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the whole robin you're watching the al-jazeera news our live war headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes and it is also shown that the whole of europe supports international law and justice that is very much sought after in the middle east the palestinian president thanks the u.n. for adopting the resolution rejecting donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. exiled former counsel and president says he's ready to meet with prime minister mario monti on. condition. also apple is sued after the tech giant admits to using software that deliberately slow down some older model i phones and athens offers hope for some of the most vulnerable refugees in overcrowded camps on the greek islands.

welcome to the news our french president manuel mark rolls says the u.s. has marginalized itself in the israeli palestinian conflict he's been holding talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in paris a day after the u.n. general assembly overwhelmingly adopted the resolution rejecting president doubletons recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel now one hundred twenty eight countries voted for the non-binding resolution thirty five of them abstained among the nine countries that signed with america what israel guatemala and of course mahmoud abbas the palestinian president says the u.s. is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process well because and thank you france and thank you for the vote of yesterday at the general assembly it shows very clearly that you mr president that france is the country of freedom and democracy it has also shown that the whole of europe supports international law and justice that is very much sought after in the middle east i have reasserted to president macron

that after the decision of president trump to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and the wish to transfer its embassy the united states is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process we will not accept any plan on the part of the us because of the parties and feeling and because of this violation of international law sharply. i told president abbas that i did not approve of the decision taken by the us president with regards to jerusalem and i reassert my support to launch a new policy to have a sustainable policy which is vital relations between israel and palestine it can only exist through a policy that we can help straight to the spanish capital where the prime minister mariano rajoy is reacting now to that catalan vote let's listen in to what he has to say i would like to say that these elections which have taken place as they should have been within the law. restored. and with all the

electoral guarantees. and everybody being able to take part in them i wish to say that the yesterday. took place in a normal man manner in a peaceful manner and that all citizens were able to participate in the democratic right to be able to vote furthermore the electoral stations. i think happened without any events taking. any event special events taking place during the whole day and that all the. everybody were able to. do what they were assigned to do by the law. in a clean and clear manner. the high turnout which as you know it was. happened in these elections was the answer of the civic. duty of the citizen citizens.

regarding the elect the results they are known and i won't repeat them to you but i do wish to congratulate and have done so already personally this morning to you know said the mother's and her party i've also spoken to her president who have won the elections both in the number of seats and as votes the negative of this result from my point of view is that what we wanted to the those that want to change had not. been able to achieve it through the number of seats however it's worth mentioning that the independent sponsors have. received support but less than what we would like but still they are losing support in two thousand and ten in the autonomous votes of catalonia they had seventy six point seven six ships is in two thousand and twelve seventy four and in two thousand and fifteen seventy two and

yes the day two thousand and seventeen seventy. the same happening this regarding the percentages in two thousand and ten it was the forty eight seventy six in two thousand and seventeen forty seven forty nine point forty nine what's also. clear. from these results from yesterday is that nobody able to talk about to talk in the name of catatonia if they do not take into account poll catalunya what's clear for following these votes is the catalonia is not a monist it's the plural and we must all cultivate this plurality as a virtue and as a richness these election. so the covering is plural and we must all respect that and look after it it's also clear that the fracture that the radicalization has shown in the cut the law society is clear it's

a fracture which will take time to repair to to mend and this must be the first obligation of all of the active political actors the necessary reconciliation must come from a legal manner and respecting the rights of everybody the majority and the men which is what it's now up to the political parties cut the loonier to offer the solution. to govern that. deserve. the result of the authority they cam in the camera. like all the governors. in spain and in the whole of europe. the following the law because furthermore respecting laws and without a responsible government in catalonia to respect them it would be impossible to

generate security and certainty and as a consequence the companies that have left will not be coming will not come back and the loss of. people who invest. and large companies new companies in medium ones the return of tourism and the growth economic growth strong economic growth. the elections always think always supposed to be an all new democratic change the opportunity to open and use the stage in catalonia. now he. must have dialogue and not confrontation. in the plurality. not in the you know that much by distance spain wants to maintain all of its support and dialogue constructive dialogue and open and realistic. always within

the law. rules which are made in catalonia to resolve the problems of the catalonia people and to generate a security and certainty which is absolutely indispensable as i said in order to be able to continue growing and for employment and to ensure a better and richer future for all people. at your. service to any questions. i mean. you know you know ducati to go get him and he got him when they thought the previous day i don't have anything to say regarding the article one point five in the results which were seen yesterday and once again the election regarding the elections do you have any concrete offer to make to the citizens in catalunya.

