the issue we have is whether the columbia species is the appropriate tree. there's a tree growth study that's prepared by mr. leggett, who in addition to be a certified arborist has a bachelor of science degree from california state university fresno in plant sciences, and what that study concludes is that tree should be categorized as a medium sized tree on the tree street list. >> good evening. i'm roy leggett, and the growth rate study is comparing the shoot extension lengths on the known varieties of platinous trees planted here in san francisco. i looked at the segments of growth on young trees, and it is clear that those columbia trees are growing as a slower, more compat growth rate. they should be medium category trees which would be consistent with the bureau of urban forestry's request, and so we do have copies of the study with photographs that clearly show how those measurements interact with the overall growth rate. mr. crawford is here, as well, and can certainly speak to this particular issue. >> hello. nicholas crawford. i'm an arborist and a

a final thought, thanks to columbia's latest constitution, you only have one term. you have talked about, including making peace, a lasting peace, including beating the drug lords and getting drugs and out of columbia, and, as you say, committing itself to economy. that is the most ambitious agenda. committing itself to economy. that is the most ambitious agendalj committing itself to economy. that is the most ambitious agenda. i have been working very hard and i am here with my programme every day and i am going to fulfil what i said in my programme because we want to deliver to the colombian people. i might not reach everything that i want but i will work hard to achieve it and thatis will work hard to achieve it and that is why i was elected and that is why i will give the best of myself to serve the colombian people. president duque we must and they. thank you very much indeed. thank you. well, some noticeable changes to the weather to end the week. it's going to feel a lot cooler and fresher right across the board with sunshine and showers. in fact, it's going

our work in columbia goes beyond mining.we've been using our program to help columbia with 20 planning in their energy sector. one result is that just over a week ago, columbia was able to pronounce its first reverse energy option. the auction has a goal of delivering 1000 megawatts of new capacity next year for 2019. this auction will generate strong international competition including from us investors and equipment suppliers to provide the nation with low-cost energy. again, economic freedom deliver. but of course to be clear, before anything else, jefferson wrote of a hemisphere of freedom. he was writing about liberty. democratic freedom. the right of every man, woman to have a place in their government to shape their government's policy. democratic read him survives through our work at usaid because we don't believe the americas rise to their potential unless democracy, citizen lead, citizen responsive governance touches every corner of the hemisphere. two centuries after jefferson's message, even though so what have b

columbia.ber of party members. —— columbia. infact, president with a number of party members. —— columbia. in fact, president urribe protected him in multiple scenarios that he was deported back to venezuela because there were audiotapes for him planning out terrorist attacks against civilians and he has claimed the best way to get rid of nicolas maduro was to assassinate him. why did think mr macro “— assassinate him. why did think mr macro —— why do you think nicolas maduro is making these accusations against columbia? you lachie does have a point in the point is, the president—elect, ten days after he was elected, he travelled to washington dc to meet with a number of trump administration members such as marco rubio, but he also met with michael pompeo and the vice president michael —— mike pence. after that, he mentioned the united states and the colombians are going to align strategies. as we all have heard, the trump administration has actually put on the table the military ‘s solution. i

the president has blamed columbia.em from 2020. at present, donors have to sign up to the nhs register three men remain in custody after a body was discovered in a field near stoke—on—trent by police searching for the missing midwife, samantha eastwood. more than 700 firefighters battle a major wildfire in portugal, as southern europe continues to swelter in near record temperatures. veteran children's entertainer, barry chuckle, one half of the chuckle brothers, has died at the age of 73. his comedy partner and brother paul said he'd lost his very best friend. before the papers, sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. what a performance from ireland's women who reached the hockey world cup final. the tournament's second lowest ranked side, who've had to raise money in the past to fund their matches, will face the netherlands in the final later after beating spain in a penalty shootout in the semis. jo currie was watching. ireland's unlikely heroes, their women's hockey

