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watching the news hour live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes saudi arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile over its capital that fired from yemen by the rebels. iran stands accused of supplying the who sees with weapons and tuesday's launch came only hours before the u.n. security council met to discuss iran's nuclear program. they signed up on a table. in the u.s. house republicans celebrate a sweeping tax reform bill and barely an hour later the senate tells them try again . and we mark a year in captivity for our colleague al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein.

the saudi authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh it's the third such attack since november who see fighters in yemen say they launched the missile targeting the royal palace king solomon's official residence they say the attack was to mark one thousand days since the start of the war in yemen it follows another launch on november the fourth when a missile was fired from yemen towards riyadh's king cully need international airport and another missile targeting the city of qom this machine before it was intercepted on december the first phantom monahan has more. this is the moment the fire politike missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces the yemen based who piece a they were targeting the al your mama royal palace which is west of the capital riyadh was a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin sama and 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 the base. that they would not be able to shoot further into territory but they proved otherwise the missile attack happened just hours before saudi arabia was due to announce its annual budget as well as members of the royal family senior ministers were also expected to attend a social media post from a government agency confirmed a missile had been intercepted but no casualties were reported. the saudi the coalition which has been conducting air strikes again to people 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. said the missile attack marks one thousand days since the war in yemen started. here today can tell missile was launched.

palace in the heart of city of saudi arabia this is our answer to them and the whole world the more crimes you perpetrated the more to renig. you will meet nothing but more missiles. this isn't the first missile attack on saudi arabia in november the international airport in riyadh was narrowly missed in the strike the saudi government has accused regional rival iran of smuggling missiles and technology to the beams and allegation tehran denies. 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. al-jazeera well the un security council has been discussing whether iran is complying with the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement the missile launch from

yemen featured in that debate to mike hanna has more now from u.n. headquarters in new york. the secretary general a firm that iran was in full compliance with its commitment to non-nuclear proliferation under the joint comprehensive plan of action indorsed by resolution twenty two thirty one but he raised questions about the possibility that iran was moving conventional weapons across his border and concerns expressed by some of the security council members would lead to mr and blabber on the lucky i reject egypt would like to express its particular concern over the information and evidence connected with iran's supply of weapons and missiles to militias. encouraging them to use those weapons to target neighboring countries the us ambassador was adamant that the missiles recently fired at saudi targets were of origin including the

most recent well we don't yet have sufficient and site into this particular attack it bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using a rainy and provided weapons it is only a matter of time before one of these missiles hits the target the secretary general said that the origin of the missiles is under investigation and the security council will be briefed at what he called the appropriate time but the russian ambassador was adamant that the un is not empowered to monitor iran's development or deployment of conventional non-nuclear weapons moving with inability to pneumonia we once again need to draw your attention to the practice of the secretariat conducting investigations investigations for which the secretary has neither the authority nor the expertise such actions are carried out without the prior consent of the security council and not legitimate and the information obtained in the course of such actions cannot be considered accurate and cannot be

part of the report the russian ambassador rejected the u.s. suggestion that the joint comprehensive plan. action be renegotiated to include conventional weapons something that iran continues to insist it will not do the scene is set for vigorous debate among security council members in the days ahead well earlier on tuesday iran condemned the u.s. for accusing it of supplying the missile fired into saudi arabia from yemen last month tehran summoned the swiss ambassador who represents u.s. interests in iran to pass on that message it described the allegation made by the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley as irresponsible and provocative meanwhile the saudi led military coalition fighting in yemen is being accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians in just ten days the u.n. says they died between december the sixth and december the sixteenth these are the incidents the u.n. was able to verify the number of casualties could be higher one attack involved

seven air strikes on a prison and son our last week where forty five detainees were killed and the u.n. has once again warned that yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and is calling for the blockade on the country to be completely lifted yemen is the largest food insecurity crisis in the world and no recent humanitarian needs overviews a dent of fide almost eighteen million people who are in need of support food wise the prognosis is not good if. the blockade is not fully completely lifted and 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. as president of the arabia foundation he says iran is using the conflict in yemen to undermine saudi arabia. everybody knows that c.n.n. has been using with these sorry iran has been using the host these in yemen to gain

