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yemen's vole the president calls for dialogue with the saudi led coalition to end the conflict. so i think well this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up in the program a desperate search for survivors the syrian government as strikes hit several cities and towns in damascus province plus. what is. no solution words of defiance from donald trump the investigation into the possible ties to russia moves just closer to the oval office also. i'm john hendren on the detroit river in the only floating postal code in the united states. so then the fighting between former allies and yemen is entering a fifth day dozens have been. killed since the violence began in the capital sonner

on wednesdays between the who thieves and supporters of ousted president ali abdullah saleh now salah says that he's open to talks with the side led coalition to end the war but who's the leader. he's called sellers move a coup against their fragile alliance to form allies have been fighting coalition forces since march two thousand and fifteen more now from al jazeera as charlotte. clashes between two parties meant to be on the same side who the rebels and fighters aligned with former president ali abdullah saleh dozens have been killed and wounded since the violence began in yemen's capital on wednesday now the split has evolved past santa to saudi arabia. so lay has called for talks not just with the who think but with the saudi led coalition if they stop the air attacks i want is that we 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 a coalition statement welcome solace move saying it would redeem yemen from the evils of iranian terrorist and sick tarion militias returning it to the pen era pure and natural fault but the who things who are backed by iran so they still have support from members of political party and adrift so lay directly. we used to praise your position in the past even though it was one of words only which came with its fair share of backstabbing disappointment discouragement disobedience and many other problems remain patient but that wasn't enough for you shame on you and a big shame. they were never natural allies struck a fragile alliance with the who these after a popular uprising ended his decades long role in two thousand and twelve salai now

says he wants a quick into the conflict which is a volved into the world's largest humanitarian crisis but others believe it is personally motivated it seems to me that they might be a collaboration between regional powers. and maybe the legitimate government to somehow overthrow the whole thing is first and then have a sort of so you. political talk this is what it looks like where the whole thing is headed the two sides have fought together for years it's widely thought that the who things would never have been able to take over the capitol without. it now they fractured allegiance is threatening to tear santa and its people apart charlotte dallas. well as syrian government airstrikes have targeted several cities and towns in damascus province in the six people were killed in arbonne or two others died and her sister also been attacked in these computer which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand and thirteen where the syrian government says

there can be no progress in talks to end the fighting if the opposition keeps reminding the president to side step down if delegation is returned to damascus and says it hasn't decided whether to go back to geneva when talks resume on tuesday our diplomatic editor james bates reports now from geneva the syrian delegation leaving the talks in geneva it's not clear if they'll return their chief negotiator expressing irritation at comments by the opposition side who are still stressing assad must go the language was. irresponsible politically speaking his position is perhaps surprising his russian allies since their intervention in the war in twenty fifteen have turned things around for assad on the battlefield. and in recent months president putin has also been in the driving seat diplomatically reaching understanding's with two countries that had led the

campaign against assad turkey and saudi arabia it held an important meeting last month in riyadh in a major reorganization prominent opposition figures quit their posts as members of another group with close links to moscow and derided by some as a sad stooges were admitted to the geneva delegation there's also been an important change of emphasis by the un at previous rounds of talks special envoy stefan de mistura as main aim was a transitional government it is clear the political transition is the mother of all ages he was working to the exact wording of his predecessor special envoy the former secretary general kofi annan who drew up the geneva communique which was signed by the international community in twenty twelve the communique which was later rian dorst by a security council resolution called for a transitional governing body agreed by mutual consent that last bit is important

as the opposition has in the past said it would never consent to a sad being part of a transition what's changed is that demas stora has now drawn up a list of twelve principles that he says will guide the negotiations in the future can i also get clarification that you are still seeking to form a transitional governing body with full executive power agreed by mutual consent dear twelve. brink that will point when you will be reading them and you will recall that event by and we hope to produce this and if there is a dick come on and if the ending are completely constantly inspired by did you never communicated and it twenty to fifty four. but special envoy i've read them and they don't you know i've not read them but i've read a version of that and old version wait and you would seem i waited and hours are

