but as well as the national assembly has granted opposition leader and self declared president door the all thorough due to declare a state of emergency in the country this comes as the country suffers through an ongoing blackout and humanitarian crisis president maduro says the ongoing power cuts in the country are a result of cyberattacks by the united states adding that his government's working to solve the issue meanwhile one word or says the catastrophe needs to be addressed immediately advocating for carrying out the state of emergency approved by the national assembly or to correspondent has the details. according to what he greets the. state of alarm musical there are some of the state of emergency the well being national you literally got me into the public climate he generated by it is going either direction of the electricity supply that has effect that the vast majority of the venezuelans since thursday march seventh twenty nineteen the bali barrie and national armed forces are order to arrange the necessary mobilizations to provide protection to build their facilities and t

venezuela's national assembly grounds opposition leader one quiet though they will for a teacher declare a state of emergency an extensive blackout in the country continues. and president trump sends the biggest budget request in history to congress asking for over four trillion dollars to fund initiatives like countering russia's the proposed that malign influence. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me becky aaron our top story this hour parents of a french woman who was killed after joining islamic state in syria are appealing to president mccrum to allow her three children into france by currently living in a refugee camp in syria paula slayer brings us more. well this is a case that involves a young woman to be manning cento who's seventy five years ago promised for syria with her husband's baby sit told it rocked her and they supported islamic state until she and her husband were both recently killed in allied airstrikes now her three children are still in a refugee camp along the syria iraqi border called out now the situation in the camp is dire indeed som

absolutely spoke in front of the opposition controlled the national assembly in. maine and. the fact that he called for a special session of the national assembly on monday where he's asking the representatives there to vote for a so-called state of alarm this is the equivalent. of emergency which in normal circumstances would give the president there and the government special powers to deal with this emergency the issue is that the president does not recognize the national assembly so this will most likely be a symbolic act. even if the clarity and self interest president doesn't really control any troop level. in this city or the country the other thing that he's asked people to continue mobilizing both today sunday and tomorrow monday and in coming days. with the updates thank you. the dates for the upcoming indian election have been announced they will take place over several weeks actually starting april eleventh in what is likely to be the largest election in history has more from new delhi. for us. and with that india's election campaign is officially underway voting

i am going to ask the national assembly tomorrow to create a national state of emergency we must take care of this catastrophe right now we can't abandon our people until all those in the areas most affected you have the right to protest you have the right to demand you have the right to raise your voice the entity that it was he didn't tell you. meanwhile power is slowly returning to some parts of venezuela but people in many areas including the country's capital caracas are still struggling with a blackout people are having to queue for hours to get basic supplies or to access a power outlet some areas are reporting cases of looting schools and businesses will remain closed on monday at a pro-government rally on saturday the country's president nicolas maduro claimed a cyber attack by the united states was responsible for what is the worst power outage in the nation's history. sunday marks sixty years since the spiritual leader of tibet the dalai lama fled his homeland amid a failed uprising against chinese rule he has been living in exile in india ever since for many tibetans today

well he spoke earlier on sunday in front of the national assembly essentially demanding real explanations from from the opposition point of view the government not only has done a very bad job in trying to solve this but also explaining exactly what happened how is it possible that it's an entire country almost went completely black and without the possibility of the electricity returning. that they have been the victims of a sabotage directed by the united states and instigated by the opposition but he hasn't shown any proof of that so far although he said he will do that at the united nations at some point though also called for a special session of the opposition control national assembly on monday and asked the representatives to vote on a state of alert that pretty much similar to a state of emergency would call him in most countries it will be mostly a symbolic move though since my daughter does not recognize the national assembly what i think we can say here is that this blackout this latest crisis is deepening the struggle for power in venezuela deepening the political instability

referendum on the formation of a constitutional assembly that would remove the powers of the national assembly controlled by his opponents find. a constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the same procedure to remove chavez from office in two thousand and seven. in two thousand and sixteen. oh look i before the gun bill. was a decision ethical. time may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as an entirely the banco was appointed prime minister and a referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of five referendums because the citizens haven't voted as the e.u. want. them to. was those decisions constitutional maybe they were but also ethical and democratic . in venezuela after the two thousand and fifteen crisis the part of the right wing opposition started boycotting elections. they asked the un not to send experts who could determine whether fraud had been attempted. but. democracy in venezuela goes into turmoil this is the government solely responsible or is it also the ghost of the two thousand and two coup. several coup instigators will n

