fueron detenidos en caracas. teresa: el escenario, el palacio de miraflores, la casa presidencial en caracas, venezuela. el evento, una entrevista tensa, que terminó con una detención arbitraria y una larga espera. hola, ¿qué tal? les saluda teresa rodríguez. ilia: buenas noches y bienvenidos a "aquí y ahora". yo soy ilia calderón. en la próxima hora les contaremos detalles sobre la entrevista que jorge ramos le hizo al gobernante venezolano nicolás maduro y es una historia que comienza con una solicitud. >> el lunes a las 7.32 de la tarde, un mensaje desesperado empezó a difundirse por las redes sociales. en cuestión de minutos, la alerta se reprodujo exponencialmente. >> este es un informe especial de noticias univisión. patricia: mucha atención, queremos informarles que a esta hora un equipo-- >> un grupo periodístico de univisión encabezado por jorge ramos había sido arbitrariamente retenido en el palacio de miraflores. >> el equipo técnico también habría sido confiscado y a los miembros del grupo periodístic

la casa presidencial en caracas, venezuela.revista tensa que terminÓ con una detenciÓn arbitraria y una larga espera. le saluda teresa rodriguez. >> buenas noches y bienvenidos "aquÍ y ahora". yo soy ilia calderon. la prÓxima hora le contaremos detalles sobre la entrevista que jorge ramos hizo a nicolÁs maduro y es una historia que comienza con una solicitud. el lunes a las siete 30 2:00 p.m.o mensaje de-empezÓ difundirse por las redes sociales. en cuestiÓn diminuta la alerta se reprodujo exponencialmente. >> este es un informe especial de "noticias univisiÓn". >> mucha atenciÓn, queremos informarles que a esta hora. >> un grupo periodÍstico de univisiÓn encabezado por jorge veamos habÍa sido arbitrariamente es detenido en el palacio de mira flores. el equipo tÉcnico también habrÍa sido confiscado y a los miembros del grupo periodÍsticose les impidiÓ salir del palacio de gobierno, el palacio presidencial. Éste que estÁn viendo ayer la Única fotografÍa, la Única imagen que existe de jorge ramos sentado en el palacio de mira flor

special envoy for venezuela earlier this tuesday to discuss the political turmoil in caracas i spoke to the russian deputy foreign minister. what was discussed. how can one blame the governments of some mismanagement on wrongdoing while simultaneously at the same time depriving this very government of huge assets its may possess and was able to possess before i mean the rivers should be done in our view to assuage the humanitarian difficulties of the country and russia intends to continuously support the use in material terms through provision of humanitarian assistance u.s. national security adviser john bolton reiterated that america's got all options on the table for venezuela as things stand as you see it after today's talks do you see that culminating in a military intervention. we strongly urged to your side during the talks today. any temptation to resort to military power it includes a warning against soldiers say hard core message military intervention which cannot be excluded given that type of behavior we see on the u.s. side in recent years but it also includes what i wou

i flew to caracas to find out. during the eleven hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. if i wasn't murdered as soon as i got off the plane i'd be kidnapped mugged or die of hunger or disease. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so were dozens of cities in mexico brazil low colombia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us. children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason. surprisingly nobody tried to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived. during those first few hours i thought venezuela had fallen victim to the biggest propaganda plot of the twenty first century. if not the only thing keeping out. i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas crash which winnings i am i wanted to be to young people artists and workers see what they do for fun what they eat how they vote what newspapers they read their favorite hobb

defies president with daughters threats of dress as a huge anti-government rally in caracas telling his supporters we are stronger than ever. on the program at least twenty three people killed by a tornado in alabama the deadliest day in the u.s. for almost six years emergency workers are still pulling bodies from the wreckage feel the death toll will. rise to strip citizenship for those who fight for terror groups this won't apply to those who. stated here after. i'm full welcome to the program but as well as opposition leader who has arrived back in the country defying president tomatoes threat to have him arrested for breaking a travel ban first item of business on his return was addressing supporters in the capital caracas thousands also took to the streets across the country in response to mr glider's call for nationwide rallies to increase the pressure on president maduro to step down. i he's back in the crowds at caracas airport treat him like a rock star i want to return to venezuela despite a travel ban imposed by the government he might be arrested at any moment but after touc

