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you're watching the news hour life from headquarters in doha i'm daddy navigate that coming up in the next sixty minutes. anger on the streets for among the palestinians react with defiance to donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital seeking guarantees on its security pyongyang once direct talks with washington moscow says it's ready to facilitate a historic visit turkey's president is in greece but not all goes to pawn off the rest of her to one stuns his hosts with a long list of grievances accused of treason a judge orders the arrest of argentina as a former president cristina fernandez says the order violates the rule of law. hello at least one hundred palestinians have been injured in a violent. across the occupied territories the angry scenes were sparked by the

u.s. president donald trump formally recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. demonstrators in several palestinian territories have cost with israeli troops in the occupied west bank thousands heeded the call from palestinian leaders to mobilize for three days afraid but i've been having it has more from. anger and disappointment and the sense of. some of the among palestinians now still they remain defiant saying that regardless they do. the capital of the future palestinian state now this march is a show a few usually you would see the many flags of the palestinian factions this time only the palestinian flag is raised. and that's the only thing we can do

this time particularly the slap for us here to wake up and realize the peace process was just an illusion it's the biggest insult to arabs even before palestinians kuwait emirates jordan all of them then here in palestine we defend it but we can't do without support but if those peaceful protests there were also clashes across the. bank usually a fiction point that's when palestinian youths come face to face with the israeli army now the military had announced that it has deployed several extra battalion to the occupied west bank because it was preparing for the eventuality of now friday is another day of rage and more of this kind of violence scenes are expected meanwhile a senior palestinian official and president mahmoud abbas's ruling fatah party says the u.s. vice. president mike pence is unwelcome in palestine parents was planning to meet

with ambassador an upcoming visit over the move to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital while the shock decision by the us administration has sparked protests in gaza as well as bernard threat reports. this is a scene being repeated across the palestinian territories we are like a palestinian people we will not accept this will stay to fight and fight and fight to get jurors all i am have a telephone to sign. but beyond protesting palestinian leaders are now trying to come up with a unified action plan to respond to donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel most say the oslo accord is dead it's been the basis of twenty five years of u.s. mediated off negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis yeah. i'm telling my brothers in the palestinian authority that the situation should be clear

we will go out of the. this decision has killed. the prime minister was in gaza on a pre-arranged visit as hamas hands back control of the territory well before trump's announcement poll showed two thirds of palestinians wanted his boss president mahmoud abbas to resign because the no nearer a deal on statehood now there's even more pressure on the p.a. to come up with a new strategy. we will confront this decision by having our own national unity the justice of our case we will establish on sixty seven borders. this is a demonstration of. hamas is on the way now. but it's likely to remain just demonstrations because political leaders here realize this time they want the focus of palestinian anger not to be on the situation in gaza but to be on what's happening to jerusalem but it's very al-jazeera. well more than twenty four hours

after the trump announcement the ramifications are still being felt our white house correspondent kelly spoke with the deputy assistant to the u.s. president raj shah he says trump was just following the law. so does understand with the president's announcement many have argued that this. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel contradicts international law un resolutions with regard to jurors. will of the president's decision conforms with american law since one thousand nine hundred ninety five u.s. law has said that the president must declare jerusalem the capital of israel and there have been successive congresses that have continued to reaffirm that law president took action which just affirmed what congress in the will be american people has stated for decades and look the policy makes sense we've been you know

for now several decades going to israel. and negotiating and we've been pretending we don't know where the israeli capital is it's in jerusalem it's where the supreme court is and where the parliament is where the prime minister resides and it's where the capital is so a recognition of reality we think makes the most sense to try to get a finer point on this because when the president mentioned jerusalem he didn't say and recognize it as an undivided city doesn't mean that in a peace process it sponsored by the united states doesn't mean that that jerusalem could be on the negotiating table as part of a peace process look at borders sovereignty these are the types of issues are going to be part of final status negotiations were all the parties are going to have a role and have to negotiate a final settlement so that's the decision yesterday has nothing to do with that and we're going to allow the parties to work out the details so was the language very specific then in terms of the selection of the president using the phrasing that he

did of course it was again this is this was about a recognition of reality and not about you know putting our finger on the scale in the peace process we are an honest broker and we want the first word of being an honest broker is being honest and recognizing reality that israel's capital is risky but many are arguing that just the opposite is being inferred from this that the u.s. is not an honest broker that it's in a sense it has taken a side look the peace negotiations that the u.s. has been involved in now for several months the president is aware of all the details but they're not public they've been confidential and the president is optimistic about the possibilities for peace precisely because they've been kept confidential so i wouldn't assume anything about what happened yesterday and all the context surrounding it were optimistic about the possibility for peace and the president's pursuing it when the president met with fifty islamic leaders months ago. you'll recall that mean and mean there was

a report that was developed does the president recognize this decision. could put those fifty leaders that he met with in a very difficult position with their own populations and we think that the united states under this president developed a really good relationship with those countries and those leaders and it goes beyond the israeli palestinian dispute it goes toward fighting isis and terrorism throughout the region to go toward it goes toward combating iran's influence throughout the region so our relationships with countries like turkey and saudi arabia and others in the region expands beyond the israeli palestinian dispute and look we are we are partners for peace we want to work with both parties and the parties in the region toward a lasting peace peaceful solution but we don't think yesterday decision is a deterrent to that what about the relationship with the king of jordan for example i mean it's a u.s. ally particularly in the fight against i saw that there was cautioning by the jordanians for the president not to do this and now that he has the reaction has

been that there's a feeling that they've been deeply disrespected is their concern about maybe some other foreign policy goals being jeopardized as a result we don't think so we think that the president's action was clear and again reflected american law and we've seen for several decades you know the opposite we thought for decades that not recognizing jerusalem as the capital would lead to peace it has right the results speak for themselves we're trying a different approach and that is being an honest broker being honest on the front end of that and trying to recognize reality which is what we think all the parties need to do to move forward is the concern that the president's decision though may have strengthened iran is position in the region and perhaps some of the extremist groups that he's been trying to fight we don't think so at all we think that the coalition against iran and against their influence throughout the region in many

countries is strong i think that many of those countries are frankly more self interest. did in combating iran and its influence and the united states is going to work with them in that process we know that the vice president is headed to the region later this month what message is he going to send in some of those bilateral meetings that he's going to be holding well he's going to send the message that the united states is pursuing a peace agreement that we are partners in peace and that the united states and the president cares as much about the future of palestinian children as he cares about the future of israeli children we want a peaceful so a settlement that is in the best interest of israelis the palestinians of jordanians of saudi arabians of every country in the region peace is the goal that we all want we know the president is an avid watcher of television news has he been watching the international reaction and what is his take on what he's been saying well i think that the president has been happy with the reaction has understood

that obviously there's going to be some disagreement but when you recognize reality and you speak honestly to friends and are and are a straight forward with you know the reality on the ground in israel you know we have better prospects for success let's not speak to p.j. crowley he's a fellow at the institute for public diplomacy and global communication to george washington university and a former state department spokesman joining us from washington d.c. thanks for joining us on al-jazeera so you heard raj shah speaking to our correspondent kelly how that saying look the united states is an honest broker broker and trump went into this honestly and he's just recognizing reality on the ground do you buy that. it's going to be a tough sell if that's the vice president's message when it comes to the region look the president trump you know house put his hand on the scale you know the peace process is as much a political challenge as it is

a subject of challenge for the past you know sixteen or seventeen years we understood what the what the parameters of of an ultimate agreement between the israelis and palestinians look like what we haven't had is political will on the israeli side or the palestinian side to make you know difficult compromises for peace so in terms of the politics of the peace process he has done something very very significant on the israeli side by recognizing that that drusilla we is the israeli capital he has done nothing yet to to do something for the palestinian side you know for example to recognize that east jerusalem. will be the capital of a palestinian state so i think in some fashion is going to find a way to rebalance the scales going forward i mean did he just try to head to statement by saying that the final status of jerusalem is still up for negotiations because practically speaking how does that work when the u.s. president officially recognizes jerusalem as israel's capital with no mention as

you're saying of anything to do with the palestinians so hasn't he just given the israelis and the right wing government of netanyahu carte blanche to do whatever they want to in jerusalem. well jerusalem is a very very complex and emotional issue it's probably the reason we haven't had a successful negotiation you know since the start of oslo twenty five years ago in jerusalem it's multiple things it is establishing a governing capital for the israeli side it is establishing a governing capital on the palestinian side it's also trying to figure out how the holy sites of the city. the old city the mosque how they will be administered and what is the sovereignty surrounding you know all of these competing holy sites you know so there's still a lot of work to do i'm sure but i think that that doesn't worry us now becomes very difficult when the president officially recognizes jerusalem as israel's

