people in power investigates all this suburb of damascus refuse to crumble under the mark of assets on the. job part two of this time on al-jazeera one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know that it turns out in the particular because you have a lot of people that if i did on political issues we are we the people believed to tell the real stories just men did is to deal with in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. the evidence is undeniable the weapons might as well have had made in iran stickers

all over it iran denies it but the u.s. says it has proof that tehran is supplying arms to hoof you rebels in yemen. it's a whole robin you're watching out of their life more headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes. a big. mission opportunity. the latest round of syria told sounds with negotiators blaming each other for their failure. also the u.s. pulls the plug on next neutrality we'll explain what that could mean for millions of internet users in the americas. and once allies now enemies how will sterrett she is reshaping the map of greek politics. welcome to the program the united states has presented what it calls undeniable

evidence that iran is supplying weapons to who the rebels in the yemen now the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley showed off what washington says apart from an iranian made ballistic missile it was fired from yemen last month that nearly hit the airport in the saudi capital riyadh iran calls those allegations unfounded irresponsible of provocative and denies supplying weapons to the who thiis saudi arabia is demanding the u.n. security council halt iran accountable iran's for hibbett it from supplying selling or even transferring weapons outside the country unless it's approved by the security council our state department correspondent roslyn jordan has. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations they can paling travel from an institution devoted to diplomacy to a military base on thursday to point the finger at iran and hear the trumpet ministration is accusing tat han of illegally supplying weapons to groups across the middle east explosive boats drones and high am short range ballistic missiles

haley told reporters she was standing in front of one of those alleged missiles these are the recovered pieces of a missile fired by who the militants from yemen and a saudi arabia and messes the nestles intended target with a civilian airport in riyadh. the nov fourth attack on the riyadh airport is one of the many clashes between the saudi backed government and who the rebels trying to conquer the country and the attack is mentioned in the u.n. secretary general's latest report on iran's compliance with the nuclear deal but officials say that mention is not a confirmation there's no conclusive evidence about the provenance of those missiles but you can read the report for yourself even before the press conference was over the iranians rejected haley's charges these accusations seek also to cover up for the saudi war crimes in yemen with the u.s. complicity and divert international and regional attention from the stalemate war

of aggression against the yemenis that has so far killed more than ten thousand civilians displaced three million crippled yemen's infrastructure and health system and pushed the country to the brink of largest famine the world has seen for decades as the un has warned the swedish ambassador to the un told reporters he is concerned the u.s. is trying to find new reasons to scrap the iran nuclear deal as far as i mean for him for that agreement is being implemented by iran on the nuclear issue now we would be very happy to discuss with americans. and other as you know the broader role of iran in the region analysts say while checking iran's behavior is important the trumpet ministration is taking a risk i would hope that there will be more evidence put forward in general and for that matter for that's really i obviously it's important she's got such claims to

have evidence evidence for that haley made it clear the u.s. is doing what needs to be done for the sake of national security you will see us build a coalition to really push back against iran and what they're doing well i warning to tell han at least for now. jordan al-jazeera washington a missed opportunity that's how the u.n. special envoy for syria was describing the latest round of geneva talks which ended with progress staffan de mistura blames the syrian government to go she says the government is accusing the opposition instead they would change to is following those developments from geneva the eighth round of negotiations and yet another failure for the united nations in geneva the syrian government's team refused point blank to meet face to face with the opposition counterparts they say no talks will be held with the opposition as long as this insists on president assad's removal from power and i know what the opposition has presented us with a new position and has imposed preconditions on the talks in geneva these come from

their handlers on the other side and it was the un's mediators steffan de mistura couldn't hide his frustration he said carriage was needed to win the peace a big meat opportunity. i golden opportunity at the end of this year when in fact duly there a clear indication by many thighs that the military operations are coming to a cloth the leader of the opposition dedication though was equally forthright pinning the blame for the failure squarely on the shoulders of the team from damascus. the regime has refused to wreck talks refused indirect talks refuse even the agenda put forward by to. rejected everything it means the regime rejected the peace process after nearly seven years of civil war in syria with the death toll now stretching beyond four hundred thousand and with millions of refugees force on the home now is the time to find

