s oscar shanker is standing by oscar what influence can european countries have on the power struggle there. both have a lot of influence and they influence up to this point because it was the european union and many of the european countries that along with over sixty countries rejected the elections of the twentieth of may and last year that elected model as president when the new term began on january tenth he was no longer president because they did not. see those as fair elections so that immediately puts the president of the national assembly which is one way though as president interim of venezuela so they are actually playing a very big role in how this comes about but other foreign countries are supporting the duro turkey china and as specially russia how important is that well it's no surprise russia will support him. a few months ago moscow delivered two russian bombers to caracas when tensions ran high between motherwell and washington there is a lot of economic and political interest in venezuela for the russians but it seems like they have backed down a bit saying they a

and joining us from caracas is oscar shanker who's been closely following developments there tell tell me oscar a key military official has broken ranks with the dura how is that playing out so far. well yes this envoy to washington from the minus one embassy is the military and boy colonel see it rob broke relations with the men who were government and supporting the interim presidency of one way though as he said this was criticized by members government saying it was an act of cowardness and treason to the country which is a lot to say today when a lot of the military and armed forces are receiving from the opposition the new analyst the law that was inactive by parliament and now a lot of these military officials are burning. the law as when they get them when they when they receive that bet a lot of people are saying that this is the command to do so but there are talks behind closed doors with military officials to join and support them could you tell us a bit about why in the duro suspended his demand that they get u.s. diplomats leave the country change his mind why. well the u

oscar shanker in caracas thank you to brazil now where around three hundred people are missing after a dam collapse at an iron ore mine in the state of minister race that's in that country southwest nine people are confirmed dead so far brazil's national mining agency has ordered operations at the complex to be suspended firefighters have saved more than two hundred workers that say the hopes of finding more are slim. it's a race against time for these rescuers. has devastated a vast area with hundreds of people still missing. their families fraught with. on the off part where are our parents the fathers the mothers that went to work earlier today nobody's telling us anything. where's my dad at the back and nobody is telling us anything about our sons our husbands the drama unfolded when a dam owned by brazil's largest mining company collapsed at an iron ore mine on friday sending a torrent of muddy sludge across a vast area and the head of the mining company offered no explanation for the tragedy which comes three years after a similar to mine in the same state which killed at least

amazing images there let's take this story now to caracas our correspondent oscar shanker is on the story for us good evening to you. up the opposition leader we just saw one quite of his declared himself president i mean talk to me about what the situation is right now is he in power. well actually one way to go is the president of the national assembly our congress he and then out for years now the congress has put us on the road and use a server on how. the recent assuming a number we're going to smuggle in his new controller determined that. that stance so. far in the constitution they are proclaiming and so out of congress as the newly elected. democracy is so vast the european union the united states and several other countries that accept that the congress and our current is the only democratically elected institution that they will be to so it's only in our constitution one might go assume the role as president but this is an unprecedented situation where not so we're rocking on uncharted waters. and yet here we are we're going to reports to you that madeira has called on the mili