after that exchange de mistura published his twelve principles nowhere in here is there any mention of a transitional governing body of former leader of the opposition has told out just zero the whole process has been compromised western diplomats say de mistura is changing the rules of the game and that his plan now is very russian flavored james by zero geneva. secretary defense jim matters has met egypt's president i will fight a c.c. in the defense minister said in cairo it comes a week after more than three hundred people were killed in an attack on a mosque in northern sinai mattis is on a five day trip to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to the middle east he's now in jordan and will next visit pakistan and. gyptian presidential candidate tom at your feet cass reportedly arrived in cairo after being arrested and deported from the united arab emirates freak had been based in the u.a.e.

since losing to mohamed morsi in the two thousand and twelve election well the former prime minister an air force commander announced last week that he plans to run for president next year company that abdel fattah el-sisi is widely expected to seek another term this is associate professor of law at texas a and m. university and she says it's likely there is some truth to should feets claim of being barred from leaving the u. . he clearly has been deported and presumably the reason why he was deported was in retaliation for his claiming that he was barred from departing the u.a. e. for france and a european trip or he was going to be campaigning among the egyptian gasper there and then presumably heading to egypt so i don't think that he would take such a big political risk of insulting his hosts for over five years who effectively gave him refuge while he was facing criminal charges in egypt that he would do something like that publicly on al jazeera if at least it was there was some truth

to it so i think he probably was kept but now he's going to pay a higher price and now i think he is going to face serious problems in egypt where we don't know if he's going to be detained and i don't think there's any knowledge right now of where he has been sent to in egypt i think that shifty is a formidable contender and the presidential elections primarily because he has legitimacy as a former general and because he represents mubarak era and six years now after the so-called revolution of two thousand and eleven there is a significant number of the egyptians who reminisce. for the mubarak era and they would like that era to come back and that's what he represents and presumably there are people in the military and other parts of the security apparatus who have signaled to him that they would support him if he announced his candidacy. is to monitor the release of a journalist number two saying he's been in prison for eleven months hussein is

accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly denied he's repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail arrested on december the twentieth well visiting from the. u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during last year's election he tweeted that while he fired his national security adviser for lying to the vice president and the f.b.i. michael things actions were. in admits he lied about contacting the russian ambassador in december adding he was directed to do so by a senior member of trump's transition team. what has been shown is no solution no solutions says it absolutely has been absolutely no solution so we're very happy we'll see what happens thank you all very much but as enough and nesta brooke who reports on how finns guilty plea could pave the way for more arrests.

outside the white house saturday morning president donald trump wanted to talk more about the new tax plan passed by the u.s. senate then about his former national security advisers russian contacts. and what has been shown no solution no killer has been absolutely has been absolutely no solution so we're very happy and frankly last night was one of the big guys on friday michael flynn pleaded guilty in federal court to lying to the f.b.i. about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution regarding israel and about conversations he had with russia's ambassador to the u.s. during the presidential transition as part of the deal flynt agreed to cooperate with special prosecutor robert mueller's investigation into russian meddling into last year's presidential election mohler is looking into whether the trump campaign

colluded with russia he's also looking into the president's business ties there oh when is the fourth member of the president's inner circle to be charged in connection with the investigation and political analyst eric hamm says he's clearly the most significant by michael flynn was a very high profile target both in the campaign and in the white house and so what he's looking to do is bomb miller is looking to steadily move up the food chain he's looking to get bigger fish and so i think he's looking at possibly jared kosher questioner and maybe even the president going forward last winter president trump said he fired in just one month. into his national security advisory post because he had lied to vice president mike pence about his contacts with russia but the president offered another explanation saturday in a tweet saying i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the f.b.i. he has pled guilty to those lies it is

