that's what we're talking about all the time about shooting people are not trying to shoot a gun themselves and there are other countries have managed to solve this problem but you worry that this conflict could erupt into an outright open a war that the city's general security sure will the people who paid the price clearly their writeup been prejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. we're watching those votes when a vote against us will serve a lot. donald trump threatens un members as they prepare to vote on

a resolution regarding the recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. live from doha also coming up a setback for the. how european union court ruling could have wider implications for the tech industry. poland's president. independence triggering a possible confrontation with the e.u. . and zimbabwe's new president promises to attract foreign investment to harare and his first state of the nation address. a special session of the united nations is turning into a showdown us president donald trump a stress and un member states who votes against his decision to recognize jerusalem

as israel's capital. raising the warning from the u.n. ambassador vote against america and lose financial aid from the u.s. 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 hillary about the years many letters every day 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 and 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 un 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 and the palestinian foreign ministers have missed the u.s. presence threats and say no country should be intimidated as human knowing. the u.s. says will track down who voted for what and will report to the u.s. president we will get the names of the countries one by one what we do by getting these when you allow invasions into those countries or you 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 on no honorable nation and i want to

stay bell to such pressure. this is really. important and. you. and he jacobs is a partner with the trim and national security project he says it will be interesting to see how saudi arabia says 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 fulfilled 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 are celebrating the passage of donald trump's massive tax bill but critics say the bill will only help the wealthy and the poor can be helped get us 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 to reform but tax cuts the tax reforms are controversy will big cuts to corporate tax rates from thirty five to twenty one percent democrats say it will benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary

americans it's a ponzi scheme the tax cuts are going to be meaningful for working families and every day americans and their jobs will never materialize republicans argue the cuts will make the united states more competitive with countries like china with similarly low 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 or 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 helped get out zero washington. career as president has rejected calls to resign as he faces a congressional vote on thursday that could remove him from office over corruption allegations in a televised address republicans in ski admitted to making mistakes but denies any

wrongdoing he's accused of having business ties with the brazilian construction of right company has been at the center of a bribery and corruption scandal has 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 lay safad warning shots of troops in the north the north korean soldier was shot by colleagues as he escaped across the border in an. and you had south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised in his first address as posse leader to see what he's called radical economic transformation so rather a person is widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen he said he would rejuvenate the economy and stamp out corruption in lead attorney business one also promise to tackle a piece of power within the posse the people of our country want to see

that lives up to its promise and this through to its mission they want in a year and see that lives their fair use just spouses and holds fast to the principles that have long to find it as the movement of our people they wanted a year and see that use this public office notch just vested interests but to truly developmental stage still has had on al-jazeera it also has. the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis a warning to the trumpet ministration against firing special counsel robert miller . that's made me the man on a mission to save this no printing methods in taiwan. welcome

back as we take a look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia there's a fair amount of cloud around but the weather self is generally pretty quiet at the moment you might find cloudy skies in baghdad but temperature wise not looking at twenty four degrees quite warm pleasant enough in tehran sixteen degrees as a high. twenty three degrees in kuwait city further towards the east we have got the threat of snow elevation but otherwise fine couple there in afghanistan ten degrees around the eastern side of the mediterranean weather generally is looking pretty good beirut coming at twenty four we got a southerly flow that's what it is in fact twenty five really quite exceptional at this time of the year so heading down into the arabian peninsula on the western side we've got fine conditions there meca looking at thirty three degrees or very quiet around the gulf states we've got light winds and temperatures into the mid twenty's lovely here at the moment and likely to stay that way as you move on through into the start of the weekend let's head down into southern portions of africa where it's looking

a bit unsettling places obviously got showers across angola and zimbabwe much as you'd expect some heavy downpours likely in harare elsewhere we've got some showers affecting parts of botswana extending into south africa moving through towards friday that area moves further towards the east and it should brighten up in cape town with high sea of twenty two. singapore is being accused of expanding its coast illegally dredged some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanish it's a big business smuggling one that will take. the stand is where you see this beautiful beach but 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. at this time on al-jazeera.

and again you're watching out of there as reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution opposing his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the white house the republican controlled congress is celebrating america's biggest tax reform bill in thirty years the controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax rates. namely benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans. and then you had a south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised to pursue what he calls radical economic transformation and his first address as policy leader so opposed was widely expected to come president after

elections in two thousand and nineteen. zimbabwe's new leader. has used his first state of the nation address to declare his country open to foreign investment is valid for improve the economy and clamp down on corruption but robert mugabe's thirty seven year reign. has more from her. 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 the zimbabwe up to the rest meant by building

a free and transparent economy which are benefits zimbabweans and is well coming out seders. im assuming that god 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 many zimbabwe's including the opposition are watching president 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. and. this is what people are living and we. used. to.

dream the dream. and since the. 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 a 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. al-jazeera. uganda's parliament has voted to amend the constitution in a controversial move which would allow a present seventy to stand for reelection the bill removes the age gap of seventy five years on the presidency allowing seventy three year old who's seventy to further extend his three decades in power uganda's opposition says the policy is part of a plan to move seventy seventy to rule for life he's already one of africa's longest serving leaders. ugandan journalist jackie chemical chemically suspects who al-jazeera about comparisons that of being made between uganda and some power play in the thirty seven year rule of law which were governed i think that it was something that was expected and i think that many ugandans are worried about uganda moving to where and zimbabwe and maybe that's where we're going to go i do not know but. in terms of the reaction to some of the i don't think that you get and

politics is that much you are but also because one thing for us is that politics is the main source of employment and it's not i stop it's rather a source of employment so and also the one time session or politics makes italy to be unpredictable because then it's subjects who has more money so i think that i wouldn't rush to compare the two they use highest court has ruled that the car hailing is a transport company and must be regulated accordingly. that it's an online platform and shouldn't be subject to the same rules as taxi outlets if parker 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 cold case was first bought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against goobers 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 of this month. here in 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 was cheaper than traditional black cabs for now it's been allowed to continue operating in the

capital while it appeals the decision. the european court 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 lord needs to pick up the pace needs parker al-jazeera london. poland's president has accused the e.u. of lying about his country's plan to death or forms a u.s.

