to defect to abandon going to smuggle his main support comes from the armed forces without it he would have a very difficult time staying in power he is knowledge and that is why he has been appearing almost every single day at the retreat barracks installations taking part in military exercises he said that yesterday as well to try to show that there is unity and not breakable support for his government and so this this treason this film which the general that is defected is calling on all of his comrades to do the same and says that ninety percent of the of the members of armed forces are not with anymore that the time has come to recognize the transitional government and to abandon what he calls a dictatorship that is a very very strong blow for the purpose of the mother. ok alysia newman with an update from qatar has a c.s. think you. peter is here now with an update on all the sports stories hi peter highbury in next world cup hosts have secured the greatest moment in their football history by winning the asian cup for the first time would be japan three one in the final in a cup

to pick the constitutional side we've been very clear to the armed forces that they have to allow the humanitarian aid to enter into or blocks of will be tried for human rights violations. meanwhile the standoff over eight is intensifying and people continue to stream out of venezuela g.w.s. philippe dano has been speaking with some bennis wailin migrants who made it across the border to colombia. why don't says the military blockade of this border bridge is a crime against humanity with the border sealed foreign aid including desperately needed food medicine and big sticks appliance have been piling up across the border in the colombian city of kuta now quite a once venezuelans who fled the country to bring the eight back across the frontier thousands have volunteered to do so even if that means confronting venezuelan soldiers guarding the border and we have to talk to them because we are the people but we are unarmed and without weapons we can't do anything we have to talk to the military but it's the military that should be helping the people not the other way around. i'm ira flato

and he said during the interview there's a lot of fear within the armed forces because a lot of them that have had suspicion of uprising against motherwell have been imprisoned and are being tortured a lot of the officers and officials jones he says that a lot of the military armed forces are there in fear of what that may happen to them if they do not follow orders and he says that there is where the tension lies however and he did say that they managed to get some small portion of that humanitarian aid to cuttack does he promoted that yesterday as a big trials that they've got a small portion but he says that a lot more and that that humanitarian corridor work should be opened. a job and of course is one of the countries that has like knowledge want why don't as interim head states jim the president trying to help the steinmeyer as missing in neighboring colombia at the moment let's hear what he had to say then it's really. it's now he haven't done it for years of all talk honestly and mismanagement so i'm under the venezuela is on the edge of the big bang caught on the brink of ba

that's a different question there are many armed civilians not just the armed forces because here we have many armed civilians who are loyal to the regime and who may be deployed being deployed on many occasions in the car to attack demonstrations to take a very populated if there's an actual change of government many of them of those who are going to grab some of the by exist. and that these protests have been violent in the past and what is the feeling there are people worried that it's going to get out of control today. generally speaking in my experience whether it's huge numbers of people on the streets the violence is relatively limited. the attacks that i'm talking about for example by civilians on demonstrators tend to happen when there are smaller numbers i think the past in two thousand and seventeen for example but we did see huge demonstrations that did that to be because the opposition was attempting to march on the west and the value of caracas which is where the presidential palaces in the national guard who leads could could live with us but at the moment. the prospect

armed forces obey then trickery trickery and more trickery nothing don't you know. the crisis has split not only venezuela itself but with washington and the european parliament back in go idle and russia and china supporting my due to the split goes fabio on the south american nation. earlier i spoke to correspondent oscar schlanger in caracas and i asked him if a high ranking general moving to support could mark the beginning of the end of president maduro well that's what many opposition think so he can this will be the domino effect on the armed forces because there are serious allegations that is general in the aviation division service including that ninety percent of the military is against the dictatorship of nicolas maduro as he said now that commander in chief of the aviation department has said that this general has absolutely no leadership within. or has any leadership in the aviation department but it is obvious that he is one of the leading generals in plan if occasion with the aviation so it definitely puts a question mark on the that loyalty that the

