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a ballistic missile over its capital riyadh falling from yemen by the rebels. hello i'm c.t.s. and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up at least forty three die and dozens more missing after a tropical storm hits the philippines. a new leader and a new era in south african politics we get reaction to the election of cyril ramaphosa as he takes charge of the african national congress. and campaigning draws to a close as voters prepare once again to consider the secession question in catalonia . we begin in saudi arabia where authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh he finds in yemen have claimed

responsibility saying they were targeting the official residence of king solomon to mark one thousand days since the beginning of the war on yemen it's the third such attack by the who says since the beginning of november in time reports. this is the moment he fired ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces base who say they were targeting your mama royal palace which is west of the capital riyadh a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king some money and crown prince mohammed bin someone i think who these wanted to make a statement that they're still up and running and that they're still fighting despite the fact that you know in recent days and weeks they have been allegation that there were these all we can be. this. would not be able to shoot for the. territory but they proved otherwise. the missile attack happened just

hours before saudi arabia was jus to announce a ten year old budget as well as members of the world family senior ministers were also expected to attend a social media post from a government agency confirmed the missile had been intercepted but that no casualties were reported the saudi led coalition which has been conducting air strikes against the fighters in yemen for nearly three years retaliated with more strikes in the southern part of the capital sanaa speaking on the group's t.v. channel who the leader of the molecule who said that missile attacks marks one thousand days since the start of the war in yemen. today can two missile was launched a. palace in the heart of city of saudi arabia this is our answer to them and the whole world the more crimes you perpetrate the more to renig. you will meet nothing but more missiles. this isn't the first two thousand missile attack on saudi arabia in november the international airport in riyadh was narrowly missed in

a strike the saudi government has accused regional rival your run of smuggling missiles and technology to the who these and allegation the nine s. . the war in yemen has created what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style of al-jazeera. meanwhile the saudi led military coalition fighting in yemen has being accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days the united nations said they were killed by saudi ass strikes between december the sixth and december sixteenth these are the incidents the un was able to very fine so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven s. strikes on a prison and last week where forty five detainees were killed. the

death toll from tropical storm k tuck in the philippines has risen at least forty three people have been killed and more bodies are still being rich reefed from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides president will begin to turn a promise a quick recovery but as general allen dogan reports from the town of billy around province the government is still struggling to respond. for non-locally oh says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her booty before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened so fast there

was no time to call for a rescue. dog for my wife through the rubble with my bare hands but our two granddaughters were on top of her so i had to take them out first it hurts so much she was my life partner. tropical storm swept through eastern philippines more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that destroyed roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and bringing water this is the town of the valley where rescue operations have been hampered by over lentulus rains making it more difficult for volunteers to manually dig through the rubble. rescuers here say it is almost impossible to find survivors here now what i can tell you is that there is a very strong stench of rotting human flesh and it is overwhelming but for those looking for their lost loved ones they see that they signed

a hope that their loved ones are still here somewhere and that they are able to still retrieve their bodies and give them at least a proper burial. but the rescuers tell us they have mostly been able to recover body parts women and children many of them already beyond recognition and for many here this storm is a reminder of a painful past in november two thousand and thirteen typhoon haiyan killed at least eight thousand people destroying everything bad roads homes all wiped out in an instant edgar his wife and children were preparing for a holiday reunion with relatives with tropical storm hit a few days ago. they say losing eight members of the family all at once is not just traumatic it is also financially crippling especially for those who barely have anything. as people struggle to come to terms with the losses rescue workers spying

in their bodies in the wreckage a young girl already in an advanced stage of the car is assured she will be taken strength. in the midst of so much this chuck should in death there is a sense of urgency people here say morning will have to wait. in the town of central philippines the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. party is calling for unity after a bitter election campaign so who is currently the deputy president will take over from jacob zuma as leader i'm oppose a bit zimmer's ex-wife in the leadership vote the party conference on monday tanya page has been getting reaction from around the poses hometown so. several is from soweto most people here are pleased he's the new president of the governing african national congress oh i'm so happy i'm so happy it's

a good thing really it is there we were we're you know we waved outing we're just drowning but now i am happy he may have lived it's noisy busy streets behind to become one of south africa's richest men but some thought he'd never get his humble roots i think you take the country to a better live or the news business big grown i don't think is that and he's been to school you know and he's you grew up you were born and grew up in soviet so you know news of the people and there are many problems increasing numbers of south africans no longer vote for the a.n.c. which they feel has failed to deliver on its promise of a better life for all. and over there is a pink. you know just leave thing to give a new political option in the building. of than what is the board

but. to many people want a favorite of nelson mandela scandals they think his business acumen will lead to a stronger economy millions on south africans live below the poverty line many of them and in shacks like they and because economic growth is sluggish they simply aren't enough decent jobs so people can work their way up so generation after generation and strike this and a seemingly endless cycle cyril bongani zita makes a living guiding tourists through so where so he thinks his namesake should do something about undocumented immigrants who are willing to work for less money in poor conditions in some south africans but he's a bit unsure about. even with. there was. a bar team. and you know all that kind of feeling that kind of vibe. everyone was excited turds you know but.

