let me just remind you that we are talking about the essequibo region, in which in 2015, if i am notistaken, such rather specific deposits of energy resources were found, it began development of this whole story, american campaigns were involved, by the way, in the development, but venezuela historically does not recognize these territories as guyanese. to the british colony , and even with this the venezuelans do not agree, in fact , this was allegedly shown on december 4 at the referendum that was held recently. the population of venezuela itself , by the way, i do not know what this referendum showed, and whether it was held among the population of this region itself, why, if they believe that this is our crimea, why hold a referendum, although the russians held a referendum in crimea, however, they occupied it before that, well, since venezuela was not able to occupy it, it does not hold a referendum there, by the way, i have to tell you that the khayanites were placed on one of the hills against the background of this referendum. removed the flag of guyana and placed the flag of

and essequibo, which is claimed by venezuela, is the entire left bank of the essequibo river in terms of area, it is the territory of almost 2/3 of the entire guyana. but why venezuela? wants this region , although maduro says that historically essequiba is part of his country, but he had no great interest in annexing the region, until recently, but everything changed in 2015, just then in guyana, in the very same sequiba, oil was found, and in 2019, the country began oil production, which tripled guyana's gdp per capita in four years, the oil boom made poor guyana the world's economic growth leader and attracted the attention of its larger and better-armed neighbor, fearing an attack by brazil, another the neighboring country is sending its troops to the border with guyana, and the united states today announced joint military exercises in guyana. and what about guyana itself? the country's authorities are categorically against it, president muhammad irfaan ali said: every centimeter of the territory is sekibo belongs to guyana, and the country is preparing for self-defense? first of

this is the essequibo region, which it is subject of dispute.ng to armas, a venezuelan opposition politician in exile who now lives in spain, the position of venezuelans on the province of sequibo is one. this is the territory of venezuela, but the dispute itself has been going on for more than 100 years. at the same time low. first of all, the usa and great britain recognize the territory as part of guyana. the case regarding the province is now in the un international court of justice. according to leopold lopez, also the exiled venezuelan politician. the opposition has always advocated a diplomatic path resolution of this dispute, unlike nicolás maduro, who in the last few weeks has gone to escalate the situation. he appointed the head of this disputed region, mobilized military units just yesterday. maduro is a very irresponsible person, so i do not rule out an escalation that will turn into a military conflict. the president of guyana, arfan ali, has repeatedly said that the position of ukraine regarding on the eve of the presidential elect

that's because over the weekend, venezuela held a referendum on its claim to — essequibo — an oil richto do anything that would change the current situation. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says his countrymen have taken the first steps in a struggle to get back what belongs to them — even though the referendum was non—binding, and the turn out was reportedly low. we spoke earlier to the president of the republic of guyana — mohamed irfaan ali. here's some of what he had to say about the referendum. and on both these questions, the icj made it very clear that venezuela is not to act upon the outcome of these two questions or upon the outcome of the referendum, and that venezuela must respect the status quo as it exists today in guyana, and that is essequibo belong to guyana and guyana administering this county. the washington office on latin america is a research organisation advocating for human rights in latin america, and for more on this story, i'm joined now by its president, carolinajimenez. i'm joined now by its president, thank i'm joined now by its president, you for time

essequibo is a densely—forested region controlled by guyana, with large oil deposits offshore.tween the nations was wrongly agreed by colonial powers more than a century ago and he claims all of the territory to the north and west of the essequibo river. here in washington, national security council spokesmanjohn kirby expressed the us�*s unwavering support for guyanese sovereignty. we obviously support the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between venezuela and guyana and we absolutely stand by our unwavering support for guyana's unwavering support for guya na's sovereignty. unwavering support for guyana's sovereignty. the 1899 award determine the land boundary between the two countries should be respect did unless or until the parties themselves reach a new agreement or a competent legal body decides otherwise and that hasn't happened. so we're going to urge venezuela and guyana to seek a peaceful resolution of this dispute, including by the international court ofjustice. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has the latest from brazil. clearly tensions arising,

