government washington says the restrictions are a warning to madeira to curb his dictatorship officials in venezuela though say it's the people of the country all ready struggling under an economic crisis that will suffer the most. it's a strong message for the people of venezuela and it's a strong message to the dural we are not going to tolerate the dictatorship he's trying to create and we're not going to respect the sham assembly and so at this point we felt like because we're not seeing any progress towards lifting up the venezuelan people and we see more of the power grab that winter i was trying to do the sanctions were another option to send a message the united states is trying to create to promote a humanitarian crisis you know a country that's what the what do they want they want to starve the venezuelan people terms national security adviser did comment on the possibility of military intervention the country there's no such thing really anymore as as only a military option or de or diplomatic option or or an economic option we try to integrate all elements together no milita

government washington says the restrictions are a warning to madeira road to curb his dictatorship butofficials in venezuela say it's the people of the country who are already struggling under an economic crisis who will suffer the most. it's a strong message for the people of venezuela and it's a strong message to the dural we are not going to tolerate the dictatorship he's trying to create venezuela's president has come out with a very strong reaction to the sanctions that nikki haley is referring to that were signed off on by trump president trump on friday and target the country's energy sector terms national security adviser did comment on the possibility of military intervention the country there's no such thing really anymore as as only a military option or de or diplomatic option or or an economic option we try to integrate all elements together no military actions are into subpoenaed in the near future and not long ago trump stated that a more physical plan of action could be possible when it comes to the south american country we have many options for that as well and by the

chance to have a positive end because the people who don't like him don't like the fact he supports madeira oh and that's probably all of the americans and anybody else is too lazy to see what he's really done and at the same time if washington really wants to create another syria in venezuela i still live there actually hundreds of thousands dead in venezuela is that what washington wants it might be the price worth paying for far more oil reserves than even in iraq let's put it out there ok meanwhile back here them mainstream media not as interested in this story as they are in venezuela for some reason it's going to morningstar this is about industrial unrest the more recent morning star says nurses scrapped the wage cap all well strike the stock planes probably correctly that there is a risk of having a strike as a result of the problems in the health service or aging the royal college of nurses and that's a fairly reliable source so you would say well money stars found to be trying to start up on this occasion they are saying that john a davis is warning the chancellor of the exchequer

madeira is a dictator who disregards the will of the venezuelan people not obviously such only to me that they literally destroyed on a deal without knowing what order they mean. to come into it probably did the government. is violating its own constitution. to live in a. pump oil into the equation and politics is brushed straight under the carpet his facts of how black gold unites them. protect a discount american states being the third largest exporter of crude to the us and number six growing seven percent to around six hundred seventy thousand barrels a day when it stopped then absolutely no the citgo petroleum corporation based in texas belongs to wait for it and its weight state oil company which means the country has access to these refineries total capacity of about seven hundred forty nine thousand barrels per day so far the sanctions that have been a mention have been against refined venezuelan oil products and against individuals in the venezuelan government they have not been for the importation of crude the fact that they are not including crude speaks to that interdepen

—— president madeira. long conflict over 15 years, but now with the economy in dire straits, with a declining oil crisis and economic mismanagement, the government is in a difficult place with lower popular support, and to propose this extra body, a constituent assembly, to sort of rescue it from its situation is an all—powerful body that was elected by only a minority portion of the population. not according to a democratic vote. the total numbers are questioned. now, it has the authority not only to write a new constitution but to dismiss other parts of the government, which it started already by dismissing the attorney general. we have also heard from the chief prosecutor saying she thinks she has been pushed aside so her investigation cannot continue into alleged corruption and human rights abuses. who else could be in the government sites? they have already arrested many protesters as well as some opposition leaders, who have come in and out of house arrest 01’ have come in and out of house arrest or

