State expanding abortion rights at a time of nationwide restriction. How the weather is set fire across the middle east no great surprises a little bit of cloud pushing up towards pakistan or across the region deb it does stay losey dry but look up towards the black sea you can just make out this band of clouds just rolling its way down towards to say well see something of a change coming in here as we go through the next day or so is actually a cold front 26 celsius in ankara africa moves through and the temperature drops like a stone 19 degrees and cloud over a lot of the showers along the spells of rain coming through here and notice some wintry weather over the caucuses as well south of that well hot sunshine continues 42 celsius in baghdad 38 in kuwait city and thats a sort of temperature we can expect across a good part of the Arabian Peninsula 38 in abu dhabi 37 here in doha picking up to around 39 by the time we come to saturday hanging on to some cloud just around some parts o
And had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. But maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom, but that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say, so were in the same situation. We continue to wait. The bbcs Guillermo Olmo is following events from caracas. Well, its very hard to say whats the real reason behind what nicolas maduros government does. What we know is t
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profilejudge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday, accusing president maduros government of widespread human rights abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Will grant reports. Venezuelas Independence Day traditionally marks the togetherness and resistance of its people in the face of the Spanish Colonial power. Not any longer. Now it seems it is an opportunity for the two sides in the countrys unending political crisis to call for the other to back down. First, the opposition, led by the self declared interim president juan guaido. He used the National Holiday to highlight a profoundly damning report by the United Nations into the governments human rights
It is based on the countrys Airports Company , which is a stateowned company, and they calculate it based on dollars. Well, when an Airline Company sells tickets in rials , its costs are in rials, its costs are in dollars , not its income, and its income is not that much in dollars. Why . They charge the price of the Airport Services based on dollars, and considering that the dollar is the price of the government , they only charge 1006 for two or three airports, most of the airports have up to 70 exemptions , they have discounts, and their costs are high there as well. A Government Company has additional expenses. The fifth schedule of 16, article 161 of these discounts and exemptions, rome said that they should be released at the same time as there is a price. Now, i have to say one thing. Now, our airport economy is weak , we dont have any. In fact, we are mainly dependent on crosscountry flights, which is a source of income that can help our Aviation Industry instead of going into
North and south korea have held talks for the first time in more than two years. A week ago the north was threatening nuclear war so this is progress of a sort. Two important things came out of these talks. First, an agreement to hold more talks to ease military tensions on the border. Second, north korea will send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in south korea next month that will include athletes and cheerleaders. The talks were held here in the demilitarised zone that separates the north and the south. You can see the demarcation line with the demilitarised zone either side of it. And this is the moment north korean officials stepped across the border. The line is marked on the floor. The moment he steps across he is leaving north korean territory and so he did. Afew north korean territory and so he did. A few moments after that, the two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasa ntries. Two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries. Then they got down to talk