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and. also coming up. more deaths during protests and the palestinian president. future peace efforts. the u.s. will be. craving for kids battles against russian backed separatists. and a new cease fire agreement gives hope to millions of people displaced by fighting. new sanctions targeting north korea's fuel imports resolution drafted by the u.s. will ban the ninety percent of refined petroleum products exports to pyongyang kim

jong un's right james is already under u.s. u.n. and e.u. sanctions after conducting several new missile tests this year that have drawn widespread condemnation like hannah has worn the united nations in new york. well what has been a sometimes divided year for the security council draws to an end with a display of unity the resolution on north korea tightening sanctions passed unanimously and tighten the sanctions it does there's a massive reduction in the amount of refining the fuel that is north korea would be allowed to import also or trouble bairn an asset freeze on a number of individuals and one entity the north korean army well this resolution followed intense talks between the united states russia and china to ensure that all we're in agreement with the text today for the tenth time this council stand united against a north korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace the cameras gene continues

to defy the resolutions of this council the norms of civilized behavior and the patience of the international community their arrogance and hostility to anything productive has set their country on a destructive path the resolution also did not rule out dialogue committing members to pursuing the six party talks north korea south korea japan the u.s. russia and china coming together in some form of dialogue the u.s. still insisting though that there must be a sustained to say sion of north korean missile development before discussions can commence russia and china for their part within the meeting insisting that there should be some kind of quid pro quo shown by south korea and the u.s. perhaps suspending their ongoing joint military exercises nonetheless the security council coming to agreement a unanimous vote at the end of the year our reporters have been covering the story

develop our own we're going to reaction from hong kong but first we're joined by far is larry in seoul and friends what's the reaction there in seoul. well south korea says it supports and welcomes these latest round of sanctions on north korea calling it an indication the world will not tolerate north korea's nuclear and missile development program but it also stresses on dialogue now intense relations between the two koreas have been at their lowest point in decades previous administrations previous south korean administrations rather have taken a more hardline approach when it came to dealing with north korea but president moon j.n. who came into office in may he means more towards the liberal side now his government is also keen not to heighten tensions on the korean peninsula because south korea is due to hold to host the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics in february ticket sales for the events have been slow possibly because of security concerns so

south korea while it's keen to support international pressure on north korea in the form of economic sanctions is urging dialogue as the way forward take a listen to what the south korean ambassador to the u.n. had to say sanctions are not an end in themselves but an effective means to bring those korea back on the track for peaceful diplomatic and political solutions however narrow and bumpy in may be the lord to world peace food in new clothes nation through dialogue is still open and available. but of course the key question is how is north korea likely to react while in the past north korea has said these punitive economic measures will not have the effect of making it stop its nuclear program but rather will accelerate it now in august when the united nations security council vote to ban north korean exports of coal

iron and seafood among other things north korea responded by testing a hydrogen bomb a nuclear test and when the u.n. security council passed another round of sanctions in september north korea launched a missile test in november and we've not yet had any official reaction from north korea we will likely hear a statement put out on official state media perhaps in a day or two but we can expect to hear from the north korean leader kim jong un himself who's made it a tradition to deliver a new year's day speech now and last year or rather this year early this year in january in his speech he said north korea was in the final stages of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile and this last test by north korea in november that missile flew the high as it's ever been an expert say it has the capability to reach the east coast off united states so whether or not these sanctions have the effect of reigning in north korea will have to wait and see whether it will in fact have the opposite effect ok florence banks very much that's given up to hong kong

that we can join to go there is a surprising move from china voting in favor of these very strict strict sanctions what i'm hearing from beijing. that's right laura particularly the issue of fuel previously china had been reluctant to cut their fuel supplies to north korea and even reluctant to even tell the world how much they were supplying to north korea china is the biggest supplier of fuel to north korea at the moment and therefore is seen as indirectly supporting the nuclear program because most that is used for their nuclear program now china has also those top short of completely halting all fields in north korea saying that that would lead to collapse and regime and most certainly conflict which is something they definitely don't want to they would be directly affected by here's what the chinese ambassador to the u.n. had to say. on the d.p. r. k.

