childbirth in terrible conditions delivery is very difficult here and it's costly i can't go back to syria now because of the war but one lebanese woman is committed to helping them. become friends with every woman i turn and. she is important to me this there are a few g.'s midwife at this time on al-jazeera world. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the wound. so no matter where you call home i'll just bring in the news and current of families that matter to you. out is iraq. an act of war north korea's response to the latest round of un sanctions over

pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. my name's peter you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up. the wrath of tropical storm tembin more than seventy thousand people are now homeless in the philippines at least two hundred people are dead. a christmas declaration christian leaders in the holy land come out strongly against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital. also this hour china's changing faces why more people are going under the knife in their quest for the body beautiful. north korea has called the latest round of u.n. sanctions an act of war north korea's state news agency says the strengthening of

its nuclear deterrent program is the only way to for straights the u.s. the u.n. imposed extra measures on pyongyang on friday following its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test florence louis has more now from seoul. north korea called the latest round of un security council sanctions imposed on it as a threat as a violation of its sovereignty as well as an act that would violate peace and stability in the region it also seemed to direct much of its anger at the u.s. who led drafted and negotiated this latest round of sanctions now one interesting thing however is north korea seems to acknowledge that these latest sanctions are the toughest ever that it's facing it called it tantamount to a complete economic blockade as not only a significant cap on petrol supplies the sanctions also call for the repatriation of north korean foreign labor as within the next twenty four months hitting an

important income source for the isolated country it also calls for an ban on north korean exports including machinery and lumber again hitting north korea's income source there isn't however any indication in the statement that north korea will change its behavior in fact the tone is one of defiance but this is very much in line with previous statements in reaction to past sanctions many analysts have come to believe that the world is running out of sanctions options when it comes to dealing with north korea now the hope however is that these sanctions will have the effect of making it more difficult for north korea to carry out further tests usually bomb is a research fellow at the institute for most korean studies at the university of your m'sawae he says pyongyang will do whatever is necessary to ensure the regime does not collapse. and north korea's person of nuclear weapons and missiles is to

serve only one goal which is survival of the regime if north korea starts a war that would be and of the regime and the regime does not want their result north korea will engage in kind of peace office starting new year two thousand and eighteen because of it's a very important time for engaging in a different strategy is specially in the aftermath of south korean government proposal. postponing possible postponing of the joint military exercises between u.s. military and south korea and the korean military during the winter olympic games i guess so north korea is going to take advantage of the proposal and try to test the water before engaging another problem. at least two hundred people have been killed in the southern philippines after tropical storm tembin cause landslides and flooding official seen many villages ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and with and swept away at least seventy thousand people in a homeless d.c.

house the story. more death and destruction as emergency responders continue to pull bodies from the devastation of tropical storm time in that hit the philippines second largest city mindanao flash floods and landslides washed away homes turning streets into rivers dozens are still missing and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise as forecasters predict more heavy rains to bring even more floods and landslides. families and neighbors stand heartbroken as more bodies are recovered. the flood was already close and the people were not able to get out of their homes a ford was so strong that it swept away houses emergency responder say rocks and boulders some as biggest cars were washed down the mountain and bird scores of homes in the town of. more than twenty thousand people have been displaced in

a region already ravaged by the government's fight against isolated groups aid organizations have criticized the government's response is something that is not shouldn't be a surprise to the philippine government and. so it is also very questionable when the government is not prepared to give relief and to give help to the people that this things happen because they should be ready the philippines is hit with over two dozen tropical storms every year. but the island of mindanao is rarely affected . him been struck on friday with winds over eighty kilometers per hour hurling mud and rocks from a nearby mountain tropical storm tembin is now heading over the south china sea and forecasters warn it may hit vietnam by monday have a deliberate d.c. al-jazeera. and thirty seven people in are confirmed dead after becoming trapped in a burning shopping mall in the city of divide in the southern philippines one body