this comes after venezuela held a referendum on its claim to essequibo, an oil—rich area on sunday.the international court ofjustice has ordered venezuela not to do anything that would change the current situation. venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, says his country has taken the first steps to get back what belongs to them, even though the referendum was non—binding, and the turnout was reportedly low. it's about two—thirds of guyana, a fifth of the population, this is a dispute that has gone on for more than a century, effectively venezuela says it should be under its ownership under the spanish colonial period. but it was in 1899 an arbitration court said actually it belonged to british guyana at the time, that was a time when the british ruled over and it is now obviously guyana. that has been the conflict, there has been the conflict, there has been lots of attempts to try to come to an agreement. nothing was done, it was not exactly controversial until 2015 when huge deposits were found offshore as well. so this has been something that has renewed interest certainly from v

the resource—rich essequibo region of guyana has long been claimed by venezuela and tensions have beens oil giant exxonmobil discovered oil reserves of over 11 billion barrels. the situation escalated this month when venezuela's president maduro held a controversial referendum, in which he said 95% backed the country's claim to essequibo. the un's international court ofjustice though has backed guyana. the bbc�*s south america correspondent has been following thursday's meeting. clearly, guyana is not wanting to exceed its territory to venezuela. nicolas maduro i am sure would continue along the lines that this is territory that belongs to venezuela and the two sides willing to continue the dialogue. what that actually means, it is interesting because for that region in matter so much, the brazilian president said south america does not want while and it is worried about what the escalation of tensions could mean. brazil has been one of the countries that has helped broker this dialogue as well as the caribbean community and there is a king is to make sure this stays stagnating. nitesh

essequibo is a densely forested region controlled by guyana with large oil deposits offshore.ions was wrongly agreed upon by colonial powers more than a century ago and he claims all of the territory to the north and the west of the essequibo river. in washington, national security council spokesmanjohn kirby expressed spokesman john kirby expressed us�*s spokesmanjohn kirby expressed us�*s unwavering support for imes sovereignty. we obviously support the peaceful resolution of the borders between venezuelan and guyana and stand by our unwavering support for diana's sovereignty. the by our unwavering support for diana's sovereignty.— diana's sovereignty. the 1899 award that — diana's sovereignty. the 1899 award that determined - diana's sovereignty. the 1899 award that determined the i diana's sovereignty. the 1899 i award that determined the land boundary between those countries should be respected unless or until the parties themselves reach a new agreement or a competent legal body decides otherwise and that hasn't happened so we are going to urge as well and guyana to reac

i think that was certainly a factor, this is the venezuelan claim over essequibo has been around foritated venezuela was guyana opened some licensing rounds, in the offshore area of the essequibo which extended to the offshore area, these were been taken up by us companies and even a chinese company, so that really irritated venezuela which is of course under us sanctions which have even affected its oil industry, so it does not like seeing its neighbour being able to have access to these resources. pascal fletcher, thank you so much for your reporting. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. snow and ice is causing considerable problems across parts of the uk. police in northwest england declared a major incident after hundreds of drivers were trapped in their cars in cumbria. more than 2,500 people were left without electricity. yunis mulla has more from the lake district. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. motorists were stuck for hours on the m6. drivers were told to leave their cars and go to an emergency refuge. in the dark we ran into inaudible on h

the region of essequibo is roughly 60,000 square miles of mostly dense jungle and is rich in oil and mineral reserves. venezuela has long held claim to the land, which it says was stolen when borders between the two nations were drawn by international arbitrators over a century ago when guyana was still a british colony. sunday's referendum has heightened fears in guyana that venezuela could try to take over essequibo through annexation. on friday, the international court of justice warned venezuela against taking any action to assert control over essequibo. in the philippines, the islamic state has claimed responsibility for an explosion during a catholic mass sunday that killed four people and injured dozens of others. the blast went off inside the gymnasium of mindanao state university, in marawi, the philippines' largest muslim city. a survivor recounted her ordeal. >> at first we were singing during the mass and there was a sudden explosion behind us. we thought it was just the speakers but that everyone started running. i stumbled and my friend told me to keep running. when i g

