Venezuela's Guaidó accused of coup attempt by government

The Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido, has made another appeal for the army to back him, this time from outside a military base in the capital. It's his boldest attempt yet to force the president from office, but Nicolas Maduro says he has the support of the military.

Also in the programme: Emperor Akihito has thanked the Japanese people as he ends his thirty-year reign; and the IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has appeared in a video for the first time in five years.

Picture: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country"s rightful interim ruler, talks to supporters in Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins.