you see the beautiful beneath a behind it is something that's not so full of tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound walls at this time on al jazeera in two thousand and one spreads around the. arab australians accused of being enemies with them. and attacking the us the way of life we were treated like we would all suspects we would all under suspicion struggling to adapt to their new found home. al-jazeera explores the history of the lebanese community in australia. once upon a time in punchbowl at this time on al-jazeera. well watching those votes let them vote against us will serve a lot. donald trump threatens un members as they prepare to vote on

a resolution regarding the recognition of tourists as israel's capital. and their more kyles out of their life and also coming up a setback for the vice. how european union court ruling could have wider implications for the tech industry. pose president signs to north courage additional independence triggering a possible confrontation with the e.u. . and it's time to turn around the struggling economy that's the message from zimbabwe's new president and his address to the nation. has president has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution against his decision to recognize jerusalem as

israel's capital the general assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on thursday at the request of arab and muslim countries mike hanna reports from the u.n. security council staff pose with the secretary general for an annual photograph is called then it's business as usual in the chamber like most other member states those represented here unwilling to comment publicly on the extraordinary letter sent by u.s. ambassador nikki haley ambassador did you receive the letter from the haley about the. many letters and the majority view apparently summed up by one representative who was willing to comment on our position in this case has been very clear we had the opportunity to express ourselves in the security council so so that's our very strong prince principled position. sweden was one of the fourteen council members who voted in favor of the jerusalem resolution monday the veto by the u.s.

is accompanied by an angry statement from the ambassador what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult it won't be forgotten what some would regard as a thinly veiled threat driven home in a letter circulated to all member states regarding the vote taking place in the general assembly thursday as you consider your vote the ambassador writes i want you to know that the president and the u.s. take this vote personally she continues the president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested i report back on those countries who voted against us president trump made clear what the possible consequences could be they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us while we're watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot we don't care but privately many u.n. members are outraged at the letters bullying and threatening tone and what was to

be a vote condemning attempts to unilaterally change the status of jerusalem may gain even added significance in november more than one hundred fifty nations voted in favor of a resolution declaring all israeli actions in jerusalem as null and void as it was an occupying power a similar result in the general assembly thursday would also be a sweeping international rejection of president trump and his policies mike hanna al jazeera united nations well the turkish empire said in foreign ministers have to smiths thing u.s. presence threats and say no country should be intimidated. hume you know even then it could be that yes the u.s. says we'll track down who voted for what and we'll report to the u.s. president we will get the names of the countries one by one what we do by getting these will you allow invasions into those countries we punish them the world has changed the notion of i am powerful therefore i am right has changed now the world is rising against the unfair from now well no honorable nation no one will stay

will bow to such pressure. over. the. new. high jacobs is a partner with the truman national security project he says it will be interesting to see how saudi arabia vase that's a general assembly session if you go back to the two thousand and twelve general assembly resolution to upgrade palestinian observer status the vote was something like hundred thirty eight to nine and the nine countries were the u.s. the israel the czech republic and a bunch of you know countries in the south pacific i think tomorrow we may see something a little bit different israel has been working very hard over the last few years to improve relationships with other countries particularly at the u.n.

to try to avoid these kind of blockbuster blow out votes but in particular saudi arabia in the relationship that's the saudis have really tried to court with donald trump it could make tomorrow it could make tomorrow really interesting i have no idea what the saudi arabians will do if they decide to abstain which i think is probably i can't imagine they would vote against it but if they choose to abstain how many other arab countries decide to join them it's a big question and one that i'm sure the saudi or saudis themselves are trying to figure out right now. the u.s. is going to go on a go go through with this one of the reasons i think trump and haley are pushing back so hard is because this is a domestic policy decision this is the fulfillment of a twenty two year old laws that congress passed on huge bipartisan majorities is a wildly popular law here in the united states and presidents have just had to kind of keep kicking the can down the road the fact that donald trump finally filled what a twenty two year old law was rick was requiring him to do isn't really news the

idea that other countries should influence the way that america makes their decisions is really insulting to a lot of americans particularly this president the white house and republican members of congress as celebrating the passage of donald trump's massive tax bill chrissake say the bill will only help the wealthy and the poor can be held it has more from d.c. . with nearly every republican lawmaker at his side donald trump did not pass up his chance to enjoy his first legislative victory after almost a year in office it's always a lot of fun when you win the passage of the most dramatic changes to the u.s. tax code in thirty years i always say the most massive but it's the largest tax cut in the history of our country and the reform but tax cut the tax reforms are controversy big cuts to corporate tax rates from thirty five to twenty one percent

