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protest against president move to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. hello and. also coming up the u.s. pressure saudi arabia to lift its blockade on yemen much needed a. devastating wildfire sweep across southern california as high winds fanning the flames plus. this is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power new questions are now raised over donald trump's presidential campaign relationship with israel. at least two palestinians have been killed and more than seven hundred injured in violent clashes with israeli troops across the occupied west bank east jerusalem and the gaza strip the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel has also sparked

protests around the world and the u.n. is warning that donald trump's unilateral move would spread unrest in the middle east like hanna has more. an animated discussion between the u.s. ambassador and the palestinian representative just one of the urgent conversations taking place around the room even before the session began the packed chamber testament to the depth of international concern and some argue the credibility of the security council itself is under attack if the council does not. act accordingly toward its minded east which is present in peace and security then the council might become another occupied territory. speaking by video link from jerusalem the u.n. special coordinator condemned the unilateral u.s. action if the israeli palestinian conflict is not resolved in line with relevant un resolutions and in a manner that meets the legitimate national aspirations of both peoples interests

being engulfed into the vortex of religious radicalism that has taken over the middle east italy's position on jerusalem remains unchanged speaker after speaker reaffirmed the un's position on the status of jerusalem and we believe that the future status as i said of jerusalem can only be resolved through negotiations criticism too from the staunchest of u.s. allies and the british ambassador also called on president trump to make good his purpose commitment to a peace process we welcome his commitment to a two state solution u.s. representative decided the best form of defense is attack over many years the united nations has outrageously been of the world's foremost centers of hostility towards israel the un has done much more damage to the prospects for middle east peace than to advance one of the one thousand nations represented in the chamber on

this day the u.s. position was shared only by israel the united states had the courage and to understanding of justice. golf usually state or the been known to you as this engine to reward israel is impunity undermines and essentially disqualifies its leadership role to seek peace in the region. other jordanian ambassador exchanges high fives of the palestinian representative a key question remains hanging in the chamber how can the u.s. continue to be regarded as an honest broker in attempting to resuscitate a long dormant negotiation process mike hanna al-jazeera united nations well as we mentioned thousands of palestinians rallied across the occupied territories against trumps decision. force that was in occupied east jerusalem from where he sent us this report. two days after donald trump's announcement the first

fatality of the protests it sparked came in gaza israeli troops firing across the border fence with live ammunition. earlier thousands marched through gaza's jabaliya refugee camp leaders are calling for a new palestinian uprising. these marches will not stop until the liberation of jerusalem. they want only being severed also in the west bank and in the territories of one thousand nine hundred forty eight. in ramallah in the occupied west bank stone throwing protesters sheltered behind tire smoke and improvised barricades the israeli military had mobilized thousands of extra troops in anticipation. there were similar scenes in bethlehem just days ago the city ushered in the christmas season with fireworks now it's tear gas streaking the sky. and the focus of it all there were protests too in occupied east jerusalem at the old

city's damascus gate after friday prayers hundreds gathered regular scuffles punctuated and otherwise relatively peaceful protest there been sporadic clashes one of them. is taking place right now it seemed to start when a young child needed medical attention there was shouts from the steps where people been protesting and then some people rushed down to where police security forces had cordoned off where that child was being treated just a few kilometers away in west jerusalem an entirely different sort of a day president trump is a very good friend of his drill. he was promising every all that stuff before the elections and i think it's time now to accomplish his from asus i think it's good. i don't think we need an approval from anyone bets. i think it's a bit dramatic and we'll worry to officially recognize

jerusalem the u.s. vice president stood behind donald trump during wednesday's announcement the palestinian leadership now says mike pence would be welcome in the occupied west bank when he visits the region later this month it says the u.s. is disqualified itself from leading a peace process whose goal of a two state solution looks at the further from you are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem where robert malley is the former white house middle east coordinator under president obama he says trump's decision will have serious consequences. it's an unfortunate reckless statement that it doesn't really change that much in reality because the president and his advisors been at pains to say we're not prejudging the outcome of the boundaries of jerusalem that would be decided in negotiations technically it doesn't change anything so why do it when you know that psychologically emotionally politically it has an implication it has certainly i mean we're seeing the motions that generates and that it further discredits the united states it further makes it harder for the

