on to say he addressed the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change signs sent turn on president nicolas maduro and the u.s. is lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence after he broke ranks with president material u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcements and the washington conference on the americas it is time for the supreme court in venezuela to return to its founding purpose. if the supreme court of venezuela does not return to its constitutional mandate to uphold the rule of law the united states of america will hold all twenty five of its magistrates accountable for their actions. so i came today to be very clear united states of america will continue to exert all diplomatic and economic pressure to bring about a peaceful transition of democracy in venezuela but to those who continue to oppress the good people of venezuela know this all options are on the table and also he's a boy who has more now from caracas. very early in the morning the supreme court here in venezuela announced that the

from the opposition controlled national assembly fifteen lawmakers have already been stripped of their immunity and three of them have been detained again the government is saying that they were involved in a coup and that they should be in jail. yes house judiciary committee has frozen so hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress it escalates the democrats' legal battle with the trumpet ministration over access. reports far has refused to submit on the dacs version of the special counsel's findings present trump past assertions executive privilege shields in the reports shielding its from public view classical hain is following developments in washington. after a long and contentious hearing the house judiciary committee has voted along party lines to issue a contempt of congress citation against the william bar the u.s. attorney general this is all over the robert mueller the special counsel's report about potential collusion between the trim campaign in russia and obstruction of justice barr released a redacted version of the report the democrats who contro

from the opposition controlled national assembly fifteen lawmakers have already been stripped of their immunity and three of them have been detained again the government is saying that they were involved in a coup and that they should be in jail. the u.s. host judiciary committee has voted to hold cerny general william barr in contempt of congress it escalates the democrats' legal battle with the trumpet ministration over accents to rule the report's form has refused to submit an unproductive version of the special counsel's findings press. trump has asserted executive privilege over the reports shielding it from public view well in another developments on the alleged collusion the us senate intelligence panel has subpoenaed the president's son donald trump jr he's reportedly being summoned to provide answers about his contacts with russia with senators looking to question him about his twenty seventeen congressional testimony on plans for a trump tower projects in moscow pascoe hayne is following developments in one.

as we gather here today, president quite so is meeting with the national assembly, some of whom have come under harassment by the national guard and intelligence services. me take this opportunity to be very clear. the safety and security of president juan guaido and his family are a priority for the united states of america. [applause] the united states has stood strong for freedom in venezuela. the president said we can be a lot tougher. regime inmaduro particular, the supreme court of venezuela has undermined its constitutional mandate. the supreme court was established to protect the rule of law. sadly, of late, it has become a political tool for a regime that usurps democracy, indicts political prisoners, and promotes authoritarianism. it is time for the supreme court in venezuela to return to its founding purpose. if the supreme court of venezuela does not return to its constitutional mandate to uphold the rule of law, the united states of america will hold all 25 of its magistrates accountable for their actions. i came today to be very clear. the united states of america will

guess is venezuela has basically been quite a mess what are the odds of early elections for the national assembly will the assembly agree considering we haven't seen calls for elections on the presidential side come to fruition either. well 1st of all going to as well has every right to have an election where the national assembly in 2020 or to move it up to this year constitutionally they have the right. the national assembly it's important to recognize it. was never elected president never ran for president he was on a rotating basis the temporary president of the national assembly a body that was that the time defunct because it was in violation of the supreme court as well but that's another matter when the u.s. recognized new elections it's very doubtful because the u.s. government is not interested in democratic change or in democracy in venezuela what they are interested in is regime change they're interested in having their own u.s. appointed completely compliant government in venezuela and in overthrowing the whole popular process a ball of yarn move as it's called that has made enormous

brando is being prosecuted for high treason along with six other national assembly members following last week's attempt to remove president nicolas maduro from power so risible has this update from caracas. on wednesday evening the vice president of the national assembly every out of him but i know started sending messages out that he was going to be detained by intelligence services he was outside the headquarters of his political party he was inside a car and because he did not want to leave it the car intelligence services brought a tow truck in order to take the whole told truck towards detention center here in caracas the other thing we know is that another member of the national assembly. ended up in the tally and reference he asking again for refuge because again she believed that she was going to be detained by intelligence forces the u.s. has judiciary committee has those is a hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress let's escalates the democrats legal battle with the trumpet ministration over access to this russia reports war has refused to submit an on r

