the un says one thing about the madeira government is another.t what international organisations say, so we are in the same situation. we continue to wait. —— maduro. the crisis in venezuela shows no sign of letting up. talks are stalling on both sides are as farapart as are stalling on both sides are as far apart as they have ever been. there is little chance of greater unity in venezuela by next year's independence day. eight people have been convicted for running what's being described as the largest modern slavery ring in britain. the gang leaders, all of them from poland, lured alcoholics, homeless people and freed prisoners from poland with promises of well paid jobs. once in the country, they were forced into heavy manual labour, threatened, humiliated and beaten up. sima kotecha reports. these were the sordid conditions victims were forced to endure. some were as young as 17. filthy, often rat—infested, with no heating or light. toilets blocked, and the stench unbearable. the gang was made up of five men and three women, all from poland.

what they are the breakthrough follows 3 days of meetings in barbados between representatives of madeira and opposition leader one who has declared himself interim president and now the united states has imposed sanctions against venezuela's military counter intelligence agency over the death of a navy captain while in custody rafael acosta was arrested in june and allegedly tortured for his role in a coup prot to overthrow president maduro or authorities later buried his remains despite opposition from his family members who demanded an independent review into his death. now a car bombing in the libyan city of benghazi has killed at least 4 people and wounded dozens the blast targeted the funeral of a special forces commander loyal to the ward cleaver hafta the head of special forces was attending the funeral but was unharmed but what otherwise he had has moved from tripoli. symmetry is very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit which are under the control of the warlord . have to understand that this was a funeral held for a former commander of the special forces units a

for the country on its independence day the 2 held separate rallies in the capital caracas leftist madeira is holding on to power but has offered fresh talks with the opposition has ruled out further negotiations and is urging the military to abandon president maduro. god the god without their support president maduro could quickly lose his grip on power. the military parade was held to commemorate independence day but it also highlighted that most in the armed forces still seem to back then his whalers in battle president. maduro used the festivities to address the opposition saying dialogue is the way to end venezuela's political crisis don't have time to compete or stop with conspiracies stop with the plots stop with the evil stop with the plans to destabilize and harm venezuela the reason the name in the final minutes will offend is why a wants peace and work people and that's why i repeat my call for national dialogue of the was meanwhile opposition leader one quite though was sending a defiant message with his own rallying. cry don't already ruled out further dialogue with the duros

i'm cozyn madeira in london, my colleagues in hong kong where carrie lam has condemned the protesters ransacked parliament —— kasia madera. hundreds of activists occupied the legislative council for hours, spraying graffiti, defacing the territory's emblem and raising the old british colonial flag. we'll continue to montor events in hong kong but now lets take a moment to update you on some of the day's other major stories. international inspectors have confirmed that iran has breached the 2015 nuclear deal. its stockpile of enriched uranium now exceeds agreed limits. the united nations has called on tehran to stick to its commitments. but iran says the us abandoned the deal last year. also making news today, the latest attempt by european union leaders to agree on who should fill the bloc‘s main posts has ended in failure. they'll try again in brussels. a number of key roles are up for grabs including the post of european commision president. southern japan has been hit by a torrential downpour that brought 1a inches of rain in just 2a hours, triggering landslides and road closures.

president nicolas maduro his resignation why don't also renewed his call to the army to turn against madeira on thursday u.n. report revealed that more than 7000 people have been killed in venezuela as part of security operations in the past 18 months but do it remains defiant though he attended a grand military parade despite growing criticism against his government for using brutal tactics to crush is opponents but it was announced earlier that $22.00 political prisoners have been released including judge maria funi journalist atar and 20 students as well as attorneys of lifers down one as iris and obviously a defiant tone from the door but at the same time trying to make concessions i suppose by releasing these prisoners. well that's correct it was an important day in venezuela mostly because it began very early in the morning with a ceremony to honor venezuela's independence leader and later on a civilian military parade as nicole last month during his speech we saw warplanes weapons tanks among security forces among other things a full show of strength by the venezuelan government. anyo

now the report is based on the government's own figures if found that security forces loyal to madeira have carried out nearly $7000.00 killings in the past year and a half many of them may have been extra judicial the report also said that almost 800 people remain in custody after being arrested and that 1500 deaths over a period of 4 months were caused by a lack of hospital supplies. and the un made more than 20 recommendations to venezuela's government including dialogue with the opposition rather than cracking down on it by encouraging government to view the opposition and human rights defender of partners in the common cause of human rights and justice and to see through durable political agreement that leads to reconciliation the un high commissioner michele presenting her report on venice. today in geneva. to sports now and stunning new corruption allegations over the awarding of the 2016 olympics to rio de janiero the former state governor of rio has admitted that he paid $2000000.00 to buy votes that ensured the city would host the games rio. it was the 1st time the olympics h