now venezuela's neighbors are keeping a close eye on developments in caracas including a. columbia let me join a chorus one of the hobbit a good a good us who is in bogota. though has got international and regional support including from bogota now he's got a hero's welcome by his supporters how important is this protest action for why they'll well and retired it's extremely important and it's not going to be the only one by the way in the words of one way or we already heard that he is planning another mass protest action for saturday and he needs to show strength right now he left the country for over a week in a situation that is desperate and uncertain for many and let's not forget that we have seen many of position leaders in venezuela come and go who could not achieve a change in the government and that is a fear that many have that one could also not really succeed in his mission that is why he needs to come to venezuela he needed to come he needed to show strength and tell its people i'm here i'm your president we're not going to give up and you could as my little

the opposition leaderjuan guaido's has returned to caracas.herrero, a new york times reporter in the capital and i asked her what was likely to happen next, given that mr guaido been threatened with jail, on his return. actually, the government of nicolas maduro said it since last week. because the head of the constituent assembly said on a weekly show he anchors, and also nicolas maduro had already threatened juan guaido with that, as well as the vice president. but this didn't happen. actually, what happened was that juan guaido came to the country through the main airport of venezuela in a commercial flight from panama, with the help of the president of panama, and he was greeted as a chief of state inside of the airport — the airport that is actually controlled by military, by the national police. and he said over — in his speech today that it was because of this military and the police and the security forces who allowed him in. i mean, it was them who allowed him to get into the country. in saying that, you know, they were ok with the fa

i flew to caracas to find out. during the eleven hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so are dozens of cities in mexico brazil lo columbia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us. children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason. surprisingly nobody tried to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived it. just propaganda a lot of the twenty first century. not the only thing keeping out the i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas gatecrash rich winnings i have a piano and i wanted to be to young people insistent workers see what they do for fun what they eat how they vote what newspapers they read. until we got hit by a taxi and we were left in the middle of the street. the police who we haven't arrived within minutes. the ambulance that we did call never appeared. so i went off

bridezillas opposition leader flies home defying the threat of arrest one guy door arrives back in caracas president nicolas maduro warns he could be detained for breaking a travel ban thousands of why those supporters have responded to his court to take to the streets also coming up. a tornado kills at least trying to treat people in the u.s. state of alabama emergency workers are searching for survivors in the wreckage but the parties feel the texture of real drives and cut was the battle in algeria as towns whose protest against the president's decision to wrong for a fifth still on the ailing leaders offering to step down within a year if reelected but what will that be enough to appease a protest as. last week go to rio's big party the con the will is loud flamboyant an excessive the deceptive and gentle christian groups are hoping to make a few converts. call of a woman. that is. an opposition leader one by bill has arrived back in the country defying a threat by president nicolas maduro to arrest him for violating a travel ban why do has said in a tweets that he had successfully pas

death of all go chavez of venezuela as opposition leader takes his message to state employees in caracas. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up pakistan arrests members of an armed group blamed for last month's attack on indian troops in kashmir. as protests against president would think a continual jiri as army chief evokes the country's years of bloodshed and why another study showing that there is no link between the m.m.r. vaccine and autism is unlikely to convince the anti facts movement. hello thank you for joining us a day after his triumphant return to the country venezuela's opposition leader why go as address public employees in the capital caracas why dose said state bureaucracy is being manipulated by president nicolas for the us government on monday he flew into caracas airport after a tour of latin american nations there were concerns that he would be detained about why don't was not arrested and went home to address a huge rally in the capital the opposition leader has called for more protests against the do go on to say. you kn

author of the new book bad news from venezuela twenty years of fake news and misreporting and in caracas we cross to point out he is a visiting professor at science pope lady and former vice minister of foreign affairs under president hugo chavez our gentleman rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it all right let me go to alan in edinburgh you're by far probably the best expert on this you've written a book about it and i have no question that you probably could write at least a few more chapters to your book on western media coverage of venezuela i think that that's not an understatement go ahead in edinburgh. here for sure this is just the latest chapter and the media hysteria over fairness will of this latest bridge a chapter across the western media we saw reports that make true it was a dictator it was starving its own citizens destroying eight and yet this narrative was very clearly immediately on social media and by the international press and yet it took weeks for the new york times to to change their story. it shouldn't have taken a