well that's what many opposition thanks so he can't this will be the domino effect on the armed forces he cares if there are serious allegations that is general in the aviation division sense including that ninety percent of the military is against the dictatorship of nicolas maduro as he said now that commander in chief of the aviation department has said that this general has absolutely no leadership within. or has any leadership in the aviation department but it is obvious that he is one of the leading generals can plan if occasion with the aviation so it definitely puts a question mark on the that loyalty that that might who are out of government the government is saying that they have from the military in fact today's slogan for them is no no more traitors and all to loyalty so we're seeing some of that in the demonstrations in favor of my will today but woodrow seemed to give up a little ground and proposing to hold congressional not presidential elections earlier than planned is that enough to satisfy his critics absolutely no not his critics are in the congress and holding cong

during the interwar era, german armed forces found a solution to this problem. it shattered the deadlock. it was based on highly mobile armored forces, working in close cooperation with air power. if we look back at that map of france, we have german armies invading france through the low countries from the north. we have the french and british responding by moving north to meet them in belgium. we have a surprise german stratagem from the south of the ardennes forest. this is the mass of the german armored forces, the panzers making their big breakthrough. then driving to the sea and surrounding most of the allied army in northern france and belgium. the british just barely able to get out through dunkirk. tanks and aircraft suddenly seemed to have revolutionized war. the germans didn't invent the tank and didn't bring it to its highest developments in world war i. the british had invented it. as you saw from the talks this morning, it was the allies who were laying on the tanks late in the war, certainly not the germans. it was a great debate all over the world

because he says the armed forces is there is pressure by the government to obey a command and whoever doesn't obey it will go into the prisons and will be tortured which is a lot of what we've seen with the poll denouncing that this is happening with thing of the military ranks there's a lot of them that have been put in prison for suspicion of uprising and they're being tortured so that's what we can tell from the tension in the border. germany is one of the countries that has acknowledged mr interim head of state german president from my as a neighboring colombia today here's some of what he's been saying you know. it's not he got three years of autocracy and mismanagement of venezuela is on the edge of the abyss. on the brink of bankruptcy. the situation is catastrophic for the population. and aid is not allowed in by the man drew government and. that's why we have to hope that presidential elections will soon be held in venezuela and it's. caracas president hopes that presidential elections are going to be held soon i'm guessing nicolas maduro holds a contrary view. yes of course

it's a major victory for glyde zero who has been working hard to persuade venezuela's armed forces to abandon president nicolas maduro let's hear a bit what the general had to say. i'm addressing you today to say that i reject the illegitimate and dictatorial authority of mr nicolas maduro and except one quite do as the president in charge of the boulevard republic of venezuela ninety percent of the armed forces oppose the dictator and support the venezuelan people. let's go straight out to the venezuelan capital caracas where did you correspondent oscar schlanger is standing by for us an oscar can you tell us a bit more about this general statement could this be the beginning of the end for president. well that's what many opposition thanks so he can this will be the domino effect on the armed forces he cares if there are serious allegations that is general in the aviation division sense including that ninety percent of the military is against the dictatorship of nicolas mahut as he said now the commander in chief of the aviation department has said that this general has absolutely n

armed forces are coordinating with the saudi forces. we don't have troops there, but the war powers resolution was written broadly precisely because we wanted congress to have a say. and representative cole, i'm convinced if one of our allies like israel, i have enough confidence in this body that we would make the right decision. this is a matter that the congress is right to have matters on war and peace and i thank chairman mcgovern for a vote. the speaker pro tempore: representatives are reminded to direct their comments to the chair. mr. cole: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i thank my friend for his comments. we just disagree. i don't see this appropriate for the war powers. we don't have troops in combat. but the commander in chief historically has had broad authority to assist countries that we have agreements and arrangements which he thinks are important in our own security short of committing troops into combat. that is what he is doing and what his predecessor did. and would be nice if our friends when president o