" had been returned to the kennedy space center, astronauts joe engle and dick truly flew "columbia"ace again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites, and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger" and the sixth flight of the space shuttle. >> this was the birth of space travel, not just space missions. we're talking about setting a laboratory. almost like a university in space. it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight at cape canaveral toward sunday's scheduled launch of the shuttle "challenger," a liftoff that will carry america's first teacher into space. >> still doesn't seem real that i'm going to be able to go with these guys. i'm excited. >> the ice is cleared away, and "challenger" should be going away very soon. let's go down to the kennedy space center and take a look at "challenger" sitting on the pad as they continue the countdown. >> the "challenger" flight in january of '86 was the 25th flight of the space shuttle. but it

we have now more than 800,000 venezuelan columbia.ore than 800,000 venezuelan citizens in colombia. and we have to give them support. but now we need a strong reaction from all latin american countries among the oas, so we can have a temporary protection status, so that we can all support that population. i come back to the question, right now, with those 800,000, some people are saying 1 million already, and it could go much higher, right now, would you accept that colombia is struggling to cope? i think colombia has a major, major... situation with what's happening. but i think we have to be very articulate in terms of policy and in terms of solidarity. president ivan duque on hardtalk with stephen sackur. four men have been convicted of smuggling cocaine into britain worth more than £40 million, $51 million. 15 suitcases of the drug were found on a private jet returning from columbia injanuary. it was one of the biggest drug seizures everfor the uk's border force. tom symonds reports. it was like a scene from a crime drama, a sleek

on june 24, park and district of columbia police began dismantling the huts and lean to's. left, demonstrators had not achieved their immediate goals but they had received a fair hearing from the government. >>♪ >> at a news conference on june 26, the president announced that supreme court chief justice earl warren was retiring. at the same time, he announced his nomination of associate justice a portis to become chief justice and federal judge homer for very as an associate justice . in making his third and fourth appointments to the high court, the president knew that his choices would affect the destiny of a nation long after he himself had left off this -- had left office. he selected the men whom he believed is qualified to serve here. as june closed, the effort to win senate confirmation began. for the president, the events of june were representative of situations he had faced throughout his term in office, containing elements of tragedy, controversy, accomplishments, disappointments, and some rare moments of joy. the emotions of this somber month, however, had left

the number of venezuelans cross the bridge into columbia and then they will stay in columbia, others will move on to other south american or central american countries and some will just come to columbia, come to the relief areas, get food and clean water, get the medicine and then returned to venezuela. a number of the folks who cross the bridge tell us they want to work, they want to be able to support themselves and their families, there just aren't those opportunities in venezuela. we spoke exclusively on television with nikki haley, she says there is going to be an additional $9 million in u.s. aid on top of what she said is $69 in u.s. aid to help this crisis and she is again calling for niclas maduro, the president of venezuela to step down. >> the international community have to understand we are giving 9 million more today but everyone needs to step up and be loud against maduro. >> the maduro regime persists. we talked to a number of venezuelans who say after an assassination attempt on niclas maduro this weekend, there was an even stronger crackdown in that country. there

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there has been no response from columbia. portugal and southern spain have led to a series of major wildfires. more than 1,000 firefighters are trying to bring the flames under control. temperatures reached 46 degrees celsius in some areas. sima kotecha reports from cordoba in spain. there's hot and then there's really hot and it is, across the iberian peninsula. in southern portugal, the intensity of the heat led to wildfires. more than 1,000 firefighters tackled the blaze in a popular tourist destination. here in cordoba in southern spain, by mid—morning, temperatures had already reached 30 degrees celsius and then it got hotter. we arrived here yesterday afternoon when it was about 43 degrees. peter stayed in the hotel. i said, "i'm going out for a walk", and i came back pretty quickly. as this torrid weather continues, the government is frequently reminding people here how to stay cool and doctors have told us they are particularly concerned about those who are visiting from colder climates. it is so much warmer here, so

