♪ >> this is dw news. in the battle for that as well as feature the self-declared president saying we will not wait for president maduro to go. he says he's working on transitional government. all parts of society should work together to help get it going.g. but what about the military? coming up, american midwest in the grip of a deadly deep freezing. some places colder than on the surface of mars. we will bring you the latest

from chicago, the epicenter of the big burr. new year, new troubles for facebook. accused of poking its nose into the lives of users as young as 13. our social media reporter has been poking his nose into that story for us. the mystery of india's ghohost toilets. the government built millions but where are they? we ask why are so many villagers still answering the call of mother nature outside with mother nature? ♪ brent: to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. venezuela's interim president juan guaido is upping the political pressure on the man he

wants to replace. why they are telling me supporters he are not waiting for nicolas maduro to go. he's working on a traditional government. juan guaido presented the plan to supporters in caracas today. it includes stabilizing the economy, dealing with what he calls "a humanitarian emergency," improving public serviceses as well as fighting poverty. why the shortages of food and medicine will to an end. he highlighted the differences between him and maduro. >> there are two k key elements for every project -- time and money. maduro's government does not have either. once t the illegal seizure of powers are over, a new democratic government will have not just time but also faith, hope and the necessary money to drive this country forward.. that i s important.

[cheering] brent: we take this story to caracas. our correspondent oscar schlenker is standing by. we jsut s -- just saw juan guaido saying he has a plan for a transitional government. my question to you, does he have the support of the military if he's already talking about his own government? oscar:r: n no not yet. the military has still notot pledged any s support on juan guguaido. in fact, the high-ranking officials are making a strong point of supporting still nicolas maduro. this may come to a very serious consequences if we don't know who the military is supporting at this moment. brent: what does this speech tell us then, oscarar, about the opposition and its unity?

is this a sign of the opposition does have a plan now?? oscacar: welell, f for thehe lot time this was ththe criticism of many peoeople is that the opposition did not have a plan of whahat to do with the country after ousting maduro. the plan was always in every campaign to oust maduro. the "then what" q question was always prevavalent. juan guauaido said ththis is the answswer to that question. and,d, because it is such an important question that defines thee opposition, everybody has had a voice in this plan for the nation that he presented today. he says all partyty members for disappointed. and, although it is the base of the plan is based on the party that he represents, he says everybybody has had input. he can see that the opposition right now is morore united t thn ever. by juan guaido's interim

presidency. brent: has there been a response from president nicolas maduro to what was said today? ososcar: n ot yet. we have not heard from maduro's response to this plan of the nationon. the maduro govovernment also haa plan for t the nation, a plan tt was 11 did by foucault chavez beforere he passed away -- by ho chavez before he passed away. brent: oscar schlenker on the story in caracas, the capital of venezuela. thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. italian authorities say they have seized more than two tons o f cocaine in thgenoa. the shipment came from columbia and has a street value of about $500 million euros. it is the largest cocaine haul in italy in 25 years. a ship carrying 45 migrants has docked in the italian island o f

sicily. rome had previously spent the last 12 days refusing to allow people aboarard the "sesa watch vessel. the standoff was reresolved when nine countrieses agree to accept thehe patient years. -- the p passengers. the landmines have been cleared from south sudan. mine clearance experts and u.n. specialist work together to destroy a 100 kilograms airdropped bomb that was found in the capital last week. now to the, united states waeeather forecasters say the dp freeze that has gripped the mid west should ease later today. 8 people have died in temperatures lower than what we see in the arctic. or some would even say on mars. infrastructure has been crippled and life are tens of millions have been brought to a standstill. reporter: chicago, the windy city.