has been recovered but firefighters say there's no chance of anyone else having survived the president roderigo to see who was the mayor of has been to the sites of comfort victims' families. on the two thousand seven hundred people in turkey have been dismissed from their jobs as part of the country's latest emergency rule decree soldiers teachers and bureaucrats were sacked over alleged links to water being called terror organizations now in total one hundred fifty thousand people have been dismissed or suspended from their jobs since the failed coup in july of last year but all that over alleged ties to the movement of the u.s. based cleric for tula glenn turkey accuses him of having organized the attempted coup. palestinian christian religious leaders have condemned u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel they say it's an insult to christians and muslims at least fifteen palestinian protesters have been killed since mr trump announced the move on december the sixth

there was also outrage around the world in the days following that decision hundreds of thousands of people rallied in countries throughout the middle east as well as muslim majority nations like indonesia malaysia and pakistan on thursday the u.n. general assembly voted overwhelmingly for a non-binding resolution declaring trumps decision and void but trump isn't backing down he insists the u.s. embassy in israel will be moved from tel aviv to jerusalem breaking with fifty years of diplomatic convention. to bethlehem and our correspondent. the debates over jerusalem and when the embassy is going to move or not to what degree is that coloring what usually goes on there in bethlehem on this christmas eve. the mood here.

asking around and at this time last year. i mean mine just where would be packed with juries and palestinians coming. from across this separation wall from israel that number is not. here. to have seen so far do have. boys boy scout bad girls. coming through this where holding big banners. will remain. where some activists who have now put out an appeal that at some point will go did you joe. signatures as they can. to change their ration may now. christians. palestinians. inside israel and then.

and this is a report that. there. was this is all of rosetta science extended family that's why this christmas. son went to the occupied west bank three years ago and never came back he took his two sons forward for their future hearing. one of her daughters moved to canada six years ago i found out that. life is very difficult in gaza we live under siege and we cannot move anywhere gaza has become a big prison we've witnessed many wars joining the bombing we had to sleep in the church for safety. the story of rosettes family is typical among a small community of christians because they are in just three churches congregations are shrinking. the population is just over a thousand it was more than double that ten years ago when the blockade by israel

in egypt began they suffer the same daily struggles as the muslim majority. just say christian families tend to have more means to get out from. and i think the more the human being has options and the more has money and you look to the to the to the life and good life and this is good life is not available in gaza even you are money in gaza but you can have a life. and adding to the strife is the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. here in this community center christians are holding a vigil in solidarity for jerusalem as palestine's capital the feeling among christian communities very much the same as it is among the muslim majority

everyone we've spoken to see here is it off position to the u.s. move and they say it only adds to the frustrations of life here. there are many muslims here too the communities care exist. it's a suburb runs the center he says they do everything they can to try and provide support for young people. to do what they need to do what they must do in their lives as young do you do what you can see a lot of them want to leave and i know that you believe this is more secure more comfortable for them to come for sure many young people here say they like gaza just that on the seat there are no opportunities here almost anyone who can leave and so this small christian community is getting smaller malcolm web al jazeera in gaza. what else to the palestinians feel they can do to achieve what they want

which i guess is this move being rescinded on the part of the u.s. administration has to come a point surely when there's nothing left for them to be able to do. what i think you know when it comes to the palestinians when it comes to new u.n. resolution they're a bit disillusioned about that oh now they do they do give their backing to the president mahmoud out bass in his efforts to try to. rally as much as possible the international community behind him but when it comes to what will really happen and many people will be shrugged their shoulders and say they know that things will be complicated and that they will be no peace process without at least some level of american participation in that israel won't accept otherwise and above that for the palestinians that means that they are simply at