and columbia. host: a question that has come up that wasn't addressed in your particular report but come up last week especially in the death of the iowa student mollie tibbetts. questions about crime rates. whether illegal immigrants create -- commit crimes at higher rates than american citizens. does gao have an answer to that question? guest: we don't have an answer to that question. whatwas a terrible tragedy happened. for the purposes of this report we didn't do a comparison between whether criminal aliens committed more crimes than u.s. citizens. we do have some information on convictions. particularly as it relates to homicide. and of course the numbers are just larger because the u.s. population of incarceration is larger. haven't done any work on that. host: dana is in l.a.. republican. good morning. caller: i'm a trump supporter and i was born in south l.a.. and i'm white. i appreciate how you come at relative type of way. not emotional. you stick to the numbers and you stick to the facts

to see if there were any marks or if anything came off or if something hits our vehicle like the columbia accident. and then i see the caribbean and the colors of the ocean are so dramatic in blue i can't even describe what i'm looking at then every 90 minutes to see a sunrise and a sunset. this is space. deepness and darkness and blackness look back at the planet and you can see the sun and it is incredible. it changes you. that made me have a shift thinking about the planet and humanity they may not eat the same food but you want to hug everybody to say we are one race, the human race. i was born and raised in lynchburg virginia i remember my dad always told me how incredible arthur ashe was as a person and a great character so i thought i would be arthur ashe one day and i started to take tennis lessons i started to play and get better and so did arthur ashe was treating five blocks down the street i played in high school but then football got in the way so i got a scholarship to play at the university of richmond my parents like that a little bit more. so i was a wide receiver at the

contra la deportacion..el dictamen de hoy confirma tres fallos anteriores, de jueces en distrito de columbia como millones de personas que dependen, se sabe tienen un alivio que a partir de ahora daca se mantiene tal y como estÁ. jorge: eso es lo importante. lo primero pedro es que nada cambia, es decir para todos los soÑadores continÚa igual, correcto? pedro rojas estaba reportando desde texas. la conclusiÓn es la siguiente. las cosas siguen igual seguramente el caso de los soÑadores terminarÁ en la le determine. por ahora daca y no avivÓ. gr avivÓ. gracias. >> este fue un informe especial de noticias univisiÓn. pamela: seguimos aquÍ con mÁs de ediciÓn digital. estamos aquÍ resumiendo lo que fue esa decisiÓn tan importante y decisiva en relaciÓn a daca. el juez fallÓ a favor de esos dreamers. por el momento la decisiÓn en washington dc tambiÉn a principio de agosto falla a favor de una manera muy similar de mantener vigente por el momento el programa daca de protecciÓn para esos jóvenes dreamers.as esperandpues finalmente ella saliÓ esa decisiÓn. recordemos que entonces como bien hemos come

the highway north leads deeper into british columbia. the original winding road has been straightened out stretching from the foothills of the great plains of north america. after a few hours the rocky mountains he even to site in the distance. but the well developed tiny way is also put paid to a lot of the road houses the service areas that were set up every fifty kilometers . they're no longer needed today. our next stop is fort nelson the last town for a long time. the museum there is mainly dedicated to the alaska highway. it was founded by morell brown a ninety year old mechanic who is himself part of the history of the alaska highway . his pride and joy are his vintage vehicles most of which are still running. he started collecting them when he came to fort nelson in one nine hundred fifty five. do you know where you are on the building of the highway there were. like pushed up her career all through. heard our. career in law and. maybe maybe cut. a bank down or. we're all in her. third rug. in addition to the vehicles model also