a leverage to gain pressure card on saudi arabia yemen being you know on saturday of a southern dorrance doorstep and therefore that's important to saudi national security so yes it might take some time for the u.n. to flush out the evidence but having looked at all the components of that missile displayed by the u.n. and the u.s. ambassador last week i think there is little doubt in the mind of most analysts that those parts are originating in iran iran did seize the opportunity to capitalize on the many conflict and as the host sees grew stronger it realized if they had something to work with there and so it's successfully transformed yemen from attentional issue to a key pressure card that it could use against its primary rival in the region which is saudi arabia yemen first and foremost is a civil conflict one pitting the many aspects of yemeni civil society and the

political groups there so there is no easy solution because even if the regional and the international powers that be where an alignment it would be difficult to get to a political resolution to the problem there and given the realities both in thought on and into the elbe we don't see positive trend lines we see negative trend lines where saudi arabia increasingly has to play defense and iranian office i think a good starting point would be a deescalation and certainly what we see today with the firing of this missile targeting the saudi capital really the saudi equivalent of the white house the m on the palace there is not a step in the right direction it's it is an escalade torrie move perhaps one that was ordered straight out of the head on so this is again not something that will help to resolving the situation and i think ultimately it would have to start with the regional powers but we also have to be realistic that conflict containment

rather than conflict resolution is what we were could ultimately hope for at least in the short term. campaigning for catalonia snap parliamentary election is drawing to a close catalans head to the polls on thursday for a vote that could decide if their region breaks away from spain call panel 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 the republican left party former speaker of the regional parliament come a fork adele is lucky to be here a tool she's free on bail for now but faces criminal charges for a 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 kid s. 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 renounced their goal of a breakaway republic veteran catherine politician artur mass hopes madrid 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 take 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 know 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 cattle and republic run by the working classes. al-jazeera barcelona a procedural error is forcing the u.s.

house of representatives to vote again on a contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill will do so on weapons day earlier the bill easily passed the republican controlled house bringing president donald trump one step closer to his first major legislative victory. but soon afterward senate officials declared that three items in the massive bill violate senate rules the senate is going ahead with the debate that's taking place right now is expected to vote on the bill very soon. this is one of the most important pieces of legislation that congress has passed in decades to help the american worker to help grow the american economy. this is profound change and this is change that is going to put our country on the right path well the bill represents the most comprehensive revamp of the american tax code in thirty years it permanently cuts the corporate tax rate all the way from thirty five to twenty

one percent most individuals and families will also see reductions in the tax they pay but unlike the corporate tax rate these cuts will only be temporary the child tax credit will be increased to an average of about three hundred dollars per child for families earning between twenty five to forty thousand a year but it does virtually nothing for those earning less and the bill also includes loopholes for getting around estate taxes death taxes in other words gabriel elizondo has more joining us live now from new york so apart from this procedural speed bump this is a done deal gave. it's looking like it yeah i mean nothing in washington is a done deal and till it's a done deal as they say but this is about as close to a done deal as you can get of course as you mentioned there's this procedural error that was very embarrassing for the republicans quite frankly and they're going to have to reboot on this on wednesday but there's no indication that they'll be any

change in the voting whatsoever we expect that it will be voted in favor like it was earlier on tuesday evening it's now being voted as you mentioned in the senate and we expect that it will probably pass the senate as well a very narrow margin but by all indications it will pass on purely partisan lines republicans voting for this tax overhaul democrats voting against it why is this a big win for president donald trump primarily because up until now he had zero legislative victories and his party controls of course the white house and both chambers of congress so if he would not have got this passed he would have been able he would have had to say i had no legislative victories in my first year as president even though my party controls all of washington that would have been a disaster for trump who already has the lowest approval ratings of any modern president modern times so this is a big win for him it's

a big win for the republicans as you mentioned it's a tax overhaul the biggest in decades and the republicans and trump say that this is going to be a massive tax cut for corporations in the u.s. and also that about eighty percent of american households will receive a tax cut that's how the republicans are spinning it and they're saying that this will propel the u.s. economy forward for the next years if not decades at least that's what they're saying explain one thing to escape i mean despite what the trumpet ministration tried to do with health care and health care insurance this particular piece of legislation has gone through wholly and singularly ole most directly along party lines how does that work. yeah and that's part of the reason why and most of the polls indicate that this is not a very popular tax overhaul and you think americans are getting a tax cut that's what the republicans are saying right but the polls are indicating