is continuing to conduct nuclear tests and missile launches in defiance of the universal opposition by the international community the parties concerned have continued to expand military exercises in scale up their own shows of force the escalation of tension on the peninsula which has reached a point of risking spiraling out of control is not in the interest of any party. not the fact that china has agreed to these sanctions and hasn't put up any resistance to them really does signal a change of stunts not just in their fuel supplies but also in the way they see north korea there was a time perhaps even earlier this year when north korea would send an almost word to china before launching a missile or even testing a nuclear weapon not anymore china blames kim jong un for the deterioration in relations saying not so many words that he doesn't give them the respect his father and grandfather did and analysts say china no longer has the sway it once had over

north korea. in hong kong to be a thank you. palestine's president has declared he will no longer accept the united states as mediator in the middle east peace process was speaking was meeting french president on your macro but is it a leader call for europe to play a stronger role in peace efforts that a butler reports from paris. 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 there longer considering the u.s. as an honest broker it could leave the door open for france to play a greater role. through what we've seen as a manual macro getting really involved even of this is a very sensitive situation is much at stake france's position is difficult but macron 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 concern. japan 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 absolute 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 unfoldment france

and the european union could be called upon to fill the gap. al-jazeera paris or meanwhile two palestinian protesters have been killed by israeli forces and more violence over the us the decision to recognize true islam as israel's capital as the third friday of demonstrations in the person in territories since donald trump's announcement. still ahead here on al-jazeera spain's prime minister says no to talks with catalonia exiled leader after whistle lections underlined deep divisions. and the face of corruption expose we'll bring you the verdict in the trial of two former football officials. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. al has been remarkably warm recently in northern egypt in the

levant and even actually in turkey by jon the clouds you see doesn't indicate particular whether it's taken the blue out of the sky made it rather whiter but it's also the same time indicating a breeze from the southwest even the surface and so temperatures twenty five in beirut twenty four in baghdad we're about six to eight degrees above where we should be terence also quite warm as these q eight and you'll notice that turkey's cool down and saw the green for rain or white for snow as winter just tries to tuck in just gets into northern syria or northern iraq i think that's how we get to sunday but the real cold isn't just creeping in that post of fifty degrees for example and the warmth was even reached for the south it shouldn't be twenty six in riyadh but that's the case of saturday and sunday monday even be twenty nine degrees so it's quiet and slowly woman which is maybe a bit of a surprise and rebbie and peninsula. down through tropical africa to the south is in some big shells recently in cross in the tao i don't seem to be that many around

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hello again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour the united nations has unanimously backs new sanctions on north korea which banned nearly ninety percent of petrol exports to pyongyang. regime is already under u.s. u.n. and ease sanctions after conducting several nuclear and missile tests this year. allison in present backward abbas says leaders to play a bigger role in peace efforts following the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meanwhile two more palestinian protesters were killed by israeli forces in the latest demonstrations over the decision. u.s. says it will provide ukraine with what it calls enhanced defensive capabilities in its battle against russian aligned separatists in the east of the country the decision marks a significant increase in american support for ukraine weapons are expected to

include antitank missiles congress would still need to approve the sale once president donald trump signs off on it more than ten thousand people have died in the three year conflict in eastern ukraine let's bring in stephen fresh he's a professor of political science at the university of california berkeley good to have you with us why is the u.s. doing this and this stage some three years into the war. yes well it's always hard to say first of all what president trump is ever means to do we don't really have much of a coherent foreign policy under this administration but with that caveat in money and it looks to me like he wants to mollify congress there are people in congress who think that the united states should be taking stronger action on a new crew and this is a way of nothing to them and so yes i'm still concerned with back in ukraine against russia it also helps him perhaps look a little bit less. than many people suspect that years here in the united states

here if he's taking a stand that basically is something that the russians don't approve of so it's time when he's being investigated who is collusion with the with the russian government in his election you know he is widely seen as big too too soft on the russians and this can help i actually went to see how the russians react because the top of a stray sions very quick say these weapons are defensive and therefore shouldn't be provocative but well russia say it that way publicly the probably will not publicly will hear some resistance the russians will act really miffed by this the truth is that this is not a game changer on the ground in ukraine it's not even clear yet that the empty missiles that you referenced in the introduction of the story will be sold those javelin antitank missiles is really what ukrainians we've been promised now really are just sniper rifles this is not going to change things on the ground in moscow knows that this is not striking fear in the heart of anybody in the defense ministry in moscow ok it does follow a previous agreement doesn't that allows small arms to be sold from u.s.