and police in venezuela have locked down the national assembly in the capital caracas after reports of a suspicious package it happened just minutes before the opposition leader who was set to lead a session venezuela's supreme court has also called for 4 more opposition m.p.'s to be stripped of immunity so that they can be tried for treason. those are the top stories i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour stay with us coming up next it's the screen thanks for watching by. hi i'm femi ok and this is the stream today to the united kingdom still chuckle silence we discussed britain's occupation of the indian ocean territory so if you want to join the conversation tweet us and i will do my best to include you in the . british prime minister tourism a is defined a united nations ruling that britain illegally obtained a child course islands and should return the archipelago to malicious this is our duty as the dean barber explain why we're telling the islands is not that easy. in 165 britons split the remote islands from your issues 3 years before whorish is going to depend.

senior south korean defense officials have been briefing lawmakers in the national assembly on thursday's weapons test and it coincides with the release by north korean state run media of images of what it calls a strike drill are various weapons being used by a number of different units overseen by leader kim jong un now south korea's military says that in addition to what's assumed to be the two short range missiles being fired in one direction and also being fired but this time in a westward direction towards the sea on that side of the korean peninsula were a number of multiple rocket launchers and also self-propelled guns so a serious show of force by north koreans military and it comes just five days after a similar weapons test which was carried out on saturday on north korea's east coast are now coming together this is taken as a very serious provocation but south korea seeming to do all they can not to be provoked almost downplaying the significance and the seriousness of these latest developments as it comes began who is the u.s. special representative on north korean affairs is

hello nic we're just outside of the national assembly. building but about actually about a 100 meters from it because it's been completely surrounded since very early this morning by members of the national guard the bomb squad and. but we haven't actually seen any vehicles that would indicate that there are bomb squads inside there for that meeting that was supposed to take place with the national assembly and it's called every tuesday morning has been canceled nobody can go inside and see if there's a specific thing is now full of deputies waiting to see what they're going to do they say that this is a flaw that they don't believe for a moment we're being told that there is actually a bomb inside one deputy is speculating in fact that the government agents may be trying to plant evidence inside d their committee also could be used against them during a trial 0 to try to demonstrate that they are plotting against the stability of the nation this is all speculation at this point nic but what i can say is that they're insisting that they'r

on tuesday the address the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro military police stopped journalists from entering the assembly those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news coming up for you right after inside story that's next stay with us. humans opposing nature risk a major report warns one million species face the threat of extinction from deforestation to overfishing and development the consequences will be diet but can this trend be reversed or at least this isn't a story. hello and welcome to the program i'm wrong on life on earth is in decline with more species threatened with extinction than at any other time in history and we blame that's part of the findings of a un agency responsible for assessing the state of our planet almost five hundred experts work together over three years destruction of natural habitats the felling of trees climate change pollution and plunder of the land and sea are all singled out as major drivers of the decline around a mill

security clampdown on venezuela's opposition controlled national assembly and accusations of crimes against humanity against. the 2nd night of nationwide curfew comes into force it's really like chris please try to predict this tension. in sudan's protests need is it demanding an independent investigation into monday night's violence that killed at least 6 people demonstrators are reinforcing barricades on the roads of khartoum despite a warning from the military not to do so and the council is denying security forces used life and blaming what they call infiltrates is for the test let's go live to hit morgan in a bit take us through what's been happening. well at the moment make the square and front of the army headquarters where the sit in has been going on is very tense they're saying that because they've set up new roadblocks and new barricades to make sure that the army does not try to infiltrate or try to remove their barricades they worry that there will be further attacks but they are saying that they are also prepared just a few hours ago they held a funeral for one of the people w

is a deputy in the opposition dominated national assembly now he represents the atari neighborhood in caracas and joins us on the phone from just outside the venezuelan capital thank you very much for taking time to speak to us so as we said a number of opposition politicians have been stripped of that parliamentary immunity we know that iran has been detained are you concerned that there will be more such arrests and detentions off to the attempted uprising. yes thank you martin who are helping me with the truth one won't know that it will be a sloth he said. they could only both see that it is their national anthem the uprooted from did not happen it doesn't help their own to believe that would be for them dies. off frequency for diplomatic protection extended look at the nations are shouting for unity if they're our girls refuse to press for the work you've been to them or get the care and feeding the invaders so these are the very difficult situation right now persecution and it is canadian but it doesn't appear that it's a quick because you don't have to fear 2 month in these con

