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 these devastating weapons could finally lead to complete disarmament on al-jazeera. without general we cannot have peace a stern warning at the u.n. as violent protests break out against president comes move to recognize jerusalem

as israel's come. down jordan results there on live from doha also coming up the u.s. pressure saudi arabia to lift its blockade on yemen to allow in much needed a. devastating wildfires sweep across southern california as high winds fanning the flames plus. also they can have people continue to live this is one of the. saving the blue house a major victory in the fight to preserve the cultural heritage of one of hong kong's oldest communities. at least two palestinians have been killed and more than seven hundred injured in violent clashes with israeli forces 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 across the middle east mike 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 to what its mind it which is present in peace and security then the council might become another occupied territory speaking by video link from jerusalem the un 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 he took his 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 use profess 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. door fish really state or the oil rigs been known the u.s. this aegean to reward israelis impunity undermines and essentially disqualify its leadership role to seek peace in the region. by the 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 you mentioned thousands of palestinians have rallied across the occupied territories against donald trump's decision out of there as harry for said was an 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 hamas leaders a calling for a new palestinian uprising. these marches will not stop until the liberation of jerusalem. they want any being that 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 protest as shelter behind time a smoke and improvised barricades the israeli military had mobilized thousands of extra troops in anticipation. there was similar scenes in bethlehem just days ago the city ushered in the christmas season with fireworks now it's tear gassed streaking the sky. and at 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 punctuating and otherwise relatively peaceful protest and 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 role. he was promising every. before the elections and i think it's time. to accomplish his promises i think it's good. i don't think we need an approval from anyone that. i think it's a bit dramatic and we. worried 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 ever further from you kerry forces al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. and there were protests against transposition across the world this was the scene in yemen's capital sana'a tens of thousands of people marched under the banner jerusalem as the capital of palestine many demonstrators vowed to travel to the palestinian territories and fight against israeli forces. washington has warned saudi arabia that the ongoing blockade on yemen could impact u.s. assistance in the future secretary of state rex tillerson added his voice to calls from the white house to allow food water fuel and medicines into the war torn country last month assad coalition intensified its blockade on air and sea ports

after hoofy rebels launched a missile targeting riyadh a group has a warning that yemen's at risk of widespread famine if the blockade isn't lifted 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 waitin from paris i think we've been clear when it comes to yemen we have called for and president trump himself called for this week

a complete end to the blockade of yemen 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. now a deal has been agreed between britain on the exit negotiations to move to the next stage pending a vote in the european parliament talks had stalled of a citizens' rights the u.k.'s divorce bill on the border between northern ireland and the irish republic baka reports. the end of the beginning for breaks it talks the british prime minister arrived in brussels the door to sign off on a fifteen page progress report opening up the second phase of negotiations on post

breaks it relations the commission has just formally decided to recommend to dupion council that sufficient progress has been made on the street terms of his divorce getting to this point has required give and take on both sides and i believe that the joint report being published is in the best interests of the whole of the u.k. a deal had to be done imminently to allow e.u. nations to ratify it at next week's summit both sides have been forced to compromise we've been working extremely hard this week and as you've all seen it hasn't been easy for either side. one of the biggest hurdles has been over the border between the republic of ireland an e.u. member and northern ireland part of the case. for the past twenty years it's been completely open economically benefiting both countries but at the height of sectarian tensions in northern ireland there were checkpoints and border posts nobody wants the return of a hard border after breaks it for the british government's part as in northern

ireland the democratic unionist party also want to make sure the region leaves the e.u. with the rest of the u.k. the prime minister has promised northern ireland full alignment with the rest of the u.k. and with existing e.u. rules the northern ireland currently shares with the republic of ireland dublin says it's positively happy about this arrangement it keeps the borders open it keeps trade flowing but some pro british unionists a wary about being treated differently to the rest of the u.k. and some hardline unionists all interpret this as a possible step towards uniting the island of ireland. the deal has been clear on other sticking points e.u. citizens living in britain and british citizens residing in europe did get some certainty about their future the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million eight you citizens living in the u.k. and a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u.

