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santa maria welcome to the news hour from al-jazeera israel's prime minister is missing foreign ministers on the european union where there is widespread opposition to the u.s. or recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital also had venezuela's president banned the main opposition parties from taking part in next year's presidential election thousands are protesting in kiev against the ukraine president demanding the release of ex georgian leading the count's saakashvili has been jailed in the city and the recession in greece led to a revolution in solar energy that means greece will meet its climate change targets . so israel's prime minister has urged europe to follow washington's lead and recognize jerusalem as his country's capital despite the widespread e.u.

opposition benjamin netanyahu was speaking ahead of a meeting with e.u. foreign ministers in brussels where he is facing pressure to restart middle east peace efforts. i believe that all or most of the group in countries will move their embassies to jerusalem record does crucial in this is rules work up little. robustly with us for security prosperity. we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states. as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is our considered position and we will continue to respect international consensus on jerusalem until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to die it's a negotiation between the parties and we hope that the parties kind of gauge in many for direct negotiations with the support of the international community this

u.s. decision on israel is expected to be the focus of talks when the palestinian president mahmoud abbas meets with the egyptian president at the fattah el-sisi later in cairo it is a move that has prompted days of protests in the occupied palestine territory and around the world now we've got the head of hezbollah calling for mass demonstrations in the lebanese capital beirut later on monday we're going to brussels now though donna karan covering events for us from there i mean the union listen to those clips of frederick a mugger really and and benjamin netanyahu the very obvious problem is that they are at complete cross purposes here they are opposite ends of the spectrum. yeah that's right it would appear to be trying to square a circle that the the view from the israeli government from listening young prime minister netanyahu here for the first time for twenty two years received in the capital of the e.u. as it were with a cold deal reception but with short shrift from federica madine and indeed from the representation of the e.u. here that know the e.u.

position very clearly its two state solution and now is not the time to be talking about embassies and capitals being moved to jerusalem where as we just heard mr netanyahu believes this is the way ahead he thinks that this is the way that peace can be arrived at in the middle east so as you say very clear differences of opinions at least in so far as heads of government and heads of representation is a concern the one thought to point out here kemal is that there are some e.u. countries have already said that they are predisposed towards moving their embassies to jerusalem to what they would consider to be the israeli capital following on the example of the united states notably the czech republic saying they'll do it and indeed hungary as well so there are some e.u. voices saying the sorts of things that mr netanyahu wants to hear but definitely not from voices here specifically in brussels we mentioned that the prime minister netanyahu there is pressure on him to restart some sort of middle east peace talks

the e.u. have a role to play in that. well clearly the e.u. would say yes indeed that it wants to be seen as an honest broker that it wants to be able to to try to to unbreakable logjam as it were to try to get to the two sides as it were around the same table talking about talks perhaps or at least getting something going but the problem will be that with them saying one thing is we've been hearing is them saying no it has to be a two state solution that can't be precipitant measures towards recognizing capitals and that sort of thing and indeed then hearing the voices of the arab world voicing their disagreement with the decision taken by president trump it does seem hard to see quite what the europeans can do that hasn't yet already been done and as you say with them so far apart on this principle issue it seemed quite hard to see what they do next that might be able to bring differing sides together dominic kane's in brussels thank you dominic back here in the region in the middle

east a group of protesters are attempting to prevent a visit by a delegation from bahrain wants to go to gaza the behind the news agency says the trip by the interfaith group is a personal initiative by its members but there are fears they have actually been sent by the behind the king in an attempt to strengthen ties with israel and the delegation trying to engineer through garza has to come to the areas crossing from the israeli side let's get some more on this with bernard smith who's live in gaza how of palestinians reacted to this. come all this was a visit by an interfaith group called this is bahrain they have been in israel and in jerusalem and they received a lot of criticism for making that visit so soon after benjamin netanyahu recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel they were criticized because arab states have roundly criticized trump's decision to recognize routes from as the

capital of israel as of this bahraini group was criticized for coming to israel there was a small interfaith group of the bahraini that have the backing of the bahraini king . and they were they the bahraini king has been rumored to have been one of the arab leaders who is wanted some sort of recognition of israel by a house's own very small jewish community israel bahrain is of course the first gulf country to try and have some sort of refreshment with israel qatar tried it out all ended about seventeen years ago after the second intifada and under pressure from our other arab states bahrain has been trying more recently but it's becoming under a lot of criticism for trying to do that it's. interesting bernard smith in gaza thank you for that it's. one more thing to talk about here russia's president vladimir putin is in cairo to meet with president of the they are expected to hold

talks focusing on strengthening ties russia suspended commercial flights to egypt back in twenty fifteen after one of its airplanes crashed over sinai killing all two hundred twenty four people on board it's agreed to resume fly it softer egypt said its airport security measures are now meeting with russian standards the two leaders will also discuss russia's agreement to build and finance egypt's first nuclear power plant and they're also expected to sign an agreement to allow the use of each other's military bases. own column with us here in studio director of policy analysis institute what's going on here well i mean that's a very broad question but what's mr persian trying to do here well i think there are a few issues here as you said. now bilateral relations are on the agenda but there is one more thing i believe here that is syria this is why president within actually he stopped in. russian military bases in syria before actually going to egypt and he met with syrian president bashar assad i think he's visiting

egypt and turkey in order to get through there to a concrete closer to russia in order to. get them involved in this somehow like a peacekeeping mission in syria he wants egypt very much to be part of a peacekeeping force and also the turks because he's planning in fact to pull out most of his troops from syria and he cannot do that actually without bringing somebody else and what does and he's planning to go to turkey as well as entice a little i mean this is what he's what he's doing after he was egypt so this is why i was mainly focusing on syria because it's on the agenda i believe that during this visit it shows that the russian is desperate to get the bulk of their forces from syria but they don't want on the other hand to leave or to give syria to the iranians they don't want to be done many chemists in iraq when the americas toppled

the regime of saddam hussein and they left iraq without having any sort of security arrangement and that was actually left of their calm that was filled by iran if the russians pull out from syria without making sure that peace is maintained and. somehow peacekeeping force is in place in syria that would probably leave syria for the iranians i think i don't think that i have done all this actually in order to. give syrian as a gift to those of us right do you think the jerusalem issue would be something here means visiting two countries which have got very strong feelings on the issue yet that's very true but. i mean the decision by president trump to recognize just a couple of. i think it took everybody almost of god so when the visit was planned actually jerusalem was not on the agenda but i believe now they will be discussing jerusalem because russia. as well as egypt and turkey all these countries have

expressed their concerns over the president's own decision. for four or four days leaders undermine the peace process and it wouldn't actually forces did any sort of negotiation between the palestinians and they so i mean i'm broadening out a lot here we started by talking about the russian president but it strikes me that you know these these countries russia the e.u. which we were just discussing before as well before we came to you they're all part of what used to be the quartet the middle east quartet which is supposed to be trying to get somewhere towards middle east peace and is there any prospect at all because what the issue is shown is that everyone is completely split on this you know but i mean if you look at that actually the americans are very much isolated on this because they are being as the russians many other middle eastern countries actually have distanced themselves from president obama's decision to guys. all these leaders all these parties actually did acknowledge that this will not help facilitate the resumption of peace talks between the israelis and palestinians

these peace talks have been dead for the past three four years in fact and president that is a blinding as we have been hearing recently to revive the peace talks between the black sea and the israelis but the quad that you mentioned the e.u. russia. and the u.s. and all of them actually except for the united states course all of them they see that this will not. decision will not help actually revive the peace process always a pleasure thank you for joining us. al-jazeera continues to demand the release of our journalist mahmoud hussein has been in an egyptian prison for more than eleven months now they say is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he strongly deny saying as repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail as well he was arrested on the twentieth of december while visiting family in iraq has celebrated its victory against i'm still with a military parade in baghdad. this follows last month's recapture of one of the last towns held by the armed groups since then iraqi forces

have been fighting to retake small pockets near the border with syria that was still under russell control on sunday iraq's prime minister declared the end of the military operation against eisel u.k. foreign secretary barnes stance and has left iran without the clarity on the fate of a jailed british iranian aid worker johnson held talks with iran's president hassan rouhani after being accused of seriously harming the case of now the names of clave by saying she was training journalists she's been in prison for nearly two years charged with seeking to undermine the state iranian leaders say there is proof she was spying for the u.k. carter is buying twenty four fighter jets from the british defense and aerospace company systems britain's defense minister gavin williamson. and the minister of state for defense for qatar have signed a six point seven billion dollars deal when some called the sale a massive vote of confidence in supporting british jobs and injecting billions into

