you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera when diplomacy fails and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven barriers are built to impose division. instead of being an obstacle. into became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame at this time on al-jazeera. there is not peace if someone uses crude. us recognition of jerusalem as israel's

capital cost of a christmas celebrations in the palestinian territories and we'll. follow on down jordan this is. also coming up the reverberations of trump's jerusalem move being felt worldwide we examine what christians in the west on the u.s. think of his decision. a show of solidarity people in the philippines pull together in the aftermath of a deadly tropical storm. and out of prison but in poor health peru's former president alberto fujimori is. welcome to the program as christians worldwide celebrate christmas the impact of u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital reverberates across the world pope francis is presiding over religious ceremonies at the vatican

he's been a vocal critic of trump's move and is calling for the status quo to be preserved palestinian leaders were among those attending services in bethlehem where there is also a message on jerusalem. well francis said repeating what many other said before him he's not you with that dualism is if you feel. there's not peace if someone uses crude. it was an end to it includes not excluded. well it's also been widely denounced by the international community the u.n. general assembly voted to declare trumps to rooster recognition as null and void al-jazeera as hari force that reports now on a city that's united and divided by faith. bounded by its ancient walls this tiny patch of land has for millennia borne a power that has spread far beyond the. want.

the stories of the three abrahamic faiths have jerusalem at their heart and the history of their sometimes tolerant often bloody relationship has soaked into the stones. and walk westward along the via dolorosa where christ carried his cross brings you after some twists and turns to the church of the holy sepulcher it's here where jesus said to have been brought down from the cross his body cleaned and in tuned with all his resurrection three days later george gently and took over from his father a secretary to the armenian patriarchate one of three denominations that manages the site he's had a bond with the place since boyhood but this is the central monument of the christians in the world i think the billion christians whether they are protestant or orthodox and catholic see in this place as the most important place where rightfully so because the defining moments of the last week of cries took place within this building but he says it's part of

a larger religious monument to the city itself one that shouldn't be politicized suddenly this signature or. makes the issue of jerusalem contest a been so it's our duty and our mission as the residents of jerusalem both israelis and others. to link this issue of jerusalem outside contestation in his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the us president spoke of continued freedom of worship for all faiths with final political borders to be decided but many here see in the president's unabashed backing of israel's claim a cementing of israeli control over islam's third holiest site. so this is one of the main entrances to the al aqsa mosque compound the mosque itself is run by the jordanian backed islamic work but the entrances to it are guarded by israeli forces and they can restrict access at their will palestinian academic marty adel heidi

likens it to a room being let out and withdrawn on a whim a feeling magnified by the trump declaration that he or thing which is my nightmare if israel today is going to translate such a declaration to implement what they claim solvent the over the city meaning to take over the site and to abort my presence. and kick us out of the of the city was. for the muslim faith this is the most closely connected place to have a prisoner made here at the shortest route to god that's because it's from here that the prophet muhammad himself is said to descend to have we believe the prophet muhammad came all the way from mark to heaven the received his evaluation coming through jerusalem is experience historical religious message to us and to the world we belong here it's part of us it's really when you get up to the level of the skyline here in jerusalem you get a full idea of just how concentrated of the markers of the hundreds of years of

religious history here those great domes behind me are the church of the holy sepulcher where jesus christ is believed to have been laid to rest in just a few hundred meters walk away you can see the gold of the dome of the rock which is in the al aqsa mosque compound where muslims come to pray every friday and just beyond that is the western wall. for jews the dome of the rock sits upon the temple mount site of the first and second jewish temples the western wall is the closest point in which they can pray it stones themselves said to be vested with divinity and rabbi and former opposition member of the israeli parliament the knesset lippmann says this place embodies the jewish connection to god and to jerusalem after two thousand years we would exile went from country to country cut at the continent but three times a day jews turned towards to receive them to pray twice a year in the most important moments we said next year in jerusalem since seizing east jerusalem in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven israel has been trying to

