be our guest. managed by for our part. this is news live from berlin showdown in venezuela opposition leader won why the launch is what he calls the final phase in his bid to oust embattled president nicolas maduro clashes on the streets as loyalist troops fired tear gas at the opposition the u.s. tax why though but china and russia stand behind we'll have the latest from the capital caracas. also kind of coming up the end of an era in japan emperor akihito

abdicates in a solemn ceremony in tokyo's imperial palace it's the first application the country a seen for more than two hundred years. and with the champions league semifinals looming we have an exclusive interview with liverpool's much loved coach you're going clock ahead of their clash with barcelona he tells us why the spanish club will have a big challenge. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start in venezuela where self declared president won wide though was called on the armed forces to join what he calls the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro why though made the announcement at a key military base in the capital caracas he was accompanied by leopoldo lopez a prominent opposition figure who had. had been under house arrest lopez said he

had been freed by soldiers responding to an order from y. though by the us government said it is dealing with a small uprising troops loyal to motherhood all fired tear gas that opposition supporters now in a video posted on his twitter feed earlier called on the military and the people to join the protests against by the widow let's listen to what he said. today as the legitimate president of venezuela as the legitimate commander in chief of the armed forces that's all i am calling on soldiers and the military to join us keeping within the framework of the constitution as we always have. the moment is now it is not just a moment for peace and decency it is also a moment for bravery so that peace can be restored in venezuela god bless you we will achieve freedom and democracy for venezuela. let's bring in our correspondent there he is following the very latest for us from cuttack us oscar tell us what's

happening right there now. well we have seen on the street some clashes arising in different parts of qatar goes and there are people concentrating in the main squares of different parts of in this weather as well different states this surprised everybody today there's a lot of people on the streets trying to get home as well. trying to avoid the clashes to tear gas bombs better that is being thrown at protesters reports of gunfire and that's what this means. one plays over calling people to protest against their will have some of them there is also a lot of people heading towards the concentration image the media as well. also we've seen various images over the past hours of people gathered on the streets there in qatar cars can you give us an idea of how many people are there or how big this crowd is. well we have seen in the past weeks that crowd gathering to support

one body don't have grown in numbers a lot of people are hopeful that he is the answer to change in venezuela and are responding to his call to take to the streets we have seen that today a lot of people are taking to the streets as well we were expecting tomorrow huge crowds for the first of main demonstration and one said that that demonstration starts today so we are seeing people gathering. place for he called for all to calm and. but it is no earlier and crowds could gather more than there. has been speaking with been looking at some live pictures here it looks like something is burning on one of the roads or some people are are throwing some items we can't get a really clear image at this point but we do think people are gathering in and running so it does seem like there's

a lot of movement. right now on the streets the key question officer at this point until this point really has been can one guy though get the military behind him so and he has that until now that he has the support of when he calls a brave soldier does he have the military backing is that clear at this point. there is at least forty military officials actually military officials reporting them at the moment that are protecting hand that's what they've been telling the media now he has said that throughout the day he will tell the rank and the officials that are supporting him we also have seen a lot of military and police units. leave with venezuela to colombia in support of one way don't perform of rejecting the court of members of the military so they are also three thousand officials migrated to colombia escaping them as

well and giving their score to one where they don't. want the other significant. point there is the presence of the boys a little bit next to one great song he was freed by military officials that were responding to one way also there is a legitimate supporter one way though we just don't know how many are supporting him and well that bring change to the next weather also tell us more about how the mother of government has been reacting to this appointment. well the little government has been reacting to this and an uprising another uprising that they're dealing with the super minority small group they call them cowards. attorney general has said they will respond with the law against all these that are uprising and against one way though as well these are threats that we've heard before. however they've been very cautious about how they treat.

one going to go in venezuela. they are saying that they will squash this uprising like they've done before we have seen reports and announcers of. these military that were held after uprising. torture claims and unfair treatment in the sir military judicial court so. they are threatening to do that so these are determined that are uprising against google. you know the consequences as well as to what they're doing yeah so for our viewers just joining us we are looking here at live pictures from caracas and as you said oscar does look like the crowds are growing as the day progresses there in venezuela just a little while ago the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe tweeted the u.s. government's support for off it asking only five thousand so operation freedom in venezuela and we see the brazilian government also reiterating its support for one by doe he's

a south became president but recognized by several governments now how is that helped him. well actually. even though a lot of the media are calling himself proclaimed this is a right that is member of venezuela's constitution and a lot of people. said that it is a client for. the. cost of. a lot of the pointer national support this morning because they did not prevent one of prostitution as. the term is to. point. to countries that are supporting one where you go international organizations like the organization of american states and the reason as well so more. support of course emboldens. one where

you don't. to risk take these risks and if you join today now we don't know how much that support will translate into defending hungary though if it comes to worst but a progressive ok can you tell us something more about the timing of this you know one way to originally had planned for a big protest tomorrow what he was calling the largest protest after in venezuela why are we seeing this what he calls the final phase of his plan starting today. you know there's an element of surprise no doubt nobody was expecting this to happen today people were expecting it concentrations tomorrow there were also a lot of talk about going to me to throw chairs that the presidential palace and protesting down which is an area that officers can have never been able to reach with any kind of protract because. more and military officials however the

element of surprise is very important because the mother little regime is very. very good at being under pressure and in short notice so these elements of surprise that we're seeing today and. it limits the response of the government to what they can do so we'll see how the day progresses and if this is a developing story. they are going to act with violence or they are going to allow. and abuse are pictures of me because mother wouldn't right as you said there are hands on the ground moving very quickly our correspondent aakash maker following the latest developments there for us in had i think you so much you're welcome. now japan's emperor akihito has formally stepped down from the throne in a ceremony of tokyo's imperial palace he's the first japanese emperor to abdicate in more than two hundred years his eldest son who he told will officially assume

the throne in a short ceremony tomorrow the emperor holds no political power but japanese people were there have as a symbol of the nation's tradition and history. a simple ten minute ceremony and doing a thirty year reign and breaking with japanese imperial tradition for the first time in more than two centuries against an unpretentious backdrop i'm pretty lucky to perform the main ritual at the imperial palace tondo over what's known as the chrysanthemum throne to his son. the ceremony saw the emperor relinquish an ancient sword and jewel sacred regalia that tradition dictates should be seen by no one but the emperor. addressing those assembled in the palaces room of pine acca hito paid tribute to his subjects. so. i am very thankful and happy and i have been able to fulfill my

duties as emperor with trust and respect for the japanese people for the last thirty years. prime minister shinzo abi had warm words for the outgoing emperor reflecting on some of japan's recent challenges including the two thousand and eleven toonami and earthquake. and the empress were always there for the victims of disasters and it gave them hope and courage for the future. for us. after he was granted permission to abdicate on grounds of age and declining health but his reign has left an indelible mark on japan's tradition bound monarchy. after succeeding his father hirohito in one thousand nine hundred nine acca hito were to extend a hand of peace to those harmed by his country's imperial ambitions.

it was in his father's name that japan committed many of the atrocities that shook the pacific during world war two after he toast spent much of his early reign on diplomatic trips where he expressed his deep remorse over his country's wartime transgressions after he tows application will make him the first japanese emperor to leave the throne without leading his country into war. but after he to hasn't bid farewell quite yet the eighty five year old technically remains emperor until the stroke of midnight that's when the throne officially passes to his eldest son crown prince norah hito. and the country ushers in the new imperial era of array you are beautiful harmony. is following the story for us she grew up in japan and reports from there for us hi kiyo put this into context for us what does this event mean to the japanese people

it is a very big event basically nobody. who lives today has ever experienced an abdication the last one was two hundred years ago and it is a complete change of era imagine we are now in the western world in two thousand and nineteen and tomorrow it's the first day of something completely different so it is a very very big event and it is marked with celebrations in japan and social media is completely full of it if you pan is this incredible combination of a country that is so future oriented and high tech incredibly developed but also really steeped in its own history and tradition what did you make of the ceremony this morning it was very formalized it was incredibly short it was just ten minutes it was over before you really could concentrate on basically and i found it very interesting because it was very very short and not that big.