the u.k. economy plane set for delivery in late twenty twenty two here is what's coming up for you on this news hour we will tell you why thousands in ukraine are rallying to support a former georgian president more evacuations ordered in southern california as wildfires burn towards coastal cities and new fires breakouts and sport manchester city have taken control of the english premier league along with all the details. and as well as president nicolas maduro has barred the opposition parties from taking part in next year's presidential vote his ruling socialist party won at least ninety percent of the three hundred thirty five mayoral seats in a municipal poll. voting in venezuela is not obligatory but many still put their faith in the electoral process however

several opposition leaders boycotted the vote accusing the governments of manipulating the process to maintain its grip on power. he has been a plague nicolas maduro and his regime said he should go he should resign democratically so we can have elections and choose candidates at every level of society yet no president that those parties that boycotted the municipal elections will no longer part of the political landscape do you look at the parties that did not participate today a boycott of the elections cannot participate anymore that's the criteria laid out legally by the considering assembly and as the head of states i support that. a move that will have repercussions on presidential elections scheduled for october next year these are municipal elections that's all the venezuela's problems and the government is hoping some of it solutions to a focus here a country divided in crisis with

a process that some hope will provide some answers. the voting itself passed generally peacefully with the isolated reports of violence and irregularities here the system is barrier bounce a technical level but it's also very advanced at the level of participation of the people of mobilization of the vote. in this way the remains in crisis with inflation rampant food and medicine scarce and crime rising tens of thousands of left the country and many of those who remain say they have little faith that elections alone will solve their problems some however are optimistic in. all countries have crises and they recover we learn from this and we move on we don't stay where we are our country is a valving. president blames outside interference of venezuela's problems and despite his deep on popularity the opposition boycott and international criticism

these municipal elections only seem to have tightened his grip on power. caracas. thousands of people in honduras of again protested against alleged electoral fraud there the main opposition party says it will hold nationwide protests of president. declared the winner of last month's election and and opposition candidate salvador nuts both said they have won the vote the president is leading so far but some ballot boxes were recounted because of irregularities the opposition says the process was manipulated. now thousands of people are marching through the ukrainian capital kiev to protest against the detention of the former georgian president mikheil saakashvili so he's really became an opposition leader in ukraine and has been calling for the impeachment of president petro poroshenko he was arrested on friday following a dramatic standoff where he climbed onto a roof to avoid police and was freed from a police van by his supporters maybe

a little bit of background here on how soccer is really became an opposition leader in ukraine go back further he came to power in georgia during the so-called rose revolution of two thousand and three but he ended up fighting a war with russia that eventually forced him to escape to ukraine his former university friend the ukrainian president petro poroshenko granted him citizenship and also appointed him to rule the odessa region in two thousand and fifteen after russian troops and extent nearby crimea didn't take long before the two political allies fell out since their split saakashvili has been stripped of ukrainian citizenship and started leading opposition rallies against polish encode the former georgian president is now stateless and faces extradition to his home country to face corruption allegations which he denies it is quite fascinating i'm going to talk to david stern about and i correspond with a well he's joining us via skype from kiev and we have to remind yourself here that he is ukrainian he's not georgian but he's such a part of so he is georgia not ukrainian but he is such

a part of the ukrainian political scene now why have the people rallied around. him so much. well i guess you could say that he's one of the main easy become a focal point one of many focal points but given the political environment right now in ukraine whatever opposition there is it tends to gather around what's what's available there were these large demonstrations on sunday these were some of the largest that we've seen since the revolution in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen and there are obviously it's hard to say for the majority but a large number of a good number of the people there were out because they were protesting the detention of mr saakashvili but a lot of people were there just because they are unhappy with the present situation in the country and of corruption it continues to be a major problem and there are signs that the government main be moving against the

main anti-corruption bodies the agencies that were set up whose revolution to battle corruption and which now are coming under very heavy pressure do you think mr saakashvili was a real political threat to the president put a shank on. well it's difficult to say this is a question that many people are asking here how big of a threat is he because it seems to there's some contradictory evidence i guess you could say on one hand his ratings his poll ratings are actually quite low and his and his unfavorable ratings many people see him in a negative light they see him as as destabilizing or perhaps even in it for the power of others negative ratings are very high but obviously the government is moving against him and has been moving against him for quite some time now so would indicate that perhaps president bush and co does see him as a major threat or potential major threat what do you think is the chance of extradition here as we pointed out mr saakashvili is officially stateless and he faces all sorts of allegations back in georgia itself indeed yes he's wanted under