capital and we're just hearing as well the times of israel now reporting that the housing minister of israel has said following president trump historic declaration i intend to advance and strengthen building in jerusalem more illegal settlements in jerusalem and specifically in east jerusalem which palestinians want as their capital absolutely he has made the challenge much more difficult he has damaged the you know not withstanding what mr shaw said he has damaged the u.s. role as an honest broker. in the process and i'm certainly not surprised that that those who don't want any agreement on the israeli side will certainly feel emboldened by what the president has said but what about the u.n. security council we expect a meeting on friday do you think that the president envisioned the international reaction and the condemnation that has come through do you think that he even cares

. that that's a very good question whether he cares. and certainly he heard from major arab leaders cautioning him not to do this you know he has done this i think i think the challenge in the short term you know is that is in terms of politics the israelis have a strong. situation the palestinians have a weak situation and through this is undermined the leadership of president mahmoud abbas you know i think i think the danger here in the short term is that he goes back to the united nations you know and plays another card in his u.n. strategy something he's done over the past couple of years and that just erodes the limited trust that does exist between the israelis and palestinians and makes getting to a direct negotiation you know much much harder but i think if the president is unwilling to find a way to make a significant gesture in support of palestinian aspirations then you know whatever

jared questioner is working on whatever effort the trump administration in visions towards quote unquote the ultimate deal that effort is going to be stillborn unless the president tries to find a way to balance the scales here in the coming weeks and months ok p.j. crowley we thank you very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera a pleasure the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says kim jong direct talks with the white house to discuss north korea security guarantees from the us live rob said he passed on pyongyang's desire for direct talks with the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson when they met on the sidelines of a conference in vienna on thursday meanwhile the u.s. and south korea continue to carry out combat drills this fight pyongyang is warning the exercises make the outbreak of war and establish the fact our correspondent rosen jordan joining us from washington d.c. it's a first tell us what they were reaction was from the state department about north

korea wanting direct talks. well usually when one party in a dispute says where we're ready to have face to face discussions usually the other side says well let's figure out whether we can make that happen let's take a listen to what the spokesperson heather nauert had to say about this that is something that foreign minister lavrov said took place as a part of the conversation i don't have anything on that particular part of the conversation and i cannot confirm if that came up in the secretary's conversation with mr lavrov i will say though as a general matter the issue of direct talks with north korea is not on the table in till they're willing to denuclearize it is something that russia has said it agrees with it is something that china has that it is it agrees with and many other nations around the world as well the d.p. r. k. is not showing any interest in sitting down and having any kind of serious conversations when they continue to fire off ballistic missiles here but this in

a little bit of context for us roslyn considering that there had been heightened tensions between the united states under the truck with ministration especially in north korea recently that's right the ministration has imposed two new rounds unilateral rounds of direct sanctions on various korean persons and entities as well as on chinese persons who are accused of helping north korea get around existing international sanctions because of its insistence upon building a nuclear weapons program but even though there does seem to be this growing tension and a growing sumption among some in washington that perhaps the u.s. might end up having to resort to military force the trumpet ministration is still saying it's not taking things off the table and we recently heard the secretary of state rex tillerson say that diplomacy is still the real way of trying to resolve

this crisis all right jordan thank you. plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including california as raging fires continue to wreak havoc tens of thousands of people forced to flee their homes and new economic orders and bad boy unveils its first budget since the end of. your role in sport the twenty seventeen bound our winner has been and. for you coming up in sport a little later. for us turkish president is insisting greece extradite members of the. group who fled there after the failed coup attempt in his country. is on a historic two day visit to the first by a turkish leader in sixty five years but has been overshadowed by

a long list of grievances. reports. honoring the greek war dead turkish president. on a historic visit the course off to a difficult start in an interview broadcast the night before his visit and spoke of revising the treaty which set the border between greece and turkey in one thousand nine hundred twenty three official statements from the two sides reflected territorial tensions particularly over two failed because asians to reunify cyprus divided since one thousand nine hundred seventy four turkish invasion. the greek cypriots promised us that we would reach a solution to the cyprus issue and that did not happen recently we had another meeting in switzerland again over cyprus and who walked away there again it was the greek cypriots. i'm forty three years old and this issue has been ongoing for forty three years there's

