but there. well it's never thought i'd like. a little doubt. about that in the first episode of a two part series al-jazeera investigates the world of performance enhancing drugs . sports doping the industry at this time. the united states is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process the palestinian president condoms the u.s.

after the un rejects donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. and hundreds of palestinians stage fresh protests against trump on the streets in fact they have. allow him see a chance and this is al jazeera long from london also coming up spain's prime minister rejects a call from catalonia ousted leader to meet after separatist parties retained a slim majority in thursday's election. or in process in south sudan signing a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. and apple faces lawsuits in the u.s. off drug making it deliberately slowed down older models of the i phone.

palestine's president says his country won't accept any u.s. backed middle east peace plan what about was reinforcing his position after the u.n. rejected president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital abbas also urged france and europe to step up and play a bigger role in peace efforts after meeting the french president in paris the has more from. it was no surprise that the palestinian leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the elise a palace emanuel mark karr has been a staunch critic of the united states' decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel after talks on the crisis mahmoud abbas's said the palestinians could no longer accept a u.s. peace plan. 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 failing and because of this violation of international law. mccraw has stepped up efforts to mediate in the crisis meeting with the king of jordan and israel's prime minister earlier this month he wants to try and help revive talks but he has ruled out unilaterally recognizing palestine as the state saying it would be unhelpful at this time these americans and the americans have marginalized themselves and i'm trying not to do the same thing that i think france's credibility lies in taking a position as we have today where we can talk to everyone emanuel michael says he's using france's position as a country that has good relations with all sides to try and help and with the palestinians no longer considering the u.s. as an honest broker it could leave the door open for france to play a greater role. so what we've seen as a manual macro getting really involved even of this is a very sensitive. stage france's position is difficult but macron to

really looking to restore the opposition runs once ahead and put it on the national stage much the decision by the u.s. on driessen continues to draw international condemnation thursday more than one hundred twenty countries including france back to u.n. resolution demanding washington withdraw its decision and across the world politicians continue to voice their concerns. supports the position that the conflict between israel and palestine should be resolved between them including the issue of the final status of jerusalem. great importance to the palestine issue because with things palestinians also as it is to make rights to establish their own country. lazer the prime minister led a protest in the administrative capital putrajaya. mackerel says he has no plans for a french peace initiative he says he's waiting to see what the u.s.

has to offer but with the palestinians ruling out washington's involvement france and the european union could be called upon to fill the gap it's actually butler al-jazeera paris in a moment we'll speak to malcolm webb in gaza but first let's get the latest from tom ackerman in washington tom there's been a scorched of the condemnation against the u.s. on all of this the president's not usually slow in coming forward has he said anything about this. or he hasn't not since the decision other than the fact that prior to the decision on wednesday the vote rather on wednesday he had said that there would be some kind of retaliation unspecified and the state department has said only that they're pursuing options without specifically saying that it would be financial retaliate to countries that had voted for the resolution they the u.n. ambassador is now preparing

a thank you reception for the sixty four countries which either voted against the resolution abstained or didn't vote at all and vice president mike pence today said that we will now move on to other issues with now that this has been settled in his words and that he is also looking forward to his visit to the middle east early in the next in the coming weeks didn't say again when that would be that visit has already been delayed or canceled this week because of the tax bill vote and then afterwards of course the u.n. resolution but he did say that he would be visiting israel egypt and to other arab countries would be interesting to see what kind of reception he might be anticipating in the arab countries he had been scheduled to meet with christian leaders for example the coptic pope in in cairo who has said that he will refuse to meet with him the same with the bishop in one of the churches in bethlehem.

so it's not clear where this will go and and what this will do with where this will put the so-called prospective american peace framework which was supposed to be unveiled again in the first half of two thousand and eighteen thanks it's home to michael and i with the position from washington d.c. well that's been more violence in the palestinian territories between protesters and israeli security forces and. people have been killed in gaza where israeli forces used live ammunition to disperse demonstrators but answers had gathered there after friday prayers malcolm webb is. probably you are on the border there with israel and gaza another day of rage how bad has it got. started after after people came out of the mosque after prayers there were two street rallies held here in gaza one by hamas in the north and one in the center of

the strip by the islamic jihad so they had a crowds of a few hundred people in each but then they headed towards the border with israel the separation wall in some parts it's a wall in other parts it's a fence and in six different locations protesters were clashing with israeli soldiers we went to one of them where the protesters were trying to get as close as they could towards the fence to plant palestinian flags throw stones they were met with live fire and volleys of tear gas lots of tear gas but every time the crowd to disperse they managed to be gather and this went on until sunset when we left there just a short while ago the remains of the protesters were still there and the israeli military was still firing tear gas to try to disperse them ok well thanks very much for the latest picture and.

spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has rejected an immediate offer by council on president bush to long for the term them to meet following thursday's election in the region and is at the door open to possible future discussions concerning his three pro independence parties won seventeen seats in the one hundred thirty five seat parliament but the prospect of a citizens' party when the highest number of seats for thirty seven it means a slim and rejoiced majority for the pro independence party's program reports. when all sides claim victory who actually wins it's a question catalans are asking themselves today. winning thirty seven problem entry seats that's running as biggest single party is now the citizens party progun it's the leader in this i don't mind us. but the three main secessionist parties together one seventy seats and so they hold the parliamentary majority catalonia is

pro independence colace preached celebrated in brussels where he fled to avoid arrest on sedition charges and he's made a new offer to the government in madrid and i get sent around sugar stick dispute that i'm willing to meet a prime minister avoid brussels or any other european state that is in spain about brazil obvious reasons i'm willing to do it so that we can address this new political era starting in catalonia spain and europe it is an era presided over by political solutions not by common repression that we find ourselves in by now. the response today from the spanish government suggests dialogue might just be possible given that the person i would need to sit down with is the winner of the election and that's mr. i will make an effort to maintain a dialogue with whatever government comes out of these elections but as i've said

before i will also ensure that we follow the law. on polling day voters of all sides spoke to us about wanting a return to normality with the results now in a straw poll of pass alone a citizens found dissatisfaction with the outcome. without favoring one side or another i think they've hurt catalonia a lot with this independence issue. i think that the citizens party which one doesn't represent the majority of catalans i think the majority of people favor the probably independence party and. i don't think it's a good result the lift just parties have been marginalized and i don't see a solution for the differences between two clear blocks. so now the spotlight appears to be on the attitude of the new council and government i would say they will slightly step back this doesn't mean that they will wait and renounce today

independence more but they will i think take a softer approach first because they were slightly less than fifty percent of the balls and they think that's important because they're hard line by the chinese government and this elections have produced a rather messy outcome with both sides able to take positives from the results but neither side able to land the kind of knockout blow that they might have hoped for everything now depends on the session this block and whether they will choose confrontation with madrid or compromise. al-jazeera. hold joins me now live from outside the capital of parliament and barcelona paul summed up there in a call saying it's a messy outcome how do we pay system gather now is it about push to monitor calming down the rhetoric in the hope that they spanish pm will agree to talks. again that really depends how you look at it so i think that what the process

session is block or interpret in this today is that they have a renewed mandate that they were justified in fact in pushing ahead with their efforts to break away from the rest of spain why do they think they're justified quite simply put because they have a here to the rules set down by central government that was to go to new parliamentary elections and out of those new parliamentary elections has emerged a new majority wants again for the process session parliaments yes it is true that warm pro-union party has become the single largest party in parliament but this was never a bout who was the single largest party it was always going to be about building a coalition and quite simply the mothers of the citizens party cannot put together the mathematics of this to build a coalition the numbers simply do not add up whichever way you look at it and that

is why really bad mr boies policy why his efforts why his gamble to try and undermine the process bloc have backfired and this offer of talks let's have some dialogue within the framework of the law really is just mr restating his position that effectively is setting a precondition yes let's sit down we can talk about anything but we certainly can't talk about your efforts to try and break away from the rest of spain which both he and spanish prosecutors have already ruled illegal to and how does it physically work when it comes to government if you've got one leader who is in self-imposed exile in brussels and others in jail do they actually get to take their seats or have any opinion. you're absolutely right you've got one leader and four members of his former cabinet who are a self-imposed exile in brussels under threat of immediate arrest if they set foot back in spain. you have other candidates you who've won seats in parliament who are

currently in jail you have a raft of other candidates who are free on bail for now but also facing charges of rebellion these are charges that could carry a thirty year sentence in prison and there are also threats that even more politicians could be accused of the crimes of rebellion or incitement to rebellion it is really a legal threat hanging over the political decisions here we could in effect see those politicians who have been convicted of a crime being brought in polies viands to take their seats in parliament and then being taken back to jail and that bridge would really be a spectacle for european democracy because that is not a site that we're accustomed to once again i think that what the process session is people are saying today is that we have played by the rules set by. and even then we won't be allowed to take our seats they are calling and their supporters