a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful there was nothing to hide dian us to break out to sarah washington. the us has pulled out of the united nations pact designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants worldwide u.n. member states will gather in mexico on monday for talks on the plan which is known as the global compact on migration dame's to protect migrants refugees around the world the us ambassador to the u.n. says the pact is inconsistent with the united states policies. still ahead here on ars or. they told me if i went with them they would look off to me and help me find a husband. and afraid they were injured girls being sold as sex slaves just taking advantage of me by. the german not to take a back seat with me disabled people who are part of a push to treat. hello

there was at least some heavy showers over the southeastern parts of asia at the moment look at the western part of our map plenty of cloud here for the southern parts of thailand and down through it to samoa as well very heavy downpours have been seen here and we're going to see some more over the next few days as well the main reason is this is larry of low pressure here it's still developing in running its way towards the west but it has intensified all the rains across this region so plenty of what they have for monday then and choose day elsewhere there will be some showers but generally in between they'll be some sunshine coming through as well as i want to show is from manila perhaps but also it's a bright sunny spells to now over towards australia and in the northwest we've seen this rather powerful storm that's given us some heavy downpours and the darwin we've seen eighty four millimeters of rain from this thunderstorm so more showers

still to come here over the next few days for the south generally a lot quieter now we are going to see some showers in perth but to the east of that is fine and dry force in adelaide and becoming dry and now force in melbourne the rain well still clinging on to the east coast perhaps there will still see a few outbreaks of rain over parts of queensland down into new south wales as well for new zealand though we've got a high pressure in charge and it's really quite warm twenty five that you know current. the fact. more of this on the planet and one that could soon be lost forever with an international team of scientists is determined not to let that happen without intervention to give the big i would say here to a bell now it's a race against time to try and save a species like a chrysler it's an emergency plan to save all extinction techno this tour.

and again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of the top stories this hour the ousted yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has called for told tween his supporters the rebels in the saudi led coalition the avalanche which ended the civil war in two thousand and fifteen is welcomed the move at least forty people being killed in the capital in the. syrian government jess trikes of target several cities and towns in damascus province at least six people were killed and while two others died in her arrest

they have also been attacks in eastern guta which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand that. you got a state has pulled out of a united nations pact designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants worldwide it says the plan is it's inconsistent with u.s. policies. to the crisis in me among them and put it front as has defended his silence on the plight of ranger refugees saying that he spoke the truth in private the leader of the catholic church has faced international criticism for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit to me in my last week pope francis did not use the word range until he was in bangladesh where he met refugees who escaped the military crackdown i mean that is what i was interested in my message getting through so i saw that in my speech if i'd use that word the door would have slammed shot but i describe the situation the riots that no one should be excluded citizenship to allow me in my private meetings to go further i was very very

satisfied with the discussions i was able to have. meanwhile the influx arranger divina dash has exposed the dark underlying issue of refugee camps in the caucasus bazaar aviation's you say that younger hindu women are being sold as sex slaves people trafficking is common in the camps where he have sought safety for decades charles stratford has this report called to me is not a real name we're calling her that to protect her identity the fifteen year old ranger refugee says her mother father brother and sister all killed by a multi shell fired by the me on my military at a village three months ago she says after she escaped by boat to bangladesh two women approached her on the beach saying they could help her instead they sold her into sex slavery. they told me if i went with them they would look

after me and help me find a husband. says that up to three weeks of being locked in a house alone she was sold to a bangladeshi man she says the man took her to another house raped and sexually abused her for twelve days. he said i will choke you i will stab you i will kill you do you want to be killed the way the military killed people and me and mom i won't let you go a local aid agency the latest a cartoon but doesn't want to be named said its staff working with trafficking victims have received death threats from criminal gangs operating in the refugee camps the head of the organization told us riggins you kill some as young as thirteen are being taken by the traffickers it's thought some have been smuggled abroad. hasina begum and her family have been living in a refugee camp in bangladesh since fleeing an earlier crackdown by the mia military in the one nine hundred ninety s. . a teenage girl was kidnapped on the way to school the kidnappers were wearing

