we're football fans who don't think about goldberg. explained when real madrid worth five hundred million euros expresses a position on something the world anti-doping agency has to take knocked us. out zero continues its investigation into the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in the final episode of sports doping the endless chase at this time. iran's interior minister says it will confront disorder after antigovernment protests turned violent on saturday. it's a whole rob if you want your knowledge is there a life my headquarters here in doha also coming up

a coalition of rebel groups promise to find all in syria will look at the new year could bring for a country that still mired in death and destruction. sleeping rough in france how president micron's hopes of ending homelessness by year's end has failed. in the middle of the match i like looked over his limp. brother changes the game for tennis great seventy the williams. welcome to al-jazeera antigovernment protesters in iran fault with police for a third day on saturday despite warnings from authorities they'd be breaking the law the interior ministry is now warning it will confront disorder use agencies report at least two people were killed during the demonstrations pizza shop possible. for the third day in a. roe they're out on the streets fighting with police went on into the night

anti-government protesters most of them students facing up to riot police outside terran university but what began as a protest about rising food prices and welfare benefit cuts turned political on saturday. earlier in the day they chanted not gaza not lebanon my life whereon they. don't be afraid we're staying strong together. an expression of anger about claims the government is focusing more on regional issues than economic problems at home. iranian t.v. showed a display of strength by crowds of pro-government supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support iran's supreme leader ali khamenei letter that people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people

have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. the pro-government rallies were pre-planned to mark the anniversary of the end of the unrest that shook the country in two thousand and nine for some time now there's been some disparate groups who've been protesting whether it was have lost their savings through these corrupt financial institutions whether his pension is no longer going their pensions will have to live on pensions as people are worried about the environment this woman is all these groups and they've been testing and testing and you could see that those the slogans are now becoming more radical you could say that the atmosphere is going tense or intense and most of all what you could say is that they no longer seem to have that fear from the security forces there in the other. one this was a huge display of support for the iranian leadership the government will be concerned it just how quickly a protest about food prices could become political pizza shop al jazeera.

behind our back then is an iran analyst at middle east or he says the protests reflect the growing divide between ordinary iranians and the political elite. in contrast to what happened when there were last major protests in iran back in two thousand and nine in the wake of the disputed presidential elections when the quarrel then was in trouble regime it was a quarrel within competing factions within the system and this one appears to be coming from the outside articulated by people who ostensibly have you know purely economic motives but i think in keeping with the iranian culture longstanding political culture inevitably these protests become political i think the only thing they can achieve is to apply some pressure on the current administration they got the government of president rouhani now rouhani appears to have the right policies in place but is the attitude of his government that really riles up the people this

is a very elitist government they are bureaucratic elites they're technocratic elites they they are very distant from the grievances of ordinary people and frankly some of the attitudes for example some of the leading ministers and parliamentarians some of the things that have said recently has come up and social media for instance one m.p. was recently complaining about his low salary and saying that when he was a university professor and used to get paid almost double and hardly did any work for it has really riles up ordinary people who are struggling like that from the economic point of view so is the attitude of government ministers officials and parliamentarians that's the real problem here not necessarily the policies that rouhani has put in place in order to turn the economy around. well u.s. president donald trump took aim at around leaders on twitter for a second day running on friday he tweeted that iranian citizens were fed up with the regime's corruption and its squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad he called on iran's government to respect people's rights to

express themselves and on saturday he said that apart from the u.s. military power iran's people are what its leaders feared the most. the hostility between the u.s. and iran goes back more than sixty years in one nine hundred fifty three a joint british american plot led to the ousting of iran's democratically elected prime minister and restored the ruling monarch sharma hubbard reza palace the resentment of the u.s. meddling helped trigger iran's nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution of the installment of an anti western maybe as supreme leader well more than fifty americans were held hostage for more than a year the countries have be the blogger heads never said was it twenty fifteen quickly u.s. led sanctions against iran were lifted in return for limitations to its nuclear energy program the deal was the signature foreign policy achievement of brac obama's presidency but since coming to power donald trump has unilateral sanctions