that americans don't like this bill so something's amiss there and what's amiss there is this is very partisan primarily because this was a bill that was written in secret behind closed doors by a small group of republican lawmakers and leadership and they didn't release it to the public into last friday the bill is over five hundred pages long there are still tax officials trying to sort through this whole thing but the republicans were pushing this forward so fast why because what i said earlier they needed a victory the congress needed to provide some victory to trump trump was pressuring the republican lawmakers to get a victory because we all know trump. positions himself as a man of either victories or losses and he likes to talk about victories and winning he needed to have something to win on so that's why they push this through so fast and that's why quite frankly you saw this procedural error that happened in the going after a vote on it it goes to that so why are so many americans the latest poll showing

fifty five percent are against this tax overhaul whole why many reasons but it boils down to two things really number one is that it looks like the vast majority of these tax cuts are going to go to wealthy corporations and the top one percent of wage earners number that's number one and number two the working class of the us the working poor are going to receive very small tax cuts yes they'll receive tax cuts very small ones that will not be permanent they will go away after a few years people have seen this and that's why not only democrats but overall the latest polls are showing that the vast majority americans just don't see this as being something that is going to benefit them in the long term will it benefit wall street will benefit corporations will benefit the one percent. absolutely would benefit everyone else there's serious doubt about that and the last thing i'll say is n.b.c. news in the us came up with a new poll just the last few hours that said only twenty four percent of americans say this tax overhaul is

a good idea those are devastating numbers thanks very much we'll talk. still to cover for you here on the news hour including this one early prison release for the man at the center of one of latin america's biggest corruption scandals also ahead. 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 in sports one hundred meter world champion justin gatlin gets dragged into another scandal has the details in thirty minutes. argentina's congress has passed a controversial pension law after the vote was delayed by violent protest in the capital city boy in a cyrus it linked pensions to the rates of inflation which president cruces is key

to his plans to cut the nation's deficit but there is strong opposition as the reports from the capital. they're painting up here in. congress after the violence here on monday. congress would debating in this building behind me reform to the head with the government of. the necessary. he wants more foreign investment he wants. to control the country's high inflation rate the opposition that were out here in large numbers on monday protesting peacefully. group of protesters. were attacking the police the police responded with tear gas with 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 the necessary they still labor on tax reforms that come. 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 because the former chief executive of latin america's biggest construction company has been freed from prison marcelo order brushed who was initially given a nineteen year sentence for his role in one of the world's biggest corruption scandals is causing major political and economic help people across the region john holeman from sao paulo. up to two and a half years in prison the man who was in charge of this company and behind the biggest corruption scandal in recent history has been allowed to exchange jail for

house arrest here in sao paolo on the must settle the brush leadership his family's already powerful construction company became synonymous with brazil's rise later immersion is that it was playing politicians across latin america the lucrative government contracts for roads bridges and even world cup football stadiums the graft was on such an industrial scale that it even had a bribes department even as must settle the brush leaves prison the ripples may by his heels continuing to spread the president of peru is on the verge of being ousted after his company took over to brush money while he was the economic minister ecuador's vice president is facing six years in jail after taking millions in kickbacks all of arrest officials have also said venezuelan president nicolas maduro excepted campaign contributions in return for contracts all of this came to lie in part because marcello the british and others agreed to name names in exchange for more lenient sentences now who spend the rest of his ten year sentence

at home but the man they call the prince's time as one of latin america's most powerful figures is over for now. at least twelve people have died after a bus carrying cruise line passengers overturned on a highway in eastern mexico the bus was traveling towards the mayan ruins seven americans and two swedish nationals are among the injured police say they haven't established the nationalities of those who died the opposition in honduras will formally challenge the results of the presidential election the incumbent one orlando hernandez has declared himself reelected despite calls by his opponent and the organization of american states for a fresh vote after allegations of fraud the police fired tear gas as more protests erupted on the streets the opposition presidential candidate salvador nasr allah is demanding a rerun of the election and that the vote be monitored by international observers