democrats say will benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans it's a ponzi scheme. the tax cuts are going to be meaningful for work and family than every day americans and the jobs will never materialize republicans argue the cuts will make the united states more competitive with countries like china with similarly lower corporate tax rates it's hoped this will encourage companies to do business in the u.s. and bring back jobs a key trump campaign promise but while this legislation is about reforming taxes it is also about winning donald trump failed to deliver on a campaign promise to repeal and replace the affordable care act to what many americans call obamacare it's a frustration donald trump has lamented for months. passing the tax legislation now allows trump to claim victory on both tucked inside the tax reforms

is a repeal of an obamacare requirement called the individual mandate that forced all americans to buy health insurance or pay a tax fine the legislation still must go through legal review and may not be signed into law until the new year the president says americans will start to see tax relief as early as february the g.o.p. tax skin is a monumental job but many americans remain skeptical most members of congress did not have time to read the hundreds of pages of changes to the hastily passed tax legislation thank you very much everybody and according to most polls two thirds of americans are doubtful the tax changes will have any positive impact on their lives kimberly help him out zero washington. uganda's parliament has voted to amend the constitution in a controversial move which would allow the president to remove seventy tests done for reelection a bill removes the age gap of seventy five years on the presidency allowing seventy

three year old with seventy two further extend his three decades in charge he got his opposition says the policy is part of a seventy two rule for life he's already one of africa's longest serving leaders the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised in his first address to a party leader to pursue what he's called radical economic transformation so rob opposers widely expected president after elections in two thousand and nineteen he says he will rejuvenate the economy and stamp out corruption in the business but also promises to tackle a piece of power within the policy people of the country one. that lives up to its promise. and this mission. they wanted a year in fee that lives. very loose the spouses hold fast to the principles that have defined it as the movement of people

they wanted they used this public office not just those that. but you. really developmental stage proves president has rejected calls to resign as he faces a congressional vote on thursday that could remove him from office i have a corruption allegations and a televised address. and misled making mistakes but denies any wrongdoing he's accused of having business ties with the prison in construction cracked the company has been at the center of a bribery and corruption scandal that's caused political upheaval across south america. another north korean soldier has defected to the south the fourth this year the government in seoul says he crossed the demilitarized zone which was covered in thick fog south korean soldiers later fired warning shots at troops in

the north the north korean soldier was shot by colleagues as he escaped across the border and an army. still has hair on al-jazeera remark a thousand days since the start of saudi arabia's bombing campaign in yemen plus. it also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis a warning to the trumpet ministration against firing special counsel robert muller . welcome back we look at the weather across the americas this time you see this area of snow across parts of the west will see some snow extending towards the great lakes upper parts of the midwest meanwhile across the eastern seaboard it's looking drop not particularly warm but reason enough conditions and then heavy on through

into friday see this area of rain developing in the south so dollars could see some storms too in the course of the day little bit of snow working its way further towards the east for up more western areas snow is tending to die out seattle in washington state should be largely dry and fine but it should be dry across the desert southwest so let's head down into central parts of america and here we've got one to two showers coming off the caribbean side but really apart from panama costa rica nicaragua is a largely dry picture across the rest of the region and the same really goes across the islands of the caribbean a lot of draw a fine weather here with temperatures generally around the thirty degree mark so at that stage not a great deal of change still those showers coming in on the easterly winds so when i came a to see a wanted to downpours let's head into south america and here we have plenty of showers around the amazon basin extending through parts of ecuador and through peru and colombia further south still looking pretty warm and asuncion in paraguay highs here twenty nine.

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her again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted in favor of a draft nice nations resolution that opposes his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the white house the republican call controlled congress saw celebrating america's biggest tax reform bill in thirty years the controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax rates by six that will mainly benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans. and the new head of south africa's winning a.n.c. has promised to pursue what he calls radical economic transformation as fast as possible so rob has his wife expects to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen. it's been one thousand days since the conflict in yemen began a power struggle between the who things a shia rebel group and president. but by a saudi that coalition has turned into a regional confrontation thousands of people have been killed and millions on the

brink of famine as some of our reports. was walking out of her father's cement factory north of the capital sana'a when the building was hit by a strike the blast waves twisted her back she's now struggling to walk doctors say her spine was damaged during the attack while her life has been shattered by the conflict in her country dreams of graduating and becoming doctor i used to go to school of thought my life was beautiful because i could walk and right now i can't walk to school i can only go the wheelchair i used to be able to sit in a chair at my desk and write but now when i try to write my hand hurts i used to love writing but now i can't even hold a pen. but the conflict in yemen shows no sign of abating on tuesday the who thiis fired a ballistic missile aisle two was the subject capital of riyadh they say they were

