come from kuta or pump record our host summers are the venezuelan people there barbara not going to now go grab another market trader well but 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 affect them which. nobody knows when the border will reopen meaning more hardship for traders and their customers on the other side. to britain where a political about face could completely change the calculus of bricks it for the

first time since negotiations began in the country's exit from the year. opinion the opposition labor party will call for a second referendum if parliament rejects its alternative plan for leaving the e.u. now that's according to labor's briggs spokesperson he says the labor leader jeremy cord you see right there will put forward an amendment calling on the government to adopt his party's brakes a plan which includes a permanent customs union abets planned for this coming wednesday corben said labor would do everything in its power to prevent a new deal court. of more of this i'm joined by our correspondent there good mohsin london good evening to you beer gets what does this mean could it point to no bread at all. well it doesn't mean automatically that that is not going to be

a brags that it just says that might be another referendum so you know that has to be that has to actually happen that referendum has to take place and that has to be agreed with a british parliament and that has to be agreed also what kind of question is put to the british people and we know from opinion polls that that really matter has as to what people would vote for it's by no means a foregone conclusion that now people would vote against bretz it would vote against leaving the european union because it really depends on what are you asking them so what's on the ballot paper and i think a lot of people just don't want to have anything more to do with bracks and i just want to get it over and done with and it might be that the british people would again ah decide to leave the european union we just don't know yet there is a lot of frustration elf there and there's not a lot of time and it's supposed to begin in about one month why this announcement by the labor party at the eleventh hour like this. well you have

already included in the piece that jeremy corbyn has been quite reluctant to support a second referendum because he himself it's that that's what his critics are saying doesn't really want to remain in the european union now he has been reluctant to agree to a second referendum he now does it because several of his own m.p.'s have left the party not just on breck said but they have left because they see the party going too much to the left has been an issue with and to semitism but bracks it was also one of the contributing factors to the several of these m.p.'s so that of course put a lot of pressure on jeremy corbin and it seems it seems now that he has given in and we know that this coming wednesday will be a decisive day how do you see things panning out once always said and done.

oh well that is really the million dollar question nobody yet knows how bracks it is going to happen it is really only a bit more than four weeks and we just don't know if at the end of march the u.k. would still be in the european union or will have crashed out of the european union and in what circumstances so it's really we don't know what's going to happen but this week was supposed to be the big week where the m.p.'s should have had the right to decide on three's a maze bragg's a deal now this is not going to happen but several amendments m.p.'s are trying to somehow steer the rexx of process and this amendment for a referendum is one of the many ways that m.p.'s and the labor party are trying to get the upper hand you have the boards of excitement seems to never left our correspondent beggared moss on the story force and want to thank you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a court in the german city of munster has suspended the trial of

a former nazi death camp guard for a second time after a report said the man is simply too ill the ninety five year old's trial had been on hold since mid december next month the judges will rule on whether to just drop the prosecution officials in nigeria have begun melzer results in the country's presidential election president mohamed bihari has taken an early lead winning most of the states that have already been declared the country's main opposition party has called the partial results incorrect and unacceptable. where european union arab league leaders have concluded a two day summit in the red sea resort of sharm no shake the meeting which was hosted by the egyptian president aim to foster deeper cooperation between the two blocks delegates said that they discussed migration terrorism human rights and the iran nuclear deal strategies to bring the wars in syria and yemen to it and were also on the agenda. leaders from the european union and the arab league would never

expect its agree on much concrete political action at their first joint summit but the sides with keen to demonstrate that they can at least talk about the crises that affect but its side. remained best to address threats to. peace and security and i'm happy to face that as we have written declaration. we call it. international human rights law. the fact that the host egypt's president sisi himself is facing growing criticism of his country's crushing human rights record highlights the fact that europe is currently at least as focused on securing stability as criticizing potential partners in conflicts like syria yemen or libya

. arab leaders have made clear their views on the most pressing issues that includes first and foremost the palestinian question how to tackle terrorism and the absolute necessity in finding political solutions to reach no crises. as the arab league openly discusses the return of a syria under bashar al assad into its circle of leaders with no questions asked german chancellor angela merkel called on arab leaders to initiate political change in syria referring to germany's commitments to the region with few democracies she had this to say. when committing to multilateralism then you have to apply it even when things get difficult and what political systems are very different. in the end that by lateral meetings on the sidelines made more headlines than what was billed as a historic first e.u. arab league summit the group photograph from the weekend may yet remain the most

tangible outcome. in egypt the capital cairo has become a magnet for migrants from other parts of north africa and the arab world but many of them live on the margins with few rights and barely enough to live on we have this report tonight from daniel. was jailed for a year in ethiopia for taking part in a protest against the government in twenty fifteen he fled to the egyptian capital cairo he now lives in a poor neighborhood sharing a two room apartment with a woman her child and two other refugees. that there are. makes around one hundred euros a month doing odd jobs half of that goes on rent he doesn't see much of a future here but he doesn't see a way out either. front . just in. prison is that what this.