al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein has now been held in a prison in egypt for a year he was arrested while visiting family there security services there see he is quote under investigation but have not referred him to courts as m.p.'s tie up. for three hundred sixty five days mahmoud hussein has been held in an egyptian prison the crimes he stands accused of range from incitement to broadcasting fake news with the aim of spreading chaos al-jazeera strongly denies all allegations against his saying and demands his immediate and unconditional release i think we have to continue our efforts in order to keep the egyptian out of the position totally is our colleague in which percent before working at the networks headquarters in the kothari capital doha the same was based on al-jazeera is now closed bureau in cairo his family says his physical and mental health have deteriorated considerably over the past year and that he's being denied adequate

medical attention for a broken arm my father is emotionally and mentally distressed because he feels that he is there and the dog sitting behind the bars without connecting and crying. and he's away from his children his family father his mother and he can't do anything the coverage of hussein's case by egyptian media has also had a major impact on his family shortly after being arrested he was paraded on national television which branded him a terrorist my sisters and brother face social stigma everything in their schools everyone calls them if they are sons and daughters of protest and they are not worth fighting during egypt they are not safe each one of us is not safe. human rights groups and press freedom groups have condemned hussein's detention is the latest in a string of arrests by gyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the

country a year and a half ago ibrahim hello the former editor in chief of al-jazeera arabic was sentenced to death in absentia for endangering national security accusations he denies egypt also in prison al jazeera has bought her mohammed mohammed and peter greste on charges of spreading fall. hughes in a case that was widely condemned by international media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year it's unclear when or if mahmoud hussein will be released but the message to his egyptian jailers is the same from him his family and his employer. mood because journalism is not a crime. at the al-jazeera headquarters in doha. still to come here on the al-jazeera news they want to cry cyber attack which affected dozens of countries is formally blamed on north korea by the white house plus.

south korea's military gets subzero training ahead of the winter olympics. the soldiers on the only ones in training center will have the latest on some top medal prospects of the doing on skiing's well. from cool brisk nose and fuel. to the wound tranquil tis of southeast asia. hell you can tell from the feel in the skies in china the winter is tucked in it's not particularly cold it's would up in the last couple of days hong kong's focus is twenty shanghai's eleven sure we do still is it surprises me to fourteen degrees that won't change very much of the next day or so the cloud largely offshore trying to tuck back into the far south west and still the nice depth to it to give rain on the vietnamese coast but anything that's probably

influenced by the remains of car attack tropical storm winds across the middle of the philippines it's now in this mass of white here now it's currently over the water and again it's not a particularly big storm but it's got the potential to bring more rain on its course now eventually in its course the next three or four days it gets towards plenty of malaysia if it doesn't fall apart and that's where of course there could be the problem with the rain but in the immediate future it's it's just throwing showers off to the north and the south so for sarawak and sabah quite likely there will be rain here for southern vietnam and maybe cambodia there be rain as well generated by this otherwise the charleville a science called lot of them to yours is jakarta all of java's virtually invisible underneath the green so the potential for flooding returns to java and might include bonnie. the weather sponsored by cattle and he's. abandoned by the state social collectors are occupying space is among the people

a military architects working on the edge of the mold. in the first episode of rebel architecture some of the camera shows al-jazeera into the realm of cell building in saying. you really can't say at this time on al-jazeera. you are making very pointed remarks when they're on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up of it in the morning and say i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me to double your headlines saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh yemen's who's the fighters have claimed responsibility saying they were targeting the your mama royal palace which is the official residence of king solomon is the third such attack since november. iran has condemned the u.s. for accusing it of supplying missiles to the rebels allegation was made by the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley if confirmed to ron would be found to be in breach of its new. clear agreement. and a procedural error is forcing the u.s. house of representatives to vote again on the contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill that passed the republican controlled house earlier bringing