article hundred fifty five i believe was applied as it should have been. it wasn't applied when. the cut a loon in government first made their decision the law to act i think we were prudent and i think that it was a positive manner it was applied with the consensus of a large majority in the senate and the second and fourth and first strength in spain there was a mature large majority it was applied i believe in a manner. television manner because we didn't decide to name a new government but it was the own government of spain that assumed the responsibility and things worked very well during all this period. all governments

. take decisions which affect the people in catalonia it was applied also but the consensus of all of europe nobody in europe. supported the independence party. views. and especially. the elections were called quickly with the objective to restore the legality and i hope that as i said before that the situation. will continue in the future. to everybody who lives in catalonia i. firstly. they for which is the proper i'm the president of the government of spain and therefore i am the president of the citizens of catalonia and i will make an

effort to hold a dialogue with the government of catalonia but as i said i would also make efforts that laws will be kept and therefore i hope that a government that will. abandon the unilateral decisions will be what will come forward and will maintain laws and not break the laws. i believe. that there are many objectives one very important one is the to try to overcome the fractures which have been produced which have produced one of the principal consequence is negative consequences of the decisions incorrect decisions that have been taken over the last months and that the citizens and friends that i have known from. we are open

to normalize the situation. which is one of the main objectives that we have to work together and we are now in a period of economic growth but we. must still create employment and for this one need security and tranquility and with the desire keeping within the law using common sense not taking unilateral decisions and if it's understood that we live in europe and that we are in the twenty first century and that the. law must be upheld. then things can work in a different manner i would do everything that is within my power to do that. but i say so i will not. allow the. doors of the car to be broken nobody would do that. you're watching al-jazeera

there is the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy taking journalist questions in the spanish capital madrid on the results as we know them so far of the catalan vote over the future you might say of that region within the union of spain he talked very eloquently and hospitably you might say about the voting itself and that it was the duty of every catalan to vote and that they did the then went on into statistics that the catalan vote has actually decreased over the years but he said really that at this moment in time it's a about. accepting the radicalization of the catalan area how fractured it is and how he intends to mend it and that the political actors need to try and reconcile in a legal manner to try and shore up their political differences he was willing to talk

to opposition groups within the basis of the parameters of the law that every effort would be made by the government that immigrant to have that dialogue let's bring in our correspondent who's was listening in to that press conference by the spanish prime minister i think i sort of summed it up there karl i hope what the prime minister had to say but in doing so politicians now have to try and find a way of working together considering that colors more has said from brussels he's willing to talk. yeah i think you summed this up very correctly very precisely but the devil is in the detail here and so when the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy comes out and says he is ready to talk with the new leaders of the capital and parliament within the basis of the law what effectively he is ruling out from the get go assa precondition is that he will not talk about the proposed path to

secession or even a legal referendum to address that question what he clearly has not addressed in any of his speech so far despite journalists' questions is that his effort to break the back of the catalonia session movement by calling the snap elections well that policy has completely backfired because the secession blog has been returned to a majority in the capital parliament but i want to bring in john lopez he's a political science professor. what is your read on speech well if he hasn't recognized the problem another time he is the. new president president bush is a moan as i mean a person to speak with and he's seeing that he's not going to recognize any of the bell a man of the brain in these platforms thing is going on in the same direction so far exactly because right now prime minister talked about the lore and respect for