no stranger to wicked winter weather. but this week slows have not been this brutal in decades. breathing can be dangerous. that's not only the case in america's third larger city. six states have recorded temperatures colder than antarctica. weather stations across canada and the u.s. have registered temperatures at -30 celsius. factor in ththe winchell and its mo thahan -50. the culprit -- a massive subzezo air called a polar vortex,x, so named because it stays put around the north pole. this week it's humbled people further south. >> no, this is like the cold as i've ever seen it. >> i have got about three different layers on right now. as prepared as i can be. >> i'm from venezuela. definitely do not have snow there. >> this is like her interpretation of the cold forever. >> everybody needs to be for

pared, watch her extremities. reporter: temperatures this far below freezing can have drastic effects. cities across the midwest have opened warming stations for anyone taking shelter from the cold. the bone chilling weather has caused 2000 flight cancellations, school and office closures, transit delays, and multi-car pileups on slippery roads. even the u.s. postal service, whose unofficial motto takes pride in all weather were, has halted mail delivery. the polar vortex looks to be lingering to the rest of the week. only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace. brent: our correspondent is in chicago where the verjus i described as life threatening -- where temperatutures are descscd as l life-threatening. reporter: they have been setting up warmer centers. a lot of goverernments have been shut down for the past day thro ugh possibly, also,o, tomorrow.. aa l lot of schools, the major

university have also close down. there were some dramaticc pictures t that came out yestery of aututhorities h having to l t the etrainn -- train tracks of the public transit on fire because the metetal was warpipi. ththey needed to k keep p pple moving.. there has been a variety of responses, even reaching out to clergy, trying to courtney and reach out to the most vulnerable people who might be sleeping on the streets or people who cannot get to w warm places because the has also been about 2 25,000 reported people affected by power outages in the region. brent: on the cold beat for us tonight. we're going to switch gears and talk about facebook. after the rockiest year, facebook in been hoping that 2019 would mark a fresh start. it already has a new explosive scandal on his hands. carl, you are going to tells about this. but facebook has been paying

users as young as 13 years old for access to their private data. so, tell me one thing. how do 13-year-old's how are they able to pay for this, and how do they have private data? >> it goes as young as 13 years old. we heard kids paying a lot of money for games they were not realizing they were paying for. this is been going on for a couple years using facebook research app, a separate app. it's been vacuuming up information from users found. -- p hones. what it does, it was specifically targeting users from 13 to 35, the younger audience. it paid people $20 a month for on access to the most sensitive data on their phones. here is some of what facebook had access to with this app. users private messages within social media apps, their

browsing activity, including searches and their encrypted hpone activity -- phone activity, photo and videos and location information. this app was tracking your physical location. the app also asked to see users amazon purchase history. that is getting really personal for some. facebook was advertising this to young people on the favorite platforms. snapchat and instagram. this is an example of one of these ads. the goal was likely to get an edge on their competitors. facebook is a ruthless company. if they know it young people are doing, they can say look, the snapchat feature, for example, seems to be popular. why don'tt we integrate into our platform? very powerful tool for them. a lot of people essentially saying this was like spying on other peoples phones. brent: it songs like something orson welles would have written about. facebook, i understand says it did nothing wrong and that people, i'm reading knew what they were signing up for.

is that true? >> this was voluntary. they knew were they were getting paid. a lot of experts are saying there is no possible way that people knew what they were getting themselves into because of the extent of this app. here is what they are talking about. this is some language coming from and in mail explaining what this app was about. it only mentions facebook wants. the rest of it looks like more of a scientific study. brent: is a 13-year-old supposed to read that? >> and look at the language included in the fine print. it's very vague. he does not say what kind of data is being collected. the fact it is giving access to the very basic program on your phone. it is really taking a lot of information. the app also violated the terms of the apple app store. one tech reporter called this the most defiant behavior he is ever seen from an app store developer. brent: what isis the follow goig to be for facebook? >> it is more bad publicity for

facebook. this raises more privacy questions. as if facebook needed more. more and poorly this could give some politicians more ammunition to perhaps propose some regulation on the industry itself. and this is just one u.s. senator that was raising that in a tweet. hehe says, look, this sort of behavior is not going to stop until we passed legislation that passes a privacy bill of rights, referring to a build a senator introduced last year. if you want to talk bottom line in terms of dollars, though, facebook recording record profits this year to the tune of $7 billion. brent: you said, it violated the rules frfrom the apple store. has apple taken action? >> apple took action. as soon as this report came out, they pull that app. the fact that facebook will not be able to use that back door that was meant for employees only. they will not be able to use that again. brent: tahnhank you.