president trump closer to his first major legislative win but later officials in the upper house the senate said three items in the bill violated senate rules let's get more on that evolving story for you joining us here in the news hour is mark coll rome he's an associate professor of government and public policy at georgetown university he joins us from washington call room so the rich get richer the poor get poorer how does that make america great again it makes the rich richer and makes for poorer if you think that that's great and that makes america great again if you believe as a society that will that the wealth is more evenly distributed in ultimately is safer and more secure it's moves us in the opposite direction twenty four percent of americans think it's a good idea fifty five percent of americans think it's a bad idea and if you earn less than twenty five thousand a year your tax benefits will increase by sixty dollars per year that's passed four

cheeseburgers fries and four milkshakes i mean why are they pushing this. you know the republican party's just absolute committed to tax cuts they want to tax cuts when the deficit is low they want to direct tax cuts for the deficits high is their first and most fundamental try already. the public's not concert in fact this tax cut is less popular than some previous tax heights tax hikes but those who are the republican party's core constituencies among the wealthy among the donor class among those who are most active in republican politics they sought this tax cut they demanded it and now they're getting it ok you're talking about donors there how much of this is really about keeping the donors happy keeping them on board and delivering it through a prism of political dogma almost. well see i think the republicans in congress see

this in two ways they actually do want to support their donors they do resort their contributors they want to keep their wealthy supporters happy but they're not doing it just to pander to them like they seriously legitimately believe that these tax cuts the tax cuts that they were the wealthy are good for the country they believe that by returning more money to those who already have more than they can spend will lead to greater investment later to greater economic growth lead to greater prosperity so they can support their donors at the same time they're doing what they actually believe is good for the country that's why they're ok republicans tax cuts that's their political calling caudel was has been always will be and as you and i are talking we're watching live pictures from capitol hill but this this was rushed this was fudged because we've had several weeks now of individual sentences in effect with being told it's being reported doing deals so they can go back to literally go back to their constituencies and say look i've got

a good deal for you the people that voted me into office and combine that with the way that you know what is it the expression i think is prior preparation of voids procedural errors or something like that so they've they've done something as well as an administrative level which they should never have done which is present one document from one house to another which those two documents should have been perceived as being the same and they just weren't. making legislation is never pretty there's always last minute pushes for completion there are always last minute glitches there will be huge in or of them though if the procedure is more normal if the procedure takes someone longer there are for example public hearings if there is chance for more public debate there are problems who are clearly interested in pushing this through this quickly as possible so that they can say they got something big done in the first year of trump presidency so they were going to blow by any kind of speed barriers in order to get this done norma no

matter how many procedural or even or poorly highly technical errors wilma's been the still as the bills implemented next year assuming it becomes law we will discover other things that had not been looking siddur and implications that not had not been fully worked out and they'll be a lot of things that this bill will do that had not been anticipated because of the rush to get it done by persons ok here's the pushback talking there about it being implemented next year old so next year the first eighteen months of trying not the first year of mr trump we've got midterm elections so that surely gives the democrats a few months to stop pummeling the republicans on the reality of the implementation of this. well let me see how this goes i mean the republicans i have some reason to believe that the initial impacts of the tax bill will leave most americans better off the economy may grow more quickly for a couple quarters people may see some tax. reductions next year when they file

their taxes so there may be this sort of warm glow the after glow of something and i have to build an act so the kind of debate may be doing well and the republicans can say see we cut taxes they are lower the economy is growing better faster we're right i think the democrats will push back really hard to say that well it's not growing really much faster that the tax breaks really didn't come to you they went to the wealthy and so forth we'll see how that plays out politically next year now can i just interrupt for a second there mark if i may when you talk about the offer glow you would never say walk into a real estate agent and buy a house on what it could be in the future once you knock it down footprint and build a palace in its place you know you would never vote for or buy old go for something that you don't know what it is yet but that's precisely what they've done because surely you american voters you guys won't know what it is until twenty twenty five when the corporate tax part of this is the only thing that's left on the statute

books. so politics is based both on hope and out fear the republicans will be a billion dollar basing on hope next year the democrats on fear i think in some parts you know i think the economy may be going strong through the midterm election that's the republican hope whether it will continue to be strong through the two thousand and twenty presidential election i think i'm a little more skeptical about that an initial the initial buzz may lead to the morning over hang over i think that's republicans will need to worry about ok. many thanks good to to talk. the u.s. and south korean soldiers are holding three weeks of drills in subzero temperatures the training of the mountains appealing chuang with the forthcoming winter olympics are to be held the exercises have been held since twenty thirteen but this year there is growing concern of a possible north korean attack juror in the games kathy novak who was at that training. at first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just

