you are making. when they're on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminal or if you join us on sat. in the morning and says i want to cover the world this is a dialogue that could be what's leading to some of the confusion about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the conversation at this time on al-jazeera. i'm going to. outrage after a gunman targets a coptic church in egypt at least nine people are killed in cairo.

and. also coming up. at least fifty people injured in gaza by israeli gunfire during a fourth week of protests. as the capital of israel. it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economist's region while living abroad the prime minister of spain lashes out at. president. also. it was the first step to globalization radio t.v. . after one hundred seventy one years telegram service finally comes to a stop. claim responsibility for an attack on a coptic church and a christian and shop in egypt. at least nine people were killed and five others

wounded in the shooting just south of the capital cairo a long gun man was wounded before being arrested by police as president donald trump offered his condolences to egyptian president. on saturday and said they stand united against terrorism trial of l.s.s. more. a program of confidence inside the virgin mary church on the outskirts of cairo the family members of a different victims brought together by gunmen killing in the name of. this is the suspected attacker it's believed he's wearing a suicide vest first tee shot of the christian on show before moving to cairo's coptic mum in a church he opened fire on civilians and police officers outside who witness it people inside closed the door when they heard the shots. thank god they locked the door there were hundreds in sight if getting closer during that

time it could have been worse than did back in the road a mosque in china relatives pieced together what had happened as they made it outside the hospital. and. one woman was killed when she tried to help the attacker thinking he had full and they say he saw her across dangling from her neck and she also had a little boy who she was asking him in the name of christ this something happened to you she was he worried about him or she gives him love and tenderness and peace is this what they need peace with gunfire with gunfire. as the ambulances left the funeral with their loved ones and size they were accompanied by armored vehicles and a sign of increased security for christians here it's the latest in a number of attacks on the christian minority in egypt which represents about ten percent of the population the problem is that there's no clear counterterrorism and counterinsurgency paula. sees. dealing with this threat and for

a while egypt has been discontinuing the same blunders and same mistakes egypt has been under a state of emergency since i pro when suicide bombing struck two coptic church is killing at least forty five people on palm sunday i saw also claimed responsibility for that attack the government deployed more security forces outside churches this month in anticipation of attacks over christmas i know nothing i new years on joining or christmas every holiday every holiday this summer. oh god you are vengeful. god egypt's christians have long accused the authorities of not doing enough to protect them at the most. at least fifty people have been injured after israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators as thousands of palestinians across gaza and the occupied west bank took part in protests for a fourth sunday they're angry at u.s.

president donald trump's decision to recognize troy slum as israel's capital in tanks and aircraft also fired on targets in gaza and retaliation for rockets being fired into israel israeli army says its aerial defense system intercepting two rockets launched from the gaza strip has more from gaza. the edge of gaza city is just a couple of hundred meters over there and this is the border with israel the separation friends wall surrounds gather all step aside to the camera can zoom in a bit for the fourth friday in a row people gathered at rallies in the city after friday prayers coming from the mosques and then some people from those rallies came here to the border to demonstrate it's been like this for the last month ever since president trump announced that the u.s. would recognize to use them as the capital of israel and demonstrators are trying to get as close to the fence as they can to throw stones and plant palestinian flags. start fires as well those plumes of black smoke you can see here from fires

and burning tires and the israeli army's response with tear gas and some gunfire we've heard that more than ten people have been injured in the violence today in the on rest here and in four of the places along the border. thousands of people in the pakistani city of rawalpindi have also rallied against trump's through some decision the demonstration was organized by a charity can link to the main suspect in the two thousand and eight mumbai bombing i think say the u.s. has a ten million dollars bounty on who was released from house arrest and november hyder has more from raul pindi. crowden gathered. for saudi air force for the palestinian cause the product an ambassador to. the white stage who had read crowds that come from all four corners of the country all pakistani people from all walks of life have strongly reject it trumps decision of jerusalem

as their capital pakistan is the only country in the muslim world has officially condemned and rejected this decision and brought resolution in their parliament against the irresponsible act there is a dream to then burn a cross on the floor make worry. for many from the project on defense the looting of the the leader of the modern art program for their support. this was a good deal to make to receive the music sales capital we cannot tolerate this at any cost we are trying to awake all the muslim community and to unite them and we want to send a strong message to trump that muslims won't accept it in any shape they're going to they're both support for the for i lived in them god yeah and very very much against the american move to move the embassy to jerusalem i think a little bit it's my duty. i was given i just then again i'm not god this is that i