a new initiative behind the scenes talks are underway to find a method to revive this peace process but ultimately a solution lies in the hands of two leaders in washington and moscow david chaytor al-jazeera geneva. careers a professor at the american university of beirut and a senior fellow at harvard's kennedy school of government and he says the outcome of the talks doesn't surprise him. the problem is that the parties on the ground don't agree the big powers russia the u.s. mainly outside who support them don't agree they don't have any clear middle ground where they can compromise on right now so but nobody wants to leave the talks unilaterally so we're still in the same position we were four or five years ago unfortunately that's why you've got all these other talks going on the russians have taken the lead now with the standard talks and the so she talks and the national dialogue talks they're planning next month or two and russia and so geneva

is still there as a vehicle that everybody can go to once they're actually ready to make a deal these are negotiators what they say is a negotiating position what they say in public what they say in private and they're negotiating all the time so they'll say something hoping to get a better position the next day and this goes on and on and the mediators are various to fundamental is a very experienced serious and a man of great integrity but he can't make any headway when the positions are so rigid and the upper hand is in the hands of the government and the assad government right now and that's one of the reasons why they're getting nowhere because they don't feel any pressure to make any concessions now the white house says north korea was among the issues discussed in the latest phone conversation between president trump and his russian counterpart vladimir putin well in beijing the visiting south korean president and his host put all the united front over the threat from pyongyang adrian brown reports. this is

a difficult visit to south korea's leader. unlike the a few soup reception afforded president donald trump five weeks ago the welcoming ceremony for moon was decidedly low key his relationship with president xi jinping has improved but remains an easy. in spite of their differences the specter of conflict on the korean peninsula has brought these two men together and mr made no secret. does not one war. want a peaceful and diplomatic solution to north korea's nuclear and missile programs than does this tie china and the south koreans have common language the principal point of friction remains south korea's decision to deploy a united states and missile system in response chinese tourists boycotted south korea and other economic sanctions followed on thursday moonsault to reassure

china's leader that the system would only be used against north korea but in a sign strains over the issues still linger there was no joint media conference as often happens on such occasions. the atmosphere wasn't improved by a serious scuffle between a south korean photographer and chinese security guards the south korean government launched a complaint the good news is that the president the china and south korea are at least talking to one another but big differences remain over how to calm tensions on the korean peninsula but analysts say of the four leaders most closely involved in this crisis president trump and kim jong un of course being the others it is he and moon who are the same voices voices that could prove pivotal if diplomacy is to with. the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrors is also in the region with

a stark warning against the danger of sleep walking into war he said the unity of the security council was crucial to prevent that it is very clear that security council resolutions need to be fully implemented fully implemented by north korea first of all but fully implemented but all the other countries will rule is crucial in order to make sure that the sanctions are put in place and that they achieve the result that we all aim which is the nuclear ization of the korean peninsula the un's political chief jeffrey feltman was in north korea a week ago he said officials told him they wanted to avoid war now a delegation from russia's defense ministry is in pyongyang. coupled with mr moon's visit to china this sudden flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing well leave it to the

americans now where net neutrality rules protecting open internet access have been repealed by the us government now the changes could mean large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors hard to castro as well. opposed to the repeal of net neutrality rules in the u.s. and making their voices heard on the streets of washington protesters in the end were not loud enough to sway the vote of the federal communications commission your car i can assure rosen we're still i dissent the commission voted three to two along partisan lines to undo the obama era regulations that the chairman called burdensome and unnecessary that it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide who prevails net neutrality rules

essentially prohibited broadband providers in the u.s. from speeding up a consumer's access to some internet content over others even if websites were willing to pay for the advantage the idea was to preserve the internet as a public resource for all protester randi call and says the rules have protected her nonprofits ability to reach an online audience this in an e-mail as she was in the bar and from their group one point three million around the country and in places around the world was the only possible through having a free and open internet that like all our cards and the strength of our ideas could not be blocked arse. despite a size of our budget never before. has a debate over the intangible connections of the internet sparked such public passion more than twenty million comments were received by the f.c.c. prior to thursday's vote and now at least two states have said they will appeal the

