during that period, of course, mr maduro was president of your country.know from personal experience, that the locking up of political opponents was happening long before you decided to make your stand, so were many of the other things you have made allegations about. so i still want to know what prompted you to jump ship about. so i still want to know what prompted you tojump ship now? was it simply because eating maduro's days are numbered and you want to make sure that you are on the right side, as it were? i hope you're right and his days are numbered but what i would like to make clear is that i work for my country. and working for my country in the committee of international law and of course environmental issues that are very important for our planet. i did not see it coming in such a way, such as i believe the international community did not, orwas such as i believe the international community did not, or was not aware of how far maduro's regime could ta ke of how far maduro's regime could take this and in the last month it is evident, that is und

mr maduro said he refused to take orders from foreign, imperialist governments. the sanctions were imposed after sunday's controversial vote for a new constituent assembly. the government says it wants to recruit another 20,000 new health workers in england. jeremy hunt said it is time to end what he called an historic imbalance between mental and physical health services. the royal college of nursing has questioned if there is enough time to train so many staff. as a teenager, hope had

mr maduro claimed that showed mr trump's "desperation and hate." viva la patria! for president maduro, this was a big win. state tv ran his victory speech at length but for the millions of people who boycotted the vote, it was a hollow victory - if that. this morning, caracas felt like a normal city, people getting back to work after a difficult weekend, but still venezuelans are divided. luis voted because he says he's had enough of the protests, but adelaida didn't. as a venezuelan, she says she feels so hurt, she's worried about her family. agustin has been managing this taxi rank for 17 years. he says people here are fed up with food shortages and spiralling inflation. he didn't want to be identified but he said he voted out of fear. i had to vote, he tells me, worried about rumours the government would remove his subsidised food if he didn't. the late hugo chavez is still an icon here, his face a constant reminder that he was the leader who started venezuela's socialist revolution, but high oil prices helped support him. with an economy now in

mr maduro alleges that, while in office, she ignored corruption cases sent to her.azil's amazon region say at least seven people were killed and dozens are missing after their river boat sank on wednesday morning. 25 people have been rescued so far. a search for those missing in the xingu river is under way. police believe the boat had too many passengers. australia's high court is to examine if six senior government officials including the deputy prime minister, barnabyjoyce, are eligible for public office. under australia's constitution, politicians are not allowed to hold dual citizenship. if mrjoyce is ruled ineligible, the government may lose its majority and threaten prime minister malcolm turnbull‘s hold on power. at least 30 people have been killed following an airstrike on the outskirts of yemen's capital, sanaa. houthi rebels, who control the capital, say the attack was carried out by the coalition led by saudi arabia. the un refugee agency in yemen has accused both sides of maiming and killing children. the country is in the grip of a cholera epidemic and

reference to mr maduro and his government individually opposition leaders here have been courses big entrance or avoid be shipping lottery comments in the. situations. a fairy come out publicly at forty a positions very actual on the ground and start your tickets by supporting an invasion and given the government right t check the sanctions bombay are. basically biting the hand that feeds them by our rejects and how from but biggest ally if you ask about. that gives them the biggest chance of pressuring miss them and were to sit down for some meaningful political negotiation and change the political dynamic so so far maybe even though we have his blankets are. statement supporting the sanctions be opposition has has been trying to. has been shown support to stop it. genitalia what impacts all these u. s. sanctions now having on the economy in venezuela we're hearing reports that the country. is potentially now teetering on defaults. well be yes i have been pero this era of the governments of u. aspe half. a blacklist buyers officials in my doors government including present himself f

