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fighting intensifies between rival groups in the ammons capital with reports of at least fourteen dead. and sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the yeas are fifty one. and the nays are forty nine trumps first triumph a bill to of all the u.s. tax system gets one step closer to becoming reality. right protests in germany against a far right party that could become the biggest opposition bloc in parliament. honduras declares a curfew tensions are high as the country awaits the results of a contested presidential election.

we begin with some breaking news well at least seventeen people have been killed in two suspected buckethead arm attacks in nigeria the blast happened in the northeastern town of beer oh in borneo state a government official says forty seven others were wounded in the attack i had restrains us now live from a version of a walk can you tell us. well basically. the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers it's not clear whether they're male or female but they succeeded in killing as many as seventeen people out of the forty seven just workers are saying that many of them have been critically injured and probably that would. show that probably in the next few days or so or see the casualty figure rise although nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack and we've seen book increasingly targeting soft

targets like this like schools places of worship and in one of the recent attacks in movie in northeastern state of adam hour they killed more than fifty people who were coming to the mosque for early morning prayers now in the last one week or so we've also seen book koran returned to their immediate institution of heat that is schools education where western education is being taught there was an attack in one of the schools in northeastern nigeria where two children were killed and two others were wounded so at the moment look nobody is claiming responsibility although it will be surprising for us to hear from book koran claiming this responsibility over the last few months or so that been several of such attacks that were carried out and usually comes out in a week or so to claim responsibility for that attack but over the last two months or so we haven't heard from book around claiming responsibility for this attack as

the latest from atlanta dream. fighting between former allies in yemen has intensified into a fourth day in the battle for control of the capital least forty people were killed when houthi rebels fault forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh talks to end their dispute ended on friday with no solution. says he's open to talks with saudi arabia to end the war in yemen but that comes with conditions. they need to lift the blockade and open the airports and allow food and medicine into the country we will open a new page for them for dialogue what is happening in yemen is enough. saudi foreign minister says the coalition is looking at ways to increase the flow of aid into yemen saudi arabia imposed a blockade last month after a missile was fired from the houthi territory towards riyadh we hope that eventually the who things will realize that this is not in it and that they will make peace there are many citizens they have every right to participate in the

political process but we can't control the country we are very concerned about the humanitarian situation in yemen we are looking at ways of intense in the floor humanitarian assistance into yemeni ports points. to be as a political analyst he says the whole thesis and salesforce is never really allies to begin with. i think they were just to overthrow the government of yemen and so the time we all knew all along that this day will have have to come and the fight will between houthi and saddam would have to break and so it is happening right now called for war against the militias and called on his supporters and loyalists and also the professional army the elite republican guard to actually declare war against the holy see i think it's very clear that he maybe want to but one of his family members and power outage share power with the current legitimate

government so i think maybe it seems to me that they might be some collaboration between regional powers. and maybe the legitimate government to somehow overthrow the healthiest first and then have a siddur serious political talk this is what it looks like the whole thing is headed i don't think declare this war today against the houthi it without some sort of support from the coalition the u.s. senate is now really passed the bill for the biggest overhaul of the tax system in decades it's a political victory for the president after his administration won the support of republicans who've been holding out on friday no democrat voted for the legislation though the house of representatives passed a separate version and now must meet the senate to agree on a final bill and if the legislation passes it would be the largest u.s. tanks serve a whole since nineteen eighty. one point four trillion dollars to twenty trillion

dollars national debt over the next ten years. ministrations says the reforms will help the economy critics say the only benefit only benefits come to corporations and the rich. american people are care to go. and while the republicans may get away with this act of looting tonight history is not on their side the day will come and it will come sooner than later when we are going to have a government here that represents all of us not just the koch brothers not just the billionaire class not just wealthy campaign contributors i've had conversations with c.e.o.'s who have told me they want to invest in the united states but the tax makes it prohibitively expensive to bring it home and therefore they're looking for

opportunities overseas where they won't have this point mr president we have to end this and we're going to end this in this bill let's bring in more on the fighting in the ammons capital of the red cross is calling for access to treat the wounded is joining us by skype from sana. t.v. a spokeswoman for the international committee of the red cross in the end good to have you with us tell us how the fighting has worsened the humanitarian situation in the capital the fine thing isn't going. to be around midnight and it was really tense and keep on going and actually use it on going into. this is and residences. perhaps a sign of how difficult the situation is that we've lost the line with so my ability

for from the international committee of the red cross telling us about how challenging the conditions have become even more challenging i should say since the fighting erupted in the capital between forces loyal to the former president and. and who thinks. now thousands of people are expected to rally against the far right alternative for germany party which is electing new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islam party that won almost one hundred seats in parliament in september's election co-leader for page three quit soon after. party. is gearing up to be the biggest opposition bloc against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government. yazdi will be germany's official opposition party if the chancellor enters into a coalition with the social democrats they are the ones to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all

other parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to follow the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two like alan has more from hanover. drama outside this convention is focused on left wing protesters but inside the f.d.a. is focused on its own internal divisions we're expecting a leadership contest here later today between more moderate versions of the party and a very hard right faction of the party this is in response to leave home a leader who quits after delivering the i have to be a surprise election result they now have to avoid on a new leader all of this matters because i'm. struggling to form a coalition government there are very few options left either the f.t. becomes the main opposition in parliament if she forms a coalition with the social democrats as expected the alternative is that germany

goes back to the polls and that would deliver the f.t. even more votes in parliament. is a common al-jazeera the pope wraps up his asian tour and heads home to the vatican but everything it wanted. turning over a new leaf our saudi led blockade is giving an expected boost to causes publishing industry. however it got some warm and pleasant sunshine for hong kong over the next couple days much of southern china looking settled and sunny shanghai gets fifteen degrees celsius on sunday the west the weather driven in on the north easterly monsoon this trade winds it to central parts of vietnam over the next couple days maybe just a cloud thickening up a little further north into north vietnam as we go through monday we see the sun

still shining there in hong kong more pleasant sunshine coming through now not too pleasant across southern parts of india at the moment of course we have got an arche making its way into the arabian sea pulling out but behind that this training weather system brought some very heavy rain flooding rains there into work chennai and we have seen some pretty nasty conditions here that wet weather staying in place over the next day or so here we go with cycling that's continuing to make its way further west was this the i of the storm we're going to see it making that on the usual track further north was up towards gujarat as we go on through the next couple of days or so winds gusting as high as two hundred kilometers per hour still in the process of intensified but it is moving away lots of clouding up the western side of india with spells of heavy rain many.

that's not what we're talking about shooting people are not shooting themselves and the other countries have managed to solve this problem are you worried that this conflict could erupt into account right open war that the city's general security issue and the people who pay the price clearly their rights have been prejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate absent at this time on al jazeera. you're watching our desire time to recap our headlines this hour at least seventeen people have been killed in two suspected attacks in nigeria forty seven others were

injured in the blast in the northeastern town of b.-o. in borno state yemen's former president says he's open to talks with saudi arabia when the war at least forty people have died during infighting between forces loyal to him and who three rebels in santa it's the fourth day of fighting between the former allies u.s. senators now really passed a bill for the biggest overhaul of the tax system in thirty years it's a political victory for president on the house of representatives passed a separate version so now both chambers must agree on a final bill. of pope francis has wrapped up his asian tour and is now on his way back to the vatican the international community hope to dress the six hundred twenty thousand who fled violence and rakhine state but it didn't mention the ethnic minority told day five of his tour. charles stratford takes

a look at whether the pontiff achieved what he set out to do. so it was never going to be easy for pope francis a trip to a country that the u.s. and the u.n. accuse of ethnic cleansing meeting myanmar's leaders of the more than six hundred twenty five thousand muslim or hindu fled the latest military crackdown. rights groups say me and my soldiers killed many civilians and gang raped women as they swept through range of villages following attacks by rich rebel group in late august. the pope was advised not to even use the word ranger in myanmar for fear of a backlash against christians there. then. the future of myanmar must be pace a pace based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member of society respect for each ethnic group and its identity the avoidance by the pope of using the name of the ethnic group that these people come from during the myanmar leg of his asia

visit costa dark shadow as he arrived here in bangladesh and it wasn't until meeting some of the people from these camps that specifically travelled to the car to talk to him and him hearing some of their horrific stories that he finally said the word written just. as in myanmar the pope held mass in bangladesh human prime ministership hasina and praised the government's generosity in helping the rich to refugees. his trip has drawn international attention to the plight of the ranger but many fear it may not make much difference on the ground a plan by bangladesh in myanmar is being sketched out to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees. with plans to house the ranger in temporary camps close to their homes so many of which were destroyed or burned to the ground by the military and put a smallpox the repository ation will be reportedly voluntary but only after identification of each refugee has been verified by the myanmar authorities the mammal government

doesn't even recognize the ranger as an ethnic group withdrew their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred two many ranger refugees have never even had a meon my id. the plan has been called a farce by aid agencies and rights groups they ask how can a deeply traumatized people return when their basic rights have shown no sign of improving in the country they fled from. the body early when his family of four escaped from myanmar a month ago he says the military shorty's twenty year old son dead after detaining him this is the second time bodhi has sought shelter in bangladesh the first time was following a similar military crackdown in the one nine hundred ninety s. . there's been too much killing they burned our home we want justice first then we may decide on going back but under these circumstances we don't want to return because we'll face the same sort of killings. it is doubtful whether the pope's