. was muslim yesterday is to gather and we want to give you a strong message that we are god and we have given you a. genuine say and the people have a. capital. bieber is certainly ready to sacrifice their lives for making sure they're doing true love remained they are not there through. all those. gathering by far stronger so far on this particular. place in iran have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government demonstrators protesting for a second day running a test park out in the western city of crime and day after hundreds rallied in iran second largest city of mashad the demonstrators are angry about the government's economic policies are also calling for the release of political prisoners there

have also been reports of protests in other cities including the capital tehran and goes all economic indications in the country are good yes there is an increase in the prices of some products and the government is working on fixing the causes of the high prices some of the events that have taken place in recent days a said to have been because of the economy but there are other reasons the people behind what is taking place think they'll be able to harm the government but when social movements and protests start in the street those who have acknowledged them are not always able to control them and her protesters have confronted police outside the hospital where former president to fujimori is being treated. that. they're angry over the controversial decision to pardon poaching mori who is sort of nearly half of a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights crimes including murder on thursday thousands of peruvians marched to denounce the move and call for new

general elections. as a human rights activist and a professor at george mason university says for him or his pardon can still be changed and there are precedents of similar cases. it is not the end of the story. yet and there are several different venues by which human rights activists are going to challenge the pardon one is in the domestic courts in peru and there are precedents a few years ago an associate of fiji mori actually a businessman the head of a large conglomerate media organization was hurt and he'd been convicted of corruption and he'd been pardoned based on humanitarian grounds and a few weeks later he was caught on camera in a country club looking quite healthy and the constitutional tribunals overturned his pardon. and so there is a precedent for that kind of thing if it gets a pardon is found to be fraudulent the granted then it can be overturned five gurus

constitutional tribe you know the other venue of course is the international says the interim erica and system and why or why that is possible in this case is could you henri was convicted for two for a series of human rights abuses to very important and emblematic cases the vireos that those massacre of one thousand nine hundred one and the enforced disappearance of nine students and a professor from the land to the university in one thousand nine hundred two well of those cases received sentences from d. i'm sure american court which found approve responsible in order to prove the best again process prosecute and punish those responsible and that gives the court the right to supervise the fulfillment of the terms of the sentence. president. made the comment. the

spanish government. declared in october. that are yet to form a government currently. in brussels that is to avoid arrest. it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economist's region while living abroad it is even more absurd to try to perform one's duties i was president of an a ton of this region when you are abroad i really think that it's completely senseless it's not even a judicial or political issue it's just common sense i hope that we can quickly count on a government that is able to engage in dialogue and reach an understanding with. not just with. the us military is set to start accepting. starting on monday the pentagon. after being ordered to do so by the courts the white house had decided not to appeal rulings that blocked. military.

about the treatment of women in the workplace. welcome back as we look at the weather across western parts of asia and the levant is pretty quiet here at the moment find around the caspian sea close enough in tehran it's sixteen degrees baghdad twenty two and then we've got this area of low pressure pushing into the eastern side of the mediterranean with time so as we head into sunday so we see some heavy rain across cyprus and up through parts of turkey still largely dry at that stage for lebanon but you will find the cloud increasing

later on in the day so one of the arabian peninsula looking fine here once again we are temperatures in the low thirty's from mecca here in qatar the weather is just about perfect twenty five degrees light winds you couldn't ask for much more than not and not a great deal of changes ahead on through into sunday the winds remaining jerry light possibly might settle but missed and fall for turning stage as we head across into southern parts of africa we've got some showers affecting the eastern cape so durban the chance of the odd shower otherwise looking largely fine across much of the country much of botswana through into namibia fine but again heavy showers affect in zambia but zimbabwe should be dry and harare will see plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the upper twenty's for central parts of africa showers across parts of the congo towards gabon otherwise fine for west africa sunny and i cry in ghana with highs here of thirty one.

