This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. Thats where two Opposition Leaders have been dragged from their homes by Security Forces and taken to a Military Prison after being accused by president maduros government of inciting violence. The un Secretary General says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. Katy watson is in caracas. Antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. Theres panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. He wasnt the only one to be taken away, officers also seized Leopoldo Lopez, an Opposition Leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. Tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. There have been violent protests in recent months and o
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. Thats where two Opposition Leaders have been dragged from their homes by Security Forces and taken to a Military Prison after being accused by president maduros government of inciting violence. The un Secretary General says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. Katy watson is in caracas. Antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. Theres panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. He wasnt the only one to be taken away, officers also seized Leopoldo Lopez, an Opposition Leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. Tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. There have been violent protests in recent months and o
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