fanta forest my research has shown that forrest trying to size reduces stress hormones. in the future the time may come when doctors prescribe the forest of medicine. that's what we're talking about all about shooting people are not able to shoot themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem are you worried that this conflict could erupt into a cult right open a war that the city's general security sure the people who paid the price clearly there writeup been prejudiced setting the stage for serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile targeting riyadh hooty fighters claim responsibility.

al-jazeera live from london coming out. what i can tell you is that there is a very strong stench of the rotting human. but it seems thai food in the search for bodies after landslides killed forty three people. on bail and at the end of a campaign trail the cattle on separatists awaiting the vote is verdict on thursday . and the want to cry cyber attack which affected dozens of countries is only blamed on north korea by the white house. in saudi arabia say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh is the third such attack since november yemen's hooty fighters have claimed responsibility saying they were

targeting the royal palace which is the official residence of king solomon the attack was launched to mark one thousand days since the beginning of the war in yemen it follows an earlier attack on november the fourth when a missile was also launched from yemen towards an area near riyadh's king honeyed international airport and another missile targeted the city of sites before it was intercepted on december the first in test. this is the moment a who he fired ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces yemen base hoofy say they were targeting the royal palace which is west of the capital a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king some nun and crown prince mohammed bin someone i think they were these wanted to make a statement that they're still up and running and that they're still fighting this fight the fact that you know in recent days and weeks they have been allegation that there were these are we can buy this. they 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 he today can tell missile was launched. palace in the heart 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 been accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days united nations says they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december sixth and december to sixteenth these are the incidents the un was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be

higher one attack involved seven airstrikes on a prison in sanaa last week where forty five detainees were killed. and the u.n. says yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and is calling for the saudi blockade of the country to be lifted. yemen is the the largest food insecurity crisis in the world's recent humanitarian needs overview a dented fight almost eighteen million people who are in need of support food wise the prognosis is not goods if. the blockade is not fully completely lifted the interference no work is nor reduce the taken away then the results and pushing back on call and pushing back on famine over the last six months will be lost iran has condemned the us after it accused terror on of supplying a missile fired into saudi arabia from yemen last month the government summoned the swiss ambassador who represents u.s. interests in iran to pass on the message called the allegation which was made by

the us ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley both irresponsible and provocative. iran is on the agenda at the u.n. in an hour's time mike hanna joins us live from new york so mike let's start there with that missile fired at saudi arabia what's the reaction been there. yes indeed let me just take us back a bit the meeting that will be taking place in about an hour's time is a regular six monthly meeting at which the it will be a report back on a resolution two to three one which is the one that endorses the joint comprehensive plan of action which determines the lessening of sanctions on iran in exchange for it ending or suspending its nuclear activities now to get back to those alleged rocket attacks or alleged iranian involvement in the building of those particular missiles that was a complaint made by saudi saying that they found debris on at least two occasions in july and last month which indicated the missiles had been manufactured in iran

now the meeting is likely to be briefed on a report by the secretary general which did look at this particular issue saying that the secretariat has already examined the debris of these missiles no reports as yet he's recommended that a panel of yemen experts be established to brief the security council on the findings of the six secretariat in investigating these missiles now importantly as well in his report that will be discussed at this meeting the secretary general says very clearly that since january there has been no indication of any form of iran breaking its sanctions or and this is an important point no evidence of any transfer of small arms weapons or missile technology so there is a certification in a way from the secretary general that there were certainly no transfer of missiles

or missile technology or missile parts from january of this year so what do we do to hear about iran in the next hour. well what we're likely to hear is a briefing from the undersecretary jeffrey feltman on the employer implementation of their joint comprehensive plan of action he will brief the council also on the secretary general's report which was released earlier this month we also hear from the e.u. representative the e.u. is the coordinator of the iran sanctions committee he'll be briefing the council on what the progress has been in the past six months up for discussion to of course will be the decision by president trump to not certify this plan of action which created some uncertainty about the body's future however it's likely to be heard from the briefing that the whole program will continue unaffected by president

trump's refusal to certify mike hanna thank you very much indeed. the death toll from tropical storm kai tak in the philippines has risen at least forty three people have been killed and more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides president or dignitaries have promised a quick recovery but as jamie ireland again reports in the town and never really around province the government is still struggling to respond. fernando cleo says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day 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 this choice the roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and bringing water this is the town where rescue operations have been hampered by relentless rains making it more difficult for volunteers to manually dig through the rubble. rescuers here 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 a body parts women 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 at 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 composition she will be taken straight for burial in the midst of so much this chuck shouldn't death there is a sense of urgency people here say morning will have to wait. in the town of central philippines palestinian protesters have been fighting with israeli troops in the occupied west bank is part of ongoing protests against u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel most two weeks ago israel has increased its security measures after the move triggered violent rallies in which several palestinians have been killed our state officials say they will no longer accept the u.s. in a mediator role. five people have died during violent protests in the semi autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq eighty people were also wounded in the

demonstrations or took place in the town of rania. i also mean why didn't mr actions across kurdistan thousands of protesters rallied against austerity and unpaid public sector salaries in suliman near the demonstrators to the west of the city set fire to the offices of political parties from minister higher level ideas warning he'll take action if any citizens are tracked in kurdistan. can vary for catalonia snap parliamentary election is drawing to a close catalans head to the polls on thursday for a vote that could decide if the province breaks away from spain called pendle has more from barcelona as voters consider their options. it's a last brush before campaigning closes a rally for the separatists d r c o catalan republican left party 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 that's alone 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 curtis judges refused bail and instead kept him in prison fearing he would use the hustings to grabble rounds 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 the brain or others have clearly not renounce their goal of a breakaway republic. veteran catherine politician artur miles hopes madrid will look for compromise not confrontation even the central government. had the

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 a 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 appear. as the hours tick down activists from the left wing c.-u. people know vital votes a still 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 cattle and republic run by the working classes. al-jazeera barcelona. still to come on al-jazeera. a new era for south africa we get reaction from cyril around poses hometown on his election as a.n.c. to death. by their protest failed to prevent the passing of a controversial pension all in argentina. hello it's about the third day now of really cold weather in romania when winter has swept through eastern europe before but this is

a real good talking with snow for you many places first promise though for ukraine this lone esteem cold has everything wrapped around it you could imagine is going to be on the whole snow and everything to the west single figure maximus or by day at best it's two in vienna minus two in warsaw it's a bit warmer in london and paris but it's all relative to be honest and that is where we are tuckey a bit more atlantica and is that pushes in jury wednesday so you got ten degrees in london and snow forming in central france more likely a significant falling in the alps and swiss arts and lower ground even back into germany but mostly it's not snow mostly it's just cold weather you've got the circulation remit was transferred poland here as well and probably slovakia that line very obvious and behind it return to double figures this of course is thursday and it doesn't affect most of your just the north and the spin going in and out of mild weather and wet weather in car with anyway that given you inches culture over will more to do is get clouds form it's exactly what's happening here the colors

come down through the central med there's a good two days of significant right now thing for libya and something to his ear. forced to flee from syria to lebanon many refugee mothers risked childbirth in terrible conditions delivery is very difficult here and there been and it's ghostly i can't go back to syria now because of the war but one lebanese woman is committed to helping them. become friends with everyone in the attorney and. she is important to me. there are a few g.'s midwife at this time on al-jazeera world. and

one of the top stories here now to syria saudi arabia says it is unsettling the ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh it was the third such attack by the who sees since the beginning of november. at least forty three people are dead and dozens more remain missing in the philippines for an landslides caused by tropical storm cuttack. and five people are being killed and more than eighty wounded in protests in iraqi kurdistan demonstrators angry about years of austerity that unpaid public sector salaries. trump ministration is blaming north korea for a cyber attack in may that affected dozens of countries around the world the so-called wanna cry virus crippled hospitals and other major companies it's not the first time washington has blamed john yang for a major cyber attack that's going to help get reports. when it struck last may the

want to cry cyber attack infected more than three hundred thousand computers in more than one hundred fifty countries and cost billions in damage and now the white house says it can confirm it was north korea behind the attack we do not make this allegation lightly we do so with evidence and we do so with partners want to cry was designed to exploit vulnerabilities in microsoft windows the world's most widely used operating system users were asked to pay a ransom to have their data restored the damage was so widespread it affected businesses banks and even hospitals it's not the first time the u.s. has accused north korea. today that three years ago president barack obama blamed yang of carrying out a similar cyber attack against sony pictures entertainment at the time it was releasing a comedy film about a cia plot to assassinate north korean leader kim jong un. these latest

accusations come as tensions mount over pyongyang's nuclear weapons program as kim jong un continues testing long range ballistic missiles the trump administration has responded with threats of military action to halt north korea's program the trumpet ministrations says its goal is to name and shame north korea in the hope that it will stop its cyber attacks but if it continues to act badly on line the white house says the president will then act on behalf of the united states kimberly help at al-jazeera washington. investigators say excessive speed could have caused monday's us passenger train derailment that killed at least three people in washington state data from the train's rear engine shows it was traveling at nearly three times the speed limit for the section of track where the accident happened the high speed train was by his first run on a newly constructed route when it came off the tracks onto a busy highway in the town of dupont. central bank is investigating efforts to harm