he told the armed forces if you stand next to nicolas maduro you will lose everything.e a listen. >> you cannot hide from the choice that now confronts you. you can choose to accept the generous offer of amnesty or choose the second path, continuing to support muaduro. if you choose this path, you will find no safe harbor, no easy exit and no way out. >> reporter: well, venezuelans on both sides of the border will no doubt be hanging onto every word of president trump's speech. especially when he said yet again nothing is off the table. he also said there'll be no going back and to many people that means the united states is in for the long haul standing next to venezuela. we have also heard from nicolas maduro in a very fiery speech today when he said he's not intimidated by the comments made by president trump. and he said they are ready for whatever comes at us, with the force of the venezuelan armed forces. christine, boris? >> isa, thank you for that. >>> there's a crisis deepening in haiti. the identities of those americans in custody were not immediately availabl

or three for one country i think we have succeeded to reestablish our security forces and the armed forces as a national force which are now trusted by our population of gulch. the population in the liberated area where happy with this and we should continue along this along this now i need deviation from this is very dangerous this. kind of faith in our own national unity and county to another i people. we have been very careful and during my term as a prime minister our commander in chief to make sure that the screws the forces the armed forces are serving the population protecting the population are they belong to the population there is no sectarianism or ethnicity in our armed forces they belong to the country the protector of the country validation of yours will liberate the. should stay as they are ideal with you if they are militias are said to state on trying to act outside the state this is very dangerous because this will give rise to another of those organizations or we should all united be united against it. recently united kingdom pledged to forty million dollars in the assis

i reject the illegitimate and dictatorial authority of mr nicolas maduro ninety percent of the armed forces oppose the dictator and support the venezuelan people in this way . but manure is backers also held rallies marking twenty years since the rise to power of late leader hugo chavez addressed the rally and suggested holding congressional elections earlier than planned but he remained defiant even in a saying anything going on the opposition are tricking people in minutes whalen saying they're in government and that the entire country and the armed forces obey then try. three trickery and more trickery moving don't you know. the crisis has split not only even israel itself but with washington and brussels backing go i do and russia and china supporting my due to the split goes far beyond the south american nation. earlier i spoke to the correspondent oscar schleicher in caracas and i asked him if a high ranking general moving to support kwan why go could mark the beginning of the end for president maduro well that's what many opposition thanks so he can't this won't be a domino effect on

it has been urging venezuela's armed forces to abandon maduro and let the supplies into the country but madero says that would be a stepping stone to a u.s. led invasion and the military has so far been loyal to the president. mean that he will many more down there will throw thousands of men and women have shown their ability their training their physical and moral strength the strength that we need to tell the empire to get out of venezuela hands all venezuela young pm par the yankee go home but i think that you know you don't want. says he still has faith that the country's armed forces can be won over but he has not ruled out asking the u.s. to intervene militarily in venezuela if madeira refuses to step aside. in spain the trial is underway for twelve leaders of the catalan separatist movement their charge for their role in the two thousand and seventeen independence referendum that the spanish government in madrid said was illegal in some places decades in prison as they're found guilty of rebellion the trial is expected to last three months with verdicts coming up several months

armed forces from unauthorized hostilities in yemen. one of the reasons why is because we aren't even engaged in hostilities in yemen. the united states is not involved in any direct live fire exchanges. last november the u.s. stopped aerial refueling of saudi jets. according to the department of defense, u.s. support for the coalition is for defensive purposes only. it focuses only on helping minimize civilian casualties, which means that this is a resolution that if passed and implemented will actually result in less food and medicine getting into yemen, more civilians dying, the war will not end. . if anyone wants to propose a bill specifying assistance to saudi arabia they have the ability to do so. that is not this bill. what's also important is there are a lot of freshman members here in this chamber, and the fact we are rushing this to the floor so quickly without having a classified briefing for all of those members is also deeply unfortunate. that should take place before passing this resolution. congress has many other ways to

another threat to us as far as i can see the moments when we should be looking at building our armed forces bill now around we're building a the air force up on the navy as a defense force looking after our own country once we leave the european union but as we say within the brics the plan of to region may she signed it is up to every tendency of the the european policy defense policy so you know i don't know where he's coming from with that with all of this what we can say from theresa may is that she wants a printed creation with a near opinion. it seems looking at the u.k. media every day there's another. they're a different story telling about how briggs it's going to damage the british economy do you think this is an attempt by him to try and boost hope boost spirits because of course you know arms exports defense spending they can theory should be a filip for the economy. but it sure it's always about it's always about the fear factor the free french have been pushing since before the twenty sixteen referendum and you know it's everything's a free for us everything's down to break yo

