to nicola sturgeon. -- mackay. scale of it in scotland. at a massive story. for the snp, it becomes a bad time because this week where they would hoped to unveil an optimistic vision for scottish independence. recent polls have been showing support for scottish independence as a result of the fallout from britain leaving the eu. instead, they been wrapped by yet another sex scandal. it does have that sense of decadent party that's becoming increasingly complacent. the snp are facing serious criticism for areas of default areas like the nhs. he did stand down. nicola sturgeon was very clear. it was unacceptable, it was the right thing to do. i think it's a blow because actually, she, momentum is with the snp. they came out with a case of further independence and as strong as it's ever been. they're talking about the future of scotland and you have a prime minister that saying we just got to listen to the people of scotla nd just got to listen to the people of scotland and something like this for them is just problem

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juan guaidÓ tuvo un difÍcil regreso a venezuela, en medio de la hostilidad de grupos que apoyan a nicolÁsses de europa y amÉrica latina. sabremos lo que ocurriÓ en el regreso de guaidÓ, cuando prometiÓ seguir luchando contra el rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro. francisco: llegÓ a caracas tras una gira de tres semanas por europa y estados unidos. con una agenda primera renovada y prometiendo la libertad de venezuela sus seguidores. para el presidente interino juan guaidÓ llegar a esta plaza en este de la capital venezolana para pronunciar sus primeras palabras, enfrentÓ la violencia del chavismo. nada mÁs poner pie en tierra comenzaron los problemas, pasando el funcionario de turno le dejÓ entrar, pero le quitó su documento de identidad. una funcionaria chavista, quien ingresÓ con el aval del f seguridad del aeropuerto lo agrediÓ fÍsica y verbalmente. afuera le esperaba lo peor. decenas de seguidores del oficialismo gritando y amenazando con sus puÑos, golpeando y empujando al presidente interino. empujones y golpes, se siguieron con ataques a los vehÍculos blindados, donde era trasladado guaidÓ.

presentador: cuando regresemos de la pausa, el rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro realiza ejercicios militaresal ayuda a la comunidad. reportero: le preguntamos en una entrevista exclusiva. el padre del joven que muriÓ bajo la custodia de la patrulla fronteriza busca respuestas. ¿podrÁ donald trump conseguir el apoyo de los latinos para su reelecciÓn? josÉ luis perales confiesa que teme cantar en pÚblico. ¿cómo va eso? ♪ ella es la que es ♪ es hora de dejárselo saber... ♪ ella es la que es y tú lo sabes. házselo saber con el anillo que ella se merece. ♪ jared. ♪ ella es la que es ♪ es hora de dejárselo saber... ♪ ella es la que es y tú lo sabes. házselo saber con el anillo que ella se merece. ♪ jared. presentador: en venezuela el rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro realiza masivos ejercicios de militares de defensa en ciudades e instalaciones oficiales. en estos entrenamientos estarÍa participando miembros de las fuerzas armadas, integrantes de la llamadas milicias bolivarianas. esto incluye la presencia de civiles armados. desde caracas, francisco con todos los detalles. francisco: disparando a la nada

and we will stay nicola and asa with the times, but not that story.s the story of the moment, hs2, back with a vengeance. but that isn't the headline we get from the times. you don't get hs2 on the headline at all. i think this is the headline the prime minister would want to see, about this £1 billion a year boost to regional bus services. that very much as they look at this shiny, new bus and ignore hs2, because it is so controversial. most of the public will feel like it has dragged on for so long. basically, borisjohnson has dragged on for so long. basically, boris johnson has been dragged on for so long. basically, borisjohnson has been forced to make a decision. he came into downing street on the back of the votes of a lot of people in the north and the midlands who don't traditionally vote tory with a promise to level up. he just couldn't be seen, one of the first things he has done to cancel this programme. as kind of troubled as it is, and the point is even though it is, and the point is even though it is very unpopular and lots of trueblue s

