from entering the country. first i called in brazil has sentenced former president louis enough here let the city vote to almost thirteen years in jail. in a new conviction for corruption and accepting bribes the seventy three year old is already serving a twelve year sentence in a separate corruption case. the leftist leadeder serveds brazil's president between two thousand and three and two thousand and ten for the very latest let's go to we had to do now right. and frustrated because catherine always phone at catherine.

the conviction had to do with upgrades to our world vacation home that lula the ex president used to visit and it's a similalar case to the case that eaearned him e previous conviction -- a company gave money to do improvements on the home he says that it wasn't his home he only slept there -- at the invitation of someone else but this judge has ruled that indeed he's the one responsible for the home and he knew about these bebenefits coming to him and that there were bribes that they work. in exchange for him giving favors to this construction cocompany and that's similar charges to the seven other charges that are still moving against will lie i in the court system. he says all along that this is business as usual for brazilian politicians that - they have close relationships with some companiess and something lie that shouldn't be considered illegal but this judge who is not a replacement for sears y you'll more to this sort of crusading anti corruption judge. has ruled that indeed it's a

legal so now he has -- over twelve more years tacked on to his sentence any mention says you're more of that he is at the at anti corruption no way out tend justice minister on to the right wing -- president dyeable so narrow and he wants to oval hole at the noise on corruption one of the implications of that. he actually just recently announced a package of anti corruption measures that he wants to get approved through congress congress still has to vote on them. and ininclude a couple of things one is reducing the special protection for lawmakers against corruption charges. so for example -- lu le if he had been a president congressman it would be more difficult to prosecute him for some of these things and more -- once that protection to be reduced model also wants people to be able to be arrested -- very soon after a charge has been brought against them so woo la had these charges

going against him in the justice system for a very long time and he was still able to walk around freely you know campaign via face of his party. and more -- wants that to be at that to be ended after the first appeal so we'll see if congress takakes up these -- suggestions that motor says will clamp down on political correction in the future and doesn't have any other options when it comes to obtaining because as it is - he seventy three years years old -- he is looking at spending the rest of his life in prison. yeah he's looking at at least twenty four years of a prison sentence right now and his legal team says they'll appeal every further charge that comes against him. precisely because it's not just about his -- specific destiny but about the political legacy for his party's so he wants a message that he's being unfairly persecuted that what he did was normal was par for the course for brazilian politicians. and so they'll appeal each of these other seven charges

as they come up -- but it looks very likely i mean this is a repeat repeat a very similar sentence to the past one hundred different judge so it looks likely that he'll continue to lose these cases against him. catherine osborne in medicine or thank you very much and venezuela's self proclaimimed president one y dole is ramping up calls for humanitarian age to and to the country the u. s. along with most of europe and latin america. now recognize quite though as presidents yesterday he claimed venezuelalan soldies were blockingg a bridgdge on the border with cololombia.. prevenenting aid from being delivered snitches madurai says international aid shipments are not allowed into the country a move that some say w will once in a devastating shortrtage of medical suppliess fronts twenty four seven if an andi's reports from inside then as well. a commonly danniella suffers from cerebral palsy. the chronic shortage and high prices of medicine in venezuela has particularly affected the toledo family.

their daughters monthly treatment coststs a hundred and sixty dollars far above their salary of ten dollars per month. nestor has just one wish that his daughter can access the medication she needs which often arrives thanks toto international aid. dc into your when he got the other the sore muscles we would like for the humanitarian aid. to be allowed into venezuela. it would help us economically. and it would also help us as a family. michael what me andnd i thik thatat was h her mother in a suffinings. we feel guilty about not being able to help our daughter and got. another look my government. when you notice urbina is the director of the pediatric association of venezuela? he has repeatedly warned the government has a medical crisis facing children in the country. said he will have a land though i i we continue to call on the government to act out of it must recognize that the country's medical situation is dying. when the event is whelan's urgently need this humanitarian aid i use the

money that it? in spite of increasing pressure from the medical community. president nicolas maduro's government has turned. saying that venezuela doesn't need foreign governments to provide for its needs. an opinion shared by some medical workers in this health clinic overseen by cuban doctors. dozens of those eight and what the argument that we don't t need and on we're nt at war fulull sun there's no humanitarian catastrophe. calling for a you can try. yourself yes we don't want to humanitarian aid. to the look at t him when you weree mine. maduro supporters say us sanctions are to blame for the shortage of medical supplies. with some claiming that washington's aid shipments could be a potential precursor to military intervention. get after so noble i think that the opposition should stop lying eat they should stop demanding to say it. is just a another means intervening in our fair. the question of humanitarian shipments has divided

