charice wins a snap election in venezuela but only by the narrowest of margins. asia is aware is north korea knocks the highest point of its kind and the bus dev its founder with some concern that's beyond young may be compelled to demonstrate its power on. the world renowned turkish piano player is back in court facing up to eighteen months in prison on blasphemy charges over several some caustic twits about islam and muslims. this is the last he coming to life in moscow and welcome to the program. chavez has won the presidential election but he's well that meaning the legacy of the influential leader will continue but the knowledge in between him and opposition

leader candidate and ricky was however extremely narrow with the vote split almost fifty fifty. is in the capital caracas with the latest for us. well first of all if you talk about the reaction coming from the supporters of mother roy it was almost instant as soon as the the results were announced fireworks were going off cars were honking and people his supporters on the street very excited very happy of course about the results but there were there was a lot of waiting really hours of of anticipation people holding their breath because the net the margin really has been very very narrow let me just read to you the latest figures that we have it's fifty point sixty six percent for forty nine point zero seven percent for us this is out of a seventy eight point seven one percent participation and this is about ninety nine percent of the votes counted already at this point initial reaction with little

came out saying that the fight will continue the revolution work will continue alluding very much to google child mrs beauly very and revolution and had come out though. being very quite negative he came out saying that he there were allegations of voting fraud and he wanted a recount which model had agreed to and it will be interesting to see how the supporters of this will react to this news especially since the margin is so narrow it's almost fifty fifty it's almost half of the country we know that had a campaign really on the platform evoking who really it was at the core and you have to want something new wanted a change in direction and it's evident you know that the diverse opinion of the two men is evident among the people we've spoken to a lot of them in the past few days are very enthusiastic very passionate about their belief the different direction they want to take a venezuela however what's clear though is that all the citizens regardless of who they voted for a recount it was all the problems that they want solved and without

a charismatic character like who got chavez to ask assuage the fears of the concerns of citizens it will be a very very tough a challenge for my first of all to unite. did a very divided country a second of all to address the problems as we have been finding out in the past few days the campaign has not been long but neither has it been short on passion well we're here in a district that really has support for the. so-called successor of chavez as you can see from all the graffiti here the people really having a very festive attitude and a lot of them selling paraphernalia halley get chavez is really a bastion of chavez support many people tell me of the kind of benefit that they have gained for fourteen years of having chavez as president talking about education talking about the social mischa's which really is a cornerstone of his popularity and the people here are very enthusiastic about giving their opinion about why they support chavez let's talk to the gentleman over

here and put him. on top. of the border to find their dollar he was chosen by our core he leads the same revolution we can go forward with moderate but with cruise we can do nothing it's clear that for many people here who are staunch supporters of chavez a huge part playing here is the loyalty they have little bush obvious and voting for nicolas maduro while over on the other side of the city where here in the district where the main opposition candidate and we kick up early this is the governor and expected but he has a lot of support here most of the people that you see now on the street here have told me that they have indeed voted for a couple listen when you asked him why they did so the word that really comes so repeatedly from their answers is they want a change or let's talk to one of those who actually voted for us. why did you vote for the completeness well i vote for it appears because i think the venezuelan it's a better food there and he is the only one that going give us

a better future i don't know their opinions thank you very much and you're welcome so as you heard her say actually that opinion is repeated in resonated among the supporters of a. the premier said they say that they again they want change from after fourteen years of who go chavez and also it's noticeable there's a lot of students and a lot of younger people who are also what coming out had to destress a supporting him and voting for him. a new man is now at the helm and he inherits chavis a socialist legacy a country with some of the world's largest oil reserves and also a nation plagued with longstanding problems such as crumbling infrastructure and double digit inflation of which its citizens are all too aware. of the lack of security is killing us and statistics prove many people have died at night you can't leave your home this is a serious problem. i want change by corruption that's the brahmin but it's rather

the corruption the base of the broader economy the everything old but brawling would have been a trial by the corruption the oil price the high. the government you know has a lot of of probably its spending so we are in a lot of that. we now know the winner but the narrow victory has left venezuela polarized the new leader to go back us traces an uphill battle not just to mend the country's economy and improve living standards but also to match up his charismatic previous us or casts a very long shadow not just within the country but beyond its borders as well just our cilia are to look at our course with his brother. and professor may go take us solace said among a college told us that what now lays ahead from a doer and where he might take them as well. there are real problems and that is well and that model will have a very short period in which he has to begin to address these issues or will have

