putting that in context venezuela's highest annual food imports amounted to $9000000000.00 so venezuela gave almost as much oil to cuba as the worth of the food it imported in a record year for us america me i mean i did so on your break or. this was the total capitulation of a country it's unprecedented in human history a small country voluntarily surrendering its sovereignty and even paying to be controlled. they print our i.d.'s and passports are in charge of the police and intelligence agencies it's total submission. one army major money on young man now. and their charter says health care and welfare programs made him a hero of the slyness whose residents were dependent on him as the price of oil continue to rise and chad has enjoyed his growing control over his people and the elections with ideas issues with feel with any checks many people were able to vote twice and there were even cases of dead people being where just had to vote the election body was run exclusively by chavez supporters voting became electronic and many feared no longer a secret ballot plus officials were afra

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can go wrong in an oil producing country venezuela 90 percent of venezuela's income was connected to the oil industry could perhaps resulted in a huge appreciation of the national currency. but also rapid d.n.a. just realization. the industrial agricultural and services sectors were no longer profitable nor there was a dramatic increase in imported consumer goods put it because purchasing power in the country was artificially boosted. people were buying all kinds of things in products that made 0 contribution to the competitiveness of the domestic economy that's known as the resource curse or the paradox of plenty. as the sun goes down the streets of caracas go quiet. presidents retreat to their homes for their own safety many so well it has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. i've just done some grocery shopping. enough for maybe 15 days. this stuff concert 30315 believe it is. here and these things cost $46200.00 believe itis. that $16000.00 believe it is more than the minimum wage in venezuela. on the street they call it the do die it's a very funny what i. am i would

putting that in context venezuela's highest annual food imports amounted to $9000000000.00 so venezuela gave almost as much oil to cuba as the worth of the food imported in a record year for us and our economy i mean i did so on your record it led to. this was the total capitulation of a country it's unprecedented in human history a small country voluntarily surrendering its sovereignty and even paying to be controlled. they print our i.d.'s and passports are in charge of the police and intelligence agencies it's total submission. one army major money on young man out. and their charter says health care and welfare programs made him a hero of the slyness whose residents were dependent on him as the price of oil continue to rise and chavez enjoyed his growing control over his people and their elections with idees the issue with feel with any checks many people were able to vote twice and there were even cases of dead people being where just or to vote the election body was run exclusively by chavez supporters voting became electronic and many feared no longer a secret ballot plus officia

things that can go wrong in an oil producing country venezuela 90 percent of venezuela's income was connected to the oil industry could perhaps resulted in a huge appreciation of the national currency. but also rapid d.n.a. just realisation. the industrial agricultural and services sectors were no longer profitable nor there was a dramatic increase in imported consumer goods put it because purchasing power in the country was artificially boosted. people were buying all kinds of things it on products that made 0 contribution to the competitiveness of the domestic economy that's known as the resource curse or the paradox of plenty. as the sun goes down the streets of caracas go quiet. presidents retreat to their homes for their own safety menace well it has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. and i go there i've just done some grocery shopping. enough for maybe 15 days. this stuff cost $30315.00 believe it is going to.

putting that in context venezuela's highest annual food imports amounted to $9000000000.00 so venezuela gave almost as much oil to cuba as the worth of the food imported in a record year for us and our economy i mean i did so on your break or it led to. this was the total capitulation of a country it's unprecedented in human history a small country voluntarily surrendering its sovereignty and even paying to be controlled. they print our i.d.'s and passports are in charge of the police and intelligence agencies it's total submission. one of many many i know young man out. travis's health care and welfare programs made him a hero of the slyness whose residents were dependent on him as the price of oil continue to rise this enjoyed his growing control over his people and the elections with ideas the issue with feel with any checks many people were able to vote twice and there were even cases of dead people being registered to vote the election body was run exclusively by chavez supporters voting became electronic and many feared no longer a secret ballot plus officials were afraid of losin

that can go wrong in an oil producing country venezuela 90 percent of venezuela's income was connected to the oil industry could perhaps resulted in a huge appreciation of the national currency. but also rapid d.n.a. just realization. the industrial agricultural and services sectors were no longer profitable nor there was a dramatic increase in imported consumer goods put it because purchasing power in the country was artificially boosted. people were buying all kinds of things it all products that made 0 contribution to the competitiveness of the domestic economy that's known as the resource curse or the paradox of plenty. as the sun goes down the streets of caracas go quiet. presidents retreat to their homes for their own safety many so well it has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. and i go there i've just done some grocery shopping. enough.