businesses to ukraine do you think we're going to say more weapons flowing from the u.s. to. it's possible that we do but absent a real change in american policy i think it will be a relative trickle and it probably won't make a big deal in the group might make a big difference on the ground this is again it's a way of the true way that the trumpet minister if you can show first of all that is doing something to go bomb it did not do which is to sell non-lethal. aid open the sense of aid to ukraine but also to show people in congress that he really cares about ukraine and to the political advantage of showing that he's not in bed with the russians entirely i really don't think this is this is all that big a deal look we'll have to see this ends up ramping up and leading to larger arms sales to you crude it could make a difference but so far we don't see ovens so it doesn't upset the mint's could claimants' them because of course they call for the withdrawal of all heavy weaponry from the front lines well they do but you know the minsk agreements have

been a dead letter mills that you know most of the time since they were they were adopted because the russians just don't observe them ah so i don't really think there's a lot to upset when it comes to the newsgroup mintz they really never held there just just really a big lead on it never made much difference very interesting indeed to speak to thanks for joining us save invest or. crime as some i have a high has rejected an offer by al said catalan president colors pressure to meet following thursday's recent election catalonia as three pro independence parties won seventy seats in the one hundred thirty five seat parliament but the prize spain systems policy won the highest number of seats with thirty seven it means a slim and richest majority for the pro independence posses or threaten reports from possibly buffalo enough. when all sides claim victory who actually wins it's a question katter lands are asking themselves today winning thirty seven parliamentary

seats to learning is biggest single party is now the citizens party unity leader innes i don't mind us. but the three main secession is parties together one seventy seats and so they hold the parliamentary majority council only has deposed president carlos priest or more celebrated in brussels where he'd fled to avoid arrest on sedition charges and he's made a new offer to the government in madrid and i get sent eaglesham. that i'm willing to meet prime minister ahoy in brussels or any other european state that is in spain for 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 final selves in. the

response today from the spanish government suggests dialogue might just be possible that new york in the person i would need to sit down with you is the winner of the election and that's mr amount us with that 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 barcelona 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. i don't think it's a good result to lift us parties have been marginalized and i don't see

a solution for the differences between two clear blocks. so for now the spotlight appears to be on the attitude of the new catalan government i would say they will slide least that but this doesn't mean that they will the announced today independence move but they will i think they got softer approach first because they were slightly less than fifty percent of the vote and they think that's important second because they're hard line by the chinese government and this elections are 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 barcelona russia iran and turkey have an out stales covering exchange of prisoners and mine

clearing in syria the agreements were made during talks held in kazakstan russia and iran backed the syrian government in the civil war whilst turkey supports some of the biggest rebel groups the countries have agreed to meet again in the russian city of sochi on january twenty ninth the talks are aimed at bringing both the syrian government and opposition to the negotiating table. but as far as actually boris johnson has alleged there is abundant evidence of russian interference and elections across europe and the us johnson made the accusations during talks in moscow with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov denies the allegations and demands proof that russia had been involved in election meddling the meeting was aimed at improving strained ties between the two countries over russian aggression in ukraine and syria so i think it's very very important that. you should recognize that russian attempts to interfere in elections around reference whatever they may have been have not been successful so you can reassure

yourself on that point and that's an important consideration because i think he had been successful and that would be an entirely different matter u.s. jury has found two former south american football officials guilty in a case that helped expose a culture of corruption and the sports governing body fee for their braces about the guilt of another man will continue next week gibbers under reports from new york. joe same idea made in brazil one and hill not a part of why each was a top football official in their country and each has been found guilty of racketeering conspiracy and other charges for their roles in what prosecutors described as schemes where sports marketing companies funneled hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to dozens of football officials it's been called the deep a trial because both men were powerful figures aligned with football's governing

