distinguished professor of political science at georgia state university joining us this hour from budapest, hungary. given where things stand right now, who would you say has more leverage inside venezuela? the sitting president nicolas maduro or the self-declared opposition leader juan guaido offering honesty and heart? >> well it's definitely a standoff. maduro has all the power behind him but guaido has legitimacy internally by being freely elected as both deputy in his congress and as head of his congress and now international legitimacy with the popular support. so it's sort of, you know, guns versus people in a sense. but i think it's still a standoff. it's hard to tell yet where exactly this is going to go. >> well, it all comes down to who has the support of the military. that is the common denominator here, and the opposition looking for cracks in the foundation to see if they can peel off any support and oust maduro. what are the factors do you surmise would motivate military officials to reconsider their position? >> i think if you see that both the popular support in venezuela continues

mccoy, distinguished professor of political science at georgia state, joining us via skype from budapest, hungarytoday. thank you for talking with us. let's begin with this new development from washington. the venezuelan military attache pulling his allegiance from maduro. is that significant? >> yes, it is. it is what the gamble of declaring an interim presidency was hoping to provoke. of course, much more of this. he's doing it from a safe position in washington. and we'll have to wait and see if others follow him. right now guadio is hoping that others around the world, other similar military attaches, might follow suit and eventually some in caracas. that is still yet to see. >> we know the opposition-led national assembly in venezuela offered amnesty to the military that steps away from maduro. that could be a tipping point. also, word that perhaps maduro and opposition are talking. would that be a very positive step? and do you foresee with what we're looking at now that there could be a political solution to this crisis? >> there has to be a political solution to the crisis. i think some p

syria saying it would help i still stage a comeback and thousands of people have rallied in hungary's capital budapest against what many have done the slave will the legislation introduced by prime minister viktor orban the amount of overtime that of that employees can to moms. to thailand now where the first tropical storm in thirty years left one person dead and another missing as rain wind and surging seawater up with trees and brought down power lines it's now weakened to a tropical depression but the risk of flooding is still that florence louis reports from coast to movie in southern thailand. less than twenty four hours after it made landfall public has been downgraded to a tropical depression the province of the concept appears to have been hit hardest by the storm. but. only five or six minutes after the storm hit the roof was blown away. dozens of buildings have been damaged power supplies disrupted and streets flooded thousands of people way vacuity to ahead of its arrival. fall there is wind and rain we have children in our family so we hurried here the head of our village urged us to leav

northern syria saying it might help stage a comeback and thousands of people have rallied in hungary's capital budapest against what many of dubbed the slave little legislation introduced by prime minister viktor oban boost the amount of over time employees can demand. all the stories of following closely fighting between who's the rebels and yemeni government forces has broken out just south of the port city of a data this comes despite a fragile cease fire between the warring sides broke out in sweden last month the outbreak of fighting coincides with the arrival of un special envoy. in the country in an attempt to try to sustain the agreement. a small. an attempt at piecing together a broken ceasefire the u.s. envoy martin griffiths is back in yemen calling on warring sides to follow the truce they agreed to months of negotiations craft within weeks he was met by cancer patients who demand the sunnah airport be reopened they are among the thousands of patients who cannot travel out of yemen for life saving treatments one of the many consequences of the ongoing war like a national lead and we would l

the last several weeks braving icy conditions thousands returned to the streets of budapest with a message for hungary's president stop obama they want his right wing government's new overtime law to be repealed it allows a massive increase in how many extra hours employees can ask the staff to work from two hundred fifty to four hundred hours it also lets employees take up to three years to pay the overtime labor union say that slavery. we hunger in is work too much already we just can't bear it anymore wall ok the problem is if the company goes under or if you quits then you lose all your overtime pay. hungary's overtime rules been hugely controversial ever since it was proposed when it came to a vote in parliament the opposition blew whistles and made noise to try to stop it from passing without success. since then thousands of gone out regularly to protest accompanied by an overwhelming police presence in one protest opposition politicians were thrown out of the state television station as they tried to read out a petition against the law people gathered outside for hours calling for free speech and