economic crisis the breakthrough follows 3 days of meetings in barbados between representatives of madeira and opposition leader one goh i don't know before the talks began but they were had said that he was optimistic they could find a path to peace censorship during the soviet era so many of on guard artists arrested or even driven underground but thanks to one man tens of thousands of paintings were saved from destruction some of those works are now on display at a museum. but step bassam reports from the future of this collection is now in doubt. despite being in a town in the car a car packed desert tourists travel to new clothes to see the world's 2nd largest collection of soviet art the founder of the museum eagle soffits collected around 100000 paintings many were hidden when the soviet union banned almost all art which didn't conform to socialist principles so he secretly smuggled the paintings to a place so remote that nobody would find them and sometimes gave them a new name like this one by some world originally called the bulldozer exhibition the exhibition that was arranged b

president nicolas maduro his resignation why don't also renewed his call to the army to turn against madeira on thursday a un report revealed that more than 7000 people have been killed in venezuela as part of security operations in the past 18 months and to remains defiant though he attended a grand military parade despite growing criticism against his government for using brutal tactics to crush his opponents it was announced earlier that $22.00 political prisoners a been released including judge maria funi journalist. and then 20 students as well or un human rights she's michelle bash basic freedoms in venezuela are under attack essentially institutional from the rule of law and been a swiller have been eroded the exercise of freedom of opinion expression association a family the right to participate in public life entails the risk of reprisals and repression. a report no attacks against actual or perceived political opponent and human would defenders ranging from threat anthony a campaign to arbitrary detention torture and ill treatment sexual violence killing unfold disappearance. i wan

to host a regional conference of left wing parties normalizations opponents of president because madeira have criticized him for hosting the event saying it's a waste of resources. the speaker of the u.s. house of representative nancy pelosi has denounced donald trump's twitter attack on a democratic congressman as racist the president unleashed the online to raid after representative elijah cummings criticized his mexican border policies in response trump called him a brutal bully saying his baltimore district is far worse under more dangerous than the border he also called cummings's district discussing rat and rodent infested ness the congressman responded saying mr president i get home to my district daily each morning i wake up and i go and fight for my neighbors particle hain has more from washington d.c. . another norm broken this is a u.s. president denigrating a major american city that has happens to be mostly african-american and it's african-american congressman but eliza cummings is not an ordinary congressman he is an icon of the civil rights movement he has huge respect no

the landfill is in the town just outside madeira.r from a sister station in fresno with a look at the latest fossil >> reporter: paleontologists follow each scrap of the scraper to see if any clues to the valley's past can be unearthed. >> we found one bone, one limb fragment from a large mammal. couldn't tellt was. >> paleontologist blake says camels are native to north america. a jawbone and tooth was also found. limb bone he found has been wrapped in plaster and burlap. many of the fossils is found here are 700,000 years old. >> this could be a little younger. it could only be about 450,000. >> reporter: crews from red rock environmental are digging a hole 30 feet deep for the landfill project. paleontologists are watching closely because so many fossils have been found here in the past. >> we found a little bit of mammoth, ground sloth with wid is about the size of my car over there. >> reporter: over 15,000 fossils have been recovered from the ite over the years. some tiny but a mammoth tuck was discovered in 1993. a life sized

caracas to mark the country's independence day by day when it is called to the army to turn against madeira following a un report revealing that more than 7000 people have been killed in the past 18 months while the un human rights chief michel bash has basic freedoms in venezuela are under attack. if central institutional from the rule of law in venice will have been eroded the exercise of freedom of opinion expression association the family and the right to participate in public life entails the risk of reprisals and repression. a report note attacks against actual or perceived political opponent and human will defenders ranging from threats and smear campaigns to arbitrary detention torture an ill treatment sexual violence killing unfold disappearance thousands of algerians have been out on the streets for independence day celebrations and protests demanding a new democratic government pro-democracy protests began in february which led to the resignation of longtime president i'm jealous he's bitter in april. a court in gibraltar has extended the detention of an iranian oil tanker by 14

