to the big stories that could dominate the headlines in twenty eight. december on al-jazeera. they did the road trip across west africa. on a mission to redefine the continent too often misrepresented. the weapon of choice digital cameras. it was still one of the new american photographer to fix all the rainy season on this quest for the evil story of creative government and the invisible ball business this time on al-jazeera. no silly joke really did absolutely. no solution the u.s.

president doesn't come from a says physician coulier denying any links with russia during last year's election campaign. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. fighting intensifies between rival groups in yemen's capital sanaa with reports of at least forty dead. protests in germany as the far right party needs to choose its leaders and following their triumphant turnout in september's general election. the pope wraps up his asian tour and heads home to the vatican but that he achieved everything you want.

thank you for joining us we begin the program in the united states where president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the two thousand and sixteen presidential election on leaving the white house on saturday trump appeared unfazed when asked about his former national security advisers decision to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation as part of this plea deal on friday mike flynn admitted he had lied about contacting the russian ambassador last december and said he was directed to do so by a senior member of trump's transition team reported to be jared cushioning what i think. really jokingly said absolutely. we don't really do so we're very happy we'll see what happens thank you all very much. we'll clear finkelstein is the director of essex and the rule of law at the university of

pennsylvania law school she says any attempts by the president to protect himself from the investigation may be an obstruction of justice. there are two ways that the president may attempt to protect himself here and i think we'll start to see increased pressure in this regard first of all there's a worry of course of the president may try to fire robert mueller now it's rather a light plea deal here for michael flynn but it's an important plea because the fact that the law is that slim told the f.b.i. involved the russia pro suggests that if president trump now attempts to fire robert muller he may very well be obstructing justice in doing that the same would hold for a pardon if he tries to pardon michael flynn. for these charges

that may seem to deepen the suggestion that he is engaging in obstruction of justice so wallaces as they say or rather light plea deal for michael flynn it is an important it's important that it contains reference to the russia probe itself as that will start to tie the hands of the president protecting himself from this investigation well meanwhile the u.s. senate has now only passed the bill for the biggest tax overhaul in decades paving the way for president trump's first big legislative victory the bill was passed by fifty one votes to forty nine on friday after his administration managed to win over republican holdouts the plan sees a sharp cutting corporation tax but a senate committee finding as warning they will add one trillion dollars to the budget deficit no democrat voted for the legislation which they say benefits the wealthy and big business yeah they're good people are catching on. and while the

republicans may get away with this act of looting two nights 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 a 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. the former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has called for

a joint ceasefire between his supporters and the who the rebels and the saudi led coalition at least forty people have been killed in sanaa over the past few days in fighting between the two sides how the hawks star has. gunshots reverberate through the ransack streets of yemen's capital sana'a the civil strife that has brought misery to millions of people now the country's former president ali abdullah saleh is calling for dialogue with the saudi led coalition forces. they need to lift the blockade and open the airport 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. sellers one time ally who. has accused him of deliberately creating unrest to create divisions amongst the anti saudi led coalition bloc says his group's focus was always to protect yemen's internal security guard hospitals and mosques and the local machine

tell every militia that your actions are suspicious and we have. nothing good from you you're not heroes you're not you are not good people when. the mosque when he attacks where you are. where you are then defending or doing anything you are nothing but a rabbit but analysts think outside pressure may have influence shift an allegiance . yemen was already struggling before the war now the u.n. calls it the largest humanitarian crisis in the world of its twenty five million people twenty million rely on humanitarian assistance i think it's very clear that he maybe wants to put one of his family members in power or to 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 whole thing is first and then have a sort of serious political talk the saudi led coalition imposed a blockade on all of yemen's ports and the last month of the who things fired a missile that may have targeted riyadh as a result seventy eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine the country is also suffering from a cholera epidemic which aid workers predict could hit one million sufferers by the end of the year now the conflict between solid supporters and who see food could mean more hardship for the people of yemen. as there seventeen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria after two female suicide bombers attacked a market the attack took place in the town of view in borno state one of the women is said to have detonated her explosives at a food distribution center run by a local ngo injuring dozens of others

