Chapter in the saga in venezuela after a government that cannot fully prove that they have won the elections. This is just the deterioration of what we're seeing the country after a legitimate election. This particular chapter should not take many by surprise. If you looked back since may 2023, up to january 202a, since may 2023, up to january 2024, there have been five allegedly attempts against the government that have been made public by the regime. They have been the arrest of about 32 people, some colombian citizens in the piles, allegedly trying to overturn the government. —— in the past. This is one of the examples. If we look at the current situation we are in, a lot of international special in spain, the parliament in spain recognised gonzalez as the president and welcomed him, but when you saw the us tightening sanctions against the venezuelan government, then you can see that they could be in a position of desperation, that they are trying to come up with this sort of action just to create a smoke curtain and divert the attention off what really happened during the elections. Really happened during the elections_ elections. And it is in their playbook. _ elections. And it is in their playbook, blaming elections. And it is in their playbook, blaming the elections. And it is in their i playbook, blaming the united states? ~ ,. , , , states? absolutely, absolutely. It is art states? absolutely, absolutely. It is part of _ states? absolutely, absolutely. It is part of the _ states? absolutely, absolutely. It is part of the playbook states? absolutely, absolutely. It is part of the playbook and i it is part of the playbook and this goes back to years of government being in power against the us. You have to remember these sudden coming of interior minister diosdado cabello and we said he would definitely ramp up oppression against leaders and sympathisers, but we are also seeing that oppression against civilians, unfortunately. What civilians, unfortunately. What fi. Ures civilians, unfortunately. What figures does _ civilians, unfortunately. What figures does the _ civilians, unfortunately. What figures does the government| civilians, unfortunately. What figures does the government say they have when it comes to the election? ,. ,. , election? they have, they have the proof! _ election? they have, they have the proof! they _ election? they have, they have the proof! they have _ election? they have, they have the proof! they have shown election? they have, they have| the proof! they have shown the tallies, more than 75%— 80% of the tallies that shows they have won the election and in contrary, the government has not shown any significant proof that they won the election, not one tally and in the last couple of days, there are officials of the sea and i, reacting angrily against the us government, saying they had won the elections but most importantly the venezuelan people witnessed an illegitimate election —— cni. What is the position of the government, we know that gonzales is in exile in spain but are there any protest continuing?— but are there any protest continuin: ? , , continuing? definitely. There has been some _ continuing? definitely. There has been some opposition i has been some opposition efforts just recently, a couple of days back but i think with gonzales leaving, people are taking it as just another chapter of the opposition leader giving up the fight, so to say. And we saw that with previous governors that were leaders and other politicians but, no, on the contrary, i think what edmundo gonzalez did is very, very important. First, he secured his safety but now he secured his safety but now he is the voice of venezuelans outside and spain has welcomed him, a particular country of a huge diaspora citizens living in spain, which takes the fight to another level of opposition. I think that have strengthened the opposition and i think they're a great opposition leaders in the country. Relations have really deteriorated between spain and the us since the election but we have seen further sanctions imposed by the united states. Would you expect to see more, or a more robust approach? yes. Or a more robust approach? yes, definitely. _ or a more robust approach? yes, definitely. I _ or a more robust approach? yes, definitely, ithink— or a more robust approach? yes, definitely, i think this _ or a more robust approach? yes, definitely, i think this is or a more robust approach? yes, definitely, i think this is the definitely, i think this is the moment you have to move forward. You cannot step back in this sort of situation, using the men instantly act to impose more functions, that is definitely the way to go and i expect to use more and that is why going to the point of tonight's interview, i think this is a reaction that we are seeing from a government that cannot prevent any other way that they have won the election and they're trying to distract by coming up with this rhetoric of an attack by opposition forces and i do not think this is the case. Forces and i do not think this is the case— is the case. Thank you for “oininu is the case. Thank you for joining us _ us national security adviser jake sullivan says intense conversations are ongoing to decide whether to allow ukraine to hit russia with long—range weapons donated by western allies. Mr sullivan said on saturday that