el gobierno trump dice que la subsidiaria de la petrolera rusa conspira con el gobierno de nicolÁs maduroresa. >> sostener una dictadura es un acto criminal, un acto de guerra. janet: las sanciones son parte de la promesa de estados unidos de juan guaidÓ incrementar la campaÑa de mÁxima presiÓn, contra el rÉgimen maduro. guaidÓ se reunió con trump hace dos semanas. >> la compaÑÍa estÁ entre las mÁs grandes del planeta. las consecuencias se verÁn porque los poderes del mundo se mueve alrededor de este tema sensible. janet: congelan los activos en estados unidos y de casimiro, a 90 dÍas para que compaÑías afiliadas cesen sus negocios con ellos. washington busca que rusia frene su colaboraciÓn con el rÉgimen maduro. se ha afirmado al poder a pesar de los esfuerzos de estados unidos por ahogar la economÍa. el rÉgimen calificÓ la medida como una agresiÓn al pueblo, que trata de generar sufrimiento y dificultades. el presidente trump dio luz verde a las sanciones. el presidente ruso fue notificado el fin de semana. el mandatario dice que seguirÁ muy de cerca el desarrollo de estas sanciones. qu

this is a really serious blow for nicola sturgeon and the snp.'s star politicians in these excruciatingly embarrassing circumstances at a time when the snp led government here is already facing significant challenges in the health service and education. to add to that, next month former leader of the snp and former first minister alex salmond will appear in court facing 14 charges of sexual assault and attempted rape, charges he denies. sarah, thank you. it's been confirmed today that a third person in the uk has tested positive for coronavirus. england's chief medical officer says the patient did not catch the disease in china, where it was first detected, but in another asian country. according to the latest figures from china, there are more than 28,000 confirmed cases, with the current number of deaths there at 563. the authorities in china have banned public gatherings, like wedding and birthday parties, in a bid to halt the spread of the disease. but, as rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong, that's not stopped the rising anxiety in

is only interested in talking with the model government if it is about nicolas maduro decision to step aside and to allow a new democratically elected government in the u.s. his view to take power of course this is one of the long running chapters in trumps foreign policy in which they have tried very openly to replace a government leader with one of the u.s. is profits and it has not come to fruition so while this is a public relations coup for whether or not this undermines the tropic ministrations credibility on foreign policy and undermines the u.s. is reputation for how it engages with other countries and whether it respects other countries sovereignty including their political processes all of that is being put into question with this very public visit by hong lado rosen in jordan thank you very much a final figures from the u.s. democrats chaotic iowa caucus still haven't been announced with any partial results released so far with 71 percent of precincts counted format paint but each edge is holding on to an arab league over senator bernie sanders well they're both claiming vic

within the last hour, nicola sturgeon has spoken in scottish parliament about mr mckay's resignation.has apologised unreservedly for his conduct and recognised, as i do, that it was unacceptable and falls seriously below the standard required of a minister. i can also advise that he has, this morning, been suspended from both the snp and our parliamentary group pending further investigation. this was the response from the acting leader of the scottish conservatives. i have to ask the first minister, can the reputation of scottish politics and this parliament be maintained with the full confidence of the public, or even his constituents, if mr mackay remains as a member? mr mackay‘s budget speech will now have to be delivered by a junior minister. it's all come as a shock to derek mackay‘s constituents in the town of renfrew. i think it's a scandal. if that was somebody else in parliament, he would be the man demanding they resigned. nicola sturgeon will hope that mr mackay‘s resignation can limit the damage to her government and party, but she has lost a key minister at a crucial mome

nicolas maduro: no lo designa al presidente de estados unidos, lo elige el pueblo de venezuela en votoituciÓn seÑor donald trump. basta de tu obsesiÓn enfermiza con venezuela. jorge: y de venezuela pasamos a estados unidos el discurso de anoche del estado de la uniÓn serÁ recordado por dos momentos tensos, uno cuando el presidente donald trump decide no estrechar la mano de la presidenta de congreso nancy pelosi. y el otro cuando nancy pelosi rompe el la copia del discurso tan pronto como termina de pronunciarlo,lourdes del rÍo muestra los momentos mÁs tensos de la noche. lourdes: mÁs de un recinto sagrado esta noche se convirtiÓ en una especie de campo de batalla una muestra inequÍvoca de la polarizaciÓn polÍtica que vive el paÍs la controversia arrancÓ incluso antes de que el presidente donald trump iniciarÁ su discurso sobre el estado de la uniÓn. el presidente le entregÓ copia de su alocuciÓn al presidente de la cÁmara nancy pelosiÉsta lo recibiÓ intentó darle la mano por mandatario la ignorÓ esto sentÓ el tono de la noche, lo que hizo nancy pelosi final del discurso dejÓ al descub