a loss one thing they're making sure of and we've seen that ever since that some declaration on december sixth is that you have this sort of unity among palestinians muslims and christians and many will tell you that if trouble try to make this declaration i had a christmas maybe rallying the christians on his side it didn't work it backfired and we have been seeing at least weekly and as recent as yesterday all the heads of the different churches in jerusalem hold a press conference together condemning chum's an ounce of brains and also saying that they will refuse to receive vice president and mike pence when if he comes in january on or i don't officially visit they say that there's no way they could do that if he comes of the pilgrim they will find a way for him to visit the holy sepultura but i don't want as they stand united

with the rest of the palestinians so certainly a very strong message from the christian community out of the holy land. thank you. and we'll have a special program on the tensions of the status of jerusalem this christmas eve watch the holy land at twenty one thirty hours g.m.t. here on al-jazeera. still to come here on this channel for you in the second part of our one year five family series we report from venezuela where community activists are working together to provide for the government cannot. hello there the storm that hit the philippines is now intensified for the philippines though with still picking up the pieces and this is what it looks like in the northern parts of mindanao now after we saw walls of water rushed down

mountainsides on a fair amount of mudslides to that storm it's now covering a huge area and it's going to bring a lot of rain to a lot of people as it works its way towards the west for many of us in the film parts of it now it is going to be incredibly wet there as we head through monday and then eventually on choose day that storm system will begin to pull away towards the west behind it though it's still dragging plenty of cloud and plenty of rain so plenty more showers still to come for many of us here as we head down towards australia well here we've also seen some role that lively storms these this system has been causing them as it's been working its way towards the east and sydney seeing lots of thunder and lightning and lots of downpours to that system will slowly begin to pull away as we head through monday but on monday christmas day the still likely to be some showers at first towards the west it will be hot thirty today imperf the temperature is easing a little bit as we head into cheese day as a little bit more cloud it makes its way towards us for new zealand one here we've also got some very stormy weather at the moment too that's pushing its way

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hello again you're with al-jazeera live from doha your headlines north korea has called the latest round of u.n. sanctions an act of war pyongyang state news agency said the strengthening of its nuclear deterrent program was the only way to frustrates the u.s. the u.n. imposed a ninety percent ban on the country's fuel imports. at least two hundred people have been killed in the southern philippines after tropical storm tembin cause landslides and flooding officials say many villages ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and was swept away storm system is now moving towards vietnam. more than two thousand seven hundred people in turkey have been dismissed from their posts as part of the country's latest emergency rule to create soldiers teachers and bureaucrats were sacked over alleged links to what's being called terror organizations following last year's failed coup. supporters of russia's opposition leader alexina valmy

a gathering in ronnie's across several cities today we're going to show you some live pictures coming to us out of moscow russians will vote in a presidential election next year and a felony has been banned from running to a criminal conviction but he still intends to announce his candidacy last week president vladimir putin announced he'll seek a new six year in the vote in march. in peru the former president alberto fujimori has been taken from his jail cell to a hospital for him or he will undergo treatment for low blood pressure and heart problems the seventy nine year old is serving a twenty five year sentence for graft and human rights crimes during his ten years in office. venezuela has taken. the first step towards expelling top diplomats from brazil and canada accusing them of meddling in domestic affairs the head of the pro-government constituent assembly has declared them persona non grata not wanted or not welcome in the country the diplomats. government is consolidating power by

isolating the opposition to next year's presidential vote the assembly has in effect barred three opposition parties from running in the elections. it's been a month since emerson was sworn in as the new president of zimbabwe bankrupt economy and high unemployment from longtime leader robert mugabe who stepped after the military intervention in our reports from harare and what progress has been made since he came to power. prices of basic commodities have gone up since president. took over last month people seem to prefer shopping in the store because it's a little bit cheaper than others but it's still frustrating. as i'm having to so-called sixty or seventy dollars to three times for things and so much. when i was new administration has promised to end crippling cash shortages