mr corbyn is now in permanent campaign mode. but it's events thousands of miles away in venezuela that some want the labour leader to talk about. a disputed vote has given president maduro'sests have left over 100 dead. in the past, mr corbyn has voiced support for mr maduro, even phoning in to his weekly radio show. would he condemn him now? what i condemn is the violence that has been done by any side, by all sides in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are partly structural because not enough has been done to diversify the economy away from oil. that has to be a priority for the future. but critics say mr corbyn needs to go much further than that. well, i would hope he would first of all condemn completely the dictatorial tendencies of the regime and then accept that what was seen ten or 15 years ago as a kind of role model has actually failed, let alone apply that kind of system to the uk. the labour leader is back where he feels comfortable, addressing enthusiastic supporters. over the next few weeks, though, his aim is to win over those who voted conservative two months ago. vicki young, bbc news, crawley. a 20—year—old british mo

mr maduro said one of them was a former army lieutenant, the others he described as mercenaries. the prisoners are being interrogated in caracas. israel is seeking to close aljazeera's offices in the country and revoke its journalists‘ media credentials. the israeli communications minister alleged that the channel supported terrorism, and said both its arabic and english—language channels would be taken off air in the country. china has urged north korea to suspend its nuclear and missile programmes, after the un approved new sanctions. the measures aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. china says that sanctions are needed, but has been urging more talks. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk. i am stephen sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the bbc radio theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen? whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. not just for decades of work on

the repercussions of this, it is an extremely radical step, but it's one in keeping with what mr maduroay that they are doing with the way they are moving the country, what this new constituent assembly is all about. he's showing no signs of relaxing and it certainly digging in his heels for the time being. thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. campaigning in the kenyan general election has officially closed ahead of tuesday's vote, with the two frontrunners holding their final rallies. president uhuru kenyatta led his supporters in prayer at a stadium town of nakuru. his main challenger, raila odinga, was cheered by a huge crowd at uhuru park in the centre of the capital, nairobi. and in rwanda, supporters of president paul kagame have been celebrating after he won a third term in office, with a landslide victory. the electoral commission said partial results of friday's election gave mr kagame 98% of the votes. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has warned the united states againstjeopardising its nuclear deal with world powers, sayin

problem for america is the more it criticises venezuela, the more it plays into the narrative of mr maduro originally promoted by hugo chavez. definitely. and the more they put sanctions on the top leadership and president maduro personally, and many venezuelans fear on venezuela as a country, the idea that there would be some kind of cu ba idea that there would be some kind of cuba style us economic embargo on the country, is very worrying too many venezuela ns. but the country, is very worrying too many venezuelans. but the more that happens, the more it could potentially strengthen maduro instead of working against him. in the cu ban example, instead of working against him. in the cuban example, president obama decided it simply wasn't working any more so decided it simply wasn't working any more so decided to roll back some of the parts of the us economic sanctions, but that has taken six decades. if they were to start doing the same thing in venezuela, i think there is general consensus that it would hurt the poorest instead of the maduro government and it would essentially backfire w

mr maduro said one of them was a former army lieutenant, the others he described as mercenaries.ke its journalists' media credentials. the israeli communications minister alleged that the channel supported terrorism, and said both its arabic and english—language channels would be taken off air in the country. china has urged north korea to suspend its nuclear and missile programmes, after the un approved new sanctions. the measures aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. one man has died and two others are still missing after their boat sank off the sussex coast.

the chief prosecutor had become a serious obstacle for mr maduro since she abandoned her support forers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it and brought legal action to halt its advance. it's perhaps a little known contest, but the country's most skilled shepards have been competing this weekend at the macclesfield sheep dog trials. the event is almost 70 years old, but it's now beginning to attract some of the younger budding farmers. mairead smyth reports. they are called man's best friend for a reason, and these border collies and their owners have something special. it is a bond between the shepherd and the dog. he has loads of different commands. the national finals were hosted here two years ago, and that has helped to make this event even more popular. we have got some shepherds from wales competing today and we have got an excellent local committee of farmers who put the event on, and we also have other things happening as well. it has helped bring everything together and it has grown over the