, the democratically elected national assembly. place basically the legislative body. a former venezuelan student leader. dragged out of his home by masked thugs for simply voicing opposition against the regime. his sister rafaela whom my office has been in touch with and also a student leader in her own right is with us today. i want to take this moment to recognize her i thank her for joining us today. she does it at personal risk but that's how important the cause it for mere and the people she represents. your presence your voice and support of not just your brother but also for the hundreds if not thousands of political prisoners in venezuela is a testament to the suffering of the venezuelan people and the injustice committed by the maduro regime. moldenhauer of doesn't do any of this on his own. it's done with the help of three specific nefarious actors. the enslaved island nation of cuba's government which is infiltrated all of the security forces and the did he fact o control of the country. i'm not exaggerating this. anyon

the legitimate national assembly speaks of that. pardon me. there are further debase in the national assembly in venezuela about saying more about that, being more detailed about what an amnesty would consist of. on our part we made it clear removed.tions can be these revocations can be reversed and visas can be granted. for those who are actually indicted, that's a different story. indicted or convicted. they should have their lawyers deal with the department of justice. but from the treasury and state point of view, these things are reversible and we are trying to make the argument, and more importantly, president guaido and the national assembly are making the argument that they are open to those who are willing to change. senator cruz: thank you. senator rubio: i want to thank both of you for being here today. we want to get to our second panel. we thank you for the time you've given us this morning and we thank you, again, for being with us. and while we transition, i'm going to go ahead and present our second panel and i know we have a v

absolutely spoke in front of the opposition controlled the national assembly in. maine and. the fact that he called for a special session of the national assembly on monday where he's asking the representatives there to vote for a so-called state of alarm this is the equivalent. of emergency which in normal circumstances would give the president there and the government special powers to deal with this emergency the issue is that the president does not recognize the national assembly so this will most likely be a symbolic act. even if the clarity and self interested president doesn't really control any troop level. in this city or the country the other thing that he's asked people to continue mobilizing both today sunday and tomorrow monday and in coming days.

embassy staff is limiting its policy options earlier the opposition dominated national assembly in venezuela this crap the widespread power outages as a national emergency the power cuts have led to water and fuel shortages and cost the debts of dozens of hospital patients who were unable to receive treatment but as a boy has this report from caracas. water is running short in the capital . as the country continues to struggle with the effects of power shortages costa by a failure in the largest hydroelectric plant in the state of. people who are trying to get it from wherever they can there used to be a small for such right next to the haven't you but they say it has been cut off the northernmost. the only thing we need is water we can't continue like this we haven't had water for weeks and now there's no electricity the government has been trying to restore electricity around the country a task that is becoming more challenging as days go by. this power station in eastern blew up in the middle of the night there is still some smoke here because of the fire the government says and that the

as well as national assembly grounds opposition leader the authority to declare a state of emergency as an extensive blackout in the country continues. and is fatal stabbings reached record levels in parts of the u.k. a leading supermarket chain says it will stop the sale of single kitchen knives. from moscow this tuesday the twelfth of march is now one of the afternoon here in the russian capital i'm calling international world news this hour first for you the british prime minister has agreed several important changes to her brics it deal with the president of the european commission theresa may travel to strasburg for last ditch talks with the e.u. ahead of tuesday's crucial parliamentary vote on the agreement opposition leader jeremy corbin's called the negotiations a failure and he's urging the house of commons to reject may's deal in a few hours time his party boy with some possible outcomes of today's ballot. on tuesday night british politicians once again get to vote on some form of withdrawal agreement that the prime minister has negotiated with the european union so what ha

embassy staff is limiting its policy options now earlier the opposition dominated national assembly in venezuela described the widespread power outages as a national emergency that led to the deaths of dozens of hospital patients who were unable to receive treatment. those are the headlines the news will continue here in al-jazeera after the stream that's up next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. for me ok and you're in the string today how am i going to write the next generation of fake news but my co-host make up a lousy spending this week on the south by southwest winds in austin texas. with more. the annual conference and festival celebrates the latest in film music and interactive technology merging the innovative with be irreverent in the latter category a hands on exhibit showcasing the president of the united states preferred medium for addressing the nation and the world.