side we have been very clear with the armed forces that they have to allow humanitarian aid to enter and whoever blocks it will be tried for human rights violations what's happening in venezuela could be considered a silent genocide when you have hundreds of thousands who've died because of a shortage of food and medicine and this regime hasn't protected people's right to life this regime is responsible for direct deaths like in the case of the special forces that killed more than seventy people in a week for protesting and for indirect efforts because they're not doing anything to solve the food and medicine crisis that. interview conducted by us who joins us now from caracas our welcome osca what was your impression is confident that he can ultimately win this power struggle. yes definitely yeah actually one of the things he said was that time is playing against the government they're very confident they have said that this is a point of no return for the opposition and the struggle that's been building up for twenty years so they are very confident that there is a welcome change a

he said he had crossed the border with the help of venezuela's armed forces.attempt to topple him. we have also been hearing about two people killed on the brazilian side of the border as well. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc. hello there. we saw a top temperature on friday of 18 celsius across western wales with lots of sunshine for much of the country. however, where we held on to low cloud, mist and fog, it was quite chilly — temperatures no higher than 8 degrees on the south coast. for this weekend, much of the same. mostly sunny days, mild as well, but mornings will start quite chilly at times with a bit of frost and some mist and fog around. we see a return to mist and fog and low cloud across central, southern and eastern parts of england early on saturday. the weather front slowly encroaching into western parts of northern ireland, bringing outbreaks of rain. but elsewhere, largely dry. let's zoom into central southern eastern england for this morning, as we will have some fog patches around, maybe not so much around southern counties l

the defence secretary announces plans to modernise the armed forces, to allow britain to redefine itslobal role after brexit. a stark warning about the fate of the world's most populous species — insects — and the potential effect on our ecosystems. and olivia colman picks up the best actress award at the baftas, with glowing praise for her co—stars. emma and rachel — must keep it together — not just for your performances but for what you did after the cameras stopped rolling... and we've never talked about this, and i find it very emotional, but you were the best and classiest and coolest honour guard any woman could ever have. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news... what now for maurizio sarri, after a 6—0 thrashing at manchester city? the chelsea manager admits that his job is always at risk. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the uk economy last year grew at its slowest rate for six years, according to official figures out today. the office for national statistics says growth in 2018 was 1.4%, down from 1.8% the previous year — and the lowest since

armed forces from unauthorized hostilities in yemen. one of the reasons why is because we aren't even engaged in hostilities in yemen. the united states is not involved in any direct live fire exchanges. last november the u.s. stopped aerial refueling of saudi jets. according to the department of defense, u.s. support for the coalition is for defensive purposes only. it focuses only on helping minimize civilian casualties, which means that this is a resolution that if passed and implemented will actually result in less food and medicine getting into yemen, more civilians dying, the war will not end. . if anyone wants to propose a bill specifying assistance to saudi arabia they have the ability to do so. that is not this bill. what's also important is there are a lot of freshman members here in this chamber, and the fact we are rushing this to the floor so quickly without having a classified briefing for all of those members is also deeply unfortunate. that should take place before passing this resolution. congress has many other ways to

maduro's resilience of the armed forces are not going to flip so easily.: is it possible that president trump shores of support in venezuela with this inrvention? michael: i think it is absolutely possible. power, especially the un ultimatums in venezuela, they may rally around maduro because that does not work very well in latin america. forces, you have to talk to them, negotiate with them, make a deal to give some guarantees. ultimatums may not be the most eroductive way to go. laura: michael shi, thank you for joining us. michael: thank you. laura: in other news, a summit of leaders in israel has been overled amid a row poland's role in the holocaust. israel says there will be bilateral meetings with the czechs, hungarians commence lowle back aders. mpsk. to the ave resigned from the labour party over jeremy corbyn, brexit, and anti-semitism full said he is disappointed. the decision comes five weeks ritain is due to leave the eu. a soun african olympic champio is accusing the governing body of world athletics of this commission. the runner launched a

