lost the control of the national assembly from the 5th on that one this new national assembly is going to take power but this is just in theory because in practical terms the opposition hasn't had any control of the parliament since 2015 when they won the election actually but in the end that moment the justice system often is of nicolas maduro took away all the powers of this national assembly so for the whole period for 5 years this national assembly. hasn't created a lost cause and legislate so i tell you before this is symbolic i mean the national assembly this parliament of one is lawson nothing because actually they have already lost everything is parliamentary election of course comes amid a humanitarian crisis in venezuela how do the vast majority of people feel about going to the polls. this question depends on who speaks of an isolated a very divided country so for people who support nicolas maduro this is a fair election and the opportunity to get out of the crisis for the people who support the opposition this is a circus this is a fraud but at the end of the day there is j

the entire creation of juan guaido stems out of the legitimate national assembly. that won the election in 2015. everything that maduro does is legitimate. period. we have no constitutional guarantees, we have no proper international observations, they co-opted the insignias of the main opposition parties, they paid for the so-called opposition, they had no free air time, they blocked communications, and they threatened people with food. saying, if you don't vote, you don't eat. any election where you have a party that threatens you with starvation without voting for the regime is antidemocratic. it is using food -- it is actually part of one of the complaints of crimes against humanity. is using food as a political weapon. so in this election, they committed a crime against humanity, in this so-called election. and that is really all you need to know. and the participation was, despite the threats of starvation, was absolutely reasonable. it was around 20%, perhaps even lower. imran: vanessa paints quite a different picture. is there any part of that that you do a

last the control of the national assembly from january 5th on that one this new national assembly is going to take power but this is just in theory because in practical terms the opposition house didn't have any control of the parliament since 2015 when they won the election actually but in the end that moment the justice system off news of nicolas maduro took away all the powers of this national assembly so for the whole period for 5 years this national assembly to create a housing created last hasn't legislate so i tell you before this is symbolic i mean the national assembly this parliament of one is listen nothing because actually they have already lost everything is parliamentary election of course comes amid a humanitarian crisis in venezuela how do the vast majority of people feel about going to the polls. this question depends on who speaks of us a laser a very divided country so for people who support an equal doesn't of the world this is a fair election and the opportunity to get out of the crisis for the people who support the opposition this is a circus this is a fraud bu

assembly gado said he had the constitutional right to lead more than 50 nations including the u.s. and venezuela's neighbors recognize him as the legitimate leader quite a promise to relive the door up form a transitional government and organize free elections but his powers were limited as majority maned in control of the military and the judiciary. let's bring in our guests pulled open is an analyst an electoral system specialist at venezuela analysis dot com he joins us from merida in venezuela and new york we have venison newman founder and c.e.o. of the consultancy asymmetrical she recently resigned as the official representative for one gado to the united kingdom and ireland and joining us from washington d.c. eric phones with vice president at the council of the americas and former senior advisor to white house special envoy for the americas can see all of let's begin in venezuela with paul dobson is one as well the no one party states. not a toilet run not a told us and looking at the initial results of yesterday's elections we can see that the ruling party and that allies

lost the control of the national assembly from the 5th on that one this new national assembly is going to take power but this is just in theory because in practical terms the opposition house didn't have any control of the parliament since 2015 when they won the election actually but in the end that moment the justice system off nicolas maduro took away all the powers of this national assembly so for the whole period for 5 years these national assembly. created the last house and legislate so i tell you before this is symbolic i mean the national assembly this parliament of one is listen nothing because actually they have already lost everything is parliamentary election of course comes amid a humanitarian crisis in venezuela how do the vast majority of people feel about going to the polls. this question depends on who speaks of an us allays a very divided country so for people who support nicolas maduro this is a fair election and the opportunity to get out of the crisis for the people who support the opposition this is a circus this is a fraud but at the end of the day there is just