national assembly grounds position leader one thora t. to declare a state of emergency an extensive blackout in the country continued. just column three pm here in moscow this choose the march the twelfth welcome to r.t. international i mean and o'neill our top story. the british prime minister has agreed several changes to her brakes a deal with the president of the european commission treason may travel to strasburg for a last ditch talks with the e.u. head of tonight's crucial parliamentary vote on the agreement opposition labor leader germy corben has called the negotiations a failure urged the house of commons to reject me deal. got the lowdown. on tuesday night british politicians once again get to vote on some form of withdrawal agreement that the prime minister has negotiated with the european union so what happens next if the government wins the very thought the prime minister will have had a lot. key escape the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. with a deal on march the twenty ninth but not scenario is looking increasingly unlikely i

one white oh who declared himself interim leader in january says he will ask the country's national assembly to declare a state of emergency it comes on the fourth day of a national national blackout crocker's calls the outage an act of sabotage by the u.s. but the opposition says the government is actually to blame some though i had very different ideas about what caused it u.s. senator marco rubio a staunch advocate of removing woodrow tweeted that who because of the power outage was a transformer explosion at a german down but as it turns out there's no such thing in venezuela ocean at the german state coast another massive blackout. senator marco rubio an important transformer exploded in believer and vats in parts again collapse the venezuelan electric system however it was not in a dam much less german my name is again mon dum i'm one of the journalists who publish the information washington insists that nicolas maduro is no longer the leader of venezuela the u.s. state department went so far as to berate journalists who fail to accept that view . we have noticed in news coverage that

as well as national assembly. the authority to declare a state of emergency as an extensive blackout in the country continues. this choose date the twelfth of. the world's news this hour first off to britain the prime minister's agreed several important changes to deal with the president of the european commission to resume a travel to strasburg for last ditch talks ahead of the head of tuesday's crucial parliamentary vote on a agreement opposition leader jeremy corbett has called the negotiations a failure and the house of commons to reject may's deal later today with some possible outcomes. on tuesday night british politicians once again get to vote on some form of withdrawal agreement at the probably leaving the e.u. with a deal on march the twenty ninth but not scenario is looking increasingly unlikely is expected the politicians will reject terry's amazing beleaguered withdrawal agreement just like they did in january to the right two hundred into. the nose to the last four hundred and thirty two. in that cas

embassy staff is limiting its policy options now earlier the opposition dominated national assembly in venezuela described widespread power outages as a national emergency schools have been suspended and businesses shut for a second day to water and fuel shortages and cost the deaths of dozens of hospital patients who were unable to receive treatment well those are the headlines the news will continue here after all their world the people's music stay with us. possible is a style of brass band music in egypt dating back more than one hundred fifty years and it uses brass and percussion and started as military music in the nineteenth century but developed into an entire johner that was extremely popular until the one nine hundred sixty s. . it was started by mohammad who played the clarinet in a royal military band at the time of our best and the diva of egypt while it was under ottoman rule in the nineteenth century. has launched his own band in eight hundred sixty and muhammad ali street in cairo which became famous for its artists and its musicians. has a band played for rich and poo

national assembly. a state of emergency an extensive blockade in the country continues. record levels in parts of the u.k. a leading supermarket chain say. the sale of single kitchen knives. twenty four seven news live from the russian capital. international my names you know neal good to have your company our top story the british prime minister has agreed several changes to her bragg's a deal with the president of the european commission treason make trouble to. stitch talks with the e.u. ahead of tonight's crucial parliamentary vote on the agreement opposition labor leader germany has called the negotiations a failure on urge the house of commons to reject may's deal. on tuesday night british politicians once again get to vote on some form of withdrawal agreement that the prime minister has negotiated with the european union so what happens next if the government wins the vote the prime minister will have had a lucky escape the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. with a deal on march the twenty ninth but not scenario is looking increasingly unlikely is expected the politici

why joe gets the authority to declare a state of emergency in the country from venezuela as national assembly where through all coming up. every year churning in from rights around the globe this hour a warm welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my name's human o'neill our top story the british prime minister has agreed several changes to her brags a deal with the president of the european commission to reason me travel to strasburg for last ditch talks with the e.u. ahead of tonight's crucial parliamentary vote on the agreement opposition labor leader jeremy corben called the negotiations a failure on urged the ice of commons to reject may's deal. on tuesday night british politicians once again get to vote on some form of withdrawal agreement that the prime minister has negotiated with the european union so what happens next if the government wins the vote the prime minister will have had a lucky escape the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. with a deal on march the twenty ninth but not scenario is looking increasingly unlikely is expected the politicians will reject terry's amazing beleagu

nationally assembly grounds opposition leader. of emergency as an extensive blackout in the country continues. the authors of an infamous dossier on alleged trumped russia collusion are apparently gunning for the u.s. president again former british spy christopher steel and his company fusion g.p.s. a fool to be working on a new report funded by top democratic party donors including george soros and reports. do you remember that da ca compiled by british intelligence officer christopher steele may have been full of outrageous allegations gossip and unsubstantiated claims but the late night comedians just won't let it die don't want to say what it was on the view but. it was people did some people believe that this tape proves guilt oh my god it's real i should be now steel never actually visited russia to investigate his claims furthermore he alleged that michael cohen had secretly met with russian authorities in prague even though michael cohen has never even visited the czech republic now you'd think that spotty intelligence wor