always a discussion about who's to blame we mustn't forget that this issue remained open because three years ago it was an illegal invasion and occupation of the northern section of cyprus greece invited partly because it's concerned over three thousand space violations by turkish fighter aircraft over the aegean sea this year marking a five year peak and greece says territorial water violations number sixteen hundred this year a ten year high that's an uncomfortable parallel with the recent quadrupling of refugee arrivals across the water from turkey causing camps on greek islands to overflow but greece's refusal to extradite eight military officers seeking asylum here is a major personal irritant for turkey accuses them of involvement in last year's failed coup two of the officers are thought to have been the ones intended assassins but that coup has also offered greece and turkey a chance to develop

a special relationship. ever since the turkey is looking for allies in the region because of the unfriendly stance as western countries they did not immediately condemn the caterer's but waited until it had resolved itself grace was the only country the a mediately condemn the killing and thus gained the trust of the president and. turkey has been increasingly isolated from the west since july twentieth sixteen greece's invitation to it's only the second official invitation from a european union member in the last eighteen months so greece is currently in the position of mediator that is a natural role for greece since the issues europe cares about stemming the flow of refugees maintaining peace and reuniting cyprus are doubly important for greece. athens. i rest warrant has been issued for the former president of argentina relating to an one thousand nine hundred four bombing in one of sirees christina

kurtz there is accused of covering up the alleged involvement of iran in the bombing of a jewish center twenty three years ago eighty five people died in the attack she denies the charges you know they're not going to come on your behalf the political maneuvers continue we can say it's also a feeling of unfounded tests accuse you of the opposition plus harassment and humiliation as well that really violate not just the rule of law but democracy too from a political point of view these measures degrade argentinian justice and show the government and the president received machree to be also really responsible for a legal and political organization that pursues the opposition. there is a boat has more from one a series. we're here in front of the presidential palace and one site is where thousands of people have gathered to protest against what they say is political persecution right behind me you can see people carrying flags with the face of former president cristina kirchner on thursday will pop to the news that

a judge issues and again i arrest warrant against her against her former foreign minister and the amount of money and other members of her administration or people close to her while she was still in office kirschner he's being accused of treason and she's being accused of interrupting an investigation against a jewish community center back in one thousand nine hundred ninety four that killed eighty five people the accusation is mostly based on a memorandum of agreement between the government of iran and argentina but i could personally saying the bad agreement was supposed to guarantee that argentina but interrogated iranian officials in tehran into this investigation bra security better means that he was the precedent at the time that there was a secret deal between doubts agreements say that there was a trade deal between iran and argentina an agreement to exchange cheap oil in exchange off cheaper grains that argentina has appeared with

a shot in the head back in two thousand and fifteen it's not yet clear whether he committed suicide or he was killed the judge has asked congress to strip christina kirshner's of immunity she was elected senator in last october's legislative elections and up this point has sixty days to decide whether they would treat this case or not at this point it seems highly unlikely peruvian civil rights group stages a march against the corruption against corruption after recent developments in the altar pressed on the so-called scandals for decades brazil's construction giant build public works in more than ten countries a call. in america and now the large scale investigation by peru's parliament's commission is showing just how widespread the corruption is marianna sanchez reports. the former and current top executives of most important construction companies led to jail. and investigators say they paid

millions of dollars in bribes to film the president for government contracts the company get on a month later was brazil's other bridges most important partner to the men deny the claims against them only when they were and is a criminal organization that established an office to pipe bribes in order for them and their partners to win huge infrastructure projects. in the past several months more than ten former government officials have also been jailed after allegedly receiving bribes from a president again though milo was imprisoned in july for accepting money for his presidential campaign which is not illegal in beirut none of the detained have been charged with any crimes but the judge ordered the measure to ensure they don't escape or obstruct justice. turning himself into the authorities rules out any suspicion that there is any intention of him fleeing. all of it has been working in