president marks one year since his free election and proposes early polls for the opposition led national assembly. and mourning formula one champion maciel out of one of the most significant figures in motor sport has ties. president hassan rouhani says he favors diplomacy with the u.s. but the current situation isn't suitable for talks he says iran's only choice is resistance tensions have been on the rise in recent days after the u.s. said it was strengthening its military presence in the region because of unspecified threats from iran and washington lawmakers are demanding now exactly what those threats are reports from their. leaving the white house president donald trump says he's willing to talk to rand's leaders when they are ready while seemingly downplaying a potential threat iran would be making a very big mistake if they did it even if they do something it will be met with great force but we have no indication that they will. but his administration just weeks earlier had said it had intelligence that he ran could attack u.s. forces or its allies sending in an aircraft carrier to the gu

venezuela's president calls for early elections the opposition led national assembly. and the formula one legend. has died at the age of 70. the iranian president hassan rouhani has come out saying he favors diplomacy but the current situation isn't suitable for talks with the united states now on monday iran announced it's quadrupled the rate of production of low enriched uranium this comes a week after it said it was ending some of its commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal is practical in. leaving the white house president donald trump says he's willing to talk to iran's leaders when they are ready while seemingly downplaying a potential threat iran would be making a very big mistake if they did anything if they do something it will be met with great force but we have no indication that they will. but his administration just weeks earlier had said it had intelligence that iran could attack u.s. forces or its allies sending in an aircraft. carrier to the gulf earlier than planned along with bombers and missiles even evacuating some of its diplomatic personnel from i

they'd been locked out of the now powerless legislature the only institution they control the national assembly building is directly behind me but since early this morning police and national guardsmen haven't allowed anybody to go inside one officer told me that it's because the bomb squad is inside but according to opposition deputies who were due to be meeting there today this is just a ploy another attempt they say by the government to intimidate them. the deputies gathered in an adjacent building as a handful of government supporters shouted insults and we're here to raise our voice against those traitors. president macdougall has targeted the deputies who form part of the opposition leader idles tightest inner circle but why the remains defiant valen to convene the assembly again on wednesday. if we have to hold our stations on the streets we will but the federal legislative palace belongs to the parliament to the people of venezuela and we want to announce it to do they have brute force on this side obviously yes but that will not dissuade us no matter what they do to us. why dos's his r

to venezuela now with the president of the opposition controlled national assembly has been arrested opposition leader one of the news on social media some had earlier said on twitter that he was being taken to the headquarters of venezuela's intelligence agency let's get more with our correspondent trays of oh she's joining us live from the capital caracas tell us more choices about some and the circumstances around his arrest. well late on wednesday evening there was a message going out to several members of the media of his own party of every out of somebody in a saying that he was going to be taken by the intelligence services here even if we let he was outside the headquarters of his political party and he was inside a car and because he did not want to leave the car intelligence services brought a toll a tow truck in order to take the vehicle away what's later reported that he was detained inside the illegally there which is a very in a way infamous prison here in ca that as in he was not of the only lawmaker that was in a wave of what was about to be detained by intelligence s

vice president of the opposition controlled national assembly trees about because. i. know he's going to every public office he got access to try to locate her father ever got a somewhat i know the vice president of the opposition controlled national assembly at the time. we don't know where he is he was kidnapped by this government and taken illegally he's innocent they talk about treason he has been defending democracy in venezuela because the national assembly is the only democratic institution left in venezuela. somebody i know was taken on wednesday night he did not want to leave his vehicle so intelligence officers used a tow truck to take him at this point nobody really knows where it ever got some but i know he's being held his lawyers presume that he's being detained in this prison it's known as. it's where political opponents and students for example that participated in protests are being detained on rights groups say that prisoners here are tortured and abused by. the government controlled constituent assembly voted to strip of immunity to several oppositio

the opposition controlled national assembly and then what we saw that happened on wednesday is that story on tuesday is that the supreme court issuing a criminal investigation and initiating actors actions against six members of the national assembly accusing dome of rebellion and treason in a way participating in what the government says was a q that happened on april thirtieth the wall over a week ago and then later on that bridge was taken to the constituent assembly that's the government controlled legislative body that was created by the government of new york where seven members of the national assembly were stripped of immunity well what happened on wednesday is basically the government moving on of those threats saying that those forces were involved in the cool that they say happened here over one week ago and what happened after is that several of those members among them which are blank he sought refuge at the embassy of argentina another one went to the italian embassy and then they got to somebody was detained he was outside the headquarters of his party he wins inside