a twenty three says more now from the capital of. rescue workers say out of the forty seven injured some of sustained serious injuries and there is likelihood that the death figure will rise from the seventeen that has been reported so far tuesday bombers suspected suicide bombers launched the attack at a busy market in bew and. was largely spared but not completely spared by boko haram in attacks but surrounding towns and villages have been attacked on several occasions by boko haram overall but what i'm doing not claim responsibility for this attack officials say it because the hallmarks or the signs of book or i'm attacks we've seen how they have increasingly over the last two or three months targeted soft places or other crowded places like places of worship markets and even schools in the latest attacks we've seen how they have killed more than fifty people in a mosque in the town of movie in northeastern nigeria when they were gathering for early morning prayers and so far there is no claim of responsibility and one

important thing to note is that over the last two months or so we haven't heard much from. claiming responsibility as one security source is telling me that it could possibly be because of the intensified military action in the north east of nigeria targeting bought up positions and hideouts in the northeast. thousands of people are rallying against the far right turn of who for germany party which is electing its new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant county islam party that won nearly one hundred seats in parliament in september's election the co-leader frocked of petrie quit soon after to form her own party is gearing up to be the opposition against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government will be if the will be germany's official opposition party if enters into a coalition with the social democrats it wants to introduce

a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all of the parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to all nor the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two. callan joins us live now from the f.t. convention in hanover now we are expecting a vote on the leaders sometime in the coming hours but just talk us through what's been happening in the hall where you are. well it's really interesting to see whether the f.t. decides to go with a more fundamentalist leader someone who will keep it more towards the right fringe of german politics or whether it will go for someone who's more a more moderate voice who could have a more broader appeal to german voters and transform it into a party that might even be able to challenge as a real contender for government in the next four years that's essentially what's

the leadership can contest it's come down to here and have the debate is very much shaped by which way the party will go and this ideological split was of course exposed when focker petrie as you said the former clerk or leave it quits she said that the party had gone too far to the right so it remains to be seen if that's the direction the rest of the delegates. want to go all way the they want to go in a different direction and become more moderate this of course all matters because it will really shape the debate and the political rhetoric that's happening in germany over the next four years and it's happening at a time when angela merkel is having trouble forming a coalition government. coalition talks with the more minor parties the greens and the f.t.p. collapsed she now faces the choice of either going to the polls again forming a minority government or engaging in a grand coalition with the social democrats that she's been governing with for the

past four years this auction which is the most likely the last would actually end up giving the f.t. this party the largest opposition numbers in the palm and as you say they are very much gearing up to oppose angela merkel's party and see any move from here as a win for them and just very briefly when are we expecting a result. well in the next few hours we're expecting the results people tell me who have been at previous meetings that this one isn't his firing as it has been in the past. so things are looking like they are trying to be a more. mature pot if you like and we're expecting that they will make this vote in the next few hours and we'll definitely cross live to you again then to get the results for the moment live in hanover thank you and still to come on the program.

why reinstates. in response to nuclear threats from korea. and will also tell you about the belgian zoo which has found a new way to. imbue. 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 the northeast the trade winds its essential parts of over the next couple days maybe just a cloud thickening up a little further north into north vietnam as we go through monday say 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. making its way into the arabian sea pulling out but behind that the training weather system brought some very heavy rain flooding rains there into china 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 with 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 beginning why lots of clouding up the western side of india with spells of heavy rain many. a year on from the election which shook washington both the republican and

democratic parties are struggling to adjust to a polarized electorate it really is an identity crisis you just run against drugs or do you literally stake out a set of positions that offer us a clear alternative not just a truck but to the politics that gave you the truck faultlines examines the shifting sands of american politics life of the party this time on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his