targeting a meeting of senior officials at the oil palace saudi arabia accuses iran of supplying the houthi is with the messiah and that's the conflict continue as there are fears of a wider regional confrontation the healthy remain defiant and when i heard. we face a war carried out by ten countries and their attempts to create more divisions and chaos but that has failed and we still lead the front against the aggressors. meanwhile the fighting rages near the capital sana'a forces loyal to president of the. are struggling to break her. defense lines civilians caught in the fighting. thousands of people have been killed since the start of the conflict in two thousand and fifteen and i'm going of my hope is that two thousand and

eighteen comes along with peace and of aggression and blockade imposed on my country but i also hope that all the parties come together and build a democratic state. millions of yemenis struggle to find food and shelter the country which faces the world's biggest humanitarian crisis is also politically divided. by the international community to negotiate a settlement suffered a setback earlier this month when the country's ousted leader. was killed by the whole thing. but for many yemenis like neuron who have suffered the most in this conflict and and to the fighting can't come soon enough. and your investigation in iraq has found the number of civilians killed in the battle the push i saw out of mosul is ten times higher than previously thought it's ok to press down even more grackles from october two thousand and sixteen through

to july this year and found up to eleven thousand civilians were killed that's a significantly higher number than the one given by iraqi prime minister hyderabadi he said one thousand two hundred sixty civilians died the investigation found one third of the deaths were due to bombardments by either the us led coalition or iraqi forces at play and i saw as final violence assault for other for another third of the deaths and it couldn't be determined by more grackles which side is responsible for the remainder of the killed. international security correspondent at the associated press and one of the report's authors she told us more about their findings. we spent four months compiling records from the morgue in mosul and comparing them against multiple databases from non-governmental organizations including iran's amnesty international ground body

count and a un report that came out recently and what we found was that there was a significant under-reporting of the number of civilian dead in militia will in the nine month battle to drive and i still mammal has blocked the united nations special envoy from entering the country. was jus' a visit in january to assess the state of human rights including abuses against muslim ranger in iraq and state he said the lack of cooperation suggests something terrible is happening and called on the government to reconsider all the six hundred fifty thousand refugees have fled to neighboring bangladesh since august to escape a military crackdown. a top u.s. senator has warned president donald trump against firing special counsel robert mueller warner is a democrat on the senate intelligence committee he said growing criticism of miller's investigation into possible collusion between russia and the president's campaign team is the attempt to lay the ground for his dismissal and he said firing

him would be would be an abuse of power firing mr molder or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also to our most basic concepts rule of law it also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis the use highest court has ruled that the car hailing is a transport company and must be regulated accordingly argued that it's an online platform and shouldn't be subject to the same rules as taxi outlets if aka reports from london. it's a landmark judgement with big implications for other online companies the european court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a technology firm as the company insists it will now have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that can be set to country level the long

running court case was first bought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against those being explosive. thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities this was paris and this demonstration brought central london to a standstill and deliberate on has been under mounting scrutiny after a driver with previous criminal convictions allegedly murdered a british embassy work in this month period london had its license revoked back in september for breaching operating rules including its handling of alleged sex attacks still there were three and a half million users here and many were angry with that decision part of the company's ensuring appeal is that is sufficient and cheap once cheaper than traditional black cabs for now it's been allowed to continue operating in the capital while it appeals the decision. the european courts ruling isn't legally

binding but it does send a message to other high tech firms is one of several companies facing legal battles in recent years. another san francisco based firm allows people to rent out their homes to visitors but cities such as barcelona and berlin want to regulate usage to avoid driving up rents and forcing out locals experts say it's important to uphold regulation without stifling innovation if you look at many of the new take firms yes they have a new way of delivering things but the main reason they're making money is often by getting around roles techs regulation the kind of things that the average companies have to apply with the digital revolution to advancing at breakneck speed now the law needs to pick up the pace needs barca al-jazeera london. poland's president has accused the e.u. of lying about his country's plan judicial reforms has triggered a legal mechanism that could see the country stripped of its voting rights within

the blog brussels says the laws are a threat to democracy that's about the has more it was a message of defiance from warsaw to the european union poland's president signing into law two bills reforming the judiciary something the e.u. had warned against saying the changes threatened elements democracy was arms of provides and i think we've introducing very good solutions in poland i believe we're introducing solutions that will improve the justice system that will make people finally regained faith in justice regain faith in polish court and regain faith in the justice system just hours earlier the e.u. had taken an unprecedented step to try and stop poland forging ahead with the controversial reforms it launched article seven of the lisbon treaty a process that could lead to poland losing its e.u. voting rights sadly concerns of deep within a period of two years a significant numbers of laws have been adopted thirteen in total which put at