have been killed after a 200—year—old oak tree fell and crushed them on the portuguese island of madeira church in a village in the hills overlooking the island's capital, funchal. one portuguese broadcaster said two children were among the dead at what is the main religious festival in madeira. a desperate dig for survivors is underway in sierra leone's capital, after mudslides and floods claimed the lives of nearly a00 people. their homes on the outskirts of freetown were engulfed after part of a mountain collapsed yesterday morning. thousands have been left homeless. as our correspondent umaru fofana reports — the authorities are planning mass burials because the mortuaries are full. on the day after, emergency services are still overstretched. inside the central mortuary of the main hospital there are piles of bodies. they are lying on the floor in the open because there is no more space. nearly 100 bodies were brought in on tuesday morning, bringing the total number to nearly a00, some of them limbless. the head of the mortuary says they are completely overstretched and that is not

have been killed after a 200—year—old oak tree fell and crushed them on the portuguese island of madeiraen the tree toppled into a crowd outside a church in a village in the hills overlooking the island's capital, funchal. 0ne portuguese broadcaster said two children were among the dead at what is the main religious festival in madeira. the headlines on bbc news. brexit secretary david davis says the government wants to negotiate a temporary customs union with the eu when the uk leaves the eu. rail fa res when the uk leaves the eu. rail fares will go up by 2.6% injanuary, the biggest increase the four years, passenger groups say commuters will be worst hit. kensington and chelsea council will be examined as part of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster in june, the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster injune, people were killed when a fire spread throughout the tower block. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. good evening, let's start with liverpool's play off against hockenheim. half an hour into the match its been eventful a

thank you very much. [ applause ] now marshall enjoyed his madeira very much.i don't know if there is madeira downstairs but i do know there are other things we may eat and drink and enjoy each other's company. thank you. [ applause ] >> just a couple of closing items. signed copies of professor rosen's recent writings are available in the supreme court historical society gift shop, which is downstairs on the ground floor. there are also signed copies of justice breyer's new book about the world and justice sotomayor's auto biography there. the gift shop will remain open throughout the row sepeception encourage you to visit it. there are all sorts of treasures that lurk there. as for future activities of the sme supreme court historical society, the 2016 lecture series will begin in may of this year, and all members of the society should receive invitations for that series by the end of the month. you can find our reception this evening in the east and west conference rooms, which mean you turn right as you exit the courtroom. and we encourage you to join us fo

have been killed after a 200—year—old oak tree fell and crushed them on the portuguese island of madeiran the tree toppled into a crowd outside a church in a village in the hills overlooking the island's capital, funchal. 0ne portuguese broadcaster said two children were among the dead at what is the main religious festival in madeira. rail travellers are being advised to avoid london waterloo until thursday — after a train derailed early this morning outside the station. no—one on board the train was hurt. three other people were treated at the scene by paramedics, but none taken to hospital. it means 13 platforms are now out of use — ten were already closed for engineering works. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has led his nation in marking the 70th anniversary of his country's independence from britain. in a speech in delhi, he said he wants to transform india into a prosperous and technologically—advanced nation. the creation of india and pakistan in 19117 led to a million deaths, and the displacement of about 12 million people. reeta chakra barti is in amritsar in punjab. i'm

have been killed after a 200—year—old oak tree fell and crushed them on the portuguese island of madeirastival in madeira. a pensioner who was stabbed while trying to save the life of the labour mp, jo cox, has died. bernard kenny, who was 79, was awarded the george medalfor his bravery after he intervened when a right—wing extremist attacked the mp in the run—up to last year‘s eu referendum. mr kenny was seriously injured in the attack, but the cause of his death is not believed to be related to the incident. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: brexit secretary, david davis, says the government wants to negotiate a temporary customs union with the eu for when the uk leaves. the grenfell tower public inquiry will examine issues including the cause of the fire and the actions of authorities before the blaze. mudslides and floods in sierra leone have killed more than 300 people — as heavy rain continues to disrupt rescue and recovery efforts. in the business news... the headline cpi rate of inflation stayed steady last month at 2.6%,