venezuelans. for danielle as parents. partisan debate matters little keep that in the face of their daughters urgent medical needs. hi brexit lawmakers in the u. k. have hit back at a u. council president d donald tusk after he won there was a special place in hell. f r those who had not properly planned for britain's departure from t the europen union the e. u. is standing firm and refusing to reopen negotiations. ahead of theresa may's visit to brussels thursday in belfast trying to persuade lawmakers that tobacco is honest because had reports. with just over fifty days to go until person issue to leave the eu. the pressure is heating up on all sides. irish prime minister leo varadkar was in brussels on wednesday for talks with the usually doesn't how to salvage the brexit deal. and some top the complexity of the crisis. is not just a question.

of maintaining that the peace process at the good friday agreement it is also a question of making sure that we protect the single market in the customs union. on that island doesn't become a back door to the single market in the customs union. he usually does one once again that means divorce still which she failed to get approved in parliament will not be re opened. and president of the european council donald test revealed his own frustration with the crisis by mococking those in favor of a hard for accents. that i've been wondering. what the special place? in her looks like for those. who promoted by feet? without even a s sketch of a plan how to carry [inaudible] a few. the commons ruffled feathers across the channel particularly amongst your skeptic mps. became as a british prime minister was meeting with northern ireland's five main political leaders of stormont to racial them if the secucung a deal to avoid

the hard border. northern irish leaders themselves are divided over the backstop. insurance policy designed to ensure t the g gdp which crs up makes minority government says it would endanger the union of the united kingdom. while shin sane are adamant and must remain. we are now fifty one days from the ranks the deadline and the prime memberships prime minister. has come here and see this. it's the same old rhetoric. with n no plan no credibili. and frankly no honor. me is due to meet you leaders in brussels on thursday in an effort to secure changes to the controversial faxed. but skepticism remains within the block they should be able to perform within acceptable offffer to revive the dealal. now during his state of the union speech last night in washington us president donald trump refund his commitment. to bringing troops home from afghanistan

washington is currently holding talks with h the talibaban in moscocow. as it seeks to end its role in the seventeen you will but for now the two sides disagree on how quickly that withdrawal should happen. there also phase that without us troops that would be a return to the hardline islamist policieies of thee papast. friends marty has this report from couple. these are not all fisishing nenegotiations both sides sd itit's jusust an exchange of viviews. donald trump's l latest ststatements i in the statef the u union speech and also before in the cbs interview were.. more ambiguous thann sometimemes reported -- it is true h he oncnce again said that h he's notot too n to continue with the uss mimitary's presence in afghanistan as during all these years in the policy. on the older hand he also never did clearly state. when therere will be a withdrawal like -- negotiationsns are ongngoind at these parts suggests that the americics or waiaiting

whwhat results these negotiations will you. so at the moment it's really up in there. the greek prime minister is in tacky as part of efforts to try and improve relations and resolve the numerous disputes between the two countries over territory and energy. buster president russia typ- one wants greece to extradite turkish offices accused of taking part in the failed coup of twenty sixteen should be super bowls. the school which used to train orthodox leaders and wass shut down by turkey almost five decades ago. the highest sophia ancient cathedral used for centuries as a mosque and which someone to turn into a mosque again. sites alexis tsipras toward on the second day of his visit show how far back go tensions between greeks and turks. air to one focused on more recent disputes starting with a failed military coup against him and the soldiers who found refuge in greece.

yep you go to in our discussions. we expressed our expectations. to see these terrorists -- pluses return to our country the cut today due to neutra. c. purse replied his hands are tied greek courts granted asylum to these officers who swear they're innocent. full this of the term of the loan so you know what i i want to state once more that greece as a justice state has to respect the decisions of the justice system. yoshi's. sampraras address the migrat crisis although turkey has sealaled the dea with the e. u. to shelter migrants a growing number some fourteen thousand have reached greece last year. cypress another major sticking point somome forory five years after turkey partiallyy invaded the islad the dispute emerged again after gas reserves were found i in its territorial waters turkey insistingng it wants a sharere of that ene.