this year for an opposition had control of the national assembly one of the actually able to make any impact on the decisions made by the middle government. well that's that's exactly the point that they never really had any power that the of of the national assembly which is a congress so that our viewers have to have very clear they were unable to pass laws whatever they did was not recognized by the government or by the supreme court which is in the hands of government loyalists or by any other institution so it was really very nominal but it did allow the opposition to name why though as an interim president as this leader of the only. the only institution that was recognized abroad as having been democratically elected for all this time and now that is going to be lost among other things because the opposition or at least the mainstream opposition parties did not take part in this election because they feel that it would have been pointless and unfair that they would have lost anyway so they were really in a lose lose situation no matter what they did they see it thanks very much

a problem national assembly for carrying out any of its futurity from passing laws to hold the door of the ministers to account where it did make a difference was that by the way the worst president of the assembly was able to garner the support needed 60 votes to slow why his play that he was really the legitimate president of venezuela based on the idea that you do the work fortunately in 2018 if one has removed himself from the national assembly does that argument still stand how are fallen government's going to regard him now. well that's next in question the. of the opposition leadership have said they will continue to be the legitimate national assembly because they don't recognize this election either and they expect governments to continue to recognize why does the president i think that recognition is likely to be with little over time because of course politics is about how power in this country it's how about how do what go who doesn't even have the keys to his own office i think it's going to be a question of the opposition going back to the drawing. a bicycle huge strat

and not go we have to fight corruption by choosing he will represent us inside the national assembly and be a person with conscience honesty he really loves this country and its citizens kuwait's nearly 140000000000 dollar economy is facing a deficit of 46000000000 dollars this year in september it was downgraded for the 1st time by moody's investor service. and just a month earlier kuwait finance minister warned the government may no longer be able to pay salaries still analysts say it's not just the economy that will pose a challenge to the upcoming parliament also the lack of with trust and confidence between people among people with the parliament and government they need them to be more. effective than it used to be and i think this is going to be seen in 03 and the election results many say that no matter the results the biggest difficulty going forward maybe how to overcome legislative gridlock. and just. now the leader of ethiopia's ted grey region is saying fighting between his forces and the government is still ongoing local leaders say government forces have bombed the one

assembly the opposition boycott of the vote as a sham but just more power for mother little mean for the nation also coming up the threat of a no deal divorce mounts with talks stalled and the brakes a deadline just days away british and european negotiators meet again today with an outcome still highly uncertain. i'm sumi so much kinder it's good to have you with us all the results are in and as expected president nicolas models party has won parliamentary elections in venezuela consolidating his grip on power opposition leaders called on supporters to boycott the vote they and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the country's long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about their future. a humble tarr night few venezuelans came out to cast their vote on election day perhaps because there was so little to choose from with many opposition figures. and from participating the ruling socialist parties victory was all but assured that would give president maduro control o

lost the control of the national assembly from the 5th on that one this new national assembly is going to take power but this is just in theory because in practical terms the opposition house didn't have any control of the parliament since 2015 when they won the election actually but in the end that moment the justice system off of nicolas maduro took away all the powers of this national assembly so for the whole period for 5 years this national assembly. hasn't created last hasn't legislate so as i told you before this is a symbolic i mean the national assembly this parliament of one is lawson nothing because actually they have already lost everything your 100 years in bogota thank you yohan. sikka look now at some of the other stories making headlines in other places around the world britain's chief negotiator david frost says return to brussels for another round of last minute talks on a deal with the european union an earlier call between u.k. and e.u. leaders fail to resolve significant differences on trading rules after december 31st talks are expected to continue for some days.

assembly have to work as one for the unity of the nation but with pictures of president paul b. everywhere the opposition believes this isn't about local issues but a way for the 87 year old head of state to tighten his grip on power with most political opponents imprisoned the opposition is boycotting the vote saying it will not be credible but the governing party likely to win most of the votes. in the english speaking regions of cameroon separatists have warned people to stay indoors until their grievances for greater autonomy is addressed critics say that it was to put it in the region of the rich because if it increases that it's going to need in the sense of just regions of the country that is interested in regions of. their east. we. are killing its own. 'd self the streets. armed separatists called the english speaking regions of cameroon amazonia they see it as an english speaking country struggling for independence from a french speaking nation for the government this is an armed rebellion that requires a military intervention against separatist groups as a result of t