basically and it showed also the mix of the japanese traditional garb that. you can see in the background in the morning and he was also very in the modern western style dressed like about you know we see those images there of him wearing those modern western clothes archita really has been an incredible percent basically the rest is indifferent almost no opposition to him tell us about the new emperor now his son now he too fifty nine years old what can we expect from him. he is more of a more just because he's also younger but he's also the first emperor to study abroad actually there's wife as well and he's also known to subtly have criticised district court traditions which his wife suffered a tremendous lot because. he's a commoner and she had to basically. adjust to life and maybe

in the new era it's going to be a more approachable royal family so we could possibly see some changes being brought to brought to the throne we mentioned that the emperor in japan doesn't have a political role but does have the political significance doesn't he is especially in a time of such uncertainty in the region yes especially of the emperor akihito he was known to be. to travel a lot he wasn't diplomatic missions a lot and he also apologized for as we also saw for the atrocities that japan committed during the war and that was a very new stance and i think also that his son is going to follow in his footsteps to try and make amends or also speak in the diplomatic matter without all of the politics included because that is a quite a difficult matter but as a symbolic figure he can be more neutral but also more unifying i think all right well the end of an era in japan as we said is that he advocates our reporter kyodo

thank you so much for your insights and we'll have more on the sr a day for japan a little bit later on news asia now to some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump is suing back to stop it from giving congressional investigators financial records about his companies as one of trump's main business creditors to congressional committees have subpoenaed the bank as they investigate allegations of possible foreign influence on u.s. politics. the chief executive of boeing bird has defended the company safety record and declined to take any more than partial blame for two deadly crashes of its best selling plane a seven thirty seven max a speaking after the shareholders meeting said boeing had almost finished an update that would make the plane safer. the president has lifted a nationwide social media ban it was imposed after the easter suicide bomb attacks that killed more than two hundred fifty people the band had lost facebook whatsapp

you tube and other popular sites the government said a lot social media to curb the spread of misinformation in the wake of the bombings . he's been presumed dead more than once but the leader of the so-called islamic state could be alive a propaganda video released by ass shows. praising the easter sunday bombings. he says they are part of the group's revenge for its losses in syria but. if this is you islamic state claims it is that it would be a. first appearance in five years. in the video shot in an unknown location he acknowledges the group's recent defeat in its last syrian stronghold of. he also refers to other i.a.s. losses in libya and in iraq. but he tries to justify the defeats by saying doesn't have to end it just has to continue carrying out to jihad. urges his followers to

carry out revenge attacks around the world. he goes on to praise the deadly bombings in sri lanka on easter sunday which killed two hundred fifty people saying they were ordered in revenge for what he calls the brothers in. on with his video despite his threats analysts say the purpose of this video is to show that he's still in charge and larch and has managed to evade capture. since this moment back in twenty fourteen when he announced the establishment of a caliphate in the iraqi city of mosul. but he remains the world's most wanted man the u.s. has a twenty five million dollars bounty on his head and they say they will continue to hunt him down until he is found what are you. a link to mozambique now which is

struggling with severe flooding in the wake of cycle in kenya more to rental rainfall is forecast in the country's north where the powerful storm made landfall on sunday so far thirty eight people have lost their lives the poor weather conditions have been complicating aid efforts of flights are grounded it is the second cycle to hit the country in as many months six weeks ago cycle it die devastated the region further south. they can't get rid of the water quickly enough to rain here in pember the northernmost i'm baek keeps on coming. rote snare resemble rivers or actual rivers have burst their banks leaving huge areas underwater. the aid agencies say psych loan kenneth's will bring twice as much rain is e.t.i.

