in the middle east latin america the u.k. and the u.s. but it identified no link or coordination between the separate campaigns and the statement posted online. says it's up to bangladesh to repatriate the more than seven hundred thousand ranger refugees during a lecture in singapore said me and has been ready to receive range of attorney since january of course the muslim minority group fled rakhine state after a military crackdown began last year. he says the danger of what she calls terrorism though is still real and present the danger of terrorist activities which was initial course of course of the events leading to the humanitarian crisis in rakhine remains real and present today and this is security challenges address the risk of intercommunal violence here really it is a threat that could have grave consequences not just for myanmar but also for other

countries in our region and beyond more on this from florence lowy in kuala lumpur . it's not a surprise to hear myanmar leader aung san suu kyi talk about the threat of terrorism in rakhine state this was the reason the myanmar military gave when it launched its crackdown in northern rakhine state against the ranger a year ago it said its operation was in response to attacks on security posts carried out by a little known armed group that calls itself the arca salvation army now the military's actions have been condemned by the international community as disproportionate a u.n. official has described the violence taking place against the regime as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing and the myanmar government has been criticized for not doing enough to help the will hinge or for not speaking out for the region for not adequately investigating the reports of atrocities committed against the us and lately for not creating a safe enough environment for refugees who fled to bangladesh to return to me on

now the government lays the blame for the violence on this little known group are a group of armed fighters who intend say they're fighting for the rights of the minority in. academics say the root of the problem really is discrimination against this minority and the problem can be solved by creating more opportunities for the for integrating them into the community and for stopping the widespread discrimination and persecution against the regime but that is something we've not seen the myanmar government yet address funny muslims around the world celebrating the season of the holiday but for syrian refugees in turkey only a small number will actually be able to go home for the festivities this from sanya guy. the prez marking the start of each. as it's known in turkey a time for devotion giving thanks and for sharing among communities. and

stumbles fati district it's a bittersweet experience home to one of the largest syrian refugee populations in the city so much so that it's known as a damascus bazaar dotted with shops and cafes that are remind us of a country they want new before war forced them to leave hey ahmad martini has added to that mix he owns a shop in the heart of the community selling traditional syrian sweets and this week it's an especially busy time as many customers yun the flavors of home. elysees in. the idea of the this to bring people together but like a lot of syrians we are alone many of our families are still back home are scattered all over the place we have a generation of children who have no idea about the joyful celebrations we had back in syria during so we're making sure we pass on our traditions on to them and so

the syrian community does what it can to keep its traditions alive there are an estimated twenty thousand to have decided to return home for the holidays but of course there are many here who simply cannot do that. turkey has taken in some three point five million syrian refugees more than any other country managed to has been here for more than two and a ha for years with his family they may be one and a half thousand kilometers from damascus but they don't want to be identified as their relatives still there he makes a living working in a textile shop to support his son and his two nieces their father died in the notorious said ny a prison four years ago for them each is less about the celebration more a reminder of their loss they had to sell their home to pay for the journey here and. there is no we loved ones are far away my wife and i have the same

situation both our brothers have disappeared for as we remember them we have no idea where they could be so for as it is a painful time not a happy celebration. he says while bashar al assad remains in power in syria he cannot return even to see his relatives it's too dangerous for this couple it's the children that give them the reason to carry on. the decoration you see we put it up for the children because they wanted it it's our way of giving them something special for aid a tradition he hopes in time will become less painful sunny al-jazeera istanbul. this is al-jazeera these are your headlines investigators in the u.s. have successfully prosecuted two big players from donald trump's twenty sixteen

election campaign michael cohen once the president's personal lawyer has said he did break the law after directions from donald trump and in a separate trial a jury found trump's former campaign chairman guilty of eight charges paul manifold is now facing sentencing for breaching campaign finance laws. for tax fraud and for failing to disclose foreign bank accounts trump though insists it has nothing to do with him. we shall live right. there is a. good work i. think we're going to keep clean. it will cross in the year are paying tribute to those killed

by the floods and carol of the worst to hit the southern state in a century candlelight vigils and public prayers were held in the northern city of the hudson and the capital new delhi as well at least four hundred people are confirmed dead so far but as well as continue to flee their country to escape a worsening economic crisis hundreds have been trying to reach perugia for the new laws come into effect on saturday which will require passports to enter hundreds more defied similar new rules in ecuador on tuesday walking across the loosely guarded checkpoint at rimini chaka iran has unveiled a new fighter jet as tensions with the u.s. continue to increase president hassan rouhani got a firsthand look at the cockpit of the aircraft which will be produced domestically rouhani says iran will keep boosting its military and says that that that stops the u.s. from attacking because the u.s. has placed new sanctions on tehran as well that's

a look at your headlines here on al-jazeera we are back with more for you right after inside story. he is a self-proclaimed messenger of gone claiming millions of devote but his path to enlightenment involves the rape and abuse of his followers when he used investigates the fall of one of india's most powerful spiritual gurus on al-jazeera . once a wealthy nation venezuela is in financial crisis its currency is crumbling inflation could reach one million percent the president introduces a radical recovery plan but can it fix the economy and what will the political fallout be this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. venezuela was the richest country in latin america but now it's facing one of the most critical economic crises in the world inflation has skyrocketed prices are at an all time high and the national currency the boulevard has lost much of its value some venezuelans could now struggle to buy a cup of coffee the cost about two million believers the financial devastation has led to mass migration starvation and political unrest president nicolas maduro blames it on what he calls an economic war against his country his critics say widespread corruption and the government's mismanagement are responsible in an attempt to solve the problem the government has introduced a plan to curb hyper inflation there's a new currency the sovereign ball that far which will remove five zeros from

banknotes it's backed by a crypto currency the petro that's pegged to the price of oil the government is also raising the minimum wage by three thousand percent raising taxes and increasing petrol prices for some drivers how are venezuelans reacting to the new measures here's our latin america editor of the scieno men in caracas. confusion concern and especially uncertainty are the only way to describe how most winners wayland's are receiving their new currency these are ten new until friday they were worth a million of the old body that is there the maximum amount that you can take out of a cash machine at one time but they are not worth more they just have five less heroes than the old bills faced with the world's highest hyperinflation the government has not just shaved and zeroes off the bills but is raising corporate and sales taxes and increasing the minimum wage several thousand percent venezuela's largest private business association says that this is not the way to

save the economy. although it's necessary to raise salaries raising the minimum wage by thirty five hundred percent makes it impossible for businesses to meet these new increases in the county that is underwater because of a severe depression if hyperinflation is not controlled the impact of this increase will be totally counterproductive. president nicolas maduro says he'll subsidize small and medium sized companies for ninety days here in caracas almost everything was closed on the first day of the new currency the government had declared monday a public holiday. thing is open complained this man not even the mini supermarkets were waiting to see what happened. indeed people are confused and with very good reason they don't know how to calculate what they're spending especially since the new salaries don't go into effect until next month.

so how did the crisis develop venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world which accounts for ninety percent of its total exports so when oil prices collapsed caracas suffered a cash shortage the government suddenly faced with a gaping hole in its finances had to cut back on some of its most popular social programs it tightened control over access to u.s. dollars leading to a flourishing black market and unprecedented inflation instead of cutting spending the government printed more money driving inflation up further its annual rate is now the world's highest and the international monetary fund says it could reach up to one million percent this year venezuela has also been hit by international sanctions with the united states for hitting dealings in new debt alright let's bring in our guest joining us from money to venezuela paul dops and he's a journalist for venezuela analysis an independent news site based in venezuela from washington d.c. is sonia shot a latin america analyst with a focus on venezuela and from atlanta by skype is charles shapiro former u.s. ambassador to venezuela thank you all for joining us sonia i want to start with you

will this new currency help at all of course not ok this is not the first time that we have seen it go were meant in latin america to remove from the currency that the top and in argentina and brazil in colombia but the situation was quite the friend even though that happened of the flora in the left in america in the seventy's eighty's and so i mean sonia sort interrupt me hugo chavez also not zeros off of the believer in two thousand and eight correct. yeah that's true so ok it's not against that but till that time menace well it was a very different call on three d. you're in there travis time and it's hello westin well to actually the wealthy is famous well the problem is there mismanagement of the economy because the ressources are there there's been

a silence there say half her oil they still have roam of the areas the problem is the mismanagement of the garment and that's why this is not going it's totally and too late what they were meant is doing right now it's not going to help and i think this is going to worse they see the way charles i saw you nodding along to what sunny was saying i mean president maduro is saying that this is a revolutionary formulae can you expand on what sonia was saying what do you think about all of it. for the insane or. i think gradually you see the various five of this very face. they. developed a rube goldberg machine. is there when in fact it's tuesday simply currency has value because people have. nothing to do with the faith in what the government's doing every policy or of all you are no matter. what charles let me

follow up on what you're saying i mean this crypto currency that they're talking about i mean this would require online tools and infrastructure even to make daily purchases i mean how would the average venezuelan even still get into to utilize something like this every sense of your question they can. place you or. bad government was the. dropping whatever production work production there is where was the love it was there and nine hundred forty. you know disapprove warning they had a gaping holes in their budget and we were just as mistress of what's happened is that going all through the greater press of. paul how were venezuelans viewing all this viewing this new currency if you mean all that's going on well the vast majority of and explain that put their faith in the government once again and may

may twentieth in the last elections on a very clear ticket and this ticket was. face to face and you know we need stronger measures in the economic area and we need something to be done now three months later we are seeing certainly audacious measures from the government in the economic area and venezuelans are in it to that extent they're quite happy to see something being done something drastic something different something created in the economy whether or not obese excess flown out it's far too early to say of course but the general opinion on the street is that. they're well over at the how well received these measures because this is something and it's being done they're trying something new and i'm not some of the much better than then than they are nothing me in the deteriorating economic situation sonia beyond this what other steps is president maduro you know planning on taking and what kind of pressure is he under domestically right now well actually we are seeing that

how can i say let's collapse him before our eyes so they can at the crisis a menace not just solely the political crisis but also the economical crisis it's not the not to look to avoid this impulse or not to see what's going on in the contre even for the president often as well and i would like to say something that this key a key element for the economy and this is stressed. an m i question will be is anyone in by this will a trusting mother auto to leave the the their body systemic or not make it safe to conter from their collapse even the international community is staring at trust in melissa ella that will be the answer and if you can answer the question then you will see what's going on so the future those who look ready ross right now charles let's talk for a moment about all the trust at all. for

a moment about you know the u.s. relationship with venezuela i mean there are the sanctions there are looming sanctions i mean has the u.s. state department been doing enough from your point of view. facing u.s. state department is looking to. change in this where they. don't have. more sanctions. against the. all this evidence is developed and was a new court. sanctions against the petro. but the real answer is the amount of money to goldman sachs' of last investing for the people who don't like the way it is go. was where it was are taking their money out and threw it at me and in fact did nothing that is where i was have fled the. neighboring countries and bad news

for what it is there were no quibble or. are jammed with it is where we clean their fleeing their country because of lack of food lack of medicine or war currency they have no faith paul i just want to take a step back for a moment to sort of remind our viewers how venezuela got to the point that it's at i mean venezuela boasts enormous oil riches and crude production but it's been in steady decline economically over the past decade how did it get to this point look at the question a complicated ounce and i am in a time that we have available a fairly and that it causes of the economic collapse at the moment but i think we're in it as briefly as you can if you could. the main point is that and i think the when when i with with discovered in venice way that the whole economy started to shift and national production in industry and agriculture and

a whole range of other fields got abandoned in preference for oil and this is still going on to some extent and now it's early in the last few years oil prices been extremely high and there was a serious lack from lacking of the government in terms of industrialization of the country at this point to have the resources to do this and i'm currently still venezuela is over dependent on oil and if you have not resolved if they take out of the ground they haven't been able to find their economy and become self-sufficient in especially agriculture but also in industry and other areas and so they're still very independent on imports now if you're dependent on imports you're dependent on currency changes and if you depend on current exchanges then to some extent you're at it dependent on a foreign currency and now see this is where sanctions have really hit home sanctions have had a massive impact here in minutes way the u.s. u.s. less sanctions from the u.s. department which have been replicated by canada in panda pan american switzerland

and they use these sanctions have made up almost impossible for venezuela to employ court a range of goods including medicines and important subsidies for the food sector because they're not allowing access to the financial institutions and venezuelan private firms and it's fighting government venezuelan public phones anyone is not able to pay for the import of the goods they can enable them to come pay for them so obviously if they will seven send them any goods because they're not they're not allowed access to the financial infrastructure which is of course dominated by washington and this is a brief summary of all of some of the problems we have there's also a lot more involved if you have corruption and have something to do with it and i mismanagement and a whole series of other issues no but this is a summary i will give you charles it looked to me as though you might have been shaking your head a little bit during the answer there did you want to add anything. yeah i really wanted to get one. or probably down with both you know. sixty three one deficit problem.

of us. very very little. last year or. frankly reverse every. we didn't. really. we are we. now sonia the opposition is calling for nationwide protests look would that be effective and what your kid the opposition do well actually we have seen that the opposition indeed has called for protests today but also the government so you see is a way of intimidating the opposition saw the government called for their protest and the opposition throughout that same time saw it this way. that will be

a bear the best example to see how the political situation has been in been a swale and why they're they opposition has the momentum and has left her less room for her and for the opposition in order to exercise their liberties or their rights too so if this is actually bad if you would that the opposition can do i think this more on the international community with modest pressure on venice well in order to try to reach some soon because they're they only way out right now for venice well is that the mother of regime step aside who are for free and transported elections in minutes well and gave the opportunity to all when a swell and still live in peace and prosperity in the moccasin. paul you heard sonia talk about you know the fact that the international community as she said should be putting more pressure on israel but let me ask you this are there countries right now that are friendly towards venezuela are there countries that

israel can depend on for help of course of course it's very important feel of us i think to try to break this let's say weston centric opinion that well it's dominated by europe and the united states venezuela's many out ice in the middle east in the far east. and talk about china india. russia iran and also here in latin america there's numerous other allies in the car. and central america and in south america. now these are allies to this special unit for example in a case of india which interesting case in point because i must've growing economy a very digital economy and very vibrant. krypto economy sector they provide a lot of support for venezuela in these economic changes also that the chinese economy with that tenneco know how and i'm a very recent very recent sit significant eleven to the oil sector in venezuela to

help. modernize its infrastructure so even as well it definitely has numerous allies across the world and also if the u.s. government has successfully brought about such a regime change in latin america in the last few years and brazil by installing a dictator. by the election of a right wing government and honestly with the election of the ultra rightist in colombia and venezuela support it but that's not a set of n. it's whether it without allies in there in the region or within the world charles how do you see all this playing out regionally at least in the short term well i'd almost be doing a different world holes. because this is where those allies are are fearing more russia syria and china. hugo you get a. over the short term arrested unfortunately more chaos and that is where. the government policies unfortunately is flat out war and that's going to create

more crisis and then we'll know more refugees leaving the country that is translated into crisis in all the neighboring countries and still along the route to ecuador question number of those where it is going both here are going to help america charles and let me ask you just follow up on what you were saying i mean when it comes to the migrant semi there are so many people that are leaving venezuela and now this is causing some tension with neighboring countries as well i mean do you believe that there will be anti immigration sentiment that will be growing it's already happened in brazil and in. evidence getting so yeah i mean i have read it will show up unexpectedly they're not prepared for the united states and. other countries are avoiding increased assistance to those benefiting but so. far.

people are losing weight inside news where the poverty rate is eighty seven percent people can't feed their family. they are leaving the country and will continue to do so so it looks like you might want to jump in there as well and add your own thoughts to that let me ask you as well i mean do you do you believe that this is just going to be leading to more chaos that the anti migration sentiment will be growing that will be causing more tensions with neighboring countries. yeah i think so because they new measures economic measures impose in minutes well i presume of the auto they are going to cause that people are going to leave venezuela they buy they and their numbers will increase so the situation will be worse remember one of the first cases was in panama and also in the me in there the munich of republic now it's impaired or in ecuador people are afraid but actually there is a huge difference between on what's happened today in minnesota there is no

precedent or there influx of venezuelans live in the quandary in latin america bought i what i would like to remind all others that it was not long ago when in venezuela western stable a western a stable to do asian and when a swell that was way into to receive all this foreigners yeah venezuela was and was essentially the haven there were arguments from the other countries correct yeah right and actually they most of their own as well and so for course there are some exceptions but they are very skilled workers so it's. i don't see how they their region is not showing so slowly that it the right now we've been a swell or. poor what does it say to you that we're seeing you know this increasing hostility towards these migrants. it's worrying

a very worrying venezuela for anyone who's been in venezuela and also has left the compound some positive residence or an embassy and actually walked on the streets and talked to the people of minnesota one of the venezuelans are very open minded very tolerant people very read to see expressions of violence and a phobia here in venezuela as a foreigner living in venezuela i can testify to this and that was starting to see a lot of families here minutes way hearing from from family members of friends who have emigrated out of the country and who suffered from expressions of xenophobia quite recently those one on the border with israel or any of that we can there are a series of arrests in colombia as well for the same issue and. these that you're coming out of perry and these the these are three to a shocker in venezuela he's agreed to with disgust the fact that people are looking venezuelans and treat him differently for being venezuelans and this this is something new to venezuela society which has received massive rejection here in

venezuela charles from your vantage point i mean are we approaching a point by which borders would be closed to venezuela is that how bad it could get . look every company saw going to give thought it over to close the borders and i'm in a refugee foodstuff along with good explored nearly as well as in israel. what i want to get at is this international community offered to soon humanitarian assistance to venezuela with no strings attached the european union has canada the us international red cross will be offered to send it to us with our descendants through the cost of catholic church so that there's no. one since this other countries are somehow doing evil through this system is and. the government venezuela has refused to accept is that there is no crisis whose are those who manage in questions of sonia if we're talking about the humanitarian crisis could

you just help our viewers to understand how dire things are for venezuelans how bad the situation is for them right now. well imagine that quandary ever a once a very well to call on three who are now so for us from blackouts. every day for a couple of hours or for more than one day or two days no no electricity no water no man these teens no food not even kosh because of in this way last day they though all their transactions with their credit cards a using a.t.m. or a money transfers or so or some in a silence that they have to go to cross the border to colombia in a lot of that the vibrant a swelling currency and go back to the contrary because there is a lot of cash to so this is so bad it will end it now they should feel that they own security they lack of security d.

in rana soil a saw it this way it is so horrible the situation is horrible what can the people do with their there is no future and that's why it's so that a mob think they see do a show even the hospital stay clean they then have to mean sing or their assistants do that to the to the to the sick people thought if this really ready where is home what's going on in minnesota especially because consider what witness when i was in the bus it was a very well think on three and nobody can understand what's going on right now not even there in a silence all right we have run out of time so we're going to have to leave it there thank you all so much thanks to all our guests paul dobson sonya shot and charles shapiro and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j.

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courtroom but his demeanor changed as the court proceedings progress the judge read the charges and asked him how he pled there were five tax fraud charges one bank fraud charge and two campaign finance violations michael cohen choking up as the judge detailed the potential sentence of between three and five years in prison of course it's the implications for president donald trump that brought swarms of media to the courthouse here michael cohen admitted that he made two payments of hush money to two women who claim to have pairs with donald trump who have had to fair as with donald trump he didn't name the women in court or donald trump what he did say is that in coordination with and at the direction of a federal candidate he had worked to keep harmful information out of the press for the purpose of influencing election now cohen's investigation was prompted by robert muller and his investigation into russian interference in the two thousand

and sixteen election. that is how investigators here in new york got on the case of michael cohen rudy giuliani the president's attorney made a statement saying that quote and i want to read this because it's very carefully worded there is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in the government's charges against michael cohen it is clear that as the prosecutor noted mr cohen's actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a significant period of time. rudy giuliani calling into question the credibility of michael cohen suggesting that he was lying for his own gain or to reduce his prison sentence pop up possibly. but the potential implications for the president are seen differently by others out to shift the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee saying that it increases the president's legal jeopardy and

potentially implicates him in campaign finance violations and then in a separate trial a jury found trump's former campaign chairman guilty on eight charges paul manifold is now facing sentencing for breaching campaign finance laws for tax fraud and for failing to disclose foreign bank accounts the donald trump insists it has nothing to do with him. like you know. nothing like. think that. we think live thanks. i think we're living very. good at work i don't. think it works for many many people listen.

in other news people across india are paying tributes to those killed by floods in kerala the worst to hit the southern state in a century candlelight vigils and public prayers were held in the northern city of the had done and in the capital new delhi at least four hundred people are confirmed dead so far. and in the venezuelans have already fled the country trying to reach piru before new laws come into effect on saturday laws which will require passports to enter hundreds more defied similar new rules in ecuador on tuesday walking across the loosely got a checkpoint at roomy chaka. facebook says it's taken down more than six hundred fifty fake accounts that were part of a disinform ation campaign organized by russia and iran the social media giant says the fake accounts talk that it uses in the middle east latin america the u.k. and the u.s. the company identified no link or coordination between the separate campaigns

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