watching. the top stories right now generals have been health for those killed in a church attack in cairo at least nine people were killed many more wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshipers and police eisel has claimed responsibility israeli security forces have opened fire protests in gaza in the occupied west bank injuring at least fifty people there protesting against u.s. recognition of truth the capital of israel four of the injured are in serious condition thousands of people in the pakistani city of rawalpindi have also rallied against the u.s. decision as a largest protest in pakistan since the white house announcement earlier this month . syrian rebels and their families have started to leave an enclave in the southwest after making a deal with the government a convoy of buses has begun departing from near damascus or traveling to the dar

region south of the capital rebels last page into the syrian government and its allies after heavy fighting earlier this month so you know hodor has more from they were. in the last rebel pocket in the southwestern countryside of damascus it is a military game for the syrian government and its allies they launched a massive military campaign two months ago the rebels were trapped in a small area they had no other choice really but to surrender we've seen this happen before intense bombardment and then program that forces the impose a siege so the rebels have no choice but to surrender or die really but this is the importance of this is not just a military gain for the government it is again for iran iran expanding its influence in a corner of syria very strategic corner of syria it lies between the syrian israeli and lebanese borders which means iran's allies on the ground are moving closer.

israel in israel really has been voicing a lot of concern about this as of late talking both to the russians as well as the americans telling them that they will not accept it round of moving closer to their borders in fact a few weeks ago they stepped up airstrikes in syria they weren't just targeting what they believed were arms convoys destined to be an ally hezbollah movement but we understand one of those strikes targeted close to an iranian military base a base that that was being set up by iran and so it was a warning message from israel so not just another military game for the government again for iran and possibly it could be a source of tension in the near future china is set to remove taxes on that steel exports in the new year and a move expected to raise trade tensions with the u.s. and europe and china as the world's top steel producer in two thousand and sixteen it exported more than one hundred million tons twice this must as its nearest rival

japan the global still sector is valued at an estimated nine hundred billion dollars as china exporting to more than two hundred twenty countries and territories the u.s. is worried that china's exports will undercut its own domestic production mcbride has more from beijing. until it was closed this was the biggest steel plant in beijing production got moved from here to a province outside the city as a way of reducing absolution but it's the specter of idle mills like this that whole soul of the world still produces and china or is the biggest given the oversupply of steel in the world right now china often gets accused of breaking the normal rules of trade by dumping that is selling its deal to the world for less than the cost of making it simply to keep its mills turning and the changes in the export taxes will add to suspicions in the u.s. and europe about china's trade practices from january the first to china will be

reducing export taxes on some of its steel products making them cheaper and it will be cutting them altogether on things like steel wire and rods at the same time it will also be reducing export taxes on fertilizers as a way of giving that industry a boost for its part to china denies the accusation of dumping pointing to the fact that in the past year it has reduced its steel exports by a third nevertheless there will always be the suspicion that china will always put the interests of its steel plants way above any international criticism meaning that the kind of trade tensions we've seen in the past year will definitely continue into twenty eighteen. officials in serbia have uncovered twenty five tons of highly toxic waste after a search of a private property southwest of the capital belgrade the chemicals in the mixtures include been seen that is a cancer causing compound that is highly regulated across the developed world