will have a confronting a crisis within his own party and among his own supporters he has to address head on the question of crime the question of inflation so these are real issues that affect real venezuelans and although they felt the pain for a job is a significant number also now begin to criticize and to see them need to actually carry through and implement change well i think we're going to see a continuation of venezuelans foreign policy i think there's a difference between criticizing us and being anti american i think will see a promotion of latin american policy the promotion of a multi-polar world that is the u.s. is not the dominant issue on their agenda they have relations with russia with china with europe with with latin american countries and we'll see i think a continuity within that that's been part of the strength promoted by the chinese administration and my little recall was the foreign minister in charge of travis's foreign policy so i very much see continuity during this period and as the polls

closed and election fever became to fade on the streets of venezuela says the political struggle is still very much up and running on the internet they twitter account of nicolas maduro or has been compromised by the lao security karun hunks of his group it was filled with vulgar messages and waste they had has claimed responsibility for the successful at times that and his profile picture was also replaced by a troll face exactly the same happened to the twitter page of the routing united socialist party of venezuela and while that there is official website also became that selling it so the government claimed that tonks were the result of the opposition's dispatch. this is a see i'm still ahead for you on at the u.s. citizens taking time subordinate whole new level they're giving up their american passports and becoming stateless all just of leave from what they call on that toxic distribution. and also i had an official report into

a missile strike that left twelve people dead including four children during last year's gaza war find the israeli military journey out today with utmost professionalism that's coming up later this hour. fears of a nuclear test a missile launch even a military provocation melting away as north korea mogs the most important date and there's come into a day which experts had feared would push young to demonstrate to its people the power of the north so on they say it's coincided with a historically turn small event as young engages in a diplomatic standoff with

a few watts japan and south korea more ships and bring the north cross while its own miss elliston the radio launching positrons the country but there have been overtures made toward washington declaring it is ready and willing to reach. so long as it abandons its atomic also. reports not from the borders of north korea. monday april the fifteenth is known as the day of the sun in north korea when the nation is celebrating its biggest holiday the birthday of the late leader the founder of the north korean republic kim il sung that's of course the north koreans will be celebrating in the streets in the other present military parades but the eyes of the world will of course be focused not on the celebrations and the festivities in north korea but on whether young will actually decide to hold missile test launches now the latest reports are suggesting that pyongyang already has mid-range missiles called must of done which would be able to hit a target at more than two and a half thousand miles and the reaction of the international community to do the

possible test launch can be very very serious and could provoke a major conflict in the region stories are especially high because the doesn't seem to be any breakthrough in on the diplomatic level in the talks between the parties in evolved on sunday young young again rebuffed the attempts by seoul to hold talks to resolve the issue all at the negotiations table saying that the proposal itself was nothing more than a crafty trick the leadership and most of the countries of the region china north korea and south korea are new. in south korea and north korea moreover the leaders are quite young and with they have obviously more than views on the world and it is really unclear why china and south korea and japan are not mediating this conflict but clearly it is very interesting to see whether north korea will actually try to hold this me solid test launches will see that during the day some

reports suggested that north koreans would want to do that on their late leader kim il sung's birthday as is often happening in the countries like north korea when they want to show something to the world and they do it on a particular date which is memorable to the whole nation. it is also interesting to see. the the transformation of north korea under the embargo under the sanctions which the country has been living in for many years already not only have they managed to build missiles to create missiles which could potentially be dangerous for the whole region and even reach the shores of the western shores of the united states but also there are speculation peculation and there is information that the north korea may be embarking on the space program so definitely the this crazy twist the crazy saga of korean peninsula skin teen uing we're watching the situation here in the far east and we'll update our viewers with all the latest developments as we get them throughout the day. under the wall of the sanctions son

to squarely on the korean crisis the b.b.c. has been criticized for going just to find such a good story there were terrible calls corporation is very key is that the using students as human shields during a trip to north korea that was embedded on the cover a journalist with a group of british alumni visiting pyongyang a crime that could have seen that many sent off to prison and you can find out the students reaction will the b.b.c. is going to say about it on his house he does. not attack ish piano product as if they were wrong nose with provocative twits while israel sharks responsibility for an errant missile strike or that after the break he went.