cement that connection with archaeological work that it says proves the temples historical existence which the united nations has ruled illegal in occupied territory. it's a necessity to counter rejections of jewish history here what we hear president trumps that collaboration we celebrate the fact that someone somewhere in the world is getting recognition to the capital which is going to our capital for three thousand years the heart and soul the jewish people are right as an independent country to declare our capital but he left room open for those negotiations to figure out what exactly that means when we say jerusalem is the jewish capital the thousands of years to slim is changed hands the subject of a continuing struggle for control this latest chapter in that history has had its narrative shifted by the us president its eventual resolution seeming only to slip further into the future of this holy city are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. as president says his country will

move its embassy in israel to jerusalem making it the first nation to follow donald trump's plan to move the u.s. mission there was one of nine nations that voted in support of the united states and israel last week at the un general assembly on jerusalem status the country receives an estimated eighty million dollars in aid annually from the u.s. . more than two hundred people are dead after a tropical storm devastated the southern philippines tens of thousands have been forced on their homes and a state of emergency has been declared in several areas more than one hundred fifty people are still missing with a huge rescue effort now under way brian has the latest from the capital manila. pilipino christmas day assessing the damage from this storm as it moves away into the south china sea leaving a swathe of damage across a broad area of many that now one of the worst affected provinces was in the north of mindanao which had the highest death toll the second highest casualty rate was

recorded there are problems in the south of the island so much of the island has been affected including of course the area around this is an area where there has been intense fighting between government troops and also groups linked with i thought it was a population that's already conflict affected and that now has to deal with the aftermath of this storm there have been claims that the government didn't do enough to warn people in advance that they knew this storm was coming that mindanao has in recent years been more susceptible to storms around this time of year but the real quality as they say that really they have warned people they did tell diligent to move out and many people simply did not do so peru's former president alberto fujimori has been pardoned on health grounds seventy nine year old was taken to hospital on saturday after severe drop in his blood pressure has been serving a twenty five year jail term for corruption could nothing in human rights violations from lima is money and asuncion. he spent years in

prison campaigning for his release and they do for him what he never had known each most of the crimes for which he was sentenced to twenty five years. the former president always cleaned his innocence for the murders and disappearances by a government sanctioned death squad critics say that ever meant was the most corrupt improve in history. scripted the seventy nine year old former leader with the defeat of shining path rebels in the one nine hundred ninety s. where at the cusp of the conflict that killed thousands of people supporters. he helped save the economy from collapse for years his children campaigned for his release aim he was ill and frail but he didn't have a terminal illness a condition for a humanitarian pardon precedence and. deny him the freedom he craved.

my greatest pain is to acknowledge that for part of the population for him or he was able to victimize himself looking for a depressing image as a hostage of the judiciary. an opinion poll in may said fifty nine percent of proving once favored living can go supporters say it's time for him to have a quiet life. to stay at home live serenely enjoys granddaughters enjoy the people who love him and be free to decide to do whatever he wants. many peruvians who for years opposed the presidential pardon were open to release if he asked for forgiveness for the crimes he committed but for the families of the victims gesture was never enough. families of the victims say they feel betrayed preceded by the promised he wouldn't pardon for he wanted to win votes. to win justice for more than two decades. but. they don't care about our stuff about our

desolation and the pain we still endure and we will never find peace. he's old well i'm old too and i haven't found justice yet he must complete a sentence. despite his release from facing another trial a case is pending for the deaths of six people if convicted for the money faces another twenty five years in prison. families of the victims say they won't stop demanding justice and hope to see him behind bars again but. spain's king philippe has used his traditional christmas address to call for unity following last week's regional election in catalonia he asked the newly elected parliament to drop further moves towards a session from space. some days ago the citizens of catalonia voted to elect their representatives in the catalan parliament you know my space

the problems that affect all cattle lines respecting diversity and thinking responsibly about the common good the road cannot be one that lead to confrontation or to exclusion again as we already know that only generates disagreement uncertainty. on the moral civic and of course economic impoverishment of society as a whole instead the road must lead to coexistence in the court of cattle and society as diverse and pluralistic as it is so that it recovers its serenity its stability and mutual respect in such a way that ideas do not put distance between or break up families and friends. to come here and al-jazeera including a leading opponent of russian president vladimir putin wants to run against him in next year's presidential election we find out why his name may never get on the ballot. zero looks at the effect automation and artificial intelligence might have developed economies more than statements.