a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponent's hats rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. but there is a very serious side to these games protecting against the increasing threat from north korea even in temperatures that can dip below minus twenty degrees celsius. both the u.s. marines and the rockeries have covered over the snow ability of code reconnaissance skills as well as critical contest skills in a cold weather mountainous environment two hundred twenty marines from the republic of korea or rock the preferred military term and two hundred twenty okinawa based u.s. marines have been conducting these drills over three weeks a chance to brush up on lesser used marine skills such as downhill skiing in.

north korea often responds angrily when the u.s. and south korea stage any war games there's been speculation the allies may delay the start of major annual military drills usually shuttle for the end of february so they don't coincide with the winter olympics and paralympics that will be taking place here in. these exercises have been held since twenty thirteen but this year there are added fears that north korea may aim to disrupt the olympics. i'm hearing that south korean and the u.s. marines hope for the success of the cunto winter olympics the marine reconnaissance unit will make its utmost efforts to provide security operations for the olympics. south korea wants the winter games to be an opportunity to promote peace it's invited north korea to participate and some athletes have qualified but so far there's been no confirmation of their attendance as ever on the korean peninsula the message from these drills is that the u.s.

and south korea would prefer a peaceful resolution to the tense situation but are prepared to respond militarily if they have to kathy novak al-jazeera chung's south korea the japanese government has approved the use of a u.s. made a land based missile interceptor system it's in response to north korean threats and follows pyongyang's launch of two rockets over japan this year in november north korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in japanese waters the government says the new weapon system will take years to become operational at least forty three people have died after tropical storm tack back to the philippines more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and landslides however. reports from the town of navarre the government is struggling to respond. fernando calio 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 running 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 destroyed everything back roads homes all wiped out in an instant edgar his wife and children were preparing for a holiday reunion with relatives when 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 find in of 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. the new head of south africa's governing a.n.c. is calling for unity offer a leadership election the country's deputy president several run the possible takeover as party leader from president jacob zuma tanya page has been gauging reaction and run a person's home town so where to. several 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 we're you know we waited out meaning we're just around each but now i am happy he may have left 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 it's a great country tributary of 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 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 i have seen over there is a pink eye. you know just need everything together now.

a little bit. of what about the corruption 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 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 so. bongani zita makes a living guiding tourists through so we're so he thinks his namesake should do something about undocumented immigrants who are willing to work for less money in poor conditions and some south africans but he's a bit i'm sure about it i'm a person if you know if. there was exiled to

a bar team people were like yeah and you know that kind of feeling that kind of vibe. everyone was excited tad's you know but. at the end if you put on with. the a.n.c. voted to put change and expectations are high so i'm up osa has a lot to prove tanya page al-jazeera so we're taught south africa. crash investigators in the u.s. who are examining the wreckage of a train which was derailed on monday say they've recovered a data recorder from the main engine compartment at least three people died in the incident in washington state excessive speed is suspected inspectors from the national transport safety board are expected to remain at the scene for at least seven days we have confidence that we will get to the bottom of what caused this horrific tragedy i've talked to n.t.s.b.

they have significant tools they are well on their way to gather the evidence they indicated to me that they were pleased that the scene was intact so that the evidence will remain undisturbed for their evaluation we should have confidence that we will find out what happened in this a reference event and we will fix anything that went wrong to make sure that in the future real safety is assured for everyone. the trump administration is blaming north korea for a cyber attack in may that affected hundreds of thousands of people the so-called one across virus crippled hospitals banks and other big companies it's not the first time washington has blamed pyongyang from major cyber attack this committee 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 of the f.b.i. announced today that three years ago president barack obama blamed gang 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 says. these latest accusations come as tensions mount over pyongyang's nuclear weapons program as kim jong un continues testing long range ballistic missiles the troubled ministration

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 hole but it will stop its cyber attacks but if it continues to act badly. the white house says the president will then act on behalf of the united states kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington still ahead here on al-jazeera and. small story coming up.