nicola, thank you very much, nicola downing speaking to us. first, let's turn to india, where us president donald trump is set to visit the country next week. for weeks, negotiators have been trying to put together a trade deal president trump has called the deal "very big" but says it may not happen during his trip. the bbc‘s arunoday mukharji travelled to rural maharashtra to find out more. they have called their relationship special in the past but it is in rural india that the real trade deal between the us and india will be felt. the indian government has traditionally resisted imports of dairy products to protect the industry. india is the largest milk producing nation. translation: if you allow american products to enter the indian market, we will go into further loss and we will have the business snatched from us. but there is another, more sensitive religious issue, because cows a re sensitive religious issue, because cows are central to hindu worship and india wants the us to certify that feed for american cattle do not contain anima

nicola: this chart is the real yield.vel of interest rate over the long run for the u.s. economy is low and we agree. we think the new neutral interest rate is close to zero in the market is pretty much consistent with that that is -- that. that is because of long term forces like demographics, inequality, and high debt levels compressing interest rates as there is a big desire to save relative to investment. the environment for low interest rate for long is there. on the tip side, there is probably value in the medium-term. hour, the newst by kevin cirilli from des moines. smart noteg with a on the virus. really looking forward to seeing him, on renminbi and dollar. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this morning, dow futures 28,700, near 44 points off the bottom the 10 year yield higher. gold is sold. the unknowns of the wuhan virus is less unknown so president xi considers stability. carlsberg has less revenue as chinese drinkingdrinking establa are not closed with kevin cirilli. the math does not work. winner, no hanging chad to

let's listen to nicola sturgeon this morning on what was meant to be the scottish government unveiling budget, which it did do but it was overshadowed. members will be aware that i have accepted the resignation of mackay as finance secretary. he has apologised for his conduct and recognise as i do that it was u na cce pta ble recognise as i do that it was unacceptable and falls seriously below the standard required of a minister. ican below the standard required of a minister. i can also advise that he has this morning been suspended from both the as mp and the parliamentary group pending if the investigation. without being too crude, a pop proper “— without being too crude, a pop proper —— proper jaw—dropping tabloid. the very day derek mackay was good to be occupier of that role, suddenly all over the front page of the scottish sun, the m essa 9 es page of the scottish sun, the messages mackay sent. the thought that was in my head is imagine being kate forbes, you would've said something along the lines of —— kate forbes, you would've said something along the lines of "m seems she ac

why is nicolas maduro doing this?nited states that the venezuelan people, or at least more than 2 million people who are part of this melissa will support him, i prepared for anything. his advisers, his military advisors, r cuban, many of them are trained in cuba and they learned from the cuban example. if you arm the population, if you have a well—organised neighbourhood committees, anyone who tries to get into venezuelan knows that there would be a bloodbath. so he is pitching himself and the people against america? against america and now there are two big neighbours of venezuela, colombia and brazil, having hostile governments. so this right—wing government, one of the reason of these exercises is nicolas maduro said those two countries are harbouring terrorist groups, training in their territory to prepare a possible invasion if the opportunity is right. his strategy at the moment is to align a nationalistic hope and get that up against what he would say are his enemies in surrounding countries? yes. we have to b

not only did you lose it you accepted and nicola sturgeon, the leader of the snp alex salmond clearly explicitly accepted that this was a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity for scotland to give its voice on that choice. so once—in—a—lifetime means once in a lifetime. let's analyse that. what happened in that campaign, we were told if we stayed in the uk we would stay in the european union and our rights as eu citizens would be respected. that's the first thing. but from that referendum what happened was that the smith commission was established, to look what would happen for further powers for the scottish parliament, under lord smith. that was an all—party commission which all parties, including the conservatives, signed up to and in that smith commission report it was accepted it was up to the people of scotland to determine their constitutional future. so there was no situation where it was accepted that we could not return to having a referendum on scottish independence in the future. that is a complicated argument about process but the simple thing that both scots and the rest of the