united and its allies in the region to be viewed credibly in this process so although there's no positive reason for doing it the one hundred negative reasons why it shouldn't have been taken my point was the decision in itself practically doesn't really change much when it's true it serves as a reminder at least it should be a moment where palestinians in particular come to terms with the fact that there is no serious peace process to speak of there is no credible mediator to speak of and therefore they do have to make some choices about where they want to go those choices are overdue but maybe this is an opportunity for them to think and it's not up to me to say what i think or what they should be doing but at least an opportunity to think that in the absence of a serious peace process in the absence of a prospect of serious negotiations with israel and in the absence of a mediator in the u.s. with whom they have who they trust there the burden is on them in some ways to think through their strategy what are their goals how do they want to organize themselves domestically to achieve them and how do they want to organize themselves

internationally to achieve them so it doesn't as or change much but in some ways it is a wake up call for those who have decisions to be made. in other news washington has warned saudi arabia that the ongoing blockade on yemen could impact u.s. assistance in the future secretary of state rex tillerson out of his voice to calls from the white house to allow food water fuel and medicines into the war torn country last month the saudi led coalition intensified its blockade on air and sea ports after who the rebels launched a missile targeting riyadh a group so warning that yemen is at risk of widespread famine if the blockade is if that dynasty brooke has more from washington d.c. well both the white house and the secretary of state warned about the humanitarian crisis in yemen for the second time in as many days today president trump warned the saudis of possible congressional constraints against u.s. support if this humanitarian crisis continues he says well we've seen progress we

haven't seen enough improvement in yemen humanitarian conditions on thursday the president said that the blockade should and and that the saudis should allow food fuel and water and other supplies to flow into that country also today secretary of state rex tillerson weighed in from paris i think we've been clear when it comes to yemen we have called for him president trump himself called for this week a complete end to the blockade of yemen a reopening of all the ports to not just humanitarian assistance but commercial delivery as well because about eighty percent of the food comes in on commercial shipments we are asking that saudi arabia allow that access now these comments came after air raids by the saudi led coalition killed twenty three people in yemen including women and children. a deal has been reached between the u.k. and the e.u.

allowing briggs that negotiations to move on to the next stage of talks have stalled in the citizens' rights the u.k.'s so-called divorce payment on the future of the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland you had insisted discussions could not move ahead of the plans of the board or final. we have to make the deal today. on the basis of the mandate which was given to me by the european council the commission has just formally decided to recommend to the concert that sufficient progress as we know be made on the street terms of the divorce. after some tough conversations we've now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer it means that in future we will be able to invest more in our priorities as home such as housing schools and the n.h.s. in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to pursue the

constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom time for a short break here now to zero when we come back god bless the united church thank you very much president trump slurred speech prompts questions about his overall health. was the story of three nigerian woman determined to make political street more in that state. from the clear blue sky of the dodo home. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city. how i recall some rather cool weather pushing in across the good parts of the middle east over the next couple of days little bits and pieces of cloud and rain for some possibly some snow over the high ground setting up towards the far north of the region just around the northeast in areas that we have here towards the

himalayas just pushing up towards pakistan south of that we can see temperatures in tehran struggling to get up into double figures aleppo around thirteen degrees celsius eighteen celsius there in beirut little cloud over a little as we go on into sunday temperatures just holding on around nineteen celsius here a letter thirty celsius jerusalem around sixteen degrees we're going on to the ten eleven degrees there for tara out also if a couple plenty of sunshine coming through and that cool sunshine will call it stretching its way down across the region peninsula so tempest here in doha twenty three twenty four degrees celsius i want to grab a cardigan over the next couple of days it will fill a little all the cool side despite reasonable values on the temperatures plenty of sunshine coming through one hundred feet away and that's when just starting to pick back a little we got quite a breeze coming in across southern parts of south africa but for most of the region is fine and sure i have showers continuing to move the parts of mozambique stretching to tanzania and much of the congo basin. the weather sponsored by qatar

