Stories for February 25th 2019

Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
What are the next steps for Guaidó after the failed humanitarian operation?

“I will return by the airport,” responded the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly and proclaimed the president in charge, Juan Guaidó, during a press conference in the border city of Cúcuta, Colombia. And is that after the end of the failed humanitarian operation that failed to internalize the oil country tons of food and medicine, many wonders how Guaidó will concretely return to Venezuela.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:31 UTC
Vice president Mike Pence to announce “clear actions” on Venezuela

US Vice President Mike Pence is set to announce “concrete steps” and “clear actions” to address the Venezuela crisis when he meets this Monday with regional leaders in Bogota, Colombia, a senior US administration official said.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Venezuela soldiers who defected to Colombia fear for their families

Venezuelan soldiers who defected into Colombia on Saturday say they fear for the safety of their families under President Nicolás Maduro's government. Speaking exclusively to the BBC's Orla Guerin, one defector aged 23 says he is worried forces loyal to the president may “lash out against my family”.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
UK's Falklands garrison force travels to Argentina for Search and Rescue exercises

The new Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands, CBFSAI, Brigadier Nick Sawyer said that a small team of his garrison will be travelling to Argentina, at the end of the month, for search and rescue exercises, as part of the (UK, Argentina and Falklands) shared humanitarian values and responsibility in and around the South Atlantic area that extends to Antarctica.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
PM May considering delaying Brexit deadline for two months

Prime Minister Theresa May is considering a plan under which Britain’s exit from the European Union would be delayed for up to two months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. British government officials have drawn up a series of options, which were circulated at the weekend, in a bid to avoid resignations by ministers determined to support a backbench bid to take a “no deal” Brexit off the table this week, according to the Telegraph.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek playing Mercury, wins Best Actor Oscar

Being neither a singer, dancer nor piano player, Rami Malek did months of research and took voice, movement, piano and guitar lessons in order to capture Mercury's accent, his strutting stage performances and the way he commanded a microphone.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:09 UTC
Ecuador reaches an agreement with IMF and will receive US$ 4.2 billion

Ecuador and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reached an agreement on a set of policies to underpin a US$4.2 billion (435% of quota and SDR3.035 billion) arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). This arrangement, which is subject to IMF Executive Board approval, would provide support for the Ecuadorian government’s economic policies over the next three years.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Pope ends sexual abuse conference calling for an “all out battle” but victims remain deeply disappointed

Pope Francis has ended his conference on the sexual abuse of children by clergy by calling for an “all-out battle” against a crime that should be “erased from the face of the earth”. But victims and their advocates expressed deep disappointment, saying Francis had merely repeated old promises and offered few new concrete proposals.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:02 UTC
“Rotten Bourbons” shouts the Barcelona crowd to Spanish visiting King

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to protest against a visit by Spain's King Felipe VI to the Catalonia region that made a failed bid to secede in 2017.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 08:58 UTC
US/China trade talks make “substantial progress”; Trump delays deadline for more tariffs

The United States is delaying a planned increase of tariffs on more than US$200 billion in Chinese exports after “substantial progress” made in trade talks, President Donald Trump said on Sunday. Trump also said he planned to hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago to ink a deal.