it is not hard to see why mr maduro might feel embattled.anti—government activists clash regularly. protests continue after what opponents say is maduro‘s increasingly authoritarian rule. the country has the largest oil reserves in the world, but its economy is on its knees. hyper inflation and food shortages mean shelves are often bare and families go hungry. mr maduro says the current crisis is the result of a western plot to crush his socialist government, and says the opposition is in on it. speaking after the attack, he claimed it was engineered by colombia and financed from florida. so while his detractors, both at home and abroad, may beg to differ, for mr maduro and his supporters, these latest events prove that they are the ones under attack. lebo diseko, bbc news. otto reich is a former us ambassador to venezuela and was also assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs under george w bush. hejoins us now. thank you so much forjoining us, ambassador. does president nicolas maduro‘s comments about financiers in the un

it's not hard to see why mr maduro might feel and battles.and anti—government activists clashed regularly, the protest continuing against what opponents say is mr maduro‘s increasingly authoritarian rule. the country has the largest oil reserves in the world but the economy is on its knees. hyperinflation and food shortages mean shelves are off families go hungry. mr maduro says the current crisis is the result of a western plot to crush a socialist government and says the opposition is in on it. speaking after the attack, he claimed it was engineered by columbia and financed from florida. so while his detractors both at home and abroad may beg to differ, for mr maduro and his supporters, these latest events prove that they are the ones under attack. lebo diseko, vbc the ones under attack. lebo diseko, vb c news. let's just one picos allegations that the colombians were responsible. what do you think of that? thank you very much are having the no—show. first i would like to say it is rather irresponsible for president maduro to claim that pre

where are these drones that tried to kill mr maduro? without that, conspiracy theories abound.r maduro will use these images to justify a further crackdown on his political opponents. katy watson, bbc news. the government's publishing plans for a new system for organ donations in england. from spring 2020, most adults would be considered as potential donors unless they opted out. ministers say up to 700 more lives could be saved each year. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. she was always bubbly, there, wasn't she? look. hayley—louisejordan‘s parents say she was always fun but liked to plan ahead. so she was in her 20s when she signed up to the nhs organ donor register. her family thought nothing of it. she's gorgeous there, isn't she? but when hayley was 32, she had a brain haemorrhage. doctors pronounced her brain—dead and asked her parents about donation. i didn't have no hesitation. we walked hayley to theatre, said goodbye, and ijust kissed her, and ijust said, "go save some lives, hayley". public support for organ donation is high. it is thought about 80% s

where are these drones that tried to kill mr maduro? without that, conspiracy theories abound.le are concerned about is that mr maduro will use these images to justify a further crackdown on his political opponents. katy watson, bbc news. all 20 people on board a vintage aircraft which crashed in the swiss alps late on saturday are now known to have died. swiss police say the junker 52, flown byju air, came down on a remote mountainside in the east of the country. the cause of the crash remains unclear. imogen foulkes reports from berne. the vintage junker 52, dating from 1939, was on a two—day excursion flight from locarno in the south up to zurich in the north. it was full, 17 passengers and three crew making the most of the clear summer weatherfor a flight across the alps. but somewhere above the 3,000—metre piz segnas mountain, something went wrong. today, crash investigators revealed their preliminary findings. translation: based on the situation at the crash site, we can say that the aircraft smashed into the ground almost vertically at relatively high speed. the exact ca

mr maduro likes to tell the world that there is order in venezuela. pictures show otherwise. that there is order in venezuela. but within hours, he returned on screen, defiant. translation: i've no doubt that everything points to the right, to the venezuelan ultra—right, in cahoots with the colombian ultra—right, and the colombian president is behind this attack. the colombian government deny any involvement. the aftermath felt chaotic. deny any involvement. the secret service, a common sight in venezuela, was out in force. but what is missing is the evidence. in venezuela, was out in force. where are these drones that tried to kill mr maduro? without that, conspiracy theories abound. what people are concerned about is that mr maduro will use these images to justify a further crackdown on his political opponents. crackdown on his katy watson, bbc news. crackdown on his tributes have been pouring in for the veteran entertainer barry chuckle, one half of the chuckle brothers, who has died at the age of 73. of the chuckle brothers, alongside his brother,