trip to me and bangladesh will have any impact on me and miles government that refuses to even mention the ranger by name. al-jazeera could the problem with which you can bangladesh. now police in honduras have been given extra powers to stop violence that followed a disputed presidential election one person has been killed in scuffles between police and opposition supporters and dozens injured a clear winner is yet to emerge from sunday's vote president. now really is now only ahead of opposition candidate salvador now claiming electoral fraud he's called upon his supporters to take to the streets security forces have imposed a nighttime curfew for ten days. all of these acts of vandalism these incidents the settings of fires are not reasonable for hundred of us therefore at the request of many sectors of society a council of ministers has declared a curfew to safeguard the security of the country. the palestinian chief negotiator

is warning the u.s. would be playing with fire if it recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. was referring to reports the us president would announce the policy change on wednesday the white house insists the final decision hasn't been made yet reports. the diplomatic status of jerusalem is one of the world's most contested issues israel calls the city its undivided capital and operates its government from there while palestinians claim east jerusalem which israel occupied after the one nine hundred sixty seven war as the rightful capital of their future state despite the unresolved status of the city which is important to muslims christians and jews u.s. president donald trump is reportedly considering recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel in the coming days a major potential shift in policy sharply criticized by palestinian leaders.

this is a very big issue touching jerusalem and touching the al aqsa mosque touching the church of the how it's playing with fire there's no meaning for a palestinian state that east jerusalem as its capital recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel could also see the u.s. embassy moved there from tel aviv while campaigning then candidate promised to move a diplomatic mission as one of his first acts as president but in june the white house issued a waiver to meet a deadline to either comply with the nine hundred ninety five law mandating the move of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem or explain why doing so is not in u.s. national security interests signing the waiver which presidents clinton bush and obama. signed every six months as a matter of course angered president trump's evangelical christian supporters and pro israel donors were reportedly pressuring him to declare next week's waiver to be his last well others are said to have also warned moving the embassy could not

only strain ties with arab but could lead to violence and that's the big question will he go all the way or will he leave that legal loophole open i think because he would he would go that way and that would in a way placate his you know very well probably israeli facts including his vice president was very religiously. motivated by this. and also still leave open some door negotiations with the palestinians and others while it's still unclear what president trump will announce next week any decisions could complicate efforts by his administration to revive negotiations between palestinian and israeli leaders kirshner son in law and senior advisor has made several trips to the region as part of efforts to start the talks talks which look more distance than ever m.p.'s time i'll just hear. israel says all countries

have the right to designate capital cities and executive committee member of the p.l.o. says. i would like to designate my capital in paris for example you don't designate your capital on other people's law and land you stole or you occupy it from other people that is no way in which jerusalem can be extracted from the heart of palestine or in which it can be an israeli city exclusively is a city and if you want it is illusion then you would recognize west jerusalem as capital of israel you would recognize east jerusalem as the capital of palestine this is in the context of accepting the two state solution on the sixty seven borders i think the problem now is that we are being asked to transform or change that reality is within that region and outside i think if damp takes this position then singlehandedly he will be responsible for creating

a situation of tremendous instability and violence and of laying open the whole issue of religious and spiritual affiliation and transforming the conflict into a religious conflict and that is something that nobody can control or contain once the genie is out of the bottle. the u.s. president don't trump insists he did not collude with russia in last year's election this comes after former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with the russian ambassador he said he was asked to do so by a senior member of trump's transitional team a white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports. arriving at federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security adviser to president donald trump pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i.

court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution about israel as well as phone conversations flynn had before trump was even sworn in as president with the former russian ambassador to the united states survey kiss lee ak flynn is said to have suggested to kiss liane sanctions put in place against russia by the obama white house may be dropped once trump was sworn in and they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or or impose a censure against russia flynn's lies to the vice president about that phone call led to his dismissal after just three weeks in office in a statement trumps lawyer said flynt false claims mirror the false statements to

white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr flynt by his plea in fact may directly tie the oval office to the investigation by special counsel robert muller and whether or not the trump campaign worked with russia this suggests that mr flynt has more information to provide about other things the white house has lied about other things the president himself may have lied about and whether or not the white house including the president himself colluded with russia according to the former f.b.i. director james comey trump once asked him to drop the case against flynn and despite claims by the. the president's lawyer flynn's cooperation with the f.b.i. probe shows that most investigation is ask a lady could lead to charges against an even bigger target clearing the president of the united states kimberly healthy at al-jazeera washington now around half of

