oui’ her royal status for love. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc news it is newsday. hello, everyone. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington dc where a special prosecutor has been appointed to lead investigations into russian interference in last year s residential election. he is robert mueller, serving as fbi chief in 2001- 2013, and the mueller, serving as fbi chief in 2001 2013, and the news comes as donald trump is accused of trying to getjames donald trump is accused of trying to get james comey and, donald trump is accused of trying to getjames comey and, another former head of the fbi, to drop a probe into link between his former national security adviser and the russians. for the latest, let s ci’oss russians. for the latest, let s cross over russians. for the latest, let s cross over to washington, and the bbc‘s laura bicker. how is this appointment is seen by democrats and republicans? well, donald trump
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. every day, venezuela seems to get one step closer to economic and political chaos. mass anti government protests have swept the country for the past month. close to a0 people have been killed in clashes with president maduro s armed enforcers. the shops are short of food, hospitals low on medicine, something it seems, has got to give. my guest isjulio borges, speaker of the opposition controlled national assembly. is the chavista socialist revolution dying on its feet? julio borges, in caracas, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. we have seen more than a0 days of mass protests on the streets and we see the violent clashes between protesters and the armed enforcers of president maduro and we see the casualties, many injured and around a0 people, many of them very young, killed. how long can this go on? well, listen, it is not only a5 days, we have been fighting for 18 years and a5 days. and we are fighting for democracy in venezuel