entire crop fields have been wiped out and people a shortage of food. you know the only reason for making this is because these people need these this is very hard i tried to sell them some things are the people here. the sheer amount of water on the ground is making it difficult to access the affected areas rescuers from brazil are on the scene they've come with boats because at the moment it's too dangerous for helicopters to fly but helicopters are what's really needed with many stranded without supplies. and want to help the. police people here one people going to help again until help arrives all they can do is wait counting the cost of the latest tropical disaster to land on mozambique shores. krishi is in mozambique covering this story for us he sent us this update on relief efforts from the city of tampa. the

weather here in pember became much better in the last hour as it stopped raining and as you can see here they are packing these planes of the world food program in the united nations and they're bringing food items to rural areas the question is how long will the weather remain like this that is where you can see there really hurrying up there really try to get as many helicopters out as possible before the weather possibly is getting worse again. now to the mystery whale spotted off the coast of northern norway fishermen were public puzzled when they found the beluga whale because it was equipped with a camera harness but it turned out that the harness carried a not so mysterious clue about where the whale might have come from. this beluga whale is allegedly a spy. harassing fishing boats off the northern coast of norway the whale seemingly used to human contact had been fitted with

a go pro harness so. there were clips like these that were on the well we tried to reach those clips and open them my colleague and i tried to do this for quite some time but we couldn't do it once we touched the clips the whale reacted and took off . once freed from the harness the fisherman found the words and petersburg written on the inside experts are suggesting that this whale may have been trained by the russian navy and was either released or escaped captivity the whale was found not far from a russian naval base. and russian marine scientists say it's unlikely to be part of a scientific experiment but for the time being it's a region's remain a mystery. football now and anticipation is reaching fever pitch ahead of the champions league semifinals this week tottenham take on i.x. tonight the english team will be without some key players for the home first leg

striker harry kane is injured and a forward subhuman will miss out due to suspension i x. are hoping to continue their streak after knocking out brown madrid and you ventus . and on wednesday liverpool coach takes his team to mighty barcelona club is still waiting for his first champions league title after losing in the final with dortmund and liverpool in the past but in an exclusive interview with club proved to be as relaxed and unflappable as ever barcelona the warrant. liverpool coach your gun club is on the cusp of possibly the most important few weeks of his career but a loner awaits in the champions league semifinals and a premier league title is on the line but the german still has time to fool around showing d.w. his normal worn mogue a reference to former rival josie marino once labeling himself the special one book club is special his team are enjoying

a dream season and now look holmes my favorites barcelona something new for the fifty one year old i saw so many games from out of teams ago puzzling because i never played them in a competitive game and i saw so many teams i was a failing by doing it that's how it is because they are just so good and i always thought it would be interesting to try it yourself once liverpool overcame porto in the champions league quarter finals and are looking to reach a third european final in four years on the flop they lost the previous two but he would still be proud of the feat. impressive. i don't know we would see it's a pretty good team to face so it's possible and. that's a really good football team but i don't see how it is a sport so if you're in it and so should try to win and of course that's what we will do and we are not a dream draw i would say it's not that you think yes you have

a poor little messi and his barcelona team mates including clubs fellow german mark andre tesh dagon are not the only ones occupying the former dalton boss at present manchester city top the premier league by a point from liverpool and the priority for fans is clear. on wednesday when the germans the then on sunday said that they will hear from a leak they're going to use the hearing visitors league and then settle the after that or sunday i think we have probably so. becoming that decision we have to play our best football in each game but if you are so people that's. very. obvious from the people who would be winning the league liverpool of not won the english title since ninety ninety. the glory days are back there's nothing noble about your didn't. coming up next on news asia from wealth and education to terrorism we ask why well heeled young people committed suicide

attacks in sri lanka and elsewhere. most a child will have that story and much more coming up for you on news asia thank you for watching.

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