campaign and russia in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election after his former national security advisor mike flynn agreed to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters and the who the rebels and that the saudi led coalition and thousands of people are rallying against the far right party alternative for germany which is electing its new leadership in the city of. but francis has wrapped up his asia tour after meeting ranger refugees in bangladesh in a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with the muslim minority fleeing violence the catholic pontiff is in a hospital in dakar run by the order of mother teresa on the final day of a visit the bangladesh that's been dominated by the plight of the child stratford takes a look back at a strip and whether he achieved his objectives. 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 flip the latest military crackdown. rights groups say myanmar soldiers killed many civilians and gang raped women as they swept through villages following attacks by revenge a rebel group in late august. the pope was advised not to even use the word. for fear of a backlash against christians. the future of myanmar must be pace a pace based on respect 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 jury in 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 i'm 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 enjoy 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 burnt to the ground by the military and put a small piece of 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 recognise the ranger as an ethnic group it withdrew their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred two many ranger refugees have never

even had a me and my id. the plan has been called a false by aid agencies and rights groups they ask how can a deeply traumatized people return with their basic rights has shown no sign of improving in the country they fled from. him and his family of four escaped from myanmar a month ago he says the military shelties 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 killing. it is doubtful whether the pope's trip to me on my bangladesh will have any impact on me and most government that refuses to even mention the ranger by name. or

a problem with which he camp bangladesh the palestinian chief negotiator is warning that u.s. recognition of jerusalem is the capital of israel would be playing with fire cyberduck out was referring to reports that president trump could announce the change in policy on wednesday white house officials say a final decision hasn't yet been made the status of jerusalem has long been one of the most sensitive subjects of the israeli palestinian conflict both sides claim the city as their capital and hybrid points. 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 touching the al aqsa mosque touching the church and the whole is 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 the 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 trumps evangelical christian supporters and pro israel donors who are reportedly pressuring him to declare next week's waiver to be his last while others are said to have also warned moving the embassy could not only strain ties with arab allies 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 what in a way placate his you know very pro israeli facts including his vice president was very religiously. you know motivated by this. and also still leave open some door of negotiation etc with the palestinians and others well 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 krishna trump 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 india's time al-jazeera the lawyer for egyptian presidential hopeful ahmed shafik says he's been arrested at his home in the united arab emirates and will be deported to egypt he has been based in the u.a.e. since losing to the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi in egypt's two thousand and twelve presidential election the former government minister and the air force commander announced last week he plans to run for president in two thousand and eighteen president of the fight then sisi is not yet announced his bid for a second term but is widely expected to run again. france's president has called on iraq to the sandal all the militias operating in the country including the uranian backed popular mobilization forces and manuel mccall that was speaking in paris after meeting the prime minister of iraq's kurdish autonomous zone in

a chair from barzani as accuse the iranian backed militias of abuses against iraqi kurds western leaders are concerned about the spread of iranian influence after the collapse of eisel also said he would help with negotiations between iraqi central government and the kurdish authorities just with koussa get a mission that conflict if i hope that this constructive national dialogue can start very soon and france will do everything so the unity and integrity of iraq and the full recognition of the kurds and their rights can be preserved in this context. the nobel peace prize is yet to be awarded on the sembler the tenth picking up the award is the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons or i can the group is that it catered to creating a world without nuclear weapons now looking at the nuclear status of countries

worldwide in the days leading up to the award in all slow as the tension over north korea's nuclear program arises the u.s. is updating its the fence plans including testing it warning sirens in hawaii for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty reynolds reports now from los angeles. eerie wail of air raid sirens sounded across hole-y. on friday the first test of its civil defense warning system since the one nine hundred eighty s. officials say they would give hawaii's one and a half million residents just thirteen minutes to take shelter. guards again if you hear this is get inside stay inside and see to it's a direct response to the growing threat of war with north korea pyongyang's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program is developing rapidly undeterred by months of threats fluster and personal insults from u.s.