at the end people in which. the a.n.c. voted for change and the expectations are high so i'm up osa has a lot to prove tanya page al-jazeera swear to south africa. five people have died during violent protests in the semi autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq eighty people were also wounded in the demonstrations which took place in the town of ranya also being why didn't his traces across kurdistan thousands of protesters rallied against austerity and unpaid public sector salaries in solomon here while demonstrators to the west of the city set fire to the offices of political parties mr high the other valley is warning he will take action if any citizens are attacked in kurdistan cattle central bank is investigating efforts to harm the country's economy by nations which have imposed blockades the banks

governor says attempts have been made to manipulate councils currency securities and derivatives markets. mohamed bin sowed al folly blamed what he called a coordinated strategy by the blockading countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt cut diplomatic ties with cattle more than six months ago they accuse carter of funding terrorism a claim it strongly denies. is a specialist in military and political economics he says the cancer in reality is being falsely manipulated there was a conspiracy to. against authority on the sovereign bond two are to officially trade them at that artificially low rate to show that they are traded at a sufficiently low rate in order to get triggered a panic among investors and among the public and this is usually a company with a negative p.r.

campaign to the by the book i think continue to show to show that this look at this country that is a political crisis that is economic either this is something going on as all of this will do to push the public and then vested too dumb but the get out early on to. get rid of the sovereign bonds in order to push their prices low so this will trigger a panic because capital out of flow and then when push out of the value of the currency this will make it difficult for thought to borrow from the international market will increase interest rate it will increase their insurance which will be according to the plot. by the by the law by the way government and this will drain hopefully the sovereign fund raiser of the qatari government. still to come on al-jazeera caught in the crossfire of a new report that reveals the world's most dangerous places for journalists i will tell you about the territorial conflict that displaced finals or the indigenous

people in southern mexico. as i was getting cold in turkey again this cloud streaming out through egypt and through the levant it's mostly just clouds not bearing any rain when the temperature shows the difference ankara's not some five degrees where ask given the direction of the breeze even the clouds twenty three in beirut where you could link the clouds for the caspian to north far north of iraq and up towards afghanistan it took minister giving a little bit of spotty right here and there was nothing much to be honest and still last are we talking about clear blue skies sixteen degrees and tara more clouds now stretched across into iraq but with that breeze direction is will drop in baghdad to about twenty three degrees and anchors much to say right about the seven mark they reach got warmer still so will depend on wind direction and there is now no

wind blowing down the gulf so twenty three is a nice sunny temperature in dire hard qatar thirty three in the other side of society a ten degree difference which is not common this is a dry part of the world dropping down to where it is now significantly wetter has been rain showing itself in this part of africa through the finals and maybe down towards south africa those showers haven't shown very much. lightning striking but a rain but mostly it's a dry picture. welcome

back to reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh it was the third such attack by the who says since the beginning of this. at least forty three people are dead and dozens more remain missing in the philippines following the schools by tropical storm k time. i'm a new leader of south africa's ruling party b a n c house call for unity. opposer

who is currently the vice president president zuma is exwife in the votes of the pasta conference. campaigning for catalonia parliamentary election is drawing to a close consulates will head to the polls on thursday for votes that could decide if a province breaks away from spain call pinhole. voters consider their options. it's a last brush before campaigning closes a rally for the separatists diaw c.e.o. cattle republican left polity. former speaker of the regional parliament karma fork adele is lucky to be here a tool she's free on bail for now but faces criminal charges for rebellion. i don't think anybody at all only imagine what was going to happen we could never have imagined that. after the october secession referendum prosecutors arrested key cattle and leaders for their role in organizing that vote and the spanish central

government dissolved the capital and parliament a front seat is left empty for party leader john kerry us judges refused bail and instead kept him in prison fearing he would use the hustings to rabble rouse thursday's parliamentary election isn't specifically about secession but it is the most polarizing issue voters will choose between parties who want catalonia to remain part of spain or others have clearly not renounce their goal of a breakaway republic veteran catherine politician artur masse hopes madrid will look for compromise not confrontation if the central government. had a real positive proposal for the cattle and people what they have to do to put that proposal on the table. and to compare this proposal with the proposal for a real independent country but the necessary mother's riding high in opinion polls