it is not hard to see why mr maduro might feel embattled.olice and anti—government activists clash regularly, as protests continue regularly against what opponents say is mr maduro‘s increasingly authoritarian rule. the country has the largest oil reserves in the world. it's economy is on its knees. hyperinflation and food shortages mean shelves are often bare and families go hungry. mr maduro says the current crisis is a result of a western plot to crush his socialist government and says the opposition is in on it. speaking after the attack, he claimed it was engineered by columbia and financed from america. as the detractors both at home and abroad may beg to differ, for mr maduro and his supporters, these latest events prove that they are the ones under attack. i discussed this attack with steve wright. steve wrightjoined us earlier from bristol — he specialises in aerospace engineering including drone technology at the university of the west of england. we asked him how the drone attack could have been carried out it does look like a dro

it's not hard to see why mr maduro might feel imbattled.ice and anti—government activists clashed regularly, as protest continuing against what opponents say is mr maduro‘s increasingly authoritarian rule. the country has the largest oil reserves in the world but the economy is on its knees. hyperinflation and food shortages mean shelves are often bare and families go hungry. mr maduro says the current crisis is the result of a western plot to crush a socialist government and says the opposition is in on it. speaking after the attack, he claimed it was engineered by colombia and financed from florida. so while his detractors both at home and abroad may beg to differ, for mr maduro and his supporters, these latest events prove that they are the ones under attack. joining me now is steve wright, associate professor in aerospace engineering at the university of the west of england. good morning. it does look like this was a drawn attack of some kind. how do you think it was carried out? —— drone. firstly, my heart sank when i heard about this.

at this point, you can hear what sounds like panicked officials trying to protect mr maduro.nverified footage appears to show the moment the drone exploded during the president's speech. pictures taken seconds afterwards show the president being shielded by bodyguards. within hours of the incident, he returned on screen, defiant. translation: there has been an attempt to assassinate me. i have no doubt that this all points to the extreme right in venezuela in cahoots with the extreme right in colombia and that the colombian president is behind this attempt, i have no doubt. the aftermath felt chaotic. the secret service, a common sight in venezuela, was out in force. this evening, six people were arrested over the incident. colombia has denied any involvement in the incident, as has the us. i can say unequivocally there is no us government involvement in this at all. he's made accusations, accusing the outgoing president of colombia of responsibility for what he calls the extreme right wing in venezuela. that means the vast opposition to his authoritarian rule. and he has bla

they all do not believe in the system and the economic policies that mr maduro is implementing.the president. one of his ideas to try and stabilise the economy is, well, for people to invest in mini—gold, and people can buy them for the equivalent of $63 and $104 respectively. this is a savings plan, write? indeed it is. the idea that gold can hold its value. compared to what savings venezuelans in the last two years, maybe it might be more of a possibility. i have spoken to people with houses now not even worth what a roll of toilet paper costs. that is how bad the revelation has been. and it is that inflation could reach 1,000,000% by the end of the year. this is another initiative to keep venezuelans this is another initiative to keep venezuela ns happy and this is another initiative to keep venezuelans happy and try to encourage them to stay. but a lot of people are very dubious about these plans that mr maduro is introducing, especially at this time. i do not think a lot of people really have the faith in him any more. thank you. on every addition of outside source to bring

it points out interesting issues as well with regards with mr maduro, as they run cryptocurrency launchedmuch fa nfa re cryptocurrency launched amid much fanfare and many are looking at his actions and questioning them right to the very core. the most powerful quote in the peace is that he could have basically picked the currency to unicorns because it has been brought into existence by the president, it is not traded in any platform, it is not used, whether it has any legitimacy and it could make the situation in venezuela worse, thatis the situation in venezuela worse, that is up for debate. let's talk how the world of work is changing. a poll looking at the fact that 6% of workers in the uk working 9—5 which some might find a shocking statistics. i can hear dolly parton‘s song right now. the conversation with the bank of england chief economist on radio 4 yesterday talking about the threat of ai yesterday talking about the threat of al to yesterday talking about the threat of ai tojobs. it is yesterday talking about the threat of al to jobs. it is a discussion thatis of al to jobs. it