president biden will spend the rest of his term putting ukraine in the best possible position to fight russian aggression. Mr sullivan spoke shortly after the head of nato's military committee said ukraine has the right to defend itself against russia — even beyond its own borders — during the committee's annual meeting in prague. Also, on saturday, russia and ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war, in a deal brokered by the united arab emirates. Russia said the soldiers it released were captured during ukraine's incursion into the kursk region. Russia said on saturday that it has recaptured a village in ukraine's eastern pokrovsk region, hours after it shelled 15 other border towns. Ukrainian troops told the bbc they're worried russia is trying to surround them. Melinda haring is a nonresident seniorfellow for the atlantic council and senior advisor at the nonprofit razom for ukraine. She shared her insights on the discussion around permitting ukraine to target russia. When we spoke a few days ago, you were pretty optimistic that we would have a decision on these long—range missiles. What do you think is holding things up? hey, lucy. So there's still — we don't know if a decision has been made. Formally, it has not been made. There's rumours that the storm shadows are going to be allowed, but we certainly don't know. And we have to say there is a possibility that london will begin to allow ukraine to use them, and that one probably makes a lot of sense. But the white house is really concerned about escalation, and putin has been making threats, and of course, this is what the white house has been trying to avoid for the last 2. 5 years — is escalation, so this is chiefly on the white house's mind. What about the timing, though? as they wait, does this mean that russia can prepare for the possibility of these weapons arriving — that they can move some of the targets out of range? so they already have, lucy. This is one of the arguments you're going to hear from the white house. The white house argues that it doesn't matter. Even if we allow the brits to use the storm shadows, even if we allow ukraine to use the atacms with a 300—kilometre range, there's nothing to hit. Now, let's look into that claim. The institute for the study of war says that claim is nonsense, and if the ukrainians could use the atacms with that 300—kilometre range, they could hit 16 russian air force bases and another 230 russian and paramilitary targets, and it would also force the russians to make hard choices about their air defence systems. So i don't think the white house has a good case with that one. The escalation one is harder to respond to. I interviewed general petraeus the other day, melinda, and he said this isjust a bluff from president putin. He's already thrown everything he can at ukraine. He's talked about red lines before that have been crossed. What you think about the fact that it seems the white house is taking this latest threat from him so seriously? so, lucy, frankly, this discussion should not be a public one. The fact that it's gone into the public for the last two weeks gives vladimir putin an opportunity. I agree with ben wallace that this discussion should be private, and it should be made in confidentiality among allies. That would be the appropriate place to do it. It is giving putin space, and it also makes the us seem like it's more involved in operations in ukraine then we are. But more broadly, i think i would say to the white house, if i were talking to the national security council, look, guys, we've been involved and giving the ukrainians targeting information and surveillance over the last 2. 5 years. How does the use of british storm shadows up the ante? i don't see how it does. Can we look at what's coming up in ukraine in the next few months, melinda, with winter approaching. They've got issues around conscription which they are trying to fix. They've got huge damage to their energy supplies as well. What are the people of ukraine facing as winter approaches? lucy, thank you for asking that question. I spent a month in lviv in western ukraine asking people that question and asking energy experts what is the winter going to be like. The answer i got was not very reassuring. It's going to be the hardest winter that ukrainians have faced. The grid is very fragile, and people don't know how bad it's going to be. It depends on how hard the grid is hit, where it's hit, and also the temperatures. But ukrainians themselves do have plans a, b and c in place. They've been through these hard winters before, but it is going to be difficult. But the ukrainians will get through it, and volodymyr zelensky will continue to ask for those long—range weapons. He's someone who's incredibly persistent. If he doesn't get what he wants this time, he's going to ask again next week and the week after. And i see pressure mounting in europe and also on capitol hill, so i think it's sort of inevitable. When you're there, their resilience is absolutely extraordinary, the ukrainians. But how did you find morale, given they know what is coming up? so, lucy, i had the pleasure of spending a day with one of the brigades out in lviv 0blast, and they were getting ready to go out east. And many of the men were in their 405, and they were not soldiers professionally. And they had volunteered on day one, and they're tired, but they still believe in the cause. They miss their families desperately. They stay in touch with their families by cellphone, and they long for the day when they can go back home. But there's still. . . I think the most interesting thing i found is that these older soldiers don't want younger soldiers to fight. They want younger ukrainians to have a chance to live their lives, and they feel like i've had a chance, so let younger ukrainians have a chance to get married and have children, and then fight if they must. The deputy leader of lebanese armed group hezbollah warned on saturday that hundreds of thousands more people would be displaced if israel were to launch an all—out war. Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the israel—lebanon border have already been forced from their homes as hezbollah and israel trade fire. The warning came after israel's defence minister said restoring security to the country's northern front is a top priority. Local media reports expect us special envoy amos hochstein to visit both israel and lebanon next week to soothe tensions between the two countries. I spoke about all this with firas maksad, a senior director for strategic outreach at the middle east institute. He's got quite a task ahead of him, mr hochstein, when he arrives in the region. What can he realistically expect to achieve? lucy, the american position has been very clear, and it's a red light as it pertains to israel broadening and launching an all—out war, an all—out campaign, in southern lebanon. The argument that's been put forward by the administration — and i heard it directly this week — to be put by amos hochstein to visiting israelis, is: can you achieve militarily what you have failed to achieve diplomatically? mr hochstein has essentially negotiated a pre—deal between hezbollah and israel. But that deal, which involves hezbollah moving a certain number of kilometres away from the israeli border — that needs to be unlocked through a ceasefire in gaza. That is the hezbollah and iranian precondition. So israel is much more forward—leaning here, wanting maybe to take the fight to hezbollah, but that very crucial american green light to go ahead and launch that campaign is not there just yet. Yes, because what does that look like on the ground, firas? if they're promising israelis that they'll be able to return home to the north, the thousands that have been displaced, what does that actually mean for people on both sides of the border? well, if there is a broadening of this campaign, as mr netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, is promising, it means more destruction and more displacement. Obviously, the diplomatic row would preclude that. However, the key is can we get to a ceasefire in gaza? and itjust seems that things are deadlocked. We can discuss why that is deadlocked. I mean, on one hand, hamas and mrsinwar, who heads it, arguably have an interest in broadening this war and very much want to see hezbollah and iran being dragged into a fight on behalf of what he sees as his cause. That was the initial objective of 7 october. And also, israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu doesn't want to face a day of reckoning once the guns fell silent and is using the philadelphi corridor, perhaps, as a pretext to stay away from that ceasefire. So the us very much pushing in the direction of a ceasefire. Even iran, hezbollah's patron, is pushing in the direction of a ceasefire. But the local players here, hamas and bibi netanyahu, are perhaps not interested. But are you hearing any sentiment or rhetoric from lebanon that suggests that hezbollah really want to get any more involved — that they want to see this conflict widening? absolutely they have no interest. Nor do their iranian patrons. They very much want to extract a price from israel for its ongoing war in gaza. Let's remember that hamas is an ally of hezbollah and an ally of iran, and what israel is really doing here is dismantling the palestinian arm of that iranian axis. So this is something that is strategically painful and costly for both iran and hezbollah, but they don't want to be dragged into a direct war, and nor does iran want to see hezbollah stand in a major war with israel. Hezbollah is very useful to the iranians as the first line of defence should israel attack its nuclear facilities. So for those reasons, not because they're responsible players, iran and hezbollah do not want to see a war. Firas, amos hochstein going to the region is a good thing because he is very experienced and has been many times, knows many of the players. Aside from that, though, are you seeing any other progress or any signs of hope that we might be closer to some kind of a ceasefire deal — anything from any of the other regional players? well, you'll get different answers depending on who you talk to, but here's where things currently are. After hamas executed six of the israeli hostages, that really sort of put things up in the air in terms of the various ratios and formulas that had been negotiated in terms of the hostages in return for the freeing of palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. So that is going to take some time to figure itself out. 0n the other hand, the other sticking point is the philadelphi corridor — that border between on one