now, nicola sturgeon says she will continue to pursue that, to press for that. scotland, from civic scotland. she will continue to argue the case, she will discuss the question that might be put in a putative referendum. she will press for that. but she also says she's prepared to consider — at least consider — alternatives. she rules out a wildcat referendum, as in catalonia. she says it would simply set things back. she is not interested, she says, in gestures that do not fall within the law. but she is prepared to consider — at least consider — testing in the courts whether the scottish parliament might have the power to hold a consultative plebiscite — not a full—scale statutory referendum but a consultative plebiscite — whether the reservation of the constitution to westminster would rule that out or not. now, let me be clear, she is not particularly in favour of that. some within her party are arguing for it. she is not advocating that. she is not seeking that at an early stage. indeed, she says the focus should be upon building support for independence ra

i can assure you that when i speak to nicola sturgeon, i put equally challenging questions to her. to kind to me on valentine's day. anyway, thank you very much for being with us. the antarctic has recorded a temperature of more than twenty degrees celsius for the first time since records began. although scientists say this may be a one—off and not part of a long—term trend, it raises concerns about climate change. the reading of 2.75 degrees was taken by a brazilian team on seymour island. tim allman reports. time—lapse photography — showing a huge sheet of ice falling apart. this is the pine island glacier, known as pig, giving birth to a piglet. a ginormous iceberg, around 300 square kilometres in size, which, scientists say, eventually broke up and shattered into pieces. another example of how rising temperatures are having a devastating effect on the antarctic. this is maxwell bay, where a chilean research team is based, but something is missing... ..snow. there hasn't been any this year and that is becoming increasingly normal. translation: these maximum temperatures used to occ

this mandate and this majority in the westminster parliament, he said in this formal response to nicolad referendum, boris johnson said saying we must have a second referendum, borisjohnson said that a referendum, another one, would continue the political stagnation that scotland has seen the last it simply will not happen. however the uk we removed voted to remain a part in 2014 no longer exist. we have left the eu and the game has changed. having had we been told that the you —— uk was a family of nations and we would leave the uk, scotla nd nations and we would leave the uk, scotland voted to remain. actually, there was a very crucial poll last week that showed that 73% of scottish people wanted to stay in europe. so we were being taken out against their wishes. europe. so we were being taken out against their wisheslj europe. so we were being taken out against their wishes. i have seen the poles on the latest showed 52% of scottish people approve of the idea of independence to in some respects you write hide in the poles but the problem is that you appear to be sending a message to

nicola sturgeon in, nicola sturgeon —— borisjohnson said no.nment is behaving disgracefully, contracting out some of the building set aside for cop 26. so there are questions not just about boris johnson's attitude to climate change but questions about whether this conference can go ahead and, if so, whether it can still be a success. and that matters because the conferences seen as and that matters because the conferences seen as a and that matters because the conferences seen as a standout symbolic event which shows britain taking a leadership role in the post brexit world, but the picture painted by claire perry 0'neill this morning is of a conference really close to being a complete shambles. this is what she said. i've spent the last couple of years, you know, really building ambition, really trying to build process and an action plan and, you know, we've seen a huge lack of leadership and engagement. what we need to do with this cop is absolutely double down on taking our great leadership and ambitions in this space and really energising

the story here is, what did nicola sturgeon know and what was party discipline like?is already in trouble because in a few weeks we have the beginning of alex salmond's trial for sexual offences. he is charged with a for sexual offences. he is charged witha numberof for sexual offences. he is charged with a number of things on one of them is attempted rape. there are going to be real questions about what she knew about that and how much she and the party machinery cove red much she and the party machinery covered up for him. i think the questions here are, did people know, and was he allowed to get away with it because he was seen as a rising star? i think this is really damaging. she is being accused in the story of failure of leadership because she allowed him to step down rather than sucking him on wednesday evening, and as far as we are aware, thatis evening, and as far as we are aware, that is when she first became aware of the allegations. —— sacking him. in the first paragraph there allegations his drinking and wild party and were widely known about. he turned

