situation in venezuela with brian winter. he is vice president of policy for the americas society and counsel of the americas. and i started by asking him how reliable the results are, given the low voter turnout. well, we ve known for months now, really, this election was going to be a farce. you have most of the opposition candidates were barred from participating. you had government control of virtually all media, and things got so bad at the end that the government was essentially using food handouts, the promise of those, in order to coerce or coax people to vote. so this was really an election in name only. and the fact that s it now over lets us focus on what s next for venezuela. the only question is, you know, essentially, what the international community does now as a reaction. there is a real chance that president trump may announce new sanctions, perhaps directed at venezuelan oil. and the other big issue right
massive predators to cast their prey and could hasten if their extinction. almost on a thank you for joining us french police have sent the extra officers to the northern port city of collette after clashes broke out between migrants more than twenty people were injured in the violence at least four are in critical condition with gunshot wounds police say the clashes broke out between afghans and eritrean migrants waiting for food handouts now authorities are blaming organized gangs for the young breast and no arrests have been made so far french interior minister visited the scene on thursday night he said the violence in calais which serves as a gateway to britain was unprecedented. and correspondent standing by for us in calais with the latest on the story carol
the northern port city of colombia after clashes broke out between migrants more than twenty people were injured in the violence at least four are in critical condition with gunshot wounds police say the clashes broke out between afghans and eritrean migrants waiting for food handouts authorities are blaming organized gangs for the unrest no word rests have been made so far the french interior minister visited the scene on thursday night he said the violence in which serves as a gateway to britain was unprecedented. i ve come to cover because what we ve experienced is of exceptional gravity. to the number of injuries five people were very seriously injured by bullets including four migrants who are in critical condition. we can say that we ve reached a degree of violence here that we ve never experienced before could. you
facility some nine hundred and fifty miners became stuck underground after a storm knocked out power to the mind elevators no serious injuries have been reported but trade unions say the incident reflects ongoing safety problems in the industry. crowds in the dives have celebrated after the country s top court overturned the convictions of several opposition leaders including former president mohamed nasheed he s an exile in sri lanka and vows to run again for the office the court offered a retrial of the lawmaker saying the guilty verdict had been influenced by the government. french police have sent extra officers to the northern port city of after clashes broke out between migrants more than twenty people were injured in the violence as many as four are in critical condition with gunshot wounds police say the clashes broke out between afghans and eritrean migrants fighting with sticks while waiting for food handouts authorities are blaming organized gangs for
and our transparency of course we are committed to further reforms but let me be clear we have already embark on a root and branch programme of reforms and indeed we are committees can still continuing that ok briefly if you could you talk back committed to being committed to further reforms we don t have much time briefly if you could a what might they look like well we have got for example fewer teachers in our classrooms because we did a class formation exercise as we speak the only hospital in the west bank qalqilya hospital under is pulling away from its support for that we ve moved from food handouts in most of our fields to cash that is a much more efficient way of doing food aid the list goes on if there were time i could talk more we are committed absolutely to reforms we ve been doing reforms for many years now and as i say the reform agenda is very much part on his agenda