and it's a. welcome back look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia to start with and we have a frontal system which is giving a lot of cloud and also some rain in places with some snow higher elevations they've got unsettled weather conditions around the eastern side of the mediterranean some showers across syria temperatures nothing special and some pretty cold air across turkey still or at the snows but still some big negative nighttime temperatures across more mountainous regions so ahead on through into tuesday it's looking fine here a slight recovery in temperatures but across the stands we've got some breaks of snow developing although for a couple we'll look at highs of fifteen degrees not all bad it's also going to become cloudy with time across. the arabian peninsula band of clouds moving south was no real goes from thirty is a mason to twenty three but tommy get through to choose day with

a fairly brisk breeze developing behind i wouldn't rule out the chance of one or two showers along the system either and sunny some bruce wayne's mecca those staying in the sunshine highs of thirty five degrees across into southern portions of after the heavy showers across parts of angola certainly zambia and zimbabwe harare that is quite wet at the moment some showers on the eastern side of mass madagascar much as you would expect elsewhere we've got some showers across parts of south africa should be fine in johannesburg with highs of twenty nine. the weather sponsored by race. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the message is simplistic the frame good logical rational. and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not. accusation and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives at this time on

al-jazeera. welcome back to the top stories here on al-jazeera jerusalem's highest ranking roman catholic cleric says the city should be a place of peace that excludes no one his comments follow u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. more than two hundred people are dead after a tropical storm which is devastated the southern philippines tens of thousands have been for some. in a state of emergency has been declared in several areas. and crews former president alberto fujimori has been pardoned because of his failing health has been serving

a twenty five year term for corruption and human rights crimes committed during his ten year presidency. now the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has been met with opposition from across the religious spectrum in the west some christian groups are deeply concerned about the fate of a city which has a very special status and religion and culture from london is now. a carol concert in london's trafalgar square but it's also a fundraiser for the ablest trust. a human rights organization which supports projects in the occupied palestinian territory. they recently did a walk from london to jerusalem highlighting britain's unkept promises to the palestinians in the hundred year old balfour declaration they direct an ordained anglican vicar says they are one of a growing number of faith based groups supporting palestinian rights jerusalem is a couple monosyllable. gerson's meaning is far more than just the capital city it's a center of three faiths and is interwoven with the identity of three different

people groups so anything which happens to houses wide scale ramifications so for us to walk from london to jerusalem what other place could there be to finish that especially a call for a full rights following president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital one of the strongest responses came from the religious society of friends the quakers who called the action morally indefensible this action in east jeopardizing peace and justice and human rights by making it more difficult to continue with the peace process we work with human rights observers who are on the ground in history islam and in the west bank and they are already telling us that the situation is more tense and there are higher levels of violence cardinal vincent nichols the senior catholic representative for england and wales has said i fear for jerusalem and its people today i pray for its peace while the anglican church has also stressed the unique nature of jerusalem we're very mindful that we

can't be sentimental about jerusalem we have to think about the realities on the ground today by jerusalem is a place where christians muslims and jews live side by side but sometimes when a cause of tension i'd wanted to be a cause of hope. for many people the politics of the holy land may seem daunting but these musicians hope they can change that perception of course many popular christmas carols reference the palace. city of bethlehem but it seems more and more people are taking an interest in what's happening in jerusalem and are willing to get involved. and by doing so they say they're pushing the message of peace that so central to christmas . zero london well evangelicals are the largest group of christians in the u.s. they've made the campaign to align the united states more closely with israel from

washington joe markham and explains the influence of old beliefs in modern day american politics. you polls have shown that no other american demographic group not even jews stand behind the state of israel more staunchly then christians support grounded in their reading of the bible especially those passages regarding jerusalem christianity's holiest city it's fitting that it should be the capital of israel again as it was many many years ago and has been in the hearts of the jews for millennia some avenge aliquots even believe jewish domination of jerusalem must be the prelude to the second coming of christ the messiah is the future of the prophetic vision of a new jerusalem where god will create a new heaven a new earth and a new jerusalem and he will inhabit his throne though many palestinians are christians to avenge jellicoe those who make up one quarter of the u.s. population place their faith in israel's promise to protect the pilgrimage to the holy places it's an untenable part of the christian faith and christians can have