foreign ministers are meeting in bucharest tonight to launch a new payment channel designed to bypassu.s. sages against iran. germany, france and the u.k. upper to the painting and the plan known as in steps. it will enable companies to do business with iran through a third party. u.s. president donald trump imposed sanctions after pulling out of the iran nuclear court last may. >> as e.u. foreign ministers met on thursday in romanian capital of bucharest, the belgian foreign minister said that the e.u. wanted to keep supporting a nuclear deal but also to continue cooperating with washington. >> we are working with our american friends on the isissuef ballistic missiles and iran's regional influence. we are working to allow european businesses to continue to trade with iran. this estimate is a good way to do that and it is up to individual businesses to choose if they use this be a core not.

reporter: the special purpose vehicle is part of e.u. efforts to safeguard the 2015 agreement aimed at curbing iran's nuclear ambitions. >> the european union is fully behind the full implication of the deal with iran for the simple reasons we see it is working. there are 13 reports that iran is fully complying and we believe this is a key element of our security in the region. reporter: the u.s. state department says the united states is not expect the so-called special purpose vehicle to affect what it has called it's economic pressure campaign against toronto -- against teheran. brent: i'm joined by a visiting fellow from brookings doha with extensive experience in the field of iran. good to have you on the show. i'm going to ask you about what we are seeing -- this new payment mechanism designed to keep the nuclear deal with iran

alive. is it going to do that? >> well, it is a difficult question, but now, i mean, today, the special purpose vehicle has been registered. and so the background is basically with the rei impositin of sanctioions after trump's withdrawal last. may there have been a lot of problems with firms to engage in business with iran because of the nature of u.s. sanctions. the u.s. try to actually shield its own companies from those sanctions. brent: and this mechanism. it is basically a middleman. it creates a middleman to facilitate buying and selling of goods. but can it prevent washington from being able to identified these transactions, and calling companies s out for viololating sanctions: ? >> that is the $1 million question, because the problem is that, so it's a strong political

signal from the european union side to say to washington that europe takes a responsibility to be independent economic actor, because of the dominance of the u.s. in the international financial system. so, for now, it has devised, it was actually designed to facilitate medical and food exports from the european side to the iranian side. the iranian side wanted to be expanded to other strategic sectors of the economy, but whether this is going to happen, you know, this kind of extension onto other areas, is a huge question, because there is a lot of pressure from the united states. the state department is not happy with this initiative. we will have to wait for the next few months. brent: i want to be clear, these u.s. sanctions, they for a bit financial transactions, but do they forbid the transactions or the selling and buying of goods?

is that also forbidden? >> basically, i mean, basically, so the u.s. sanctions are quite vast. what is exempted are humanitarian goods with which they should be facilitating. the question is that, even if you engage in trade with iran on lets say fields that are not important toto nuclear or military plane frisch and you might still be something -- subject to u.s. say just because of how they work. they have a strong impact on the banking system. so, a lot of firms are actually, can be a victim of u.s. sages, although the engage in peaceful transactions. brent: it'll be inducing to see if this works. this week the u.s. intelligence committee even said that iran appears to be adhering to the iran nuclear agreement. >> the e.u. has said for many

years, which is true, but still we have this contradiction between the u.s. side and the european side. we have to wait for the next two months to see if other economic sectors can be involved. brent: from brookings doah. ha. we appreciate your sharing your insights. thank you very much. all right. imagine having to walk to the nearest forest every time you need to use the toil. this is a reality for millions in india. the government set up to tackle the problem in 2014, but the tour lets the claims to have built, more than 100 million of them, they seem to have been flushed down the drain or broken political promises. dw's sonja -- is in northern india on the hunt for toilets. reporter: it's the mustard season here. the lush field however harbor a

dirty secret. she has never had a toilet. she has to walk more than a kilometer every day to. relief herself the ritual fraught with indignitities and risk. >> at night, we have to carry a torch and a stick. i come here with other women and young children. we stand watch because the children get scared. there are wild animals in the field, sometimes there are men around. it is scary. it is safer to come in a group. reporter: her experience is at odds the government's much touted campaign to eliminate open d dication. ---- defication. signs warns of the health risk and urged people to use toilets. >> the clean india effort has roped in stars to spread the message. the government offers 12,000 rupees, about 150 euros,o poor