place is that will not. told fix wife beef two works as a cleaner for wealthy families she says she enjoys abuse on the job. and all working life experience sexual harassment and sexual assault from the mom and children of the heists and that is really traumatized me. cairo has become a magnet for many refugees from syria iraq sudan and if. the government estimates one million live in the capital nationwide there are around five million they live in marginalized communities on the edge of society many ethiopians meet here in this communal space to cook together and kill time there is little work for them no schools for their children and almost no assistance from authorities they often experience violence and discrimination especially. in the street being it's

better to be a girl who would rather than go love that like just living in that us. was up bright and i would feel hopeless i thought about but leaving is difficult egyptian president abdel fatah assisi boasts that migrant birds are prevented from selling to europe his efforts to combat migration have been praised by several you leaders but critics say it comes at the expense of human rights. when it comes to migration and combating terrorism i sings that you. was trying to anything else. here respecting human rights. some days tawfiq can't make enough money to feed his hungry son but in you leaders would prefer him to remain in egypt rather than arriving on their shores. well this week the second summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un will take place in

vietnam and the focus for the world is of course pyongyang's nuclear program but. it's also a great p.r. opportunity for both leaders to craft their image of strings internationally and it hopes kim jong un is keen to show his people that he has a handle on both diplomacy and the domestic economy since taking over the country from his father the young leader has rolled out a series of reforms and he's making sure that this is advertised his latest project is known as a socialist utopia it's a city near the chinese border where workers are constructing a ski resort new apartments and shopping districts and he seems to believe that if you build it people will come but there's more to this utopia than meets the eye some defectors have troubling stories about the topo take it by turning kim's dream into reality. the sun looks kindly on sunday on in the opening

scenes of the state produced documentary. and this army of workers is building it was. toiling away in snow and ice. hauling stones up tall buildings without a thought for safety. as church leaders look on. perhaps enthusiasm for kim jong un's one of the socialist utopia that helps them endure such extreme conditions. but a defector who worked on the built site says passion for the project is fake that the regime has been struggling to retain recruits as the country's economy gains the pulse. one day north koreans are not interested in political incentives anymore no such as being a party member or getting medals now they know that they can make money in business and live on what they know and people with money don't want to be

a brigade members is. not a big show for the cameras though and enough support. these boxes filled with donated coats and blankets and then express loaded with cement heads to some gym. yet so it's now a destination location for those with no other choice rights groups say an estimated four hundred thousand people are forced to work here putting in twelve hour days for up to ten years. slave labor disguised as loyalty. or unions who. don't want to put up a ten the north korea's brigade is doing its modern slavery report article and then they receive news which they don't even have basic nutrients are just holding on. c n n how reports of such human rights abuses are cited by the u.s. in sanctions levied on north korea. but the work appears to please the supreme

leader determined to finish his showcase city no matter the cost no not if you. will the ninety first oscars ceremony in los angeles plenty of surprises last night one of them being the academy award for best picture going to the green book supposedly feel good film about race relations but everybody felt good about the win director peter parolees film is inspired by a true story of an unlikely alliance between a gay a black pianist and his italian american driver in one thousand nine hundred eighty s. america its oscar victory sparked a backlash over what critics see as its white splayed racial politics filmmaker spike lee even briefly stormed out of the auditorium as the top prize was announced later hinting that he thought it was an historically poor choice. i'm going to talk a good bit more about this controversy surrounding the choice of green book is best

film it's based on the real life story of a black pianist who befriends his racist white driver during segregation in the. selves you know use it for the rebound show is here with me to do that it's good to see you for the record so why has it drawn so much criticism well it's a film about racism and about the struggles that many book americans face during the era of segregation but it's told from the point of view of a white man a driver who is hired to accompany a famous pianist done sheerly on tours and through his encounter he then eventually overcomes racism and this choice you know having a story of racial segregation in the deep south told thirty eyes of a white car turnout really hasn't gone down well with critics particularly within the african-american community many there feel that the result is a feel good film for a white audience perhaps but they feel like it doesn't resonate with them and it

doesn't speak their truth i heard it described as driving miss daisy in reverse i mean that's one way to put it don surely family has also criticised absolutely and i mean he is nice she had really strong words for the film she called it a white man's a white man's version of a black man's story i think that really tells it all and we've seen many black filmmakers also echoing this criticism one of them was a savior of bergen she tweeted other best picture nominees for him this year like roma black panther and black klansman they will be talked about still for years to come but no one is going to remember green book by next year because they didn't give a damn about the community it was supposed to be made for and spike lee that term black director he was also quite straightforward as he said that giving the oscar for best picture to green book was about cole you know after winning an oscar in

twenty six to spike lee won his first competitive award for the adapted screenplay for his film black klansman he think the originator of the oscars so what campaign credited with pressuring the academy on the issue of the person he saved lives. has asked so why and the former president of the county or most of the signs sure when isaacs i wouldn't be here tonight they open up the cademy to make the camera look more like america's more diverse so how much have things changed since the campaign began four years ago i mean there are signs that you know things have changed somewhat since this hash tag oscar so why became so viral massively viral four years ago and we're seeing that more women and more individual black nominees want to dizzier ceremony more than ever before the academy behind the oscars also

worked towards trying to diversifying its membership which traditionally has always been largely white and male and however there is of course a lot of progress still to be made and that's also what the founder of the oscar so whites can pay said and she was there yesterday at the ceremony she was invited to for the first time and that's what she said take a listen. to we are no longer having these conversations about virus in two thousand and nineteen and still we see everyone having the opportunity rather it's race ethnicity sexual orientation disability indigenous people in this country until we all have an opportunity to see ourselves represented on screen not just during awards season but all year long i will continue to talk about a special light. frederick thanks very much. and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you u.s. vice president mike pence is meeting what american leaders to decide how to remove minutes one of those president my jury from office it follows

a weekend of violence has matured some troops of the walked into a stupor humanitarian aid into the country and with just eight months to go until the u.k. is due to leave european union opposition leader german corbett says he will back to letting the people have another vote. comes just eight days after eight labor wall may first quit the party. you're watching u.w. newsline go from berlin after a short break i'll be back to taking you through the day two major developing stories tonight where it sits and when its weight.

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