in the name of cold war necessity in 1949 nicola bit the man responsible for the massacres and the lena was moved to the united states where he died in 1989 without ever being investigated or pursued as a war criminal the cia moved to protect ukrainian nationalist leader nicola legged from criminal investigation by the immigration and naturalization service in 1952 perhaps pantera lost his use to the us or maybe k.g.b. agents outsmarted the cia but in 1959 step on bond era the leader of the ukrainian nationalists was killed in munich where he was hiding under the name of stefan pople it would be fair to say that bond became a major symbol of ukrainian nationalism by sheer chance for he was neither its only leader nor its most powerful one dimitrov don't solve was the father of the far right to tell a tarion doctrine in ukraine andriy melnyk was the leader of another faction of the un romance you have it was the general of the ukrainian insurgent army and others contributed greatly to the movement is dangerous ideology suppressed by the communist authorities but supported by external for

first minister nicola sturgeon says he has no place in government.heir conduct has fell far short of what is expected of a minister. he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. it was not an option for him to remain in government. a third person tests positive for coronavirus in the uk, the patient is not believed to have contracted the virus in china. to what to end result is. applause . a day after he is acquitted in his impeachment trial, president trump hits back at the democrats accusing them of a witch—hunt. back on the buses. the government announces a 170 million pounds fund to reverse a decline in england's bus network and the first all—electric bus town. having a disability and living in poverty, a new report looks into why millions of the most vulnerable people feel they are being let down. also coming up, they say cheeta hs never prosper, but this pair are off to a new life in south africa, after being born and bred in the uk. scotland's finance secretary, derek mackay, has resigned after social media messages he sent to a 16—year—ol

continuing his efforts to oust nicolas maduro, but faces an up -- an uphill battle, as brian quinn reports. brian: a contentious homecoming. juan guaido landed back in caracas on tuesday, greeted by crowds of supporters and detractors. at a rally later, the 36 rolled lawmaker and self-declared interim president vowed to keep up the fight to overthrow president nicolas maduro. ever, wey, more than have to be seen. today, more than ever, venezuela cannot kneel to dictatorship. today, more than ever, we must go into the streets with our rights -- nurses for their salaries and students for their autonomy and their future. brian: guaido defied a travel -- top met with top u.s. u.n. leaders, including emmanuel macron. an oval office meeting with donald trump, who has recognized guaido as venezuela's legitimate president. he later appeared as a guest at trump's state of the union address. the young opposition leader is hoping to relaunch a mass movement in venezuela against maduro, following the president's 2018 reelection in a boat many claimed was rigged. some 50 nations havave backed guaido's

guaido told supporters democracy will return to venezuela and that he will replace socia pliresident nicolas( translated ): in every place where there is a venezuelan, there is a flame >> sreenivasan: the u.s. and many other countries backed guaido after he disputed elecion results last year and proclaimed himself president. yesterday, guaido said he plans to return to venezuela in the next several days and still hopes to meet with president donald motrump. fo on the situation in venezuela, cynthia arnson, the director of the latin america program at the woodrow wilson center, joins us now from washington, d.c. first, let's talk about juan guaido and his k md of world toting different leaders. what's it accomplishing for him? >> it's certainly accomplished keeping venezuela in the bternational eye, especially in europe, whicheen for the most part reluctant to adopt the same kind of harsh and comprehensive sanctions that the u. government has so he met with a number of world leaders, with the chancellor in germany, with macron ice, with trudeau in canada, boris johnson in the u.k., and also w

nicola sturgeon warns about boris johnson moving toward a hard brexit.with maria tadeo in brussels. now think boris johnson is headed down a path that will end in a hard brexit where trait with the european union becomes much more difficult. it seems to be a choice of a hard brexit or a harder brexit. that is not in the interest of the u.k. or scotland. we are trying to the best of my processto influence the in a way that keeps trade with europe as free as possible. guy: scotland's first minister. joining us is bloombergs jared wallace to talk about scottish independence. i'm not sure having a wallace talk about scottish independence is the best historical way to go. what are the chances of boris johnson granting a second referendum? it would seem small. >> very small. i would be hesitant to say never. he seems very against it. in the current circumstance when he is trying to negotiate trade deals with everyone and establishes own government, does he want another independence referendum? on the other hand, if you are nicola sturgeon, you are saying one o