households in villages. as part of its clean intnto a campaign the government claims it is buililding hundreds of millions of toilets. it says has completely eliminated open defication in most states, but in the villages we visited that was far from being the case. in one village the toilets stand half built. manyny residentsts said they h e not received the full subsidy. the facilities are missing seats and are not used. this man said the toilets are too flimsy and would not last long. there were allegations of portion, too -- of coercion. the government gave him money for his toilet, bu at at a pric. >> the head of the village

said that if we did nonot get these e made, we would not get subsidized food grade. i decided to build the toilet. reporter: back at this place, anotheher irregularirity emerge. clean india website declares her village to be free of open defecacation with 234 toilets install but that does not add up.there are just about >> four or five people in her village who have toilets. how can n the government say all of us have toilets? there is collusion among the officials. no one has ever come here to check. reporter: these tales are not new for this researcher. he's visited 80 villages across four states. >> you saw for yourself. the latrines don't exist. the officials to not use the money unless they get it for

themselves. reporter: he runs the campaign. he says the ghost toilets in her village need investigation but hehe insists t is an isolated case. >> we take very strict actions if somebody is found to give false information. but i think there, should not be very large. i'm very encouraged this open dedefecationon bill -- has c ce down to a small percentage. reporter: she's still waiting for her promised toilet. she's alrlready brought out a place for it. brent: the january football window has closed for january. most teams around europe kept

the first strings tighter to the window, but some big names have made moves over the last month. >> a low key arrival that summed up the january transfer window. he joined the english side chelsea on loan. the london club can make the permanent -- the move permanent for 35 million euros, a type of deal that has been c ommon. they were elecected to spending anin italy and england. many clubs cannot afford to buy. christian is another player who has been loaned straight back to dortmund for the rest of the season. this, after the bundesliga sold them to chelsea for 64 million euros. the most expensive of this transfer window. the biggest move into the bundesliga was the transfers are rb leipzig.

he cost the club 19 million euro s and treads a familiar path, the 15th player to move to leipzig. youth has been a trend among signings. dortmund brought in a 2- 0-year-old as they look to stay ahead in the title race. stuttgart new center back is even younger and another teenager to arrive is alfonso davies. the canadian joins the champions for 10 million euros as their only major new, but overall, it was a quiet transfer window for the the variants were unable to make a star signing this january. brent: a professional swimmer in egypt has been racking up an impressive collection of medals, despite being just a few years away from her 80th birthday. reporter: limbe3rinring up at 7.

this professioional swimmer is s committed to her sport is ever. she trains five times a week at a pool in cairo. >> i'm proof that age isn't ann obstacle if you have the will to do it. if you have a positive outlook in life. reporter: she won her first medal ats a teenageger but at ae 18 she stopped competing. there were no championships in egypt for summers about that age. but she continue to train. in 2014, she did just that, and heher hard work k paid offff. she won two medals.s. i waited d 60 years for the opportunity to participate in a championship. he was i inside me foror 60 yeas waitining to be releleased. i participated in the championship with great determination. and, after having trained very hard. and her coach is delilighted wih

the e athletes strtrive. -- drive. she has ththe heart of the 20-y-year-old. shshe has determrmination in freezi c cold or hot weathther. she shows up every d day to tra. there is no championshipip to ds not wish to partiticipate in.n. she has determination and heart of a young person. horab even hopes to add to her medal collection and her next competition in germany. brent: you're with dw news. after break i will be back to take you through the day. ♪

undred france twenty four correspondents around the world. she lives in paris in front twenty four the headlines this hour. venezuela's self proclaimed president accuses authorities her of her resting his f family as he outlinines plans to steal te country out of crisis one white -- has not been recognized by more than twenty countries. and the european parliament has joined them in a few moments we'll be going live to caracas to speak to a correspondence an arab. the european union unveils a new mechanism designed to help european companies bite costs us sanctions and continue to trade with iran. wawashingtonon says the plat will have limited impact. and some relief in sisight r mimillions o of freezining americans