body newt was a former head of the south american football federation and was found guilty on three counts but not guilty on two other counts were disappointed with the verdict as you can expect it is mr not but is going to continue fighting and the expert options and her children are going to hear better it's an expander all very disillusioning of her might in the former head of the brazilian football federation was found guilty of six of the seven charges against him the fact they weren't found guilty on all the charges indicates the jury at least partially believed the defense arguments that the corruption was part of a larger scheme that men were not fully involved with. both my dean and the puta claimed their innocence and they were the first defendants to stand trial here in new york two years after an early morning hotel raid in switzerland revealed that the us justice department had been investigating widespread corruption within viva

more than forty people have been charged in total more than half have pleaded guilty. to trial has implicated major media outlets accused of paying bribes to taint broadcasting rights charges they deny one former official says a corruption drama highlights how widespread the culture of corruption is a diva and the ongoing need to reform the culture that these days that he says he's still the same one that. those instances of corruption and that allowed those people to have the positions of power that the old. prosecutors clearly feel that justice was served this was a complex trial that lasted nearly a month and it took jurors six days of deliberations to reach their verdict but it's not completely over yet the third person man will berger the former head of the proven football federation the jury was unable to reach a verdict on him so they'll be back on tuesday to continue their deliberations.

new york. rebel group in south sudan says government troops have attacked their base a day after warning warring factions signed a cease fire agreement the truce which goes into effect on sunday would allow humanitarian aid to civilians more than four million people have been displaced by the conflict hundreds of thousands have fled to northern kenya catherine sawyer reports from refugee camp and. mall of south sudan's displaced people have made their way to this transit center in nothing kenya with virtually nothing to call their own helen arrived recently both her husband and brother were killed in the fighting she now has to take care of her brother's eight children as well as five of her own shows a family back home a good lunch she tells us a moment. 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 spaces that constitute up shelters will soon meet their new neighbors some of whom have been in since another civil war with the north but ended twelve years ago. people like par 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. someone is interested not be put into consideration what matters is country. this is one of khan's students around eighteen years old but still in primary school. he's talking to his aunt who's at a camp for displaced people back 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 a new art installation dedicated to the plight of refugees is gone on display at a london church the artwork in title suspended features hundreds of items that belong to refugees who made it to the greek island of last boss the clothing shoes and other personal items from a giant chandelier exhibition is raising money for a charity that helps refugees. i've picked up so. i was struck by the head presence of. the power of clothes to tell a story to evoke press. plenty more websites the address al jazeera dot com.

this is out of there are these are the top stories united nations has unanimously backs new sanctions on north korea that ban in ninety percent of petrol exports to pyongyang kim jong un's regime is already under u.s. u.n. and e.u. sanctions after conducting several nuclear and missile tests this year france louis has more from seoul the key question is how is north korea likely to react while in the past north korea has said these punitive economic measures will not have the effect of making it stop its nuclear program but rather will accelerate it now in august when the united nations security council voted to ban north korean exports of coal iron and seafood among other things its north korea responded by testing a hydrogen bomb a nuclear test and when the u.n. security council passed another round of sanctions in september north korea launched a missile test in november palestinian president mahmoud abbas as european leaders

to play a bigger role in peace efforts following u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meanwhile two more palestinian protesters were killed by israeli forces in the latest demonstrations against the decision. the u.s. says it will provide ukraine with what it calls in hearts to face a defensive capabilities and its battle against russian aligned separatists in the east of the country the decision marks a significant increase in american support for ukraine weapons are expected to include anti-tank missiles congress would still need to approve the sale once president donald trump signs off on its. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has refused a meeting with oppose catholic president following thursday's regional election. as called for immediate talks after three pro independence parties won a majority in catalonia as parliament two former south american football officials have been found guilty in the us of charges relating to corruption and football's

global governing body faith chose a marina of brazil and one and hell not put of power the charge of racketeering conspiracy liberations about the guilt of a third man will continue next week as i had lines more news here on al-jazeera after talks al-jazeera stephen roberts stay with us if you can. imagine this serious debate up front at this time of al-jazeera. international. you will be able to. see. we live in an age of rapid technological advances where also official intelligence is a reality not a science fiction fantasy.