a twelve hour drive lies ahead of ses are in quite a convoy from the venezuelan capital caracas to the colombian border this road was once lined by huge fields of sugar cane but the late president hugo chavez expropriated millions of acres of farms and ranches because of government mismanagement the fields are no longer cultivated the country even has to import sugar. typical farms have been abandoned. all of the money that was invested here is lost. it that we have neither the sugar cane that used to be cultivated here and gave a sugar nor do we have the vegetables that were supposed to be grown here to feed the venezuelan people. and as with. the result is a hunger crisis more than three million venezuelans have fled the country after syria it s the world s biggest refugee crisis.
in the venezuelan capital caracas have disrupted that city s water system forcing residents to line up for water from tanker trucks and cisterns some are also taking water from a local river most of venezuela s electricity grid collapsed last week president nicolas maduro has suggested the u.s. sabotage to keep power station. australia has granted citizenship to a bahraini soccer player at the center of a tug of war between three countries last year thailand detained hakim arrived on extradition request from bahrain he s been living in australia as a political refugee supporters there urged the government to give him citizenship. it s area now where the long serving president abdullah sees beautifully as announced he will not be seeking reelection this move comes after weeks of protests against his candidacy now unlike other leaders in north africa beautifully to
deal with to successful or not we ll see later in the day max often foursomes toss brogan biggest loss for us and one of the very. good work there for both of you bring us up to date on a complex issue thanks so much and talk to you again later. now let s check in with some of the other stories making news today in court belgium has sentenced the gunman who killed four people in an attack on brussels jewish museum to life in prison many stage the attack in two thousand and fourteen after returning from syria where he s suspected of having joined so-called islamic state. u.s. regulators have ordered boeing to make urgent improvements to its seven thirty seven max eight aircraft after the crash meet the opiah but they ve not ordered to be grounded it is the second deadly accident in five months involving this class of aircraft singapore s latest country to ban the plane from its airspace. and power blackouts in the venezuelan capital caracas have disrupted that city s water system
has happened before not a drive over such a margin city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we ve seen in the last few days where the whole country was wiped out. that was davies also speaking to me a short while ago from the venezuelan capital caracas that in algeria has seen the biggest demonstrations against president abdelaziz bouteflika since protests began in the country two weeks ago the eighty two year old has ruled out geria for the past twenty years and is in poor health but he wants to run for a fifth term in upcoming elections the demonstrations were mostly peaceful bought police used tear gas to block the road to the presidential palace and in several other areas of the capital state television says almost two hundred people have been arrested. a force of blue helmets and riot gear
reportedly a greens to merger talks with rival comet s bank this after both racked up years of losses. i m rebecca ritter s welcome to the program opposition protesters have clashed with security forces in the venezuelan capital caracas some demonstrators scuffled scuffled with riot police who blocked their access to an avenue they wanted to hold their protest. the country s self-proclaimed later and called on his supporters to take to the streets again to increase the pressure on president president nicolas maduro to step down and make way for new elections missouri has called on his supporters to rally today the power struggle between. has brought the country to a standstill and that as