thank you very much will champion sprinter justin gatlin that has a once again denied using performance enhancing drugs to being a boiled in another doping scandal it's after a british newspaper claimed former coach dennis mitchell seen here wearing green and agent robert wagner offered to supply performance enhancing drugs to undercover reporters international athletics federation has launched an investigation into the allegations and has previously served two doping bans kathlyn issued a strong statement on instagram saying i was shocked and surprised to learn that my coach would have anything to do with even the appearance of these current accusations i fired him as soon as i found out about this all legal options are on

the table as i will not allow others to lie about me like this well for more background on this complex story earlier i spoke to our sports correspondent leigh wailings and this is what he had to say. you do have to be strongly cautious with the story whether you're reporting on it like whether you're following your own social media have to look behind what's happening here and often with a newspaper investigation you do have to realize that there's going to be a screaming headline and what people want in this instance is the link to justin gatlin he's the spawn and he's the man with the doping past he's not a popular mind to doping when i actually when you look into it further what we are dealing with here is not a direct accusation against gary it is against the coach dennis mitchell who. i and an agent the partly works with so you can see why i just got in so quickly distanced himself from this but you can also see why there's so much suspicion around him the credibility of athletics is so low and people should not deny that

from the top of out that it's it's the same with cyclic it's the same with winter sports school has a massive issue of credibility and trust into the fight this investigations like this are important just to get in this instance is a superstar but he might his own bed if you're going to type you're going to have suspicion around you this is of history and the legacy we see now where actually people are looking to connect him with this there will be suspicion around him i think people need to take a reality check whilst also crucially dealing with the facts former wimbledon champion my own battery has announced she was to return to the women's tennis till four years after retiring if friend two women quit the game in august two thousand and thirteen just weeks after winning her only grand slam title in london since then she's found work as a t.v. pundit and has also struggled with a viral illness he said three year old is hoping to make her comeback at the miami

open in march but he has won eight titles and reached a career high ranking of seven in two thousand and twelve. well he only resigned as australia's football coach a few weeks ago and he has to go through has found a new job as manager of the japanese side yokohama martino's after successfully guiding the socceroos through qualification for next year's world cup was to coo said the pressure of being in charge of the national team had taken its toll on him both personally and professionally australia are yet to appoint his successor ahead of russia to a t eighteen in spain atletico might be the have reported legal rivals barcelona to fee for over the pursuit of one of the league's top players striker antoine grossman recently signed a new contract to stay in madrid until twenty twenty two but he still be linked to a move of a number of european clubs atletico has alleged that barcelona have made an illegal

transfer approach for the french international. so john john florence is celebrating winning back to back while titles he is the first man in ten years to successfully defend it debut world crown that's despite finishing second the season ending contest in hawaii but the american earned enough points to beat his closest rival government in our brazil medina was the only other surfer in the competition with a real chance of stopping florence but he had to settle for second place france's jeremy fly's claimed victory as final event of the year is now a short break before the twenty eight hundred season kicks off in australia in march. when your home is my dream doing your home to do. kind of this whole build up this whole event making it the reason gave her making it again i was like oh my god. very

nervous shaking her. well with less than two months ago until the twenty eighteen winter olympics you see us askia mikaela shiffrin now has underlined her credentials as one of the favorites to win gold in the slopes in tunk shifrin one of her third woke up skiing event of the season on tuesday trial thing and the giant slalom and caution all three of her victories have come in different disciplines she also top the podium in traditional slalom in the van and in downhill earlier this month the twenty two year old that needs the overall world cup standings by a hundred ninety one points from germany's victoria they've been spared. i was a bit. scrappy at some points but i was sort of new tactic to try to be really aggressive and i was one off the course

a couple times where who's really straight second answer is like ok you got to take advantage of that and from really excited about that fought for us to have school you know was a less successful race for the not as this happened. not quite in the way she wanted to cross the finish line the austrian was disqualified but luckily he wasn't hurt in the form. and also small for we'll have more later on. during here in a couple of minutes my name's piece it all here in doha i will see you very soon coming. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the message is a simplistic you have the brain that good logical rational person crazy monsters and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not well documented accusations and

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