it comes as opposition leader when gado defied a military blockade to attend a session of the national assembly in caracas national guard had surrounded the building for a 2nd day. to stay with us the stream is up next thanks for watching watching in a bit. ok and you're in the stream today how can the so-called children of the caliphate be helped. rights activists say minors who once lived in a controlled territory should be repatriated to other countries but security experts warn that they could pose a threat to what do you think your comments in the u chief will do her best to get those comrades into. syria lawyer vice president of the syrian national coalition and you are in the stream. thousands of children who once lived in i still controlled territory of being held in prisons and refugee camps across eastern syria iraq and libya some were captured fleeing i saw with their mothers while many others opens overboard to foreign parents a handful of countries including kosovo russia and kazakhstan have taken action to repatriate minus security analysts have suggested the issue is a political

senior south korean defense officials have been briefing lawmakers in the national assembly on thursday's weapons test and it coincides with the release by north korean state run media of images of what it calls a strike drill of various weapons being used by a number of different units overseen by leader kim jong un now south korea's military says that in addition to what's assumed to be the two short range missiles being fired in one direction and also being fired but this time in a westwood direction towards the sea on that side of the korean peninsula were a number of multiple rocket launchers and also self propelled guns so a serious show of force by north koreans military and it comes just five days after a similar weapons test which was carried out on saturday on north korea's east coast are now coming together this is taken as a very serious provocation but south korea seeming to do all they can not to be provoked almost downplaying the significance and the seriousness of these latest developments and it comes big on who is the u.s. special representative on north korean affairs i

they'd been locked out of the now powerless legislature the only institution they control the national assembly building is directly behind me but since early this morning police and national guardsmen have been allowed anybody to go inside one officer told me that it's because the bomb squad is inside but according to opposition deputies who were due to be meeting there today this is just a ploy another attempt they say by the government to intimidate them. the deputies gathered in an adjacent building as a handful of government supporters shouted insults. we are here to raise our voice against those traitors. president madugalle has targeted the deputies who form part of the opposition leader tightest inner circle but why the remains defiant vowing to convene the assembly again on wednesday. if. we have to hold our stations on the streets we will but the federal legislative palace belongs to the parliament to the people of venezuela and we want to announce it do they have brute force on this side obviously yes but that will not dissuade us no matter what they do to us. why doest says his repr

the vice presidents of venezuela's opposition controlled national assembly has been arrested after some bronco is being prosecuted for high treason along with six other national assembly members opened last week's attempts to remove president nicolas maduro from power. sudan's opposition leaders are threatening to launch a a nationwide civil disobedience movements after accusing the military council of delaying the transfer of power to civilians the military leaders saw a warning about holding elections in. six months if an agreement can't be reached with the opposition. the latest from khartoum. deadlock and threats of escalation marked one is these talks between the opposition and the transitional military council in khartoum along with the forces of the declaration of change the military had invited dozens of other political parties to the talks they have all presented ideas to get sudan out of the crisis. we received one hundred seventy seven proposals we analyzed and research them and that can give indication of a compromise policy solution on the transitional issues of the transit

celebrates the one year anniversary of his reelection and proposes early polls for the opposition led national assembly. france president hassani says he wants talks with the u.s. but not in the current climate he says tyrants only choice is resistance as the u.s. says it's strengthening its military presence in the region because of unspecified threats from iran and washington politicians want to know exactly what those threats are radical he reports. leaving the white house president donald trump says he's willing to talk to you iran's leaders when they are ready while seemingly downplaying a potential threat iran would be making a very big mistake if they did it even if they do something it will be met with great force but we have no indication that they will. but his administration just weeks earlier had said it had intelligence that he ran could attack u.s. forces or its allies sending in an aircraft carrier to the gulf earlier than planned along with bombers and missiles even evacuating some of its diplomatic personnel from. a rock perhaps in response iran announced monday it's quadrupled its pro

from the national assembly here in venezuela they said that they were accused of treason and rebellion of being part of what the government here says was a cool to remove a little out of office later on we saw the constituent assembly which is a legislative body created by the government to in a way replace the national assembly because it's considered to be in contempt of by the administration to vault to strip from immunity those same lawmakers this is not the first time that something like this happened it happens with opposition leader one way the last month and it doesn't mean that they are going to be detained of any type soon but it shows in a way that the government is very very serious about what happened here in venezuela one week ago and it does not want to go and noted what one way though is saying is that they will continue to challenge the administration here that the government is becoming more repressive because they cannot solve the problems that venezuelans are facing every day from shortages of food of medicines among other things one way though has already acknowled