the law but there is a legal obstacle to the new elected parliament taking office and that is because we've got politicians in exile we've got politicians in jail we've got others on bail facing trial how big a problem is that it's a big problem because we have to remind that there are eight elected m.p.'s who are now out with problems to just to assist to the parliament some of them are in jail in and one of them is a possible new president of the cattle and government so the negotiations and the result of the political problem the problem probably. situation it's more difficult because of the. because of the justice and all the legal aspects of this problem no do you think there's anything in that speech that we've just heard from prime minister that the process session parties will listen to and say there is our opening that is where we can start the dialogue or do you think this

is just the prime minister restating his position we still have political divisions on both sides i think there is nothing new in this is a speech i mean it's just the same exactly the same there is a legal framework and you have to follow this legal framework we don't recognise that catalan government if they want to develop. this platform there is nothing new i think this is precisely one of the problems of the future we hope that we have exactly the same picture of the government to say that we had before probably there one hundred fifty five article is going to be stopped if there are a new parliament and we don't have any. way to develop. between the spanish and they've got the government but a lot of this is still in prime minister always hands he has to call the new parliamentary session he has to allow candidates to be sworn in is the prime minister going to allow college pushed him on to be sworn in once again as the head of the cattle and government is he going to allow people to come out of jail to

take their seats in parliament i think the answer of the president is going to say it's not my position is not my duty it's a matter of justice and justice only the. president puts them on as a possible new candidate for for the new government some he's going to be just you know the offensive position and i think this is the future most of the. problem is going to be rule through the justice not between legal. but after all promise that i'll call these questions all these elections effectively saying let the people decide the cattle politicians on all sides played by. and now effectively if it doesn't lead elected candidates take their seats this no longer is a question of process session or secession it's a question of democracy is not of course what they would say that the question of the modesty is the one that has i mean rule of frame all these process i wouldn't

say that this process is independent or not independence about it's i mean i'm out there of. the demand that this we have to not to forget that seventy percent of population and seventy percent of m.p.'s of the other are in favor of a referendum for independence and the referendum is not possible because it's funny norman don't want to negotiate so again it's a matter of rights and democracy i would say in the foreground this is the model for many things that was just a lopez a political science professor what clearly seems to be emerging for this is that these elections have not solved the cattle and the spanish crisis this is going to rumble on for some time to come and i doubt there is going to be too much more movement until early in the next year well for the moment believe it of course and come back to the situation develops thank you. now back to thursday's u.n. general assembly vote where members overwhelmingly adopted the resolution rejecting

president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel defying u.s. threats of aid cuts mike hanna has more from the united nations in new york and. the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to were sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that jerusalem would be the capital of a palestinian state mr merrill young we meet today not because of any animosity towards the u.s. but because of its decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine and natural rights of the palestinian people to the city of jerusalem. the israeli ambassador holding up a two thousand year old coin as evidence of israel's claim to the city it proves

their ancient connection of the jewel to jerusalem and togo one dearest sent guatemala to join the six nations that had voted against a similar resolution affirming jerusalem status last month. and a number of abstentions increased from nine to thirty five the spec haps a result of the threats made by the us to retaliate financially against those who voted in favor this is bullying and this jumble will not bow to the duck it is unethical who think that works and dignity off member states are for sale let me put it industry we will not be intimidated you can be strong but it doesn't make you right. dismissive u.s. reaction during the turkish foreign minister's speech and the ambassador once again adopted a threatening tone in her response the united states will remember this day in

which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation we will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the united nations which there are questions now about the future of u.s. led attempts to renew negotiations particularly as the palestinian leadership insists it will not talk to u.s. representatives in the light of president trump's decision the u.s. ambassador claimed the vote could determine the way in which u.s. citizens view the united nations in reality though the result reflects a global condemnation of president trump his strategy and his policies mike hanna out his era united nations full time our community standing by in washington d.c. for the u.s. reaction first of scope to marco having garza can tell us exactly where you are and what's going on. gaza city is just

