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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...

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...

>> bret: obviously, we have a personal relationship in that evan "wall street journal" reporter under our corporate umbrella and we have been doing stories and stories and a lot of, you know, outside pressure. is this one of these things where it could last for a long time? >> i have -- you might call me an optimist, but i believe that after november, no matter what the election results are, in this country, they will be a period of opportunity to negotiate for his release. and i thank you for all the conch that you do on him. i know you have done conch with the american -- families of hostage...

For life now all with a major step towards what he sees as his legacy, and that's returning china to become the global superpower. not a superpower, but the global superpower in line with ancient chinese greatness. and to do that, he's told his military to rapidly modernize, to prepare for war by 20 the 27. their navy is larger than ours, their space force is launching more than we are. and he's told his economy to become self-sufficient both technologicallyically and from a manufacturing standpoint so that they can resist any type of outside pressure. he has become the most powerful chinese d...

Essentially, he is dictator for life now. all with a major step towards what he sees. that is returning china to be the global superpower. the global superpower in line with chinese greatness. to do that he has told his military to modernize, prepare for war and there may be space force launching more than we are being self-sufficient. both technologically and from a manufacturing standpoint so they can resist any type of outside pressure. he has become the most powerful chinese dictator. >> i know for sure that if the communist party of china is the number one superpower, your kids and their ...