a woman's neck out to cover their faces that's why they went recognized. nation says sex and labor trafficking networks have existed in the camps for years but more than six hundred twenty thousand rangers have arrived here in the last couple of months and at least sixty percent of them are children and aid agencies having to focus on the delivery of vital humanitarian assistance at this stage so the trafficking situation here is getting worse. with so many vulnerable people coming into a small area in such a short space of time. it's definite almost stunned it's increased there's been recruiters here in this bizarre bank that us previous to this influx and we know that they're getting more business and that new criminal networks have sort of kicked into action we have to start addressing us and we have to do it now urgently after twelve days the man who bought returned to the two women who sold her they

left in the refugee camp where she now lives with a woman who found her alone and afraid it's all stuff that al-jazeera cox's bizarre and with. probably dependant supporters in spain's catalonia region turning to music to help get several of the politicians freed from jail. was thousands turned out for a concert in barcelona demanding freedom for eight politicians who'd been locked up for their role and independence referendum to produce a session next to a system in jail of the funds raised being kept aside to help pay for the. thousands of israelis who rallied in tel aviv to protest against government corruption. that. it was a religious and a series of demonstrations triggered by allegations made against prime minister

benjamin netanyahu any of this yet public frustration has been growing about the slow pace of the investigations against netanyahu who suspected of involvement in bribery and for india has opened a new trade route to afghanistan that bypasses pakistan by using and iranian ports the first phase of the whole iran was inaugurated on sunday it links india to afghanistan and central asia pakistan denies transit access for trade aagot. there's a demand for fair treatment of disabled people in lebanon because the lowest protecting them are rarely followed the cole comes as a well as the day of persons with disabilities to raise awareness of their rights and his time has this report now from beirut. says the best word to describe him would be competitive. several times a week he comes to this basketball court in central beirut to practice drills he's

part of a wheelchair basketball league and also takes part in marathons over the years yousif has won dozens of medals and trophies and says his disability which combines into a wheelchair has never stopped him from succeeding. i have challenged my disability and i have challenged this society al even i ask every person with a disability to fight and face these obstacles because if we don't fight we will die use of his part of the lebanese welfare association for the handicapped that campaigns for the rights of disabled people according to government statistics around four hundred thousand lebanese live with these abilities and although legislation has been passed to protect them the laws are rarely enforced those with physical challenges aren't the only ones who are fighting for rights and acceptance those struggling with other disability see big too often feel ignored and excluded . works in administration at

a high end bathroom and kitchen design store in central beirut he was born with down syndrome and has been working there for the past four years says he loves his job and. i have. had. runs the company he says some of his staff were initially uncomfortable with the idea of having a colleague who is disabled something he believes is common for most workplaces in lebannon but soon after she started working there attitudes began to change had a bill is an asset for all of us he's a catalyzer of good spirit of joy. and we have any feeling great and they perform for chad brain that is among us.

says despite all of his awards and medals because of his disability he still doesn't feel fully accepted by society and that others like him are still too often excluded from work and other opportunities which is why until that changes to do is fight for the rights of all disabled people in lebanon. i'll just your favor. christmas decorations have gone up in the occupied west bank in what's believed to be the birthplace of jesus christ. switched on in bethlehem's manger square next to the church of the nativity it marks the start of a season of celebrations that draws thousands of visitors every year or force it is that. thousands here in bethlehem as manger square getting a big round of local boy. you know our bible when twenty seventeen this of course is an event about much more than that it's about the start of the christmas season

the lighting of the christmas tree but politics aren't far away in america talking about how. it is besieged on all sides by illegal israeli settlements prime minister the palestinian authority i mean i'm also here and talking about an issue high on the agenda in the news the possibility the likelihood even the united states is going to recognize. the capital of israel. if america declares to slim as the capital of israel or move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem the whole region will be plunged into further instability and it will destroy any chance of peace the palestinian prime minister went on to light the christmas tree making the point that there had to be space carved out for optimism and happiness even in such circumstances and there's a good deal of that on display here tonight the december season the christmas season is vitally important here for the tourist numbers for the economy and the