commission's decision but you've got of course just and you've got how great you feel you've got millions of people who are in your corner and we will achieve in our lives you quality. it quality net neutrality we will win at the end of the day internet companies have said they have no immediate plans to change consumers' experience but now that the net neutrality protection is gone it remains to be seen how long the industry will put equality over revenue potential hi joe castro al-jazeera washington. is with the electronic frontier foundation a nonprofit digital rights group he says giving up net neutrality means the u.s. can no longer pride itself as the global leader in an open internet access. well historically united states has held it so it's open internet advocacy and structure

as as on the diplomatic front you know when it argues to other countries to open up their networks no but if there are communications forms to all users we usually hold ourselves out as a model worse rendering a pretty critical part of that argument on the on the diplomatic front undermines our message definitely the parties who benefit the most are the the large national of vertically integrated into certain writers so we're talking about the multibillion dollar companies of comcast rise in one thousand nine hundred eighty the parties you're going to lose are their competitors in terms of a small in its search providers as well any new or start an internet company who can afford to just beat the internet economy on a pay to play basis well still ahead here on al-jazeera chinese presidential candidates wrap up that campaign just days ahead of a tight runoff election and the u.n. takes a first hand look at extreme poverty in the united states. binny's

pink skies by the time a half. hour is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello again let's stop and look at weather conditions across the levant and also western parts of asia so you can see temperatures just hovering above freezing there now martin stan otherwise again temperatures around about a ten degree mark for back on and ten for tehran now as we come for the towards the south little bit of cloud around the in portions of the gulf so you could see some close at times in kuwait city but otherwise it's dry it's generally dry run the eastern side of the mediterranean with highs there of nineteen degrees expected in beirut heading further south into the arabian peninsula little bit more cloud around the gulf states generally at the moment but. temperatures may be just rising slightly twenty four's a maximum here in doha should be quite pleasant thirty in mecca so move the

forecast on into suffering see mecca there coming at twenty two but the risk in more southern portions of the gulf begins to increase and it could see some showers and that really goes across this whole region later on saturday and into sunday that could be some heavy rain maybe even the risk of some flooding into southern portions of africa plenty of showers across angola through into. she come further south it's largely drawn fine let me go shower in johannesburg but finding cape town heis here twenty four. the weather sponsored by cattle. you are making somewhere on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on sat. in the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue could be with some of the confusion about people saying they don't

actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back i'm so when you're watching i'll just say were these are all top stories the united states has presented what it calls undeniable evidence that iran is violating un resolutions are supplying weapons to who the fighters in yemen to iran calls the allegations unfounded and irresponsible the syrian government and the opposition are blaming each other after the eighth round of talks in geneva aimed at ending the war concluded without any progress the un special envoy for syria called it a missed opportunity. net neutrality rules protecting open internet access have

been repealed by the us government the changes could mean large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors. brazil's president is pushing ahead with plans to shake up the country's generous pension system michel time as controversial reforms have been blasted by critics across society and time is running out for him to push it through congress as john heilemann explains. this is brazil as much of the world sees it some and send the paradise for the young and beautiful reality the country has become the promised land of the old it's pensions are among the most generous in the world with many eligible to retire and start getting payouts while still in their fifty's to have the government says if that continues it will lead to financial disaster but didn't it was possible school if we don't change things in

ten years pension payments could take up eighty percent of the federal budget that's going to seriously restrict spending in education health and security. on thursday the government presented congress with an updated version of a controversial reform from president tema it would set a minimum pensionable age sixty five for men sixty two for women and reduce payouts it's been scaled back from the original but still isn't going down well with brazilians. these hunger strikers are just one sign of a population that sees the safety of its retirement is suddenly threatened if democrats and we are starving ourselves for a few days so that brazilians won't stop for the rest of their lives many economists are also skeptical of the reform two hundred of them have signed a statement saying the government has fiddled the figures to give the sense of impending crisis what is it that already is all these scare mongering that in twenty thirty all the budget will be spent on pensions it's false because the

