military are receiving a lot of those who are going and so the military is there with them all right eduardo mendez from w.f. america we appreciate it. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. tens of thousands rallied across serbia for the ninth we can road to protest against president of the center who they're demanding free elections and an end to his stranglehold on the media has rejected opposition claims but suggested that he might call an early election. in the united states democrat governor ralph northam has refused to resign from office for them says he was not one of the people who appeared in a racist photo in his one thousand nine hundred four medical school yearbook well that statement contradicts what nor them said friday when he apologized for appearing in the photo. he had more footage has emerged of last week's deadly dam collapse in brazil the death toll from the disaster at a mining operation has now risen to one hundred twenty one people two hundred twenty six others are listed as missing authorities fear that toxic levels of iron oxide m

well for more on this story i'm joined in the studio by eduardo mendez from d.w. latin america good to see you so president has now offered to hold congressional elections earlier than planned is this going to satisfy his critics absolutely not just critics to me and you later in the more chrissy well they're asking for as i knew he liked to his presidency this is going to take the last piece of democratic institutions as a parliament and so i think it's. kind of faking it's running out of time because he has pressure from the you and the u.s. to go so strong that he is a strong opponent here in the u.s. for him to speak with one voice not to mention his running out today. where we have to see if you have speaks with one voice the pressure is really strong and this was what he offers yesterday absolutely not so the first is that sort of i mean we're all right so the e.u. has indicated its support for the opposition leader why do all so much of the west has and yet it's important to mention a majority does have his own international backers russia and china but als