and peace. he was born in ireland but at seventeen found himself in the middle of a political revolution in egypt i went on stage and i spoke about democracy and i was put in a cell if you talk it over with the sixty people we'll put a hundred and twenty people in the so after four years imprisoned in cairo ibrahim talks to al-jazeera at this time. when we. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here this hour at least two palestinians have

been killed and more than seven hundred injured during clashes with israeli security forces across the occupied west bank east jerusalem and the gaza strip it's all part of a day of rage in reaction to u.s. president donald trump decision to recognize to recently the capital of israel. the u.s. has increased pressure on its longtime ally saudi arabia to completely lift its blockade on yemen secretary of state rex tillerson added his voice to calls from the white house to allow food water fuel and medicines into the water and country aid groups are warning that yemen's at risk of widespread famine if the blockade is not lifted . and britain the e.u. have agreed on a deal allowing brags that negotiations to move to the next phase still has to be approved by the european parliament talks have stalled of a citizen's rights the u.k.'s divorce bill on the border between over the island and irish republic. now the israeli government has admitted to reaching out to members of donald trump's transition team last december before he was sworn into office well now the special counsel in the russian investigation is trying to

determine if the trump team moscow and israel join forces to undermine the u.s. government one key person under the microscope is jared cushioning the president's son in law jabatan see reports. every day i'd leave my show and i think i may be talking about something else every day the u.s. networks exhaustedly speculates on the special counsel's investigation into allegations that the trump presidential campaign colluded with a foreign power in russia he says it produced nothing yet one aspect of the story has barely been mentioned the role of israel former trump advisor general michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with the russian ambassador to the u.s. so jake his diac at the end of last year now we know why he got in touch court filings show it was at the request of a senior member of trump's transition team that official is reported to be jarred cushioning the president's son in law and middle east envoy at the time the obama

administration intended to break precedent and not vetoed a u.n. security council resolution condemning israel's illegal settlements seen in favor one day somebody finally brings the special counsel has determined the israeli prime minister aust the trump transition team to intercede so kush now is reported to have told them to ask the russians to kill the bugs. not a new that the israeli government was reportedly spying on obama officials at the un and then sharing their intelligence with the trump team as part of this effort this is all against the rarely used logan act a law which explicitly forbids us citizens from colluding with foreign powers to defeat u.s. government foreign policy the penalty is up to three years in prison this is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power it's inconvenient for many that the foreign powers israel. in fact

and leading democratic party expressed his gratitude to krishna want to thank him for making that effort and that's a clue as to why those who say they're hungry for hard evidence of collusion have been seized on the. first actual illegal collusion that's been discovered in many respects trump is just doing what the democrats along with the republicans in congress have been encouraging the white house to do for quite a few years so the man driving president from the middle east policy is getting a pos here in washington even though he faces the possibility of criminal prosecution for illegal collusion with israel sheraton see al-jazeera washington and the white house has been forced to answer questions about the us president's health donald trump speech was slower than the mispronounced familiar words when he made the announcement on jerusalem and this week more from a white house correspondent can help get. the white house says it was nothing more than

a dry throat this week with president trump slurred his speech wrapping up an important foreign policy announcement god bless the united church thank you very much but many reporters and the american public have been questioning that explanation so much so white house press secretary sarah sanders was forced to acknowledge the concern dismissing the inquiries that frankly pretty ridiculous questions but questions of trump's fitness for office are not new given his reported love of fast food and refusal to exercise them there is his penchant for confrontational speeches pray news they will be met with fire of fury and taunting attacks and social media against foes like north korean leader kim jong il and many are questioning trump's ability to make sound decisions the latest to do so a group of twenty seven u.s. psychiatrists and mental health experts who have never examined trump but have