in the country it comes as opposition leader who defied the military blockades to enter the national assembly in caracas the national guard had surrounded the building for a 2nd day tuesday session was cancelled after police barricaded the building over an alleged suspicious package position politicians have called the move an act of intimidation. on earth america dissolution human joins us from the capital caracas to see that the suspension of flights how will that affect that is where. the lore and that is it's really actually a formality at this point to american airlines which was the last u.s. airline that was flying to venezuela. in march when the blackouts began here there was a nationwide blackout pilot said that the conditions were just not safe enough to guarantee safe passage into venezuela and since then american airlines just hasn't resumed its flights but now this makes it a formality and not only will a u.s. based airlines be able to fly between both countries not rather be able to fly between both countries but neither would have it is whale an airline from here to there so it

an uprising by opposition leader one on tuesday why don't address the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro. please stop journalists from entering the assembly and the u.s. is lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence after he broke ranks with president obama u.s. vice president my pens made that announcement at the annual washington conference on the americas it is time for the supreme court in venezuela to return to its founding purpose if the supreme court of venezuela does not return to its constitutional mandate to uphold the rule of law. the united states of america will hold all twenty five of its magistrates accountable for their actions so i came today to be very clear united states of america will continue to exert all diplomatic and economic pressure to bring about a peaceful transition of democracy in venezuela but to those who continue to oppress the good people of venezuela know this all options are on the table more on all of this with. very early in the mo

years persecution terror state terrorism they kidnap no less than the vice president of the national assembly the only globally recognized institution in venezuela they have to make themselves to be seen as strong and in control but they've already lost and don't have control so they lash out. let's get more on this our correspondent sean supposed joining us live from moscow so the crackdown on opposition politicians continuing in venezuela troy is the talk us through what happened with the vice president of the national assembly and other opposition politicians. well april thirtieth when pricing involving one way go into others happened here in venezuela we've been hearing lots of talk from the government that many opposition lawmakers would be detained we saw that on television involving venezuelan officials among others and then on tuesday this supreme court initiated a criminal investigation at that time six lawmakers saying that they were involved in treason and rebellion and then later on the constituent assembly which is a legislative body that was created by an equal of my would in a

has more now from outside the national assembly. 60 meters away from the entrance to the national assembly where after threatening to hold the meeting today either hard under a bridge or anywhere in public finally opposition deputies were allowed into the legislative palace but not the media in fact the media was physically pushed away from the entrance by the national guards riot police that you see behind me and who have cordoned off this entire area in fact we are being kept away the press gallery is empty but the meeting is going ahead nonetheless they are discussing among other things the fact that a 7 more opposition deputies who are also notoriously are all very evidently not taking part in this in this session were stripped of their parliamentary immunity on tuesday and one of them has actually been given refuge at the mexican embassy which is very significant because mexico until now has been considered one of the allies of president. it has refused to recognize that as the interim president as have most other latin american countries but now by giving this opposition deputy refug

president nicolas maduro has proposed holding early elections for the opposition controlled national assembly it coincides with talks held in the u.s. between pentagon officials and representatives of the opposition leader one. of the united nations says that it may be forced to scale back the delivery of humanitarian aid to some parts of yemen that are under the control it claims who think rebels are blocking aid convoys and harassing stuff but says the suspension of aid would be a last resource. the u.s. judge has ruled that congress should have to should have access to president donald trump's financial records the judge ruled that democrats have the right to investigate the president without opening formal impeachment proceedings serious kristen salumi reports now from a trump rally in one. tools ville pennsylvania. stressed that country's economic growth and. at his rally but on the way here he said he was disappointed in the federal judge's decision not to sit in a request from the house oversight. financial records and it's just children money records the. democrats of pursuing hide an

well we're here right in front of the national assembly and we've been seeing some tense moments when members of the national assembly opposition lawmakers try to enter the palace this area of business surrounded by supporters of president nicolas maduro and there were streaming screaming at them harassing them among other things what we do know is that what you know is that in size and there are many issues that are going to be debating today one of them is that for example the possibility of venezuela rejoining what is known as the rio pact is that pact from the cold war that was used by the united states to support the book a did against cuba among other things were chavis abandoned it and now the national assembly is hoping to get venezuela walk back inside of course all of this with the support of the united states and we've been also talking to some lawmakers who say that they would like to vote on the possibility of implementing the article one hundred eighty seven article that i will the constitution that says and talks about military missions and authorizing military missions