he restated an ultimatum for the armed forces to back down.med forces, seven days for humanitarian aid, a week for you to do the right thing and put yourselves in the sight of the constitution. we are authorising the constitution. we are authorising the entrance of not only humanitarian aid but also humanity. us officials say venezuela is in the grip ofan us officials say venezuela is in the grip of an economic crisis, leading to widespread hunger and a critical shortage of basic medicines. according to the united nations, 3 million venezuelan migrants fled the country since 2015. usa 80 drops are intensifying the stand—off with nicholas majuro, who has called the operation a disguise for an invasion. he continued this week to stoke up hostility among the armed forces, saying, yankee, go home! juan guaido said he would announce further details on monday about his plan to get eight into the country, but it is a promise he could struggle to keep. president maduro's still loyal military have barricaded bridge crossings and showed no signs of givi

i reject the illegitimate and dictatorial authority of mr nicolas maduro ninety percent of the armed forces oppose the dictator and support the venezuelan people. but manure has backers also held rallies marking twenty years since the rise to power of late leader hugo chavez maduro addressed the rally and suggested holding congressional elections earlier than planned but he remained defiant even in a saying anything going on the opposition are tricking people in venezuela saying they're in government and that the entire country and the armed forces obey their trickery trickery and more trickery you know thing don't you know the crisis has split not only venezuela itself but with washington and the european parliament backing who i do and russia and china are supporting my daughter to split goes far beyond the south american nation. of war let's go to our correspondent in korea crack us. president maduro has proposed holding congressional elections earlier than planned is that likely to satisfy his critics. that's very unlikely nobody has questioned the legitimacy of the national assembly wh

well the armed forces chain sites will help to put down the protests. so that question goes right to you evoke hand maduro be certain of the army's loyalty going forward okay allow me to make a little little space for a to answer the idea of the civil war then i go back to that immediately -- the idea of civil war is impossible minnesota which had until now it's it's it's a war against civilians. that ought to be underlined that's all we've had a small group of people with enormous support from international spheres havin- waging a war against people without to the point of the military i would say business we let it is quite a complicated issue because the military's fermented. you just have to know that when you when you know that there is also these a drug problem which many of the military control they also control the dealing with the gasoline which is extremely cheap that's no price at all and been this wheeler. so we see a very fragmented military their support cannot be counted on my brutal stays or as smaller lied to you could call it like i st

he also says he is going to essentially make the armed forces more lethal, and that is by giving them. he seems to have avoided that in part by getting more money for the treasury, but then public accounts committee says he can‘t afford to equip meant he has already said he wa nts to equip meant he has already said he wants to buy, let alone this new list of equipment, is waiting there will be some doubts as to whether the mod, whether he can actually give all of this new kit to the armed forces, and it is not cheap ticket he is talking about here. such as cutting—edge technology, using swarms of drones, is not something that most armed forces would be able to do at the moment. and what about where the uk sits in its alliances, because obviously militarily that is a huge question posed brexit. yes, they are clear that the bedrock will remain nato. he dismissed the notion of an eu army saying that country theory of already had to spend 2% of their wealth, their gross domestic product, on defence, which they weren‘t doing at the moment. part of the problem is that this is a global visio

and today, our armed forces are pable is providing manufacturing munitions. only 5% were manufactured inside the country and today, 85% of military equipment and the country's needs are being manufactured y -- domestically. nd in order to manufacture different anti-armor missiles and air defense missiles and different types of land-to sea and sea-to-sea missiles, ifferent types of missiles and also different types of land-to-lapped missiles, in order to manage these missiles, we have not asked the permission of anybody and we will not ask for anyone's permission. so we will continue increasing of our military power and i'm telling the nation that iranian's -- particularly in the quite e years has been astonishing for the whole world and that includes our defense, military, the missiles, our ighter jets, our helicopters and also our submarines, frigates, destroyers, personnel carriers and rifles and whatever is needed by our armed forces our so regardless of munenishons, i can refer to the bravery of our armed forces. they are prudent. so in the past 40 years,