a few hundred meters over there on the border with israel about a hundred meters over there and if we zoom the camera in a bit you can see a crowd of many dozens of protesters who gathered here following rallies held in gaza city earlier today they've been going up as close as they can to the border chanting trying to plan palestinian flags throwing stones and the israeli forces who are just along that border there driving up and down in vehicles have been returning back with some gunfire and also volleys volley after volley of tear gas you're allowed to zero team here is suffered breeze a lot of this tear gas today every time they disperse the protesters they come back again the crowd of protesters seems to be steadily getting bigger i've also been setting fire to some tires you can see the plumes of black smoke there's the tires that the protesters are managed to set fire to when they've been closed the ministry of health officials here and in the west bank say that one person is being

killed here today one person in the west bank being killed and dozens have been injured of course those demonstrations happened as we expected maybe after friday prayers leading up to friday prayers we were waiting for reaction from palestinian politicians in the public at large about that u.n. vote what was the general consensus. we went to a rally earlier where a few hundred supporters of the islamic jihad faction attended and the leaders spoke to that crowd and told them that the vote at the u.n. general assembly was a victory but it was only a moral victory and that any any real victory could only be achieved by action on the ground by that they meant this kind of thing encouraging these these young men to go towards the fence and protest try and plant the flags through the stones and so on so this is already gone for a couple of hours and it's expected to continue every time they're broken up they do it. and it's very similar to what's happened here last friday and the friday

before ever since president trump on december the sixth said that the u.s. would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel will leave it there for now and will monitor events with you as the day progresses let's cross over to washington d.c. where tom harkin our correspondent is the force and the u.s. really perhaps waking up to. thinking about what was what's happened over the last twelve hours it was a reaction we're getting either from politicians or from the media in general. well first of all we should say that the u.n. ambassador nikki haley has invited the sixty four countries that either voted against the resolution abstained or did not take part in the vote at all to a reception a thank you reception for right after new year's day beyond that the state department has not followed up with any specific details about what kind of

threat the united states may may actually. induce or or propose. everything that the president has said everything that u.n. ambassadors said has alluded to some kind of financial retaliate but nothing specific and in fact the state department spokesman yesterday said that we are exploring various options and shied away from any kind of determination or any kind of. specific threat beyond what the president and the u.n. ambassador had said beyond that the reaction here has not been very good among diplomatic circles or political circles the cia former cia director the cia director under barack obama john brennan tweeted yesterday that the president or rather the the threat to retaliate was beyond outrageous and exhibited qualities usually found in

narcissistic vengeful autocrats referring to president trump so right now we don't know what the retaliation will be and by the way we don't see we don't know exactly what the what the future is for the palestinian mission here because there had been a threat to close it down by the administration that was that was even before the announcement that recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital. and so i think we may be waiting to see what happens what. the future holds for the palestinian mission here in washington for the moment tom are talking with our correspondent in washington d.c. well joining me now here in doha is a brit hume he's an associate professor of conflict management at the doha institute time really to assess where everybody actually sits on this rather complicated issue we've had the talk we've seen the arab league and now we've had

the u.n. vote and now we're getting all the political fallout we're seeing a bus in paris with the french president and perhaps is this a new spear of influence with the french president having already been in the middle east recently and certainly having just come back from saudi arabia as well is he vital now to the way the palestinians can possibly proceed with any potential statehood. well ok well let's first be clear that i don't think the world has reached this stage to be able to act independently internally from the united states the united states remains a very important player in world politics and the position but a miserable having said that. i think there is a normal force that's really emerging within europe where we've seeing probably like one of the very few times in history where we see the end of was the new era is voting against the united states' position on the palestinian israeli conflict

there is definitely a new force that's emerging here and i think the important thing here is that europe is unable to be unified on its foreign policy on its and they're not affairs but they came to united fully on the issue of jerusalem and the conflict this gives the importance of this unified european positions can put serious pressure on the united states to take north of of isolation and be unable to act on the where this stage without europe it's a lesson for the current administration it's a lesson for the coming administrations as well that europe can go differently and can be cleared potentially a different force and i think that's where our bass and micron are heading at the moment but it's not just europe that can act alone in this because of the you've got russia as well and you've got china china having just hosted