. >>> and the rescue came on the same day another tree fell on a catholic celebration in madeira. at least 13 people were killed, injuring nearly 50 others. authorities are investigate egg wh what trigured that tree collapse. >>> and a father returned home to find his family unconscious. >> police rushed to the scene only to fall victim here's mara scohauf calm poe. >> reporter: officials say they were discovered moments before it was too late. >> five people unconscious. possible carbon monoxide poisoning. >> reporter: officials telling abc news a father came home to find his wife, two young children and two adult stepchildren in distress. he rushed in to pull them out, too good samaritans joining the rescue. three police officers quickly following suit. but the toxic gas so strong it made the rescuers sick too. >> that level was higher than any norm, i would say normal carbon monoxide incident you would have. >> reporter: firefighters breathing through gas masks detecting co levels 45 times what it usually takes to set off a carbon monoxide detector. two of those remain hospital

took a tragic turn in portugal when a tree toppled into major christian festival on the island of madeiraple were killed and 50 were hurt. local media say the tree was dying and had been partially supported by a cable before falling. >>> another one of cosby's attorneys is filing to withdraw from the team. cosby's lead lawyer resigned two weeks ago and his remaining attorneys are now asking a judge to delay a pretrial conference scheduled for next week. he is charged with drugging and molesting a woman back in 2004. the jury was deadlocked in june. some of the biggest names in silicon valley and verizon wireless want to make it harder for data records to be turned over to authorities. they filed a brief with the u.s. supreme court. they want so much clarification -- they want some clarification on a search warrant. >>> there have been reports recently that daniel craig was not through playing james bond. and he was interviews yesterday until in new york, he went on the late show with stephen bole care. >> daniel craig, we -- stephen colbert. >> daniel craig we can use some good news here.

treasuries imposing tough measures against president madeira there after his victory in a controversial referendum to create a new legislative body regarded by critics is a tool to weaken the opposition. as a result of today's sanctions all assets of subject to u.s. jurisdiction are frozen and u.s. persons are prohibited from dealing with him so now a new assembly is going to be tasked with rewriting the constitution and it will have the power to dissolve the parliament the opposition defied about the public protests and denounce the election as a power grab by president maduro police in the capital deployed to gas and rubber bullets in clashes with furious opposition supporters. of. the us state department for its part branded last sunday's vote as illegitimate it also describes president but there is leadership as a dictatorship however when it comes to sanctions there does seem to be one sphere that's off limits in stations against oil. that what i will say is we will monitor all of our options it seems we all knew about this relationship. is it dictator who disregards the will of th

. >> in portugal the collapse of a towering oak has killed 13 people on the island of madeira. 50 others were injured happened during a gathering outside of church. the tree was more than 20 years old and authorities are investigating why it collapsed. >>> a mother of three suffered a broken neck when a giant tree fell on her and her children in new york central park. the tree's roots were ripped right out of the ground. ann goldman and her two young sons suffered -- she suffered a broken neck. her boys only suffered cuts and bruises. another had a fractured skull. officials what caused it to fall. >>> 14 states will be in the path of a great american solar eclipse now just five days away. >>> but there's growing warnings coming out of that and the glasses and concern about electronics but the big question now is how to deal with all those people. here's abc's steve osunsami. millions of merging pouring into cities with the best possible view of the eclipse. local police, hospital and emergency medical services are on high alert. >> we're throwing everything at it. >> in some cities they

made the comment of a meeting with his american counterpart rex tillerson earlier in the day madeira chooser takes a closer look at the story it was a very lengthy meeting. it seemed like a very friendly meeting the two gentlemen seem like they were getting on very well lots of laughing and joking and i also need to point out it was the first face to face meeting after new russia sanctions have been imposed so what did they talk about first well surprise surprise sanctions lover of explained why russia decided to take the action that it did following the imposing of those sanctions. he was interested in our response to the and see russia sanctions bill that was passed in the u.s. congress we explained to him what was behind the actions that we took off the long expecting that the u.s. would not choose the path of confrontation but unfortunately the referring back to treat of american lawmakers prevented that what's interesting about this is that prior to this meeting in manila to listen has been very vocal publicly about his discontent about the new russia sanctions let's take a list

