Thank you very much, stephen. It s a pleasure to be with you again. It s great to talk to you. It s two months now since venezuelans voted in the presidential election. Just tell me what has happened to you since that vote. Well, our victory by a landslide was something the regime didn t expect. As well as the fact that in less than 2a hours, we were able to collect, digitalise and put on a robust web page over 83% of the tally sheets, the official tally sheets that actually demonstrated our victory. It was a 70 over 30 victory, but if it had been a freer election, believe me, we would have won at least by 90 to 10. So this was a huge defeat for the regime. Maduro is naked in front of the whole world and his followers. And so his decision was to get surrounded and entrenched around the top brass of the military and in fact, unleash terror. This has reached to thousands of venezuelans that have been detained, and everybody that was directly involved in organising the election is right n
Was a violation of international law. Volker turk said he was appalled by the breadth and impact of the Attacks, which left at least 37 dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah has confirmed that its senior military commander, Ibrahim Aqil, was among those killed in fridays israeli airstrike on a building in the southern suburbs of beirut. The israeli envoy at the un, danny danon, has not mentioned the explosions but said his country would do whatever it took to defend itself. Lets start with those comments from the un human Rights Chief volker turk. These Attacks represent a new development in warfare. Where Communication Tools become weapons, simultaneously exploding across marketplaces, On Street Corners and in homes as daily life unfolds. Authorities have reportedly dismantled unexploded devices in universities, banks and hospitals. This has unleashed widespread fear, Panic And Horror among people in lebanon. At the same meeting the United Nations political affairs chief, rosemary dic
annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
Continuin middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a possible middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a possible six middle east and beyond. Talks are continuing on a possible six weekl continuing on a possible six week ceasefire, despite israel not attending. Israel says it wont attending. Israel says it wont attend until hamas comes up with a list of hostages still alive. Hamas took 253 hostages on the 7th Of October. Hamas says it cannot provide the information because of his royal s continuing bombardment of gaza and says hostages are being held by different palestinian groups and in different areas of the gaza strip. Another night of intense israeli strikes in gaza. With homes flattened, people crushed. Ushering in another day of grief stricken goodbyes. After six months of brutal war, even israels closest ally, the us, is ratcheting up the pressure for a new truce with
The prisoners stayed behind to avoid the shooting lets hear from one of them. Translation it was a very difficult situation last night. The riot in the prison put our lives at risk. We had because there was a lot of firing, we hid because there was a lot of firing, we were afraid for our lives. Remember, haiti has been plagued by Gang Violence for years. But the situation has got worse since president moise s assassination at his home in 2021. We know currently gangs control 80 we know currently gangs control 80 of the capital, port . Au . Prince. Which means that violent scenes like these from over the weekend have become more common. Gang leaders say they want to force him to resign have a listen. Translation we ask the haitian i National Police and the military l to take responsibility and arrest ariel henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy. The armed groups are not your enemy. Lets speak to mathias pierre, a former minister in the hatian government until 2021. He was in