mr maduro said one of them was a former army lieutenant, the others he described as mercenaries. the prisoners are being interrogated in caracas. israel is seeking to close aljazeera's offices in the country and revoke its journalists‘ media credentials. the israeli communications minister alleged that the channel supported terrorism and said both its arabic and english—language channels would be taken off air in the country. china has urged north korea to suspend its nuclear and missile programmes after the un approved new sanctions. the measures aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. china says that sanctions are needed but has been urging more talks. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, we're discussing ireland's growing fears about the brexit negotiations. what should the world do about venezuela and north korea? and is the duke of edinburgh setting the tone for us all by not retiring until the age of 96? my guests, not quite 96, any of us. brian o'connell, the iris

more broadly, the chief prosecutor has become a serious obstacle to mr maduro since she abandoned heris government. first, she led a national outcry after the supreme court briefly took control of the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly, and brought legal action to halt its advance. usain bolt will certainly enter the history books as one of the greatest sprinters, but his final individual 100 metre race did not play out for the story books. the jamaican champion finished with the bronze medal in a race won by american justin gatlin, who has served two separate drug bans. natalie pirks has the story. the day began with a thunderstorm, which gave way to blue skies. jamaica's fans being made to feel at home in london, as they geared up for what they believed would be their hero's fairytale ending. last run, last time. going to be a great loss to the sport, but we're going to be here with him on the last lap. i wouldn't say i'm confident, i'm overconfident. i know he will win. when he fini

the chief prosecutor had become a serious obstacle for mr maduro since she abandoned her support fory took over the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly and brought legal action to halt its advance. schools must stop trying "to wrap children in cotton wool" because it leaves them ill—prepared for the challenges of later life — that's the view of the chief inspector of schools. ofsted's amanda spielman says over—the—top health and safety rules stop children developing resilience — and she wants new guidance for schools in england. andy moore reports. it's clear the chief inspector of schools is no fan of children in high—vis jackets. she says they look like troops of mini construction workers minus the hard hats. pupils, she claims, are being shortchanged by teachers trying to insulate them from every bump, germ, or bruise. take conkers, for example. she says every minute spent trying to ban it takes away from the multitude of real dangers children face. she wants children to be allowed

more broadly, the chief prosecutor has become a serious obstacle to mr maduro since she abandoned herrt for his government. first, she led a national outcry after the supreme court briefly took control of the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly, and brought legal action to halt its advance. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come: a shock result at the world athletics championships, as usain bolt takes bronze in his last individual 100m race before retirement. lets get more on our top story. the un security council approval for new sanctions on north korea. our correspondent yogita limaye is in the south korean capital, seoul, for us. has there been any reaction from north korea? well, it is sunday morning here and we haven't had a reaction yet as far as this resolution is concerned it is significant because it aims to cut the exports from north korea by about $1 billion. coal is the biggest export for north korea, extremely important. and this un sanction bans the export of coal f

those sorts of things, mr maduro, who inherited a series of bad debts from his predecessor and lacksrisma and the connection with either the people all the military, has struggled to hold up a parliament that was designed for a different man. that break down is what we have been seeing more and more, both in plummeting approval ratings, chavez was at around 50%, which is where maduro began, but maduro is now at 20%. the people who opposed the government or who think that another path might be better, they have gotten more numerous. the government has turned inwards. it has become far more authoritarian thanit has become far more authoritarian than it was previously. we are essentially seeing a clash between the unstoppable force of public opinion and the immovable object of the venezuelan government. where it goes from here is difficult to tell. venezuela is in uncharted territory in modern history right now. at the same time, there is a sense that until the government or opposition do something drastic, tensions are going to become higher. the possibilities for a democratic exit, ra