going after the national assembly piece by piece we have no proof of life from those deputies no proof of my ok they just arrested and forget about you know a phone call to your lawyer and almost everybody there has not to leave the country and can't go back because of the dictator's repression the only thing that is protected and disputing i'm going to speak to any human rights abuses i'm not disputing the human rights abuses i'm offering if i'm mature and i'm a dictator why am i learning this man to run around asking my defense minister and generals to tell me why don't i just look him up. well because i can come up with to make him a martyr and you'd also incur the ire of the nearly 60 countries that have that are supporting that. that you can legitimately president that's a huge international coalition to ignore it and that would of course result and who knows what action who knows what further sanctions or what actions by the international community would make him a martyr to all those millions of people you see coming out in march in support of the speech people come out

from the national assembly here in venezuela they said that they were accused of treason and rebellion of being part of what the government here says was a cool to remove a little out of office later on we saw the constituent assembly which is a legislative body created by the government to in a way replace the national assembly because it's considered to be in contempt of by the administration to vault to strip from immunity those same lawmakers this is not the first time that something like this happened it happened with opposition leader one way the last month and it doesn't mean that they are going to be detained any type soon but it shows in a way that to the government is very very serious about what happened here in venezuela one week ago and it does not want to go and noted what one way though is saying is that they will continue to challenge the administration here that the government is becoming more repressive because they cannot solve the problems that venezuelans are facing every day from shortages of food of medicines among other things one way though has already acknowle

trying to avoid the fate that befell edgar's on the vice president of venezuela's opposition run national assembly he was thrown in jail on wednesday charged with treason for supporting whitelist uprising. this video shows the moment his car was hauled off to prison with some still inside. some broadness family was defiant after his arrest. you know you've done today my father is giving up part of his life to defend venezuela and to defend democracy and freedom soon there will be justice not just for us that those who are doing a bad things will be held to account echoes of discontent also evident on the streets of caracas even amid fears of government reprisals. we're protesting but we're afraid they will tell you it's against as is they've done with the deputies it gets him with all of those they want to take the prison up on it but i thought. why do said some flannels arrest his part of a government intimidation campaign. when it nobody got i mean the guy would be what is the only tool they have used because it was. terrible the state terrorism to be clear. because that's what they do in italy

this comes a day after authorities arrested the beis president of the opposition controlled national assembly the arrests have put renewed pressure on wider whose attempted uprising last week failed to oust president nicolas maduro. for supporters of one quiet though the aftermath of last week's coup attempt is proving dangerous stripped of their immunity by the supreme court richard blanco of the brief people's alliance and they could not see a of the radical cause party sought safety at the embassies of argentina and italy . they're trying to avoid the fate that befell edgar's on the vice president of venezuela's opposition run national assembly he was thrown in jail on wednesday charged with treason for supporting why those uprising. this video shows the moment his car was hauled off to prison with some brownouts still inside. some broadness family was defiant after his arrest. you know you've done today my father is giving up part of his life to defend venezuela and to defend democracy and freedom soon there will be justice not just for us that those who are doing a bad things will be hel

but as well impreza nicolas maduro proposal elections for the country's national assembly the opposition won control of the body of the 2015 vote and that the next elections are currently shojo filleted 2020. you know the so are you going to not. an up or because you know. i'm one of you. well i'm the 3rd you know i'm one of the few i don't know the 100 have still not. here called the. new testament we will fight until we win or die regardless of how much of a blockade they impose on us how much the opposition tracer heard us internally and externally we will and we all know that by now but at this moment many people wonder if war commitment is failing and only see people not in here it's a great victory and it's saying that you don't want any war we want absolute peace it comes as we do or supporters celebrated the anniversary of his reelection or may the 20th last year at the same time but as one opposition leader one goh i dozed a representative in the u.s. attended meetings at the pentagon and state department he characterized the talks as positive and constructive those shared his a