imperialism continues to go after venezuela and what about the u.s. recognition of his venezuelan later that was done of the trump of ministration of course my joe biden decided to rethink the way it deals with him so far biden has continued this exhausted strategy even though many latin american countries in the european union no longer recognize one weigel one way though it has no legitimacy within venezuela and he's no longer even part of the national assembly he was voted out so washington continues to hang on to this hybrid war it's even the.

meaning 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela's military is carrying out an operation against an armed group b. of the border. and egyptian state media say efforts to refloat a container ship blocking the suez canal are on course until more tugboat power is in place it's been almost a week now since the ever given launched itself in the way. scientists faced and katsav have identified a mutation that could result in a coded $1000.00 test returning a false negative those findings have been published in the journal of chemical microbiology that study calls for testing centers around the world to monitor mutations in the virus and ensure that testing methods are up today's well dr patrick tang is the division chief of microbiology etc medicine he says the findings of the study will help ensure that cover 1000 testing technology remains effective. this is a reminder 2 things one is that the virus is constantly mutating so every time we give the virus a chance to enter a new host there's a chance for it to mutate and it also is a remind

really 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela as military is carrying out an operation against an armed group near the border that. the gypsum state media say efforts to refurbish a container ship blocking suez canal our own oil until more tugboat power is in place it's been almost a week now since the ever given lodged itself and that washed away. now opening arguments in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd will begin on monday derek 7 could face decades in prison if he's convicted that case will center around the question of what led to floyd's death john hendren has more now from minneapolis and a warning they are strong images in this report. george floyd's death reignited the u.s. civil rights movement and set off a racial revolution in american streets. energize the black lives matter movement in harden the country's racial divide now the trial of the police officer accused of floyd's murder could either close a bitter chapter in american history. or rekindle the arson fueled r

con venezuela. entendiendo y viendo venezuela como ese lugar geogrÁfico de amor, de felicidad, donde crecimos. >> ella asegura que el proyecto ha logrado que muchos calmen el dolor de abandonar su tierra para avanzar en el paÍs que los recibe. a venezuela la vivo en la distancia, con nostalgia y tambiÉn con gratitud. >> la actividad ha logrado sanar a travÉs del arte los deseos, anhelos y expresiones de la poblaciÓn migrante. >> creo que eso es una de las aÑoranzas mÁs grandes de los venezolanos, la comida. y la familia, y el lugar bello que fue el lugar, donde fueron felices, y ellos lo saben. >> y tambiÉn hay un tema constante. >> la esperanza de volver siempre estÁ. siempre estÁ presente. creo que todos quieren morir, todos queremos morir en venezuela. >> este no es el Único proyecto con que adriana siente que se conecta y conecta a otros a venezuela, y forma grupos de personas donde a travÉs del baile, yoga y expresiones artÍsticas los ayuda a superar crisis migratorias, en caracas,

in venezuela in order to circumvent u.s. economic and banking sanctions it deals with sending tons of gold to countries like the united arab emirates on russian planes sometimes countries like mali or other countries in africa this is not the 1st time that these allegations have been made but this is the 1st time that so many details have been spilt out board just did not make any of the documents public but he does say that he gave them to the u.s. congress to the u.s. office of foreign asset control or as well as to the u.s. state department interestingly this coincides with the 1st face to face we presume meeting between opposition leader and the new u.s. secretary of state and this was followed by an announcement by the white house that it would continue to regard venezuela as a threat to u.s. national security and this is the mechanism that used to justify all these wide economic sanctions that were 1st imposed during the barack obama administration well we can actually speak to. one quite as international envoy who mad

this because the bottom restoration has actually signaled that is no rush to lift the sanctions on venezuela that were heavily opposed by the trumpet ministration why wouldn't they want to lift those sanctions. well they have no interest in removing those sanctions and what makes that a little bit different is that a lot of the same sions that are against venezuela really do hurt the entire nation what makes that israel ascensions a little bit different that in this case in this case you have senior as i said senior russian officials that are being targeted but in venezuela the trump administration put crippling sanctions into place that targeted the entire oil sector oil industry in the nation of venezuela which is the primary source of income for the country it is their number one export it is what this way that has used to derive wealth for its people by stripping been as whale of that knobby asli there are a socialist country but the goal of their socialist country was to say we're going to support our our system by selling the nation's oil and then everyone gets part of that bit of it n