and staying in check it was a miraculous escape the dozens of people in a sample after that eight story apartment block collapsed. at least one person has been confirmed dead according to turkish media. and that this footage shows the bill tyler district crumbling as people. fled for their lives there are reports of peoplple beig left window trapped under the rubble is not. immediately clear what caused the collapse sparked. an investigation is underwa. a neighborhood of paris's student shot off the most deadly fire in over a decad. resident with psychiatric problems is believed to have started the blaze off to getting into a fight with a neighbor alcoholicic that foster have the nicest. more than twenty four hours after the fire. access to the building is

still barred. some residents complete flowers. emotions are running high in the neighborhood. this couple lived on the third floor. it's the first t time they'e been back. there still shaken by. my thoughts are with the victims because they mimight still be. i hope not. i really hope that one zero stuff and a lot. they're hoping to get back into their apartment. clicked on top cynically na. and i understand that you live here but it's not possible at this time. not known at least we're here. we are going to complain or whine we're lucky to be alive. that's important since it i. this man lives across from the building. he shares a video taken from his balcony of the bourbon facade i come fromom my head arouound its. santosh but it's a nightmar. see it's hard to accept this everything disappeared so quickly. i just want to wake up and

read a book. in front of the school down the street it's more of the same. after this initial we knew the people we've seen them coming and going for years. this is a little stressful - hood residents are offering their support. bringing close to nations to the town hall -- chapel brought winter clothes she kept imagining what it would be nice. has lost everything do. the neighborhood church is planning a mass in honor of the victims. a new film about afghanistan has a fan to rave reviews cavalli would do recounts the adventures of a group of friends who decide to open a cultural sense said the action centers of the cinema are you. an old abandoned movie fish at once the biggest and most luxurious cinema in kabul conserve yet. in in afghanistan devastated by war is for young culture

loving students against long odds. embarked on an ambitious project to renovate the largest cinema in the capital. asap. admitted for the first is the dallas at the center circle. here's a list of the best known cinnamon campbell said it was destroyed during the civil war center was not rebuilt after the favor going on we did during the story really. renovated rebuilds repayments redesign the scenery with t the story and the e filming in jordan many incidents. including death threats shootings fire and even a bomb attack. julia who plays the role of the fundamentalist brother real life turned out to be more violent than depicted in the film. sedona pencil like a character exists east yeah the the people even more

terrible. actually w worse than us initial. i'm a difficult exam the subject of the film m cinema ours laugh. it was. is that the present was annoying melissa temple. city channel to vision on certainly. french director louis meunier subtly mixes fact and fiction blurring the border between film and documentary. so i introduce a lot of guys in the filmm. also because many characters we actually need things the ononly role -- like -- ness as a projectionist although ya with a re in like three sequences so like the opening of the scene in my in the end is a real ceremony. necessary and ryan i still live in afghanistan. for the others who have been refugegees in france for several years. returning to their home country was a moving experience.

all of thee holidays just. actual planted on the kia seki this movie is very close to reality. and it was hard for me a major s step playeded a character w wn it is that okay soo close to me. question while -- to cinema and especially too freedom. this fililm is a beacon in e darkness and a reminder that culture is both our past and our future. right to couple the woods in the semis right now now reminder of all time is national stories this hour and they're all fifty one days to go until britain. leaves the european union but youu need to say that brexit is willing to risk another deal except a bound for hell trees may is due in brussels tomorrow after wrapping up the freezing day with this we'll talk. about. the taliban insist it doesn't want to complete takeover of afghanistan to

says every last american soldier must leave the hardline islamist holding talks with washington. it most guy. and the seventeen year. and in venezuela one why dole i is renewing calls for the maduro regime to about food a and medical aid into the country. why does who has the backikg of the uss and mosost o of e and lalatin america says vevenezuelan soldiers stopp? twenty shield unitarians supplies or entry. let's get an update on the business fourteen okay movies butut with this high that k. when i go back to ththe uniteded states att dd trump has name yet a another controversial nominated phillip by compose this time as head of the world bank that's right he selected david malpass. to replace former president jimmy on can doesn't currently serves as the treasury department's top diplomat he's a long time trump supporter who has vocally criticized the world bank in the past. thing the development organization should curb its lending to china and rain in

its financial reach. he was more conciliatory as he was nominated though vowing to work with the administration on issues including a women's empowerment take a listen. the world bank the world's premier i know it baca has been a strong leader on women's economic empowermen. and i look forward to continuing our work together on her women's global development and prosperity initiative. mister president. i'm very optimistic that we can achieve breakthroughs. to create growth abroad that will help us combat extreme poverty and increase economic opportunities in the developing world. referencnce to the presidens daughter there if i could trump whose name had once been floated by washington insiders as being a possibl. replacement candidate for that position notice nomination cycle was already likely to spark controversy since the institutions were founded the world bank has always been led by an american. in the international monetary fund by a european.