will grant, bbc news, caracas. let's round—up some of the day's other news.e civilians have emerged from baghouz, the last village still held by the islamic state group in syria. at least four trucks carrying people left the village on saturday. the syrian democratic forces are poised to resume theirfinal push on the area. the british government is facing mounting criticism for revoking the citizenship of a british teenager, after it emerged her baby had died in a detention camp in syria. the decision was taken after shamima begum, who left london to join the islamic state group when she was 15, said she wanted to return to britain. the opposition labour party has called the decision "callous and inhumane". votes are being counted across large parts of nigeria where people have been electing governors and state assemblies. there have been many reports of vote buying and isolated cases of violence. a coalition of local election monitors has complained of an intimidating military presence in some areas. results are expected to start coming in on sunday. almost

news live from berlin rival protests in venezuela oppositions of voters clashed with police in caracas venting their frustration over a nationwide clock out and calling for president by the road to resign but his supporters are also rallying against what they say is foreign intervention in venezuela's affairs. plus massive anti-government demonstrations in algeria now officials are hoping and early spring vacation confound the student uprising at the heart of the protests. i'm calling asman welcome to the program opposition protesters have clashed with riot police in the venezuelan capital of caracas one by dope the country's self-proclaimed leader had urged his supporters to take to the streets they're venting their anger over a nationwide power outage and are once again demanding an end to president nicolas maduro as government but maduro has also called on his supporters to rally today as the power struggle between the two rivals intensifies. the day in caracas begins with anger and arguments the police are trying to stop opposition supporters gathering will that protest i. am going

will grant, bbc news, caracas.breaking news to bring you regarding the united states and india, because president trump is saying that he intends to end india's preferential trade treatment under a programme that allows $5.6 billion worth of indian exports to enter the united states duty—free. so it will be an end to that preferential trade treatment. we will have much more in abr about this, because this is a big development, and rico will talk us through the facts and figures, but thatis through the facts and figures, but that is an end to that preferential trade treatment india has with the united states. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the chinese authorities say that two canadian citizens detained in december were engaged in stealing state secrets, and that the authorities are to startjudicial proceedings against them. they were arrested shortly after canada acted on a us request to detain a top executive from the chinese telecom giant huawei. meng wanzhou is now suing the canadian authoriti

is outside of caracas and why don't maintain tyrrel that the opposition is not going to stop until the madeira government is replaced however that happens and blame the ongoing power problems not on infiltration or sabotage but poor maintenance and lack thereof it's interesting because you have two of the biggest players outside of as well as the u.s. and russia right now those officials officials from both those countries are meeting in rome is there any word what may come out of those discussions between u.s. and russian officials. yeah tyrrell this is important because these are two of the main players as you were just talking about the u.s. a special representative to venezuela elliott abrams is meeting with russian deputy foreign minister sergey lavrov because of as you said they're going to be scheduled for meetings tomorrow because of said the positions of moscow and washington and these are his words are diametrically opposed on the question of how to encourage negotiations between the venezuelan government and the opposition but that there is no reason he says the u.s. and rus

office lanka in the capital caracas thank you very much for that analysis. the board of germany's largest bank has reportedly agreed to merger talks with the second largest the welcome sontag newspapers' says the board bank will discuss a fusion with a traditional rival comments bank the german government has been urging the two banks to merge after years of losses to each bank has also faced scrutiny in the u.s. over a money laundering scandal. joining me to unpack this is stephen busy from our business department state hi thanks for joining me what more do we know about this . i think the main thing is that there's finally a mandate for these merger talks there's been a lot of talk about this for months going on now as georgia has suffered such serious losses and recently as friday there were sources from commerce bank saying it's absolute nonsense that there's a mandate for talks and now we know there's been one for at least a week back if these reports are correct we know they're still at the very early stages they're small groups and that this has a lon

without electricity so other airlines were flying in and out of caracas but american airlines just just stopped our. passengers in miami a few about delegates were stuck in miami for and they had to change their tickets to another airline to be able to go to caracas. so whether american is using the cancellations as a political tactic remains to be seen but what did happen was that american airlines and again this is an intriguing point listen to this suspended flights to venezuela amid pressure from its pilots union based on the u.s. state department level for travel advisory warning about the country other countries with a level four advisory include syria libya somalia and afghanistan so there's some debate whether or not venezuela really should be on that list that's another story that said most major airlines have pulled trips to venezuela because of that state department advisory american was the last major u.s. operator to fly to venezuela so you know there are still flights but it's just more expensive logistically time consuming and a lot of questions about that's going on this