really do hurt the entire nation what makes venezuela sayings a little bit different that in this case in this case you have senior as i said senior russian officials that are being targeted but in venezuela the trump administration put crippling sanctions into place that targeted the entire oil sector oil industry in the nation of venezuela which is the primary source of income for the country it is their number one export it is what it is way that has used to derive wealth for its people by stripping as whale of that knobby asli there are a socialist country but the goal of their socialist country was to say we're going to support our our system by selling the nation's oil and then everyone gets part of that benefit now we could have a whole economic debate about whether that works or not but what is undoubtable is that you can't pull that off when you have another country coming in and saying well we're going to block you from being able to sell oil from your country and therefore we're proving that your experiment in socialism doesn't work maybe it doesn't work because you're in th

utilities like water electricity and sanitation have always been affordable in venezuela so affordable that they were taken for granted by private households and businesses but that's all changing radically many cities are getting ready for the market economy and the price of municipal services is on the rise. i think with it charging apartments not premises for cleaning fees is very expensive i don't know but i mean i live in check out and also have a business here. when it was having to go i know the services but little cleaning service is excessively expensive but if it's the only i want to the authorities should be to restructure the process they can put you in some waste disposal fees have risen by an incredible 187000 percent according to the observatory of finance and organisation close to the opposition but many of venezuela's mayors seem to regard the developments as completely normal. training a clean costs a lot of money and the workplace we're going through a situation to me about knowing we don't know what public transport is like and i there's no catch for the metro mantl

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this because the bottom restoration has actually signaled that is no rush to lift the sanctions on venezuela that were heavily imposed by the trumpet ministration why wouldn't they want to lift those sanctions. well they have no interest in removing those sanctions and what makes that a little bit different is that a lot of the same sions that are against venezuela really do hurt the entire nation what makes that israel ascensions a little bit different that in this case in this case you have senior as i said senior russian officials that are being targeted but in venezuela the trump administration put crippling sanctions into place that targeted the entire oil sector oil industry in the nation of venezuela which is the primary source of income for the country it is their number one export it is what it is way that has used to derive wealth for its people by stripping been as whale of that knobby asli there are a socialist country but the goal of their socialist country was to say we're going to support our our system by selling the nation's oil and then everyone gets part of that bit of it

that one of the temporary camps in at okeechobee on the colombia venezuela border. this is one of 15 shelters that have been set up here in the town. and also in an unknown number of other towns along the border with venezuela where people have been arriving for now a days running away from the ongoing confrontation clashes between the venezuelan forces and colombian armed groups inside. and almost 5000 people are here now overwhelming the capacity of this to deal with their arrival there this was something that was completely unexpected people say last sunday they were sleeping in their homes when they heard the. airplanes. of the venezuelan forces bombing over their houses over their towns and they picked up the little they have and ran away and crossed the river. again this was totally unexpected and one thing that everybody is telling us here is that the way in which they've been is where the force is. bringing forth this operation has been absolutely brutal against the people people here are talking to their relatives legally arrested at times even killed they'

>> lucharemos para que venezuela sea libre >> mucha alegría por los venezolanos que estamos en estados unidos >> emily y carlos llegaron de venezuela hace 24 años >> tengo esperanza >> en miami florida rogelio noticias telemundo >> uno de los inmigrantes que sobrevivió al accidente vehicular en california donde murieron 13 personas acaba de recibir el alta en san diego el mexicano de 16 años era de los 26 inmigrantes que buscaba escapar de la pobreza sin ser consciente de los riesgos que enfrentaba después de dos cirugías su condición es favorable >> estuve una semana en el hospital ahora estoy conento que me hayan dado de alta no recuerdo ni cómo fue el accidente >> la madre y el hermano menor recibieron una visa humanitaria la cámara de representantes da el último toque para que den 1400 dólares mañana dueños de negocios en washington dc diciendo que la ayuda por la pandemia viene en camino y su administración velará porque llegue a los más necesitados >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> [♪♪ ♪♪] >> el ritmo de la vacunación contra el coronavirus (covid-19) se acelera en la