about these protests in terms of what hungary and outside of budapest are hearing about them a lot ofpeople in villages small towns small cities are hearing the government's point of view and only the government's point of view and so i think that the government has a lot of tools in its arsenal be at the media be it the strike law or be it the fact that it still has this two thirds majority in the parliament which allows it to to do whatever it pleases but that control of independent institutions could galvanize the opposition even more beyond strike action is their affair the demonstrations could turn violent. well we've seen them in the recent protests was quite peaceful although there was not any violence today in recent weeks there had been tear gas fired at several points when up when the protesters were trying to breach the perimeter of the parliament for instance in general the government is trying to have a light touch not resort to brute force tactics when it comes to suppressing dissent in hungary did they have other tactics other more subtle and sleeker ways of suppressing

thousands of anti—government demonstrators have marched through hungary's capital, budapest, to protests of the far—right government of viktor orban. the demonstrations began in december against a law that extends overtime, but have since broadened. nick thorpe is in budapest. thousands of people marched through the centre of budapest, in bitterly cold january afternoon, to gather here in front of the hungarian parliament. the main achievement of these protests so far has been the unprecedented degree of unity they've achieved from the left to the right of the hungarian political spectrum. but, as the novelty of the demonstrations wears off, the problems facing organisers is how to maintain this momentum. the trade unions have been canvassing their members, and there is talk today of a general strike, a one—day general strike, in two weeks' time. from the government's side, these protests have been downplayed, and the government media has been denigrating those taking part. there has also been a carrot from the government side, an offer of an 8% wage increase this year, followed by anot

the last installment of the exhibition was installed yesterday from budapest, hungry. -- hungary. >> we go to egypt. but there's a great and vast array of mummies from all over the world mathat we'll be able to see in this exhibition. >> the exhibit opens on february 10th. >>> a 10-week-old puppy recently diagnosed with a fatal heart condition is getting a new chance at life. i want to introduce you to logan. his foster family wanted to fill his last days with fun, even adding 100 hugs to strangers to his bucket list. when the puppy's list went viral, a pair of colorado veterinarians offered to perform life-saving surgery on logan. but because of his health, he cannot ride cargo on a commercial plane. so his community raised $20,000 in a surgery and a private plane to colorado. logan's first of two procedures is set for today. we wish logan well. and wonderful news from those veterinarians. 5:25 is the time. a local walgreens pharmacy worker is being investigated for fraud after the break. how the employee is accused of working behind the counter as a pharmacist for years without cer

about these protests in terms of what hungary and outside of budapest are hearing about there are a lot of people in villages small towns small cities are hearing the government's point of view and only the government's point of view and so i think that the government has a lot of tools in its arsenal be at the media be it the strike law or be it the fact that it still has this two thirds majority in the parliament which allows it to do whatever it pleases well in serbia thousands of people have been protesting there against the president and ruling party demonstrations have been held every saturday for the last five weeks of protest as in belgrade have been demanding media freedoms and an end to attacks on journalists and opposition figures around these were triggered by an assault on an opposition politician by unknown assailants in the town of cushing in november well protests continuing in france thousands of so-called yellow vests protest as marching through the capital paris in what has become now the eighth week of protests there calling on president that point to step down demon

thousands of anti—government demonstrators have marched through hungary's capital budapest, to protest right government of viktor 0rban. the demonstrations began in december against a law that extends overtime, but have since broadened. nick thorpe is in budapest. thousands of people marched through the centre of budapest in bitterly cold january afternoon to gather here in front of the hungarian kuvasz and. the main achievement of these protests so far has been the unprecedented degree of unity they've achieved from the left to they've achieved from the left to the right full stop of the hungarian puli spectrum. but as the novelty of the demonstrations wes off, the problems facing organisers is how to maintain this momentum. the trade unions have been canvassing their members and there's talk today of a general strike, a one—day general strike, in two weeks' time. from the government side, these protests have been downplayed and the government media has been denigrating those taking part. there's also been a carrot from the government side, an offer of an 8% wage increase this year, o

thousands rally in budapest against the so-called slave law introduced by hungary's prime minister victorll ban also. brought on the south korean island just twelve kilometers from north korea's guns where people are hoping talk of peace silence them for good. and in school for all the goodness continues his perfect start as man to see not to manage it out his fifth straight when the un does in the region see the progress into round four of the f.a. cup. welcome to the program negotiators in washington a working through the weekend to try to break the deadlock over the partial government shutdown president donald trump is demanding more than five billion dollars to build a border war with mexico something the democrats in congress strongly opposed trump is now threatening to use emergency powers to get it built and says he's prepared to let the shutdown last months or even years patty cohan reports from washington. the two sides emerged from both sides of the white house with very different impressions of how their meeting went and we had a very very productive meeting lengthy and sometim