more broadly, the chief prosecutor has become a serious obstacle to mr maduro since she abandoned her his government. first, she led a national outcry after the supreme court briefly took control of the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly, and brought legal action to halt its advance. there has been some widespread condemnation from foreign leaders about the venezuelan president's treatment of opposition leaders. one of those leaders has been effectively returned to house arrest, according to his wife, we believe, reporting on the afp news agency. he was thrown back in military prison after the intelligence service ended a brief speu intelligence service ended a brief spell of house arrest granted last month. we believe he has returned home. another leader, the mayor of caracas, was released from detention on friday. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: the us secretary of state is in the philippines for the summit of the association of south—east asian nation

mr maduro alleges that she ignored corruption cases sent to her.g at least seven people killed, dozens missing after their river boat sank on wednesday morning. 25 have been rescued so far, and a search for people still missing in the river is under way. police believe the boat had too many passengers. the french president, emmanuel macron, is claiming "real progress" in talks with other european leaders on changing the rules that allow companies to freely employ workers from low—wage countries. this is an issue that has caused tension within the european union. richer nations will try to reach a deal with eastern european states at a summit in october. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lottery fever grips america with the second highest jackpot ever of $700 million. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange,

more broadly, the chief prosecutor has become a serious obstacle to mr maduro since she abandoned her for his government. first she led a national outcry after the supreme court briefly took control of the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly and brought legal action to halt its advance. police in italy are investigating the kidnapping of a british model, who was held captive for nearly a week. the young woman, who hasn't been named, had been in milan for what she thought was a photo—shoot. detectives say she was drugged and attempts were made to try to sell her on the internet. a polish man, who lives in britain, has been arrested. sophie long reports. she had travelled to milan for a photoshoot but it was bogus and the young woman was abducted and held here, an abandoned shop on the outskirts of the city. italian police say the 20—year—old british model was attacked and robbed by two people. translation: the victim was doped with ketamine, then she was locked in a bag and carried for h

mr maduro said one of them was a former army lieutenant, the others he described as mercenaries. the prisoners are being interrogated in caracas. israel is seeking to close aljazeera's offices in the country and revoke its journalists‘ media credentials. the israeli communications minister alleged that the channel supported terrorism, and said both its arabic and english—language channels would be taken off air in the country. china has urged north korea to suspend its nuclear and missile programmes, after the un approved new sanctions. the measures aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. one man has died and two others are still missing after their boat sank off the sussex coast. a fourth man was rescued early this morning, found clinging to a life buoy by passing fishermen. the coastguard has now suspended its search, as simon jones reports. searching for the missing men who were on a night fishing trip. their boat went down in seconds, with no time to make an emergency call. the alarm was raised when another boat spotted a man in the water,

more broadly, the chief prosecutor has become a serious obstacle to mr maduro since she abandoned hers government. the supreme court briefly took control of the opposition led assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly and brought forward legal action to halt its advance. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. campaigning in the kenyan general election has officially closed ahead of tuesday's vote, with the two front—runners holding theirfinal rallies. president uhuru kenyatta led his jubilee party supporters in prayer. his main challenger, raila odinga, leader of the national super alliance party, addressed his followers in the capital, nairobi. in rwanda, supporters of president paul kagame have been celebrating after he won a third term in office with a landslide victory. the electoral commission said partial results of friday's election gave mr kagame 98% of the votes. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has warned the united states against jeopardising its nuclear deal with world powers, saying pre

mr maduro said he refused to take orders from foreign, imperialist governments. sanctions were imposed after sunday's controversial vote for a new constituent assembly. the government says it wants to recruit another 20,000 new health workers in england. jeremy hunt said it is time to end what he called an historic imbalance between mental and physical health services. the royal college of nursing has questioned if there is enough time to train so many staff. as a teenager, hope had a serious eating disorder. she thought she'd got through it after treatment but, last year, a family bereavement triggered a relapse. she was offered therapy, but was told there would be a 12—week wait — news she said was devastating. the way i was treated last year wasn't right. there were points when i did want to kind of end everything, and when i never thought i'd ever be well again. and it was at those points that i was so angry and annoyed at the system, because when you cry out for help, you already feel guilty because you've got this voice in your head telling you that you sho