a two day conference for israelis and palestinians to talk about this particular issue how influential they in terms of this bloc that could work let's not say against america but towards america because at the end of the day president trump has a four year term hypothetically if he doesn't win the next election and a new administration comes in handy backtrack on all of this that they've actually stated and the bad feeling that they've created certainly in the middle east well first of. all micron made that said that clearly in the press conference with our bus that we are in said thing i want to solve with launching a new initiative on this and i think that's that's very clear position that very progressive position that france has taken and again the unified european position on this is very supportive i think in this despite the misery about. position on this issue i think also something good came out of it is that for the

where russia china europe and the us of the world to understand that jerusalem is that line that you cannot really wear outside the consensus of the international community because now the united states the still the most woful country is isolated on this issue or came out alone and actually nikki haley had to leave the voting scene yesterday with the only countries that bob was supporting so i think this is an important position that we have that's emerging here and it's important for the coming administrations as well we should thank you very much for your insight thank you. the battle for the syrian city of aleppo began in twenty twelve fighting ended one year ago when pro-government forces took control of the entire city now the rebels in the east who are under siege had to surrender and withdraw the government now has the upper hand on the ground but it didn't put syria on the road to peace in the quarter reports from neighboring lebanon.

thousands were made homeless civilians fighters activists opponents of the government who were forced to leave aleppo city these syrians now live in rebel controlled prophets their suffering isn't over. we always thought the lipo was but we were forced to live they took it now we're living a very difficult life and no one is helping us. it's been a year since the battle for aleppo came to an end the opposition surrendered its last stronghold people were under siege for months and trapped in a war zone the choice they had was to die or leave their home. in the home of the most difficult moment was when i stepped onto the bus and said goodbye to my city i've had that i lost the part of me or hated the world and. omar halliday did just lose his home aleppo was the heart of their revolution young men like how to be were hopeful when the rebels captured the east of the city of two

thousand and twelve. as a journalist who documented the conflict that followed now he says the years of sacrifices amounted to nothing. they killed our families how can i return to an area under their control i would rather die elsewhere just as long as it is in liberated territory and it's. pro-government forces always stressed the importance of the fight thousands of troops were used in the final push. for the capital damascus and. that young boy who ever and the regime can. aleppo wasn't just another battle it changed the balance of power in the government's favor and gave it political leverage. it was

a. syrian government has shown no sign that it is ready to compromise or. opponents where the so-called moderate rebels made their last stand. that weekend. political settlement. of the opposition the beginning of there and. it is the end of the revolution for me. to live in dignity. because i am wanted by the regime and they will kill me. or the government december twenty two marks. the beginning of the end of the war the opposition doesn't see it that way for them just like much of their country no longer belongs to that. route. well it's time for weather tropical storm had been seems to be a real problem rob yesler is running rather fast than card talkies five days ago

precessing so have a look at what we've got currently this is the current of cloud it's the philippines it's been hit by these two tropical storms they both have similar structures similar size some of essential except this was running so quickly so the winds were gale force and this is recent footage and the river this particular day or go down the order has overflowed so you've got some flooding in the area some chest deep flooding indeed it doesn't look anything like as bad as current tack it's also a bit further south so the nearest city recording rain for this hundred sixty eight millimeters in thirty six hours that's less than a quarter of what fell a car tax because this thing is running so quickly for that rainfall compares reasonably favorite you were getting fed a second in indonesia during the wet season and in fact is a little bit more it stood here in sort of y.c. now i mentioned car attack attack is no longer in existence but i just put a market there it's a tropical depression its former partner is going to enhance the rain over the southern philippines and the lazy and possibly as fast as