targets of abuse of power and he's been exchanged here in ukraine under charges of abetting a criminal organization the organization that allegedly is connected to the former president victory end of code that the chances of extradition it's difficult to say because it's one has to say that we're mr saakashvili ends up into causing a lot of trouble and there's some speculation that the georgians actually really don't want to see him back there that he once he comes back in the country could be a focus or a focal point for opposition and opposition protests in georgia so it is a bit of a hot potato i guess you could say and we'll see what happens today because as we speak his bail trial is taking place and will determine in what capacity he will remain under arrest in ukraine as we've been speaking to read as we're watching some pictures of the huge crowd numbers that have been out there of huge security forces as well what's your feeling on how long these protests could carry on as we

get you know further and further into winter of course when gedo will have on one hand ukrainian seem to like to protest and winner if you remember the revolution took place three years ago in the. at the height of winter in february it was a bitterly cold out there so and in fact the revolution before that in the orange revolution also took place during winter it's difficult to say the frustration is rising however these demonstrations as large as they they are they don't come anywhere near what we saw three years ago so we still have quite a bit ways to go before we see the same groundswell the same grassroots movement that we did three years ago that ultimately led to the toppling of the government what a fascinating story it is great to talk to you about it david thank you for your time now in the united states three democratic senators calling for president donald trump to step down over allegations of sexual

harassment more than a dozen women accused of sexual misconduct during the election campaign in the past few months allegations against men in powerful positions have forced a number of resignations u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says those who have accused the president should be good how do you think people should assess the accusers of the president well i mean you know the same thing as women who accuse anyone should be heard they should be heard and they should be dealt with and i think we heard from them prior to the election and i think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated in any way they have every right to speak out. the opinion polls are still close ahead of tuesday's special u.s. senate election in alabama the republican candidate roy moore who is accused of hiring in molesting teenage girls when he was in his thirty's has the support of president trump but the republican party leadership that's divided.

on sunday churches across alabama christian evangelicals were weighing a dynamic could they put aside the allegation of child molestation that's been leveled at republican candidates drawing a vote for him or should they allow the possibility that a pro-choice democrat might assume the state's vacant senate seat if they don't for republican elizabeth bashir there's only one possible option a lot of people myself included feel that roy moore is just not an acceptable candidate he doesn't a spouse the views that are important to me are a lot of younger people as well lot of women as well just do not feel that he holds the same values that we do it's not just the allegations of sexual misconduct for years more has reveled in overt racism and discrimination but he often clicks in bible scripture recently he mused that life in the us had been better while slavery existed these thoughts often delight a call right wing evangelical base in alabama who feel that washington has allowed

the u.s. to descend into godlessness starting with allowing a woman reproductive rights more spoke at brian baptist church in late november and the past of this says there's no proof of child molestation the women should have due process and so should judge moore the problem is is because of the selection being so short we had don't have plenty of time for it so you're going to have to make a rush decision but she is as she feels some more voters are employing circular thinking i also think there are some self-delusion going on and some sectors in terms of well i couldn't support somebody who would do these things so there's no way he did those things because i support him. this race is being defined in many different ways a referendum donald trump a key movement for the republican party so the movement with key demographics like younger people women feel they have no choice but to split with the party's extremism even if they too are against abortion but despite the consternation that's been expressed nationwide about moore's nostalgia for the us during slavery

for example he does speak for a large section of alabamians there was that insider but there were certain certain principles of that ok that was a man's word was his was his bond so to speak we value human life better at that thomas for as the white population. it's in some in some areas and if it does win on tuesday night it's not as if he'll be the only republican in the u.s. senate who holds such views she ever tennessee al-jazeera alabama more evacuation orders have been issued in southern california as why a wind gusts continue to spread a huge wildfire that's threatening coastal towns rob reynolds reports now from company. california got no respite from fires burning out of control good canyons and rocky hillsides towers of flame twisted skyward firefighters dropped tons of water from helicopters but high winds and weather

conditions were making their jobs extremely tough the brush here is tremendous very very thick it's bone dry there hasn't been a lot of rain out here in a long time so that coupled with the santa ana winds and single digits humidities has made this fire grow rapidly and it spots ahead of itself tremendously firefighters on the ground and in the air are doing everything they can to keep this fire from moving towards santa barbara city of more than ninety thousand people. officials could not guarantee that santa barbara is out of danger we can't say it's not there are some concerns of course there have been historic fires in this area so this area is not any stranger to large wildfires here vast clouds of smoke and ash falling like snow made air quality extremely poor over a wide area of southern california hospitals reported a sharp increase in patients emitted for respiratory problems in