developing economies have criticized the process and made a push to be more included in the organizations that serve them. nomination it must now be approved by the world bank's directors other member states are likely to put forward their own candidates in competition. with the american. the european union announced it would block a proposed merger between france's alstom in germamany siemens siemens shares dropped in frankfort but a also shares rose 4%. thinking is that the french compmpany may not be able to shop for another deaeal with more advantageouserms. analysts at berenberg bank for example upgraded elston to a buy rating and suggested it could now seek a type with transport division of canada's bombard jay. to have a better chance of approval here in europe action was more down beat with both the both the french and german governments saying the veto would make european businesses less competitive on the global stage. trigger reports. it could have been a european rail joint to match the confidence global leader

of the s skies abbbbas bettr brbrussels veto on the l. storm siemens manager left fury melting in berlin. and paris decision the commission to move as the commission's decision is a bad. one a toddler to european industry. and it seems to have been made on the spot ground. fault mall. has long been utterly convinced that the future of french industry lies withinn a unified european frame what. if you. the e. u.'s concern was that all the european competition would b be edged out by the franco german giants. not the company should struggle in the short term though both may already be looking for potential new partners. gorgeous rejection love little impact because jobs are still guaranteed in particular when it comes to orders it already been made without stopping the questions more over the long term because al stem on its own without a line to siemens may not be able to resist global competition. one yet competition like the chilling a rail road rolling stock corporation the world's largest train manufacturer which has its sights set o on european

markrkets. the merger had been meant to go toe to toe with the c. r. a c.. and both the french and german economy ministers are in lock step over what to do next. isn't about about sorry us via welcome competition low. make it p possible for euroe to shape future developments in this area. on an equal basis with its competitors in other regions committees and bicyclist i've been kind of the e. u. decided late last year further controls on foreign investment into the block strategic sectors when needed. but when it comes to competition regulations it seems to distinctct sides ae now digging in. let's check in on the day tradingg actionn now fairly muted clothes for the major europeanan indices. ending at the date just under the flat line t there the frankfort taxes pull downwn by new data showing a drop in exports from europe's largest economy. wall street also trending down the s. and p. five hundred is on track to end a five day winning streak

there at the nasdaq down nearly half aa percecentage point is our disney shares are also trading down slightly. despite having reported better than expected earnings for the last quarter. moving on some days other business headlines now general motors shares rose one and a half percent. of the american car drive reported better than expected earnings as its turnaround plan takes effec. fourth quarter revenue jumped to thirty eight point four billion dollars boosted by strong sales of pickup trucks.. go to giant is in the process of cutting fourteen thousand jobs. tries to cut costs and become more competitive. apple's head of retail is to leave the company after five years. angela i rinse was previously head of british fashion brand burberry which is overseen the overhaul an expansion of apples. more than five hundred shops around the world tech giant grapples with slowing demand for its flagship product. the french bank bnp paribas planning to cut another six hundred million euros in

cost after posting weak results for the last three months of twenty eighteen that's on top of savings of almost three billion which were already planned by. twenty twenty cricket thank fell by one and a half percent for twenty eighteen mostly hit by phone earning. with political pressure rising on all sides that israel's nicolas maduro seems to be losing loosening some restrictions on the country's currency. the official exchange rate of us dollars to bowl of ours has become more attractive than the black market rate. and is led to queues outside authorize exchange points. analysts say it's likely an effort to boost the government supply of hard currency specifically u us dollars. and the years of currency controls have contributed to the runaway inflation rate just left much of the population struggling to survive. many senate venezuelans though said they were still anxious to take advantage of that new exchange rate take a listen. so in the currency exchange offices have begun to open. we've begun to see lines of

peoplele t trying t to exche currenency because the rates so m much more favorable. just likee paying w with foreignn credit cards which was unthinkable we're now seeing it in some places shopping cenenters supepermarkets etcetera open saturdays but make out of its it that. way not only now they're buying with the current rate of twenty nine hundred ball of ours for each dollar which is close to today's black market rate. it's a little higher but the important thing is in venezuela rather paradoxical of course. but import to keep an eye on absolutelyly arere okay thak yoyou very much indeed can e do that with a business we gonna take a short break

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