from the opposition controlled national assembly fifteen lawmakers have already been stripped of their immunity and three of them have been detained again the government is saying that they were involved in a coup and that they should be in jail most of the weather up next then. we are now in a constitutional crisis here as democrats put pressure on the attorney general and an escalated shortened over the mother reports. and to look at her dams and reservoirs could be hurting the world's ecosystems on the communities who depend on them. going. hello there is still not completely settled across parts of the middle east we still got a fair amount of cloud showing up on the satellite picture and some of these clouds are giving us one or two showers and they will see more as we head through the next few days some of them over parts of iraq but i think on friday some of the west of the weather is likely to be over parts of our media and into as of asia on away from there it's getting warmer now so baghdad should be at around thirty one degrees and forcing kabul we should be at arou

venezuelan president nicolas were during his proposed early elections for the country's national assembly the opposition won control of the body in a 2050 vote and the next elections are currently show jeweled fellate 2020. 1 of the group cannot. or will be. one of the 1st you know one of the you know the family of. the. military one we will fight until we win or die regardless of how much of a blockade they impose on us how much the opposition trace to her death internally and externally we will we by now but at this moment many people one war who illuminate haleigh and all this people not in here is a great victory it's saying that we don't want any war we want absolute peace it comes as we do as supporters celebrated the anniversary of his reelection on may the 20th last year at the same time venezuelan opposition leader why does representative in the u.s. attended meetings at the pentagon the state department he characterized the talks as positive and constructive mr garrido echoed that sentiment on twitter. to get these people of venezuela we are advancing and capacity building an in

and 2015 party loses the parliamentary election and the right wing opposition wins in the national assembly. to believe the country is paralyzed as m.p.'s hinder legislative work and rejects supremes court rulings. responds with a football dribble will lose. its. instead of waiting for the hand of god as his friend would advise changes field in the middle of the game. of the holds a referendum on the formation of a constitutional assembly that would remove the powers of the national assembly controlled by his opponents. was it a constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the same procedure to remove chavez from office in 2007. in 2016. before that. was a decision ethical. i may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as an entirely the banker was appointed prime minister. the referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of 5 referendums because the citizens hadn't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. was those decisions constitutional maybe they were but also ethical and democratic . in venezuela after the 2015 crisis the part of the right wing o

building we will continue to insist and coalesced stations tomorrow and the national assembly palace because they can't attempt to militarily occupy it. saudi arabia state owned energy company around co is stopped pumping oil through a major pipeline after a drone attack the government says 2 stations were targeted on the east west pipeline who 3 rebels in yemen say they launched the strikes to warn the kingdom to stop its aggression is that reply iraq in which they are 7 drones belonging to the air force of yemen attacked the pumping station relating to the strategic pipeline that carries oil from east to west in saudi arabia it was a successful operation we found assistance from people living in saudi arabia and we had excellent intelligence in the attack is seriously damaged the economy of the enemy. and un brokered talks between houthi rebels and representatives of yemen's government is taking place in jordan the u.n. says houthi rebels are withdrawing from the 3 major ports partly as agreed by a cease fire signed last year this began on saturday it's part of what is known

who has already said that that assembly that is right now in a way replacing the national assembly in this country that's controlled by the opposition the government is saying that bad national assembly congress here is in contempt and that's why they have created another body while that body is going to be voting to get it to strip off immunity the lawmakers involved in the op rising earlier this week among those lawmakers is obviously one why the opposition one why though and many say that to the government could try to arrest him later later this week and that's been a threat to own risk for a long time his position is quite difficult right now what are your positions. lannes going forward. well that's correct it's an extremely difficult situation the one he is in right now i mean he has been threatened in the past or briefly arrested in the past let's not forget what has happened to opposition members in this country they have either been arrested detained some have been killed and others have been forced to leave the country so it is an extremely sensitive situation what we've se

but thatis national assembly, the speaker. but that is a militarily appointed national assembly.he eight people chosen for this anointment than were chosen by his father, king bhumibol, back in 1950. once that is over, the king then gets presented with the royal regalia. these are items considered essential to any coronation, including the pointed crown which we expect he will place on his own head, a sort of victory, fly risk and fan, and pointed slippers and a sceptre. at that point he will be able to sit beneath a nine—tiered umbrella, only accorded is a privilege to reigning monarchs, and at that point, anybody who says that in thailand will know that he is officially recognised in every way as the next king of thailand. he is sitting underneath a seven—tiered umbrella at the moment, jonathan. we're just seeing the live seen at the moment in bangkok, of the coronation of king maha vajiralongkorn. there is a lot of symbolism and ritual in this process. what does it mean for the thai people? well, they care a lot about ritual and symbolism two. if you look at the lives of many