spot on the map, venezuelan president maduro has officially declared part of neighboring hayana essequibo as his country's 24th state and called on parliament to pass a law to that effect. he also started mobilizing the army - informs reuters. previously, maduro presented a new map of the country together with essequibo and instructed to distribute it to all educational institutions in venezuela. he also ordered the extradition to begin immediately licenses for oil production in this resource-rich region. in response to such claims, khayana put its armed forces on full alert. let me remind you that in the so-called referendum, venezuelans overwhelmingly supported the accession to the country of the disputed territory, which has been controlled by neighboring guyana for a long time. the espresso tv channel together with the public organization baza ua is collecting funds for atvs to transport the wounded and other needs of the 103rd separate mechanized brigade of the kholodny yar armed forces. in extreme conditions the ukrainian military will choose victory every day, not leaving wounded c

that's because over the weekend, venezuela held a referendum on its claim to — essequibo — an oil richonal court ofjustice has ordered venezuela not to do anything that would change the current situation. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says his countrymen have taken the first steps in a struggle to get back what belongs to them — even though the referendum was non—binding and the turn out was reportedly low. we spoke earlier to the president of the republic of guyana, mohamed irfaan ali. here's some of what he had to say about the referendum. the icg made it very clear that venezuela is not to act upon the out come of these two questions. and that venezuela must respect the status quo as it exists today in guyana, and that is essequibo belonging to guyana and guyana administering this county. news from the us where the supreme court has been hearing a case brought by president biden's administration that the company that makes the drug 0xycontin should not be allowed to declare bankruptcy. demonstrations were held as purdue pharma's lawyers argued that the company should be allow

essequibo, well, and this is just a horror, well, this horror is already being commented on in guyanaf, the president of guyana , irfan ali, said that his country is doing everything necessary to protect it from venezuela, which has declared this guyanese region of sequibo as its 24th state, about this he said in an interview with the associated press agency, he said in particular that the government of guyana turned to allies and regional partners to protect the cis. he clarified that negotiations with other countries are being conducted by the armed forces of guyana, but did not specify which countries , and further, his quote: if venezuela continues to act so recklessly and adventurously, the region will be forced to respond, this is exactly what we are doing, we are preparing a regional response. i would very much like regional partners, neighbors to support guyana, because you know, it is possible. meet and talk about the fact that we need help, we will help you, sign memoranda, we will help you, and then throw these memoranda away, well, but the usa has already said that they su

essequibo is a densely—forested region controlled by guyana, with large oil deposits off—shore.ibo river. here in washington, national security council spokesmanjohn kirby expressed the us�*s unwavering support for guyanese sovereignty. we obviously support the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between venezuela and guyana and we absolutely stand by our unwavering support for guya na's sovereignty. the 1899 arbitral award that determined the land boundary between those two countries should be respected, unless or until the parties themselves reach a new agreement, or a competent legal body decides otherwise, and that hasn't happened. so we're going to urge venezuela and guyana to continue to seek a peaceful resolution of this dispute, including by the international court ofjustice. the atomic bomb thriller — oppenheimer — will now be shown in cinemas across japan next year after a change of heart by distributors. it tells the story of the american creator of the atomic bomb and intially drew accusations from japan that its marketing trivialised the attacks in hiroshima a

the celestial empire, but the venezuelan parliament voted to include in of its composition, the essequiboion, which is a sovereign part of the neighboring guyana, the decision was adopted in the first reading, the highest legislative body of venezuela reported that the guyana sskibo is being created within the framework of the political and territorial system of ukraine, moreover, there even announced that president nicolás maduro had appointed a temporary administrator there before the elections to be held in the region. this one is also from a map, as lukashenko remembers, he says , and i brought a map from where the attacks were being prepared, well, here is the truth, here is the truth, they are already showing the map that they have annexed this part to themselves, well, this is just terrible, well , this horror is already being commented on in guyana itself, the president of guyana, irfan ali, said that his country is doing everything necessary to protect itself from venezuela, which declared that this is yagayan the essequibo region as its 24th state. he said this in an interview w