has little appetite for negotiating her center right citizens party has backed madrid in its crackdown against the separatists she'll need to build a coalition but believes the only way to resolve the political turmoil is by beating the secessionists in the election will try to win will try to win and i think it is possible we we are seeing the pools and we see that it is it is nothing new to be here. as the hours tick down activists from the left wing see you people are no vital vote system up for grabs even in barcelona's backstreets their party is small but was kingmaker in the last election they make for an easy political bedfellows they stand against spain and the monarchy and thermally in favor of a catalan republic run by the working classes. al-jazeera barcelona

dozens of journalists have been killed this year and hundreds more have been thrown into prison the latest annual report from reporters without borders explores their experiences especially in war zones syria and mexico are among the most dangerous places for journalists to work need barco reports from london the annual round up by reporters without borders paints a bleak picture of media safety and freedom around the world sixty five journalists have been killed this year most while working in their own countries three hundred twenty six are being detained fifty four being held hostage and to a missing. syria remains the world's deadliest country for journalists twelve of being killed this year reporting on the conflict but close behind is mexico with eleven killed. many journalists such as having a valdez cut down on us were murdered for their coverage of the drugs trade and

organized crime most of these murders remain unpunished of the fifty four journalists being held hostage many are being held by armed groups such as i saw in the middle east. ten women journalists were among those killed this year compared to five last year. dufty cohen i got was murdered by a car bomb in malta despite receiving threats she continued to denounce to allege government corruption so if we look at bigger pictures of all journalists killed this year sixty percent deliberately targeted because of that was less the other forty percent were killed while in the field sort of doing their jobs but when we look at the female journalists that were targeted nearly all of them were specifically into liberally targeted of the three hundred twenty six detained journalists more than half are being held in only five countries vietnam iran syria turkey and top of the list china many without any solid charge

they says the case for al jazeera is mahmoud a sane arrested in egypt a year ago while on holiday the detention was one of a string of a rest by the egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country reporters without borders findings are alarming but remarkably the number of journalists killed this year is at its lowest in fourteen years better safety training and intensive lobbying by campaign group so helped but in many cases the downward trend is a result of journalists simply leaving the world's most dangerous places and in the absence of journalists vital voices remain silent leave barca al-jazeera london. thousands of indigenous people in southern mexico have been displaced because of a territorial conflict involving agricultural lands at least eleven people have died of cold and hunger and concern is growing that the situation will get worse manuel replow reports from the state of. these are prayers of

desperation by so people who have been internally displaced they are the victims of a decades long dispute over land boundaries between the neighboring municipalities of chinelo and chelsea we've done father marcello a member of a nearby parish says that in recent months hundreds of families and jetty we've done have been driven from their homes by armed groups a dozen houses have been burned and others sprayed by gunfire and they that mean no they block the road you know and that's where the armed groups hide and then they shoot hearing gunshots at night is a form of fica logical control against these people. a child has died a two year old who fell sick from exposure their grieving parents say they have nowhere left to go. my daughter became sick when we ran through the woods down i felt helpless my daughter died i feel the pain in my soul. many of the people living outdoors have coughs and colds and although chelsea has done was already one

of the poorest places in mexico living under these conditions for almost two months has pushed indigenous communities to the point of exhaustion to make matters worse the main access roads to and from chad to be done were cut off and although passage has been restored human rights observers from the government say the situation still demands urgent action in this because they're losing that we are calling for humanitarian assistance to guarantee food and to lessen the risk to people's integrity and lives. a federal court recently issued a ruling aimed at settling the dispute so its people however see the decision hasn't lessened tensions there are over five thousand people displaced across the mountains of tennessee we've done the men women and children who are staying at this camp are only facing hunger and illness they say they live in a state of terror too afraid to return to their homes. international. organizations

like unicef have called it an acceptable for children to continue living under such precarious conditions and while the government of chiapas says that aid and security is being provided many here worry the humanitarian crisis will drag on. to be done mexico argentina's congress has finally passed a controversial pension law after the vote was delayed by violent protests in the capital one is there is a new system which sees pensions linked to the inflation rate is seen as crucial for president chris plans to cut the nation's deficit. has more from the capital. painting up here in the main outside the auction tying congress after the violence here on monday. and tying congress with debating in this building behind me reform . which the government of president. is the necessary to.