government isn't including in its figures all the resources created to finance pensions. done amiss do agree that the pension system needs to change in a country with a struggling economy. and they population some of the quake gradual action the president tempered knows he's running out of time the president was desperate to get this reform through congress before the christmas break and that's now not going to happen it's going to make things even more difficult for him because when these lawmakers come back next year it's going to be election season in brazil and they're going to be even less willing to support what is a very unpopular measure. as the year ends non-popular president who staked his legacy on this reform is seeing it slip away john homan how does it brasilia the campaigning has ended in the second round of chile's presidential election

voters will head to the polls on sunday to elect a successor to president michelle bachelet and it appears to be a two man race now they're choosing between right wing business been and former president sebastian pinera and former journalist a hundred. reservoir boys the president is calling for the removal of international sanctions and promising to do more to tackle corruption karima tosser has more from the capital harare. the president says extraordinary congress on friday will make decisions and resolutions that will take before it a misdemeanor go to place robert mugabe as leader of the country and the ruling zanu p.f. party last month after the military intervened and mugabe resigned but that god was a technical option is a priority for the party he again want those accused of breaking the exchange control law by illegally stashing money abroad to return the stone in cash in exchange for amnesty i released. i. mean the margins.

were in. my words i am. oh no. there's a shortage of foreign currency long queues outside banks form at the end of every month many are angry desperate and frustrated at the poor state of the economy or the kind of issues that one them could discuss issues that are positively impact on the ordinary person on the street so we just love that will be able to come up with a major discussion around the economy. the president says he'll call for the removal of sanctions imposed in the early two thousand by some western countries for alleged human rights abuses he believes the end of sanctions will help the economy improve more quickly president innocent and is promising to stabilize the economy improve productivity on farms and create jobs that could mean

a mending off scrapping some controversial government policies. the new agriculture minister has ordered people who have illegally occupied farm lands to leave immediately the finance minister says indigenous ational a policy that favors blacks and will be more investor friendly some analysts say when god will try to unite a seemingly divided party several but not all of the allies have been fired there's always an after effect of a political process particularly in a takeover presidency will be remnants of other factions but again they'll try and manage it friday as congress will be the first without robert mugabe since one thousand nine hundred eighty when i got plans to announce who will replace mcgovern's wife grace as head of the party's women's week. al-jazeera. no grease is ground to a halt as workers staging a one day strike shut down government offices trains and the media unions called for the action in response to next year's budget which has been debated in parliament many wrangling that it contains further spending cuts in line with

greece's austerity program john's raw places more from athens. the ruling cities a party was once the organizer of these protests as it prepares to pass its third austerity budget the unions are its bitter enemies that the teachers' salaries have fallen by forty percent spending on schools has fallen by sixty percent and the number of staff has been reduced while new hires aren't happening. if any other government had done what's reserves during it would have called for a strike through this budget public hospitals will receive six hundred million euros less next year patients will be in greater danger. the spending cuts to please greece's creditors the eurozone and the international monetary fund they want the country to spend the equivalent of three and a half percent of its economy repaying bailout loans next year's budget aims to achieve that for the first time but that doesn't stop the state payroll from being increased by half a billion dollars as most cities

a loyalist are appointed to public office all this means that there will be no relief from austerity here or taxes a quarter of a million bankruptcies and a million people made jobless over the last eight years have meant that income tax revenues and pension contributions have fallen sharply yet throughout the crisis governments have continued to find ways to raise at least sixty billion dollars a year from this dying economy sales tax rose by one third to twenty four percent business tax has risen by half to twenty nine percent this is meant that small businesses which provide ninety percent of employment have struggled to survive rather than growth your job launched this organic supermarket as a small grocery thirteen years ago with his mother and brother they plowed more than half a million dollars into it over the years and now employ twenty two people but taxes delayed their plans to expand their units but the hanging making us feel is all about being able to stock your shelves and grow we could have opened

a second shop with all the work we've done and in another country we might have done so by now but the money is tied up in paying authorities the federation of hellenic industry says two thirds of greek businesses are barely surviving while a quarter are in imminent danger of collapse the government believes greece will enjoy a growth of two and a half percent next year but such predictions have been confounded before twenty eighteen is also the year when greece is to graduate from the euro zone's economic supervision the government is taking no chances of relaxing its fiscal austerity now set up a loss al-jazeera after use and staying in europe leaders have assured the u.k. . a prime minister treason may enough progress has been made to move on to the next stage of brakes in negotiations with the e.u. now may met with twenty seven e.u. leaders that are summit in brussels urging them to be creative when talks move to trade the summit comes only a day after she suffered a defeat in parliament over her blueprint for quitting the e.u.