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this is all saying welcome back a world renowned turkish pianist has been sentenced to ten months in prison over twits mocking islam prosecutors cited several catholic messages about the lives and islamic concepts of heaven so the charges were brought against all say for the first time in june last year the musician has served as a cultural ambassador to the european union denies the accusations and said he was surprised his country was treating him this way as are his maria cino sharples it could be signs the secular state of turkey's increasingly dominated by the islamic ideals it appears to reject almost ninety seconds ago. all these years i thought murder was a sin then i got new instructions from the good lord himself in his favor language english the simpsons has kept its humor close to the bone for many years but with turkey's radio and television

a supreme council in charge of monitoring media content it's now gone too far if you are more liberal you can say that yes it's not an insult it's a joke but those who are more conservative may feel it and then we'll go on to their of they've protection of their beliefs this episode cost a company that broadcasted thirty thousand us dollars the castle dominated by the prime minister's party has fined the same media group for promoting smoking through allianz in america and to lions against women after showing oliver stone's alexander and without this constant. i can't imagine how celtic broadcasting world will be created for many turkish women real life is far more insulting to them than western movies at first glance they are free to wear and do what they want but the head of the group of women of the republic says there is a lot of pressure on them. the reformed education system is split into three parts

of four yes it's the result thousands of girls leave school before the end encouraging young marriages the state criminals have in at least five kids only three out of ten women today go to work it's far from a democratic model of society. turkish opposition says there is a dangerous tendency here nine decades off to turkey broke with islamic rule of the ottoman empire in favor of a ninety clerical pro western vision the ideas and values that were jacked it appear to some to be making a comeback becoming on me. tells you what to do what to do what not to do. what not to eat what to eat with islamic ideas comes islamic symbols this form of greek also books church on the turkish plexi coast is currently a museum no service has been held here for fifty years but so on its walls will once again reign with the sound of prayer this time not led by priests but any mom

it's quite a religious conversion a seven century old christian heritage site is about to become a mosque and from that point on will only be open to muslim men access for women will be restricted they don't want to. close visitors we are coming here for brick for tourists come here it is good for tribes on their earth to offer miscue around there i think there are enough i guess sophia has already been used as a mosque durance long history after the ottoman sultan conquered turkey today it seems the country's given itself up voluntarily one example could be the leaks drafts for new uniforms for flight attendants on turkish airlines they show the nation's image will be represented by long captains skirts below the knee and autumn on style fans caps or two months to develop ultra religious so they. you know laws on sharia and there are. in a secular people in turkey

a thing that you know we don't want such a rule and that's changing changing. our troops way of life the security of life did not work in turkey turkey and erdogan has made impressive progress its economy's booming and its role in the region and internationally is increasing but other things are happening too which could put societies journey into reverse. from turkey. and of course you can read all about this story at his website and as much more for you besides that including stop the invisible war hundreds in washington purchase against their road killers as auntie dot com with the inside on the run is blaming the us drones for the slaughter of people all over the. cyprus special if at least three million euros have disappeared from your count under the e.u. sponsored bailout deal all it seems is not lost you can still yourself see for

citizenship so had to alter dot com to learn all the details that. an israeli military investigation into a missile strike in gaza that killed twelve people including ten members of the same family has said it will not launch a criminal probe into the incident four young children died in that song during israel's military offensive in november last year. a report put out by the legal body of these rated defense force says civilian deaths during the conflict were regrettable but that january the israeli military acted with utmost professionalism and schmidt martin on the palestinian center for human rights believes the military husbands put forward an adequate explanation for its action during the war and just a word of warning for you that you will find some of the following images disturbing there were two cases which were closed in this way the one cases the case of the family which is one of the most enduring images of the offensive in november. or where there were twelve civilians killed and

a further six were wounded there were five children of the family that the second cases of the show a family home which was targeted and it's located on baghdad streets and you're in that target saying four civilians were killed and another six were wounded very spend very little explanation as to why these cases have been closed israel has made merely stated that they no prosecutions it's a wider problem and in fact already this year since january or thirteen civil cases which p.c. hey choice that they said on behalf of victims of operation cast lead have also been dismissed and of course operation cast that happened four years ago so we're facing ongoing impunity for both about offensive and the offensive in november there's been a number of changes to the israeli legal system which have made it practically impossible for palestinian victims to achieve any form of justice. times