you create the threat of an enemy, while nicolas maduro says the empire — the american empire is tryingvered somehow, so he will regain the support of the majority of venezuelan people. what is juan guaido‘s strategy here? this time last year, he was big news every day in terms of would he be taking the presidency, but he seems to have pushed back. he seems to have lost the momentum. i thinkjuan guaido‘s strategy is to keep pushing and be there if the opportunity comes. if the government deteriorates, he‘s there. but he lost the momentum somehow. it‘s been one year since the united states recognised him as the legitimate leader of venezuela, but nothing has happened in real terms since then. early voting has begun in the us state of nevada as the democrats continue their campaign to chose a candidate to stand against donald trump in november. the week—long process in the state finishes next saturday. it‘s seen as an important test forjoe biden, who lost heavily in iowa and in new hampshire. his team argues nevada, with its more diverse population, could help to improve mr biden‘s fortun

nicola sturgeon has spoken in the scottish parliament about mr mackay‘s resignation. unreservedly for his conduct and recognised, as i do, that it was unacceptable and falls seriously below the standards required of a minister. i can also advise that he has this morning been suspended from both the snp and our parliamentary group pending further investigation. this was the response from the acting leader of the scottish conservatives. i have to ask the first minister, can the reputation of scottish politics and this parliament be maintained with the full confidence of the public or even his constituents if mr mackay remains as a member? mr mackay‘s budget speech will now have to be delivered by a junior minister. it has all come as a shock to derek mackay‘s constituents in the town of renfrew. it's a scandal. if that was somebody else in parliament, he would be demanding they resign. nicola sturgeon will hope that mr mackay‘s resignation can limit the damage to her government and party, but she has lost a key minister at a crucial moment. steadying the ship will be a

the country faces a food crisis donald trump says there can be only one cause venezuela's president nicolas maduro people are starving here's a case worker who was wealthy 15 years ago and very wealthy 20 years ago very very well when you look today they don't have water they're on a basic food they have no medicine it's incredible what's happened it is we're no we're watching very closely we don't like it we don't like it not at all he fails to mention that u.s. sanctions have been wreaking havoc on venezuela for years or that opposition groups have actually been caught torching food warehouses in the narrative of the u.s. government these things simply don't exist that inaccessible most of the men using the blockade of food medicine and weapons to politically coercion were private entire country. their own means to sustain and develop themselves are actually there are completely criminal these unilateral curse or criminal actions are equivalent in scope and effectiveness to weapons of mass destruction but it gets better the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. has been reopened after dip

the country's interim president and the fish of the cold shoulder of the legitimate government of nicolas maduro washington stance on a supposed transfer of power that's looking increasingly hollow as on the scale of more panic splits. when it comes to venezuela the trumpet ministration lives in a kind of alternate universe for example when the country faces a food crisis donald trump says there can be only one cause venezuela's president nicolas maduro people are starving here's a case worker who was wealthy 15 years ago and very wealthy 20 years ago very very well when you look today they don't have water there are no basic food they have no medicine it's incredible what's happened it is we're no we're watching as well a very closely we don't like it we don't like it not at all he fails to mention that u.s. sanctions have been wreaking havoc on venezuela for years or that opposition groups have actually been caught torching food warehouses in the narrative that the u.s. government these things simply don't exist that in excess of us really meant using the blockade of food medicine and w

this is a serious blow for nicola sturgeon and the snp.e health service and in education, and next month, the former snp leader, alex salmond, goes on trial, facing accusations of sexual assault and attempted rape. he denies all the charges. derek mackay could now face a police investigation. police scotland say they're assessing available material and encouraging anyone with information to come forward. he was a popular politician who seems to be heading for the top. now he militated by his own mistakes, which could seriously damage his party as well. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. a jury the old bailey has heard how the brother of the manchester arena bomber bought a chemical using an email address containing the phrase, in arabic, "we have come to slaughter". hashem abedi is on trial for his alleged role in helping his brother salman to carry out the bombing, which killed 22 people at an ariana grande concert two years ago. the 22—year—old denies the charges. the grenfell tower inquiry is asking the government's most senior lawyer, t