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the morgue in caracas can't take any more bodies. at what point does this become the thing that really tips the country in the direction of something new. at what point does nicolas maduro go? >> i think this shows his depravity and lack of care for his own people is just beyond the pale. the question is, does that stir internal revolt which it very well could. or we recognize guaido as the actual leader of the country. trish: we have. >> given this humanitarian crisis he could call for international relief to fix the grid. trish: i'm glad you brought that up. i spent a lot of time look at the venezuela constitution. and article 187 part 11, and we can put it up for the viewer. it says it shall be the function of the national assembly to authorize the function abroad or foreign military missions within the country. do you think that assembly need to call on the world and say we need you, we need foreign military intervention, our people need it? >> i think anything so far has justified it, this certainly does. you have got so many pe

dover steves all thirty to declare a state of emergency in the country from the national assembly in caracas. r.t. dot com is the place to go for more on those i'm plenty more stories coming up next though crosstalk costs a critical on the mainstream media's coverage of the that as well a crisis. below in welcome across all things are considered i'm peter lavelle whether you're for or against the ban is where you are government for or against socialism it is obvious the mainstream media are committing a lot of journalist. now practice once again mainstream media that's called the policy preferences of those in power if it comes to still another military intervention will the media be held responsible. cross talking media malpractise i'm joined by my guest alan macleod in edinburgh he is an academic and writer for fairness and accuracy in reporting as well as author of the new book bad news from venezuela twenty years of fake news and mis reporting and in caracas we cross to point out he is a visiting professor at science pope lady and former vice minister of foreign affairs under president h

. >>> e chavistas inundan las calles de caracas venezuela en manifestante paralelas que intensificanla tensiÓn en el paÍs. protestan contra nicolÁs maduro juan guaidÓ llama a continuar con la lucha buenas tardes, un tercer apagÓn dejÓ en oscuridad a una parte de caracas cuando se producÍan las marchas. pasaron 72 horas sin electricidad y esta es nuestra principal noticia, ademÁs este sÁbado gobierno separÓ a mÁs familias migrantes de las que reconoce miles de padres e hijos siguen separados. una hora menos. este domingo comienza el horario de verano y con Él la polemica algunos piel san que adelantar el reloj no ahorra energÍa. y quieren eliminar el cambio de horario. >>> terapia canina. les presentamos algunos de los 39 amigos de 4 patas que tienen la misiÓn de ayudar a niÑos de escasos recursos con discapacidad y problemas emocionales. son los perros terapeutas >>> noticias telemundo con julio vaque vaque va quiero. >>> empujones, gritos y conflictos, los militares chocaron con con la oposiciÓn venezolana que intentaba marchar por las calles de caracas. el gobierno insiste que la m

that they will do everything to protect the cooperation with caracas that russia's government will do everything to protect beyond go in cooperation and added that russia will warn the u.s. against using force and other forms of unlawful pressure on the legitimate legitimate government in caracas you know remember abrams said and you guys have reported on this on your show that all options remain on the table with venezuela and it's something off repeated by members of the trump administration including national security advisor john bolton and secretary of state mike pompei o but there's really agreement that military intervention would really be the worse case scenario and unadvisable there are also new questions i should mention here about how to handle venezuelan immigrants seeking asylum in the u.s. president trump and elliott abrams have both advocated for granting emergency asylum for more than seventy thousand venezuelans here in the u.s. they don't have to return to venezuela against their will but there's this wrangling going on between the white house national security coun

correspondent also he's in caracas and also about the possible cause for the blackout. well there are reports from the electrical company a bed a fire broke out and one of the lines a bit more you hydroelectric plant and that might work domino or for that effect the people to come but this is not something new or that surprised that anybody in venezuela the government has been alerted of the risk of not mainstreaming in optimal conditions this plant in its work if in fact at one of us they have a cause and the government has said then they have been planning it for years because and donovan penn who go charges being down there years of dollars in concessions to build burma will lead to a plant and none of those are operational today most of the grid is plugged into what are you so exactly old seventy percent of the country is blacked out and this has happened before not a drive over such a margin city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we've seen in t

