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Hello. Today, the US Secretary of State in the Middle East,

what he saw on what our correspondent could glean about America's relationship with the region

and its shifting sands.

You'd like a job?

There's a bit of competition as we're in India with some of the 19 million people who applied for just 63,000 jobs

on the railway. In Germany we join the celebrations marking a hundred years since the Bauhaus School of Art and Design was founded,

and then our correspondent struggles through the snow in Austria to report on record heaps of

the stuff in the Alps.

Nicholas Maduro began his second term as the President of Venezuela earlier this month,

facing both criticism from governments abroad who claim his re-election was illegitimate

and renewed protests at home. During his first term some 3 million people, about 10% of the population, left the country,

Benny blaming a lack of food and medicine

and hyper-inflation that's predicted to reach 10 million percent

by the end of the year. Some of those left behind have turned to

crime to try and survive, which is having an impact far beyond Venezuela's

shores as Colin Freeman found.

If your idea of a tropical paradise is based on what you've seen in tourist brochures,

the coastline of southwest Trinidad will not disappoint. Golden beaches and coconut groves.

Tic. Sleepy villages full of fishermen snoozing under palm trees.

Tic, a relaxed laid back vibe?

Hmm, actually, no.

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