mr maduro was speaking at a military event in caracas when the alleged attack occurred. sector post—brexit. the article says there's a french led attempt by the eu to bind britain's financial sector in red tape leading to a possible loss of access to european markets. staying with brexit in the independent, and this story looks at the possible negative impact of a lack of red tape. the story says the australian meat industry is lobbying to pressure britian to accept inferior products currently banned under eu law. and finally in the guardian, is the price of a pint getting too expensive? some uk adovcacy groups say yes, claiming increasing prices are forcing people to buy from supermarkets and pubs to close. with me is nina trentmann of the wall streetjournal. let's start with what is a second tragedy in a week for those in jakarta, the jakarta appointed —— the jakarta post pointing out the earthquake in lombok. ullah of australians. —— a lot. earthquake in lombok. ullah of australians. -- a lot. an island big and well travelled by

mr. maduro with shields and taking him off the stage. hours later, he addressed the nation again and he seemed unharmed. he revisited a conspiracy theory he uses often blaming colombia and a right wing plot for trying to oust him. with me now from cnn's rafael romo who has been speaking with venezuelan officials about this apparent attack. >> reporter: the two explosions rattled nick la maduro when he was on stage. the socialist leader was in the mid le of a speech of an event when the blast happened. the president would later say that it was an attempt against his life. he blamed far right elements of the venezuelan opposition and colombia's outgoing president juan manuel santos. >> translator: there has been an attempt to assassinate me. i have no doubt this all points to the extreme right in venezuela. an alliance with the right with colombia and that juan manuel santos is behind this attempt. i have no doubt. >> reporter: the colombian government says there was no basis for the accusation and that president juan manuel santos was foc

shortly after the attack, mr maduro told the nation he was well and that the president of neighbouringed from a cell — brazil's former president injailfor corruption, is chosen to make another run for the presidency. lebronjames gets the backing of the first lady hours after the president makes insulting remarks about the us basktball star.

mr maduro escaped without injury — but officials say seven soldiers were hurt. here's matt cole. with a speech on the economy, with his wife alongside, nicolas maduro was unexpectedly interrupted. all eyes looked up, seeking out the source of the two loud bangs. set out in precision formation, the national guard had been listening to their leader. but look to the right of the screen. after the bangs, a handful break ranks, followed by a stampede for cover. it's claimed two drones exploding above were the source of the panic. later, and clearly furious, president maduro spoke about what he termed an attempted assassination. translation: i have no doubt that everything points to the right, to the venezuelan ultra—right in cahoots with the colombian ultra—right and the colombian president is behind this attack. colombia denies any involvement, and by contrast to his leader, venezuela's communications minister has blamed his president's right—wing opponents for the alleged attack. with investigations now under way, so much remains unclear, including suggestions the drones were shot do

mr. maduro talked about having come up with a magical formula, knocking five zes off the currency, increasingthe minimum wage by 3000%. these people worry their lives are just going to get far more difficult. an estimateone million children are unvaccinated in venezuela. colombia set up a health center athe end of the bridge to offer jabs to those who ed caracas toveled from get here, 12 hours by bus, with a five-month-old. trslator it's so hard. : there is no medicine, nothing. i have to suffer to get the things i need. katie: for cecilia, escaping venezuela means leaving everything behind. including her locks. the hair extension trade is doing wellff cash-strapped venezuelans. aythe $17 she gets will p for her bus fare to the other side of colombia. >> the government says everything is fine, buit isn't. even with this new currency, d 's the same old thing. the president remofew zeros, but that's it. katie: today, like every other day, thousands more venezuelans sttht their journey across s america. they have a long way to go to find a betr future. many look exhausted already. bbc news on th

shortly after the attack, mr maduro told the nation he was well, and that neighbouring colombia was behind injailfor corruption — is chosen to make another run for the presidency. and lebron james gets the backing of the first lady, hours after the president makes insulting remarks about the us basketball star.