is live for us in caracas just tell us what's happening where you are at the moment. well there's a very big demonstration happening here the. opposition leader on why the had asked people to gather in the week to from point of caracas and then people together when i'm going to march towards that avenue but what they're telling us is that they were prevented from moving around by the police and that's what the situation that we witnessed just a few minutes ago when people here were prevented from going the route that when you were supposed to be a cage was going to be set up for one why don't you speak and they were not allowed to pass by the police and people started pushing and pushing and eventually the police have to step away from the road and it will not have taken over the food what they're basically telling us that electricity has not been restored in this area of crack let's not forget that ongoing right now is that they have power outage that some cases the biggest in the country's history that if phillip in many cases of but it will have it has generated a

despite this germany says it's unwavering support of bringing reaction from berlin on caracas also on the program fresh violence and the push for peace in afghanistan the u.s. says talks with talks with the taliban in qatar making progress but given the brutal legacy will ending more than seventeen years of conflict coming too high a price. new satellite images from north korea suggest it's rebuilding one of the rocket launch sites it dismantled last year was also a peace moves with the united states. also coming up on the program breaking taboos in conservative me and not talking women sexuality is taking center stage as the famed for china monologues makes its thank you. i'm phil gal welcome to the program venezuela's governments are sold to germany's ambassador to leave the country after he expressed support for opposition leader. i know crane was one but number of foreign ambassadors to greet from a splinter cell to self declared interim president when he arrived at caracas airport on monday the government accuses ambassador crean of interfering in the country's internal affairs i

why these trucks went on it ok now i'm going to let me let me ask you real quick before we go to caracas here i mean here is the correction the new york times made and the semi correction the c.n.n. attempted is it was because alternative media are r t america and gray zone the project of blumenthal they shamed the media outlets into making some kind of admission that a mistake had been made even though it took two weeks here let me let me let me go to caracas right now i mean i suppose you being once part of the government you're used to this kind of demonization from western media but i mean it's this demonization now is on steroids because it is informing or trying to influence western audiences that there may be a military operation against your country go ahead in caracas yeah absolutely that's the frightening part of it because the the western media coverage of venezuela for the last two decades in extremely biased but in the case in the present case. what what he's obviously is that the two sides the oversimplify the reality this evening for instance mr white and those supporters

defies the threats of arrest by president and addresses a huge anti-government rally in caracas telling his supporters we are stronger than ever also on the program. in algeria as thousands protest president bush to fix his decision to run for a fifth term the ailing leader office to step down within a year if reelected to satisfy demonstrators. what's behind the worldwide surge in measles the u.s. has spent decades bringing the disease under control now i was responding to a sudden spike in infections. in india. comes to an end it's easy to get lost amongst the two hundred and thirty million the attentiveness seven week for the just festival we look at it's unique lost and found so. i'm from gail welcome to the program. but as well as opposition leader why and why don't has arrived back in the country defying president nicolas maduro as threat to have him arrested for breaking a travel ban first item of business on his return was addressing supporters in the capital caracas thousands also took to the streets across the country in response to his call for nationwide rallies to increase

pamela: reportando desde caracas.alacio ha publicado hoy las siguientes reglas: se deben evitar comentarios obscenos, ofensivos, amenazantes, abusivos, o incitando al odio. se reservarÁn el derecho de borrar comentarios y bloquear a usuarios agresores a quienes van a reportar a las autoridades. pamela: creo que es comÚn con la polÍtica de las redes sociales. no puede reportar a las personas. y creo que llegaron a un lÍmite donde estaba recibiendo demasiados mensajes negativos, y han decidido compartir cuÁl será el comportamiento de la casa real de inglaterra. borja: yo estoy convencido que esta buena medida, otras casas reales vaya a lo mismo. estÁ claro que las dos duquesa son vÍctimas de aveces, un acoso fatal por las redes sociales. pamela: al ser figuras pÚblicas, deberÍan estar listas para el comentario pÚblico del pueblo. le comentamos que esto se comentan las redes sociales, se trata de el tenor mexicano y la funciÓn de la hija del regimiento. camarena fue sorprendido por la ovaciÓn del pÚblico, y se convirtiÓ