and rule with an iron fist method to annoy america yesterday's illegitimate elections confirm that madeira is a dictator who disregards the will of the venezuelan people that's going to hurt when the us brands you a dictator all bets are off even if you really aren't one and he claim of your crimes is taken as fact international law stops working or your enemies suddenly get a lot of money and in many cases shiny new guns to see of uncle sam in syria we have ramped up on military assistance to the syrian opposition remember what happened to saddam will assad blame them foot anything and it will stick the name of the game was regime change exporting democracy and that's a heck of a lot easier when you portray the other guy as the cartoon villain syrian dictator bashar. assad is a war criminal thugs and a murderer like bashar. it's already begun their equating to kim jong un that's crazy talk you might think there are no concentration camps there are elections with dora himself he joins a very exclusive club including mr mugabe. and and and kim jong un in terms of the repression of his peopl

killed at least 13 people and injured 50 more at a roman catholic festival on the portuguese island of madeira is shown to have crashed on a crowded square in the suburb of the main town, funchal. this is how one of the worshippers described how the events unfolded. we heard a noise. i looked up, i had my son by my side. i only saw the tree falling so i called my son and ran away. i heard a big bang. a lot of people were in a panic. there we re of people were in a panic. there were a lot of people down there. a student activist in thailand has been jailed after he shared a bbc online profile of the king. the activist has been given a prison term of two—and—a—half years on charges of defaming the monarchy. he was arrested last december for using facebook to post a profile by the bbc thai service. here are people getting involved in an interesting event that takes place every gear. hundreds of them head to a town in belgium where they feast on a traditional giant omelette. here it is. it is made with 10,000 eggs. tradition has lasted some 20 years and the ongoing 999 lasted some 20 years and the

at least 13 people and injured nearly 50 at a roman catholic festival on the portuguese island of madeirashed down onto a crowded square in a suburb of the main town, funchal. a court in ecuador has arrested the chinese crew of a fishing boat which was found within the galapagos islands marine reserve carrying three hundred tonnes of endangered sharks. the twenty crew members will be held pending court proceedings. if found guilty they could face up to three years in jail for environmental crimes. ben is here with all the business news. the british government has unveiled its second brexit position paper, ahead of the third round of negotiations planned in brussels at the end of this month. this time, it's about minimising disruption at the irish border. under one option the government has proposed, there'd be no customs border at all between the uk and ireland. this would enable goods to flow freely between northern ireland and ireland. the paper also highlights protecting the common travel area and associated rights for uk and irish citizens. thanks to the current arrangement, people ca

despite the fact that madeira was democratically elected u.s. leaders call him a dictator a dictator dictator we will work with our partners to hold accountable all those responsible for the escalating violence and ongoing human rights violations but one section of venezuela's economy which according to many reports and speculation is not being targeted by sanctions is oil ninety five percent of that as well as export revenue comes from oil resources they sell oil on the international markets and at this point u.s. treasury does not intend to target the oil sector of venezuela's economy with sanctions when they were asked about venezuela's oil exports this was the response from u.s. officials others from arco may be making some changes in terms of our export of like her as well as for curbing venezuelan oil imports is that still on the table but let me just say we will continue to monitor all of our specific timeline stations against oil i'm not going to comment on that what i will say is we will monitor all of our options it seemed we all knew

least 13 people and injured almost 50 more at a roman catholic festival on the portuguese island of madeirae tree is shown to have crashed on a crowded square in a suburb of the main town, funchal. another woman has come forward to say she was sexually molested by the filmmaker roman polanski. identified only as robin, she claimed at a news conference in los angeles she had been assaulted by the director when she was 16. she's the third woman to accuse polanski of child abuse. a court in ecuador has arrested the chinese crew of a fishing boat which was found within the galapagos islands marine reserve carrying 300 tonnes of endangered sharks. the 20 crew members will be held pending court proceedings. if found guilty, they could face up to three years in jail for environmental crimes. in colombia, the last truckload of weapons held by the country's former rebels, the farc, has been taken away under un supervision. it's the latest stage of a peace process agreed between the rebels and the government last year, and colombia's president says marks the beginning of a new phase in the life of hi