the leader of the national assembly, the u.s. and 55 other nations are supporting that use of the venezuelan constitution, and we're looking for ways to not only support this new government with humanitarian aid but support the people who are suffering from lack of food and water. now there's a blackout in venezuela without electricity. we need to be providing all the help we can to the new government to get this aid across the bridge so people can be helped. >> blackouts, looting, no clean water. what else did you hear from these refugees? >> the stories were heart breaking. i went to a soup kitchen run by a local parish, the diocese here in cucuta. i talked to mothers with one or two-month-old babies who cross the border every day, paying criminals to let them walk across the border to get a meal. i met with senior citizens from caracas, a woman who told me that her husband had died, she lived in caracas for thursday years. eventually the situation had become intolerable. mothers with children under age 10 who have cancer who c

that he will ask the national assembly to declare a state of emergency. called for u.s. intervention. today the solution. and ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board minutes after taking off from. a broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our chief international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right now u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed very assault against the last area held by islamic state terrorists fighting is now raging in near the iraqi border the final showdown with eisele was delayed to allow families to flee the area a spokesperson for the kurdish led syrian democratic forces says the battle is almost over. the truth is dead there is fierce fighting on the outskirts of the camp forces and i'm ready to finish what is left of eisel off or the village of bugaboos has been a focal point of the syrian democratic forces for several weeks now despite donald trump repeatedly declaring victory over eisel america's top general says otherwise we have to try to go comment. have a look at but who's

venezuela's self-proclaimed leader says he will ask the national assembly to declare a state of emergency that comes after called for a us intervention. today the solution is intervention. in ukraine. and then ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board it crashes minutes after taking off from i do you see. where there are no survivors. are broadcasting live from our studios most of this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right now u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their assault against the last area held by islamic state terrorists fighting is now raging in and near the iraqi border the final showdown with eisele was delayed to allow families to flee the area a spokesperson for kurdish led syrian democratic forces says the battle is almost over. our troops began an offensive at six pm local time and planes targeted the terrorists' weapons depos there is fierce fighting on. the outskirts of the camp are forces and i ready to finish what is left of eisel off the village of bugaboos has been a focal point of the syr

when israel is self proclaimed interim president is currently at the opposition held national assembly as it debates whether to declare a national state of emergency over the country's blackout and humanitarian crisis we can show you live pictures from the talks you can see the new screen now in the meantime the united states is ramping up pressure on venezuelan president nicolas maduro u.s. national security advisor john bolton says that momentum is now on the side of the opposition leader. they have not sought to arrest go i don't know and the national assembly in the opposition and i think one reason for that is that maduro fears if he gave that order it would not be a big but i do think the momentum is on the side of the idea what the president will do rove says the ongoing power cuts in venezuela are a result of cyber attacks by the united states adding that his government is working to resolve the issue becomes a self declared interim president asks for outside intervention to end the political crisis in the country but all caught up as the latest. street file and tough talk from

diplomat to be expelled from the latin american state however during his tuesday address to the national assembly one goh i dos says it's not the german ambassador who is the real persona non-grata everyone in venezuela knows who the persona non-grata is and he's the only one who is known in the region in the world because in the old the counters the two they recognize the venezuelan fight for democracy as a constitutional right and duro responded by saying neither the opposition nor the united states wants to help venezuela and have their own interests like venezuela's natural resources russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov also condemn u.s. sanctions against those who support. it is yet another confirmation that american diplomacy is quickly losing its ability to use diplomatic instruments and is switching to a language that's never been used in diplomacy before now there are fears over military intervention the trumpet ministration continues to say all options are on the table but elliott abrams says the u.s. . we'll use other ways to push for what he called democratic transition in venezuel

venezuela's self-proclaimed leader says he will ask the national assembly to declare a state of emergency. for a us intervention. today the solution is intervention airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board crashes just minutes after taking off from. there are no survivors. and i welcome to the weekly here in r.t. international. thanks for joining us this hour u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their assault against the last area held by islamic state terrorists fighting is now raising in the town of near the iraqi border the final showdown with arsenal was delayed to allow families to flee the area a spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces says the military are close to wiping out the last contingent. our troops began an offensive at six pm local time planes targeted the terrorists weapons depos there is fierce fighting on the outskirts of the camp our forces are now ready to finish what is left of i saw off of the village of baghdad has been a focal point of the democratic forces for several weeks now despite donald trump repeatedly declaring victory over