are calling for an end to the legal processes against these political candidates to see if they can resolve the political situation without the legal threats hanging over them so really isn't this election. so calm. the main power is backing syria's warring sides push for another round of talks to end six years of civil war and peruse president pitch over corruption allegations. alah temperature wise in shanghai and hong kong do is just a little above average at the moment chung to the most obvious about should be about it live and but if anything the humidity will make it feel back down to normal next day or so as the northerly breeze tucks in shanghai ten to twelve

inches to fifteen it is snow we have in the mountains in the west of sichuan but in chengdu itself have been watching the air quality in the northern indian play particularly in delhi you'd think from this cloud he might be hints of some movement but i'm afraid not as to other hazardous or very unhealthy officially say and nothing's going to really change that i'm afraid the next day week month or so this is the quiet northeast monsoon mostly itself is very weak he's just quite winter weather at the moment temperatures as you see them as where they should be and he shall be in sri lanka possibly still in telling about it again they weren't amount to much we have seen recently clouds streaming out of north east africa particularly egypt on a southerly breeze that has lifted temperatures even to or rather above where they should be that will probably reverse changed a couple of days but an immediate future hit kids will miss to twenty nine degrees

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welcome back remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera palestine's present his country one tech set and the u.s. backed peace plan after the u.n. rejected president to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in bethlehem at least one person was injured when security forces fired rubber bullets at a protest against the embassy decision. spanish prime minister mariano or hoyer has rejected an offer to meet ousted catalan president carlos to discuss gonzalo news political crisis and again independence from spain and snap elections. russia iran and turkey have announced deals covering prisoner exchanges on d. mining in syria. majoring talks that have been held in kazakhstan russia and iran backed the syrian government in the civil war while turkey supports rebel groups agreeing to meet again in the russian city of sochi on jan revealing teamed with

the aim of bringing both the syrian government and the opposition to the negotiating table sunny go has more from moscow. there's been a two pronged approach to the finale of these talks for now and that is russia turkey and iran agreeing that on the practical side they will be dealing with issues such as de mining areas in syria which have been affected by the fighting as well that includes unesco sites as well and also dealing with the coordination of trying to free people who've been captured a prisoner exchanges as well but also to look ahead is towards what is going to be happening in january twenty eighth and that is the syrian national dialogue congress talks in sochi that has been thrown open the defense minister has said that opposition groups should attend that as well and has said that people

from ethnic backgrounds from different ethnic backgrounds different religious backgrounds as well as opposing armed groups are invited to participate that are tentatively armed groups have said that they would participate as long as there is a commitment towards the geneva resolution and that of course is really throwing forward the situation trying to ensure a political resolution to all of this and paving the way eventually to holding elections in syria. u.s. president donald trump has signed his government's tax reform bill into law the one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill was approved by congress on wednesday thank you biggest overhaul for the u.s. tax system in thirty years it will repeal some parts of obamacare and offers big tax cuts for businesses it's terms first major legislative victory of his first

year in office. south sudan's government and opposition forces have signed a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians the deal agreed after talks in ethiopian capital addis ababa is the latest attempt to end the four year long conflict truce comes into effect on sunday which is christmas eve it aims to revive a twenty fifteen peace deal that collapsed last year after a heavy fighting broke out in south sudan's capital juba. more than four million people have been displaced in south sudan's conflict creating the world's fastest growing refugee crisis under the thousands have fled to northern kenya catherine sawyer reports from a refugee camp in cats home. mall of south sudan's displaced people have made their way to this transit center in nothing kenya with that's really nothing to call their own helen good arrived recently both husband and brother were killed

in the fighting she now has to take care of her brothers eight children as well as five of her own she is a family back home a good one she tells us no more giving up on the land it's very hard for me i'm the only person now to take care of these children i don't know whether peace will come or not i'm not hopeful any more there are about a thousand refugees in this reception center all have arrived in the last few weeks this year alone more than twenty two thousand mostly from south sudan have come for help the comp is already hosting close to two hundred thousand. been given talk that will enable them to get space in the constable top shelters will soon meet their new neighbors some of whom have been in since another see will war with the north but ended twelve years ago. people like park peter he's a head teacher and those schools have closed he wants to ensure the library he students enjoy is ready for when they return he escaped in two thousand and four to avoid

being recruited as a child soldier the very reason many boys he stitching now have fled south sudan and he knows exactly who to blame the president and his former vice president whose forces are fighting each other. so. yes. someone is poured into. his country. this is one of khan's students who run the fuck eighteen years old but still in primary school. he's talking to his on tues at a comp for displaced people. home he's not seen ha his mother or four sisters since he left three years ago.