mr maduro blamed colombia and exiles in the united states for what he called an assassination attempt have been arrested for their involvement in the attack. the renowned french chef, joel robuchon, has died in the swiss city of geneva at the age of 73. mr robuchon had won more than thirty michelin stars, more than any other chef in the world, running gourmet restaurants across europe, north america and asia. the us has re—imposed sanctions on iran, following president trump's decision to withdraw from an international deal designed to control iran's nuclear ambitions. the iranian president, hassan rouhani accused the us of psychological warfare and said talks and sanctions couldn't go together. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. the demonstrations may be sporadic and they may be geographically widespread, but discontent across iran with the state of the country's economy is high and could be about to get a whole lot higher still. the us will reimpose sanctions from tomorrow, making life even tougher. so what can be done to avoid this? president trump's national security advi

look look at venezuela look at mr maduro. rationality does not impinge on politics. mostly not autocrats therefore if turkey goes down the drain did turn the this isn't will not mean the end of mr adelaide just give him. an opportunity to ramp up his his autocratic -- way of dealing with society that would everyone i meet it's yeah people in times of stress people tried to dictators when they feel a little better. they think about democracy that's the way things go and this idea of the borough rational actors is just not borne out by reality to the point is now we are interested. that turkey doesn't go down the drain economically that's a prime interest because if it does go down the drain economic everything else goes down the drain. now if we help them will that help democracy we don't know. we don't know but we should make that a conditionality because they wanted to they would accept it that we agree. i wouldn't make democracy a point that part of the conditionality but i think. leaders are behaving rationally it's just a question what you call rational and irrati

look look at venezuela look at mr maduro rationality does not impinge on politics especially not on autocrats therefore if turkey goes down the drain just turkey the this is will not mean the end of mr out a way and just give him an opportunity to ramp up his his autocratic way of dealing with society that everyone i mean it's. people in times of stress people to dictators when they feel a little better they think about democracy that's the way things go and this idea that we're all rational actors is just not borne out by reality so the point is now we are interested that turkey doesn't go down the drain economically that's a prime interest because if it does go down the drain economic everything else goes down the drain now if we help them will that help democracy we don't know. we don't know but we should make that a conditionality if because they won't accept to they would accept it every every hour every i wouldn't make democracy point part of the conditionality but i think leaders abi haven russia know it's just a question what you call rational and irrational of course it's a fact you

mr maduro talks about having come up with the magical formula, knocking five zeros off the currency and00%, but people here just don't buy it, and they are worried that their lives at us going to get far more difficult. an estimated 1 million children are unvaccinated in venezuela. columbia's set up a health centre at the other side of the bridge to offerjabs to those who need them. this woman travelled from caracas to get here. 12 hours by bus with five—month—old juan carlos. translation: it's so hard. there's no medicine, nothing. i have to suffer to get the things i need. for cecilia, escaping venezuela means leaving everything behind, including her locks. the hair extension trade is doing well off cash—strapped venezuela ns. the £13 she gets will pay for the bus fare to get the other side of venezuela. translation: the government says everything is fine, but it isn't. even with this new currency, it's the same old thing. the president removed a few zeros, but that's it. today, like every other day, thousands more venezuela ns start their journey across south america. they have a lon

mr maduro talks about having come up with the magical formula, maduro talks about having come up withg the minimum wage by 3000%, but people herejust increasing the minimum wage by 3000%, but people here just don't buy it and they are worried that their lives at us going to get far more difficult. an estimated 1 million children are not vaccinated. columbia set up a health centre at the other side of the bridge to offer jabs to those the other side of the bridge to offerjabs to those who need them. this woman travelled from caracas to get here. 12 hours by bus with five months old one —— carlos. translation: it is so hard, there is no medicine, nothing. i have to suffer to get the things i need. for cecilia, escaping venezuelan means leaving everything behind, including her locks. the hare that in trade is doing well from cash—strapped venezuelans. the doing well from cash—strapped venezuela ns. the £13 doing well from cash—strapped venezuelans. the £13 you make will pay for the bus fare to the other side. translation: the government says everything is fine, but it isn't. even with th