the national assembly isn't a legitimate body course it can't do anything about it to. complain. how do you think venezuela's opposition will actually react to moscow's announcement of talks with venezuelan and colombian diplomats. here while coming u.s. interference and finance oil as sovereign affairs and hoping that the united states will solve the problem with they do not a popular support of their own country so they can't. govern through. by winning elections ok many thanks to appreciate your time check out my guest national coordinator of the alliance for global justice. thank you. the meantime there's always opposition leader one guy dos expected to announce a new plan to oust president nicolas maduro later wednesday in the wake of a second major power outage in the country venezuelan government seems to get knows who is behind the blackout with the country's vice president naming us secretary of state pompei or national security advisor john bolton and republican senator marco rubio or issued to the trio of misfortune perversity in criminality on monday much of and as we

the interim president says he will ask the country's national assembly to declare a state of emergency this comes after. a u.s. intervention. today the solution is intervention. and it really. is playing with one hundred fifty seven people on board crashes just minutes for taking off from addis ababa there are no survivors. and i welcome. your very welcome with us on the program this hour. and u.s. backed fighters have resumed their of soul to get into the terror group arsenals last enclave in syria the village of. the iraqi border these are the latest pictures from the embattled town where heavy fighting is now raging a final showdown with us it was the latest displaced families have been fleeing the area a spokesperson for the s.d.f. says the military are close to a kind of fits last contention. our troops began an offensive at six pm local time planes targeted the terrorists weapons depos there is fierce fighting on the outskirts of the camp forces and i'm ready to finish what is left of eisel off the village of bugaboos has been a focal point of the syrian democratic forces for sev

and israel a self-proclaimed interim president says he will ask the country's national assembly to declare a state of emergency this comes off the door refused to us intervention. today the solution is an ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board crashes just minutes after taking off from addis ababa there are no survivors. and i welcome to the weekly here on our team to national live from moscow i'm daniel hawkins wherever you are thanks for joining us this hour. u.s. backed fighters have resumed their assault against lost on klav in syria the village of by guus near the iraqi border these are the latest pictures from the embattled city where heavy fighting is now raging the final showdown with arsenal was the latest displaced families have been fleeing the area a spokesperson for the s.d.f. says the military are close to wiping out the last contingent. six pm local time planes targeted the terrorists' weapons depos there is fierce fighting on the outskirts of the camp our forces are now ready to finish what is left of ice off. the village of by guus has been a

shit themselves on video for of definitely many years to come but the opposition controlled national assembly has objected to the presence of russian military specialists in the country but is it in accordance with an agreement signed between the two countries in may two thousand and one with the us still saying all options are still on the table doesn't offend as well and governments have reason to want to bolster its security. devon related this in agreement between two countries that the intercept but it's a lot of litany of or explain to you or one important point here. are you just the it's all over latin america from mexico the chill of the now everywhere aside us of the event of evil at this other is that of majority of people of all that america has suspicious of the us foreign policy now they are not of the sure that they. can do anything for them as well unfortunately it will be again there should be probably the china of what it will be also a lot of virus compass of early get out of turkey who will of most likely and hopefully get involved and help help put his or lead in latin am

venezuela's self-proclaimed leader says he will ask the national assembly to declare a state of emergency this comes after one voice or called for a u.s. intervention. today the solution is intervention. in ukraine. and the ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board crushes just minutes after taking off from. there are no survivors. the weekly here not international and then a walk ins row view are tonight thanks so much for joining us on the program. u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their assault against the last area held by islamic state terrorists fighting is now raging in the town of by jews near the iraqi border the final showdown with us all was delayed to allow families to flee the area a spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces says the military are close to my wife going out the remains of the kind of. troops began an offensive at six pm local time planes targeted the terrorists weapons depos there is fierce fighting on the outskirts of the camp forces now ready. to finish what is left of eisel off the village of bugaboos has been a foca

the rest of the world either supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition run national assembly yet without recognizing go i don't want to stay with their zero took part in a ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the death of his predecessor chavez the duras rivaled why don't meanwhile met with public sector unions urging them to take strike action to help bring down the government political analyst chris bambery thinks the u.s. isn't in a position to remove the president. the united states has got a breeze and. you know the pumping this out this is its position and we know the united states does not apologize it doesn't back down until it's forced about their own so it's going to carry on carry on with this but the problem they've gotten the moment is is that the dog in a position to talk will more durable moderates routinely in the support of the armed forces in particular and the united states must be hoping you must be working towards trying to wean a section of the armed forces to break with the dura and to launch some kind of military coup because at the moment g