Words of thanks for the expressions of solidarity i received from you. I wanted to inform you that i arrived to madrid today in the morning, my departure from caracas was surrounded by episodes of pressure, coercion and threats that i would not be allowed to leave. I trust that we would soon continue the fight for liberty and the return to democracy in venezuela. A big hug for everyone. Venezuela s opposition says its candiate mr gonzalez won the presidential election held on the 28th ofjuly. The opposition published vote tallies online claiming to show its victory. The us, the eu and other nations backed those voting figures and to this day recognise mr gonzalez as the winner. But, nicolas maduro a socialist who s been in power 11 years says he won the election. He moved to crush protests and legal challenges to the results ultimately forcing mr gonzalez to seek protection. Before fleeing the country, he took refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. The 75 year old faced certai
So, the us president ial election is getting ever nearer its getting more and more exciting. And the polls are really very tight. So, what does that tell us and how should we be reading them . We have got one of americas best known pollsters, who is famous for his predictions, joining us on this episode to tell us what we should be looking out for over the next few weeks, and how not to read the polls wrong. Welcome to americast. Americast. Americast from bbc news. Hello, its marianna, aka miss information, in the worldwide headquarters of americast, in london. And sarah, here in our studio in washington dc, in the united states of america, of course. Now, here in the states, we are perilously close to this election. I mean, it is about eight weeks away, its going to be an incredible stretch, and it feels like everything is kind of changing again, because weve just passed the Bank Holiday Weekend they call Labor Day here in america, and that is always a signifier in an Election Year th
In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
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