latest evidence suggests there are more cats than previously acknowledged but this slowed up a trust believes it's premature to downgrade the cats on the international beast of a threatened species. on the server. shattered monument towards destructor palos. there's amid the ruins the defiance to resist. i'm strong survive. people in power investigates all this some of damascus refuse to crumble under the might of assets on the. job part two of this time on al-jazeera. i'm deeply concerned by the risk of military confrontation including as

a result of an intended escalation or miscalculation warnings of a risk of nuclear conflict or a special un security council session on north korea. fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead demonstrations against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem turned deadly at least four palestinians are killed by israeli forces in gaza and the west bank european leaders say the u.k. has done enough to allow for the tolls on leaving the e.u. and for bracks and negotiations to move on to trade last impeachment proceedings against heroes president the latest that american leader engulfed in a corruption scandal centered on a brazilian construction giant. thank

you for joining us north korea has defiantly defended its ballistic missile program at the united nations security council the public session was called after pyongyang tested what is believed to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile in november but the meeting which was attended by the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson failed to come up with any new steps to curb north korea's actions mike hanna reports from the u.n. . the red scarf a reflection of the chilly weather outside and little warmth displayed in the chamber towards north korea is representative listened to condemnation from speaker off to speak with what appeared to be studied nonchalance the situation on the korean peninsula is the most them's and dangerous peace and security issue in the world today. publicly at least the council has been united in imposing an extensive series of sanctions but the u.s.

secretary of state questions the commitment of russia and china continuing to allow north korean laborers to toil in slave like conditions inside russia in exchange for wages used to fund to clear weapons programs calls into questions russia's dedication as a partner for peace similarly as chinese crude all flows to north korean refineries the united states questions china's commitment to solving an issue that has serious implications for the security of its own citizens these charges rejected by china and russia which insisted that the ongoing joint military exercises by the u.s. and south korea made any dialogue all but impossible to muse that you should lean says that on the opinion two months of quiet by north korea when answered by washington with unprecedented military exercises and the listing on a tear a funding list that leads us to question the sincerity of statements that there is a preference for a peaceful solution to the crisis we're going to schools with. and with all eyes on

him the north korean representative the period nervous his hands shaking but also unapologetic arguing that his country has a sovereign right to protect itself against what he called us aggression our position of the nuclear therefore and rewards of individuals the third with the prince even meijers up with the prince. and the right of resistance and development of from the us the meeting ended with agreement on the desirability of dialogue but division as to how to achieve it the u.s. adamant that there has to be a unilateral freeze on nuclear testing by north korea before any talks can be possible. mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. now the world news israeli forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man in the latest wave of protests across the occupied territories and gaza more than one hundred twenty people were injured in friday's demonstrations

against arnold trying to decision to recognize them as israel's capital harry fossett reports on the days of out and see occupied. on the outskirts of ramallah in the occupied west bank israeli forces are filmed confronting a palestinian man before shooting him three times the last as he sat on the street as they approach the troops appear to see something and move quickly away the man was apparently wearing a suicide bomb belt it's unclear whether it was a genuine device or a fake israeli police say he had just stabbed a member of its border force paramedics took him away. there were further clashes after friday prayers in gaza as palestinians again protested against the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the cross border confrontation bringing more palestinian deaths. earlier tens of thousands had taken to the strips main north south road to march in protest. there was she the

palestinian people are expressing that they reject strums decision and they are holding on to all of jerusalem as the historical capital of the palestinian people . at the heart of occupied east jerusalem tens of thousands prayed then protested at the al aqsa mosque. through the old city and i had damascus gate exit israeli forces were waiting for them they barricaded off the square preventing a repeat of last friday's protests where hundreds gathered on the steps still some tried to stay here and chant but most were pushed quickly away israeli forces have been trying to prevent a repeat of the protests that took place after friday prayers here in the square outside damascus gate last week they've barricaded off there was a group of largely middle aged and some elderly women you've been seeing for some time they're now being forcefully clear. several arrests were made in these limited scuffles again the protests much smaller here than in gaza and the occupied west bank and obviously with a legend to say our public are out in the oxo mosque compound and here at damascus