news live from berlin and venezuelans voted for a new national assembly but the opposition boy concious election alleging it's rigged in favor of the ruling socialist party president nicolas maduro used the opportunity to tighten his grip on power also coming up. violence and arrests on the streets of paris clashes break out at a protest against police brutality and a controversial new security law in the french capital police response to lift a year ago. and a heavyweight fight to remember him but in this latest soccer the 2 top teams of the league go the distance to tell you who came out on top 16 lined sake and reigning champions by our munich. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us venezuelan president nicolas maduro is expected to tighten his grip on power in sunday's election for the national assembly the opposition is boycotting the vote contending it's rigged a victory would give one duros united socialist party control of the last major institution in the country outside. his grass venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves but it's in the midst of a deepening econo

this farce was nothing more than an attempt to install a complicit puppet national assembly beholden only to madeira while destroying the country's only remaining democratic institution truly representative of the venezuelan people. and as well as national assembly was seen as the opposition's last legislative stronghold it's been led by the u.s. backed. who declared himself interim president last year following this election madeira has consolidated his power in a way that he insists was democratic. believe that we have complied with the constitution that we have complied with this constitution 5 years later i have to say we have a new national assembly the product of a popular vote the people have elected their new lawmakers and we have had a tremendous and gigantic electoral victory washington rejects the legitimacy of the current venezuelan government and demands fair and democratic elections and while want to go i don't know as being recognized by many foreign powers as an interim president he so far struck to gain significant political traction within the country and that the v

government supporters say they're counting the days until they take over the national assembly the only democratic institution that isn't normally controlled by the opposition. but. this is our opportunity to expose those contrails who for the last 5 years mistreated the venezuelan people and indeed there's no doubt about the winner the only real question is how many people may heed the opposition's call to staying home and abstain. following events for us from chile as capital santiago they say i believe you're at a popular market for venezuela. how engaged the diaspora there in this election. you know that yes you're absolutely right we're neighborhood that where a great deal of the people who will live in the apartments nearby are from venezuela it's the law. largest migrant community in this country right now and the people we've been speaking to when i asked them what they think about those elections they kind of laugh and say well it's a farce it's a total farce we're not even we're not even keeping in you know tabs of what's going on that's what they tell me but i've been speakin

one year ago there were high hopes that national assembly president. could force the country's ruling socialist from power but he failed to win the venezuelan military to stop 3 quarters of an as well as no longer believe that he can bring about a change of regime has been barred from taking part in sunday's vote the country's supreme court has also ousted the leaders of his political party. is calling for an election boycott. the international community including germany and the e.u. are already refusing to recognize this project and election. but a boycott by the opposition is likely to lead to an easy victory for the socialist party following president nicolas maduro to tighten his grip on power. to some socialists also want to take legal action against opposition figures. that we will all vote to ensure a totally read parliament will drive out the dirty unpatriotic opposition who in the last 5 years have sought to destroy the success of the revolution. martinez has been told many times not to give up hope but he fears his country could slip even de

government supporters say they're counting the days until they take over the national assembly. but. this is an opportunity to expose congress who for the last 5 years mistreated the venezuelan people and indeed there's no doubt about the winner the only question is how many people made the opposition's call to staying home and abstain. well let's cross to the sea and human she joins us live now from the chilean capital of santiago so lucy we're just listening to your report in chile has one of the largest venezuelan migrant communities in the world so are people there following these elections or considering that no one seems to be taking them seriously are they following suit. i know barbara people here that i've spoken to and we've been here for about 5 hours talking to just loads of venezuelans and without exception they say they're not even paying attention to the national assembly elections because they already know the outcome and they consider them both a joke or a fraud those are the some of the words being used to describe them now in venezuela itself and more importan

