thousands of people have taken to the streets of venezuela as part of two rival demonstrations. at his rally, president nicolas maduro thanked the army for staying loyal, saying they had defeated an opposition coup attempt. meanwhile, police clashed with supporters of opposition leader juan guaido at the other rally in caracas. electricity is gradually being restored across the country after the longest blackout in a decade. will grant reports from caracas. it is venezuela s longest power cut in living memory. whole swathes of the country, including large parts of caracas, remain in darkness, more than 48 hours after the lights first went out. millions of families have been struggling without electricity, already coping with little to cook, now with nothing to cook it on. for those with serious health conditions like this woman, their lives are at risk. without electricity, i can t use my respirator, she explained. she s growing desperate for the power to come back. in fact
rallies going on at the same time, but has nicolas maduro highlighted the key factor here, which is as long as the army stays loyal to him, it is difficult to see how anything changes? yes, certainly the military are absolutely key to the future of venezuela and the future of president nicolas maduro. but also the other factor that is currently going on beyond whether or not the army stays loyal is just attention being ramped up by the very widespread national blackout, there has been a power cut that has gone on for over two days now in some areas, in some areas of the country they have not had any electricity for more than 48 hours and it is only because i am staying somewhere that there is a generator that i am even able to talk to you. most of the country is incomplete darkness despite the efforts made to bring it back online. that caused a lot of anger and it was very noticeable at the opposition march that people we re the opposition march that people were furious about
whole swathes of the country, including large parts of caracas, remain in darkness more than 48 hours after the lights first went out. millions of families have been struggling without electricity, already coping with little to cook, now with nothing to cook it on. for those with serious health conditions like this woman, will their lives are at risk. without electricity, i can t use my respirator, she explained. she s growing desperate for the power to come back. in fact, power is at the heart of the venezuelan conflict. opponents of president maduro want to see him out of it very soon and say the blackout is a result of incompetence and corruption by his government. his supporters say it was sabotage, part of a coup attempt being carried out by the opposition leaderjuan guaido at the behest of washington. either way, both sides are taking their grievances to the streets. these people are already furious at president maduro for a whole host of reasons, from hyperinflation
it s time for inside out. this week, we re in the south west of england more civilians have emerged from baghouz, the last village still held by the islamic state group in syria. at least four trucks carrying people left the village on saturday. over the past six years the is caliphate has shrunk from the size of britain to less than a square mile on syria s border with iraq. the syrian democratic forces are poised to resume theirfinal push on the area. lebo diseko reports. they had left the final stronghold of these so called islamic state, women and children evacuated out of baghouz nagl surged as they arrive in territorian held by the us backed syrian defence forces. the western backed kurdish arab fighters are poised to launch their final assault on the tiny enclave which is all thatis on the tiny enclave which is all that is left in is control. but they have been waiting for the families to leave. thousands have done so in recent days, with more reported to have left on
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