serbia's most impressive art nouveau buildings although it was originally intended for the hungary and capital budapest. the synagogues renovation took forty years it's open to visitors and is also used by the jewish community for events and services. every year berlin hosts international green week giant agricultural convention featuring specialty is from around europe well this year finland is the partner country there are the trend towards organic food is growing reflection of the abundance of the country's natural landscapes water and fresh air all at least that is the image the finns are projecting at green week here's a closer look. finland boasts plenty of unspoiled nature so it's hardly surprising that natural foods play a major role in classic finnish cuisine. most of what lands in the frying pan or on the plate come straight from the great outdoors hidden away in the north of the finnish capital helsinki lies the culling area team finland training camp here top young chefs develop new dishes almost like in a lab and prepared to compete in an international competition. finish christine. we get

about these protests in terms of what hungary and outside of budapest are hearing about them a lot of people in villages small towns small cities are hearing the government's point of view and only the government's point of view and so i think the government has a lot of tools in its arsenal be it the media be it the strike law or be it the fact that it still has this two thirds majority in the parliament which allows it to do whatever it pleases the president was quite peaceful there was not any violence today and in recent weeks there has been tear gas fired at several points when when the protesters were trying to breach the perimeter of the parliament for instance in general the dormant government has tried to have a light touch not resort to brute force tactics when it comes to suppressing dissent in hungary they have other tactics they're more subtle in sleeker ways of suppressing dissent but i think that is a question going into the coming months and. you know are we headed for a clash here and if this government going to be forced to use some heavier handed tactics than the ki

thousands of demonstrators in hungary have been marching in the capital budapest to protest against thes of the far right government of viktor orban. the protests began in december, after a new law extended overtime. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the news. first, alastair leithead takes the first part of an epicjourney from the atlantic ocean to the far reaches of the congo river. he explores how history has shaped the congo of today and uncovers the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. one of the world's great rivers flows from the heart of africa. it cuts through the largest rainforest outside the amazon. with wildlife found nowhere else on earth. it is amazing. the democratic republic of congo is a vast, beautiful but tormented place. this country is rich, but its people are among the world's poorest. for centuries, its resources have been plundered, and it has been ravaged by war. from here you cannot find anybody. they start going, all of them, they disappear soon. the violence goes on, and now it is plagued by ebola. but so

forecast particularly vulnerable of the homeless especially in hungary where sleeping on the street is now a criminal offense and the capital budapest jonah hall reports. the sleek clean boulevards of budapest this is how an increasingly or thorough tyrian government wants them to look no refugees or illegal immigrants and no no homeless people either we are just trying to enable our office or it is to step up against something which we believe is against human nature and human dignity and we would like public spaces to get their meaning back and operate as they were intended it's not a decision the government took lightly a previous attempt was ruled a violation of human dignity by the constitutional court so the government changed the constitution itself all of which is heartbreaking to people like youngish torak janish lives in a caravan after he lost his home his job even his family when a house fire and no insurance left him with crippling debt. i'm afraid of it i can't say better i'm afraid it could happen any time i wake up every morning scared that someone may not call my door and say we can take your stuff away go elsewhere

thousands rally in budapest against the so-called slave law introduced by hungary's prime minister viktor orban also. i'm robert broad on the south korean island just twelve kilometers from north korea's guns where people are hoping talk of peace and silence them for good. come to the program our top story negotiators in washington a working through the weekend to try to break the deadlock over the partial government shutdown president donald trump is demanding more than five billion dollars to build a border war with mexico something the democrats in congress strongly opposed trump is now threatening to use emergency powers to get it built and says he is prepared to let the shutdown last months or even years. reports from washington. the two sides emerged from both sides of the white house with very different impressions of how their meeting went and they had a very very productive meeting lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. with democrats now in charge of one chamber of congress they came to the white house to try and find a compromise to reopen the govern

about these protests in terms of what hungary and outside of budapest are hearing about them a lot of people in the villages small towns small cities are hearing the government's point of view and only the government's point of view and so i think that the government has a lot of tools in the talks will be in the media if the strike law be it the fact that it still has this two thirds majority in the parliament which allows it to do whatever it pleases they today's protest was quite peaceful there were there was not any violence today in recent weeks there have been tear gas fired at several points when up when the protesters were trying to breach the perimeter of the parliament for instance in general the government is trying to have a light touch not resort to brute force tactics when it comes to suppressing dissent in hungary did they have other tactics under a more subtle and sleeker ways of suppressing descent but i think that is a question going into the coming months and just you know are we headed for a clash here and is this government going to be forced to use some heavier h

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah how al-jazeera budapest.