access to an under jewish israeli control that's not guaranteed when there is a form of government in control of jerusalem. so donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital has only reinforced his broad backing by evangelicals regardless of what they may think about his actual religious convictions was a promise that he made on the campaign trail that he has delivered as president i think for american christians this is one of the reasons why we elected him but not all christians agree zionism is a a rebellion against judaism itself a perversion of it stephen french is an episcopalian who says muslims along with the other faiths must share control of jerusalem the very. seat of christianity not to mention the prince of peace stand with the utmost clarity against any kind of possessiveness towards jerusalem one protestant denomination the presbyterians

has gone so far as to support a boycott of israel and divest ing from companies involved with the jewish state and to this let me read to read your part so if the true answer to the whole story it's all right. but for most of angelical sympathy for the state of israel remains an article of faith tom ackerman al-jazeera washington twenty six men caught up in the scenes at the church of the nativity in bethlehem in two thousand and two were allowed to walk from the building but they were forced to leave their homes in the occupied west bank for good and move to gaza alan fischer met one of them. tallaght lives in gaza he's been here for fifteen years but he wouldn't call it home on the walls of his apartment in gaza city there are no pictures of the place he grew up where his family lives nor the mind of his life in bethlehem they're all in my head he tells me. he was one of

a number of people fighters soldiers civilians who sought sanctuary in the church of the nativity in bethlehem in two thousand and two israeli forces camped outside is part of a security operation the siege of bethlehem lasted thirty nine days eight palestinians were killed and a million monk was wounded as part of the deal to end the siege. and twenty five others were exiled to gaza and he state. i will never forget five months ago when my mother died and her dream was to see my little kid my wife and daughter she didn't have the opportunity to see them my father my cousins my clan are all eager to see me but they can't get pictures through social media but that isn't enough while we're talking he's joined by two others who were sent to live in gaza with no prospect of return. i still remember when we were kids in bethlehem we would go and join our christian friends and wish them a merry christmas we'd go to manger square and see the christmas tree with all its

decorations and lights. khaled's daughter doll is fourteen she was born in gaza she goes to school here but she thinks of bethlehem as home. for me is my hometown the home of my father my family and of civilizations as well as. khaled salaam has spent time in israeli jails they call him a militant a criminal but he still believes one day he will return home. one of my cousins was given a double life sentence by the israelis and he never thought he would be freed but a deal was done and he was released and he's back home i hope some day there will be a similar deal and i can go home to bethlehem. until then all the hazaras friends and his memories to remind him of home alan fischer. russia's best known opposition leader alexina valmy has submitted the paperwork needed to run against vladimir putin in next year's election there are serious doubts over that

he'll appear on the ballot paper really challenge reports from moscow. in twenty cities across russia from blood of all stock to moscow alexei navalny supporters turned out to endorse him independent hopefuls must gather at least five hundred people in such meetings as a criteria for full candidate status of the easily got that in moscow alone where he had this message for the man he wants to run against. it was leaving my senior who didn't but it's you who turned a country into a source of personal enrichment for yourself your family and your friends but why i should not be president any more you are a bad president you don't have opposed the program well. then it was off to the election commission to hand in his application but on the is unlikely to make its own to the ballots for the elections in march he's always said his two thousand and fourteen fraud conviction was politically motivated but the kremlin is using it to

bar him from the race the goal has always been to demonstrate that putin is a leader with no alternative uncontested what they say can take advantage over anybody else and it is very important to keep this super majority this super advantage to demonstrate that putin has so much more power than anybody else another opposition leader was trying to test the system on sunday idia yashin an ally of the valley's was unexpectedly elected head of a moscone a simple district in september but his efforts to use the modest power of the roll to approve street events was struck down by moscow city court a few hundred people showed up anyway the election is just three months away now and as per usual the oil storage scenes are making it very clear that even a very small demonstration like this is completely unwelcome they want to allow to put up a stage show or have any bad as here in the police loud speakers are telling everyone