a majority of m.p.'s backed an amendment guaranteeing them a vote on the final break that deal struck with brussels. no sewage system in parts of alabama political neglect compounding the impact of hurricane rita in puerto rico the united nations expert on extreme poverty says he's shocked by what he saw during a two week tour of the us phillip alstom will be presenting his polygyny findings and recommendations on friday and the galahad ripples you actually see the mayor warr a flyer in rural alabama the un's expert on extreme poverty witnessed firsthand what residents have been dealing with the years in the states black belt region many can't afford basic sanitation open pools of rule sewage that where children play it's often flushed back into people's homes and hookworm a parasite normally found in sub-saharan africa has been reported in shocking numbers residents have asked for help instead campaigners say some of being

threatened with criminal charges now they may at least get recognition for some might have to come from the united nations just figure out of a solution to a problem that the united states said we have is really. to me i mean because. their want their sam they want to make america great again this is not making america great again philip alston spent two weeks visiting some of the u.s. is most vulnerable people activists say his presence is cause for national shame it's embarrassing that i had to go outside of alabama to get help to deal with this that's embarrassing i think in there is there are people in alabama they can solve this problem they get to have the world with they do it we came to lock up everybody for things that happen here when there are things that they people have no control on as part of his tour philip olson came here to washington d.c. where poor neighborhoods can be found within streets of the capitol building in past reports alston's pulled no punches but this may be his most sensitive mission yet investigating poverty in the world's richest nation will mean nothing if the

current administration chooses to ignore his findings officially more than forty million americans live in poverty some put that figure much higher alston's already called what he's seen in the u.s. shocking and says in many places basic needs are not being met it's then up to the government to try to explain why it's not being met because they could afford to do it so that would mean that they're taking a political decision just to exclude certain people and not put resources into giving them a decent standard of living the un's final report will be published in the spring of two thousand and eighteen early indications are that all students findings could make for uncomfortable reading the world's wealthiest nation and gallica al-jazeera . you're watching all just their arms a whole romany's roll top stories the united states has presented what it calls

undeniable evidence that iran is violating un resolutions and supplying weapons to the fighters in yemen to iran calls the allegations unfounded and irresponsible saudi arabia is demanding the u.n. security council hold teheran accountable. the syrian government on the opposition are blaming each other after the eighth round of talks in geneva aimed at ending the war ended without any progress the u.n. special envoy for syria called it a missed opportunity. that neutrality rules protecting open internet access have been replaced by the us government protesters gathered outside the federal communications commission as it now only voted to do the obama era regulation the changes could mean large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors that you trial a t. advocates worry that could lead to censorship and increase the cost of accessing the internet european leaders over sure u.k.

prime minister treason may that enough progress has been made to revolve to the next stage of brecht's in negotiations they met with twenty seven e.u. leaders at a summit in brussels urging them to be creative when talks move to trade the summit comes only a day after many suffer defeat in parliament over her blueprint for quitting the e.u. and majority go back to the men but guaranteeing them a vote in the final breaks a deal struck with brussels campaigning has ended for the second round of chile's presidential election voters will head to the polls on sunday to elect a successor to president michel bashfully now they're choosing between right wing businessman and former presidents of a city and pinera and former journalist i'll hand the air despite recent gains by where the race is still expected to be very close. politicians in argentina suspended a vote on president. pension reform plan after protests turned violent. tear gas and rubber bullets were fired at demonstrators in one desirous that angry about

potential changes to their pensions union leaders say the measures will cut retirement payments as well as aid for poor families the country's top union has called for a general strike. of course of all of those stories on the web site of al jazeera dot com back with more news in thirty minutes next on al-jazeera it's the strain do stay with us. facing the realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to bear getting to the heart of the matter i don't think we need of the wall that some of my producers just to hear their story on talk to how does iraq at this time. high end for the ok going astray.