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a task force to follow up with columbia. migration issues in that region are very much effect instability. i very much welcome the three nominees that we have, your -- are well-known. most of our questions are going to deal with the challenges you'll have. you recognize that we can work together in order to deal with those challenges worried. >> i would you recognize the ranking of the -- committee. >> think you for the opportunity. let me slip you and a senator burton for not only have in this nomination hearing that for the work you are doing in the western hemisphere. cartonciate senator taking up a lot of the issues that are critical and spending -- of may things i care about as well as independently, through his local leadership pursuing the western hemisphere. nominees, to all the i appreciate your long service to our country. when we see career members of the foreign service, be nominated for ambassador ships. otherwise has committed to human rights and democracy, the international kid has watched in horror. they were

thursday this navy video coming out from the "columbia," the gray submarine shaped bye like a kayak.lone the colombia navy seized 71 tons of drugs and captured 14 submarines. >>> a white house lawyer has been helping in robert mueller's obstruction of justice probe in order to exonerate himself according to a "new york times" report. it says white house counsel don mcgahn became concerned that president trump planned to set him up to be held responsible for any potential wrongdoing. since he extensivyprovided information tr team otherwise wouldn't have learned about's in a tweet toni td mcgann and others to fully cooperate because there is nothing to hide. >>> dramatic video of a rescue at sea. the chilean navy coming to the aid of a 13-foot whale. trying to cut that whale loose from a fishing net. the diver next to the whale. just off the coast there and divers took turns cutting the net and were eventually a able to free that whale. >>> turn it over to sports now. here is a preview. >> out at the treehouse in oakland, and the as looking to clean a piece of the division lead wit hou

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they were outside the buildings outside columbia. that was april 20. in may, the students were uprisings in paris. a general strike, bringing the country to a near standstill. in july, i am skipping june, the american indian movement formed. i don't know why i am. because obviously robert kennedy was assassinated in los angeles. in the hotel. that should be there. in july, the american indian movement was formed. the actions didn't happen within. but they were about to happen. including occupying alcatraz action and then going and thing -- and taking over wounded knee. it raised awareness in the most dramatic way. of native peoples indigenous rights. fbi intervention happened. on august 8, we are still not yet at that democratic national convention. at the republican national convention, a black people work held. in miami florida richard nixon was nominated. half 1 million soviet troops invaded czechoslovakia. they crushed a popular movement there. proof to much of the new left that's heaviest dutch soviet communism was not for us. it was corrupt. that

we're determined to make sure il happens for cen in the district of columbia. if it wasn't fore what were created to do, we would not be able to do it. it's very difficult. >> hang with me. we have to go to a quick commercial break and will come back and keep going with our conversation. stay with us "news 4 your sunday" right back after this. ow you knn you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ow ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less. ...and you suddenly realizes you're really into art? that's yes for less. every trend. every room. on any budget. it feels even better when you find it for less. at ross. yes for less. >>> welcome back to "news 4 your sunday." n are talking about the ret to class for students, parents and teachers in dcps and we've been talking about two very unique schools withe uni classrooms that are single gender. dr. alexander, we were talking about this during the break about the importance t

host: that is the last word from columbia, maryland. thank you for your calls and comments on this friday's washington journal. the journal is back again tomorrow morning for the saturday edition at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. we are live on the east front of the u.s. capitol. in half an hour the body of senator john mccain will arrive for the capital after a brief ceremony outside. he will be brought inside for the memorial ceremony. that will be at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. speakers are mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer, paul ryan, and vice president mike pence who is the president of the senate. the public is allowed to pay their respects.

and columbia. bogota and washington have denied involvement.hor: the president of south sudan and his arch rival have signed ap still, drawing a line over conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and has displaced millions of others. riek machar has come in as the new vice president. here is a look at the details. reporter: the much would it celebration of peace in south sudan. this, moments after the president salva kiir and riek machar signed a power-sharing agreement. the transitional governmement is expected to be formed in the coming months, keeping salva kiir as president and giving riek machar the role as vice president, with both parties ping the deal will bring an end to the conflict. >> the agreement we have just endned today must mark the of conflict in our country. reporter: riek machar insisted on the need to implement the deal. >> there is the devil sometimes embedded in the implementation. if there is no political will, even if we sign beautiful agreements, and they are not implemented, then we would have done nothing