nearly 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela's military is carrying out an operation against an armed group near the border. and egyptian state media say efforts to reflow as a container ship blocking the suez canal are on pause until more tugboat power is in place it's been almost a week now since the ever given lodged itself and that waterway. now opening arguments in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd will begin on monday derek 7 could face decades in prison if he's convicted the case will center around the question of just what led to floyd's death john hendren has more from minneapolis. george floyd's death reignited the us civil rights movement and set off a racial revolution in american streets. it energized the black lives matter movement in harden the country's racial divide now the trial of the police officer accused of floyd's murder could either close a bitter chapter in american history. or rekindle the arson fueled riots of the summer of 2020 across the united states an

thousands of people flee fighting in venezuela to cross the border into colombia. and pray is in calls for justice for george floyd before the policeman accused of killing him goes on trial. mozambique's military says dozens of defenseless civilians have been killed in a 5 day siege among friends 7 people ambushed as they try to escape a hotel in the northern town of palma foreigners are among those who were caught up in the violence tossed have reports. survivors from the siege in parma arrived in the port city of pinback just along the coast but many others weren't as fortunate defense officials say dozens of others were killed trying to escape the fighting and some of them were ambushed as they tried to leave by road in a convoy one of the courage to call. the defense and security forces regret this loss of human lives and a drive that they continue to develop at this moment concerted actions of pursuit with the aim of eliminating some pockets of resistance. since wednesday when an armed group lost its attack on parma communications have been down and many famil

sanctions against venezuela is that right i mean are they just looking to kind of quietly fill. that gap. yeah that's a lot of it before i get into all those details i just have to say you know you said hypocrisy is a word for it and the way the u.s. is acting about this nordstrom to pipeline and there are other words too insane crazy foolish and have of this one none as in it's none your business if you russia wants to sell its oil to germany and if germany wants to import oil from russia why does the united states have anything to do with that conversation at all the idea that you have 2 independent sovereign nations that have worked out a deal in order to supply or oil and natural gas from one nation to another and they are independently building the pipeline and the response to that by the united states is we will punish you if you do it that's crazy now part of the reason that the u.s. is so to put a number is because of another set of sanctions sanctions against venezuela so you know over the last few years and of the trump administration there were very serious sanctions

to spread out all the border the salaries cause of the violence between venezuela's albeit colombian rebels plus. a massage about not just outside paris the difference is biggest vaccination so as the country exaggerates this immunization campaign. the last of the showers on this very active cold frontal system are just drifting through florida there is no longer a tornado risk for the stars but sunny for a couple of days well it's got a messy shot but this here's the thing to look at this is wintry weather still quite a significant snowstorm blowing through central canada and the cold links all were down to the cascades in the rockies across the plain states just watch a couple of places for the temperatures to change they do come down and you get that contrast between the cold and the gulf was full of moisture when the 2 come together i was the same place again on wednesday we have a potential problem all the way once more from are supposed to easy ana up towards kentucky beyond's flooding in kentucky is to the potential for more tornadoes in the same place as the last 2 systems wa

contra la fuerza armada y el pueblo de venezuela. >>> por otro lado la oposición de venezuela ha pedido investigar los supuestos excesos de sus militares contra la población civil del propio país en la zona de combate, que habrían causado al menos 5 muertes ♪♪. >>> con la flexibilización incluso la eliminación de las restricciones por la pandemia en decenas de estados aumenta la preocupación de autoridades sanitarias a pesar de que la vacunación avanza. >>> se acelera la campaña de vacunación en estados unidos, ya más de 138 millones de dosis han sido aplicadas, pero el futuro aún es muy incierto porque a la vez aumentan los casos de covid-19. >>> todavía no hemos dominado al covid-19, si en este momento bajamos la guardia, no usamos mascarillas y no nos vacunamos dejamos las puertas abiertas. >>> en todo el país (información en pantalla) ♪♪. >>> las admisiones en hospitales (información en pantalla) >>> un año después de convertirse en un epicentro mundial de la pandemia, nueva encabezar la lista de estados con las tasas más altas de infección. >>> en este mo

despair on the border the families caught up in violence between venezuela's army colombian rebels. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways. now you might think this looks promising me coming to easter weekend and things are looking as though they warming up all the classroom pushed the peripheries of europe this summer we've got few porch good mentally but is a big area of high pressure spring sunshine temperatures are rising they are indeed struck 1st european player up into the twenty's now and i think keep going for one or 2 places it extends up into good part the british isles it is not there in eastern europe this cold winds going down through turkey that near gale force winds with the g. and it's been an exception to the rule and that will last for a couple of days but i say bigger for the weekend so we're only really it wednesday night and this is quite a good spread of walls that go through poland the baltic states a rapid rise of temperature here but he won't necessarily last of course in london it's lost by thursday then on friday we're down to 1

has the latest from keita in colombia on the border with venezuela. people here are getting ready for another night in the 18 shelters that have been set up in the town of i would keep an eye on other town and other towns along. the border as more people is arriving daily fleeing the fighting that continues and even a swell inside people here are sharing horror stories of abuse is on part they say . security forces in part to kill or at least in one case also extrajudicial killings a family of farmers people are telling us here now we haven't been able to confirm that but what's clear is that people are clearly afraid of going back or afraid that what i have happened that they were totally surprised by. the violence that they saw happening in their towns this is an on precedented operation inside of venezuela stories that are similar to what used to happen here in colombia during their many decades of internal conflict but something that is completely unheard of or was unheard of until now inside. venezuela and it shows like the government there that

imperialism continues to go after venezuela what about the u.s. recognition of venezuela and later that was done of the trump administration of course my joe biden decided to rethink the way it deals with him so far biden has continued this exhausted strategy even though many latin american countries in the european union no longer recognize one weigel one way though it has no legitimacy within venezuela and he's no longer even part of the national assembly he was voted out so washington continues to hang on to this hybrid war it's human as even though there's no multilateral support for their policies but the continuous showed the true nature which is this resentment he treating hybrid war against any country that defies their wishes i will keep watch on will happen for now there professor daniel schorr in new york thank you for that thanks scott. this is all to see from moscow i'll be back with you all next that world news updates off the boom bust. when almost choked small seemed wrong when old roles just don't all. get to shape out just become

so again it goes back to this concept of the insanity of this so you're depriving venezuela of being able to sell its crude oil you're not buying it yourselves because of sanctions so instead you buy it from russia while threatening sanctions against other countries that want to buy it from russia the whole thing it just reeks of of washington d.c. and everything that happens there right completely backwards hypocritical and it works against the interests not only of its own people but against the interests of people everywhere and it makes no sense and that's an excellent point and i can honestly say we talk a lot of about a lot of. business here but this is the 1st time i've heard none you have business on this show so much as really makes it interesting but you know that is a good point here when you're talking about the fact that the u.s. is now telling venezuela this is what you can and can't do you telling your at this is what you can and cannot do and then at the same time now the u.s. is having to go to russia to get oil to make up for its other diplomatic actions in other ar

under pressure venezuela's defense minister vladimir putin enough said the armed forces were to defend the country from the regular groups but added that human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated have been this well as former prosecutor general now in a poser of president nicolas maduro told al-jazeera that will likely not be the case or you know if there is no type of accountability today in venezuela you know any institution that investigates look at how the prosecutor's office controlled by their staff has took 5 days before announcing they're going to investigate events at the border such serious facts should be investigated immediately like countless other colombians from this border region that i meet as had fled to venezuela over a decade ago at the height of the conflict between get 3 years in state forces in the country but now the same kind of violence seems to have reached them on the other side of the border alison i'll just see it and i'll keep her. results is there and these are the top stories the world health organizatio

is sort of put in a rush in oil is because of another set of sanctions against venezuela so you know over the last few years a of the trump administration there were very serious sanctions put against the nation as well by the administration has not made any move to change that but part of those sanctions is to not allow but as wayland to sell its crude oil to other nations which the united states one of those nations u.s. refineries one of the biggest a purchasers of that as well in crude we don't purchase that anymore so in 2020 in order to make of the shortfall for that russia actually rose for the 3rd largest energy and oil supplier to the united states by taking on that role filling the gap if you will for the fact that they were sanctioned against venezuela so again it goes back to this concept of the insanity of this so you're depriving venezuela of being able to sell those crude oil you're not buying it yourselves because of sanctions so instead you buy it from russia while threatening sanctions against other countries that want to buy it from russia the whole thing it just r

of this are images of venezuela security forces in the neighborhood of. us. they're part of a unit known as face a special action force created in 2016 to fight against crime in the south american nation human rights groups say during an operation here in january at least 23 people were killed most of them were young and poor men. father a failing fund they says most of the killings were extrajudicial executions. most of those killed had no links to gangs or the police that are the ones who are confronting each other the victims were not hit by stray bullets so far nobody has come here to investigate what happened. father in front they says protests had been on the rise in the area prior to the raid due to lack of basic services and. we have problems with gas water and food and people take to the streets curiously after those protests there was this huge right that paralyzed people it was an occupation. the united nations and human rights organizations claim the fires have turned into death squads that have killed thousands of people in the country over the p

and more accusations of human rights abuses in venezuela by a police unit during a security operation. there were emotional testimony is on the 2nd day of the trial against a former police officer who's charged with killing george floyd in the u.s. city of minneapolis a teenager at a child were among those who spoke off camera because of the ages the court heard witnesses describe how they tried to intervene but became increasingly angry as they demanded derrick chervin take his knee off floyd's neck we have 2 correspondents covering the trial in minneapolis we begin with a report from john hendren. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police on the phone. and why did you do that because. with a murder. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man whom they're grown and the teen who took that viral video of floyd

in venezuela in order to circumvent u.s. economic and banking sanctions it deals with sending tons of gold to countries like the united arab emirates on russian planes sometimes countries like mali or other countries in africa this is not the 1st time that these allegations have been made but this is the 1st time that so many details have been spelt out or just did not make any of the documents public but he does say that he gave them to the u.s. congress to the u.s. office of foreign asset control or as well as to the u.s. state department interestingly this coincides with the 1st face to face we presume meeting between opposition leader and the u.s. secretary of state and this was followed by an announcement by the white house that it would continue to regard venezuela as a threat to u.s. national security and this is the mechanism that used to justify all these wide economic sanctions that were 1st imposed during the barack obama administration former french president nicolas sarkozy says he'll find his corruption convict

and china has invested some $67 billion in venezuela since 2007. these instruments have propped up an ilegitimate government and undermined prospects for democracy and it doesn't stop there. russian disinformation and election interference campaigns have targeted colombia. in late 2019 the vice president accused russia and its allies in venezuela of flumenting protests through social media campaigns. few months later "new york times" journalist laura jakes reported on a state department assessment that described russian linked social media conducting an influence campaign. that campaign has been under way not only in colombia but else where. seek to create unstability in our backyard. russia and china investments in africa, as well. in 2003, annual chinese direct investment in africa was just $75 million but by 2009 it reached $2.7 billion. through its one belt, one road initiative, china is offering fragile democracies in africa new raillines, highways and other infrastructure projects. african nations are finding these projects left them with mas

a nearly $5000.00 people have now escaped fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia some accuse the venezuelan military of abuses including extra judicial killings. reports from. in colombia. because they got really carries this heart and as he shows us a video of this home destroyed in clashes between them in this with an army and a colombian rebel group. it's really searching how easy it is to lose everything you've built with great sacrifice. he and his family fled a week ago from a town across the border has been a swell and soldiers moved into their neighborhood and bombs fell from the sky they left in such a hurry that he didn't have time to put shoes on he is one of almost 5000 people who have sought refuge in one of the 18 shelters set up in and around the border town of. colombia they've come here after diminished when an army started an unprecedented operation against colombian armed groups they had long tolerated in their territory many are accusing security forces of abuses and the in at least one case of extrajudicial killings and i mean are there other

between colombia and venezuela some of the phone call. still to come here on al-jazeera is making a comeback and fears the armed group may be slowly rebuilding in the deserts of syria plus mexico's tragic admission hidden home deaths add another $100000.00 people to a rapidly rising told. the smell of spring will be in the air even early summer i think for a good part of western and northern europe that has been there for a while now basically the air is coming in from the atlantic still it's still quite windy cloudy in for some wet but it's displacing most people a stubborn culp to clean east now that at least some of that cold is still there from poland east was on monday and is heading down towards turkey so not everyone will benefit from what is a clear rise in temperature a good part of the european plain and british isles will see temperatures rising above the average considerably yet may not last as a nice burst at least the forecast for london shows it 75 to 21 the wind lies all the time in the sun in the sky and eventually yes it

mount the risk concern about the impact on global oil and gas supplies fleeing a military campaign in venezuela steady stream of people continues across the border into colombia and suicide bombers target a palm sunday mass on the indonesian island of so that we see. the government in mozambique says dozens of people have been killed in an attack in the northern town of palma and that number includes at least 7 civilians it were killed when their convoy was ambushed as they tried to escape the hotel they had been hiding in after being trapped for days hundreds of people locals as well as foreigners have now been rescued had a has more. survivors from the siege in parma arrived in the port city of pinback just along the coast but many others weren't as fortunate defense officials say dozens of others were killed trying to escape the fighting and some of them were ambushed as they tried to leave by road in a convoy one of the courage to call. the defense and security forces regret this loss of human lives in a drive that they continue to develop at this moment concerted actions of pursuit with th

to help attemptable other nations that would pressure venezuela. when they called out irregularities in 2017 and said the election should be rerun, they recognized the president any way, and it is now the budget of a massive drug prosecution that is going on in new york as we speak. for helping potentially stop drug importation into the united state. so i think sometimes countries say are we being consistent about promoting democracy? a critique of the cold war was the truman doctrine, but over time it involved into check the soviet union and we didn't even mind authoritarians as long as they were not pro soviet union. so the question is for both of you how important is it if we promote democracy that we do it consistently and call out abuses whether or not they're by left leaning governments or right leaning governments? >> senator you made a point that is one of the most difficult ones. i teach and i teach about decision making in the united states and foreign policy. one of the hardest issues is consistency. we are inconsistent and there are tim

is looking into the killing of more than 20 people in venezuela's capital in january is said to have happened during a security operation by a unit that's been accused of abuses in the past 2 days about reports. that these are images of the security forces in the neighborhood of levee in get access. they're part of a unit known as a special action force created in 2016 to fight against crime in the south american nation. human rights groups say during an operation here in january at least 23 people were killed most of them were young and poor men. father i fail in find this says most of the killings were extrajudicial executions. in up most of those killed had no links to gangs or the police that are the ones who are confronting each other the victims were not hit by stray bullets so far nobody has come here to investigate what happened. father in front they says protests had been on the rise in the area prior to the raid due to lack of basic services. we have problems with gas water and food and people take to the streets curiously after those protests there was this huge right that

nearly 5000 people have now fled fighting in venezuela and taken refuge in neighboring colombia venezuela's military is carrying out an operation against an armed group then near the border. he has the latest from in colombia on the border with venezuela the people here are getting ready for another night in the one of the 18 shelters that have been set up in the town of otto i would keep an eye on other town and other towns along. the border as more people are arriving daily fleeing the fighting that continues to miss weyland sides people here are sharing for are stories of abuses on part they say of. security forces and gyptian state media say efforts to refloat a container ship blocking the suez canal and now on pause until more tugboat power is in place it's been almost a week now since the ever given lodged itself in the waterway and the blockage is having a devastating effect on an already oil straps area which has begun rationing fuel. indonesian police have identified the 2 suicide bombers that drew themselves up outside a packed cathedral and casa at least 19 people were injured th

in venezuela in order to circumvent u.s. economic and banking sanctions it deals with sending tons of gold to countries like the united arab emirates on russian planes via sometimes countries like mali or other countries in africa this is not the 1st time that these allegations have been made but this is the 1st time that so many details have been spread in spelt out the board just did not make any of the documents public but he does say that he gave them to the u.s. congress to the u.s. office of foreign asset control or as well as to the u.s. state department interestingly this coincides with the 1st face to face we presume meeting between opposition leader and the new u.s. secretary of state this was followed by an announcement by the white house that it would continue to regard venezuela as a threat to u.s. national security and this is the mechanism that used to justify all these wide economic sanctions that were 1st imposed during the barack obama administration the chief executive of the power grid operator in texas h

on the colombia venezuela border. this is one of 15 shelters that have been set up here in the town. and also in a number of other towns along the border with venezuela where people have been arriving for now a days running away from the ongoing confrontation clashes between the venezuelan forces and colombian armed groups inside. and almost 5000 people are here now overwhelming the capacity of this town to deal with their arrival there this was something that was completely unexpected people say that last sunday they were sleeping in their homes when they heard the. airplanes. of the venezuelan forces bombing over their houses over their towns and they picked up the little they have and ran away and crossed the river. again this was totally unexpected and one thing that everybody is telling us here is that the way in which they've been is where the force is. bringing forth this operation has been absolutely brutal against the people people here are talking to their relatives legally arrested at times even killed they

and a growing humanitarian crisis on colombia's border with venezuela as a battle with armed groups intensifying this. there's been a significant breakthrough in the investigation into why an intern the passenger plane crashed and nearly 3 months ago investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder the boeing 737 belonging to swerd jaya air went down shortly after taking off from jakarta all 62 people on board were killed officials say it could take up to a week to listen to the recording jessica washington has more from jakarta. this is a significant breakthrough and in incredibly challenging circumstances for the teams involved in this search operation we know that early on in the search they were able to recover the beacon which is attached to this cockpit voice recorder they were also able to recover the casing what they found more difficult was recovering the recorder itself that was because of a number of factors including very difficult weather conditions heavy rains created a an additional layer of mud over the seabed in that particular search area off the java sea and that made i

the growing humanitarian crisis on colombia's border with venezuela as a battle with armed groups intensifying its. were beginning to be involved and nation gripped by political unrest bloodshed and now a looming armed struggle in the southeast thousands of men women and children remain displaced the military has been launching air and ground attacks against the armed groups national liberation army and there are warnings that other rebel groups may soon be joining forces for what they call a revolution if security forces don't stop killing unarmed protesters there are at least 6 ethnic armed groups who have now threatened to retaliate against the jump to the current national liberation army is one of bin mas oldest and largest rebel groups and they control areas in the southeast the our economy is fighting for ptolemy and western because. 3 other groups controlled territory in the east from the shan state army in the south to the to our national liberation army and me and my national democratic alliance up in the fallen off the couch in independence army has also spoken out against agenda and

s he has the latest from in colombia on that border with venezuela. the people here are getting ready for another night in the wind 18 shelters that have been set up in the town of out i would keep an eye on other town and other towns along the membrane elsewhere border as more people are arriving daily fleeing the fighting that continues and venezuelan sides people here are sharing 4 stories of abuses on parts they say of venezuela's security forces and gypsy media say efforts to refer to a container ship blocking the suez canal on pause until more tugboat paos in place it's been almost a week now since the ever given lodged itself and that waterway and the blockage is having a devastating effect on an already oil straps area which has now begun rationing fuel more violence has been reported overnight in manama where the military killed more than 180 crew protesters on saturday on the vehicles are on the streets in the commercial capital yangon and airstrikes have been reported in corrent state at least 3000 people have fled from there across the bor

only yes we don't know it but old and new guerrilla groups operating in venezuela fighting to control cokes and mining gold and cocaine trafficking the fact that they're fighting each other recruiting children and threatening people has broken a fragile balance and the venezuelan government's tolerance of their activities would force them to intervene. has increased the number of troops at the border to to taos and locals say clashes continue on the venezuelan side in an escalation that promises to further inflame tensions in an already volatile situation. i listen a little bit and just. to play again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on 65 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has out this 1st news conference he announced a new goal to have 200000000 americans vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of his 1st 100 days in office biden also defended his handling of the growing arrivals of refugees and migrants at the us mexico border calling it a seasonal increase he said while most of the people at the border are being sent back children shouldn't be turned away. o

and escalating humanitarian crisis the colombia venezuela border is a battle with armed groups intensifies we'll have the latest on the ground plus. mixing tradition with adventure we take you to a far flung part of the hottest town that's attracting tourists. but. there is a warming trend in europe at the moment is big game theory with cloud all the way around it is the area of high pressure days ago the warmer waters and getting stronger and stronger temperatures are above average all the way from as far as the algarve west up to the middle of england temperatures are in the twenty's and to some places that's considered the woman that should be as clear line here which is once one of difference the yes the north but it's quite cold in fact as it comes out of the bowl to go produce a bit of snow i think and eastern europe is still on the chilly side temps at or below where they should be so this is the warming bit where you might see a lot of cloud over portugal that will make a difference but 1st london sees a time to change down to 12 i would time we get to the start of the easter weeke