the irony might be that it might not hurt mr maduro, but strengthen his hand. fled thailand just hours before the verdict in her trial for criminal negligence. a bbc correspondent says the military had earlier urged ms yingluck to leave thailand but that she had refused. the circus has begun in las vegas ahead of one of the biggest fights boxing has ever seen at the weigh in a short time ago, floyd mayweather and the mixed martial arts star, connor macgregor, stood before the crowd where they will go head to head on saturday night. the high—stakes show is already being billed as the richest and most unlikely matchup in boxing history. from las vegas, richard conway reports. that is the worst shape i have ever seen him in. he looks blown out, out of shape. i'm going to breeze breeze through him. trust me on that. there was a lot of talk about you having trouble to make weight, how tough was that? 153. it is dedication and focus, but i make it. and that's it. look at me, i am in peak physical condition. i put in the work, as everyone can see. i'm ready. it won't

the chief prosecutor had become a serious obstacle for mr maduro since she abandoned her support for supreme court briefly took over the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly and brought legal action to halt its advance. will grant reporting. it is to 15 pm, time for the headlines on bbc news. a review into the cost of energy is dismissed as cold comfort by consumer groups who say households are already paying too much. both the us and china have welcomed tougher sanctions against north korea in the wake of its recent ballistic missile testing. the coastguard says a major rescue operation to find two men missing in the english channel has suspended. one man has died, and another was rescued when their boat sank off the coast of shoreham. thousands of brazilian army troops have raided slums in rio dejaneiro in a crackdown on criminal gangs. their main goal was to stop gangs who are robbing trucks. the authorities say there were ten thousand cargo thefts last year. greg dawson reports. sea

mr maduro said he refused to take orders from foreign, imperialist governments. the sanctions were imposed after sunday's controversial vote for a new constituent assembly. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. donald trump promised to be a disruptive president. right now the thing he's disrupting the most is his own white house team. he now has a new chief of staff and a new director of communications, but what he seems unable to shift is the sense of a presidency in crisis, at odds with republicans in congress and still dogged by dederal investigations of russia's alleged meddling in 2016's election. my my guess is sebastien glory, a deputy assistant to the president on national security. where does the trump presidency go from here? —— my guest. sebastian gorka in washington, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. i want to begin with something you just said five days ago, you said the atmosphere here in the white house is absolutely wonderful. we've got a new broom sweeping through the communications shopin sweeping through the

this is what mr corbyn had to say. —— maduro is to be condemned. aduro is to be condemned. what i condemn is violence done by any site, by all sides in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are structural, because not was —— not enough was done to diversify the economy away from oil. but we also have to recognise that there have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela, improving literacy and improving the lives of many of the poorest people. earlier, i spoke tojuan andreas maria, one of the founders of one of the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popular will. the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popularwill. i asked him if it was right that both sides are responsible for

mr maduro is carrying on regardless, both with swearing in, which we expect in the coming hours, ande generally, everything that is happening in terms of sanctions against him personally and against his top leadership. he is wearing that as a badge of honour if anything, saying that it shows he's taking the right response to washington, puffing out his chest at donald trump. this has a long way to go. as you rightly pointed out at the beginning, there are more demonstrations, more conflict, and most ordinary venezuelans caught in the middle and hoping it doesn't turn bloody. thank you very much. at one time, venezuela looked to be a country that could cock a snook at the global establishment and neo—liberalism. a left populist country, it attracted the attention of left—leaning politicians in this country. veneuzuela was pioneering an alternative path. "showing another way is possible", as diane abbott said five years ago. so as it falls into disrepair, what is the left‘s interpretation of events there? jeremy corbyn is under pressure from some of his own mps to condemn maduro's gove

they are even above mr maduro as president.hey can dissolve the assembly and ta keover can dissolve the assembly and takeover for example the office of the attorney general. he is a former chavista but has become an opponent to mr maduro. these things are moving more quickly than ever right 110w. moving more quickly than ever right now. x-ray much indeed. from today, babies born in england, wales and northern ireland are to be offered a new vaccine which protects against hepatitus b. the hexavalent vaccine will also immunise against five other diseases — including polio, tetanus and whooping cough. health protection scotland is set to adopt a similar policy from september. public health england says the new vaccine has been "extensively tested". let's speak to jackie fletcher, whose son received the mmr jab at 13 months old which she believes trigged severe epilepsy. she joins us now from warrington. what are your thoughts? very concerned about this because hepatitis b which is a severe liver infection and not a airborne virus,

mr. maduro is a dictator after holding the vote and will allow him to psychological his power further. >>the summer olympics are heading to los angeles. the city struck a deal with the committee to host the game in 2028. >> well i am excited. they will now get $1.8 billion increase participation and access to youth sport programs before the big event. >> when we won the olympics the first time people didn't know where l.a. was. they gave it to us, it was the great depression they said go find out where this l.a. is and we became a global city. in '84 we became the bigger global city when he save it had city in the midst of a cold war. we believe los angeles can take its rightful place is one of the indespensable global cities around. >> this clear it is way for paris to host the 2024 summer games. joining us now from paris with more. it's all well and good that the l.a. is beaming about l.a. being on the map with this win for 2028. let's remind our viewers that any officials would be less than enthusiastic about the prospect of hosting the games in 2028. so the question is, what happened,

mr. maduro's government have been sanctioned and nothing had happened so far, so i don't expect if maduroself is sanctioned, he's going to change his ways. it's not clear if maduro owns assets in the united states and what those would be. >> brangham: you can learn more about the venezuela situation and hear my full conversation with nick casey on our website, pbs.org/newshour. the white house said it's reviewing all its options on russia, a day after the kremlin said it's kicking out nearly 800 employees from u.s. diplomatic posts. in moscow, a spokesman for president vladimir putin said the u.s. must recover from "political schizophrenia." we'll have more on the diplomatic row later in the program. in afghanistan, the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for an attack on the iraqi embassy. a suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the complex in kabul. three gunmen then stormed inside, setting off an hours- long fire-fight with security forces. all the attackers were killed, as were two embassy workers. three police officers were wounded. back in this country, tropi

mr. maduro's regime must not be given any -- you said president maduro could use this to his advantage now the venezuelan regime has been playing the card. has even conducted military operations in the past claiming that washington is prepared to come after the oil. and now we have the president of the united states on record saying that a military option is on the table. and for the weekend, we didn't hear anything about the destruction of the democracy in venezuela. condemnation regarding what maduro is doing we heard president trump's remarks and a thing that was totally counterproductive. >> is the vice president's tour enough to bring down the heat? >> well, hopefully. hopefully. i mean, he emphasized more peaceful solution yesterday when they talk about the outcome that the u.s. government is expecting from the venezuelan crisis. however, this is going to play into the hands of maduro. they are talking about preparing for an invasion and the opposition is in a binder. >> the president is kind of on an island with this. no support for this kind of move when you look at what's happenin

butjeremy corbyn has in the past praise mr maduro's regime.im today, the diplomatic answer he gave was there has been widespread support for this socialist regime, that he also supported the improvements that have been made to health and social care, but he condemned the violence. he picked up on that point that when an economy is dependent on oil prices, it is too dependent on one particular source and this was the wea kness particular source and this was the weakness and this should have been addressed earlier. defenders of jeremy corbyn say this is the silly season, all these attacks on his views are politically motivated. but there are some in his own cabinet who are uneasy with all of theirs. that is right. there were people uneasy with this during the general election campaign when he was asked repeatedly to clarify his stance on the ira. he was asked to clarify his sta nce the ira. he was asked to clarify his stance and his links with previous historical dealings with other sort of terrorist designated organisations. this goes to the he