president donald trump they will be met with fire fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never see before earlier this week north korea tested an intercontinental missile experts say could strike old the u.s. including east coast cities like new york and washington. air raid sirens like this one in downtown los angeles were a feature of american life during the cold war most of them were disconnected decades ago and technology has moved on a text message and email a phone call on your device on your smartphone whatever it is you have and for a scenario like we're talking about the nuclear detonation that would be a presidential notification that would hit every single phone in this country they have that capability there's no way to override that alert and that alert will give you specific information about what the threat is and whatever the actions of the public can take in the past government funded full out shelters were stocked with

supplies that's no longer an option if we did have a detonation we don't have those fallout shelters anymore people call us all the time on our public lines where the shelters so now we're looking at sheltering in place so you may have to stay inside your home for about fourteen days do you have enough supplies do you have enough you know first aid those kinds of things within your own home so we're encouraging residents to do that no matter how well prepared the general population might be a nuclear strike would be horrific it's an armageddon scenario it's going to be a lot of fatalities a lot of areas that will not be livable habitable for a very long time as a wise governor said this week a revived nuclear threat has become the new normal robert oulds al jazeera los angeles and the next part of the series takes us to russia which has the world's largest nuclear weapons arsenal we'll look at the friction that's causing with the

u.s. you can watch that story here announcing right in the coming hours. doctors in texas have delivered the first baby born in the united states as a result of a womb transplant this picture of the newborn was released by the hospital in the city of dallas the mother is one of several women in the u.s. to receive uterus transplants in the past year this comes three years after the world's first birth from a transplanted womb in sweden amazing now sums that bryza p. call or two and then elephant ride become an attractions in a zoo but would you expect to see a dragon there well that's where visitors at and have been treated to ahead of the december holiday season a chinese light festival has overtaken the zoo in belgium where illuminated creatures are placed among the regular inhabitants it proved the popular attraction on its opening night it's magic it's beautiful.

it's nice. and. of the different cultures. and it's. really hard because the boys like it was one of the first ones when you walk up here. because you always see people who are you know who's of course and everything in. my background is chinese but i didn't grow up with heritage part and everything. was it was nice with all the like the descriptions next to it what it's about and what you know what it stands for. well it's more of that and everything else that we've been covering here on the program on our website the address on your screens right now al-jazeera called.

let's take another look at the main headlines a here on out u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the two thousand and sixteen presidential election leaving the white house trump appeared on concern when asked about his former national security adviser cooperation with the f.b.i. investigation what i think. hillary should go through with our group. we really should so we're very happy we'll see what are the thank you all very much. the u.s. senate has naturally passed the bill for the biggest tax overhaul in decades paving the way for president trumps first the big legislative victory the bill which passed by fifty one votes to forty nine sees a sharp cut in corporation tax but a senate committee finding has warned it will add one trillion dollars to the budget deficit yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has called for

a joint ceasefire between his supporters and the who the rebels and the saudi led coalition at least forty people have been killed in the capital sanaa over the past few days in fighting between the two sides. seventeen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria after two female suicide bombers attacked a market the attack took place in the town of borno state the group no group or has claimed responsibility but the armed group boko haram is active in the area. thousands of people are rallying against the far right out turn it in for germany party which is electing its new leadership in hanover the a f t one nearly one hundred seats in september's election and will be the official opposition if chancellor angela merkel goes into a coalition with the social democrats and the lawyer for egyptian presidential hopeful ahmed shafik says he's been arrested at his home in the united arab

emirates and will be deported to egypt he has been based in the u.a.e. since losing the two thousand and twelve presidential election should seek an ounce last week he plans to run again for president in two thousand and eighteen well coming next it's for klein's it's going to look at u.s. politics and the change in the republicans and democrats in the donald trump era and i'll have more news in half an hour. with. donald trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute that i will say fully accept it's been just over years when the u.s. presidential election and shook the country and split a casus.