Hundreds arrested in Venezuela after currency protests and looting

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The economic and political crisis in Venezuela has intensified with the government announcing hundreds of arrests after days of protests and lootings. We speak to Caracas-based journalist Noris Soto, plus we hear from the country's planning minister from the 1990s, Ricardo Hausmann. Tensions are running high in the Democratic Republic of Congo as President Kabila refuses to give up power. William Clowes, a journalist in Kinshasa, explains the country's political and economic situation. Independent economist Michael Hughes discusses the continuing rally of the US dollar. Plus Mariko Oi discovers how farmed sturgeon is helping a caviar boom in China and Japan.