this is g w news live from berlin tonight u.s. president donald trump tells him it's one of those opposition leader i'm with you one hundred percent that was the message that his vice president delivered today to one increasing the pressure on president nicolas maduro followings weekend violence has troops loyal to my dear old blunt humanitarian aid from entering the country also coming up tonight british opposition leader jeremy corbyn says he will back a second referendum on leaving the european union it's a major new church and it comes just days after eight liberal lawmakers quit the

party and a night of surprises at the academy awards in los angeles. and the oscars do. a drama about race relations in the u.s. it beats the odds for best picture and britain's a living at goldman wins best actress in the favor. i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight calls for tougher u.s. sanctions against venezuelan president nicolas maduro and a message of support for opposition leader one. those are the gifts that u.s. vice president mike pence has taken to a summit of what an american leaders in bogota the colombian capital now the leaders who included quite zero. are hoping to agree on what to do next to remove

him from office the summit follows a weekend of violence in which four people died hundreds were injured when security forces blocked the opposition's attempts to bring international aid into the country. u.s. vice president mike pence promises to back up one go i don't know one hundred percent that was the message he brought to book good time the us is more determined than ever to support venezuela's interim president pence also announced new sanctions these are important steps. cutting off the regime from the millions that they've stolen from the venezuelan people and we urge other freedom loving countries to do the same president nicolas maduro has troops clashed with the opposition supporters over the weekend why do says this is not a matter of war or peace but democracy for cystic tater ship he has asked the international community for help. showing compassion to these

unlawful power mongers would threaten democracy throughout america. the so-called lima group is a network of latin american countries that are demanding an end to the regime they want a peaceful solution to holding talks with the sole purpose of bringing about new elections and now they're stepping up the pressure on mr oh ok start talks we're having must serve to make sanctions even stronger and more effective they should set the groundwork for the new beginning that the venezuelans so urgently want to see that we're doing this with the u.s. wants further sanctions on the material regime. for earlier i spoke with our correspondent javier are great as he is on the colombia border with that it's way low and i asked him about those latin american countries in russia as well that are firmly supporting units where the president. gives nicholson a little

a lot of confidence it's not only russia but also china that has still not recognized one know as an interim president and therefore sort of back some other little and that has a lot to do with oil business of course and let's not forget that as well has the biggest oil reserves in the world and strong ties in that oil industry to russia and china both countries have financed nikolaus my little 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 cook with where i'm standing now definitely hope the government can avoid it at any cost reporting there now to britain where a political about face could completely change the calculus of brecht's it for the first time since negotiations began on the country's exit from the european union the opposition labor party will call for a second referendum if parliament rejects its alternative plan for leaving the e.u.

well that's according to labor's spokesperson he says the labor leader jeremy corbyn you see there will put forward an amendment calling on the government to adopt labor's brights a plan which includes a permit it membership in the customs union of the e.u. you're now that's planned for this coming wednesday or been said that labor would do everything in its power to prevent a new deal tory bricks. with more on 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 know who brags at all. well it doesn't mean automatically that there is not going to be a brags 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 or that has to be agreed with the british parliament and then it has to be agreed also what kind of

question is put to the british people and we know from opinion polls that that really matters as to what people would vote for it's by no means a foregone conclusion that now people would vote against threats 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 that i just want to get it over and done with and it might be that the british people would again decide to leave the european union we just you know there is a lot of frustration. 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 of the eleventh hour like this. well you have already alluded 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 anti-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 korb and then it seems seems now that he has given in and we know this coming wednesday will be a decisive day how do you see things panning l once all is said and dark 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. will 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 how 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 know the birds of the excitement seems to never get our correspondent mohsin the story for someone to thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif is stepping down he announced his resignation on social media tonight in a post on his instagram pages already apologized for his shortcomings during his time in office and he thinks the iranian nation and the radian officials a court in the german city of munster have suspended the trial of

a former nazi death camp guard for a second time after a report said that he was simply too ill the ninety five year old's trial had been on hold since mid december next month judges will rule on whether to drop the entire prosecution two bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in pakistan's southern port city of karachi rescue workers are still searching for survivors the cause of the collapse has not been established but local media are reporting the three story building had been undergoing renovation work. or officials in nigeria have begun announcing results of the country's presidential election president mohamed do 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 on except the. european union an arab league leaders have concluded a two day summit in the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh the meeting which was

hosted by the egyptian president aimed to foster deeper cooperation delegates say that they discussed migration terrorism human rights and the iran nuclear deal strategies to bring the wars in syria and yemen to an end were also on the agenda. leaders from the european union and the arab league were never expected to agree on much of concrete political action at their first joint summit but the sides were keen to demonstrate that they can at least talk about the crises that affect but its side. well to. remain the best to address threats to. peace and security and i'm happy to face that as we have written declaration. we. spoke of international human rights law. the fact that the host egypt's president

abdel fattah el-sisi himself is facing growing criticism over his country's crushing human rights record highlights the fact that europe is currently at least as focused on securing stability as criticizing a 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 regional crises and as the arab league openly discusses the return of the syria and of 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 a region with few democracies champus to say. when committing to multilateralism

then you have to apply it even when things get difficult and when political systems are very different stuff. in the end up 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. last night's oscar ceremony in los angeles helped plenty of surprises best picture was one of them going to the green book a feel good film about race relations in the u.s. britain's olivia colman took best actress for her role in the favorite and this year's ceremony seemed finally to have gotten the memo about diversity. british rock legends queen up the ceremony inside hollywood's dolby theatre off to a rousing start fronted by american idol star adam lambert.

the band stayed in the spotlight as ronnie 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 that we're longing for for stories like this are the vehicle made i named best actress for her role as queen and in the costume drama the favorite olivia colman said no one was more surprised that her. this is the low. on the list. but the night's biggest surprise was arguably the pick for best picture. and i ask you to.

thank. panned by many critics as racially tone deaf greenbrook story covers controversial ground but its director said it was an important one to tell. this is he's 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 clear on for his tiny autobiographical film roma a movie that highlights the plight of poorly paid to mystic workers. i want to thank the academy for rico nice enough feel i'm sent through a rundown in the you know as woman one of the seventy million the mystic workers in the world without works without work for rights. also won the oscars for foreign language film and cinematography. this is g.w. news live from berlin coming up in d w business equity markets across the globe

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