the country's economy by nations which have imposed a blockade the banks governor says attempt to be made to manipulate katter's currency securities and derivatives markets of durbin mohamed bin sound of funny blamed what he called a coordinated strategy by the blockading countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut diplomatic ties with qatar more than six months ago accused capture of funding terrorism a claim it strongly denies the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. party is calling for unity after a bitter election campaign so i'm a poser who's currently the deputy president will take over from jacob zuma as leadership and oppose a b. ex-wife in the leadership vote at the party conference on monday tanya page has been getting reaction from roses hometown sorter. several of our poster 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 that we were weary you know we were now doing 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 bits and every news business big grown i don't think is that and he's been to school you know in his youth group he was born and grew up in so it so you know needs 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 together no political option

in the building. of than what is the board but. to many people once a favorite of nelson mandela symbolizes the kind of leader they need after a decade of president jacob zuma 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 are 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 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 exiled to millions you know about him people were like you're in for a lawyer and you know all that kind of feeling that kind of vibe. everyone was excited tad's you know but. at the end people are not helping us the a.n.c. voted for change and the expectations are high so i'm up also has a lot to prove tanya page al-jazeera so we're taught south africa million man bangladesh have formed a joint committee to oversee the repatriation of ranger refugees more than six hundred thirty thousand reinjure have fled to bangladesh since meanwhile as military launched a crackdown actuation was expected to start on january twenty first and russia's foreign ministry warns it could be delayed. the winter alphabet is to be digitized allowing it to be used in text messages and e-mails in which to experts say it's a welcome move from a mars persecuted minority which had no written script until the 1980's has been

added to the unicode standard system computing industry standard for digital text. the german chancellor angela merkel has admitted mistakes were made both before and after last year's attack on a christmas market in berlin speaking on the anniversary of the truck attack that killed eleven people she said both security and victim support were lacking there's dominic kane reports relatives of the victims still feel should be doing more normally this is a place to celebrate the christmas season on cheese day it was a place of sadness and solidarity shared by the bereaved from this tragedy and germany's political leaders the emotion of the moment palpable a minute's silence a mark of respect to those who died although and get americans to shoulder to shoulder with victims' relatives they do not think she's done enough since the tragedy. in

a letter to the german magazine der spiegel they spelt out their grievance saying the attack was not only aimed at the victims directly it was aimed at germany it's a question of respect decency and technically it's self-evident that you as head of government should acknowledge to us the loss of our family members caused by an act of terror. the chancellor did hold her first meeting with the families on monday and had this statement after the minute's silence once the socket if you can see. me and i'm speaking on behalf of the entire government we will work to improve what didn't go well and do everything humanly possible not only to ensure safety but also to give those whose lives have been destroyed or affected a chance to go back to their lives again as well as they can. the problem for angela merkel and her government is despite such public pronouncements the families of the victims still have grave concerns about germany's current security situation

and some analysts believe that parts of the german federal intelligence system really need reform. specifically where it concerns how the government deals with those it believes may be plotting violent attacks things that are still lacking certainly and there's also a structural issue is the lack of rethought the lack of staff and the lack of qualified staff who work on cases actually watching potential terrorists and connecting the dots. at the site of last year's atrocity one of the new features is a scar in bronze that's been laid across the ground meant as a permanent reminder of the hurt attacker and his amry cost his victims and society at large tuesday has been a day of strong emotions where those touched by this tragedy gathered to pay their respects in the hope that the ordeal they and their loved ones endured is one no

other families will suffer in future the question for the government is whether it can ensure that dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. argentina's congress has finally passed a controversial pension law after the vote was delayed by violent protests in the capital what is there is a new system which sees pensions linked to the inflation rate is seen as crucial the president plans to cut the nation's deficit. has more from the capital. here in the main clause or outside the auction tying congress after the violence here on monday. congress would 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 that were out here

in large numbers on monday protesting peacefully but a large group of protesters. with metal balls 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 but all preparing for more problems the car. and a quick reminder about a website. called. we're

going to zero in one of our main stories saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh hooty rebels in neighboring yemen said they launched the missile targeting a palace a saudi official disputes this account saying was directed at residential areas it was the third such attack by the who thiis since the beginning of november larry today. two 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 perpetrate the board tyrannical you are you will meet nothing but more missiles meanwhile a saudi led military coalition fighting in yemen has been accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days united nations says they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december sixth and

december sixteenth these are the instance the u.n. was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven airstrikes on a prison in sun our last week where forty five detainees were killed 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 rania what i mean why did demonstrations across kurdistan thousands of protesters rallied against austerity and unpaid public sector salaries in cinema near or demonstrators to the west of the city set fire to the offices of political parties. palestinian protesters have been fighting with israeli troops in the occupied west bank out of ongoing demonstrations against u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel almost two weeks ago. the death toll from tropical storm tech has risen at least

forty three people have been killed in the philippines orders are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and landslides power has been cut and many roads are blocked as news just in they were publicly controlled house has approved final tax legislation in the u.s. the bill will be sent on to the senate the stream is up next i'll have more news for you after that thanks for watching by for. me ok you're in the stream where live on al-jazeera and you tube today voters in space to.