four thousand beds that there are here no tells all of them are booked out for the whole of december that is a scene that's been seen across the occupied west bank where tourist numbers are significantly up so there is some optimism here and officially the start of the christmas season. well the end of the year holiday period is a busy time for postal services right across the world people send parcels of cards to loved ones but those deliveries are easier to make in some play. as one hundred went to find out about the challenges faced by one of the more unique postal services in the united states. welcome to the world's only floating postal code than the way we go. when cargo ships from around the globe travel the great lakes this boat brings mail and a lifeline will become alongside or just be about us for if that's all right that'll be fine and they don't even have to stop somewhere between detroit and windsor canada a makeshift mailbox plunges down the freighters side when he returns with the daily

post. in an instant it's over. there on your porch. april through december if you're on an international freighter going down the detroit river this is the only way to get your mail and while every other postal code in the u.s. is fixed zip code for eight two two two goes wherever this boat goes this is captain. in eight hundred seventy four jim hogans great grandfather started using a rowboat to ferry messages supplies into later mailed to passing ships that a century later the fourth generation owner got the call they had found an opening in the middle of that summer and said hey i need to the south after noon and one thing led to another and here i am forty four years later so the importance of continuing at in the family as his what really makes sense to me now there is no

business quite like it throughout the world and in major ports there are boats who do deliveries to ships but the wescott is the only one of its kind that is specifically the extension of the us post office it's got its own zip code it's its own boat and frankly knowing the crew there they're pretty unique to the company has delivered everything from pizza to a donkey this ship sank during a stormy delivery. two thousand and one killing two crew members now the family business is expanding we're delivering groceries to some of the ships that go by and also like to get a few other boats to do some other like charter things if possible just in time for the fifth generation. john hendren al-jazeera detroit. little knowledge and direction the website al jazeera dot com is the address all the stories we're covering right there lots of comment and analysis.

all right just time for a recap of headlines here on out there and the ousted yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has called for talks between his supporters the rebels and the saudi led coalition the arab alliance which ended the civil war in two thousand and fifteen has welcomed the move at least forty people have been killed in the capital sana the past few days in battles between the two thieves and fighters loyal to use. syrian government strikes have targeted several cities and towns in damascus province at least six people were killed in arbonne well two others died and her rest are also being attacked in eastern guta which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand and thirteen about four hundred thousand civilians are believed to be trapped that pope francis has defended his statements in min moller on the plight of the hinge of refugees saying he spoke the truth in private home to face criticism for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit and

avoiding the word ringette till he was in. i mean that is what. i was interested in my message getting through so i saw that in my speech if i'd use that word the door would have slammed shot but i describe the situation the riots that no one should be excluded citizenship to allow me in my private meetings to go further i was very very satisfied with the discussions i was able to have. thousands of israelis have rallied in tel aviv to protest against government corruption it was a lull just in a series of demonstrations triggered by allegations made against prime minister binyamin netanyahu earlier this year yahoo denies any wrongdoing. the united states has pulled out of a united nations pact to designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants well why it says the plan is inconsistent with u.s. policies u.s. secretary of defense jim mattis has made egypt's president bill factorial c.d.c. the defense minister said to be in car this comes

a week after more than three hundred people were killed in an attack on a mosque in northern sinai this is on a five day trip to reaffirm u.s. commitment to the middle east india has opened a new trade route to afghanistan that bypasses pakistan by using an iranian port the first phase of the holton iran was inaugurated on sunday pakistan denies transit access for trade i'll give you up to date with the headlines. with documentaries that have been you know. at this time on al-jazeera. this is the fact this morning. on the planet. it's an international team of scientists is determined not to let that happen.