gate but the occupation has a large force as well as private and undercover units israeli forces are certainly doing all they can to quell this reaction to the trunk declaration but the anger is deeply felt and the protests go on harry will set out his era ok parties to some of and they were violent confrontations between palestinian protesters and israeli forces and on the israel gaza border alan fischer was at the demonstration the ambulances evidenced by all afternoon ready to treat the injured and the wounded and there have been a number of them you can see the clashes that been going on down close to the border about two hundred meters from where i'm standing the thick smoke is no just clearing that's tires that were set alight to stop the israelis targeting people on the side of the border and this scene has been repeated in seven sports across the gaza strip. we've seen the palestinians throw stones over the border the israelis well they have used bullets and they have used tear gas we've seen several volleys

of tear gas come into this field people had to be treated for both for the gunshots and for the tear gas in fact the man i saw being carried into an ambulance at a bullet wound to the neck i suspect he will be in a critical condition. we saw a massive rally in gaza house a call for a million man rally in one street the length of gaza north to south fifty five kilometers long and thousands and thousands of people attended out we saw them from hamas and fatah from a number of political groups and organizations. ismail haniya said that that prove the don't trump a united the palestinians over such a controversial decision to see that jerusalem was israel's capital we're expecting the clashes to go on for some time into the night as well and just now i can feel and taste the tear gas which is being fired that's why people are moving away you can actually taste the tear gas is beginning to by my side without i think we're

going to move back as well. and they've been daily street protests in bethlehem in the occupied west bank al-jazeera has adopted i mean to has more. it's been another day of confrontation and clashes and many of the so-called friction points across the okee by had west bank here in bethlehem several several hours of clashes ongoing between the israeli army and palestinian news just in the street behind me and we the palestinians have been throwing rocks and marbles at these really soldiers the retaliation has been tear gas stun grenades rubber coated bullets and in some places also live ammunition there's been similar scenes in ramallah in hebron and in jericho now this has been going on every single day since drums announcement on jerusalem it hasn't increased in scope however there is

widespread anger among the palestinians they want certainly their leadership to do something but you do get a sense really that the deciduous could explode at any moment and you have a sense when you look at the israeli soldiers operating on the ground that there is a certain level of restraint at this stage may be an order not to have the situation escalate that said this is a tinderbox and anything really could aggravate the situation very quickly and demonstrations have continued across the world against decision on jerusalem the. this was the scene in jordan where thousands gathered on friday the jordanian king who's a close u.s. ally condemned trumps decision as dangerous and a violation of international law king abdullah is a custodian of muslim holy sites in jerusalem and his country house millions of.

palestinian refugees. and they were solidarity marches in germany's capital berlin chancellor angela merkel has joined a host of other european and world leaders have opposed times unilateral decision on jerusalem. meanwhile the israeli prime minister spent the morning on friday being interviewed by police officers arrived at benjamin it's now his residence to question him about corruption allegations this is the seventh time he's been interviewed after police said they suspected him of being involved in bribery and fraud as salacious now received get star hollywood and business figures there's also an investigation of alleged secret talks to help a newspaper commercially in return for favorable coverage for the israeli leader and its now denies any wrongdoing. austria is on course to have a far right party in government in

a coalition with conservatives the anti immigration freedom party has reached a deal with the larger people's party two months after parliamentary elections thirty one year old sebastian course who leads the conservatives won those elections and will now become europe's youngest leader both parties had campaigned for tougher immigration rules and the deportation of asylum seekers. e.u. leaders have given the go ahead for breaks it talks to move on to trade they say the u.k. has made enough progress on citizens' rights the irish border and how much britain will pay the e.u. to leave barnaby phillips's in brussels ways been following the negotiations. she left early job it hasn't been easy but europe's leaders say it's time to start talking about the future relationship with britain after it leaves the e.u. and twenty nineteen but don't expect any dramatic early progress to slow time for in term of you trying to sell and tribulations. of the recount which was the u.k.