hand egypt, on the other hand the gaza strip. Israel and bibi netanyahu very much want to remain there, under the pretext of controlling what comes in and out of gaza, fearing weapons smuggling. But even israeli security experts and military officials say there are other ways to solve that problem even if israel does leave that corridor, including an underground steel plate that would prevent the tunnels from being dug. So the reality is that this is complicated, and on both sides of this divide, there seems to be people who want this to drag on. It's been another historic week in us politics, and neither candidate is taking a day off. Kamala harris attended a fundraiser here in washington where donors who gave $25,000 could take a photo with the vice president. And, last hour, ms harris wrapped up the headline speech at the congressional black caucus foundation's annual award ceremony. She spoke about campaign issues, including healthcare, and hit at donald trump for his answer at the debate about his concepts of a healthcare plan. We have a vision of our country where we understand that the access to health care should not be a privilege just of those who can afford it, it should be a right. And that is why, together, we capped the costs of prescription drugs for our seniors, and we will the cost of prescription drugs for all americans. We actually have a plan for health care, notjust concepts of a plan. Concepts! president biden also delivered remarks at the event. Donald trump was in las vegas on saturday, where he received the endorsement of nevada's largest police body. He then went to utah to meet with donors. At a rally in vegas a day earlier, he raised a debunked conspiracy theory that ms harris wore an ear—piece at the debate. And mr trump is doubling down on his incendiary remarks from the debate about migrants in springfield, ohio. The former president repeated a conspiracy theory, originating online, that haitian migrants there are eating household pets. Those comments are taking a toll on springfield — two hospitals there went into lockdown on saturday after receiving bomb threats. Earlier, mrtrump was asked about this by a reporter. Here's that exchange. Do you denounce the bomb threats in springfield, 0hio? i don't know what happened with the bomb threats. I know that it's been taken over by illegal migrants, and it's a terrible thing that happened. Springfield was this beautiful town and now they're going through hell. It's a sad thing. Not going to happen with me, i can tell you right now. Thank you very much. Tens of thousands of people in lima paid their respects at the funeral of former peruvian president alberto fujimori. The ceremony follows three days of national mourning. Mr fujimori died on wednesday at the age of 86. After 10 years in power, he served many years in prison for political corruption and human rights violations. But mr fujimori has also been praised by supporters for his work in the early 19905 defeating a leftist insurgency and for easing peru's inflation crisis. He was buried with full state honours. His daughter and political heir, keiko fujimori, was cheered on by supporters at the funeral and said her father was finally free from hatred and revenge. Eduardo gonzalez is an international expert on truth and reconciliation commissions based in lima, peru. A short while ago he told me about mr fujimori's controversial legacy. Eduardo, good to talk to you, particularly from lima. I imagine peru is very divided at the moment over the legacy of alberto fujimori. Can i ask if you think it was appropriate that he was buried with full military honours — that this was a state occasion? no, i don't think it was appropriate, for the simple reason that this is a country where at the same time that the former dictator receives these kinds of honours, there are 23,000 peruvians who disappeared during the armed conflict whose families do not have any information about their fate or whereabouts. This is a country, like many countries in latin america, that is very necrophilic, for sure. We have this obsession with the death of leaders that leads to very ostentatious funerals in this region, and certainly in peru. But it is really a demonstration of our inequality that at the same time we have thousands of families of people from humble origins that are unable to know where their loved ones are, even to this day. How much has his death reopened some of these old wounds? i think those wounds do not need much scratching to be reopened. They are open for the simple reason, again, that memory continues to be a battlefield in peru — that the sector that supports fujimori has lionised this figure, culting, hiding the work that the armed forces themselves, the police forces themselves, the self—defence organisations in the peasant areas, did. So it has all become a memory of heroism around one person, and i think that that memory is profoundly distorted. So for those people who are still seeking answers, still experiencing the pain that you've described, is there any movement within the country, or sentiment from all the different parties, to come together for some further truth and reconciliation, like some of the committees that you've been part of before? it's difficult to see how that can happen because, regrettably, here we are seeing that memory continues to be this