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah how al-jazeera budapest for saddam was part. thank you very much qatar through to the knockout rounds of the asian cup the twenty twenty two world cup host beat north korea six knelt to book their place in the last sixteen and. scored four goals in the line and he's top of the tournament scoring tarts with five north korea have now can see the ten goals in two games off to losing their open to saudi arabia for nail is the first time ever that qatar have won their opening two group games at the asian cup we need to get the three points to go through. apart from the three very good result. and happy to qualify for the next room we need to start to prepare for the next one the does going to be a tough one because i play saudi arabia on thursday that game will decide which team goes into the knockout rounds as group winners lebanon and north korea have an outside chance of going through as one of the best placed teams. a group effort japan who are less convincing in their match against oman but the former champi

cost particularly vulnerable of the homeless especially in hungary where sleeping on the street is now a criminal offense from the capital budapest jonah hall reports. the sleek clean boulevards of budapest this is how an increasingly or thorough tyrian government wants them to look no refugees or illegal immigrants and no no homeless people either we are just trying to enable our author of his to step up against something which we believe is against human nature and human dignity and we would like public spaces to get their meaning back and operate as they were intended it's not a decision the government took lightly a previous attempt was ruled a violation of human dignity by the constitutional court so the government changed the constitution itself all of which is heartbreaking to people like young. youngish lives in a caravan after he lost his home his job even his family when a house fire and no insurance left him with crippling debt. i'm afraid of it i can't say better i'm afraid it could happen any time i wake up every morning scared that someone may not call my door and say we can take your stuff away go elsewhere the gov

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless don't know how al-jazeera budapest all right still ahead on. north korea get hit for six. centers here with that story. part of. your. the girls corner your son i thank you very much a has a mug through to the knockout rounds of the asian cup the twenty twenty two world cup hosts north korea's six nil to book their place in the last sixteen and my school the four goals and the lion and his move to the top of the twenty point five both korea have now can see that ten goals and two games after losing their open in saudi arabia four nil is the first time ever that qatar have one their opening two group games at the asian cup. well place saudi arabia on thursday that game will decide which team goes into the knockout rounds as group one is lebanon and a north korea an outside chance of going through as one of the best placed teams while japan versus oman has just kicked off japan top group an opening win against a man to stand they faced but his son in sunday's late game. liverpool have gone seven points clear at the top o

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jona whole al-jazeera budapest thousands of asylum seekers from haiti who were denied entry into the united states two years ago have established a community on mexico's northwestern border many have been granted work visas by the government and are helping new migrants adjust to life in mexico when you're a polo reports from tijuana just across the u.s. border. this restaurant is serving a patient style fried chicken. so why go are all a little onion garlic peppers always delicious. this popular food stop however isn't in haiti it's in downtown d one in mexico. many mexicans come here every day and also many americans come to buy food as well there are thousands of haitian nationals in tijuana. they began arriving two years ago in a caravan of some twenty two thousand people after fleeing a series of natural disasters and a political crisis in the impoverished caribbean nation denied entry into the united states many settled just south of the border. a local pastor runs a shelter for he migrants who continue to ar

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jona whole al-jazeera budapesta coal mine collapse in china has killed twenty one minus eighty seven underground when the roof caved in dozens were airlifted to safety in shanghai province engineers are investigating the cause disasters are common in china's mining industry. it sounds like something out of a science fiction movie entire villages swallowed by the earth as land becomes liquid liquefaction as it's called is exactly what happened to indonesian communities last september a major earthquake shook the soil so hard it collapsed villagers warned were not warned rather of the danger step passing reports from. under this pile of mud i do remains of saw me as 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 for lesser. though if i think about my nephews and nieces i come here i have no more hope that we wil