much of this smoke is coming from other fires as far away as oregon and british columbia. >> it shows you how far fog and smoke can travel. down to the bay area from british columbia and we get stuff from china once in a while. >> reporter: at walnut creek parents made the best of smog clearing wind to get their children outside for a while. >> we saw it looked like a pretty good day and thought it would be a good day to come out and let them enjoy the sun a little bit. >> looked nice and clear today and wanted to come down and get fresh air and enjoy the park. >> it's nice right now. i don't smell smoke. if it was this time last week we probably wouldn't be out here. >> reporter: not to say the parents aren't poised to bring the fun back inside. >> when you go outside and your eyes burn a little bit, not too safe to be running >> reporter: despite how smokey it seemed we only had four smoke advisories compared to 11 last year. schools and hospitals are keeping a close eye on the situation knowing fire season is far from over. abc7 news. >> thank you. >> a live look at our camera in w

even as far away as british columbia. thank you for joining us >> let's take a live look from our dublin camera. you can see in the shot all of that haze in the sky. dublin unified school district says kids will be kept inside today and the windows and doors will be closed because of the unhealthy air. the bay area air quality management district has again issued an air alert for today. >> we see gray conditions because of that haze. we had the early-morning marine layer. we are still seeing clouds, but this is the view from the mount hamilton camera towards the west. you can barely see those rolling hills that we usually get a clear view of. here is the view from oakland. you cannot see downtown san francisco. normally we get a decent view of the city and the skyline, but this is pretty nasty. that is why that air alert has been issued. visibility is low six in hayward, six in concorde. six mile visibility. so, the haze will linger throughout the day today. air quality forecast in the moderate range for the north bay. th

we had former commanders and the former president of columbia. it transcended race, gender, class, ideology, faith. as i started talking to other people from other situations and countries about what drew them into these movements, what i heard was the same patterns over and over. it wasn't the ideology. sense of belonging, a sense of identity, a sense of purpose. as human beings we all just want to be loved, what does love look like? acceptance, approval, attention. if we can't get those things in a healthy way, we get them in an unhealthy way. i was struck by the patterns that kept showing up. also, the stories of people that left. i can tell you stories afterwards. it was funny. the stories of white people left -- why people left were similar. one was a feminine child. one was receiving compassion from someone they did not feel they deserve it from. receiving compassion from someone they want to humanized. with that in mind, we set out. that is the main weapon in our arsenal, it is compassion. our mission statement is to inspire people to a pl

ringed around the buildings outside columbia. that's april 28th. may, the workers and students uprising in paris takes place. general strike really bringing the country to a near standstill. in july, i'm skipping june for some reason. but the american indian movement forms, i don't know why then. because obviously robert kennedy is assassinated. so in l.a. in the hotel. so that should be there. in july the american indian movement forms, a.i.m. its daring actions which don't happen right then, but are about to happen you including occupying alcatraz island clrks is their first action. then going on to occupy and take over wounded knee. will raise the issue i think in the united states, in the most dramatic way, in 100 years, of native people's indigenous rights. and bring down intense fbi intervention into their movement. on august 8th, we're still not yet at the democratic national convention. eight black people are killed outside the republican national convention in miami, florida. when richard nixon is nominated. eight people are killed at that

attorney for the district of columbia.ed this information to mueller. and i think that's significant. >> sounds like it's the deep state to me, wolf. i'm kidding. that's what we hear from those supporting president trump. you know, an interesting nugget that came out of this court hearing today is that mueller's team -- this is from our reporting on the ground -- mueller's team was sitting in the front row of the sentencing hearing and spoke to the defendant's lawyers afterwards for some time. when we talk about whether or not he is cooping with mueller's team, you know as we have learned seems to be cooperating with mueller's team. >> they are all part of the justice department team whether working for the special counsel, the u.s. attorney for the district of columnyia or for the southern district of new york they are part of the same team working on different cases but cooperating. no doubt about that guys. stand by. there is more news we are following including john mccain's family members, including his 106-year-old m

