Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profile judge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago, and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday accusing president maduros government of widespread abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom. But that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say,
Hello and welcome. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profilejudge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Will grant reports. Venezuelas Independence Day traditionally marks the togetherness and resistance of its people in the face of the Spanish Colonial power. Not any longer. Now it seems it is an opportunity for the two sides in the countrys unending political crisis to call for the other to back down. First, the opposition led by the self declared interim president juan guaido. He is the National Holiday to highlight profoundly damning report by the United Nations into the governments human rights record. Translat
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profilejudge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Will grant reports. Venezuelas Independence Day traditionally marks the togetherness and resistance of its people in the face of the Spanish Colonial power. Not any longer. Now it seems it is an opportunity for the two sides in the countrys unending political crisis to call for the other to back down. First, the opposition, led by the self declared interim president juan guaido. He used the National Holiday to highlight a profoundly damning report by the United Nations into the governments human rights
Everywhere we look, there is a blank where she should be. Families of the victims in the boeing ethiopia air crash demand to know why the 737 max was allowed to fly. In pioneering surgery nerves inside paralysed peoples bodies are rewired to give movement to their arms and hands. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom alive. We willjust start with some breaking news on the death ofJohn Mccririck, the racing broadcaster whose family have announced that he has died aged 79. He was at the face of channel 4 racing, one of the sports most recognisable figures, famous for his idiosyncratic fashion sense and his larger than life personality. Idiosyncratic fashion sense and his la rger than life personality. He was, of course, an Award Winning journalist for the sporting life and work for itv before he worked for channel 4. His death announced this morning, in the last few minutes, the death ofJohn Mccririck, the racing broadcaster. We will have more on that later. The british car manufacturer,
A boost for the british car industry Jaguar Land Rover is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles. Boris johnson and jeremy hunt face off at a hustings in darlington, as the first conservative leadership ballot papers arrive on doorsteps. The ultimate in rewiring the pioneering nerve surgery that brings movement to hands and elbows. Ill pick something up with my left that i wouldnt be able to do with my right. Then once i can get it in my right hand, i have a lot of strength in it, and i can hold onto things. And coming up on bbc news england and chelsea midfielder karen carney will retire from club and International Football after saturdays womens world cup third place play off against sweden. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A gang behind the biggest modern day Slavery Network ever exposed in the uk has been convicted of offences including trafficking, Money Laundering and forcing people to perform forced labour. Police believe