authored a book assessing his public behavior the book is currently a bestseller in the united states. never. questioning a president's mental health as a political issue isn't new trumpeted the white house at age seventy president ronald reagan was sixty nine during his time in office reagan began to show shifts in speaking patterns those speech changes were later linked after he left office his diagnosis of alzheimer's disease well not required most modern presidents have provided some assurance of good health including this report most recently for president barack obama after ten months in office trump has failed to do the same but did in two thousand and sixteen while campaigning against hillary clinton make her health a campaign issue here. clinton aides brushed off her coughing spell and stumble on

the campaign trail but later revealed she had been battling pneumonia the white house hopes those fears will subside early next year that's when it's announced donald trump will undergo a medical examination and the results will be made public kimberly healthcare al-jazeera washington will stay in the u.s. and president trump has declared a national emergency in california pledging additional aid of six while fires continue to supercross the southern part of the state flames are forced more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes over the past five days as it was uninsured reports from one of the worst hit areas ventura county. when the wind dies down the helicopter crews go up here taking advantage of morning call to attack the thomas fire northwest of l.a. the largest of the fires burning in southern california it's now ten percent contained but still growing and a slight break in the weather has helped firefighters in some areas and the fight

ahead is all about how hard the wind blows and how dry the hills are there's three factors that influence fire behavior fuel weather and topography. weather is a huge factor it's the most variable factor that fire for wildland firefighters face across the region fires have burned through more than six hundred twenty five square kilometers of national forest land the coastal canyons and neighborhoods from san diego to ventura hundreds of homes have been lost thousands of people ordered to evacuate with likely more destruction and more displacement ahead the president has now declared a national emergency and ordered additional federal help thousands of firefighters have converged here from all over the western u.s. in this ventura neighborhood where the flames have been out for days and residents are now allowed back in kim gray walks us through the home she moved into when she was two years old i'm very sad but and but seeing it had to be the

worst part this is the new normal for us for a little while anyway she and her family got out just in time with only a few possessions when the fire erupted coming back has been so hard but she knows it's a shared experience making the region's losses very personal this house was here since one thousand twenty seven so this is like one hundred year fire i'm hoping that it won't happen again ever. it it might because we are so dry while the battle continues in the air and on the ground in southern california the grays and many other fire weary residents have no choice now but to turn to the future and the rebuilding job ahead allan shuffler al-jazeera ventura county. i missed international says the honduran government's guilty of human rights abuses in the days after the presidential election the organization says it used dangerous and

illegal tactics against protesters last month the group says human rights violations were widespread in the capital. fourteen people were killed during the largely peaceful demonstrations most of them by gunshot wounds are reported money or apollo was in honduras in the days after the election has more now from mexico city. the time that we spent in honduras we didn't have any issues dealing with the military or with the police department and we didn't witness any violence from from protesters in fact the vast majority of demonstrations that we saw were quite peaceful but that report that was issued by amnesty international today does shine a light on a number of quote human rights violations violence against peaceful demonstrators by way of the military and by way of the police reporting fourteen people dead most of them by gunshot wounds either by the military or by police the report also condemns a number of tactics used by by local authorities in honduras including the use of

tear gas including the use of rubber bullets in those violent demonstrations that we saw in the week prior following the the the stalled electoral process in honduras were looting and violence sort of spread across the country but again the situation in honduras is that it's been almost two full weeks since the general election and the process has continued it remains stalled and what we're seeing is reports of a large financial impact a large economic impact across the country with reports of food shortages reports of fuel shortages so both indications that this political crisis is only going to continue. the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili has been recaptured in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities had put him on a wanted list of supporters helped him break free from police custody early this week. he's accused of receiving financial support from a group allegedly linked to the former president viktor yushchenko village he could

potentially face up to five years in prison if found guilty. stripped the forty nine year old of his ukrainian citizenship in july al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud hussein who's been in an egyptian prison for more than eleven months hussein's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which a year now to syria strongly denied hussein has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested on december the twentieth while visiting family the headlines in the u.s. in recent weeks have been dominated by allegations of sexual harassment by powerful men from hollywood to capitol hill but when it comes to the general public the largest group of women facing harassment are those who work in the hospitality industry as it was particle hain has more now from boston me to a phrase spread by millions of women on social media all sending the message that they too have been sexually harassed from offices to airlines it seems to be