residents have been warned not to use water from nearby wells and the owner of the property has been arrested. i think that within two weeks we will have all the analysis there are some indications but we don't want to talk about indications what is important is that we ask citizens from this part of the brand of it's not to use wells for drinking water until we get to you know this was the one hundred forty five indian fishermen pakistan released on thursday have now returned home the men were arrested and jailed for fishing illegally in pakistani territorial waters another group of indian fishermen will be released next month as a goodwill gesture india's lower house of parliament has approved a bill which would make it illegal for muslim men to use instant divorce to leave their wives the so-called triple tulloch is a muslim practice in which a man in a marriage by saying you are divorced three times under the legislation men who try to use and divorce could be imprisoned for up to three years and in prime minister in the interim modi has made it been a vocal advocate that is of the bill which will have to be approved by the upper

house of parliament before it becomes law south africa's top court has ruled that parliament failed to hold president jacob zuma to account in a scandal or house improvements which cost millions of dollars last year the court decided that zuma had violated the constitution when he benefited improperly from state funding for his and home it's one of a series of presidential scandals which have tarnished the reputation of the ruling african national congress the opposition has renewed its calls for the president to be impeached tanya page has the latest from johannesburg. the constitutional court south africa's highest court has found that the national assembly that's parliament failed to take appropriate action against president jacob zuma and relation to gross overspending of taxpayers' dollars on his private home called income for the constitutional court says the first thing that should happen is that the national

assembly needs to come up with a comprehensive list of rules and regulations which perhaps could lead to the impeachment of president zuma away but they didn't go so far as to say that's what should happen because that would be in breach of the separation of powers the opposition parties who brought this legal action we're pleased with the outcome nonetheless the constitutional duty quinta mr zuma in no time will be scrutinised will be brought before parliament to be accountable because his own political party has actually failed to hold you accountable and we can with the other day long we need to be in parliament in no less than it did to days before the state of the nation and as of twenty eight in their defense president zuma and the speaker of parliament both said it wasn't true that the national assembly had done nothing multiple votes of no confidence in president zuma have been held and they've all

been defeated and that's what it comes down to it's a matter of numbers in parliament because impeaching a president is a parliamentary process so even when there are rules in place that could lead to impeaching a president ultimately that would require a two thirds majority and the reality is that the governing african national congress holds the majority and so it be extremely unlikely that the numbers would be able to be gathered for an impeachment a viral video in south korea has prompted a national debate about the treatment of women. and the workplace it's also highlighting harassment after work at the rings at a time and many people are celebrating the end of the year with their colleagues from seoul kathy novak reports. their treatment when these women became nurses this was not part of the job description video of them dancing at a hospital talent show was posted on social media prompting

a national conversation about something not often openly discussed in south korea the treatment of women in the workplace these nurses didn't want their identities revealed fearing repercussions at work for the talent show we were forced to dance we had to wear indecent clothes and perform sexy dances on stage and we were embarrassed. she says hospital officials sat in the front row judging the performances and that refusing to participate wasn't an option unless she could find a colleague to take her place. in south korea because of the confusion tradition of respecting it's difficult to say no to superiors this type of power abuse has become normal. lawyer leonis says sexual harassment is a problem for south koreans of all professions especially when junior employees are expected to drink with their bosses after hours to know that a year and a party is a common occasion for sexual harassment people expect women to pour drinks for men

or for young and pretty women to sit next to older male bosses. drunk male bosses and hold their hands during these company occasions but we can't say anything because they're our bosses in the most recent government survey the majority of those who say they experienced sexual harassment took no action among the reasons given were that they thought it would make no difference and that they would be disadvantaged at work. the government announced plans to impose harsher penalties for sexual harassment in november after a young employee at the country's biggest furniture company hun sims accused colleagues of raping and sexually assaulting her the employment and labor ministry found the company failed to investigate the claims and find one some about five thousand dollars. as for the talent show a hospital spokesperson said it is planning to reform the dress code and is