that this is an unauthorized rally relates to go over the kremlin is confidence novell me yashin and company don't have the mass support needed to challenge putin but is not taking any chances chalons al-jazeera mosque or. not the world bank has warned that some developing economies could collapse because of automation it's fear that robots making clothes and footwear will replace people in factories in bangladesh and vietnam in his second report on artificial intelligence law and sleep considers what automation may mean for the world's working poor. every day all over the western world goods are delivered to hungry consumers most of them manufactured half a world away over the seas by people who often earn virtually nothing and while the fourth industrial revolution the age of robotics and automation promise is radically to alter the lives of people in the rich world it is by no means clear

whether any of the benefits will be passed on to the world's working poor. some global brands are discussing whether to reach shore manufacturing from asian sweat shops to europe where three d. printers might make clothes or shoes the world bank has projected that in some african or asian countries up to eighty percent of people might lose their jobs if it's true that many workers many of them young women particular. industries opportunity going to be out of a job or their work is potentially radically reduced then to what extent will this lead to social unrest to social destitution and essentially a fundamental crisis at the heart that society others ask why someone who owns a factory in the far east would bother investing in expensive robotic technology but it's far cheaper to keep paying workers a dollar a day to machine like that at the moment will be well beyond the reach of a factory owner in bangladesh or in china or vietnam for that matter.

secondly a machine like that is likely to break down fairly often because it's it's a very fine piece of equipment if it breaks down the whole factory and then many in a factory the entire factory comes to a standstill social unrest is already a fact of life it could get far worse. so to the continued and probably growing movement of people except the west they may want to move to be suffering job losses itself as automation takes over. if the future of the developing world is to be decided in places right there then frankly it looks pretty bleak either it seems robotics will increasingly be used to take jobs away from no traditionally associated with places like asia or those same workers will continue to exist on the same person for their version for years about the worst thing of all is that nobody seems to be talking about it there is however a growing understanding of how automation can help in emergencies here at

southampton university in southern england drones are being tested to fly medicines or food into dangerous or difficult places it's simpler and potentially more effective than throwing bags out of planes you can send lots of little bits of aid to lots of little areas and it's trivial and straightforward to pinpoint areas in other words take the aid to where it's needed dropping it centrally in the rich world robotics could take away many current jobs but it could also create new ones which haven't even been trumped up yet but for those in the workshops of the world it could be disastrous and it's coming only al-jazeera london. recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera jerusalem's highest ranking roman catholic cleric says the city should be

a place of peace that excludes no one his comments follow u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. pope francis said repeating what many others said before him is not you that jerusalem a city of peace. there is not peace if someone uses could. lose a limb to do include not exclude. minogue out of mahler says it will relocate its embassy in israel to jerusalem making it the first nation to follow donald trump's plan to move the u.s. mission there the central american country was one of nine nations that voted in support of the united states and israel last week at the u.n. general assembly the comfort received an estimated eighty million dollars in aid a year from the united states more than two hundred people are dead after tropical storm devastated the southern philippines tens of thousands of been forced from their homes and a state of emergency has been declared in several areas peru's former president

alberto fujimori has been pardoned because of failing health has been serving a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights crimes committed during his ten year presidency the seventy nine year old was taken to hospital from jail on saturday russia's best known opposition leader alex in a valley as clear the first hurdle towards running for president against vladimir putin exhibited the paperwork needed to be a candidate in the election next year but there are serious doubts he'll be allowed to run last week president putin announced he'll seek a new six year term and will be standing. the united nations as passed a resolution criticizing me in mass treatment of the ranger calls for full citizenship rights access for aid workers and for refugees to be allowed to return home it was passed despite opposition from nations including china and russia. and tunisia has barred all emirates airlines flights from landing in the country the

decision comes two days after a number of timmy's in women said they were banned at tunis airport from boarding their flight to dubai. said that the delays were for security reasons but they're not going to any further detail well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post statement that's a little but enough. we're living through a technological revolution but all the machines taking over if the piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to bear oxford university professor of machine learning stephen roberts talks to all disease at this time. i think it might. help.