hundreds of thousands of people across the border into columbia, correspondent rich edson is travelingith the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley and reports tonight from bogota. >> million starving and sick are escaping venezuela, many to colombian border towns where we met refugees. >> children are dying because of the shortage of medicine but so are citizens. we can't find food, everything is overpriced and that is why the majority of the venezuelans are fleeing the situation. >> we left our country looking for a new horizon because they want to kill us. they kill our families and hide everything that is happening around the world. >> u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley visited relief efforts here. she blamed it on president nicolas maduro and his socialist regime and proclaims that it's time for him to go. >> what he is doing is wrong for the venezuelan people and we are going to continue to fight for the freedom and democracy that the venezuelan people deserve. every time we do it, it makes him angry. >> ambassador haley says he's committing mass atrocities in th

we head to columbia university about what is in the first amendment. >> right to bear arms?second amendment. >> shannon: all eyes will be on ohio t shannon: all lies on ohio, pulling off an upset for a historically red seat in bellwether state. the president energize the base of a spirited rally. live tonight a preview of tomorrow's special election. >> this is a tight race and the fact that it is such a tight race is a big deal all by itself because last time a democrat won this district was in 1980 four decades ago. and encouraging supporters a vote for balderson is a vote for the trump agenda. >> i'm counting on you again, i need your volunteer hours and enthusiasm and i need your vote august 7th. i will go to congress and represent you and fight alongside this good man, this great man donald trump to make america great again. a vote for troy's opponent is a vote for open borders which equals massive crime like they don't care about it. they don't care about the crime, your military, your that's. >> reporter: balderson's opponent is danny o'connor. at 31 years old the you

it is creating enormous pressures in columbia. as you noted, we have seen the reaction in northern brazil to a relatively small number when you ombia's almost more than 1.5 million migrants. i think it is the number one problem we need to being gauged to be engaged with in this semester in the months ahead. senator rubio: the situation in venezuela is no longer simply about the loss of democracy. it is a significant destabilizing influence on the region, undermining our regional allies, particularly in colombia regional stability and , national security interest in the united states, is it not? mr. palmieri: it is. senator rubio: as it destabilize further runs the national security of the united states. mr. palmieri: yes. sen. rubio: you would agree? mr. sullivan: yes. sen. rubio: nicaragua has not been a democracy in any sense or -- for a long period of time. the one thing it was, it was not a transit point for drugs the way we have seen other countries in central america. would any further chaos in nicaragua that undermines that

millions have fled the country, most across the country into columbia.will receive medicine and return home, others move across latin america. the united states has sanctioned the regime as it consolidates power there although the u.s. navy has sent a hospital ship off the coast of columbia to treat a venezuelan restaurant jeez. >> venezuelans who escaped to columbia tell us that the regime has been further suppressing individual freedoms there especially after an alleged assassination attempt earlier this month. >> bret: thank you, we will continue to cover the situation in venezuela. one of the world's least wired countries giving a little more connected now. cubans with cell phones are getting mobile access to the internet and a tentative but significant opening communications. mobile internet available at no cost for what it describes a daylong test of the network in cuba. president trump insists he did nothing wrong as a two of his former associates are looking at jail time, we'll get a reaction when we come back. do you need the most trusted batter

example, thee, for resume of the person who was going to be the representative of columbia before the organization of american states, the resume ofof a person who is an anti-semite, who is a homophobe, and to act on that and whose ideology is fascist. he is the one who is going to be representing us at the organization of american states. if you analyze this, the latest speeeeches of the person who toy becomes the president of colombia regarding anti-drug veryy, you will find on worrisome facts, which you have already noted in your own investigation. colombia is one of the most violent countries in the world. it is one of the most socially unequal countries on earth, the most unequal country in latin america. those have been the causes of the rise of a very powerful drug trafficking interest around cocaine. policystruction of a that was born in washington of military confrfrontation and repressive approach to put down drug trafficking has made colombia this violent country and has turned a large part of the geography of the americas, including several cities of the united states, amo

the president has blamed columbia.donors have to sign up to the nhs register downing street has distanced itself from a suggestion by the international trade secretary, liam fox, that a no deal brexit is now the most likely outcome of negotiations. children's entertainer, barry chuckle — one half of the chuckle brothers — has died at the age of 73. his comedy partner and brother paul said he'd lost his very best friend. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london.

