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Opposition protests continue in Venezuela

Supporters of the opposition leader Juan Guaid贸 have been holding mass protests.

Supporters of the opposition leader Juan Guaid贸 have been holding mass protests after yesterday's violent clashes with government forces. Rallies in support of President Maduro are also taking place. We get the latest from Venezuelan economist Dani Bahar. Japan's Emperor Naruhito takes the throne, marking the start of the Reiwa era. Our reporter Rob Young examines the health of the world's third largest economy. The US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged - we get reaction from the 麻豆官网首页入口's Samira Hussein in New York. And as the long-running children's TV show Sesame Street celebrates its 50th birthday, we speak to one of its biggest fans.
Sasha Twining is joined throughout the programme by Jodi Schneider, Senior International Editor at Bloomberg in Hong Kong, and Jos茅 Mart铆n, a radical organizer and researcher of social unrest, who's in Washington DC.

(Picture: A supporter or Juan Guaido in Caracas. Credit: Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)

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