this hasn't happened yet some economists blame what they call business owners indiscipline coming from the very ground of companies trying to make as much fortune as possible for places but shop owners say the shortage of foreign currency is to blame some have to buy dollars on the black market at a premium to remain viable they insist they have to hike prices the government accuses some business owners and politicians are breaking the exchange control by. money abroad and not depositing it in local banks the president says he has a list of individuals who have money overseas some of it stolen and smuggled out of the country one of prison and that was first all. a three month amnesty for the return of stolen money to the country people have until march to do so or they will be arrested despite the huge economic challenges they have been small positive developments since when i became president the government says civil servants will

be paid on time this month some eighty games i'm now giving us dollars that had not happened for months the new administration is also trying to mend strained relations with some in the international community which will ensure the sanctity and security of your investment and. to. all agreements we entered into with you including. investment protection of women's. in terms of the. that raghu property shobna started many zimbabweans hope when their god while will turn around the economy re a positive we trying to be positive we hope for good changes we hope for the better for a better country the bobbins know it will take time for the situation to improve but until the new president's promises become reality long lines outside banks and rising food prices will likely continue how to al-jazeera had any. ceasefire

sudan's warring parties has come into effect to allow humanitarian access to civilians caught up in the fighting the deal agreed after talks in the ethiopian capital. is the latest attempt to end the four year long civil war it aims to revive a twenty fifteen peace deal that collapsed last year after heavy fighting broke out in the south sudan capital juba. the emir of qatar is in ghana where he set to meet president. lee amir is looking to expand economic opportunities in west africa with cats are currently blockaded by four arab countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut ties with almost seven months ago. liberians go to the polls on tuesday in a runoff to choose their next president follows weeks of uncertainty about where the vote would actually take place following a hearing in the supreme court the former international footballer george weah is taking on the vice president joseph mohammed at the reports now from the capital city monrovia. and colorful company morale is in the liberian

capital monrovia as the campaign season draws to a close kind of dates in liberia's presidential election i am last minute hunt for votes for my international football adored we hope going to most bolton the possible held it to the gathered his supporters a grooviest someone stood. on a step let him go out because when you change. we are almost twelve years. good job not knowing after sitting for the corner to. his opponent is just a block ideas vice president for the past four days he's campaigning in rural life he's seventy two year old was complaining when a platform of continue to taking credit for the children says the government of the fast elected president in africa ellen johnson sirleaf who he served under four to thomas the outgoing president has however chosen not to endorse her deputy and

candidate ruling unity petit and his state chosen to back george way most liberians hope the board don't choose their water they are from peace and democracy investment if there is also hold it will be the first time since my default default but that would be a pistol hundred ball of power and i believe the elections are also the first vote organized without the help of the united nations says the civil war ended in two thousand and two but they're not just that they also bought the numerous needles liberia's four point five million people from fixing roads and building new ones to improving the quality of education and health care liberia is still recovering from a diverse teaching civil war that's right between one thousand nine hundred eighty nine and two thousand and three more than fifty percent of its population also live in abject poverty it's no surprise therefore the media's expectations from the next president are high i graduate to night i graduated in one thousand nine hundred

three from the technical school and a professional capita for the last twelve years that this government was in power i couldn't get a job as always all i have to eat every day i'm tired of it. for now liberia's dance towards her lection day and they say too good times in the years to come behind it all just monrovia. twenty five people have been killed by air strikes in yemen that's according to local officials a saudi led coalition reportedly targeted a protest rally in the district of north of the capital sanaa it's thought some of the dead were pro hoofy tribal leaders who organized the demonstration. dozens of people have taken part in a vigil in the lebanese capital beirut honoring several women murdered in the past week the deaths of three arab women as well as a british embassy work rebecca dyke sparked outrage activists are raising awareness of widespread violence against women in lebannon that demanding better protection.