they do since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine the carwash investigation in brasil says all the rich financed all candidates who had a chance to become presidents a congressional commission has been investigating president kaczynski for allegedly receiving bribes for his presidential campaigns in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and sixteen but the president denies any wrongdoing. he was a government minister during the government of one hundred who is in the u.s. with a warrant pending for his arrest or the village says it paid twenty nine million dollars in bail to enter lagos and see as governments. analysts say the carwash corruption scandal is one of the worst corruption cases in history. it's about extensive corruption involving many governments in peru brazil and across latin america it involves public and private entities and businesses it's about government financing and because we're talking about mega projects it compromises

the political arena. of the. collaborating with brazilian prosecutors have only revealed two major corruption scandals related to be two but analysts say the construction giant got so many public contracts here there was much more to come. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour is stepping down u.s. senator al franken ends his political career why he calls his the parcher ironic qatar signs a deal with france worth fourteen billion dollars to bolster the military capability and a former u.s. gymnastics team doctor has his day in court the channel will tell you what happened in sports.

hello the big news story out of the u.s. recently has been the santa ana winds which of course are not well represented by a satellite picture which shows you a big winter low but they are down there and they're going to decline still be with us i think throughout the weekend or clearly eventually thicken in this southwestern corner but nothing much else is going to change whereas elsewhere we've seen a big change in temperatures and a feeling of winter i think with a lot of lake effect snow quite possible virtually anywhere east inside of any of the great lakes is a picture for you and the coldest penetrated we've got right through georgia even miami is sitting under these are cold fronts are twenty four ready degrees and everywhere else you'll feel the difference of max in new york of plus five that's clearly warmer thorough the west and should be sunny said the cloud is picking up in l.a. they're probably not bringing the rain with it dropping further south we see an increase in showers recently all the way up the caribbean side of the land bridge

so for example nicaragua running up to believe that wiped out represent showers which will be repeated otherwise they very well scattered so the concentration of rain is going to be increasing i think through honduras guatemala billie's and then southern mexico which after say looks like quite a wet place to be in the next day or so. the pages of this. unspeakable. compiled testimonies a victim of the congolese mustn't. as this intimate evidence finds its way to international courts the central african republic is plunged into further. and intricate tale of a people and a nation crippled by recent history. but one of a two part series at this time on al-jazeera.

the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has been awarded the nobel peace prize in an exclusive interview with the winning delegation from the award ceremony in oslo al jazeera asks whether banning the devastating weapons could finally lead to complete disarmament on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news a senior official in president mahmoud abbas is ruling fatah party says palestinians won't meet the u.s.

vice president. during his upcoming visit because of donald trump's decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meanwhile at least one hundred palestinians have been hurt in violent demonstrations across the occupied territories. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says once direct talks with the white house to discuss north korea security guarantees from the u.s. live rob said you. desire for direct talks to us. when they met on the sidelines of a conference in vienna on thursday and arrest warrant has been issued for the former president of argentina relating to a bombing in bonn as i read twenty three years ago cristina kirchner is accused of covering up the alleged involvement of iran in the attack of a jewish center in one thousand nine hundred four she denies the charges. in the us a democratic senator has resigned following allegations of sexual harassment the announcement comes after

a majority of democratic senators demanded al franken step down it's the latest developments in the ongoing nationwide debate about sexual misconduct in the workplace shihab rattansi reports. after most of his democratic colleagues in the u.s. senate withdrew their support following the allegations of yet another woman about his sexual misconduct. it seemed inevitable that senator al franken of minnesota would have to resign immediately in the coming weeks i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate franken is a form a comedian who became an articulate liberal critic of political corruption and cronyism in the senate a popular member of the party who argued against social inequality and discrimination enough is enough but some senate has made it clear this wasn't about one man their stand was about congress itself where sexual harassment is reportedly widespread but members of congress are able to use taxpayer money to pay off

survivors who often find their careers ruined as elected leaders should absolutely be held to a higher standard not a lower standard as heartening as the stand maybe some detected political strategy at play as well i think they're afraid i'm going to take alabama fight to wash roy moore who's been accused of child molestation is fighting a close contest in alabama for the senate seat yet he has the support of the president himself accused of sexual assault and the republican party i think is going to do very well something franken referenced i have all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving well a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls. am payments for the senate well with the full support of his party it was clear franken gave the republicans cover