a low income ventura neighborhood volunteers passed out donated face masks to residents activists say many impoverished spanish speaking residents make their living working on big fruit and vegetable farms in the area and they are particularly at risk of health problems from the smoke got thousands of farm workers making this horrific choice whether to lose the income they need to put put roof over their family's head or be exposed to the this dangerous toxic air some neighborhoods were almost entirely burned out but in others the fire showed a cruelly capricious quality destroying some family's homes but leaving next door houses intact jim cole's house survived his neighbor's house didn't i feel guilty wow says almost untouched in my neighbors with whom i have a good relationship overwound their. denial here in shock there can even

talk with no rain in the forecast and wind still whipping the fires to a frenzy it's nature who holds all the cards in california robert oulds al jazeera carpentaria california we're going to get more international weather with richard language in just a moment but still ahead on al-jazeera. choose the end of nuclear weapons over the end of us a call to end the nuclear arms race by the recipients of this year's nobel peace prize. united nations weighs in on the new case treatment of disabled people and sport just a day after winning their first ever m l f cup but toronto if they are on it on the ice because of a little later. from brisk northern fuel. to the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia.

we have severe winter weather affecting many parts of western europe at the moment these shots come from across the u.k. where you can see there was a dusting of snow or as the u.k. media like to call it snowmageddon well the actual conditions in some places were quite bad up to about twenty centimeters of snow but we've got much worse than not around at the moment so as i run the sequence through is this area here this low pressure and i think the clear slot in there is in the cation perhaps of what we call a sting jet which is one of the most severe forms or whether you can get as a result we've seen gusts of winds in parts of western france to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour for the south we've seen a lot of rain and this weather system where we've got another one developing as this is this thing gets going and it's being cold and it's bringing very warm air from the south which is going to cause real problems because on the southern side of the alps at about three thousand meters the temperature is six or seven degrees

as this thing then drops its precipitation on the northern side the temperature will be up to thirteen degrees so there's a real risk of a serious flaw in many parts of forethought i should say many parts of the alps and we could well be a significant avalanche risk as well and that's going to continue as we head on through into tuesday yes more snow coming down but it could cause some real problems. the weather sponsored by cateye piece. a new perspective can change. for one chin is ian began as a hobby has grown into a passion a way of life. teaching the next generation to strive for a higher level. and in so instilling in his country a sense of freedom and strength. new heights my chin is at this time on al-jazeera. al jazeera is award

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president bashar al assad during a visit to the m.-m. airbase in lattakia province told military personnel that they had defeated the world's most combat capable group of international terrorists israel's prime minister is urging europe to follow the united states and recognized her gruesome as his country's capital benjamin netanyahu was speaking ahead of a meeting with a u. foreign ministers in brussels where he's facing pressure to restart middle east peace talks and thousands of people have marched through the ukrainian capital kiev to protest against the detention of former georgian president mikheil saakashvili he was arrested on friday following a dramatic standoff where he clambered onto the roof to avoid police and was freed from a police van by his supporters. so let's go back to our top story on jerusalem i'm going to talk to her bill hamid our correspondent joining us from ramallah in the occupied west bank to talk more harder about well palestinian reaction to

a very sensitive issue. well i think palestinians are very angry but they're also becoming very impatient they have been waiting to hear from president mahmoud abbas about what he will do his office has announced that he will not meet with the vice president mike pence when he comes to the region next week but palestinians by and large want to hear more from him what other concrete steps he will be doing so that is something they're waiting on he is now in cairo he should be meeting today with the egyptian president of the c.c. but many palestinians will tell you we are fed up of meetings and summits and statements and declarations we want concrete steps now here on the ground there have been some minor clashes today here in ramallah and in hebron there is also

a protest called by the ruling party of president mahmoud abbas now we'll just have to see how the turnout will be because usually palestinians don't respond very well lately to political faction usually when there's a high turnout is because it's a civil society that called for protests by a large palestinians are disillusioned. he has witnessed every clash for the past three years as so many have erupted near the petrol station where he works he doesn't join in but understands the motivation especially after chopstick liberation over jerusalem villages are huge and it was a real bad feeling for everyone it's like an insult but i want to be able to do anything at all either has only been to jerusalem twice that's how often israel has granted him permission still like every palestinian he considers it the only capital for a future palestinian state this is the closest point to jerusalem many palestinians

can reach even though the city is less than half hour's drive from this checkpoint but to go through it they need a special permission from the israelis and that's very difficult to come by. well cohen is from jerusalem he lived abroad for several years but decided to return home so his wife and children could get their residency twenty years later his daughter who is still waiting for hers. i don't have an id i don't have any proof that i'm a living human being i might not get my papers but i'm holding on to my rights best can't refute trump's decision he won't meet the american vice president but what else can he do the palestinian authority has come under criticism for being too lenient it was established after the courts and many say it should be dissolved since they agree mint has gone nowhere it's easy to say throw it away it's not something that you threw away this is an achievement the issue is you have to capitalise on it their issue is that you should not accept what is. this or thought

it to be when i say a service provider i don't want this orthodoxy to be a service provider only for the people that use ability can do that mahomet's abound there has travelled far and wide but never set foot in the holy city despite repeatedly applying for a permit he thinks that palestinians now need new blood and then you vision we have resistance movement in gaza the did nothing we have who believe in peace and they. did nothing for us that's mean we want to find a number of choices what is the tone and who's claim that he is leader for palestinians should find this choices perhaps for him as leaders cartoons express better than words how palestinians feel these days the peace process was a radius shipwreck trump killed it with the help of arab leaders who are

a diversity of the united states and jerusalem was ultimate christmas present. what i want to ask you more about the threat of unrest in the occupied palestinian territory right now we've got some live pictures we'll show them up in a moment of protests ongoing in ramallah over in gaza you know you have calls for. jerusalem intifada which was saying these things what what is your feeling on the ground of the real risk of this turning into something extremely violent. well the risk is there even though i mean so far yes there have been clashes is there have been protests as we speak is actually an anti u.s. protest that is making its way from the city center of ramallah to just to where i am here they will be in front of the american house but we haven't seen a large mass movement across the palestinian states and cities rather and i think

that for two reasons. first people were shell shocked about amount spent then all eyes were on the leadership and what the leadership will do and so far they haven't seen anything concrete apart from the fact that so far president abbas says he won't meet with vice president mike pence but many people would tell you that's enough and then there's a third issue is that the. use of the demonstrations and protests by political factions here and people are very disillusioned with these political facts and they actually hold them also responsible for the state of affairs of the palestinians at the moment however there is anger similar way and the risk of explosion is very very real not in the maybe day or two coming but certainly if this is to drags on that race becomes more and more real homemade in ramallah

thank you for that. bangladesh and maine mara working on a plan to send hundreds of thousands of ranger refugee back to me and mom the u.n. and rights groups say the plan is flawed though because it doesn't guarantee their protection when they return chance traffic has been talking to one refugee has fled violence in me and now four times over the last seven decades he says this time he's not going back up to salaam says he is over one hundred years old his wife mustafa begum guides him to the shelter in the cool to par long refugee camp he says the first time he fled violence in what was then burma was when the british were fighting the japanese during world war two but he has fled military crackdowns on the ranger three times since then in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight one thousand nine hundred ninety two and two and a half months ago and this time he says he won't go back. i feel bad for my home but i'm afraid to go back because they could you know like you says

there's no point in sending us back to myanmar because there is no security force there. rights groups say the reinjured have suffered systematic atrocities by the myanmar army in recent months hundreds of range of villages have been destroyed and burned to the ground the un says women have been gang raped by myanmar soldiers. it's estimated that hundreds of religion men women and children have been killed up but the bangladeshi and myanmar government so already working on a plan to send back hundreds of thousands of refugees to myanmar they say it will be voluntary and he ain't to start in two months. so what would the range of refugees go back to inside me and the myanmar government doesn't recognise them as an ethnic group it withdrew their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred eighty two giving them limited access to education and health care and making them vulnerable to arbitrary arrest now the un says how can a people go back to

a country in which they are still vulnerable to the kind of violence and persecution from which they fled. the un says the root causes of persecution such as lack of citizenship must be addressed first. may suffer more violence one of the things we need to really underscores we shouldn't rush into this condition for a return need to be addressed and we're clear conditions today in me and are not right for refugees to go. up to salaam says his village like many others was burned down by the myanmar military he has nowhere to go back to where they will not allow a single ranger to live there he says they will slowly through school please don't send this bank as bait for the monster the fear of

a man who has fled for his life time and time again chance traffic are just zero could you problem with camp bangladesh. as the world observes the u.n. sponsored human rights violations continue to be a major issue in internet ministered kashmir scuffles broke out on the streets of the capital srinagar between separatist protest as and police made into injuries and arrests and just time has will. have their message is clear and human rights violations in kashmir these protesters took to the streets of city in a go to demand the indian government and what they describe as a brutal crackdown on their freedom. a million troops is stationed in kashmir to ensure the occupation human rights violations are happening young boys are jailed and the issue of kashmir is not being so. several protesters were injured in the confrontations with police many others were arrested. indian

administered kashmir has been at the center of a muslim separatist movement against him do dominated indian rule for decades since one thousand nine hundred nine nearly seventy thousand people have been killed in the violence violence separatist leaders say the united nations has done too little to prevent yet. today strike in protest is to break the criminal silence maintained by the united nations on the grave human rights violations happening in kashmir that's a black out against them and the human rights organizations the member countries who claim to spread peace in the world are maintaining silence against the worst human rights violations which are happening in kashmir and i have separatist groups are fighting for the indian administered portion of history or to either become independent or merge with pakistan for the past year the remote northern region was gripped by widespread protests following the killing of a prominent rebel commander and the crackdown that followed more than one hundred

protesters were killed thousands were arrested and hundreds were blinded by police who shot at civilians with iron pellets. i should have made. a lot of don't don't tell us are being fired uncustomary these bullets are being fired on customer days whatever the oppression is spread in india it's going to cost nearly is where federal put india because human rights violations are happening every day here security forces were able to break up the protests and calm has returned to the streets of street but gets we are separatists fight for freedom is far from over m.p.'s time al-jazeera. the united nations has criticised the u.k. for not doing enough to support people with disabilities and its report the un found that government funding cuts have deprived a whole section of society of their rights is not involved in our reports. mary ellen has been registered disabled for twenty three years she used to work as a nurse now she relies on her full time carer and she's constantly worrying about

the future. i had. two years ago the government scrapped something called the independent living fund or i.l.f. and now her local council is cutting her care payments and since the lives closed the council has been making is time to supposedly can intervene as much money to put a can into trying to cut those hours social workers. came in and said that they would be increasing mine dependence by providing me with incontinence pads rather than the case support and need to be able to use the toilet because then i would be dependent on someone to take help me to the toilet. having a carer also means mary-ellen can go out to meet friends and protest for disabled people's rights five years ago a group of organizations lodged a formal complaint to the united nations that led to an in-depth investigation and some damning conclusions in its report earlier this year the u.n.

singled out what it called the u.k. government's failure to recognize the rights of disabled people to live independently in the community it also highlighted the growing numbers of disabled children being educated in segregated special schools calling for legislation to make sure mainstream schools provide for them and it called for urgent action to fight high levels of poverty which it said would you to multiple welfare reforms and cuts in benefits the u.k. government says the un's failed to reflect the progress it's made in empowering disabled people including getting them into work but roger lewis part of a lobby group that helped to get the un to investigate says changes in the government's access to work scheme a cutting things like the specialist computer software which allows him to hold down a job despite being blind doesn't cost me their country this isn't this is the crazy thing that the access to work scheme for every pound they spend on me the treasury gets back between one pound forty one pounds seventy it's

a generate interest and income for the government bob in work up a national insurance i'm paying income tax i'm not on an unemployment benefits it's a net gain yet this game is under attack. and possibly the slide back into the suicide.

during its long depression greece has witnessed the fastest growth in solar energy use in the developed world after spain meaning greece will meet its emissions targets under the paris climate change accord now the government wants to build on that success so it's preparing a law that will make it easier for apartment blocks to install solar panels on their rooftops john psaropoulos reports now from love. greece's solar revolution came from the countryside forty two thousand homes like this one turns their power bills into checks from the power company by selling electricity back to the grid to pension of. an extra nine thousand dollars a year have made a difference they don't it's my pension all over again without it we'd be printing our pennies in this economy it means i can help my children my daughters in school

my son is unemployed my wife doesn't have a pension over five years household installed three hundred and seventy five megawatts of generating capacity equivalent to a mid-sized power station and that's not counting farmers who turned over their land to larger scale production or industrial installations in solar and wind power both of which greece has in abundance but the government quashed this revolution in twenty fourteen strapped for cash it cuts the rate at which the grid bought power from homes from fifty five cents per kilowatt hour to under twelve cents but twenty fourteen law effectively removed households from the renewable energy market until then more than four thousand homes would install solar panels on their rooftops each year but in that year the number fell to just sixty three and it has never recovered a new bill now aims to bring the solar revolution to the cities where more than half the population lives by encouraging groups of five or more homeowners to