they will be able to go on anything that i asked for but the european court of justice will continue to have some influence over british courts something hard line breaks a t is will not be happy about and when it comes to the brics it divorce bill an exact figure won't be known until trade talks begin it could be as high as seventy billion dollars it's been eight months since may signed on article fifty which triggered britain's departure from the european union fifteen months remain to decide the details of the divorce. talks will now focus on trade and security with many jobs potentially at risk the brics a clock ticks ever louder need parker al-jazeera london. plus also to come here and al-jazeera including. the navy says that they can only last for a week with oxygen but there are so many variables refusing to give up more than three weeks later parents of the crew of the missing argentine submarine cling to

hope plus. i'm john hendren in michigan where a major corporation is going out of its way to hire people with autism i'll tell you which one coming up. because some rather cold weather pushing in across a good part of the middle east over the next couple days little bits and pieces of cloud and rain for some possibly some snow over the high setting up towards the far north of the region just around the northeast an area. this 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 tehran are 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 temperatures here in doha twenty three twenty four degrees celsius but i want to graduate to cutting over the next couple of days it will feel a little on the cool side despite those reasonable values on the temperatures plenty of sunshine coming through and hopefully that we just started 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 the showers continuing to more than parts of mozambique they stretch into tanzania and much of the congo basin. does it bespeaks is unspeakable man compiled testimonies of victims of the congolese mustn't. as the intimate evidence finds its way to international courts

the central african republic is plunged into further. and ten people and in nations critical of recent history. for two thousand series this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here this out 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 on the gaza strip it's all part of a day of rage in reaction to u.s. president donald trump decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel.

the u.s. has increased pressure on its longtime ally saudi arabia to compete in lift its blockade on a separate state rex tillerson added his voice to calls from the white house to allow food water fuel and medicines into the war torn country aid groups are warning that yemen's a risk of widespread famine if the blockade is not lifted. and britain and the e.u. have agreed on a deal allowing dregs of negotiations to move to the next stage and so last to be approved by the european parliament talks and stalled at the citizens' rights and u.k. divorce bill on the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. more now on our top story the backlash against donald trump's move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the former white house middle east coordinates under president obama robert malley says trump's decision will have serious repercussions. it's an unfortunate reckless statement but 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 did 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 things that there's one hundred negative reasons why it shouldn't have been taken my point was the decision in itself practically doesn't really change much what it should serve 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 necessarily change much but in some ways it is a wake up call for those who have decisions to be made of these fourteen un peacekeepers and five congolese soldiers have been killed in fighting on a u.n. base in the democratic republic of congo at least fifty three people were wounded in the attack in the eastern province of north kivu the shooting took place during medical evacuations. well here and second a gentle and tanya good test says the peacekeepers killed were mostly from tanzania he described it as a tragic day they want to express my outteridge and hard to break at last night's attack on the united nations peacekeepers into the sea i offer my deepest

condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims and to the government and people of tanzania and they wish a speedy recovery to all those injured i condemn this attack any quickly and these deliberate attacks against un peacekeepers that end acceptable and constitute a war crime. well it's been more than three weeks since the argentine submarine went missing still there's no information on the whereabouts of the vessel and its forty four crew members al-jazeera is turing's about went to one as ours and talk to relatives pushing for search and rescue operations to continue. the last few weeks have been emotionally tortures ones for. a father doing everything in his power so that the rescue efforts continue for his son and his shipmates twenty seven year old daniel was a crew member on the one submarine it when missing almost a month ago with twenty four on board this week than you would have graduated as an

undersea weapons specialist. in the navy says that they can only last for a week with oxygen but there are so many variables they calculate on a forty four people surviving and what i say is what if only two people survive the explosion or one the amount of oxygen would increase so if only one survived are we not going to try to save him yes and one was last heard from on the fifteenth of november sailing from the southern argentine city of. the commander of the vessel made contact with a base to see that water had entered the ship resulting in about three month function not long after an explosion was detected not far from the submarines last known location the navy says that they will continue searching for the submarine but they insist that they do not expect to find any survivors they also announced that they're investigating three specific points close to an area where official

sources say an explosion was registered twenty four days ago. the search for the missing sub has been an international one russia and the united states have taken part but weather conditions have been difficult in the southern atlantic the argentine navy says they will once again search the area where they. initially believed he had a sound one to be but he found success will be when start shifting their hunt to the north towards the submarines final destination. it's like trying to find their cigarettes in a football field that's what we're talking about and how difficult it is we are mostly focusing around four thousand square kilometers it has been checked twice but now will do it with the help of the united states. until last week much of a information surrounding the at us and one was considered a state secret even though the navy has said the submarine was focusing on illegal fishing the relatives want to know more. now we will have access to what the

submarine was doing and the conditions the vessel was in what generates doubts is what was doing what was the mission all experts say the sub has no capacity to expel illegal votes fishing in the area we have many doubts because everyone lied to us from the beginning. the arjen time government insists there is nothing to hide and we. he has not lost hope that his son will come home alive. and one of. us president donald trump has declared an emergency in california and pledged additional aid to six wildfires continue to seep across the southern part of the state the fires of force more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes over the past five days all of the software 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 topographic. 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 they won't happen again ever but. 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 fears that the