to support roy in addition if moore is elected to the senate having franken in the same chamber would blunt the political impact of the democrats going through the motions of having more expelled plus the democrats will retain franken senate seat if he goes now there is no political risk there is skepticism as to whether the political culture has really changed in washington democrats still treat clinton with a reverence and choose to ignore and sometimes demonstrate the most people allegations of sexual harassment he faces and in the end despite talk of a turning point well we've seen in the last few months is a succession of a few successful wealthy men forced to retreat into the shadows for the moment there's no evidence this is made it any easier to seek accountability from men for sexual misconduct she had zero washington. raging wildfires in the u.s. state of california have burned down dozens of houses and forced hundreds of

thousands to flee their homes as the fires enter the country's second largest city los angeles two hundred thousand people have been ordered to evacuate but the largest blaze is in ventura which already burned more than thirty six thousand hectares of land and put more than twelve thousand homes in danger of fanned by hot and dry winds authorities are saying that they're expecting the fires to continue spreading and a great joining us live from ventura just north of los angeles in california what's the situation there. well right now daryn the situation is bad obviously getting worse those fires are growing pushed by these winds which continue to pick up right now i want to show you where the flames have already been here in ventura you can see what is left of a car and a home here just a burned out. well to be real frank rubble. all that's left from what was this

family's home there are sold many neighborhoods affected like this across the strike zone right now from los angeles through the area here in ventura county and like you mentioned these are fires that are expanding they can't get a handle on these things because of the very dry conditions and the very strong winds that continue to gust sometimes to hurricane strength overnight what about the evacuations jay we're hearing of large numbers of people being evacuated what's their status how are they coping and where are they going yeah more than two hundred thousand have already been rushed to safety that number is going to climb as these fires push closer to new maybe you could say here many spending time with family or friends there are shelters open across the region as well just finding a place where they can ride this out get back to their neighborhoods once it's a fun fortunately in neighborhoods like this they're coming back to very little

left ok jay gray we thank you for that update from ventura thank you a former police officer in the u.s. state of south carolina was sentenced to twenty years in prison for the shooting death of an unarmed black man michael slater killed walter scott during a traffic stop two years ago a bystander's mobile phone video of the shooting brought national attention to the case. two students were killed and fifteen others injured at a school shooting in the u.s. state of new mexico the gunman is dead it's not clear whether or not he was killed by police shooting happened in a rural area near the now five nation. some bad ways first budget under the new president's emerson. has been announced in parliament the new government has pledged to reengage with international lenders curb spending and attract investors the aim is to revive an economy battered by years of corruption under ousted

president robert mugabe how much are some reports from harare. zimbabwe finance minister protection that says there's now a new economic order and that the government's policies will invest a friendly indigenous haitian law a controversial policy that favors blacks and will be amended the. fifty one forty nine percent intrusion is this an issue only to minerals normally don't want. these. no. it's the first budget since last month's removal of longtime leader robert mugabe

the finance minister estimates an economic growth rate of four point five percent mixture you don't even have to have. you can just come in invest in the. you know you not limited to the prescription regarding the percentage participation which is good so we begin to create a free environment for. president emerson and was new administration promises to tackle corruption cut government spending by closing up privatizing bankrupt and increased developmental projects one of the first at was to order three months amnesty for a return of stolen funds to the country the new leader is open for business and wants to reengage with the international community some international community of course if they want guarantees that the bar is not a safe investment destination before they pour billions of dollars in restoring the country's fortunes an international standing will be a challenge some western countries impose sanctions the early two thousand and four

alleged human rights abuses decades of economic isolation company closures and job losses independent economists say the unemployment rate is more than ninety percent there is a shortage of foreign currency some people make ends meet selling and buying second hand clothes on the street zimbabwe's first test will be in next year's elections if the polls are seen to be free fair and credible that could show signs of stability and encourage investors to release needed funds. al-jazeera herrick. the syrian government delegation will return to geneva on sunday to resume talks aimed at ending the conflict after walking out last week the throne diff u.n. backed peace talks have been on hold while the syrian opposition waits for government to go seeders to return the delegation left the talks blaming opposition demands that president bashar assad should play no role in any interim post-war government meanwhile russia's military says ice so has been completely defeated in

syria it says there are no remaining districts still under i so control but the syrian observatory for human rights which monitors the war says i still still holds about eighty percent of data or province so you know whether has more from beirut. the russian military saying that the military operations against iceland syria have now been completed knowledge in that there are pockets of resistance but overall their mission has been completed now the statement wasn't clear whether the military operations will seize and the whole of syria or just an area where i still used to operate because the russian military has engaged in military activity in other areas helping the syrian government fight the opposition groups but what is clear in that statement this what russia wants to happen next and that is to start the political process it mentions the need for this political process to start and russia really has been launching a diplomatic campaign its own initiative really very separate from the u.n.