install solar panels but the twenty fourteen rate cut still haunts people like. whose proceeds fell by half. there's that one i'm not sure whether the broken promises of the past make it possible for investors to go forward today we're talking about an investment of about seventy thousand dollars the bill quotes a guarantee purchase price but there's also a clause allowing the environment minister to change that price can someone trust that after an entire solar economy collapse because of a law greece still depends on fossil fuels for two thirds of its electricity that's because its power stations been imported oil and lignite coal it's only abundant native fuel but lignite use has hove in the past ten years while renewables have doubled to thirty percent of the electricity supply if policy is consistent greeks have shown they will reach for the sun jumps at all plus. the founder is here to

talk sport lots of football news today that we've got the champions league which is happening in fifteen minutes time that's very exciting but we saw a domestic football right now meant to city boss have guardiola says his side have proved playing the same a style of football as his former club barcelona can work in the english premier league side beat a local rivals manchester united to one of four a league record fourteenth consecutive win. out of india scored the winner at old trafford when so city move eleven points clear of second place united at the top of the table earlier marcus rushford had briefly equalized for the home side after david silva struck the opening goal for city. we try to keep playing and we came here like we were in the stand for breach and older games since i came here to try to win to make our jump and i'm so happy with the people say in england you can not claim to do it complain to do it. the merseyside derby also took place on sunday

with that wayne rooney converting the controversial penalty to a draw for everton liverpool manager your gun club was a furious at the decision which came in the seventy seventh minute to the spot kick cancelled out a goal from a homicide that finished one all a liverpool stay fourth in the table to be controlled a game and. apart from one situation and the situation designed to the game at the end that's what we have to accept in the day's other game arsenal drew one zero zero southampton a late to a header from olivier giroud rescuing a point for arsenal who move above tottenham and into fifth in the table. i'm not happy with the point because i want to treat points but. when you cannot dream you don't lose it you know we keep going and relentless after again a. difficult start that could code and overall the windy rainy

afternoon against a team played well and to squeak on contract time and the spanish leave us wires a little message scored as barcelona ten men villareal to nail bars are now five points clear of violence at the top of the table meanwhile third place atletico madrid maintain their own beat and run. after going out of champions league at the group stage they beat real betis a one to move ahead of real madrid in the standings. men that have fired their head coach after just one hundred sixty seven days in charge of the german club peter walsh was sacked after a two one defeat at home to the brim and left them where less in eight league games have also gone out of the champions league has been replaced by austrian a preterist over who was sacked by cologne last week. a day after toronto f.c.

claimed their first major league soccer title hawkie once again took center stage in the city on sunday as the maple leaves to call on the. but not before two of toronto's winning soccer stars a world honored on the ice jozy altidore scored in the final and captain michael bradley a once the game got underway the maple leaves look to have been inspired by toronto's m.l.s. excess as sack him and scored just thirty four seconds and one nothing was how it finished toronto are currently second in the eastern conference at atic. elsewhere the chicago blackhawks beat the arizona goalie henri paul ford made thirty one saves for chicago is they have rallied to a three one win is their second straight victory after losing five in a row early in the season. in the n.b.a. and in jannah paces it be the denver nuggets one hundred twenty six one hundred sixteen and over time. it was the start of the ninety's with

a career high forty seven points to help the pacers to victory have now won four straight games and ten of their last thirteen. while the world's longest single sporting event is heading into one of its most dangerous stretches competitors and the nine month around the world evolve ocean sailing rays have left cape town in south africa and are heading into the unpredictable southern ocean on route to brief stopover in australia. lindsey vonn is one of the most successful skiers of all time but her preparations for the upcoming winter olympics aren't going so well the american one the downhill title in vancouver in two thousand and ten but missed sochi jute to a knee injury and with just two months to go until chunk of on injured her back in a race and sent more it's despite the setback the thirty three year old says she'll give everything to be ready to compete in what could be her final lympics.

everything that i've done has been in preparation for these one picks so right now i'm trying to stay healthy. going in so far it's not going very well but. you know i feel like i'm saving all of my luck for february and hopefully everything will work out the way it's supposed to and that's why it's fulfilled we'll have more later on including the champions league ok thank you but it's not about thirteen hundred g.m.t. the next news hour i'll be back for that finney game is. there if he's over that he's got a next news bulletin right here on out to sea. cut

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