this is what mr corbyn had to say. —— maduro is to be condemned. n had to say. -- maduro is to be condemned. what i condemn is violence done by any site, by all sides in this. violence is not going to solve the issue. the issues in venezuela are structural, because not was —— not enough was done to diversify the economy away from oil. but we also have to recognise that there have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela, improving literacy and improving the lives of many of the poorest people. earlier, i spoke tojuan andreas maria, one of the founders of one of the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popular will. the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popularwill. i asked him if it was right that both sides are responsible for violence in venezuela. i do not think it is fair, what has happened the past few months in a country, that you have had the majority of venezuelans protesting, demanding change, demanding free and fair elections, and they have been received by the national guard and police with t

mr. maduro. there's a history of american military intervention in latin america.lowed him to begin to frame the issue as one of him protecting the country against the united states. that's the last thing we want to do. this guy is a thug. we ought to be looking for ways to sanction the regime economically and isolate them. and we ought to be working with the neighbors to talk about a future government. we ought to be working with the opposition. the biggest problem in venezuela is not how bad the regime is, it's how weak the opposition. that's what they ought to be talking about. weaken the regime and help the opposition. >> what does it mean to have a president who is so comfortable just proposing military action out of the clear blue sky. this was just something he thought perhaps made him sound strong? >> exactly. in 1947 we created the national security council system. the idea was to create national security. you don't want presidents improvising. you want everything to be considered. you want all the voices and positions brought in. you want a decision taken

mr mejia go. but the -- loyalty president maduro. the loyalty has been tested?t involved, foreign involvement, and that has been a theme throughout nor does president maduro, time but also in president maduro, time but also in president chavez's time, foreign intervention is not welcome in venezuela. that is what we have heard. and after this uprising on sunday, we have heard once again that it was foreign powers try to get involved that were behind this uprising. thank you very much. the whole of venezuela being tested there. that's 20 business. a letter by an anime to google employee has sparked anime to google employee has sparked a row about diversity at the company. —— letter by an unnamed google employee. the letter said that the lack of female tech leaders was partly due to biological causes and men have higher driver status. google says that this does not encourage that viewpoint —— it does not encourage that viewpoint and that diversion and it considered a fundamental part of its culture. doctor sue black as an adviser to the government on digital servi

mr. ledezma are political prisoners held unjustly by the maduro regime. the united states condemns the actions of the maduro dictatorship, and we hold maduro personally responsible for the health and safety of both men and any other seized by his dictatorship. >> is the president already considering increasing the sanctions and perhaps going after their oil exports? sarah: again, i'm not going to broadcast. as secretary mnuchin said yesterday, we'll consider all options and keep you guys updated. >> on healthcare, you said earlier that what's keeping the president's agenda from going is congress and their votes. the president has said he wants to see healthcare done before anything else, and yet that's not the message we've seen from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell in the last few days. can you explain the discrepancy between the president and senior republican leadership on the hill when it comes to what should be done next? sarah: as we've said before, we can do a lot of different things at one time. we're continuing to focus -- >> but they'r

here is the chief of your interest, nicolas maduro, constitutional president of the bolivarian republic of venezuela. mrnald trump, here is my hand. >> woodruff: maduro suggested the two could meet at next month's united nation's general assembly. but in the same speech, maduro ranted against president trump, calling him an "emperor." and late today, peru expelled venezuela's ambassador to protest what it sees as a power grab by maduro. the head of the senate judiciary committee said that he no longer expects an imminent vacancy on the u.s. supreme court. there had been speculation in recent months that 81-year-old justice anthony kennedy was considering retirement. but iowa republican chuck grassley, whose committee handles court nominees, said today, "evidently that is not going to happen." there is word that congressional investigators now want to question president trump's long-time personal secretary. abc news reports it is part of the probe into last year's meeting between trump campaign officials and a russian lawyer. the assistant, rhona graff, was mentioned in an email exchange between donald t