Humanitarian crisis at home, international involvement, and the effort to restore democracy. This is an hour. Thank you to the press club. It is an honor for me to be here to discuss the venezuelan crisis and have a q and a session with all of you. Before going forward, i would like to give you details on how i got here. Born in venezuela but in a small town, far away from the capital. A small village and i had the opportunity to go to a Public School in venezuela. I went to caracas because they didnt have a university in my small town. And had anolarship opportunity to come to the states. At 14, i was demonstrating on the streets, proclaiming venezuelan rights and in a certain way, warning to the venezuelans and the International Community that we were facing a dictatorship and in 2014, the regime decided to issue an order of arrest against me. Only for defending venezuelan rights. After that, i spend more than 100 days in hiding inside of venezuela. They were trying to capture me. Vi
Yesterday and envoy for the venezuelan Opposition Leader spoke about political turmoil in that country. His remarks at the National Press club are about an hour. Thank you all for coming. Good morning. And welcome to the National Press club for todays newsmaker with carlos vecchio. Of venezuela to the United States. I am a past president of the National Press club and former International Correspondent for the associated press. Ambassador vecchio is here to talk about the latest developments of venezuela in the midst of what is widely ,nowledged to be constitutional political, and Economic Crises coupled with continuing strong u. S. And International Sanctions and the impact on the venezuelan population of 32 million people. The ambassador was appointed to he was appointed by juan guaido in his capacity as interim president in opposition to president Nicolas Maduro. Election indisputed 2018. Ro has ruled the country since the death of hugo chavez in 2013. More than 50 countries includi
we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let s show you the latest pictures but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet. hosted by the german president. this is now a three day trip. and it began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that s significant it s the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved on the german president s residence, bellevue palace. they signed the guest book and this evening are attending a state banquet in their honour. let s hear from the german president. translation: this v
jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the commons. m
The Palestinian Ministry of health in the gaza strip condemned the American Governments doubts about the figures of the cities of the airstrikes. The spokesperson of this Ministry Said nothing there is no ambiguity in the detailed report of the names of the martyrs that is sent to all countries of the world, and the Israeli Occupation and the American Government are deceiving in this regard. With the continuation of the blockade and the siege of gaza, the World Health Organization announced that the gaza strip is suffering from a lack of basic necessities. Four people were martyred and several others were injured in the Early Morning and dawn raids of the zionist forces on the camp of jenin and gulagile in nablus and hebron in the west bank. Zionists in their attacks more than 80 the palestinian was arrested. The soldiers of the zionist regime targeted the itashab region in lebanon , but the citizens living in this region say that these attacks do not cause them fear. Lebanons hezbolla