to get moral clarity on the vision. on that basis we should. start negotiations next year none of the other e.u. twenty seven countries wanted breaks it still hoped that it can be reversed somehow but they all want a final agreement and so the talks do go on but if on bret's it there is unanimity on the other issues the e.u. remains badly divided. on migration europe is a continent divided poland the czech republic slovakia and hungry will not accept the bodice refugee quotas that the e.u. agreed back in twenty fifteen the talks went on into the early hours to no avail to use it to show off either politically it was a type of political close calm but good news is that we agreed on the so-called external issues of migration protecting our borders and stopping the migrants outside them the bad news is that we still disagree on resettlement and immigration

there are still many large forces who don't want to stop migration but want to bring migrants into europe and afterwards distribute them on a compulsory basis. other leaders are furious not least the one who risked her political future by admitting close to a million refugees to her country in twenty fifty. hill said to him after i made very clear that i'm not satisfied with the fact that the rules we have are not working solidarity cannot just apply. but also must be internal on this we have lots of work to do the positions have not changed plan to continue to work on this until june of next year. all they can agree on for now is to spend more money securing europe's borders keeping refugees out at this summit some of the most difficult issues confronting the continent were discussed but ultimately deferred battery phillips al-jazeera brussels. still ahead on al-jazeera nepal's left wing

alliance claims a big win in general elections will look at what it means for the country's future . from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello it's getting colder in the northeast monsoons talking you don't really want cloud to cause it just feels great unpleasant but that's how it's going to be through eastern china way back to the vagaries border on saturday the drier open air comes through with colder weather shanghai five come sunday and the on those in hong kong in particular to be quite a big drop to the temperature and the feel of things but the cause of that injected more should bring in the cloud is this tropical spin here tropical storm in the central philippines second day just to the east is given about three hundred plus

millimeters in the last twenty four hours it's going to probably the same to give again in the next two days as it moves slowly west so the central islands but it means we fear showers in his immediate vicinity your to get out into indonesia or particularly sudden sumatra or java to pick up the majority of showers the next day or so was this thing is still spinning so that's majority of the wet weather the northeast monsoon does give a few showers as you well know in tamil nadu search and sometimes kara there's not much going on the moment in fact it is so quiet it has become yet again an issue virtually throughout india but in northern india in particular very unhealthy too hazardous. the with the sponsored body count on race. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline and illegally dredged sutton's some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanish it's a big business smuggling in syria and when it will take to sit there until the sand

is are there you see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so profound tragedy is that people just know the with an ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al-jazeera. they're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories north korea has defiant be defended its ballistic missile program at the u.n. security council the session was called after pyongyang tested what is believed to be its most advanced into continental ballistic missile last month but the u.n. meeting failed to come up with any new steps on how to curb north korea's actions.

oh the israeli forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man during a wave of protests across the occupied territories and gaza more than one hundred eighty people were injured in friday's demonstrations against donald trump's decision to recognize jewel spam as israel's capital and to the british prime minister theresa may has hailed the e.u.'s decision to move on to the next phase of brecht's that negotiations face to will focus on trade after european leaders said enough progress was made on citizens' rights the irish border and how much a u.k. has to pay to leave the broke. back to peru where politicians have initiated impeachment proceedings against a president federal power. he's accused of failing to disclose payments from brazilian construction giant oughta brecht to companies controlled by him arianna sanchez reports from lima. well for the first time opposition legislators from different parties are united here in proust's congress to impeach president b.

the public options for months the house the night if you have any links to brazilian construction giant wall there with it which has paid millions of dollars in bribes to former government officials including a former president here in. this week a congressional commission that investigates the level hotdog carwash a corruption scandal here in the don't revealed documents that say that a company owned by kaczynski received more than seven hundred eighty thousand dollars this was when he was a prime minister and finance minister during the government of a little more than a decade ago now after the president had denied having any links to all the bitch he now acknowledges his company westfield capital did get payments but he says that