so while his detractors both at home and abroad may beg to differ, for mr maduro and his supporters,test events prove that they are the ones under attack. let's get some of the day's other news. the us first lady melania trump has come out in support of the basketball star lebron james, a day after president trump questioned the nba player's intelligence on twitter. during an interview about his latest project — opening a school for at—risk children — lebronjames criticised the president, calling him "divisive". a new outbreak of the ebola virus in the east of the democratic republic of congo is thought to have killed more than 30 people. the area, which is near the ugandan border, includes a trading hub and crowded refugee camps, and that makes the outbreak difficult to control if it takes hold. sporadic protests have continued for the fifth successive day in several iranian cities, and that's despite heavy security measures and riot police presence. videos of the protests have been shared on social media. according to the fars news agency, one protester was shot dead and at least 2

maduro is accusing colombia and a group of finances in the united states of trying to assassinate him mr maduro was speaking at a military parade in caracas when an explosion interrupted the event he was not hurt there are growing concerns about a rift between national and regional governments in ethiopia for at least fifty people were killed in fighting and ethnic violence in the east it began when ethiopian forces were sent from the capital to the eastern somali states to arrest regional officials there there were clashes with local forces further violence followed with reports of groups of ethnic somalis attacking other civilians two churches have been burned to businesses looted political leaders in somali states of long hold for it to be part of neighboring somalia. israel's cabinet is meeting right now to discuss reaching a deal with the how mass leadership in gaza the controversial nation state law will also be on the agenda the druze community led a huge rally against the new legislation on saturday many are angry that it defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic langua

mr maduro talks about having come up with a magicalformula — knocking five zeros off the currency, increasingry their lives are going to get far more difficult. an estimated 1 million children are unvaccinated in venezuela. colombia has set up a health centre at the end of the bridge to offer jabs to those who need them. this woman travelled from caracas to get here... 12 hours by bus with five—month—old juan carlos. translation: it's so hard. there is no medicine, milk, nappies, anything. i have to suffer to get the things i need. for cecilia, escaping venezuela means leaving everything behind — including her locks. the hair—extension trade is doing well off cash—strapped venezuela ns. the £13 cecilia gets will pay for her bus fare to the other side of colombia. translation: the government says everything is fine, but it isn't. even with this new currency, it's the same old thing. the president removed a few zeros, but that's it. today, like every other day, thousands more venezuela ns start their journey across south america. they have a long way to go to find a better future. many look exh

following mr requesens‘s arrest, president maduro also accused another justice first lawmaker, julio ge, trafficking, and now also of this farce of an attack? you can‘t fool anyone. the only one who is responsible for the tragedy in the country is you." and venezuela‘s supreme court has now ordered the arrest of mr borges. he is in exile in neighbouring colombia. some in the opposition, like mr borges, think the attack was staged by the government to justify a crackdown on the opposition. but this man says he helped organise the operation. salvatore lucchese is an ex—police chief and anti—government activist. this is what he said after the attack. translation: i want to declare publicly i belong to the venezuelan resistance. i am publicly i belong to the venezuelan resistance. iam not publicly i belong to the venezuelan resistance. i am not the leader nor the spokesman. we are all mere foot soldiers. you never see a dictator leaving peacefully. i want to say publicly for the venezuelan resistance, nicholas maduro and his ilk are the objective for us. here‘s america‘s regional editor,

since assuming office in 2013, mr maduro's administration has drawn widespread international condemnationl is at the root of all venezuela's problems. the country is rich in oil and has the largest proven reserves in the world. oil reserves account for about 95% of venezuelan's export earnings. so when the oil price was high, money was flowing into the government's coffers. when socialist president hugo chavez was in power, he used some of the money to finance generous social programmes to reduce inequality and poverty. but when oil prices dropped sharply in 2014, the government was suddenly faced with a gaping hole in its finances. but oil is not the only problem. many of hugo chavez's policies have backfired. for example, he introduced price controls to make basic goods more affordable, so the price of items like flour and toiletries were capped, but it caused businesses to go bust and it led to shortages. the government, at the time, also took complete control of the country's finance system, which meant when venezuelans wanted to exchange the local currency for dollars, they had to ap