digital currency bitcoin is heading for a crash could be unfounded the price tumbled by an average of twenty percent and ten hours earlier this week prices in surged by almost forty percent to a record high of seventeen thousand dollars on thursday it fell to fifteen thousand dollars before recovering to sixteen on friday a recent study in the u.s. has found that fifty eight percent of people with autism unemployed and many more struggle to find work but a number of major corporations are finding that autistic workers bring valuable skills john hendren has the story from detroit when you have autism finding work is a challenge finding satisfying work often just doesn't happen the job for the. us and shipping a warehouse now he's on the crest of a new wave in workplace diversity working as a computer programmer at ford motor company do you feel like you're better suited

for this work absolutely i actually feel like this is something that i can do that feel it's i guess worth while ford microsoft walgreen's drug stores and as a p germany's largest software maker or all hiring workers with autism they call it neuro diversity like all workers kevin roach says he has his limitations the most. is when there's something unexpected. that comes up that i don't feel entirely prepared for and that can be really overwhelming for me where i just feel like i don't know what's going on i'm gaining too much information in one time but he and other autistic workers also bring advantages other employees lek generally speaking people with autism have

a much greater ability to sustain intense concentration on something so if they are in a job concentrating on something that they're passionate about the concentration level likely to be much more significant than a person without autism the vast majority of people with autism are unemployed so employment programs help them by putting food on the table but they also help taxpayers at large by taking people off of public assistance and giving them a chance to contribute to society christine queen proposed the program at ford after her brother was diagnosed with autism they asked us to look for roles that require a great deal of focus and attention to detail and great organizational skills she had another job. it was it paid me nowhere near the paid here for him and other workers with autism the experiment in neurodiversity is paying off john hendren detroit. well it's taken

a decade but historic building in hong kong has finally won the status of becoming a world heritage site the brewhouse face demolition before a passionate community stepped in and waged a campaign to get the aging building recognized by unesco so a clock reports from. its color means it's hard to miss but it's not just the brought lou that makes this building a stand out this twentieth century shop front is one of the last examples of what's called tom low cantonese style buildings with balconies the house is just like one to your left in hong kong and but what makes us unique and special is the community thanks to its central location in one of the city's trendy restaurant districts the site known as the blue classed up face demolition by developers but locals tenants and conservation groups united against the plan and secured a government grant to protect and revamp the site we try to not just keep his star

buildings in good shape and update it with more than. the center of facilities etc but also to hear. people who are alive the original architecture has been saved inside and out downstate is dedicated to telling stories of the neighborhoods history upstate is home to some of its original tenants lived here for up to three generations it's that multi-functional approach that's now secured international recognition winning a unesco award for conservation in the process of. repairing their heritage where actually we pairing it come with a thing that worked that what we have the freedom in this project this is the first project in hong kong to secure a unesco prize at this level of excellence and while it's recognizing heritage conservation the judges think about the communities unprecedented effort in one of the most high pressure real estate markets in the. world to focus on restoring the

cultural fabric of this neighborhood link bridges and walkways were built between the apartments to encourage residents to connect and they have kevin is one of the new tenants he's paying higher rent than the original residents that's being reinvested to maintain and build on the size first time. project that the neighbors can stay here and also they can have people continue to live here this is one of a kind of hong kong community is also hoping its success and this unesco award will be an inspiration to other districts who came to hold on to their cultural heritage sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. all and of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com.

the top stories here the least two palestinians have been killed and more than seven hundred injured during clashes with israeli forces across the up by the west bank east jerusalem and the strip it was all part of a day of rage in reaction to u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. well the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting to discuss trump's declaration the us ambassador said israel would not be bullied while the palestinians warned that jerusalem was a red line for the palestinian people and. jerusalem significance to the palestinian people muslims and christian cannot be underestimated. president abbas in his statement of six december clearly affirm 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 secretary of state rex tillerson added his voice to calls from the white house to allow food water fuel and medicines into the water own country aid groups are warning that yemen is at risk of widespread famine if the blockade is not lifted us president donald trump has declared an emergency in california and ordered additional aid to be sent to the region six wildfires continue to seep across the southern part of the state the fast burning fires are forced more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes over the past five days over five hundred buildings have been destroyed and ten thousand hectares of land the fear is that the digital currency bitcoin is heading for a crash could be unfounded the price tumbled by an average of twenty percent in ten

hours earlier this week the crypto currency has value had surged by almost forty percent a record high of seventeen thousand dollars on thursday it fell to fifteen thousand before recovering to sixteen on friday well those were the headlines that he was continue on al-jazeera after artscape stating that such a lifer. news has never been more of a liberal but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera twenty first century africa a continent undergoing great change and finally seizing control of its gimmick but it's been a long shot at all that he has a goal for telegraphy was a call go the aisle to god and how to write about the phrase. i'm not sure.