president nicolas maduro saying an arrest of opposition leader juan guaido, quote, will come. the threat comes after guaido traveled to the u.s. and europe despite a court order prohibiting him from leaving venezuela. guaido's uncle was detained following that trip. u.s. officials have condemned the arrest and called for his immediate release. >>> back here at home, to the tow yard employee run down. while trying to stop car thieves, take a look at this, surveillance video shows one of the suspects crawling under a locked gate in portland, oregon. a worker then trying to stop the suspecting from stealing a truck when the driver accelerates, ramming through the gate and sending the man flying. police now looking for two people. >>> now, to the revealing new interview with duchess kate. in a rare move, the duchess speaking candidly about her life in the public eye and motherhood. the mom of three opening up about so-called mom guilt, saying she struggles with leaving her children to carry out royal duties. >> no, it's a constant challenge. you hear it time and time again from mo

nicola sturgeon? if i could just say on spending... nicola sturgeon?trip to see the new star wars film with his deputy and now replacement. mrjavid did win some epic battles against top aides of the pm — today, no 10 strikes back. sojulian smith — who has been widely acclaimed for his work as northern ireland secretary — was one of those who was sacked in the reshuffle. mr smith was appointed just seven months ago and oversaw a monumental talks process that led to the northern ireland parties agreeing a deal to restore a power—sharing government at stormont after three years of deadlock. he will be replaced by the former security minister brandon lewis. this report from our ireland correspondent chris page contains some flashing images. the home of northern ireland's devolved government is bright and busy again. but the man who saved stormont couldn't save his own job. just five weeks ago, julian smith challenged politicians to bring back devolution. we have never ignored the issues are difficult and that reaching agreement would be easy, but now is de

you create the threat of an enemy, while nicolas maduro says the empire — american empire is trying tois all that playing on his side. in the meantime he is hoping the economy will recover. it has recovered somehow, so he could gain the confidence of the majority of venezuelans. what is juan guaido's strategy here? this time last year he was big news every day in terms of would he be taking the presidency, but he seems to have pushed back. he seems to have lost the momentum. his strategy is to keep pushing and be there if the opportunity comes. if the government deteriorates he's there, but he's lost the momentum somehow. it's been one year since the us recognised him as the legitimate leader of venezuela but nothing has happened in real terms since then. a british asian singer on youtube is warning her audience of the risk of heart disease to young people. this singer has not stuck millions of years on youtube including his latest video dedicated to his wife ofjust six months. that's the first timei six months. that's the first time i had been able to put my feelings onto paper about

nicola sturgeon? if i could just say on spending... nicola sturgeon?e new star wars film with his deputy and now replacement. mrjavd did win some epic battles against top aides of the pm — today, number 10 strikes back. although several ministers have kept theirjobs in the cabinet reshuffle, a number of their special advisers have been sacked as part of what is rumoured to be a plan for number 10's chief of staff, dominic cummings, to regain control over the cabinet. peter cardwell was special advisor to thejustice secretary robert buckland and explained that he felt fortunate to have worked in the government for so long. the thing about government is that when you go into it, what pierce morgan called these vile little creatures, the bad carriers and advisers. you are sort of a friend as well as an employee for cabinet ministers and what the case is and what i have been doing for the last 3.5 years forfour what i have been doing for the last 3.5 years for four separate secretaries of state is thatjob and the contract essentially is that it can go at a

really made very many headlines lately and certainly talk of overthrowing the country's president nicolas maduro has been relatively quiet that is until this week when the u.s. backed legitimate i'm doing air quotes you can see the president of venezuela one why though he suddenly popped up at the state of the union on tuesday then spent the day with president trump on wednesday at the white house in fact why those presence at the state of the union was really one of the only bipartisan moments of the entire night. at the. all americans are united with the venezuelan people in their right yours struggle for freedom thank you very much. so it seems that the effort to remove material from power is back up but over the past few months something fascinating has been taking place in venezuela instead of continuing to push forward with policies as usual the madero regime has reportedly shifted to opening the country up to outside investment and more of a capitalist system according to the new york times quote shopping malls that were deserted just 6 months ago are bustling and imported s.u.v.s