a singapore will do no more than that and hans the rains whereas this thing having just left the philippines least the has got bit more rain to give but it's already strengthening its course takes across the south china sea and by about monday means southern vietnam but in the meantime it might turn into a typhoon so thanks so much trouble still ahead here on al-jazeera prue's congress votes against impeaching the president over corruption allegations. also the latest proposals coming out of the astana talks on monday syrian conflict will be in mind for moscow and in sport is a second success it is many days for this skier tatyana will have the details straight after the break. you are making remarks whether on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminal

or if you join us on inside. of it in the morning in the sense i want to cover the world and this is a dialogue that could be what's leading to some of the confusion about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the conversation at this time on al-jazeera. i remember the first time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations because it was so many nationalities. just that we all come from different places but it's one that gives us that gives us the ability to identify the people when they have a side of the world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength. but

like you watching the al-jazeera news hour i'm so whole run a reminder of our top stories spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has rejected former catalan leader palace call to meet him the day after separatist parties won a majority in regional elections but it wasn't a resoundingly victory as a pro unity party emerged as the single largest group says he will make an effort to hold talks with the new catalan government. french president says the u.s. is marginalized itself in the israeli palestinian conflict he's been holding talks of about a day after the u.s. rebuked washington for recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel palestinian president said the u.s. is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process. russia iran and turkey have

announced deals covering prisoner exchanges and cheering talks on ending the syrian war in kazakhstan we've they've agreed to meet again in the russian city of sochi on january the nineteenth with the aim of bringing both the government the opposition on the to the negotiating table so you're going to get reports now for us from moscow i mean what have the guarantor countries actually agreed to. when a sense what they have come in agreement to is to sort out the practicalities such as in those areas which do need to be mined and also pushing ahead with that as well as dealing with the prisoner exchanges as well and the case of abducted people who need mediation but it's also that includes also those demining areas it also include the unesco sites as well but it's also the political. progress that needs

to be dealt with at hand here and it's really looking forward to that meeting in january at the end of january in sochi the syrian national dialogue talks there what has been really sort of underlined is the fact that the defense minister sergei show who has said that the meetings are going to be open to all groups all religion and ethnic backgrounds and all armed groups as well they're all invited to participate as well that so far there has been a tentative. acceptance of this by opposition groups saying that they would participate as long as there isn't a difference to the geneva resolutions and this is where the fundamental point comes in as well because of course that can sense the political future of that and how this pertains to the situation in syria and when that will hold

elections but we'll leave it there so you thanks very much for your boat. fifty americans now approve president pet republican has survived an impeachment vote in congress over corruption allegations it is accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant. the company has been at the center of a massive bribery scandal that's caused political upheaval across latin america as mariana sanchez reports from lima. just an unprecedented outcome that is president . held onto his job nearly a week of damage already of legislators passed a motion to impeach him when it came to the vote congress failed to get the necessary numbers to oust him. flanked by his lawyer could be faced congress he said with the conviction of his innocence and the intention to show it. come today at your request ready to defend myself against of false and all minnes

occupations that can only be understood in the context of an unconstitutional desire to separate me from power. the congressional majority accuse the seventy nine year old mother of being part of the largest corruption scandal in latin america they said he lied about receiving payments from brazilian giant other but each money the company and the president say are legal but the political opposition didn't believe him. mr kaczynski as lawyers turned out to be state lawyers and that all the evidence that he was in charge of the presidency is not incapacity to continue serving as president yes. in a thirty minute address to congress cheese key said he's never received a bribe that he's honest and transparent his supporters said legislators didn't give him enough time to prove his innocence. the president hasn't

had a chance to defend himself not even the worst criminals are treated like the president being treated at. first said the impeachment put at stake not only the presidency a democracy in the country. outside congress demonstrator said beware of trade this was a coup in the making it gave him what is more the fujimori party wants to control the government like in the past years and do whatever they want and we won't accept this because the fight against dictatorship has been hard. critics said legislators try to remove the preceded without clear evidence of a crime or waiting for final result of the so-called carwash investigation now he says it's time for a new phase for reconciliation to start i.d.s. i just i just. know a class action lawsuit has been filed against apple in the u.s. state of illinois after the tech giant admitted it released software updates that