the waste generated in israel finds its way into the occupied west bank with increasing rates of unemployment in the past fifteen years many people risk their health why burning the waste from valuable rule materials who are there how many reports are made now which has become the center of the industry. the town of edm is one of the most polluted places in the occupied west bank truckloads of electronic waste make their way here every day the vast majority coming from israel to surrounding illegal jewish settlements. computers air conditioners filters for gas masks t.v.'s and many more discarded goods littered in multiple workshops in and around the town. it's a dangerous job for example there are gases in the air conditioners if you don't let them out it could explode in your face one must be very careful each item is taken apart every single component has a different use and price take

a computer for example. the hard disk case goes into a pile then we separate the c.p.u. from the motherboard it's more expensive but we also look for cables and send them to the grinder to separate aluminum from copper we do this to all the items we receive. the parts then are sold back to israel but its valuable materials such as copper wire that are the most profitable a good chunk of this waste gets burnt illegally because it's simpler and easier to extract copper this way usually happens on the hill surrounding the time but this is agricultural land a look at what's left behind. the burning happens usually at night the minerals are distracted the shark old remains left a small four hours. each fire more of his crops are destroyed. it's like a cancer no one can walk here anymore. even the sheep can to be here they're not

breeding anymore look at my all the trees isn't that a shame looking around most of his olive trees have been poisoned by the toxic fumes scientists say this unregulated transfer of electronic waste is having a long term impact on the people of and it's landscape recent tests and so. samples have revealed some astonishing results. we were shocked by the high levels of heavy metals i kept me in the lead they already exist in nature usually around one milligram particular of soil but we found tens of thousands of other grounds because either or soil in the samples at a very high level must destroy the soil and aquifers it affects human life is a greater concern releasing particles of heavy metals that don't decompose and make their way to differ. it now was one set down that thrived on agriculture known for its olives in amants now it's fields are home to carcasses of t.v.'s computers and

fridges but at the. now in the occupied west bank. now sources close to former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik say he's been arrested in the united arab emirates and will be deported to cairo on wednesday should fix said he was blocked from leaving the u.a.e. after announcing plans to run in egypt's presidential election next year he left egypt after losing to the muslim brotherhood mohamed morsi in the two thousand and eleven election should has been a critic of the current president of the fatah sisi a judge in the canadian province of quebec has suspended a law that banned full face coverings when receiving or giving public services it's part of a religious neutrality law passed in october it was criticized by civil liberties groups who said it discriminated against muslim women the judge says more guidelines are needed on how to work in practice. turkey says it will seize the

assets of a turkish iranian gold trader and those of his close relatives there is a key witness in the trial of a turkish banker who allegedly worked with him to launder money from iran he's admitted charges and is now cooperating with u.s. prosecutors told the court on thursday turkey's president rajnath to do and personally approve the sanctions breaking deals with iran. violent protests have broken out in bolivia after president evo morales declared he's running for a fourth term his announcement comes after the court eliminated term limits for presidents clearing the way for morales to run again. doctors in taxes delivered the first baby born in the united states as a result of a womb transplant a mother is one of several women in the u.s. to receive uterus transplants in the past year. comes three years out of the world's first from

a transplanted womb in sweden. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to see or at least seventeen people have been killed in two suspected boko haram attacks in nigeria forty seven others were injured in the blast in the northeastern town of beer in borno state and the dreams has the details from a butcher. jews ramos suspected suicide bombers launched the attack at a busy market in butte and. was largely spared but not completely spread by boko haram in time but surrounding towns and villages have been attacked on several occasions. responsibility for this attack if you see. the signs of grammy tax. sources close to form a gyptian prime minister. has been arrested in the united arab emirates and will be

deported to cairo on wednesday she said he was blocks from leaving the u.a.e. after announcing plans to run in egypt's presidential election next year he left egypt after losing to the muslim brotherhoods mohamed morsi in the two thousand and eleven election she figures been a critic of the current president of the fatah sisi. yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh says he's open to talks with saudi arabia to end the war at least forty people have died during infighting between forces loyal to him and the who threw rebels in santa the two sides have been battling with government forces together. police in germany have used water cannon to disperse demonstrators in the city of hanover protesting against the far right party which is meeting to elect a new leadership the party could become the biggest opposition bloc in parliament the chancellor angela merkel forms a coalition government with the social democrats the u.s. senators narrowly passed

a bill for the biggest overhaul of the tax system in thirty years it's a political victory for. the house of representatives has passed a separate version now both chambers will have to meet and agree on a final version of the bill as the headlines news continues and there's more of it for you on our web site al-jazeera dot com it's outfront next so stay with us. benjamin netanyahu calls it a very bad deal donald trump says it's the worst eleven both leaders would love to tear up the iran nuclear agreement but will doing so lead to a new war in the middle east that's our debate but first i'll talk to the former president of malawi joyce ponder about corruption aid and democracy in africa you.

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