a federal judge in seattle has partially lifted president trumps restrictions that barred some refugees from the united states in october the trumpet ministration halted refugee in an admissions from eleven countries in the middle east and africa pending in one thousand days security review set to expire in late january the new ruling lifts restrictions on spouses and children of refugees already in the country. cosmetic surgery is on the rise in china it is now so popular that china has become the third biggest market in the world after brazil and the united states adrian brown reports now from shanghai. eleven years ago chen lin decided she did not like the way she looked she since spent more than twenty thousand dollars on injections her visits to this beijing clinic have become his routine is going to the head dresses. for the injections made my chin

more pointed and my face longer later i had surgery to my nose which was flat before now it's higher i also made my lips fuller and my skin smoother this was her pre-surgery and before problems with immigration began. once immigration stopped me and made me restate my id card number four times every time i go through immigration the expression of the officer is one of a big surprise the pursuit of physical beauty is big business in china last year three thousand operations were carried out at his beijing clinic alone one of the city's biggest the popularity of plastic surgery is driven by social media and the growing obsession with selfies in a shanghai park i met who didn't want to be recognised he thought

a make over would improve his job prospects he had double eyelid surgery but it went badly wrong grr can no longer sleep properly and that's taking a toll on him. quite humble i can't close my eyes at all when i try to sleep. this is why it's so painful my biggest hope is that i can close my eyes and his sleep well to many people this is nothing but this is my dream he can only close his eyes by using a special lotion these razor scars are evidence of two attempted suicides infighter the many well documented stories of botched operations there appears to be doe shortage of chinese women and men who want to change the way they look but they are increasingly at the mercy of illegal practitioners and the government's now so concerned it's begun a campaign to shut them down that is not much comfort for good he's now saving for

another operation so that he can hopefully close his eyes again adrian brown al-jazeera shanghai the big ben berlin the british parliamentary famous clock tower has chimed once again after months of silence to celebrate the christmas season. the bell has been undergoing repairs since mid august the clock housing big ben is being dismantled so each individual call can be refurbished traditionally big ben always chimes in the new year just before the annual fireworks display on the river thames the works of shuttle to finish in twenty twenty one. last one use whenever you wanted on the website al jazeera dot com is the address you need there you can see our top story north korea slams new u.n. sanctions as an act of war.

welcome if you're just joining us i'm peter dobby here in doha your headlines today north korea has called the latest round of u.n. sanctions an act of war pyongyang state news agency says the strengthening of its nuclear deterrent program is the only way to for straight to the united states the u.n. imposed a ninety percent ban on the country's fuel imports at least two hundred people have been killed in the southern philippines after tropical storm tembin because landslides and flooding officials say many villages ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and were then swept away the storm system is now moving towards vietnam. thirty seven people are confirmed dead after becoming trapped in a burning shopping mall in the city of deval in the southern philippines one body has been recovered but firefighters say there's no chance of anyone else having survived the president roderigo to thirty who was the mayor of divine has been to the site to comfort victims rather says more than two thousand seven hundred people in turkey have been dismissed from their posts as part of the country's latest

emergency rule decree soldiers teachers and bureaucrats were sacked over alleged links to water being cold terror organizations following last year's failed coup. palestinian christian religious leaders have rejected the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the as ready capital calling it dangerous and an insult it follows weeks of demonstrations across the occupied palestinian territory over the decision leaving at least fifteen people dead. supporters of russia's opposition leader alexina a gathering around these across several cities today he's a live pictures from moscow where he is addressing followers russians will vote in a presidential election next year novelli has been banned from running because of a criminal conviction but he still intends to announce his candidacy last week president vladimir putin announced he'll seek a new six year term in the vote in march. a ceasefire by south sudan's warring parties has come into effect to allow humanitarian access to civilians caught up in

the fighting the deal agreed to after talks in the ethiopian capital addis ababa is the latest attempt to end the four year long civil war it aims to revive a twenty fifteen peace deal that collapsed last year after heavy fighting broke out in the capital juba those are all the headlines the news continues to techno. al-jazeera. wherever you are. it's a pleasure to meet the boy a blink of an eye him unlike responses from a machine. that explores the social right the newest generation of androids. is tax.