venezuela's opposition leader says that he's still the leader of the national assembly regardless of the results of parliamentary elections counting is now underway for the vote which was boycotted by the opposition and the likely result is president nicolas maduro further consolidating his hold on power or lots of america did you see a new human reports. it wasn't necessary to wait for the official election results to be announced to know the outcome as it jubelin president nicolas maduro made clear that we will help us in we had the patience the wisdom to wait for this hour to wait for the state to get rid of that nefarious national assembly that the opposition used to bring the plague of sanctions on to venezuela now with this vote we will have just been a sign i. have been israel is mainstream opposition boycotted the legislative assembly poll which they say they lack the minimum conditions of a fair and free election the pro-government supreme court had taken over 3 of the 4 principal opposition parties appointing new leaders who are accused of being pawns of mughal in addition

assembly the opposition boycotted the vote as a sham but as more power from other little means for the nation also coming up germany's coronavirus infections go off despite a limited lockdown numbers remain stubbornly high in the region known for its festive spirit it announces even tighter restrictions ahead of the holidays and in football buyers labor goes into scoring goals and of stopping that on their way to 2nd place in the front if they go we'll tell you how they extended of remarkable i'm beaten st. i'm super someone's gonna thank you for joining us while the results are in and as expected president nicolas mughals party has won parliamentary elections in venezuela consolidating his grip on power opposition leaders called on supporters to boycott the vote they and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the country's long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about their future. a humble tarr night few venezuelans came out to cast their votes on election day perhaps

since then maduro has consolidated power sidelining the national assembly and installing a parallel legislative house filled by loyalists. meanwhile why doe's popularity and influence have shrunk dramatically some coming election is likely his last stand up big win by my dear rose ruling party which is almost guaranteed. is no longer speaker that will leave my dear old without any serious competition. for us where lawmakers in congress are preparing to block president ordered to withdraw u.s. troops from germany in july the pentagon announced they would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u.s. troops based here but in a rare example of bipartisanship the final version of the annual defense bill support see continued presence of u.s. forces in germany and requires a full impact assessment to be carried out before the removal of any u.s. troops a package of measures still has to be voted on. for now it looks like all $34.00 and a half 1000 u.s. troops in germany will be staying put for a while longer the defense bill before the u.s. congress puts a 4 month hold on plans to withdraw american forces

assembly that the opposition used to bring the plague of sanctions on to venezuela now with this vote we will have just going to the only witness when i know we are in israel as mainstream opposition boycotted the legislative assembly poll which they say lacked the minimum conditions of a fair and free election the pro-government supreme court had taken over 3 of the 4 principal opposition parties appointing new leaders were accused of being pawns of mughal in addition the court appointed a new electoral council also going to the government. and there were no independent observers only staunch supporters like former bolivian president evo morales despite threats to withhold subsidized food boxes to those who didn't vote the turnout was poor but get them and their hope that regardless of a person's political position it's our civic duty to vote that's what they teach us at school. my goodness foreign allies like russia china and iran will likely applaud the elections which could give their commercial agreements with venezuela a stronger legal framework with which to circumvent u.s. and

since then material has consolidated power sidelining the national assembly and installing a parallel legislative house filled by loyalists. meanwhile why those popularity and influence have shrunk dramatically. some coming election is likely his last stand a big win by my duros ruling party which is almost guaranteed will mean why don't is no longer speaker that will leave my dear old without any serious competition. gay catholics around the world have been heartened by an apparent softening of the vatican's views on l. g.b.t. rights pope francis has endorsed same sex civil unions the vatican still officially opposes gender transitioning but in the pope's native argentina church projects are doing important work to help transsexual men and women suffering from abuse and stigma 24 year old rice of aves has come all the way from ecuador to buenos aires. an ecuadorian friend told me that she owned a hair salon here in argentina and needed young women so i came here when i was 18 but she lied from the very 1st day i had to work as a prostitute. and i said took drugs and sold them that's