he's told his armed forces to be on high alert and not to let any unautharized vehicles cross the border the border with brazil, he closed that late on thursday night. and said he will evaluate what he does with the colombian border. if you speak tojuan guaido and his supporters, they say no matter what, this aid will come through. that there are informal routes, there are smaller routes, it's a porous border and it's a really big border, that they will get their aid in no matter what. so i think the question will be, on saturday morning, when the trucks start moving, how the relationship with the armed forces will be. juan guaido has been calling on the armed forces to let this aid in, saying that the most important thing is to look at your family, look at the fact that they need medicines, that they need food, everybody in venezuela needs these things, they need to come into the country. that is what they are calling on, it's pulling on the hearts and minds of the officers but nicolas maduro remains firm so it will be interesting to see exactly what happens on saturday. the us singer r

he continued this week to stoke up hostility among the armed forces, saying "yankee, go home."home! juan guaido said he would announce further details on monday about his plan to get aid into the country, but it's a promise he could struggle to keep — maduro‘s still loyal military have barricaded bridge crossings and show no signs of giving way. jon ironmonger, bbc news. from caracas, the venezuelan political analyst dimitris pa ntoulas gave me this update. i think first and foremost, it is a political game and it has a political game and it has a political goal which is to show in the world that president maduro doesn't care about the venezuelan people. also to show that guaido ca res more people. also to show that guaido cares more about the venezuelan people. and also, it is the challenge for president nicolas maduro to stop the aid and to show to the world that nicolas maduro does not care about the aid and welfare of his people. eight illegal miners have been rescued from two flooded mines in central zimbabwe. at least 22 bodies have also been retrieved from the mines to t

was arrested in two thousand and fourteen the question is is the government are the armed forces going to react the same way this time i don't think so because the whole war looking right now in venezuela and that is what i'm protesting is there on the world so that is a big difference why don't has now the support of many countries the united states support them some countries in the european union the european union want. to seen elections that is the big difference between white and form are leaders of the opposition right so has the support of western countries and yet duro has his own international backers he's still holding on to power so is he likely to bow to pressure from let's say the west and from other latin american countries and you know go ahead and announce new elections as why do is demanding. i don't think he's going to announce new elections he has the support of china russia and he's an expert in surviving this kind of christ because this is not the first one i would say that is the biggest one of them to the one the only one that has this international dimension. i

juan guaido has been calling on the armed forces to let this aid in, saying the most important thinglook at the fact they need medicines and food. everyone in venezuela needs these things. they need to come into the country. it's calling on the hearts of minds of the officers. but it will be interesting to see what happens on saturday. three british cabinet ministers have defied government policy to warn that brexit should be delayed if parliament fails to approve a withdrawal deal in the coming days. the ministers made the remarks in a newspaper article. they said unless there was a breakthrough soon, they would be prepared to vote against the prime minister, theresa may, to extend the negotiation process. our chief political correspondent, vicki young has more. time and time again theresa may has said the uk is leaving the eu on the 29th of march, in just five weeks time. a very different message from these three, david gauke, amber rudd and greg clark, who have all made it clear that they would not accept a no—deal scenario. but now publicly for the first time they are saying that

and he restated an ultimatum for the armed forces to back down. translation: once again, the message to the venezuelan armed forces, seven days for humanitarian aid to enter, a week for you to do the right thing and put yourselves on the side of the constitution. we are authorising the entrance of not only humanitarian aid but also humanity. us officials say venezuela is in the grip of an economic crisis, leading to widespread hunger and a critical shortage of basic medicines. according to the united nations, three million venezuelan migrants have fled the country since 2015. us aid drops are intensifying the stand—off with nicolas maduro, who has called the operation a disguise for an invasion. he continued this week to stoke up hostility among the armed forces, saying, "yankee, go home!" juan guaido said he would announce further details on monday about his plan to get aid into the country, but it is a promise he could struggle to keep. maduro‘s still—loyal military have barricaded bridge crossings and show no signs of giving way. jon ironmonger