and. i'm learning. south sudan has been in conflict for four years it's one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world attempts at peace overseen by regional mediators have often filled and with no end in sight this refugees continue to wait out a crisis they say has destroyed their lives catherine soy al jazeera. in north and kenya. perris president has survived an impeachment vote in congress over corruption allegations. is accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant only brushed mariana sanchez reports from lima. an unprecedented outcome it is president. held onto his job nearly a week jordi 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 may. come today at your request ready to defend myself against a 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 a latin america they said he lied about receiving payments from brazilian giant other but it's money the company and the president say are legal but the political opposition didn't believe him. mr kaczynski is lawyers turn out to be state lawyers and that all the evidence that he's in charge of the presidency is not in capacity to continue serving as president yes. in

a thirty minute address to congress she's key said he's never received a bribe that he's honest and transparent his supporters said the legislators didn't give him enough time to prove his innocence. did not then you know they tried and the president hasn't had a chance to defend himself not even the worst criminals are treated like the president being treated analysts at the impeachment put at stake not only the presidency but the mark received in the country was outside congress demonstrator said they were afraid this was a coup in the making about 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 if i. against dictatorship has been hard. critics said legislators try to remove the president without clear evidence of a crime waiting for final results of the so-called car wash investigation now

kaczynski says it's time for a new face for reconciliation to start. a class action lawsuit has been filed in the us against tech giants at poll after it augmented to deliberately slowing down old i phones critics argue it's a tactic to force customers to buy new devices shelob ellis reports. ten years of phones and an estimated one point two billion songs the i thought has become a household name but when the i phone eight released in september customers complained the old phone slowdown in the next three months google searches for the keywords i phone slow jumped about fifty percent users speculated apple had slowed their phones to push them to upgrade on wednesday ethyl admitted it has deliberately slowed older i phones explaining that as i phone batteries age and degrade they can

overload and unexpectedly shut down slowing the phones if the company stops the overloading it affects the i phone six success and seven models our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers which includes overall performance and prolonging the life of the devices last year we released a feature to smooth out the instantaneous current pates only when needed to prevent the device from unexpectedly shutting down it was a perfectly legitimate software fix but the problem was they didn't tell anybody they do have a stunningly good reputation for many things but open this isn't really one of them in the torricelli secretive and then the court action began to law students in california filed a class action lawsuit then people from four different states filed in a chicago court more are expected they say they may have a can seem to allow apple to slow their i phones and the demanding replacement

phones and compensation if a nationwide class action gets the go ahead it appear would. i took all people in the u.s. with i phones older than an eight if you have software floors and try and avoid them or those things then security researchers like the one who found this and. will find it and they will publicize it and this already a lawsuit in the states you know this is within a day of it being confirmed and i'm sure there will be others around the world the i phone a system a should to be the most profitable piece of technology to hit the market if apple continues to benefit it may depend on whether they come out of this saga unscathed shallop bellus al-jazeera. a reminder now of the main stories making news here on al-jazeera palestine's

president mahmoud abbas says his country won't accept any u.s. backed peace plan following president trance decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mark where the bass was reinforcing his position at a meeting with french president emanuel not home in paris. 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 feeling and because of this violation of international law. protests against president trumps decision to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem continue to flare up around the world in bethlehem at least one person was injured when security forces fired rubber bullets out protesters. spanish prime minister mariano were hoity has rejected an offer to meet ousted catalan president colace preached a more to discuss catalonia political crisis the region again back to independence from spain in thursday's snap elections. russia iran and turkey have announced

deals covering prisoner exchanges and de mining in syria after talks in kazakhstan russia and iran the syrian government all turkey supports some major rebel groups they were going to meet again in the russian city of sochi on january the twenty ninth u.s. president donald trump has signed his government's tax reform bill into law the one point five trillion dollars tax reform bill was approved by congress on wednesday making it the biggest overhaul for the u.s. tax system in thirty years. in the state victory of his first year in office south sudan's government and opposition forces have signed a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians the deal agreed after talks in the capital is the latest attempt to end the four year long conflict the truce comes into effect on sunday which is christmas save her as president and

impeachment vote in congress over corruption allegations and her public is accused of receiving payments from the brazilian construction giant to brushed i'll be back with more news in just under half an hour a state scape with a story of a photographer breaking new boundaries in nigeria don't go away. twenty first century africa a continent undergoing great change and finally seizing control of it. but it's been a long box on good years ago.