when we will all together all together come to caracas. and the challenger announcing the next round of a power struggle in which neither side is backing down. earlier d.w. correspondent kareen caracas gave us his perspective on a possible cause of the outage well there are reams. boards from the electrical company that a fire broke out and one of the lines of the coulee hydroelectric plant and that might add to a domino effect that affected some if in fact it was a us based seven times as the government has said then they have been planning it for years because in two thousand and ten to go chavez gave out there was of dollars in concessions to build thermal electric plants and none of those are operational today most of the grid is plugged into forty so if that fails seventy percent of the country is blacked out and this has happened before not a kind of all the second largest city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we

caracas.lourdes hurtado con las reacciones >>> reportar inmediatamente cualquier denuncia de abuso sexual, ya no es una opciÓn si no una obligaciÓn para los funcionarios de la iglesia catÓlica asÍ lo estableciÓ en ley el pap francisco por primera vez en la historia. la nueva y amplia legislaciÓn va a aplicar para diplomÁco extranjero. toman esto con reservas >>> seguimos desconfiando mucho de la instituciÓn. no es algo fÁcil, generar de nuevo un lazo de confianza es muy complicado la previsiÓn legal, quienes no reportan presuntos abusos a la fiscalÍa del vaticano pueden enfrentar una mista de 5.000 euros o 6 meses de prisiÓn. >>> las vÍctimas no son culpables. >>> para el arzobispo de miami, marca una postura clara de los feligreses en el mundo sea dentro de los muros del vaticano >>> tolerancia 0, que no hay ninguna persona que ha hecho daÑo a un niÑo que va a poder continuar sirviendo dentro de la iglesia. el encubrimiento y ya eso se acabÓ mÁs que palabras los defensores de las vÍctimas exi

will grant, bbc news, caracas.tions of past child sexual abuse linked to westminster will consider whether political parties "turned a blind eye" to it or covered it up. the liberal party's response to allegations made against the late mp cyril smith will also be examined in the latest phase of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. prince harry has officially dedicated a memorial in birmingham to the british victims of the 2015 tunisia terrorist attacks. the memorial will be a focus of remembrance for those killed in two separate attacks on the bardo museum in tunis, and a hotel beach resort in sousse. a number of the british victims were from the midlands. an nhs regulator has abandoned plans to appoint a panel to oversee the inquiry into the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. more than 200 families have come forward, alleging poor maternity care at the trust had led to mothers and babies dying or suffering harm. some families had threatened to withdraw their consent from the inquiry if a panel was set u

president threat of arrest and addresses a huge rally in caracas telling his supporters we're stronger. fellow i'm terry larson thanks for joining us china's economy is taking center stage as the annual meeting of the country's national people's congress gets underway around three thousand delegates from across the country have been gathering in beijing for the two week advent of major bills though most have been decided already by. communist party leaders and events at the opening session china's premier league chunk cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades he also announced a rise in military spending. well with us in the studio is china. clifford coonan who spent a long time in china as a correspondent clifford the national people's congress you've seen this many times before they're often described as a rubber stamp parliament if that's the case what can we learn from watching their deliberations well in fifteen of these. parliaments they are indeed. decisions are made there which are already agreed weeks in advance however they give us a very valuable insight in

thousands of anti-government protesters are out on the streets of the venezuelan capital caracas with a rival protest supporting president with also on the way. an act of provocation that's how russia's foreign ministry has branded an incident which saw a u.s. embassy staff member in russia trying to take a mortar shell through an airport in moscow. and the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called money from those in the election broach. it shouldn't be happening and it's a deeply complicated fly the united states. and its legal illegal. from moscow and daniel hawkins revue was a night thanks for joining us this hour. the streets of divide as well in the capital caracas thronging with thousands of anti-government protestors a rival pro-government rally is also getting underway opposition demonstrators back door who proclaimed himself the country's interim leader in january protesters are angry at the incumbent nicolas maduro over food and medicine shortages and also at a two day nationwide blackout said to be the worst in decades the power supp