happening everywhere. i would walk into the kitchen and. i would have comments made on my body if i put my breasts to everything. i was shown pornography like on their phones on the overnight. i was cornered and a walk in cooler marimba liles experience is not uncommon she was a waitress which means in america she doesn't get paid even the minimum wage instead of relying on tips that makes this population extremely vulnerable to attacks by coworkers and customers there are no nationwide statistics on just how many women experience sexual harassment in the workplace but there is a government agency where they can complain and if you look at those numbers the largest group of people who deal with this work in the hospitality industry but

they're not. that just in the lower economic strata most of them are at the bottom attorney tyler fox says low wage workers are particularly vulnerable because most don't have savings if they lose their jobs they lose everything and he says the system is stacked against women who come forward in states like massachusetts they have only three hundred days to file a civil complaint and the only thing the accuses really risking is money not their reputation almost every employer every attorney for every employer demands that the victim sign a confidentiality agreement not to discuss not just the amount of money received or there was a settlement but that but the terms of the settlements the public doesn't know about it people get victimized by the same perpetrators. feminist icon gloria steinem spoke to al jazeera she believes these high profile cases will help people far down the economic ladder this is a tidal wave. and we are beginning to look at the ways it is

not just. sexual harassment that's a legal which is one thing right now for patriarchal system for her part the government took up a louse case the restaurant closed and she got some compensation and she believes now there will be many more like her what's happening feel very very big and very powerful and very loud. part of a sea of women saying me too but now not one more. al jazeera boston the white house has raised doubts about the u.s. team participating in next year's winter olympics in south korea this week the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. expressed her concern about the safety of american athletes and tensions with neighboring north korea while the white house press secretary sara saunders created confusion saying no official decision had been made she made it tweeted an update

saying the u.s. looks forward to participating well one team certainly planning to take part in the pyongyang china games as the nigerian women's bobsled team they become the first african team to reach the qualifying standard for a winter olympics but they have to maintain their position in the world's top forty until mid january to guarantee their place the team are all former track and field athletes and will be the first nigerians to appear at the event. we expect to be competitive. you know they were past where we need to be now or where we need to be now it's time to compete. in. a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera at least two palestinians have been killed and more than seven hundred injured during clashes with israeli

security forces across the occupied west bank east jerusalem and the gaza strip it was all part of a day of range in reaction to u.s. president donald trump decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the un security council held an emergency meeting to discuss trump's declaration the us ambassador said israel would not be bullied by the palestinian spokesman warned that jerusalem was a red line for the palestinian people jerusalem significance to the palestinian people muslims and christian cannot be underestimated president abbas in his statement of six december clearly affirmed our historic national and religious attachment to the holy city is declared asian along with those by palestinian officials and millions of palestinian citizens should leave no question that jerusalem is a matter of priority and the red line for palestinians the u.s.

has increased pressure on its longtime ally saudi arabia to completely lift its blockade on yemen secular state rex tillerson added his voice to calls on the white house to allow food water fuel and medicines into the water on country aid groups are warning humans at risk of widespread famine britain and the e.u. have agreed on a deal allowing brags that negotiations to move to the next stage still has to be approved by the european parliament talks have stalled over citizens' rights. the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili has been recaptured in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities have put him on a wanted list after supporters helped him break free from police custody early this week is accused of receiving financial support from a group allegedly linked to the former president viktor yushchenko vish u.s. president donald trump has declared an emergency in california and ordered additional aid to be sent to the region six wildfires continue to sweep across the southern part of the state the fast running fires are forced more than two hundred

thousand people to leave their homes over the past five days about five hundred buildings have been destroyed and ten thousand hectares of land burnt the flames are being fanned by strong dry winds which have started to die down but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talked about as if that sort of battle. is serious debate. up front this time in. the summer of two thousand and thirteen the political temperature in egypt has reached fever pitch. twelve months after being elected the army headed by.

the pros to overthrow president from ignored.