he was unaware and not in charge at the time of the company now legislators called for his resignation in the ten advised message genes get told peruvians that he will not go. compatriots i will not allow myself to be intimidated i am an honest man and have been so my whole life i say this very clearly. i am asking for the lifting of banking secrecy standard so that the authorities can review everything they wish to and in front of all peruvians i assume all responsibilities for. actions i am here to tell you i am not going to abdicate my honor or my values nor my responsibilities as president for all peruvians well this is the worst political crisis and the worst corruption scandal in years in many analysts say that it is very possible that president with jeanne's keep will be impeached he will have to come next week here to congress and explain

to legislators his links to all the rich and as legislators i'm sane he will also have to explain to peruvians why he lied. protests have been taking place across major cities in bolivia against president evo morales his plan to run for a fourth time if he wins the twenty nine thousand election maraniss will serve six more years daniel shaima has more from the eastern city of santa claus. there's still more than two years to go until presidential elections in bolivia but campaigning has begun both for president. and the against in the speech the bolivian democracy is under threat they say that president morales has change the constitution to stay in power no matter what's against the will of the people or they are not. in the movie and no and they did and we have a two ran a government which is manipulating our democracy they found a way for the president to stand for fourth time even though last year we voted the

people voted for him not to be able to stand again. president has changed the constitution so allow him to stand for of course term in office he says that his work is not done that the people need him but they want him and he's likely to the clear his candidacy a huge rally in his home city of culture on saturday. the believe in a column is thriving and president is popular although not as popular as he once was what is certain is that believe in society is increasingly polarized those who support their model. and those who were bitterly against with two years of campaigning still to go there likely to be very long and very bitter. a russian quarter sentence a former economy minister to eighty years in prison alexei or u.k.'s was found guilty of corruption after accepting a two million dollars bribe from the state oil giant rosneft he denies the charge and says he was framed sonia gago has more from moscow. he was once russia's

economy minister now alexy all you can have is an ex politician with a conviction for bribery and his fall from grace has been a stark reminder that not even government officials can escape the unpredictable nature of the country's justice system we have was sent to prison for eight years and fined for accepting a two million dollars bribe to go through. the sentence which was announced today is a representation of the supremacy of the law and the inevitability of punishment for any individual who violates the law irrespective of their position it was last november when problems began during a meeting with the c.e.o. of russia's main state oil company he was presented with a heavy bag he was arrested shortly after and accused of accepting a cash bribe of two million dollars we have said he believed that the back contained bottles of wine and the q section of setting him up the case was generous

with a lot of interest in just how much influence mr putin's inner circle has for example mr surgeon is not only the head of russia's oil giant cross where he's headquarters are situated just over there but he's also a long time close ally of mr friess in the direct line to the kremlin and apparently not about to cross such an oar summoned as a witness in the case four times but he failed to show up saying he was an able because of work commitments a legal irregularity but not one that seem to bother the president. as far as i understand it i have of course paid some attention because i saw the public reaction to it and there was no violation of law in that case and according to investigation there was enough material gathered with you pleading testimonies bisection himself but i agree with you that searching could have come to the court what's bad about it he would repeat everything that he said during the preliminary investigation and questioning who the target the bomb. should be such

a high ranking official this is a signal to civil servants in russia are all trolls or rules or informal rules no longer work in the what he can feel secure mr all you can i have says he intends to appeal against the verdict he had maintained his innocence throughout the trial but this case also exposed the infighting in russia's elites as well as the strength of pollutions allies al-jazeera moscow. in nepal an alliance of maoists former fighters and the communist party has claimed a landslide victory in the general elections reports from kathmandu. the post so called left alliance has painted the country red after what's being seen as a momentous picture both parliamentary the provincial elections observers were surprised by the electoral marriage between his former fighters and the pals

communist party or unified marxist leninist their union paid off handsomely at the polls nepali congress the oldest democratic party lost badly the left alliance won around two thirds of the seats in the lower house yes much destroys the input ends up coming together as communist we hope that the noncommunist will also form alliances and. the system for five years will work closely with nearby people and we will delhi bar promise of economic development. in their election campaign the left alliance promised stability and economic development unstable coalitions have meant her party has had nine governments in the past ten years this month's election was the first since the new constitution was drafted in two thousand and fifteen a major step towards transforming the party into a federal republic following abolishing of the monarchy the new federal system