guyana has accused the venezuela of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequiboreferendum on its claim to the territory, which it says was wrongly assigned in the nineteenth century to the british colonial authorities ruling guyana. president ifran ali said he wanted to assure his guyanaese countrymen there was nothing to fear. last week, the international court of justice ordered venezuela to refrain from taking any action which would modify the current situation. ever grant has been given an extension to work out a deal with its overseas creditors. the process of liquidating the company. this is what it will mean for the most indebted developer. the sixth of such adjournment, give them another month or so to try and figure out a better plan around restructuring, it's really a rough deal most of their creditors, more than half of the debt is not collateralized and recovery rates are expected to be in the low single digits. thisjust buys a to be in the low single digits. this just buys a bit further time for them to try one more proposal before total liquidation

support of guyanese sovereignty amid mounting tensions with venezuela over the disputed oil-rich essequibo region. after holding a referendum on the issue last weekend, the venezuelan government ordered its state-owned companies to start exploring oil and mineral reserves in essequibo, which represents roughly two thirds of guyana's territory. guyanese asked the international court of justice to reaffirm current borders. this is guyanese president irfaan ali. >> we will not allow our territory to be violated. amy: brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva said thursday regional groups should help find a peaceful resolution, adding, "we do not need war in south america." in texas, a judge granted a temporary restraining order thursday against the state's sweeping abortion ban to allow a 20-week pregnant woman with a non-viable fetus to get an abortion. 31-year-old kate cox filed the first-of-its-kind lawsuit last week. travis county judge maya guerra gamble said it was "unforgivable that she was forced to go to court" to seek emergency medical care. >> the idea that ms. cox wants desper

accused the venezuela government of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil rich region of essequibounday caracas held a referendum on its claim to the territory which it said was wrongly assigned in the 19th century to the british colonial authorities ruling guyana. the president said he wanted to assure his guyanese ountrymen there was nothing to worry about. evergrande has been given more time to work out a deal with its overseas creditors was a. how can court adjourned the meeting though when and to liquidate. we broke down what this would likely mean for the world �*s most indebted developer. world 's most indebted developer.— developer. the sixth adjournment - developer. the sixth adjournment will. developer. the sixth | adjournment will give developer. the sixth - adjournment will give them another month or so to think about a better plan around restructuring. it is really a rough deal for most accreditors put more than half their debt is not collateralised. and recovery rates are expected to be in the low single digits. this buys a bit further time for them to try one more pr

guyana has accused venezuela of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequiboacas held a referendum on its claim to the territory, which it says was wrongly assigned in the 19th century to the british colonial authorities ruling guyana. the president said he wanted to assure his guyanese countrymen that there was nothing to worry about. after ten yea rs, after ten years, if it is a story of love and crime and its first female protagonist alysia and an unnamed male lead. the developer released the trailer 15 hours earlier than expected after it first leaked online. the trailers as the game won't be released until 2025, so fans will two way to play it. now to the china property market. evergrande has been given more time to work out a deal with its overseas creditors. on monday, a hong kong court adjourned the meeting that could have started the process of liquidating the company. we broke down what this would likely mean for the world's most indebted developer. the sixth of such adjournment will give them another month or so to try to figure out a better plan ar

venezuela's president maduro has vowed to plough on with plans to take over essequibo, the oil rich regiono issue extraction licenses in the region. guyana, meanwhile, has put its own defence forces on full alert in response. on sunday, venezuelans voted by more than 95% in favour of establishing a new venezuelan state in the region. but only 10% of total voters took part in the poll, leading to claims the venezuelan population have no appetite for the takeover. the us has expressed its unwavering support for guyana's sovereignty and the international court ofjustice has urged venezuela to avoid interfering with the border. but how can such a long running and increasingly contentious dispute be resolved ? dr christopher sabatini is senior fellow for latin america at chatham house, the international affairs think tank. they keepjoining us. this is such a long—running dispute, way before 1841 it became a dispute but why hasn't it been resolved? part because it — hasn't it been resolved? part because it was _ hasn't it been resolved? part because it was tossed - hasn't it been resolved? pant