carrying explosives blew up at a military parade in the capital caracas they were flying towards madeira as he was giving a speech and caused panic among the crowds when they detonated because this faces 30 years in prison if found guilty he denies the charges. as well as government says it will investigate the death of a navy captain who died in military custody last week rafael acosta had been arrested for allegedly plotting a coup against murderous government acosta's wife and rights groups say he was tortured. that's what does it work on that i'm a little we condemn any activity where ideas are imposed through violence so we have following through with the investigation as requested by the president of the public ministry about the events that occurred involving mr f.a.l. acosta so that the events can be clarified so that it's cleared up before the country and before the world the position of ag government has nothing to do with using such methods. if you mediator in saddam's political process has urged the ruling military council and opposition alliance to hold direct talks on wedne

remember this infamous sculpture of the footballer cristiano ronaldo at madeira airport?o maradona was unveiled in india. critics said it looked like someone's gran. footballer mo salah also had his likeness ridiculed. i quite like that one. what do you like about it? it is scary! some people said it looked like leo sayer, i thought it looked like margaret thatcher. and finally, tennis stars are not immune either. here's andy murray looking suitably delighted to be next to his sculpture in shanghai. the costume is a little curious. and the likeness that my? it is a warrior costume, it is in shanghai, it is like a chinese warrior, like the terracotta army warriors. because he is a warrior. makes perfect sense! speaking of warriors, a 15 year player playing at wimbledon. just some of the highlights we can expect. this is a yardstick, and this is how the get the net at the right height, which has to be at one yard in the middle. ten o'clock, not long to wait, the crowd starting to come in. dan wait, the crowd starting to come in. da n eva ns wait, the crowd starting to come

remember this infamous sculpture of the footballer cristiano ronaldo at madeira airport?go maradona was unveiled in india. critics said it looked like someone's gran. this one... footballer mo salah also had his likeness ridiculed. observers said the statue looked more like leo sayer. i was thinking margaret thatcher. here's andy murray looking suitably delighted to be next to his sculpture in shanghai. i will leave you to work out what the statue was wearing. someone has beenin the statue was wearing. someone has been in touch via social media. can we see that again? someone said that the andy murray statue looked more like charlton heston in ben her with a tennis racket. it is a very good likeness. talking of tennis rackets... that's what mike has in his hand. and that is the closest we'll see you playing tennis,. inafew in a few moments we will be joined on centre court, we will be joined by wimbledon champion, marion bartoli. we have a fantastic day ahead. this was the scene of such drama last night. the reason that andy murray and serena williams did not get on court

one quiet are the opposition leader has declared himself interim president before the talks began madeira had said he was optimistic that they could find a path to peace. a west african leaders are gathering in ivory coast to discuss the rollout of a single shared currency it's part of an initiative to strengthen regional ties and trade bonds as reports from abidjan there are plenty of challenges. roasted coffee beans are ready for processing at this plant on the ask itself. the factory is just one west african business looking to cash in on the region's effort to liberalize trade. the plug says having a single currency will be good for business. there are different currencies in the region transactions among mean the countries is difficult right now but having a single currency makes trading a loss easier. regional leaders have been pushing to integrate they kind of ease they believe they are no closer to having a single currency than at any time but they're all stickles. different the level of economic development differs from one country to another for example the economies of nigeria

carrying explosives blew up at a military parade in the capital caracas they were flying towards madeira as he was giving a speech and cost panic among the crowds when they detonated his hands faces 30 years in prison if found guilty he denies the charges. well in a separate development venezuela's government says it will investigate the death of the navy captain who died while in custody last week 2 intelligence officers have been charged with homicide over his death a fellow cost i was detained for allegedly plotting a coup against nicolas maduro rights groups say he was tortured to death. we condemn any activity where ideas are imposed through violence so we are following through with the investigation is requested by the president of the public ministry about that it could involving mr referee holocaust so that events can be clarified so that it's cleared up before the country and before the world see the position of our government has nothing to do with using such methods. hundreds of thousands of people in northern chile have witnessed a total solar eclipse. tourists locals and ast

remember this infamous sculpture of the footballer cristiano ronaldo at madeira airport?s, this is a theme. and this of a wild—haired diego maradona was unveiled in india. is it his hair? i am not sure where the problem lies there. critics said it looked like someone's gran. this to me looks like a scary film figure. footballer mo salah also had his likeness ridiculed. imean, i i mean, i am i mean, iam not surprised i mean, i am not surprised this was ridiculed. 0bservers said the statue looked more like leo sayer than the liverpool forward! but not all footballers, this is wimbledon and by tribute of andy murray now. all sorts of things about this one. i don't really know what to say. it is in shanghai. you do not like it? the thing about those is, and i would love to know what he thought, is why not? it is almost better if they do not exactly look like the person. 0r almost better if they do not exactly look like the person. or they are looking slightly inappropriate. it is better, isn't it? life is too short. something to talk about. so many hours of work by the sculpt