call me he wants to attract more foreign investment he wants to reduce the fiscal deficit and try to control the country's high inflation rate the opposition were out here in large numbers on monday protesting peacefully but a large group of protesters. were attacking the police the police responded with tear gas water cannon with rubber bullets they were scenes which argentina is today assessing talking about the violence which has shocked many but there's no doubt that there is anger in this around the country with just the first of the reform measures that the government says a necessary they still labor on tax reforms the car so with that with that in mind still many problems to come in argentina but a victory for the government after an all night debate which lasted something like twelve hours or preparing for more problems the car. myanmar and bangladesh have

formed a joint committee to oversee the repatriation of range of refugees more than six hundred thirty thousand have fled to bangladesh since last minute she launched a crackdown the patry ation was expected to start on jan really twenty first bangladeshis foreign ministry warns it could be delayed by several weeks there are a hundred after bets is to be digitized allowing it to be used in text messages and e-mails in english stick experts say it's a welcome move for me on my ass persecuted minority which had no written script until in one thousand eight is researchers hope the change will help preserve an important symbol of revenge a culture and identity south korea's foreign minister has arrived in tokyo to meet japanese leaders for rare talks the countries have frosty relations stemming from japan's wartime sexual exploitation of korean women but aggression from north korea has pushed them to build an alliance charlotte dallas reports. a re

a visit by the south korean foreign minister to japan kilmore kong and her counterpart title kono have an unlikely match maker and kim jong il the north korean leader facing them into talks not seen in two and a half years. as foreign ministers they have just ten months experience between them and yet they have the difficult task of ensuring security against the increasingly aggressive neighbor. just three weeks ago own testified an intercontinental ballistic missile for hire and longer than ever before kong and co no are expected to recommit to stronger sanctions. and i'm sure you will exchange our opinions regarding north korea during our bilateral meeting we will share our opinions and put pressure on north korea to deny clear eyes japan's government some tiny asli announced

a nearly two billion dollar missile defense system. at today's meeting we discussed in a proved to decisively improve our ballistic missile defense system to prevent a new war the neighbors need to find peace with the ghosts of another the issue of the so-called comfort that woman has divided the two nations many south korean woman suffered sick chill and other abuse during japan's wartime occupation of the one nine hundred thirty s. and forty's two years ago a deal was reached south korea would put the scandal behind it if japan apologized to made a nearly nine million dollar donation to support victims. you're right we have been expressing our feelings of remorse and apology on this issue as the previous governments have and such a position will not be changed from today japan and south korea will enter into a new era i hope this agreement will serve as a momentum for japan and south korea but critics slam the deal and in july south

korea launched a review of the green. meant. the south korean foreign minister is expected to discuss the dispute further with prime minister shinzo you're in the visit the two countries separated by a strait hoping the two day talks will listen the distance between them charlotte bellus al jazeera fans of k. pop korean pop music are mourning the sudden death of superstar came junk the lead singer of one of can south korea's biggest pop groups shiny the twenty seven year old's body was found in a hotel room in so on monday police say he took his own life one of junk close friends posted on social media that he left a note revealing his struggle with depression and fame junctions death has triggered an outpouring of grief for fans around the world.

you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh and you think rebels in neighboring yemen say they launched a missile targeting al yamma palace a saudi official disputes this account saying it was directed at residential areas it was the third such attack by the who face since the beginning of november. today . to missile was launched targeting palace in the heart of riyadh city of saudi arabia this is our answer to them and the whole world the more crimes you'll perpetrate the board tyrannical you are you will meet nothing but more missiles. meanwhile the saudi led military coalition financing in yemen has been accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days the united nations say they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december

the six and december sixteenth these are the incidents the u.n. was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven air strikes on a prison in sana'a last week where forty five detainees were killed the death toll from tropical storm kate hackers have risen now it's at least forty three people have been killed in the philippines bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides power supplies are being cut and many roads are blocked president for the go to to say promised a quick recovery but the government is still struggling to respond the new leader of south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. is calling for unity cyril ramaphosa who is currently the deputy president will take over from president jacob zuma zuma is exwife in the votes to pass the conference on monday which was preceded by a bitter campaign campaigning for catalonia is not parliament she lection is

drawing to a close catalans head to the polls on thursday for a vote that could decide if their province is to break away from spain those are the headlines but stay with us here on al-jazeera inside stories coming up next. america is in the game and america is going to weigh in said donald trump in a major policy announcement on national security by singling out russia and china how will these plans for u.s. national security affect it.