military uniforms released a video of themselves there mounting an uprising against president nicholas madeira witnesses reported hearing gunshots during the night according to mature twenty old men stormed the base and two of them were killed during the ensuing battle the instant follows the integration of a controversial new legislative body on friday its formation which critics say will strip the opposition of power has led the u.s. to play sanctions on the president as a result of today's sanctions all assets of the door subject to u.s. jurisdiction are frozen and u.s. persons are prohibited from dealing with him the new assembly will be tossed with rewriting the constitution and will have the power to disown the current paula meant the opposition house to find a ban on public protests and denounce the election as a power grab by mature police in the capital deployed to take out some rubber bullets in clashes with furious opposition activists during the week and people have been gathering to rally against the government outside the gates of the compound which was attacked over night. state

it's not right we want our country back we want madeira out of the country and we want the country stabilized as before more than half the venezuelans live in the buddy list and islam's. surround see like caracas. many venezuelans used to be middle class this to be a very rich country but now most of them. the middle of the crisis come. for. good boys w. i knew about you what's life like. nobody was. when the. body. now what we need food a lot. you give us a willing see woody out what about crime in neighborhoods like this. crime is everywhere you're not safe in any place. but this situation right now many people are turning to crime to be able to feed their kids. nnova. when it comes to heavy white says one dinosaur which is bigger than all the rest. seventy six times this plot eighteen colossus white as much as a space shuttle. and dwarf toys relatives. the findings come off to fossils were discovered in argentina five years ago. brief time ago i spoke with cut johnson a paleontologist at the smithsonian's museum of natural history. stanislaw was longer than a blue while and heavier than a

the madeira administration is not bowing to pressure either here or abroad, saying that the country isves at taxi in a sha nty agree. clemente drives at taxi in a s ha nty town agree. clemente drives at taxi in a shanty town outside the city. i asked him what happened to his windscreen. translation: opposition protesters broke it when i went through a roadblock, because this taxi was given to me by the government. i am fed up. politics is like a marriage. both sides need to sit down and talk. the opposition just thinks about themselves. venezuela would be better off without them. the concern among opposition politicians and the international community is that this could be the country's new reality. stay with us on bbc news — still to come, will he become the world's most expensive footballer? neymar could cost paris saint germain a $250 million — he'll earn one dollar every second. the question was whether we wanted to save our people, and japanese as well, and win the war, or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion bega

at least 13 people and injured nearly 50 at a roman catholic festival on the portuguese island of madeiratree crashed down onto a crowded square in a suburb of the main town, funchal. in colombia, the last truckload of weapons held by the country's former rebels, the farc, has been taken away under un supervision. it's the latest stage of a peace process agreed between the rebels and the government last year, and colombia's president says marks the beginning of a new phase in the life of his country. aaron safir reports. for more than 50 years, colombia's farc rebels used weapons like this in its conflict with the government. now the country's president has locked away the final cache of guns and bullets. some 8,000 weapons and more than a million pieces of ammunition have already been collected by the un as part of the process. translation: we just witnessed something truly historic. i'd say it's the last breath, too. and the commissioner of peace called it that too. i would say the last... the last breath of the conflict that's been going for 53 years. when we see the last container go

over in portugal, the collapse of a towering oak tree has killed at least 13 people on the island of madeira. nearly 50 others were injured. it happened during a gathering outside a church for a popular catholic celebration. the tree was reportedly more than 200 years old. why it collapsed. >>> here at home, a mother of three reportedly suffered a broken neck when a giant tree fell on her and her children in new york's central park. the tree's roots were ripped right out of the ground as 39-year-old ann goldman tried to shield her sons. one boy suffered a fractured skull while the other two had only cut and bruises. officials are still investigating to try to uncover what caused that tree to fall. >>> some 14 states will be in the path of a great american solar eclipse now just five days away. >> but there's growing warnings coming out of that. we've heard about the glasses and some concern about electronics, but the big question now is how to deal with ll those people.r:illions of americans pouring into those few american cities with the best possible view of the coming eclipse. local polic