at the same time treact to maduro's actions around the essequibo. so far, the u.s. the sanctions, maduro has not done his part. he has not released political prisoners. he has not given -- i think the best thing the u.s. can do is to continue supporting the negotiation process between the opposition and the maduro government. support human rights for venezuelans inside the country and outside the country and to oppose any further escalation of this crisis. >> thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. ♪ john: in a time-honored ceremony in stockholm, sweden, tomorrow, the king of sweden is to hand medals to this year's nobel laurates. among them will be claudia goldin, recipient of the prize in economics for her research on women in the american workforce. she's only the third woman to get that honor and the first to win it solo, not sharing it with anybody else. economics correspondent paul solman spoke with goldin about her trailblazing work. paul: where did you grow up? claudia: the bronx. new york city. paul: were you at all interested in economics? you went

in recent weeks, venezuela has renewed its claim to essequibo. of the commonwealth. serbian police dispersed hundreds of protesters outside belgrade city hall demonstrating against allegations of fraud in last weekend's general election. protesters threw rocks and used flagpoles to break windows. riot police fired tear gas. the country's president dismissed the allegations of vote rigging as lies pushed by political rivals. the uk home secretaryjames cleverly has apologised for making what he called an "ironicjoke" about spiking his wife's drink at a downing street reception. according to the sunday mirror newspaper, he also mentioned rohypnol, a so—called "date rape" drug. on the same day, mr cleverly had promoted a raft of new government measures to tackle drink spiking. you're live with bbc news. manchester united has announced that the british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe is buying a 25% stake in the premier league club, for around $1.6 billion. under the terms of the agreement, he'll take control of football operations, including recruiting

excuse me, the night before, he showed on live air a map, a new map of the country from its region, essequiboich is now part of neighboring guyana, according to the odious president maduro, new the maps will be sent to all schools immediately, he called the region itself the 24th state of venezuela and called on the national assembly of the country to pass a law on the protection of the disputed territory, it does not remind you of anything, well, in a way, he repeats the methods followed by putin, at first he there is about the protection of one population, the protection of the second population, then the return, they already want to return, to make the 24th state, until nicolas maduro on... very fortunately does not talk about some kind of military intervention and forceful return of this part of the disputed part, in fact it is not disputed piece , this is the territory of guyana, which is recognized in the world, but he says this, well, i will remind you to return this piece to venezuela, voted on sunday during the referendum, 95% of the people who took part in this vote and said that it

that's in which most venezuelans supported mr maduro's plans to take over essequibo.es manuel lopez 0brador is unveiling a new multi—billion dollar rail network called the tren maya. it is projected to bring two million more tourists a year to the impoverished yucatan peninsula, but it has run massively overbudget and critics say it's an environmental catastrophe. and 68 runners have braved sub—zero temperatures to take part in the annual antarctic ice marathon. the event is held a few hundred kilometres from the south pole. the fastest time was four hours one minute and 45 seconds. and before we go, new york commuters were delayed on thursday morning, not by weather or an accident, but by a bull. somehow the animal got loose and was spotted on the newjersey train tracks. no word on how the bull got loose or where it came from. officials evenutally captured the bull and transported it in a trailer to safety. newark�*s public safety director says the bull will be sent to a local animal sanctuary. so a happy ending, of sorts. thank you so much for watching bbc news and

guyana have signed a joint agreement promising to avoid force in their conflict over the oil—rich essequibo disputed territory, which is controlled by guyana and forms about two thirds of its area. as part of the deal, the countries have agreed to meet in brazilforfurther talks in three months. global coal consumption reached a record high this year as growing use in china, india and indonesia outweighed sharply falling demand in europe and the united states. the international energy agency shows an increase of 1.4% in global coal use for 2023 to 8.5 billion tonnes. world coal consumption should start declining from next year, according to the iea. dutch authorities are starting a trial to decriminalise the production and supply of cannabis. the experiment will start in two cities, breda and tilburg. consumption of the drug has long been allowed, but its sale remains illegal. the aim is to crack down on drug dealers and guarantee a higher quality and safer product for consumers. you're live with bbc news. hungary has blocked more than 50 billion dollars in eu aid for ukraine, hours after ag