sponsored geneva talks it wants to hold what is known as the syrian people's congress but it seems that it still doesn't have the backing of all powers because that congress was supposed to be held in the vendor and now it has been postponed till early next year it doesn't just have doesn't have the support of the of players that oppose it really in syria but even within its own camp its own allies it's still not clear whether the syrian government and the iranian government is on board to actually make the necessary concessions because what is clear is that this has been a very costly war for russia it is looking for an end game it's looking for an exit plan it wants to translate its military successes into a diplomatic victory so it wants to push this forward but still little progress has been made. catherine france has signed a memorandum of understanding to combat terrorism to countries also signed commercial contracts worth more than fourteen billion dollars. were not.

and. we have adopted certain procedures to not allow any funds to go to terrorists and we have had investigations into all the claims against god since day one the arab and muslim countries are the ones who have suffered most from terrorism and we are committed to fighting terrorism with our friends and allies. france and qatar have decided to sign today a declaration for a road map to strengthen our cooperation against the funding of terrorism and radicalization it will help to facilitate the exchange of intelligence and technical information to be more effective when faced with the danger of extremism . al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmud hussein who has been in an egyptian prison for over eleven months her saying is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he. strongly deny saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested on the set of the twentieth while visiting

family. angela merkel's chances of keeping her job as german chancellor significantly improved after her party's former partners the social democrats agreed to begin talks over continuing their coalition in a change to his previous than social democrat leader martin schulz successfully used his opening speech at the party conference to persuade his members to vote for a coalition dialog it could spell the end of germany's political deadlock ten weeks after inconclusive election results were from alex cullen in berlin. well martin staked his political future on this vote and he has survived his party agreeing that he can now start coalition talks with c.d.u. after it struggled to form a government but this is far from a done deal talks a likely to stretch into the new year and several things that this party wants such as reunifications of families of refugees and known to be red lines within certain

parts of angela merkel's party so this isn't over yet germany is one step closer to a stable government a grand coalition is widely seen as good for stability in germany good for stability in europe however the complication is it leaves the far right and party. as the main opposition party in terms of numbers in the parliament several people are reported to have been injured after a number of attacks linked to parliamentary and assembly elections in nepal the votes are in the polls final step in its transition to a federal democracy sabinus trust the reports from katmandu. most about even to seem to be undeterred by a series of explosions which marred both campaigning and election day queues started for me and got a menu from early to choose state and national assembly this is the second phase of

elections with more than twelve million eligible voters from forty five districts taking power. living in more remote mountainous areas voted late last month soon after polls open we've found a ninety eight year old cultural historian who are just cast his ballot people are one step to getting the government of coverage to go back to the most important goal we want to change some new change production veteran that both political parties have regrouped themselves for these elections into two major alliances the super left alliance of my was former fighters and the communist party unified marxist leninist is competing against the so-called democratic alliance of nepali congress together with former royalist and other small parties new political parties have gained attention they claim to champion a new ethical style of politics in a country which has grown sick of endemic corruption however the new constitution sets the bar high for newcomers parties have to win at least three percent votes in

the proportional system and one candidate has to win by the first past the post system. why should we look at the same old faces we need to give new people a chance collecting the votes from all over the country and counting them is expected to take several days as i was elected members of parliament for the first time. state assembly members however a federal system of government remains controversial federalism received little attention during political campaigning and how the newly elected state governments will function it's one of the big questions going forward several devices were diffuse around the country and an explosion in the south and injured six people they lection commission says voting has been mostly peaceful. al-jazeera. so i had in sports world with me opening races of the ski cross or world cup in.

