i'm next peiser welcome to the program leading figures in poland and the european union are in good dance today paying their respects to the city's late mayor how will a dam of it was fatally stabbed while on stage at a charity event last sunday the murder of the liberal politician is believed to have been politically motivated european council president donald to skip a former polish prime minister himself is among the thousands of mourners inside and outside st mary's church the funeral service is being broadcast on big screens in cadets and in cities across poland. joining us now live from good desk correspondent monica. monica we understand you're outside the church where the funeral is taking place what have people there been telling you. many of her the people who came here. from all over poland and from other countries are still deeply shocked after the tragedy. which happened six days ago in the dying sc they don't really find an answer any answer on question how is it possible that it could happen in poland today in the heart of europe and. the people are. in memory of the movie

next peiser welcome to the program and we start in the greek. pittel athens where nationalist groups are protesting a deal to settle a nearly three decade old name dispute with macedonia under the agreement struck last june greece would approve of its northern neighbor renaming itself the republic of north macedonia in return would drop its objections to the balkan countries joining nato and the european union but the deal has been hotly contested in greece prime minister alexis to process narrowly won a confidence vote in parliament on wednesday after his right wing partner left the coalition to protest the agreement. for more on this i'm now joined by george george a couple of freelance reporter in athens georgia what are the protesters demanding . the protesters demanding that the government does not approve very international beer signed last summer we kiwis are going to be quick to fundamentally vote on thursday or on friday next week they insist on going on greece's northern neighbor not using the name macedonia in any way to say. what's i

the next peiser welcome to the program protests and rallies are taking place across the venezuelan capital caracas today as calls for fresh elections intensify meanwhile the country's top military envoy to the united states has announced he's turning his back on president nicolas maduro government and now accepts opposition . leader wedo as venezuela's interim president the e.u. said on saturday it will do the same unless madeira calls elections within eight days today kwaito has offered amnesty to the military if they back him. and joining us from caracas is oscar's flanker who's been closely following developments there tell tell me oscar a key military official has broken ranks with the door how is that playing out so far well yes this envoy to washington from the man as well the embassy is the military and boy colonel see it rob broke relations with the mother would a government and its supporting the interim presidency of one way go as he said this was criticized by the government saying it was an act of cowardness and treason to the country which is a lot to say today when a lot of t