war in latin america, and the states will not be able to ignore it, of course, well, they captured essequiboing, the states are already not in the west from nicolas maduro, it was believed that in the end they succeeded in... the situation in a historical way, because the president of venezuela agreed to fair elections, and everyone thought, what will he do without such an agreement, he will lose the elections, no, not ours, but absolutely not necessarily, if the elections will take place against the background of a small victorious war, as nicolás maduro hopes , then he can win these elections, and the regime can collapse, but we remember that a very similar situation was with the argentine generals. penultimate of the argentine military administration, decided that he would conduct a small victorious battle for the polklen islands, well, it would not be great britain to send its troops to some rocks hundreds of thousands of kilometers from great britain itself. and as you know, with margaret thatcher, who was absolutely convinced that this should be done, by the way, there was huge opposit

in a referendum, more than 95% approved establishing a new state in essequibo.as called by president nicolas maduro, who argues the terrority was stolen from venezuela. speaking from the un climate conference in dubai, the vice president of guyana, dr bharratjagdeo, told the bbc that the referendum was a failure for the venezuelan government. everyone in the world expected once the referendum was held it would be a yes vote. but we believe it is a resounding failure for the government of mcdougall, considering only half of the total eligible voters turned out. of the half that turned out, not 100% voted in favour of a yes vote. less than half of the eligible voters voted in favour of this. it is a defeat, we believe, 43, a distraction from the problems in venezuela. now we have concerns. all day long latin american news agencies have been there was a low voter turnout. the electoral turnout announced the figure, and we believe that even with the rigging of the turnout figures, they still does not have half of the eligible voters, on an issue that venezuela has o

it comes after venezuela held a referendum claiming the oil rich region of essequibo as its own, whichit in dubai, after a letter was leaked from the oil cartel opec urging its members to block any deal targeting fossil fuels. france's energy minister says she's "stunned" — while spain's ecology minister called the move �*disgusting'. countries at the summit have been clashing over a possible agreement to phase out fossil fuels — which means that a first—ever commitment to end the use of oil and gas in 30 years — is now injeopardy. the family of this year's nobel peace prize winner, narges mohammadi, says she will go hunger strike from her iranian prison cell on the day of the award ceremony in oslo. at a press conference in oslo, her children — twins ali and kiana rahmani — expressed their pride in their mother for speaking out against the regime's treatment of women and promoting human rights. they said they're honoured to be collecting the award on her behalf. her husband also revealed that she would be going back on a hunger strike, "in solidarity" with the baha'i religious minorit

recognize as a legitimate president, announced the annexation of the neighboring region of guyana, essequibo although so far that it is difficult to say whether a military conflict and the use of armed certain aggression can really unfold there, because a... neighboring countries and, first of all, brazil are conducting diplomatic negotiations, and in the end it was possible to agree in advance on december 14 to hold negotiations between the leaders of these states in saint-vietnam and saint-vietnam in this country in order to reduce the pace of tension, but the situation itself and the potential risk of the beginning of a conflict, of course, this is very threatening, including for ukraine, because we already had the experience when the war that started is an active phase in the middle east in israel. it very much diverted attention from ukraine, both in the media and in politics, among political circles, and then we see that it is already having an effect on the fact that the probability of providing military assistance from, for example, the united states, in the event that a military con

referendum earlier this month in which most venezuelans supported mr maduro's plans to take over essequibouyana. actor andre braugher died of lung cancer after being diagnosed with the disease several months ago. that's according to his publicist, who confirmed the details to the bbc. the 61—year—old died on monday. the two—time emmy wnner was best known for his roles as captain ray holt in brooklyn nine—nine and detective frank pembleton on homicide: life on the street. a state memorial service has been held at sydney's famous opera house for entertainment legend, barry humphries. the comedian, actor and creator of the beloved character dame edna everage died in april following complications from hip surgery. fellow comedians joined in the tributes. king charles sent a personal message to be read out at the service. new york commuters were delayed on thursday morning by a bull on the tracks in nearby newjersey. no word on how the bull got loose or where it came from. 0fficials eventually captured the bull and transported it in a trailer to safety. newark�*s public safety director says the