when this was national assembly was seen as the opposition's last legislative stronghold u.s. bank one guy doe declared himself interim president last year he was also head of the assembly and has not recognized his removal from this position in january this year following this election madeira has consolidated his power in a way that he insists was democratic. we have complied with the constitution we have complied with this constitution 5 years later i have to say we have a new national assembly the product of a popular vote the people have elected the new law make use and we have had a tremendous and gigantic electoral victory washington the rejects the legitimacy of the current venezuelan government and demands fair and democratic elections. been recognized by many foreign powers as interim president who so far struggle to gain significant political traction within his own country you've got views of public policy expert andrew king. i think there's a ridiculous charge and i think this this accusation was just to be expected it is of course the shameless it in me of a priv

assembly and cement his position and. almost 70 percent of the vote was just 31 percent opposition parties called for a boycott international condemned the vote saying the results did not reflect the will of the venezuelan people self-proclaimed acting president who. said the vote was a fraud. of the people are the ones who commit fraud do ruin his regime have lost the popular vote the majority of us want change in venezuela don't be surprised if they try to advance their results in the coming days of december because this election has done them no good. solution from did obvious latin america affiliate international observers like the e.u. and the organization of american states agree with the b. election was what's at stake for the country well this election won't be recognized either by that you the u.s. and other main international actors this means that the diplomatic isolation of my duro will continue and maybe even worse than this also means that the blockade india and the international markets will remain as well

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since then madrid has consolidated power sidelining the national assembly and installing a parallel legislative house filled by loyalists. meanwhile go. those popularity and influence have shrunk dramatically some coming election is michael his last stand up big win by my duros ruling party which is almost guaranteed will mean why don't is no longer speaker that will leave my dear old without any serious competition. to sports now and the german bundesliga where harrison berlin took complete advantage of when young berlin who saw their lead disappear due to a red car and then had has. stole the show in the limo opened the scoring in the 1st half but it was later when you know we're left with only 10 men to defend robert on base was sent off for in this high foot challenge can tell level to score after the break and then polish striker. play the hero for super sub scored 2 goals within minutes to lead her to her lin to a $31.00 victory over their city rivals. also in sports the sporting director at kew ventas has been placed under criminal investigation for allegedly trying to speed up efforts t

government supporters say they're counting the days until they take over the national assembly. but. this is our opportunity to expel those contrails who for the last 5 years mistreated the venezuelan people and indeed there's no doubt about the winner the only real question is how many people may heed the opposition's call to stay in hold and abstain. let's turn or sasha's following events for us from capitol santiago you say how is the large venezuelan population there watching this fight today. we are in a market where a great deal of been of a great many venezuelans rather from the diaspora chile has one of the largest migrants populations from venezuela in latin america and in fact the world and we've been speaking to lots of them and they tell us that they're not even watching these elections that they consider them a fraud a joke just to name a few of the adjectives that used to describe it and said they know what's going to happen so they're not paying attention there are however upset they believe that this is just one more step towards the consolidation of unequal are

still the leader of the national assembly regardless of the results a lot of markets in the cinema and requests. it wasn't necessary to wait for the official election results to be announced to know the outcome as a jubilant president nicolas maduro made clear. we had the patience the wisdom to wait for this hour to wait for the state to get rid of that nefarious national assembly that the opposition used to bring the plague of sanctions on to venezuela now with this vote we will have just. been israel's mainstream opposition boycotted the legislative assembly poll which they say lacked the minimum conditions of a fair and free election the pro-government supreme court had taken over 3 of the 4 principal opposition parties appointing new leaders who were accused of being pawns of mother in addition the court appointed a new electoral council also loyal to the government. and there were no independent observers only staunch supporters like former bolivian president evo morales despite threats to withhold subsidized food boxes to those who didn't vote the turnout was poor. young in this

and not oh we have to fight corruption by choosing he will represent us inside the national assembly and be a person with conscience honesty he really loves this country and its citizens kuwait's nearly 140000000000 dollar economy is facing a deficit of 46000000000 dollars this year in september it was downgraded for the 1st time by moody's investor service and just a month earlier kuwait's finance minister warned the government may no longer be able to pay salaries still analysts say it's not just the economy that will pose a challenge to the upcoming parliament also that i'd cope with just and won't be this between people i mean people with the parliament and government they need them to be more. effective than it used to be and i think this is going to be seen in 03 and the election results many say that no matter the results the biggest difficulty going forward may be how to overcome legislative gridlock. and does it. now more than 20 people have been arrested in paris after a protest against police brutality turned violent some protesters launched projectiles at riot police lit