target a legal mechanism that could see the country stripped of its voting rights within the bloc brussels says the laws are a threat to democracy as a butler 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 arm of i think women producing 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 course 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 a 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 is 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 ease latest move is unlikely to put government i don't know where it all. lauren just if 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 you just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they they we're perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months pollution opposition protesters. voiced their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. the e.u.

has given polling three months to address its concerns it may then consider suspending warsaw'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 partner al-jazeera south korea's top court has just announced its verdict over the so-called not rage incident on board korean airplane three years ago china here and our as an executive with the airline when she abused a first class flight attendant for serving not in a bag rather than on a plate she is put on trial and given a ten month prison sentence which was later suspended. and kathy novak so she's been following this case and kathy the supreme court there was hearing a number of cases against cho that give us a rundown of what verdicts were. well chill here now the

major charge against her was breaking a.v.o. aviation law the question was when she got so angry that she demanded the pilot who was had pulled away from the gate at new york's j.f.k. airport returned to the gate so that she could have the main flight attendant thrown off that flight the question was did she break aviation law by changing the flight path of the aircraft the earlier decision back in two thousand and fifteen of a district court was that yes she was found guilty of changing the flight path and sentenced to one year in prison but as you mentioned the high court later overturned that saying she wasn't guilty and that she was then just given a ten month suspended sentence and now the supreme court the highest court here in south korea has upheld that decision of the high court meaning that they have found her not guilty of breaking aviation law and changing the flight path of that korean air flight the you'd lesser charges she was found guilty in the high court that was

back in twenty fifteen but as i say that charge or the sentence rather was a suspended one for ten months for minor charges involving disrupting the work of the cabin crew and of the pilot and of coersion by reading system that the flight attendant be thrown off the plane she actually didn't argue at the time with the fact that she did virtually abuse these flight attendants and demand that the head of the cabin crew be thrown off the plane so there wasn't really much question around that the big question as i say was whether she changed the white house and as i say the supreme court has found no she didn't and found her not guilty dismissing that case how south koreans going to react to this not guilty of the most serious charge because it really is an extraordinary case of abuse of a position of power isn't it. i think that is the way it is seen by

a lot of south koreans there had been some anger around the fact that she even was given just a one year sentence in the first ruling of the district course many people thought that wasn't tough enough because in fact the one year sentence was the minimum possible sentence for that charge of breaking aviation law and there has been a feeling increasingly here in south korea that the people at the top of these major companies like korean air should be held account for their behavior i was speaking to an activist just in the last hour or so who kind of explained that after the korean war this country really needed to pick itself up out of poverty and these major companies were responsible for really rejuvenated the economy here in south korea but now that the economy is doing better south koreans are demanding that the people at the top of these companies really change their behavior and we saw an example of that recently when the defacto head of samsung was sentenced to five years in prison but of course in this case that wasn't the case we saw the

former vice president of korean air set free today once again kathy novak and so thanks very much for the top u.s. senator has warned president donald trump against foreign special counsel robert muller warna 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 that attempts to lay the ground for his dismissal and he said that foreign him would be an abuse of power. broaching typeface foundry in taiwan is home to the last remaining set of traditional chinese characters business has been difficult but the company's owner told al-jazeera he hopes to revive the typeface culture by opening abuse am dedicated to the craft. my name is chong and i am sixty five years old i am the owner of the foundry in taiwan. founded in one nine hundred sixty nine by my father

as home to the world's last remaining set of let's face traditional chinese characters so our business drives before the one nine hundred eighty s. this was when everything from books to newspapers was printed the old way using movable types that we supplied to the yard it. was an apprentice i was inspired by my father's dedication to craftsmanship. he was strict but setting the example for me to excel at the most difficult technique i learned to carve the copper mold with a knife in it than human hair and i grew tach to the beauty of chinese characters with the advance of digital printing many of our peers out of business. by two thousand and five we were the only ones left. i thought about closing shop found it hard to let go of my passion and my father's legacy. so we were strong i

managed to stay open and spent the last decade repairing these broken molds myself so it's been a labor of love since i can only fix five characters a day a fraction of our one hundred and fifty thousand word collection. from thanks to a crowdfunding success this spring we raised three hundred thousand dollars to training professionals to restore some of the more. my goal is to open a museum and i plan to devote the rest of my life to revive the type based culture . never be a quitter as my father often said. this is the top stories u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution opposing 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 critics 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 pursue what he calls radical economic transformation and his first address as party leader so rather posner is widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen people of that country want to. live up to its promise it is true to its mission. they wanted a u.n. feed that lives. very loose spouses hold fast to the

principles that have defined as the movement of people they wanted a you got to use this public office not just this that. but to truly developmental stage. south korea's supreme court is a question the woman at the center of the so-called not trace incident on board a korean at play in three years ago. was found not guilty of violating aviation security law which is an executive with the ally when she abused the first classifies tendon serving nuts in a bag rather than on the plate another north korean soldier has defected to the south the fourth this year the government insult says he crossed the demilitarized zone which was covered in thick fog south korean soldiers later fired warning shots at troops in the north korea's president has rejected calls for his resignation in

a televised address had republicans since he is facing a place on thursday that could remove him from office over allegations of corruption. those are your headlines and other news updates will be held on al-jazeera off to way ahead of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed germans satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories to the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time.