referendum earlier this month, in which most venezuelans supported mr maduro's plans to take over essequiboneighbouring guyana. a state memorial service has been held at sydney's famous opera house for entertainment legend, barry humphries. the comedian, actor and creator of the beloved character, dame edna everage, died in april following complications from hip surgery. fellow comedians joined in the tributes. king charles sent a personal message to be read out at the service. in the premier league football, rebecca welch is to become the first female referee, when she officiates fulham's match against burnley on december 23. welch has been refereeing since 2010 and became the first woman to referee a match in the men's championship at the start of this year. you're live with bbc news. there's no sign israel will halt its offensive in gaza. it comes after prime minister benjamin netanyahu told us national security advisor jake sullivan israel will pursue its war against hamas, designated a terrorist organisation in the us and uk — until what he called an "absolute victory." sullivan called

accused venezuelan leadership of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequiborwhelmingly in favour of a claim to the territory. last week, the international court ofjustice ordered venezuela to refrain from taking any action which would modify the current situation. a former us diplomat who served as ambassador to bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the cuban government for more than 40 years. victor manuel rocha, is accused of helping cuba gather intelligence against the us since 1981. court documents show mr rocha referred to the us as "the enemy" and claimed his work as a secret agent "strengthened the revolution". around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. rishi sunak has suffered a commons defeat after mps backed plans to speed up compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal. 22 conservative rebels supported the labour—led amendment. campaigners have been calling for a more comprehensive compensation scheme to support patients who contracted hiv or hepatitis c from contamin

california and others, the states on the border with the mexican united states, they are called that, the essequibon in about 1800 14. and it is also clear, venezuela was a spanish possession, uh, then there were dutch possessions, then there were british possessions, the british united their territories due to the fact that they bought some territories or received from the dutch, spanish, the colonizers of latin america did not recognize this and believed that these dutch territories just belong to... their sphere of influence , there was never a clear border between the colonies of great britain and spain, and between independent venezuela and british guiana, as this territory was called, in the end, this conflict was settled as if along the borders that exist now, but venezuela continued to count. that this is not the final settlement of the conflict. during the time of hugo chávez, in principle, there were very warm relations between the two countries, because it is necessary to understand that venezuela and guyana, strange as it may sound, are governed by left-centered parties. it's just that

signed a joint agreement promising to avoid force amid their conflict over the guyana's oil—rich essequibo to annex the territory which has been considered part of guyana since the 19th century. as part of the deal both sides have agreed to meet in brazil forfurther talks in three months�* time. the president of a top—flight turkish football club has been permenantly banned from the sport after punching a referee in the face. faruk koca attacked halil umut meler after his team, mke ankaragucu, conceded a late goal in a match on monday night. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. police are continuing the search for mother of three gaynor lord a week after her disappearance. officers say there is a high probability that the 55—year—old went into the river wensum. it comes as a friend of ms lord said she was upbeat and happy and talking about christmas just days before she disappeared. parents of children who died in circumstances linked to social media and gaming have accused the government of watering down online safety laws. th

accused the venezuelan leadership of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequibom to the territory. last week, the international court ofjustice ordered venezuela to refrain from taking any action, which would modify the current situation. a former us diplomat who served as ambassador to bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the cuban government for more than a0 years. victor manuel rocha is accused of helping cuba gather intelligence against the us since 1981. court documents show mr rocha referred to the us as "the enemy." you�*re live with bbc news. iam i am gareth barlow. let�*s focus on the uk now. the uk home secretaryjames cleverly is in rwanda, where he will sign a new asylum treaty with the country. he�*s been visiting the genocide museum in the capital kigali. the government hopes the treaty will restart plans to send some asylum seekers there to have their claims processed after the supreme court ruled against the policy. the uk government is putting more measures in place, that could include allow parliament to vote and confirm that rwan

