said the briefly detained some than a swell and for security reasons. sadly some people have committed crimes and that makes us sad because it affects the way peruvians see them and it also makes peruvians afraid. of the immigration office and many are rushing to apply for work permits before yet another deadline december thirty first but who says it won't issue any more after that girl from there will try i haven't waited for the last minute but it's been very difficult because i still don't have a certificate from interpol. immigration authorities say they've increased the number of personnel and office hours to help these venezuelans get their paperwork done fast but they also say eighty five thousand business will have missed their appointments and twenty thousand have not picked up their approved permits. six hundred thirty five thousand in a swim and snow living according to official estimates you know he. says she feels

lucky that she crossed the border in time to work legally and also at work i pride in august they gave me a portly just now i don't know what will happen to those who get here after the situation in venezuela is a tragedy official say those winter dr tobar can only apply for asylum now but i mean. this doesn't guarantee a job that we did it but the better i applied for asylum they gave me a paper that allows me to work but no one is accepting it as valid. on average two thousand in a sewer lines cross into every day and officials say they will not issue work permits after december but for now they will keep the border open to those fleeing the deepening economic and political crisis back home. crude oil fell almost twenty five percent in two thousand and eighteen and for petro depended economies here in the gulf that's not welcome news over the year to come government budgets may have to make some adjustments iran for example already feeling the pain after being hit

by u.s. sanctions on its oil industry the latest government spending plan shows revenues are down sharply as inflation sause the government is promising to meet people's basic needs across the wider region a growing youth population need stronger economic growth to create jobs diversification away from oil is a big part of that let's get more now on the outlook for the middle east region's economy in the year ahead i'm joined by lauren lambert a senior policy analyst at the social and economic survey research institute cutter university welcome back good to have you in the studio again so are people in the region heading towards better economic times in two thousand and nineteen would you say long or not so much chile what most people expect is a tougher twenty nineteen actually the prices of oil are not expected to be very high and the prices of. gas are expected not to be

high level they've been during twenty eight in so not a very good situation for the middle east region generally speaking no expectation that will make further production cuts and that will stabilize all prices at least from falling further so there are two things here there is a pick and opec plus opec is the traditional of opec plus is when russia and some other countries may join in default to make further curt's and to influence the price of oil. you know to have a higher price of crude the problem is that russia which is the key player outside of opec but joining in. us does not have much interest in making so many cuts it has agreed on one not so long ago it didn't have much influence i don't expect them to make a strong cuts in twenty nine thousand the last time you came in we talked about

diversification though these are common is posed to be heading towards more sort of knowledge base economies where did that go then well unfortunately due to lower oil prices which is the key commodity for masts of the oil exporting countries of the region for most of the countries of the arab peninsula especially but also in northern africa so they didn't hit their targets no no no not at all they are far below and it's not the first year if the region's economies haven't been able to perhaps invest as much in knowledge based economy economic plans i guess there's no fallback position in terms of if all prices are weak that they have something else to look towards to generate income yes indeed there is a strong concern here that they are still heavily reliant on this one commodity that they don't control so much the old good time where opec could make a difference are gone everyone agrees on that now we. close is not that strong so

all these diversification that the tried to implement through grand infrastructure projects our development of more and the likes based economy are significantly delayed so the arabia for instance has chanced its targets and for now we are twenty one thousand won't be that much different than in twenty eight thousand but it will only make this diversification postpone even further mention saudi arabia one of the gulf economic heavyweights its assets came under pressure in two thousand and eighteen didn't it yes yes the deed for a number of reasons. there were some oil concerns of course as we've mentioned the price of oil has decreased but there were also some more political factors but the affair fared the war in yemen which finally came to the attention of political decision makers in in america but also across europe and some other countries and

some of the spats with trade former trade partners if i must say of saudi arabia canada for a short time with germany source said over the months which have been affecting very negatively the economic expansion of the saudi economy that you think that will continue in two thousand and nineteen well i don't expect such a series of bad news happening to saudi arabia because that has been quite exceptional but what we unfortunately can expect is that the higher you leave the world of investment into the saudi economy that they were expecting will not happen either because people are scared for now people in the west they are in a wait and see situation they want to see what's happening if there is some more calm if there is an economy growth and then they may invest it has to be no wait and see in the gulf right because cutter on the other hand seems to be defying expectations in terms of attracting capital given that there's no end in sight that we can see to the blockade it's acid. with the best performing in the engine right

yes but qatar as you've said is a very different situation qatar is first is mostly a gas exporting country it's not so much relying on oil and gas really open form in terms of the growth. or are there is not the same kind of competition on the international market for outlets for natural gas than there is for oil oil has seen a surge from the north america essentially from the u.s. and especially from texas which has been extraordinary over the past year in gas this has happened there has been a growth in australia especially but this was not just to the same extent and also there is a one key element is that china now is shifting more towards imports of natural gas than all the sources of combustion saw it's trying to reduce its use of coal and its use of oil if it can it's difficult but please to try to have their growth in

energy demand compensated with increased amounts of natural gas so this is driving these huge need for natural gas driving the prices up so qatar is benefiting from this shift industry chinese economy while saudi arabia is suffering from a number of earth of elements including lower oil prices the gas versus oil that's an interesting dynamic where does that leave a country like iran is it heading towards more recession and twenty nineteen because of the reimposition of u.s. sanctions well this is what most people expect india to the reason is that all do iran has a lot of gas reserves it actually does not exploited or selita broad's so much gas reserves need a lot of infrastructure investment to be able to be used commercially is difficult to get when you've when you're under sanction absolutely and sore now for two decades the arabians have tried to develop their natural gas sector or but they've

not been aged to. make very significant developments of their capacities. they are heavily reliant on oil and oil as i've just said is not expecting to grow much higher actually it has decreased a lot in twenty eight eighteen and people think it will remain under the sixty dollars or liver lost of twenty nine thousand which is too low for the iranian budget. finally on the global economic outlook if that slows down as some are expecting where does that i want to make sure even bleak about where does that leave the region well the region indeed is very much depending structurally depending on the global demand for energy which is completely related to the global economic growth if there is these stocks many fear it may happen well then indeed it will negatively affect some oil and gas exporting countries of the middle east

some more than others again iran may be very severely affected saudi arabia to. gas countries such as qatar less soul but steel all will feel the impact of a global recession or global stocks which is what is most expected by many long good to have you with us thanks so much for coming in thanks amy good to be here. well saudi arabia announced a major cabinet shake up as the year came to an end significant changes include the appointment of former finance minister ibrahim after the post of foreign minister south was briefly detained during crown prince mohammed bin sandman's anti corruption crackdown last year there's also a new national security adviser for the crown prince retains his wide ranging powers over the economy the reshuffle is the first shake up of the kingdom's power structures since the killing of journalist jamal ji and finally a microchip in your path is a good idea if they tend to roam away from home but if your employer wants to do

the same thing several british companies are considering offering timely micro chip implant similar to those for pets but for their employees it's voluntary of course but is needs barco reports there are concerns the risks may outweigh the benefits. the future is a wave of a hand away in case you missed it here it is again. this is a whole new level of security no keys or access cards difficult to steal and copy but the technology requires a certain level of commitment that is not for the faint hearted. so this is where the micro chip implant story begins for those who want them at least a clinical setting a sterile environment with some rather daunting bits of medical kit so talk us through what happens next so far as part of

a seizure is why when acetic the points interest you and. them will use a scalpel just to make a small incision. and then finally rob a large need to out and that we first just i'll stop you there for me in my case at least i think i've already was no is because it really hurt completely pain free the u.k. firm biotech office implants to businesses and individuals is fitted one hundred fifty implants in the u.k. so far and the number is rising assistive technology from sable people implant. banking security general use of contact as payments passport date will be stored on these microchips and imbedded in your hand comes down to convenience i suppose for people it's very hard to lose your hand it's evolution so a lot of sun demographics will not convenient this is one of several implant firms reportedly in discussions with british financial and legal companies the names of

the companies are being closely guarded this isn't new technology microchips have been implanted in tents for many years but the prospect of implanting them in employees to spark concerns from trade unions. gives even more control and power to be employer and that comes with inherent risks and dangers overdressed inventors just be ignored by an employer every meter of into consideration and their definition be pressuring any workers into every market biotech company say the technology should be voluntary and that people must have a right to privacy but with one swedish bio hacks claiming to have already implanted four thousand ppi. people there all worries micro chipping could eventually become the new normal society's embrace the mobile phone making is easy to track on a daily basis but by implanting microchips there may be few places left to truly

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and on welcome to life in my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth also ahead new clues in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi video appears to show the cell the agents carrying bags suspected of containing his remains now and. despite the opposition rejecting promise to shake landslide victory. and here's trump credit elizabeth warren becomes the best known democrat to seek a white house run and twenty twenty so far. protestors are out again in sudan calling for president omar bashir to resign police have fired tear gas to try and disperse the crowds in the capital the president is refusing to apologize for the political turmoil in his country and has

slammed the recent protests against rising food and fuel prices let's check in with our correspondent have a morgan she is joining us live from the capital and as we wait for president bashir to address the country about the protests are continuing. yes elizabeth and more protests are expected overnight it has you said earlier today is the eve of south sudan's independence anniversary sixty third anniversary of people say that they are going to protest they say that what they want to see is don't wake up tomorrow and find that president omar bashir has resigned something he said he's not going to do now early in the afternoon hundreds of people came out in protest that they were saying that they want president omar and bashir to step down and it all started with an economic crisis when the city of hadera announced that it has no bread in their bakeries and it can supply bread to the people people came out to the streets and started protesting against the rising food the rising price of food commodities and that quickly escalated into people demanding president i want to shoot step down now live ammunition and tear gas has been used

to disperse protesters over the past few days including today we've seen police firing live ammunition and tear gas to try to disperse protesters but they say they are very determined to try to pass a message to president i want to show you that he must have done before the end of the mind and we've heard from the president who said that he's asked police to you know use more restraint when dealing with protesters he has come under international scrutiny. what are we expecting to hear from him yet he does address crowds well it's not clear what he's going to say he did say that he's not going to apologize for the situation he has blamed international sanctions which have been lifted last year for the crisis that the country is going through he also blamed south sudan succession in two thousand and eleven so it's very clear that he seems to think that the reason behind the crisis is anything but his government and his way of ruling he seems to think that if people see that there are other reasons other factors behind the crisis then there would back down on their demands for him

to step down but one thing he said is that he wants police to try to use less force but he also when speaking to the police yesterday seemed to be very happy with their performance so far and the performance that they've been given so far is as the u.n. and other foreign governments say it is using excessive force live ammunition and tear gas people have died i mean amnesty international said at least thirty seven people of have been killed in the protests and over four hundred people have been injured elizabeth thank you very much for that for now that is headed morgan live in the capital we will of course be going back to the capital and to him when we hear from president bashir which we are expecting to any minute. now al-jazeera has obtained video showing cell the agents taking what suspected to be the remains of jamal khashoggi so the how also the saudi consul general and istanbul the washington post columnist was killed soon after entering the saudi

consulate on the second hole today jan reports it's been three months since the murder of jamal khashoggi and his body still hasn't been found but this video could throw more light on the sequence of events after he was killed. the pictures appear to show members of the saudi hit team carrying bags thought to contain his remains into the saudi consul general residence you can't believe these things happen in embassies or consul generals things but but of course they are control of all that control though in that they are saudi property saudi land the local police can't really do very much about it and of course they wouldn't imagine for one minute the were actually listening to what was going on inside the saudi journalist entered the consulate hoping to pick up documents that would allow him to start a new life with his fiance he never came out alive saudi arabia blamed his death on

rogue agents but turkey's president says it was a premeditated murder orchestrated by riad these pictures only add another layer of complexity to the investigation now we have direct evidence showing members of the killing team unloading body bags or black bags of some sort so it leaves the impression. body ended up at the consular. residence and that's where the investigation should focus not what happened today a few weeks after hushovd disappearance a team of turkish investigators found traces of acid during a search of the saudi consuls residence the office of turkey's attorney general has told al jazeera that chemicals were used to dispose of casualties body and now a new book is revealing more details of the killing. diplomatic atrocity the dark

secrets of the murder was written by three reporters from turkey's daily newspaper it names two previously unidentified members of the saudi hit squad as well as their links to the royal family also audio recordings which allegedly prove that the crime was premeditated and information on his show g.'s reported refusal to text message his son in riyadh and tell him not to worry if he didn't hear from him for a while as a fuller picture of the killing emerges the pressure continues to grow on saudi arabia last week the king reshuffled his cabinet hoping to deflect international criticism but the saudi side would hope that this recent cabinet reshuffle puts an end to this case and relieve saudi arabia from pressure by the turks and the international community looking for some answers the new details are also

likely to add to growing calls that saudi arabia names and indicts those behind. killing paul chatterjee on al-jazeera bahrain's high court has upheld the jail sentence of a prominent rights activists have all count against saudi arabia and on the same day a court in the usa held a sentence against an activist there and a schapelle reports. ahmed month sewer and the united arab emirates and the bill raja in bahrain will now be spending years in prison for criticizing their government's policies on social media was a prominent opposition figure during behind's protest movement during the arab spring he's been in and out of prison for this activism and his tweets on monday the supreme court upheld a five year jail term for a tweet deemed offensive to the state wars bring hatred destruction and horrors he tweeted as the saudi led coalition began bombing yemen in twenty fifteen the

bahraini court agreed he disseminated what he calls false news in a time of war and offended the foreign country rights groups say the timing of the verdict is important. then. there i mean the reason why they chose to have it during the holidays and that was where they are expecting the minimal in the midst of attention devoted. to peace advocate. that he won he wants to remain silent. decided to bomb the children in the yemen that he states that war will only bring misery i would never bring solutions for those that we have baited. by the president amnesty international calls the verdict shameful one that exposes behinds justice system as a complete farce it along with a coalition of human rights groups had also campaigned for the u.a.e. to release the activist ahmed monsoor but an appeals court in abu dhabi upheld

a ten year jail sentence on monday months or two had spent time in prison in twenty eleven and accused of insulting the rulers by calling for democratic elections in the united arab emirates and this time he was charged with publishing what the government considers false information on social media as well as calling for another activist to be released these latest rulings highlight the dangers and difficulties activists face in the gulf region and are schapelle al-jazeera to the u.s. now a democratic senator elizabeth warren has taken a major step towards running in the twenty twenty presidential race one announced that she's forming an exploratory committee that allows her to raise money and find stoffel for money launching a presidential bid and a video message want to stress the economic message that spoke to national prominence. america's middle class is under attack how do we get here billionaires

and big corporations decided they wanted more of the guy and they enlisted politicians to cut him a fatter splines the crippled union so no one could stomach the way to turn the. dismantle the financial rules meant to keep us safe after the great depression and cut their own taxes so they paid less than their secretaries and janitors it's time to write the rules for the middle wire after wall street crashed our economy in two thousand and eight i left the classroom to go to washington and come from the broken system head on. let's go down to our correspondent cost of she is joining us live from washington d.c. with more to tell us more heidi about elizabeth warren those of us outside the u.s. and what we can expect from her campaign will it be more of the kind of things she said in that video message. sure elizabeth warren is seen as a firebrand of the liberal wing of the democratic party some analysts put her just

to the left of hillary clinton and in her tenure of six years in congress which is a relatively short period she has made a national reputation for herself as a staff watchdog of big banking that is a very popular position among the left and you saw that highlighted in warren's announcement video along with the other liberal firebrands of equality minority rights but you saw also that her perhaps most unifying rallying cry for the democratic party is her attempt to segue from her success of championed reforms on wall street to tackling corruption there to washington d.c. and being the watchdog and tackling donald trump and his administration which she has not been shy to criticize and she has already received the wrath of donald trump how is she looking in this field of debt.