deliberately slowed down some old i phone models social media users have long speculated the company limits the performance of older i phones to force users to upgrade apple says it made the change just here to help preserve battery life which it says diminishes over time but experts argue simply replacing the battery would extend the phone's lifespan every mars is a freelance technology journalist covering consumer trends joins me now from our london studio how embarrassing is this for apple and is it going to cost them dearly. well it doesn't look good it was a perfectly legitimate software fix but the problem was they didn't tell anybody. it this will mean that you know an old battery will last a bit longer because the phone uses less power because it's doing less work it's doing less computing and it's less likely to suddenly in the clicking cold weather just stop working because the no battery can't supply enough energy but the fact

they didn't tell anybody is awful and there's already a law suit in the states you know this is within day to day of it being confirmed and i'm sure there will be others around the world so yes it will i mean of course apple fanboys and girls will be obsessive li fanboy and girlish it doesn't matter what they do their fans are incredibly loyal but it doesn't look good i'm in a battery last about two years so five hundred charge is roughly complete charge and discharge is where is an i phone should get software updates for about five years so it's well worth replacing a battery of it's about twenty dollars to buy a battery yourself for the kit that with the tools to do it or about seventy million dollars to get apple to do it the saying all of that. apple prides itself on its honesty and its openness and its sadness when it comes to trying to explain to even the most illiterate of computer and phone users how simple their products

are to use this is going to tarnish their reputation i'm going to busy working newsroom and i can assure you there are a large majority of people that are quite frustrated about what the news that they're hearing here if we feel like this here in doha there must be millions of people across the globe that feel the same way. i think that's right and i should say though that they do have a stunningly good reputation for many things but open this isn't really one of them in the torricelli secretive for a long long time a lot of the software bugs that get fixed in all these updates we get a kept secret other companies tell you what's been fixed on what the problems of or and i mean they don't even tell their own staff i've had taken a phone in myself to the so-called geniuses in the apple store. and the problem with the phone it turns out to be a software bug that apple knew about geniuses. didn't know about this and gave me

a new phone so it actually cost apple they're in there they're secretive in every possible way but says they do have a reputation for good customer service and this does tarnish introduce very briefly that's going to be a wake up call to other phone providers and manufacturers that you might be able to get away with the subtle changes without explaining them to the consumer because the consumer that's globally connected is quite savvy in the twenty first century. oh i think that's right i mean if you have software flaws in trying to hide them or those things then security researchers like the one who found this and. will find it and they will publicize it it should be said that other phone manufacturers are generally more open but there's been lots of cases of tickly not of phones leaking information and that's really the most embarrassing thing that other brands

have been caught doing an x. and all sorts of things and they very often get found out and it does cause a lot reputational damage for that reason i think quite a lot of people avoid some chinese brands of phones which have been particularly bad but many others have been caught to so yes but i'm sure they'll carry on getting caught this one good men to it i'll be back in this studio commenting on similar embarrassing revelations about oh sure the manufactories over and over again i'm sure you were look forward to speaking to you again for the moment in our london studio thanks so much for joining us a real break you. remembering the long. haul.

looks like it's time for sport to start here thank you very much for how the eye opening match of the gulf cup football tournament kicks off in just over half an hour's time with a taking on saudi arabia politics of overshadow the start of the competition by saudi arabian and m.r. aussie officials left their scheduled news conference on thursday off to taking exception to the presence of qatari based channels including al-jazeera has more this was a political football tournament from the beginning the news conference held on the eve of the gulf cup that became a story itself when the saudi and immorality teams that walked out leaving hundreds

of media members confused after a long exchange with the kuwaiti media organizer the reason behind the walkout was revealed the presence of the qatar based news channels including the al-jazeera. the saudis and him artes are part of a blockade of qatar that's been in force for more than six months they accuse qatar of sponsoring terrorism accusations vinci denies just a few weeks ago it looked like at this year's edition of the gulf cup wouldn't go ahead a tool but when saudi arabia and emirates were threatening to boycott the ban neural event i'm in the regions with diplomatic crisis in years the gulf crisis saw the competition moved from qatar to kuwait. the host nation who were themselves a band from international football by fifa until just two weeks ago they're hoping this story meant will help ease the tension between qatar and its neighbors it's