means state governments in seven different provinces but state politics didn't get much attention during the election campaign and it's not clear that most fully understand what federalism means some speculate whether the victory of the left alliance could mean that the party is headed towards a communist state but analysts say that both think you and that of the maoists abnormal also communist ideology and not mainstream democratic parties. many even hesitate to call them the left parties some analysts think democratic freedoms could be threatened although they have performed very well in these elections you know there are still other parties in parliament there are quite powerful and there would be a massive outcry if they tried to turn the country into a state or even rigged elections in the future having said that i think that if the left alliance consolidate his power for

a long period of time then it's possible that they will try to curtail some democratic freedoms such as by trying to control civil society or the media or supporters of the alliance the new political equation maybe an even greater change than the publication of the latest constitution nepalis faced serious problems including corruption and the politicize ation of institutions in the months ahead we will see how the election winners use their power to be distressed or al-jazeera government. mexico's congress has approved a controversial security law despite objections from the un and human rights groups it allows the military to take over police functions in the long running war against critics fear it will encourage abuses reports. mexico will close down two thousand and seventeen as its most violent year on record staggering murder rate mexican lawmakers are pushing for

a new and what's become a controversial national security law one that would normalize military presence across the country senator. says this action however drastic is desperately needed to curb back the violence in pre-medical they list. is that the number one commitment and mix in government is to guarantee security to the population and maintain let personal safety and this is what we intend to do in their interior security along with. other mexican lawmakers like sen one of the middle hicks don't agree with this is sussman because it goes against human rights it does not give legal certainty and also there are many issues from civil society than being resolved. one such issue is a general lack of confidence in state and federal police forces the proposed legislation could result in less funding and less training for local law enforcement. however the bill has faced widespread criticisms in mexico you learn

the more down is one of those voices her son went missing eight years ago six members of the military were eventually charged in connection with his disappearance the city must i mean. we're still afraid the people are still afraid there is still kidnappings by the military we don't feel safer because of the militarization would pose a danger to the population. that. over the years mexican military forces have been implicated in a number of murders and disappearances last year mounting allegations of human rights violations prompted the head of mexico's armed forces to publicly apologize . most lawmakers in mexico will agree that rising levels of violence must be met with new policies but critics say the current proposal normalizes a military presence on city streets instead of assessing the impact of more than ten years of failed security strategy. mexico city.

so again i'm fully back to the headlines on al-jazeera north korea has defiantly defended its. program at the un security council the session was called off to pyongyang test at what is believed to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile month but the u.n. meeting failed to come up with any new steps on how to curb north korea's actions. israeli forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man during the latest wave of protests across the occupied territories and gaza more than one hundred eighty people were injured in friday's demonstrations against donald trump's decision to recognize cheryl slim as israel's capital british prime minister theresa may has hailed the e.u. decision to move to the next phase of breaks in negotiations talks will now move on to trade after european leaders said enough progress was made on citizens' rights

the irish border and the u.k.'s bill to leave the e.u. austria is on course to have an a for our i party in government in a coalition with conservatives the anti immigration freedom party has reached a deal with the larger people's party two months after on i'm intrigued lections thirty one year old sebastian callers who need see can say that is one those elections and will now become europe's youngest leader both parties had campaigned for tougher immigration rules and the deportation of asylum seekers politicians in peru have initiated impeachment proceedings against president petro publicly chintzy his accuse of failing to disclose payments from brazilian construction giant auto breaks to companies controlled by him which inskeep denies any wrongdoing. a turkish banker accused of plotting to help iran evade u.s. sanctions us take in the witness stand in a new york court minutes how can a denies being involved in

a scheme to launder iranian money he denies he conspired with top turkish iranian gold trader raises a robber who pleaded guilty to similar charges and a six point five magnitude earthquake in indonesia is most populous island of java has killed at least one person has been structural damage in several towns and cities those are the headlines inside stories next on al-jazeera. does the united states have a so-called smoking gun on iran the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. displays what she calls an undeniable evidence of a wrong supply in fighting in yemen with missiles to fire at saudi arabia or.