maduro, has ordered the state oil company to issue extraction licences in the oil—rich region of essequibo the un security council to intervene. the uk government has signed a new treaty with rwanda to overcome concerns that blocked the original asylum scheme in the supreme court. it comes after the home secretary, james cleverly, vowed to tighten up laws on legal migration and insisted that rwanda had made "a clear and unambiguous commitment to the safety of people who come here". members of the screen actors guild in the united states have formally ended their long strike that widely crippled the tv and movie industry. they've backed their union's deal on better pay and conditions that were agreed with major studios last month. the yes vote was expected, but it was far from unanimous, with some actors still expressing concern over the use of artificial intelligence in film and tv production. for weeks, boats carrying hundreds of refugees have been making a hazardous journey from bangladesh to aceh in indonesia. on board are rohingya muslims — many of whom fled from a military crackdown i

there are disagreements over the oil—rich region of essequibo.e investments in the area, despite venezuela's renewed claims to the territory. the french film star isabelle adjani has been convicted of tax fraud. a court in paris found the star had evaded more than $1.5 million in tax by falsely claiming residence in portugal. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. new figures show improvements in britain's health service compared to this time last year, but patients needing emergency care are still facing long waits in england. the waiting list for treatments fell slightly to 717 1 million from a record of 717 8 million the previous month. the father, step—mother, and uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif, who died at her home in woking in august, have pleaded not guilty to her murder. urfan sharif, beinash batool, and faisal malik appeared at the old bailey by video link. they also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of causing or allowing the death of a child. the european central bank

accused the venezuelan leadership of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequibored venezuela to refrain from taking any action, which would modify the current situation. a former us diplomat who served as ambassador to bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the cuban government for more than a0 years. victor manuel rocha is accused of helping cuba gather intelligence against the us since 1981. court documents show mr rocha referred to the us as "the enemy." you're live with bbc news. i'm gareth barlow. well, let's move on to dubai, where ministers from more than 60 countries have been meeting at the cop28 climate summit. today's focus will be on energy and industry, just transition, and indigenous peoples. it comes as environment campaigners say a record number of delegates from the coal, gas and oil industries are attending the summit. now, a report by a coalition of green groups called kick big polluters 0ut, says almost 2,500 people from companies linked to fossil fuels are there, that's four times the number at last year's conference in egypt. m

reaffirmed unwavering support for guyana's sovereignty after venezuela announced plans to annex the essequibomed that the us would carry out air force drills with guyana, but insisted they were routine. venezuela described them as a provocation. brazil — which has borders with both countries — has announced that it's deploying more troops in the area. supporters of the former peruvian president pedro castillo have staged protests across the country on the first anniversary of his arrest on charges of conspiracy and rebellion. thousands of people took to the streets of lima and other cities to demand his release. she danced with vladimir putin at her wedding — now austria's former foreign minister karin kneissl has moved to russia. she says she was forced out of austria by political pressure and describes president putin as "the most intelligent gentleman." steve rosenberg reports. dancing the waltz, vladimir putin and karin kneissl in 2018. then austria's foreign minister, she'd invited russia's president to her wedding. a private visit — strictly. butjust months after the salisbury poisoning

called a referendum on its claim to an oil—mineral—rich swathe of guyana known in venezuela as the essequibof guyana's territory. the tensions between the two countries have escalated since exxonmobil made one of the world's biggest recent oil discoveries there in 2015. the us military has been working to strengthen guyana's tiny military force, but nothing like enough to deter mr maduro — but then neither has britain. it is a former colony, a fellow commonwealth country — in fact, it's the only english—speaking nation in latin america. benjamin gedan is a former south america director on the national security council at the white house and now the director of the latin america program at the wilson centre, a think tank based in washington. thank you for being on the programme. the united states where they are at the weekend, talking to they are at the weekend, talking to the government in guiana. were they prepared to go too far enough to protect guyana? it’s prepared to go too far enough to protect guyana?— prepared to go too far enough to protect guyana? it's clear that the armed forces.