time for the sports. thank you very much drama did superstar strike a christan iron alto has won a fifth ballon d'or wanted to equal the number held by his bothell own a rival leno mess they were all there received the award on thursday at an awards ceremony in paris the portuguese helped around madrid to a second consecutive champions league title earlier in twenty seventeen he also was the winner of the accolade last year when all they would all be looking at to help

defend the fee for club world cup title later this month of course i feel happy it's a great moment in my career i'm glad this is something that i looking forward to every year every season so i'm glad that last year we did amazing season all in the champions league we were in the league. and in terms of individual hours the best score in the champions league in twenty seventeen ronaldo tasted success in the champions league with real madrid for the second time in a row third overall and fourth in his career after having won it with much of the united in two thousand and eight as i mention this is the second ballon d'or in a row for him fifth overall and will go nicely with his best player of the year award from last month's before awards since joining real madrid in two thousand and nine rinaldo has scored an incredible four hundred and eleven goals of more than a goal a game for the spanish giants including becoming the first man ever to score in

each of his six champions league group stage game this season european governing body your way for has stripped brussels of hosting matches at the twenty twenty european championships the for much as it was due to host of not been given to london's wembley stadium already due to hold the semifinals and the final belgian capital has been ruled out because the new stadium hasn't been built yet and local organizers have failed to give guarantees it would even be ready. just over a week since north korea fired a missile into japanese territorial waters the two teams are preparing to face each other in the final round of the east asian championship on saturday and three players will face a clash of loyalties beyond jiang li young jack and kim song g were born in japan but have north korean nationalities through their parents a line up from north korea against the country they live in japan and are preparing for a hostile reception muscle youth is a hunger to me i think the wonderful thing about football is that you can boldly

compete against each other without politics being part of it all i will be doing is to represent and fight for my country as a football player knowing that they can do to bring on the billing i think the bowling largely fire me up i don't have anything to lose although i may have my flaws skill wise i do not want to lose mentally for my usa gymnastics team doctor larry nasa has been sentenced to sixty years in pro. and on child pornography charges by a federal judge the fifty four year old was given the maximum allowed sentence in july and pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining and possessing child pornography and attempting to destroy evidence he also pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual conduct and others accuses of included members of the united states olympic gymnastics team including ali raise men who reacted on twitter saying. we must look at the organizers are protected nothing until we understand the flaws in the system we can't be sure something like this won't happen again this is bigger than larry

those who looked the other way need to be held accountable to. the brooklyn nets are going to be a long way from home when they host oklahoma city in the n.b.a. on thursday in mexico city and as visited a school on wednesday that was affected by september that they can this is the this is the first year with school regular n.b.a. season games being played in mexico then it will also play the miami heat there on saturday and for all game also took place there last month. yes and we just overall just so you know just. had to be a stand out in mexico just you know you know embrace it. you know just try to show the games here by that we that we. love playing abroad to be absolutely to run on the plane a different planet from a different set of base given the opportunity to see us. you know some people be there we see it as it might be kids that do that most of those but some of us got

to give them the opportunity to see if the bulls the bulls moss' champion sergio garcia has been named the european tour of the year this caps a great year for the spaniard who won his first major title this year at the age of thirty seven in twenty seventeen garcia won three tournament apart from winning a top gusto he also won in dubai and the valderrama masters and he also got married in twenty seven. the final european tour event off the calendar year teed off on thursday in south african canaan divied saw it became a recent spell in hospital to cod a sixty three and take a one shot lead after the opening round in jo'burg six players trial by one shot. of the netherlands shot to seven on deposit sixty five on thursday jumping up six places to take the lead of the hof waypoint of the divine lady's classic she's now ten under par in total two shots ahead of scotland's healthy mcdonald with the

winter olympic games just about two months away athletes are in the final stages of preparation for twenty eighteen it was canadian crystal bosco's day at the ski cross while top of an involved to run in france he raced past two front to take victory on an opening day that was brought forward by a day because the weather man is predicting a large storm on friday but action is set to resume on saturday. super excited i was a talk i was about there. was enter this season and i. came back just a few weeks ago on. the last couple days in training where sub par and picked it up a bit today and i knew once i was in the race i was a different story and i. just managed to get it done on the women's side raining and then pick and while the cup champion and married thompson was absent i'm going to a knee injury and it was sweden fondren aslund who made the most of it. and the favorite in the bend and he took control in the middle portion of the final i never looked

back. yeah really half it was. really tight so you needed to do everything for perfect all the time otherwise get past so it was a really good day and. thanks for watching the news. i'm back in just a moment much more of the day's news and all the day's top stories coming your way right here in a minute. for

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