like in this slum in need and the state candidates to the national assembly from the ruling socialist party go house to house handing out free face masks and more importantly this paper free to their homes and it's a copy of the ballots all you have to do is vote it's very important missing from the ballot of venezuela's principal opposition parties they've decided to boycott the polls citing probable fraud leaving little doubt about the election outcome. 5 years ago the opposition won total control of the assembly a devastating political defeat for president legal last month. after his $2800.00 reelection was marred by charges of vote rigging the leader of the legislature one by bush declared himself interim president with broad domestic and international support. get despite overseeing the as well as worst ever economic crisis acute shortages of food medicine and even water harsh u.s. economic sanctions as well as several coup and assess unissued attempts nicole last month has survived. now he is about to reclaim the only state institution he doesn't control all. went 5 years and pl

venezuela's main opposition parties are organizing an alternative to sunday's national assembly elections which they described as fortunate they're preparing a 6 day constitutional consultation similar to a referendum that starts on december 7th on the market and is in human as this report. on the eve of crucial legislative elections in israel an opposition leader why the all is out on the campaign trail. but his goal isn't to get out the vote rather to convince everyone to stay home and boycott the poll just as he and the mainstream opposition are doing it is he more of the political give it the more you know because we resist torch of political violence because we love our country and we won't stop until we have time for it but. it looks like history repeating itself 15 years ago the opposition also boycotted the legislative elections arguing that they were rigged against them that handed control of the national assembly to former president hugo chavez on a silver platter i thought 7 of how this time you know opposition party leaders are proposing an election of their own called suit up

assembly that results from sunday's elections. so while the consultation is an imperfect substitute for an election that the opposition can't win it could at least by its leaders a bit more time you see in human al-jazeera. talks in india between followers and government officials have ended without any agreement but will resume on wednesday farmers are trying to overturn laws which they say will damage their livelihoods tens of thousands of unravelling at entry points to the capital for more than a week now there's a big problem has more from the single border crossing. it's been more than a week now that tens of thousands of families have remained on 3 key highways on the border of india's capital region on the borders between the states of howdy ana and delhi and on the border between the state often for their and delhi they have converted hundreds of their vehicles into temporary homes they're staying put they said they're not going anywhere until the government repeals 3 recent farm laws and on the day that promised in the en

truly representative of the venezuelan people and as well as national assembly was seen as the opposition's last legislative stronghold in us by declared himself interim president last year and used to be head of the assembly but following this election madeira has consolidated his power in a way he insists was democratic. believe we have complied with the constitution that we have complied with this constitution 5 years later i have to say we have a new national assembly the product of a popular vote the people have elected their new lawmakers and we have had a tremendous and gigantic electoral victory washington rejects the legitimacy of the current venezuelan government and demands fair and democratic elections while long there's been recognized by many foreign powers as interim president he so far struggle to gain significant political traction within his own country got the views of public policy expert andrew king. the people in the democratic majority in venezuela represent a recognized wonder what the years and the. washington consensus of us imperialism in us germany and they've co

government supporters say they're counting the days until they take over the national assembly the only democratic institution that isn't nominally controlled by the opposition but i want to put up that elephant limousine argument this is our opportunity to expel those contrails who for the last 5 years mistreated the venezuelan people and was indeed there's no doubt about the winner the only real question is how many people may heed the opposition's call to staying home and abstain and see in human al-jazeera . through ahead here on al-jazeera we look at what awaits migrants and refugees who arrive on the shores of spain's canary islands. i guess the chances that space capsule carrying pieces of a distant asteroid lands on the scientists say the samples could explain the origins of life. the slow transition to winter continues was snow falling in home sure a bit more than it was though not every day but there will be showers the cloud increasing over china and spreading north as temperatures drop a little bit not much coming off the sky just spotted to rain or sleet or snow in the nort