mr. maduro looked into the air as his wife reached for another official to brace herself.hen it showed figures dressed in black raking through a barrier. the sidelines of a white street where guardsmen were information. the figures in black ran toward the guardsmen. people fled in panic and then the transmission cutoff. michigan state. this is where, i'm sorry, i pushed the wrong button. don, michigan state, republican line. caller: hello. i will like to make a comment about the fellow that just called them about the money for the farmers. has he forgotten about the millions and billions of dollars that were spent a bailout auto industry? they broke themselves. he wasn't any kind of government -- it wasn't any kind of government program that broke them. we gave them billions and billions of dollars. all the big shot executive got to keep their big raises and bonuses and whatever else. peanutsers thing, it is compared to that. i hear a lot of calls about trump being a bad man. well, i would like those people to get on their internet and type in kennedy, vietnam war. and the

mr. maduro. it's totally corrupt. totally status leadership. it's anti-business.le. it's driven out the most educated, talented people. this is a tragedy. any other place in the world, joe, we would be having a conversation herer and elsewhere about how does the world act? is there some form of intervention. ? instead we have limited sanctions. we can have this conversation in six months or a year. this is an unfolding tragedy. let me spend 30 seconds on something else. what's so interesting with these drone attacks as if we didn't have enough to worry about, we have to add this to the list of things to worry about, wherever people congregate, people can use a drone against our political figure. i think this is a real threat. >> absolutely. coming up the president blows up his team's lie about the trump tower meeting with a single sunday morning tweet. we'll talk about what it means for the mueller probe. and is the state of new york in a position to take out the n ranch. andrew cuomo tweeted if the nra goes bankrupt because of the state of new york they will be i

catastrophe of the and thef maduro migratory situation they created on his neighbors, in your opinion, undermine regional security and those of our allies in the region? mr. palmieri: yes, senator. the migratory flows out of venezuela because of the man-made disaster due to rule is a- maduro's growing problem throughout the hemisphere. it is creating enormous pressures in columbia. as you noted, we have seen the reaction in northern brazil to a relatively small number when you ombia's almost more than 1.5 million migrants. i think it is the number one problem we need to being gauged to be engaged with in this semester in the months ahead. senator rubio: the situation in venezuela is no longer simply about the loss of democracy. it is a significant destabilizing influence on the region, undermining our regional allies, particularly in colombia regional stability and , national security interest in the united states, is it not? mr. palmieri: it is. senator rubio: as it destabilize further runs the national security of the united states. mr. palmieri: yes. sen. rubio: you would agree? mr. sullivan: yes. sen. rubio: nicaragua has not been a democracy in any

welcome back venezuelan president nicolas maduro has announced a number of new economic policies aimed at fixing a myriad pressing problems including rampant inflation mr mcgirr also called for budget austerity increased pensions and a minimum wage increase of over thirty four hundred percent and proposals linking the value of pensions wages and a new ball of our currency he's proposed to the value of oil based petrol cryptocurrency tax measures including a that a value added tax that exempt food and medicine are also to take effect this week most observers say the math doesn't add up mr president even sympathetic economist half for years called on the venezuelan government to address fundamental imbalances in their currency exchange and import systems to boost domestic production and curb inflation and corruption. french oil giant toe tal has pulled out of a lucrative iranian gas project due to u.s. economic sanctions the five billion dollar deal to develop a giant natural gas field is now in limbo but help may be on its way artie's alex my hyla bitch isn't toronto with more alex thank you as always for being here why was total so quick to back down f

mr. sullivan, on nicaragua, we have seen maduro do, you saw this firsthand, he used negotiations as a ploy to buy time. , andped with the vatican the dominican republic was to create a perception that there is talks going on. in reality, they were nothing but delay tactics to buy him time to further the stabilize his grip -- destabilize his grip. is that not a risk for nicaragua ? mr. sullivan: it is and we party scene through the national dialogue -- and we have already seen to the national dialogue, a lack of good faith needed to get to a good result. hope that: i would there could be some dialogue that leads to a positive outcome. that has been made difficult i the fact that ortega of has their hands covered in blood. love to see a resolution to the situation peaceful and democratic. we need to be conscious about it because the reality is that regimes such as these habitually and routinely used negotiations which civilized people are in favor of as a way to buy time to further the grip of power. is that something you will be aware of in your role? mr. sullivan: yes, very much, senator.