>> i mean, these levels are quite elevated. >> thompson: columbia university's navas-acien says, the chemicals found in the homes are cause for alarm. but it's impossible to know without more testing where they came from, or if they caused the plaintiffs' health problems. >> we don't know exactly how- these agents, chemicals have really traveled. it would be very hard for me to say, "yes, this is the directof causall your problems." at the sa cme tim this chemical have those effects that they are incomplaabout, that they are facing, these very important problems? yes. the answer is yes. >> thompson: navas-acien says even thou residents may never find answers, the love canal disaster will always offer a cautionay tale. >> love canal was such an incredible lson for the country. we need to be extremely careful in the way we handle toxicants. because the consequences of poor management and the contamination that we cannduce it's very serious. and the health effects are very serious. prevention is key. >> thompson: and for people like lori richards, love canal isn't history, but something

ecuador's move has trapped large numbers of venezuelans in columbia, angering the government there.gration because this population is not leaving the country for pleasure but out of necessity. the first thing that will happen to the country putting this measure in place in this that it will seek an increase in undocumented migration which brings with it a lot of problems. with the ecuadorian court order now closed to them and no sign ofan end order now closed to them and no sign of an end to the economic chaos back home, tens of thousands of venezuelans will be stuck in columbia. the crisis in one country is now affecting an entire region. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why are these nurses in arziona all smiles? we'll find out in just a few minutes. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black

it appears as if his work here is really only just become whole and felt to come this half hour columbia and skipped the chance to virtanen tough new anti corruption measures because the politicians have already with checked. and italy's government finally allows all the migrants off a coast guard ship to rescue them ten days. however still got some very heavy rain affecting taiwan over the next couple of days that will continue to be the case but for much of the southeast of china jane returning to try and brighter this is the scene in solemn taiwan if you can see still floodwaters causing problems it is a little drier than it has been recently but the showers never really to far away so we can expect to see further spells of rain from time to time not as intense as it has been going into monday into tuesday as you can see the showers they do look set to continue here's the further flooding concerns i fear southern parts of china a little dry a little pricey but the showers again not too far away the show is not too far away to from me in ma the northeast of india into bangladesh heavie

she and her family are heading to columbia's capital bogota to find work.of things behind. you lost everything you ever worked for. we have to start from scratch. for many, venezuela has become unliveable. erica is just 17 and a single mother of three. translation: when my baby was born, the hospital had no needles, nothing. hospitals are contaminated, too. when i gave birth, i wanted to leave so badly because all i saw was children and adults dying. it was terrible. amid severe food shortages, long queues like this have become the norm in venezuela, but even then people are going hungry. businesses have shut, the economy is in crisis. so, this week, president maduro announced sweeping changes to the currency in a bid to turn things around. mr maduro talks about having come up with the magical formula, knocking five zeros off the currency and increasing the minimum wage by 3000%, but people here just don't buy it, and they are worried that their lives at us going to get far more difficult. an estimated 1 million children are unvaccinated in venezuela. colum

here's the report. >> reporter: hi above columbia's capital city bogota sits a shelter for children, victims of armed conflict. >> translator: the boys and girls who are right here were often recruited. they escaped usually because they were injured in combat and when they left the hospital, they reached out to us in order to get here. >> reporter: this is home to more than 160 children. some are orphaned, others sent there for their own safety. many have seen or experienced things no child ever should. >> we also see sexual violence. it can be related to the armed conflict or not. the poverty that meeans that a lot of children who are going into the minds are exploited in other forms of child labor. the fact that most children that come here explain what they did to me is fine, i can live with that, but i can't get over what they made me do to others. >> reporter: in july, 2018, farc members, allowed to become legislatures in congress as part of a promise made by the government to end half a century of rebel fighting. but while farc agreed to lay down their arms, other guerilla figh