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05/05/2019 GMT

Venezuela's political crisis continues

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The Venezuela political crisis continues; hostilities between Israel and Gaza militants

As talk of a military intervention lingers in Venezuela, the Chilean writer and former presidential adviser, Ariel Dorfman, finds echoes from his past.

Also in the programme: the latest on hostilities between Israel and militants in Gaza.

And South Africa on the eve of the country's general elections, 25 years after the first democratic elections that marked the end of Apartheid. What has happened since?

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Gauri van Gulik, the director for Europe at the human rights organisation Amnesty International, and Dave Clark, news editor for the French news agency, Agence France Press in Brussels.

(Image: Supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido at a demonstration in Caracas. Credit: Getty Images)

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