a day which means people are preparing to listen to license the wallets to call it square with the government but while talks is often seen as the price to pay for living in a civilized society many believe the amount people have to stump up is distributed fairly decent on the brakes. taxes no one likes paying them but in the us some are willing to go the extra mile to avoid it there are many people who consider it there are people that do it. and there are go really can be great tax advantages for people who want to give up their stuart citizenship it might sound quite drastic but last year over eighteen hundred people did just that one hundred back their american passports some high profile names were among them kung fu star jet li felt he was taking a pounding from the i.r.s. so swap his u.s. citizenship for that of singapore joining him there is facebook co-founder eduardo

saverin who avoided a tax bill of around forty million dollars by doing so once you've made the decision to give up your citizenship what happens if you change your mind just how easy is it to get back again as long as it isn't found that you gave up your citizenship pretty much purely for tax reasons certainly possible but it's not painless you have to go through this process again authorities are considering introducing tougher laws against those who skip pounds tax if you will now through u.s. citizenship and it is determined that you've done this. pretty much purely for tax reasons you could face serious issues with regard to ever returning to the united states but is that the only reason people give for renouncing citizenship mike good ski give back his u.s. passport because he couldn't calm tone the direction the country was taking two

thousand and eight there was a lot of talk in the news about. america going to leave all options on the table with respect to iran's nuclear program which of course was code for us what we've deployed nuclear weapons against the people of iran i said to most of the. if the united states. commits another mass atrocity by deploying a nuclear weapon or say deploying chemical biological weapons. i'm just going to give up my citizenship i just you know i give up on this country my kids now what is known as a stateless person as he didn't take on any other citizenship despite now living in slovakia you know the zone is obviously a great place to be for somebody in my situation because if you're going to be in a cage as i say this is a very nice one europe is is lovely he says he has no regrets about the decision

you know we've got drone killings without warrant of even american citizens and whoever you know and their relatives overseas we've got you know the president has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined despite his campaign promises to the contrary you know there's there's a laundry list i don't need to go specifically into obama i think this is a it's a feature of the system be it for tax purposes or personal reasons like mike the number of people choosing to jump ship has risen eight fold since two thousand and eight making it a serious choice for a growing amount peter all of a r c. let me tell you kate partridge is a hay already in the studio so stay with us after the break for all your sports.

oh no lazy bureaucratic and trivial censorship strikes again but this time in russia a bill has been signed into law that will put fines on individuals and legal entities for using vulgar in the media one major flaw of many with this is that they really don't know which words are going to be considered vulgar i guess these words are so awful that they cannot even write them down i'm not naïve there has always been and will always be censorship but this where word list is just silly there is a common expression on the russian internet that russian mainstream media connects up more and i is ation of society russian t.v. does have all the bloody violent action movies as well as scandalous talk shows which are kind of like freak shows and plenty of reality t.v. where young people pretty much act like subhuman animals in a cage they've got all that so the government is basically saying that if some guy on t.v. because there are twenty people blooded limbs flying that that is totally ok for television unless they come out for bid swear while doing it you can show brainless

materialistic dimwits sleeping and fighting with everything that moves on a reality show but if they say that one magic three letter russian word then it is over the line this is not a logical way to conduct censorship but that's just my opinion. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you. are is a big check. hello

welcome to the r.t.e. sports show half an hour atop action from russia and around the world would make a cartridge at least to some of what's to come. title race defending champions in a narrow the gap the latest test cap a six point five with six days to go in the russian premier league. but army marchand test out the caliber round by their opening matches to take a commanding lead in their best of five series can the euro league play ups. and need for speed as such it is up to the one next year plus there's also set the stage for big races this season and all will come true. but let's kick off with the russian premier league where defending champions need to narrow the gap at the top to six points after winning one nil at loch a motive that says still lead the way which is on course the reports. thanks.

so it's going to remain top spot dropping points for the first time in six months is after being held to a goal of straw in moscow darby at the nominee of the star having a win to destroy him for of side. thanks. to fending champions to me the gap at the top to six points after a one no women look among thieves who devised rule netting up to sixty minutes as well john as for let his men run to before straight victory in the league. thanks. and she won the first game since the winter break free no victory ten men i mean spark it showed winning the scoring on thirty four minutes and i seen a priority would double their lead six minutes later bogle reduced to ten men after adrian roper time was sent off and villian wrapped up a morale boosting victory with his first league over his new club proceedings man still third on course for the europa league again.