serious risk the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers in poland since coming to power in twenty fifteen poland's right wing law and justice party has been at loggerheads with the e.u. and for its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the e's latest move is unlikely to worry the government i don't know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battled with brussels to their own advantage they can say to you just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they they will be perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months pollution opposition protesters who. their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. the e.u. has given plainly three months to address its concerns make them consider

suspending wilson's voting rights but for that to happen all member states would have to agree and the problem for the e.u. is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move which russia bottler al-jazeera european union has given a firm deadline for the u.k.'s transition out of the bloc it must be complete by the end of december twenty twenty coinciding with the end of the current seven year budget breaks it will officially happen in march twenty ninth teen but the two sides have agreed a transition period will follow during which the u.k. will continue to apply e.u. laws catalogs are preparing for thursday's regional vote which may help settle the question of whether the region succeed from spain polling stations are being set up across the region as a poll pits the leaders of a separatist movement against kansas who want from maine a part of spain a record turnout is expected because it's

a neck and neck and in opinion polls that neither side likely to win a clear majority. motorists brought the venezuelan city of san cristobal to a standstill in protest against fuel shortages hundreds of drivers blocked the main roads in and out of the city and create huge queues for fuel some motorists complaining they had to wait eight hours to fill up as well as huge oil reserves in the lowest prices in the world government blames the sources on people smuggling fuel over the border to colombia right can be sold at a profit. so bob weighs a new leader emerson has used his first state of the nation address to declare his country open to foreign investment to improve the economy and clamp down on corruption for a rogue mugabe's thirty seven year reign homa tasa has more from harare. zimbabwe's new leader says it's no longer business as usual his government is going to introduce pro-business policies to attract investment and revive the ailing economy

government will soon and very robust engagement and a reengagement program with the international community in our continued to be to rejoin the community of nations may. make government is committed to open a zimbabwe up to the rest meant by building a free and transparent economy which abilities zimbabweans and is welcoming to outsiders. told zimbabweans he's going to improve the rule of law and democracy as well as tackle corruption he came to power last month after the military intervened and roberts mugabe resigned mini's about ways including the opposition are watching prison and i was very closely to see if he delivers the main thing people want jobs and the economy to improve opposition members say they hope the

new president means what he says but they are skeptical there are still cash shortages and food prices keep rising they feel managua has surrounded himself with the same people who helped keep mugabe in power for thirty seven years we look at the levels of. what people are living and we. used. to. dream to dream. and since in. character the new administration is trying to mend relations with the international community some imposed sanctions in the early two thousands of accusations of human rights abuses political analysts say if elections next year are free fair and credible and whoever wins is democratically elected that could show signs of stability and encourage investors to release much needed funds they have to be as

democratic as possible because of the elections and said it will have a close eye on this particular election because they're obviously not keen on having the status of the person who got in via military intervention as a president in the sort of improving zimbabwe's fortunes and international standing will take time but when i got one has only a few months to prove his leadership will be radically different from his former boss robert mugabe how do with al-jazeera. the funeral is being held for a korean pop superstar who took his own life last week kim jong un was the lead singer of one of the biggest k. pop shiney was found unconscious at a hotel in seoul on monday and they believed to be incensed by him to a friend spoke of his struggles with depression and fame.

this is out zero these are the top stories he has present on all trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution that opposes his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the body will hold a rare emergency special session on thursday at the request of arab and muslim countries the white house and the republican controlled congress are celebrating america's biggest tax reform bill in thirty years the controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax rates because they say it will mainly benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised to see what he calls a radical economic transformation and his first address as posse leader so raw opposer is widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen the people of our country wanted a year. that lived up to its promise and this true to its mission

they wanted a year in feed that lives the very loose that it just spouses hold fast to the principles that have defined it as the movement of all people they wanted a year and see that use this public office not just those that interest but to. really developmental stage. uganda's polman has voted to amend the constitution in a controversial move which would allow the present seventy to stand for election again the bill removes the age cap of seventy five years on the presidency seventy to further extend his three decades in power. crews president has rejected calls for his resignation in a televised address. since he is facing a congressional vote on thursday that could remove him from office of a corruption allegations. and scotland's are about to hold

a vote which may help settle the question of whether the regions should succeed from spain polling stations are being set up across the region says poll puts the leaders of the separatist movement against kansas who want to remain a pos of spain. headlines more news here on al-jazeera. documentaries. this time around. twenty first century africa a continent undergoing great change and finally seizing control of its. own good years ago photography was a call good deal to. me. i really am.