not about for talked about something to give them football it's something we're going to run sport. for poor to typical initial team is that they are attached to it again describes how. how how how how how they felt. going to last two weeks and also the last two years this tournament is very close to the kuwaitis hearts they've won the title ten times the first was back in ninety seventy when it began for you know kuwait for their sort of the very very. very with a lead that is very visible this is history there are no really really believe. over here if you try to visit history. this is the first official training session for the kuwaiti national team in two years and despite the press conference a drama earlier on the home team are determined that nothing will spoil their party

but there will be facing a tough challenge as they're getting ready to face the only team that is qualified for the twenty eighteen world cup. a sixty thousand capacity crowd is expected that the opening ceremony on friday including the fee for president giani in fun tino after two years of football lakeside the home fans are hoping for some great football action and a fierce contest on the pitch rather than off it. in the english premier league liverpool will look to continue their fine form of defending when they take on austin on friday but although liverpool have conceded just four goals and nine games manager yakin capa still taking a cautious approach. i don't know if there will be a lot of goals again but. we go there to do before we do that to to get as much as we can and. we know that difficult but in this moment i feel as well that it's

possible that we should try with less than fifty days to go until the chung olympics canadian mchale kingsbury looks like he might be one of the ones to beat on the slopes the twenty five year old has continued to dominate in the freestyle skiing moguls winning his second race in as many days in china and recording his tenth consecutive world cup win in the discipline he now leads the overall standings by one hundred forty points the women's event was won by kazakhstan's yuliya gallia shaver the next moguls contest of the season is in canada in january . meanwhile in the freestyle skiing hof type event also taking place in china though with the debut world cup victory for local favorite john question she was just fifteen she's just fifteen years old the men's event was won by thomas clay the frenchman securing his first podium finish in more than two years. now south

africa isn't a country often associated with winter sports but one man is looking to change that side of spielman is bidding to become the first black alpine skier from the country to compete in the olympics n.p.r. chung spelman could have competed in such in twenty fourteen after being invited by the international olympic committee but he was prevented from doing so by thought africa's games committee who said he didn't meet the required standard but was met with criticism from those who believed the twenty two year old could have showcased skiing to a wider audience in the country or a decision on his participation in pyongyang is due next month. i think i'm a good role model to the good schools being of the youthful and digs in qualifying for switching to the fourteen i saw like a difference. within the community where we live there's more children wanting to grow in this board into their development program the kids are really believed by that in the n.b.a. the boston celtics poor run of form continues as they suffered another loss this

time at the hands of the new york knicks one hundred two to ninety three was the final score meanwhile the toronto raptors had to come back from a twenty two point deficit to beat the philadelphia seventy six ers to modernising scored a career high forty five points during the game to lead the toronto raptors to the win this is that fifth straight victory and eleven in twelve games. in the n.h.l. the new jersey devils beat the new york rangers in a shootout new jersey's brian boyle scored the game tying goal in the third period of the game with just nine minutes in regulation time left the ball also came through for the devils in the fourth round of the shootout to lift his team to a four three when. it was also a shootout victory over in tampa bay as the lightning be the visiting auto with senators steven stamkos and braden point scoring to lead tampa bay to a four three win. and finally legend three hall of fame sports broadcaster

dick enberg has died at the age of eighty two the american was one of his country's best known sports voices he called a range of events including ten super bowls and was found dead at his home in san diego author an apparent heart attack. not for this but from alcohol if i can thanks very much tatyana while you have been watching the al-jazeera news stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com i'm back with another full hoffa hour of news on the other side of the break until on me on the news team here on the news outlets of your time and company. images from the niger delta through the unflinching eyes of. an artist on a mission to demonstrates the good on his beloved. documents the effects of the

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