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless i don't know how al-jazeera budapest fightings broken out at a funeral for a senior rebel commander in indian administered kashmir as government forces tried to stop mourners. has the latest. was. paying their respects thousands defied barriers and roadblocks to gather in the hometown of rebel commanders in atl islam he was one of the two men killed in a gun battle with government troops late on saturday as you know there's you know it was and there are your thoughts xeno still a slum was a pious muslim and one of the greatest fighters what compulsion made zenit to pick up arms these young men are taking up arms because of the ongoing oppression from india on the state of german kashmir from one nine hundred forty seven till now it is this oppression that is compelling people to take up arms. but a police spokesman described the rebel leader as a terrorist who carried out attacks against security and civilian targets thousands of people marched in his village to offer fuel prayers as the government suspend the train serv

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless don't know how al-jazeera budapest. well there's more on everything we're covering right here on our website you will find news beaches and also comment and analysis don't forget you can watch us live on the website as well al jazeera dot com. here's a quick reminder of the top stories for you now the u.s. secretary of state says a rift between cow tarn its gulf neighbors has gone on for too long and is threatening regional unity my poem by oh is being in casts are as part of a tour of the region and it's called all gulf states to end that this is saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain have blockaded castle for the past eighteen months country leaders deny accusations that they support terror groups says a unified gulf cooperation council would be in everyone's interests today in our conversations i stressed the importance of unity among the gulf cooperation council members president trump and i both believe the ongoing dispute the region this drag on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and h

budapest. i'm hungry zoë position has vowed to continue to protest new rules that require more over time from hungaryand workers while they wages remain below the e.u. average not the way i was said money and we don't want to live in a country where salaries aside lower that you can't have a dasent life without having to live with her parents oh no. the new rules of victor open this solution to a labor shortage hungary's population is aging and many of its citizens have gone to work abroad the prime minister believes history is on his side he has no plans to reverse hungary's policy of zero immigration and he has big plans for europe. and greece a miss that in all e.u. institutions the n.t. and gratian forces should become the majority first in the european parliament a few months later in the commission and then after the national parliament three elections we would like to become the majority and the european council could speak more than a month now since the opposition protests marked the start of a new political awakening for those who oppose victor o'bannon his government it is not just one pol

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government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah zero budapest village in macedonia has been celebrating an orthodox saint with a colorful carnival it marks the new year and the old julian calendar. masks and costumes that are designed to shock if your are there idea derives from pagan traditions and is believed to date back at least fourteen centuries. headlines on al-jazeera. saudi the saudi capital riyadh on the latest leg of his medal a store by pompei a wall hold talks with saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon he says he wants accountability over the murder of journalists. because he was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october eleven saudis are on trial in riyadh earlier pompei left qatar after calling on countries in the gulf to end their dispute saying it's gone on for far too long today in our conversations i stressed the. president. i'm going to spew the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests our nations do important work and we have important work continue t

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government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah how al-jazeera budapest. in the us the catholic church is facing a crisis both financial and spiritual a report found that hundreds of priests in one state preyed on thousands of children over decades christian salumi traveled to pennsylvania to see how the church and its victims are responding. in 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 the fore 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 in the church paid a one million dollars settlement in exchange for not pressing charges or talking about the case last year when the penns

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah how al-jazeera budapest greek prime minister to press has called for a confidence vote in his government his coalition ally has quit over a deal with macedonia to resolve a long running dispute johnson happiness reports from athens. the name change deal between greece and former yugoslav macedonia was meant to remove what athens considered an implied claim to greek sovereign territory but it's led to a breakdown in greece's coalition government with the defense minister announcing that he and his party are quitting it would have avoided. i think the prime minister for our collaboration and i explained it because of the macedonia name deal our work together cannot continue the independent greeks are withdrawing from the government the departure means prime minister alexis to press is left with a minority and may struggle to stay in power and get the deal passed by parliament or. do you have a guess here we will proceed immediately as is prescribed by the constitution with a vote of confidence in my government

government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah how al-jazeera budapest. now the greek prime minister alexis tsipras says he'll call a confidence vote in his government after his coalition ally quit leaving him six seats short of the majority is right wing defense minister resigned over a deal to end a decades long dispute with macedonia johnson office reports now from athens. the name change deal between greece and former yugoslavia macedonia was meant to remove what athens considered employed claim to greek sovereign territory but it's led to a breakdown in greece's coalition government with the defense minister announcing that he and his party are quitting. i think the prime minister for our collaboration and i explained that because of the macedonia name deal our work together cannot continue the independent greeks are withdrawing from the government the departure means prime minister alexis to press is left with a minority and may struggle to stay in power and get the deal passed by parliament or. do you have a guess here we will proceed immediately