space of confrontation — that even after death, we don't let memories come down. Just a couple of years ago, the leader of the shining path, who died coincidentally on the same date, his body was not given to his family, and it was actually cremated and disposed of in private. And at the same time, his major enemy, the president at the time, is sent off with this funeral of state, in spite of having received five different sentences against him. So you see, i think that the debate about these complicated memories and these painful memories is going to continue, and it is going to continue for the reason that there is impunity in the country. There's been a lot of focus on keiko fujimori in the last few days. What are her intentions now? well, she was defeated three times in her presidential ambitions, always by very little percentages, which shows that, yes, there is a strong following around her, but at the same time that anti—fujimori feelings were eventually stronger. It's what i would say is our own peruvian version of the sanitary so—called cordon against ultra—right—wing electoral options in europe and other countries. Eventually they were always defeated, and they were defeated because of the memory that peruvians have about that regime. Let's turn to some other important news around the world. South sudan's government says they will postpone their national election by two years, citing logistical and security challenges as the reason for the delay. President salva kiir, who has been president since 2011, says essential tasks like writing a new constitution have to happen befoe the election can take place. South sudan has not held national elections since its independence in 2011. For the first time since 1988, zimbabwe will allow the culling of 200 elephants for human consumption. The controversial decision comes amid food shortages and a severe drought in the country which the world food programme says is the worst in more than 40 years. Paris bid a final farewell to the olympics on saturday with a grand parade on the champs—elysses, followed by musical concerts around the arc de triomphe. Around 70,000 people gathered for the parade, which included 300 french athletes and para—athletes as well as vounteers and public sector workers. Before we go, a baby hippopotamus is causing a fan frenzy in thailand. Moo deng — a name that roughly translates to bouncy pig — is a two—month old female pygmy hippo. Deng is going viral online for her cute looks and bold attitude. Fans have hailed her as a lifestyle icon on social media and have even made cakes in her image. Her popularity has spurred a surge of visitors to the zoo but authorities urge the public to respect her welfare as her fame grows. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. In the forecast for sunday, we both have sunshine and some rain. But the rain isn't going to be particularly widespread, and with a bit of luck, most of us will have a fine, dry day. Let's have a look at the satellite picture. Here's the weather front sweeping towards us earlier on. That's brought the damp weather to parts of wales and northern england, and through the course of sunday, the weather front will drift a little bit further south and then eventually will rain itself out. So, through the early hours, the damp weather from northern wales, through merseyside, parts of lancashire and yorkshire. To the north and to the south, the skies will be generally clear, and our temperatures early on sunday morning in the range of 8—13 celsius. So here's the weather front, then, through the irish sea, northern wales, most of northern england. Occasionally it will be wet. Some of the bursts of rain could be at least for a time heavy, but i think as we go through the course of the afternoon, that rain should eventually peter out. We'll also have showers across scotland, and then for most of us it should be at the very least a bright day. Really quite sunny in the south and the south—east, where we'll have the highest temperatures — 20 celsius. Here's that weather front as it moves southwards and also gently drifts towards the east. It eventually rains itself out. The forecast for monday shows fine conditions across most of the uk. A large area of high pressure with light winds. Feeling very pleasant in that sunshine, and i think widely temperatures should reach the high teens, and probably exceed 20 celsius in one or two spots. So a beautiful start to the week for most of us. Now, the high pressure is indeed going to stick around for the next few days. It'll anchor itself over the uk. We're right in the middle of it, and it's not in a hurry to budge. Now, the very far north—west of the uk will be potentially clipped by weather fronts, so maybe thicker cloud here at times and some spots of rain. But the vast majority of us are in the centre of that high, so sunny conditions, light winds, and look at these temperatures. Whether you're north or south, it'll be around the high teens or perhaps even in excess of 20 celsius. Now, the high will change shape and there will be changes in the wind direction, so there might be one or two showers sneaking in, particularly into southern parts of the uk. But overall, the message is looking dry, bright and really quite warm. Bye— bye. Voiceover: this is bbc news. We'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme.