yes house it was buried on september twenty eighth after a happy earthquake suddenly turned soil into liquid houses cars and people were sucked inside hundreds of people disappeared and the bodies of her three young nephews and nieces have yet to be found and. if i think about my nephews and nieces i come here i have no more hope that we will find them but it helps me to cope with my sadness just to be here sami aboard the land in the one nine hundred eighty s. by then many houses had been built she remembers that it was muddy but she says she didn't think anything of it in two thousand and twelve a team of geologists found that seventy percent of palo and its surrounding are at the high risk of liquefaction. meaning that if an earthquake happens water saturated soil can turn into liquid. we had informed them about the risk but that was all we could do because they are a lot of problems that area in a difficult economic situation also our information had not been spread. whose the

movie star who was the pollo mayor at the time says he never received the information he says he only received a report about the high risks of earthquakes and tsunamis which you failed to pass on to his successor that is how you will monitor what i do feel guilty even though i passed it on to my deputy but i feel bad that i didn't warn anyone that this could happen i forgot about it because as a politician i'm a busy man. sources tell al jazeera that people in high risk areas were not warned about the dangers of liquid faction because the local authorities were concerned riots would break out while the government was well aware of the risks of liquefaction here in this area you know how this was still being built followers are growing and becoming more popular newcomers were moving into areas no danger zones while it's too late for many the government has now decided that those who have survived will have to be relocated. some survivors have moved to temporary

shelters built by the government outside of the city others are reluctant to leave their own neighborhoods those that are you telling if they send us out of town it will be difficult to find work we can only be farmers there here we can earn money by selling things at the market whatever it is if people start building again i will do it too. just by government instructions not to build in the affected areas some construction has already started horse stables have now been built on the land where hundreds of bodies are buried some say that if the authorities are not firm new neighborhoods will be constructed and the tragedy that happened only recently will soon be forgotten step fasten al-jazeera. barlow. weather is next but still ahead on al jazeera anger on the streets against lebanon's caretaker government. and another oil tanker tragedy in nigeria we'll have the details.

had others yet more snow on the way for central and southeastern europe but i don't think to cross the same extent was just what you can see is two cloud tumbling down from the north that's where the cold coming from plenty of moisture has been brought up before not quite as much as we've seen before so the picture on sunday will still be snowing on the northern side of the absent to different sets and across to austria germany may even touch southern poland outbreaks of largish rain or snow course given the temperature is likely for the size in for example be a bulls noon that's a governor of across ukraine but the driving force actually is turning for a northerly to more westerly look at the temperatures in london and paris twelve eleven degrees and the driving force continues so we've got yet more snow to come

so i was fairly rapidly said it might leave a meter on the outs probably less than that for the south again talking about the balkans or the operations for example and rain is maybe more prevalent down domination coast and certainly in the coast of turkey where it is to flooding and temps are risen to some degree five or six degrees a bit too high for significant snow off to that the consequence is still a windy cloudy and wet one throughout the mediterranean from argyria all the way to the levant disappointing.

welcome back. a reminder about top stories this hour the u.s. president has been accused of concealing details of his meetings with russia's leader than the washington post alleges donald trump took back the know it's made by his interpreter following a meeting in hamburg in twenty seventeen. the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election says the vote has been for mohsen failure to once a recount and is challenging the official results in course. an investigation is

underway to determine what caused a coal mine collapse in northeastern china it happened in the city of shenmue killing twenty one people sixty six others were rescued and lifted to safety. a saudi teenager who fled from her family because she feared for her life in the kingdom has arrived in her new home country rough mohammed out of fear from thailand to canada after an offer of asylum the eighteen year old one global attention when she launched a social media campaign from her hotel room in bangkok pleading for help mike hanna has more from toronto. the long an arduous journey from saudi arabia. the eighteen year old stiff through the arrival doors accompanied by the canadian foreign minister the size of the media contingent a reflection of the massive public interest generated state you know that everyone . else oh. i'm hearing free media towns really

want need you to leave it seems arrive at a new phone but she's proud very funny and players. and so she would prefer not to take questions today so please don't see the syrian crazy woman who bought and she is now going to go see her new home then rush. back through the doors to begin the first phase of her new life her wish to go to college and study architecture. the canadian decision to grandson tree is likely to worsen already fractured relations with saudi arabia back in august saudi arabia severed diplomatic ties following canadian criticism of the kingdon's human rights policy then in october the murder of jamal khashoggi saw an upsurge in demands for canada to counsel a multibillion on's deal with saudi arabia this deal is now being reviewed the

foreign minister though insists that the protection of human rights is more important than diplomatic relations or any trade deal with any c.r. . to. replace. this time when. we were involved in those conversations as. antenna the last ten or even. my friend you see pretty nasty things here and on fifty two percent in sling. it was this message from a hotel room in thailand that drop all couldn't century the power of social media confirmed and an example perhaps for others seeking their freedom mike hanna al-jazeera toronto. there's growing anger and lebannon over the west wing economy

protesters are calling for reforms but the country hasn't had a working government for eight months santa clara reports from beirut. all marsh baro is struggling to pay the bills for his mother's cancer treatment the twenty seven year old is not receiving help from the state that is why he joined this protest against the caretaker government which is not making important decisions access to free and proper healthcare is just one of the many problems lebanese face . i am in and pull you with to come out of for the hospitalized my mother every month they didn't admit her in the hospital also she needs four different dissonance and the ministry of health only provides three i have to choose whether to eat or pay for her treatment but protesters have rallied outside government ministries demanding what they call their basic rights because.

nobody cares about it and. then we move it to the ministry of. because people are in the front of hospital it is hard to attract crowds in a country controlled by sick terry and political parties many lebanese rely on them for jobs and financial support and it seems intimidation tactics are being used to keep people silent we were distributing brochures about. to us and try to. stop us from from at syria think. the world bank says seventy percent of the population of six million people earn less than ten thousand dollars a year many find it hard to make ends meet because of the high cost of living public anger is growing as economic conditions worsen fiscal reforms are needed but not has been without a functioning government says elections politicians are fighting. overseas but many here believe even if those politicians agree on the government's formation little

will change the same political elite remain in charge nonsectarian civil society groups are trying to make a difference the system has been there for decades that's true that's correct they are very powerful they know how to play within the system they know how to turn things into their advantage by thing on sectarianism we will never accept defeat we will always make things the same pressure we always work on next and next and next elections we will get somewhere for now the balance of power is not in their favor they can only hope their appeals for change are heard santa. fé route. hundreds of protesters have marched in guatemala city against the president's decision to shut down a u.n. back to anti-graft body. ordered foreign stuff of the international commission against impunity to leave within twenty four hours last monday as top court blocks the decision moralez accuses the commission of overstepping its duties after it

sought to investigate him on suspicion of campaign finance violations. police in nigeria say at least twelve people burn to death while scavenging for fuel from an overturned or oil tanker the spill and explosion happened in the town of all took pony in the southern nigerian state of cross river and reports. this is unfortunately too familiar in nigeria fuel tankers like this one crush or pipelines leak and the poor in africa's most populous country rushed to the scene those who survive are scarred for life some have lost limbs i suppose to be dead people many people who died of. these burn victims risked their lives in the southern state of cross river trying to collect the leaking black gold and this has become a recorder. events in our society every year an average of one hundred

twenty fuel tanker accidents are reported in the country which is africa's largest oil producer this is partly blamed on roads that are overcrowded and poorly maintained witnesses at the scene of this latest incident say an electrical generator brought in to remove the spilled oil set off sparks igniting a fire and explosion but also what kind of money you're looking for. people call collecting spilled fuel fishing and it doesn't just happen when tankers overturn thousands have been killed fishing for fuel when pipelines leak or are vandalized in october more than fifty people were burned to death while scooping fuel from a pipeline that thieves busted before it caught fire and exploded in two thousand and twelve more than one hundred people were killed in the oil hub of port harcourt when an oil tanker tipped over and scavengers were trapped and burned alive when

the vehicle exploded according to government data more than one thousand two hundred people were killed trying to steal fuel from vandalized pipelines during the eight years preceding two thousand and eight the country's worst accident happened in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight that's when nearly one thousand one hundred people were killed when a leaking pipeline they were fishing from exploded please visit anytime that you see face the self is efficient. to run away while nigeria is often touted as one of the world's most promising economies a recent report says nearly half of its hundred eighty eight million population live in extreme poverty and when black gold is spilled some of those struggling to put food on the table can't help but try to scoop up as much as they can no matter the cost paul chowder gian al jazeera. the catholic church is facing

a crisis both financial and spiritual it's had to pay out more than three billion dollars in a sexual abuse claims in the united states alone and that amount is expected to rise even further after a report found that hundreds of priests in one state preyed on thousands of children over the course of decades and that church leaders regularly covered it up christensen you need to travel to pennsylvania to see how the church and its victims are responding. to the diocese of harrisburg at the first in a series of meetings bishop ronald gaynor explains to catholics what's being done to stop clergy abuse and help victims including setting up a compensation fund i hope that this is the beginning as one step to. for a better safer catholic church but it isn't enough for the forty sisters five of whom were abused in the diocese by the same priest they want all perpetrators and

those who protect them to be held accountable in a court of law carolyn was still in diapers when her abuse started in her family's case there was evidence and the church paid a one million dollars settlement in exchange for not pressing charges or talking about the case last year when the pennsylvania attorney general released a state wide report on clergy abuse the forty's learned that the church had received another complaint against their abuser and done nothing that was a validation to me for us and that's what victims are seeking they're seeking that moment in court it wasn't just the four unease the report found credible evidence that statewide some three hundred priests how to be used more than a thousand children and that the church had a pattern of covering it up the revelations have led to a federal investigation and at least a dozen more states are now compiling their own reports in pennsylvania victims have been lobbying the elected officials to suspend the statute of limitations in order cases and. victims two years to take the church and their abusers to court

but legislation has gone nowhere amid fears lawsuits would bankrupt the church in new york churches have already made more than two hundred million dollars in payouts camille bureaus oversees the awarding of funds for several diocese and i think. these programs have afforded these victims an outlet a place to go an avenue to seek some sort of compensation and admission of what happened but elected official mark razi who was raped by a priest at thirteen believes changing the statute is the only way to hold the church accountable this is about the hierarchy. aiding and abetting known perpetrators of that allow this to go on and that's why i'm bad is that this has to stop courtney says she was heartened by what she heard at the meeting not from the bishop but from other catholics

a lot of them are voicing that you know they're going to withhold their their financial contributions raising the pressure on politicians as well as the church christian salumi al-jazeera harrisburg pennsylvania. thousands have been celebrating in bulgaria is old the city of after it was named this year's european capital of culture the opening show is named we are all colors the city prides itself on its ethnic diversity and also claims to be the oldest inhabited city in europe it's sharing the culture title with the italian city of new terra. i'm a star and these are the top stories the u.s. president has been accused of concealing details of his meetings with russia's leader of lattimer pearson the washington post alleges donald trump took back the

notes made by his interpreter following a meeting in hamburg in twenty seventeen the runner up in the democratic republic of congo his presidential election says the vote has been fraudulent mohsen failure to once a recount and is challenging the official results in course i'm hoping you got to the court we called the electoral commission to read the ballot papers because that's what. we are to politicise agree we did is. our most. fabricated nothing to do with the truth and there were in this room the truth was to come from the. developing a coal mine collapse in china has killed twenty one mine is eighty seven were underground when the roof caved in dozens were airlifted to safety and shaanxi province engineers are investigating the cause disasters are common in china's

mining industry. a saudi teenager who fled from her family over fears for her life in the kingdom has arrived in her new home country mohamad flew from thailand to canada after an offer of asylum the eighteen year old one global attention when she launched a social media campaign from her hotel room in bangkok pleading for help hundreds of protesters have marched in guatemala city against the president's decision to shut down a un backed anti-graft body. has ordered foreign stocks of the international commission against impunity to leave within twenty four hours last monday as top court blocked the decision rather as accuses the commission of overstepping its duties after it sought to investigate him. thousands of been celebrating involved areas old the city productive after it was named to this year's european capital of culture the city prides itself on its ethnic diversity and also claims to be the

oldest inhabited city in europe those are the headlines join me for more news here off the inside story. on the currency of the cost believe it or briggs it should be of dollars worth of assets shifted out of the u.k. which is the of the aviation plus small arms creepier but it's just consumer gadgets connected to the internet all i'm sure would las vegas turn to the cost on zero zero. isolated but defiant nicolas maduro begins a second disputed term as venezuela's president shunned by his neighbors and his country's economy and what madeira have to offer and will sink even further into chaos this is inside story.

and i welcome to the program i'm nick clegg hyperinflation power cuts and shortages of food and medicine the economic crisis has driven millions of venezuelans out of the country nicolas maduro his critics blame him for the does situation and yet he's sworn in for a second six year term as president the poll was marred by allegations of vote rigging his opponents are challenging his right to lead the country and calling for new elections to i suppose has more now from caracas. i think it was the it was sworn in for his second term in office and members of the opposition controlled national assembly took to the streets to denounce him as a super of the executive office of the scene and that his daughter is one of the millions that have left venice when in the past year she says families shouldn't be forced to live apart and so we don't have our polly trail five there is a polo guy in them because we don't have one made it safe for food to go out we

don't have security in the streets the demonstration was small compared to the massive ones that happened in two thousand and seventeen one thousand stuck to the streets to protest against muddled us attempts to disregard the national assembly for most of the people here and this is a first step towards opposing what they call it the dictatorship of precedent because a lot muddled up there also calling on the armed forces to rebel against the government even though the military has played a crucial role in her childish socialist revolution i was the precedent of a national assembly is one why though he was elected last week and now says he's ready to become the interim president and called for new elections he told al-jazeera he first needs the support of the armed forces and the venezuelan people to hand them the guy uniforms or the strength of the people is crucial in this process we have people that were forced to leave the country others to teams murdered and even tortured nothing is stopped us it has not been easy for us we are

survivors and we are in resistance to what was it before your position has called for a demonstration on january twenty third and promises the national assembly who is considered to be in contempt by the administration will be in charge of defending democracy in this country international pressure may also help but analysts say it is not enough then the most assume politico coolant to sick. the need to force the government to negotiate the international community plays an important role but it's not enough there has to be a true leader that can connect to the masses to force majeure to negotiate you need a population ready to defend their rights. the law says this is another attempt orchestrated by the united states to generate chaos if. this is a show to try and stabilize the country they are a group of kids who control the opposition and want to play to create chaos it's the same group that carried out the street protests and every day they will have

a new show. but many of those opposing the government are desperately looking for someone that would show them a way out of the crisis that has forced millions of venice winds to emigrate in search of a better life. will back us. i'll tell you what there's plenty of potential venezuela was once one of latin america's wealthiest countries with the largest oil reserves in the world of three hundred billion barrels they account for more than ninety five percent of his export revenues some estimates put oil sales at about seven hundred fifty billion dollars between two thousand and four and two thousand and fifty but this did drop dramatically after the collapse in oil prices and then a lack of investment in the state owned oil company has seen production plunged to below one point six nine million barrels a day and that is less than half the amount when hugo chavez took power in one thousand nine hundred nine. that peak in two thousand and nine it forty three

billion dollars and now at less than nine billion. all right let's bring in our guests i'm pleased to say from caracas by skype phil gunson who's a senior analyst covering the andes region at the international crisis group then we have in washington d.c. sonia shot specialist on latin american relations with a special focus on venezuela and then from merida also venezuela by skype is paul dobson a journalist from venezuela and the alice's dot com thank you all for joining us on this important discussion pulled off and if i can start with the list let's begin with the election itself those who believe that nicolas maduro was free and fairly elected are in the minority to say the least. is that what you think is that what you say. well i think it's important to remember that the international press doesn't necessarily represent the views of the governments of

the world the peoples of the world and be elections here in venice wait no we're overseen by independent electoral experts observe this election at present as he nominates he declared that elections are free fair and transparent be this included members from the african union from the ceiling which is the council are literally experts or latin america. from a whole range of other countries and continents from across the globe and now these electoral says were witness to the editor process the day itself the order it before and after the horror into other elements of the electoral process i don't quoting to them. we have my reasons doubt that the elections were a true reflection of the will of the venezuelan people of on may may twentieth ok let's bring in son your son is shot free and transparent is that how you view it ok i would like to highlight songs. i would like to one like their position off the

ople see shown that despite all all its there is the there that fight all the efforts off the government their mother what a goal that meant the creep of the opposition to him pretty soon and then he enters the cult all these they don't have any rule like this protest their self and the out of the way out of fighting for to change the go back to their will cut out the lot immensely ok but as far as the elections concerned are you accept that they were conducted in a reasonable way and so therefore it was mature as the rightful president. no no this is what i'm trying to say that i'm not trying to spot and free elections because the opposition never thought part of this election it was actually elections are more know are people who were supporting mother at all so actually it was something that it was not free and as fighting see it less of but also as it

was not free and transparency that's why or people in the international community probably not the whole international community but the western world they they consider that the mother would decide the fate of its ill just to say that the opposition had not really take their ship short field guns and it's fair to say that the opposition mostly did not take part in this but maybe that was a mistake. well there are some people who think it was but the problem is really that the government gave them very little time to get organized they brought the election forward by six or seven months it was supposed to be held in december and the opposition was divided over whether it was wise to take part in an election in which the conditions were clearly rigged against them a small part of the opposition did participate but eventually repudiated the results on the grounds that my daughter had violated electoral law now of course

we're in a situation where domestic heavy opposition doesn't recognize my daughter internationally several dozen countries including some of the most people countries in the world say my daughter's a de facto leader and the issue really is how do we move on from here i will be and we bring. peace and stability prosperity back to them as well not to mention democracy in the bulldogs and so that is the case that venezuela is enormously isolated now isn't it. well it is it is it the fact the united states and colombia and brazil and maybe great britain have not recognize a government that four or five countries and whole range of countries across the globe have recognized the new government i mean there was an organization so i mean there are nearly a hundred hundred governments represented at when its regional blocs like the african union the arab league opec the world peace council they said lacked from the caribbean and a whole range of other organizations united nations was there as well and so i think it's very important we break down this euro centric or north american centric

view of the world and it a factor that washington doesn't recognize the government doesn't mean that the world doesn't recognize it there's no surprise that they're not just because they're not really need to recognize on countries like china that are not only not recognizing i think it's also a case of they've explicitly today saturday call for a new government saying it's stood behind venezuela's opposition run congress and then you have candidates foreign minister saying having seized power through fraudulent and democratic elections at the regime is now fully entrenched as a dictatorship but this isn't surprising this isn't the brightest light in. the country fact is that we've only seen one government to us the world break diplomatic relations with venezuela and this is paranoid not even washington has broken relationship with venezuela and are seen as all major world powers back the current government china russia and lot of the countries in the middle east and asia and africa even european countries and so on and the whole nearly the entire

caribbean i moved to south america and they may not like the fact of the matter of won the elections a matter of the new president but this is a different question this is a political issue but the fact that the government people are saying that isolated i think it's completely wrong sonia. no i actually did a european union doesn't recognize their mother or a g.m. right now they consider this government illegitimate and on the other hand why when mother why is this so the fickle do have to change it political change in venice way when we see that crisis and it's not the us to blame for all what's happened in rana swearin it is this. because he was responsible he is leaving his role in the call on duty so he is the person to blame for what this happening why so many people are why so many realists whalen's are leaving the

cong to be looking for a new place to start the new life. so they they let me find out how do i put up a letter that paul say is true to say his name he has been reelected having presided over over violence over hunger over off the scale inflation shelves millions of people have left the country it's a shambles would you say that he's done a good job in his first ten years. i am has a lot of problems as a lot of areas you made during your first tenure without a doubt jeff aaron back to one thing with your previous speaker sonny you mentioned if any change political change has to come to venezuela which in fact most venezuelans won't this has to come to a democratic meet can't be imposed from the international community has to come through elections and we have election fat twenty five elections in the last twenty years in fact five elections in the last year and a half the fact that the right wing voters have cited not to vote or haven't

registered to vote is that their issue the election the gender the majority the venice wave and two of the eighty people who are able to choose the country's course the majority decide to participate in elections want to carry on with the current government be this the right decision on the right or wrong decision this is a sovereign decision and have to be respected and told the full gunson that what chance of the opposition sorting this out because there's no question that they are they all splintered and they can't present themselves as a cohesive force is there a chance that they can produce a viable opposition. well i think there is a but it's tricky it's an uphill struggle they just as was mentioned in the introduction it just elected a new leadership of the national assembly the parliament which they dominate but which the government has has. prevented from fulfilling its functions by using the courts against it to say that the parliament is supposedly in contempt of court basically shipping it all its powers so that he does ship is is in place in

parliament but it's very difficult for them to actually act their laws have no effect there they are not able for example to call ministers the hearings the government basically doesn't recognise them so i think the first thing that needs to happen is that the opposition needs to really constitute itself it needs to it needs to you really unite and it needs to reunite around. a coherent and credible plan to bring back democracy in in coordination with those countries internationally that are concerned that that is why the now no longer is a democracy. that is not going to be helped if we have seems like we had yesterday in caracas it's necessary for the opposition to reunite around a coherence of incredible policy for restoring democracy is necessary for them to reconstitute their leadership and it's not going to be helped by incidents like we

saw yesterday where the newly elected president of the national assembly. of declare himself of. constitution the circumstances to take over the executive. to be subsequent be denied the d.p. is that he didn't do that people internationally the secretary general it was asian american states is recognizing him as the president this kind of confusion really doesn't help that we need to think clearly and take serious and logical steps to produce a negotiated solution to this there is a serious danger that violence might erupt if that's not the case it's on your is that your fear to the if there is a gathering on the streets that it's going to lead to similar scenes that we saw in two thousand and seventeen when what more than one hundred twenty people were killed unfortunately this is not going to lead to any

solution i i as the the best solution despite if you mention their war legacy a shown in minutes where i'm on venice soil and is not really very popular but this is the only way to find a solution to the of an asylum crisis why because why mr moto we leave the power why. since he knows that they are us and other continents are behind him out of chasing him it has to be it and there was a negotiated solution in order that the find the best way for the transitional government that to lead to democratic elections with the newly theirs but i think in this negotiation but this not very popular him an assailant to talk about that so it is very briefly tell us about the military and what role they play in all this l fervent supporters a missouri could change. well actually if you see what this happening

right now i'm in a swell with the economy crisis social crisis i was last week and you see the people who are coming to pay though they are not the wealthy people or not even middle class they are poor people who are feeling the contrie and everybody's talking about they need thirty and they say that their situation of mother orus really very difficult in venezuela and he said they are just only because of the support of the military the one the military to take a step ahead and try to go on this side of the market a c i am not quite sure the us that will be a solution i don't know i am not sure about that but everybody seems to will go to to the we leave that that will be their best solution in order to find

a way out to the venezuelan political crisis paul what do you think. is your sense that the military will always stay loyal why and why do they remain loyal. well i think when we address a question of the military we can't really look at it without remember what happened in two thousand and two in two thousand and two and the military did exactly what washington is currently calling on them to do again basted up against the democratic democratically elected president and they have it through him for a short period of nearly forty eight hours and this is called a coup d'etat not. if they would do this again as mr trump has run low and a few and not a spokespersons according for them to do this would again be a coup de done it is illegal this is against the venezuelan constitution at my against democracy the any way for a change of government in venezuela is to the electoral ballot box right. so i

think i mean what are some of the same but it is one of like question is is it possible that the military could change sides if the situation in venezuela gets worse still worse and then they start being affected themselves by the situation could they flip sides. i think it's important to remember that the vast majority of the soldiers that the lower rank soldiers and not talk about the generals in the majors and i never the average soldiers that people from from from the poor parts of the country people who who talk to their families who hear that the plight of their families and their friend to nominate three civilians and they hear about issues that are going on in the country that are not oblivious to these issues they don't of course they see the prices of the goods in the shops and they see the problems with the transport and orange or other issues they're not they're not cut off from these issues in any way shape or form or not but they are nonetheless loyal to to their leadership structure and i don't know the venezuelan constitution

the rule of law or a minute's way let their high commander in chief if the president and yesterday and the day before yesterday was an important statements coming out from military and reflecting this again or letting the fact that they are remaining loyal to their leader of commander in chief which is a president again it was so filled out so we have because we're there he is the president he's running his second term he does have some big name supporters behind him the shape of russia china turkey there's plenty of money billions of dollars have been pledged by russia and china could it be that he could just turn things around. i don't think he can turn things around economically he's had six years to do that he's repeatedly said he's going to now so they can buy a package that will solve the problems he's failed to do that situations got steadily worse and now goes under international sanctions i don't think even the

chinese who have the money to bail him out particularly keen to go on doing that indefinitely the russians might be more inclined but they don't have the money and i think unless there's a political solution there's no way that the economic financial and social crisis humanitarian crisis can be a result all all of this has to start with a political solution to settle the negotiations are unpopular with a part of that but look better lectured at least it really is the only the only way forward the problem is that the government has never put on a been standing on the table the government has engaged in what it calls dialogue on several occasions but this is always ended. with the opposition retiring hurt if you like but they they they never succeeded in getting the government to budge jonna on the fundamental issues that has to happen otherwise the hyper inflationary spiral is going to continue the hunger is going to continue that the

disease the people fleeing the country in their millions and there could as i say be a violent outcome they're going to pour just a last question but one to you i just want to just quickly ask you about that so what is your sense that they're with the backing of russia and china is it possible that smith has the ability to turn venezuela around to get all those people who fled the country to come back. well this is a this is a key question i think yes and i think what what is worth pointing out is that any solutions that are in its way an economic problems are not any short term cure a band-aid let's call them really won't be so on the inherent structural problems which the economy suffers from. and so any sort of solution be it from a who're from the right wing candidate the international community or anyone if we're actually starting a positive impact let's say or turn the economy around for in the medium term and

here i'm talking about change and diversify the economy changing the productive base of the economy and a whole range of other issues so i think it's unrealistic to expect a short term solution. his supporters are giving him more time very clearly. and we have to see a serious economic plan from the opposition from the from the other three candidates who competed against him in may's lecture and there were four candidates and maybe there were three more none of them presented a serious and economic solution which was support of the people ok let me just and britain so you're as though they were the last of enough which is about what happened branson you not just to respond to that and what's your position on us. ok suddenly i think that crisis in menace soloway half the last war in the or not of pressing though the way that crisis and overcome the crisis well their mind how long mother would always remain in power whether or not i think that would

be we have to focus and monitoring how they cut isis in venice where it's going and what bad way they're banned on how the political solution will arrive in minutes for it well one way or another there's still plenty to play out in venezuela we appreciate your time phil gunson on your short and pulled dobson thank you very much indeed for joining us on this important story 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 ford slash a.j. inside story you kind of course also join the conversation on twitter handle is a.j. inside story from eight o'clock and the whole team here it's goodbye from. rewind

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doorstep saw in the rich as a weird legs all attempts to contradict some of its. thank . you stan the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the. al-jazeera i've. a handshake shrouded in secrecy a new report revealed how father president donald trump went to high details of a meeting with vladimir putin. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up demanding

a recount the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election challenges the results plus. it was a pleasure for me to meet. and welcome to you. eight piri piri you need a saudi teenager who fled from her family fearing for her life gets a warm welcome in canada also. heard her. in her car. protesters call for britain's prime minister to step down just days before a crucial breaks that vote in parliament. the u.s. president links with russia under scrutiny for a second successive day donald trump's been accused of concealing details of a meeting with russian leader vladimir pierson

a report in the washington post alleges donald trump didn't release any notes made by his interpreter after he met putin and hamburg and twenty seventeen trump reportedly instructed the translation not to tell anyone in his in his administration what had been discussed he's appeared on us t.v. to deny the allegations. why not released the conversation that you had with president putin in house thinking along with some other stops that might involve the. sore on the whole lot of them well janine i would i don't care i mean i had a conversation like every president does you sit with the president of various countries i do it with all countries we had a great conversation we were talking about israel and securing israel and for lots of other things and it was a great conversation i'm not keeping anything under wraps i couldn't care less. castro has more from washington d.c. . we know of at least five private meetings between u.s.

president donald trump and putin during trump's presidency and the reporting in this washington post article focuses on the twenty seventeen g. twenty meeting in hamburg germany we know that during this meeting president was also then the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson and trump's personal interpreter now tillerson following this meeting told reporters that a wide variety of topics were discussed and that among them trump had pressed who wouldn't whether russia had meddled in the u.s. elections which putin denied than target or told other senior administration officials that trump responded with the words i believe you but since then the lips of that interpreter have been sealed and we may know the reason why now ford into this reporting in the washington post with which cites former and current u.s. officials they say that trump instructed the interpreter not to reveal details of

this meeting not even to four other not even to other administration officials and the reporting says that trump took possession of the notes of the interpreter and the result is that not only is there no detailed record of what was discussed between these two leaders in the public arena there may not even exist records in classified records either all of this would which would handicap u.s. foreign policy experts which may have weighed in and influence the president's policy decisions into the future regarding russia and perhaps the biggest threat of all to the u.s. is giving putin extra leverage to manipulate the president. well the u.s. house of representatives committee says it will look into another report on president trump this one by the new york times the newspaper claims the f.b.i. opened an inquiry to find out if he was secretly working on behalf of russia

against u.s. interests it says the investigation began and made twenty seventeen after trump fired then f.b.i. director james comey counterintelligence investigators were assigned to evaluate whether trump was a potential threat to national security the f.b.i. also sought to determine whether the president was deliberately working for russia or had unintentionally been influenced by moscow has rejected the allegations saying it's the most insulting article i've ever had written about me bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he says this revelation could lead to more investigations. no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a leveling of war but certainly the evidence that was accumulated suggesting that

there was some kind of collaboration between president trump and russia because the house democrats you know now control the house of representatives they can undertake an investigation issue subpoenas to those at the f.b.i. and even though this wasn't you know a crime necessarily it certainly bears on the fitness of the president for office and which means impeachment covers actions that are short of criminal activity but where does this go next and i can guarantee you that the house government affairs and oversight committee will probably issue subpoenas on monday to get the bottom of this why did the f.b.i. think the evidence was credible enough to suggest that mr trump was actually spying on behalf of the country of russia. well u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was in the gulf of visiting allies some of whom are at odds with each other he's in the u.a.e.

meeting abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin ziad after that he heads to qatar then the saudi capital riyadh the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are two of the four countries blockading qatar they accuse doha of supporting armed groups something it strongly denies pompei or has called for unity among gulf states as the u.s. prepares to withdraw its troops from syria and pump air is hopeful of an agreement with turkey to protect its kurdish allies who fought the war against eisel ankara accuses the kurdish fighters of terrorism turkish troops have now carried out military exercises at the border with syria ahead of an expected offensive on the rebel group stronghold of men in northern syria from their sin and cos the early reports. preparing for battle these men are members of the free syrian army is homs a brigade their own laws of the turkish military are on a war footing and preparing for an offensive on the kurdish city of human bridge in

northern syria these fighters say they will not be left behind. with or without the u.s. withdrawal and we will complete this military offensive we are ready for a leaderships order. men bridges controlled by the u.s. backed kurdish war p.g. to keep considers as the syrian branch of the kurdistan workers' party or which it recognizes as a terrorist group. enduring so if the spray gate are syrian kurds who say the white cannot be at the kurds legitimate representative in the war in syria. most of the kurds fled to germany iraqi kurdistan because of the y.p. g.'s oppression they force you even girls for military service on the front lines the charge on affordable taxis. many people support the military offensive surrounded by the p.k. cambridge reinforces and the populations living in fear that more places are

liberated in the why pigeon is gone because of a better business life this is our came out and it is one of two military bases which will coordinate the expected upcoming offensive on the eastern side of the euphrates river and the city of. turkey stays kurdish civilians will not be targeted but some people in members are not convinced not funny. since we learned the u.s. will withdraw many of our friends volunteered to join managed military council to defend our city we will protect ourselves. of course we have for years now we live in peace with really perform our religion but when other groups can there will be corruption. day and night the turkish army continues to strengthen its forces inside syria sending a message that the offensive could start soon. al-jazeera northern syria the head of yemeni intelligence has died of his wounds after a drone strike during

a military parade in the hedge province on thursday six people were killed and forty five others were injured in the attack the fighters have been battling the yemeni government which is backed by the saudi and the rotty coalition. the runner up in the democratic republic of congo as presidential election says the virus has been fraudulent most unfairly once a recount and as challenging the official results in court arima toss a report from the capital kinshasa. martin for ulysses he has evidence to prove he won last month's election by a landslide sixty one percent of the votes and the presidential run up is challenging the result in the constitutional court bring it down to the court we called the electoral commission to. the ballot papers because that's what. we are totally disagree with the result that. was announced there and

they are fabricated nothing to do with the truth provisional results released by the election commission on thursday declared felix the kitty the winner with nearly thirty nine percent of the vote his supporters if she accept the result. more than guys stop when it's done we want it we don't she didn't she didn't we didn't make an arrangement. this is usually results of the polling station and we make sure what. we do or we don't want to go into a fight unlike previous elections voting to at the end of last month was relatively peaceful but growing suspicions over the count could derail congress' first democratic transfer of power since independence from belgium in one thousand sixty constitutional court judges are due to meet on monday and tuesday to go through what martin fireless is evidence which proves he won last month's election if the

judges say he has no case in felix's a katie will be sworn in as president of the influential catholic church is rejecting the official result so too is france and former colonial power belgium the african union and the southern african development community regional body are appealing to the people of congo to respect the eventual decision of the constitutional court judges and avoid a violent reaction. a coal mine collapse in china has killed twenty one mine is eighty seven were underground when the roof caved in dozens were airlifted to safety in chiang she province engineers are investigating the cause disasters are common in china's mining industry a saudi teenager who fled from her family because she feared for her life in the kingdom has arrived in her new home country raf muhammad ali and flew from thailand to canada after she was offered asylum the eighteen year old one global attention when she launched a social.