considering getting rid of it completely kathy novak al-jazeera sold. hundreds of people have gathered at want to brazil's most iconic beaches for one of the main traditions leading up to the new year celebrations followers of afro brazilian religions gathered at rio's copacabana beach to pay tribute to the mansion the goddess of the sea every year people leave offerings on the beach with prayers and wishes for the coming year. in the mexican state of the haka conservationists have released hundreds of endangered baby turtles into the pacific ocean every year hundreds of all of wrestling turtles lay their eggs on mexico's beaches but after hatching many of the young turtles fall prey to predators made a conservationist used to hunt the creatures but have turned her protecting them trying to save the species. i'm the titanic's last call to announcing america's entry into world war world war one the telegram has been at the heart of history but the once enervated messaging system is gradually disappearing around the world

and now belgium has ended its telegram service as parker reports. for one hundred eighty years the iconic telegram brought news of calamity and condolence joy and success. it entered popular culture surviving the invention of the telephone and instant messaging but the end is nigh it was ironically via twitter the belgian telecoms firm proxima announced the demise of its service one of the last in the world the system was kept alive by only a handful of businesses mostly bailiff's issuing hard copies of legal documents tucked away in a london science museum as some of the earliest examples of the technology the first system was developed in england in eight hundred thirty seven and would go on to change the world by nineteen hundred. cable but connected all the different continents of the world and it was it was the first

step to globalization radio t.v. telephone that our world is basically built on the telegraph it's hard to imagine but once these cumbersome machines were cutting edge technology it was the same way that computers were much later on they used the latest science of the day electromagnetism to point needles that letters in the alphabet to eventually spell out a word it was all down to how skilled the telegraph operator was using these handles . the technology created a certain style of writing a bit like modern text messages the word stop was used to indicate the end of a sentence senders also paid by the word leading to some resourceful ways of communicating. the shortest telegram of the english language was sent by the writer and celebrated wit oscar wilde he was living in paris and sent a message to his publisher to see how his new book was doing the message simply

read. publish and responded. later bourse code was used to send telegraphic messages on april the fifteenth million eight hundred twelve the ill fated titanic sent one of its lowest distress calls. the u.k. abandoned the telegram and nine hundred eighty two the us in two thousand and six and the biggest market in india four years ago but the technology isn't quite dead yet you can still send telegrams in places like italy also a host of own line companies and apps of emerged in recent years offering people an experience of a bygone age. in these barca al-jazeera london stop.

shall carry here let's recap the headlines for you on al-jazeera had been hell for those killed in a church attack in cairo at least nine people died and many more were wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshippers and police eisel has claimed responsibility for that syrian rebels and their families have started to leave and on klav in southwestern syria after making a deal with the government a convoy of buses has taken departing from near damascus or traveling to the air region south of the capital rebels last paycheck into the syrian government and its allies after heavy fighting earlier this month say no hauteur has more now from beirut. in the last rebel pocket in the southwestern countryside of damascus it is a military game for the syrian government and its allies they launched a massive military campaign two months ago the rebels were trapped in a small area they had no other choice really but to surrender we've seen this happen before intense bombardment and then program and forces the impose

a siege so the rebels have no choice but to surrender or die israeli security forces opened fire at protests and gaza and the occupied west bank injuring at least fifty people they were protesting against u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel troops opened fire on groups who threw stones and molotov cocktails four of the injured are in serious condition and iran hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets for a second day police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the western city of kermanshah there are also reports of protests in other cities including the capital tehran demonstrators are angry about the government's economic policies and are also demanding the release of political prisoners. protesters have confronted police outside the hospital former president of georgia who generally is being treated there angry over the controversial decision to pardon preaching laurie who has served nearly half of the twenty five year sentence

for corruption and human rights crimes. yes military is set to start accepting transgender recruits starting on monday the pentagon says the u.s. armed forces will instigate the changes after being ordered to do so by the courts and the white house has decided not to appeal rulings that blocked transgender ban . those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the more news keep it or. the fact that. we need the roads to get close to a dictator the more drugs struck an unlikely the. down . to some competence means it was the weapon of choice stronger than bullets with his documentary but this time on al-jazeera

twenty first century africa a continent undergoing great change and finally seizing control of its gimmick but it's been a long shot at all that he has a goal for doug i feel was a colonial to going to write about a trick pony. a crime or a crime for the.