on iran and the us president has the had the opportunity to scrap the deal altogether in january. dramatic video has emerged from syria showing children being rescued from rebel held parts of damascus following government airstrikes these pictures of a child being taken from the rubble was said to be from the damascus suburb of have asked in eastern cooter at least thirteen people including five children are believed to have been killed in the bombardment rescuers are also carrying two babies from a ruined building following those strikes aid agencies say the siege by government forces there has caused a humanitarian emergency. more than thirty five groups basted northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army the announcement was made by the head of the rebel interim government opposed to the rule of president bashar al assad the new unified opposition includes all factions

of the rebel free syrian army the f.s.a. was backed by turkey to push i still find as and kurdish forces from border areas between the two countries. in the fourth part of our series looking ahead to twenty eighty we examine the future of syria twenty seventy was a good year for president assad with his forces recapturing large swathes of territory from i saw the opposition but while the conflict to peers to be winding down in some areas the prospect of genuine peace still seems far away said a halt to reports from neighboring beirut. syrians in search of safety there may be less violence because of russian brokered local cease fires but there are still active front lines in some areas of the country. over the past year the opposition lost a sizeable territory and the syrian government with the backing of russia and iran have also recaptured areas from i so the government is stronger than it has been since the conflict began nearly seven years ago but the war is not hearing it's and

. the war is far from. that is for sure and what we're seeing is perhaps winding down a bit of the conflict in some parts. there is a likelihood also an escalation or flare up and further conflict and other parts of the country almost a quarter of the country in the north east for example is outside the state's control the mainly kurdish region wants a federal system for syria the government wants said it would be ready to discuss this but now it calls the kurds traitors for working with a foreign country and the u.s. decision to maintain a troop presence in the enclave has alarmed russia which says there is no legitimate reason for them to stay. the war is not over but the focus is already on dividing the spoils russia's president vladimir putin wants to play a lead role in brokering a political settlement the kremlin has successfully created an alternative for

negotiations the russian led talks have overshadowed. the process. and now putting plans to host the syrian peace conference in sochi russia's leader says he has the support of iran and turkey countries that are deeply involved in the conflict he also says syria's president bashar assad is backing the peace initiative that may weaken his powers but leave him in office for at least a few years with a reformed constitution. what we will likely see is a syria not divided but the void in terms of spheres of influence it will be like a multinational company would countries holding shares and of course russia having the biggest. political settlement is still a long way off for opponents of the government what is being discussed doesn't amount to peace but priorities have changed in two thousand and seventeen calls for us had to be removed from power we're no longer heard western leaders now seem to be more concerned with working with russia to counter growing influence in.

people in the turkish city of istanbul will bring in the new increased security measures nine people were killed during a new year a time last year. from istanbul. most of them thought it was fireworks but it was the sound of bullets fired by gunmen during the first hours of two thousand and seventeen he killed thirty nine people stumbles popular right now nightclub. it is still known how he managed to bypass high security measures with a long range automatic rifle ali you know was the managing partner all that klopp who witnessed the shooting he lost his friends employees and customers he say's he still can't sleep charlie should get his horse can you imagine a bullet passing through your body well your welcome in a new year and you die it has been one year but there isn't

a moment that i forget about this unfortunate attack it's very difficult to live with the spike his grief all you wants people to celebrate the new year outside rather than a tome turkish authorities here in istanbul say they have taken all security precautions one measure was to cancel parties in popular public squares like taxi and if i am scared and avoid going to crowded places since then become a lot of new delhi cancelling public parties is a sign of government impotence people should be free but they throw fear into people with these measures what's going to happen will happen we get nowhere if we're scared to show these we will be outside celebrating as always terror threats can't dissuade us from terror threats and become normalized perturbs me that's what makes them feel relatively confident despite the highly encouraged security in wireman and cancel parties in some public squares it seems turks will not give in

to fear this new year seen on kosovo al-jazeera the stumble while still ahead here on al-jazeera an uncertain future for tons of thousands in bali full scale the hope is by the vote and go ok there. also tens of thousands of people rally in togo demanding an end to the president's fifteen you have a list henri's straight after the pike. hello there is tending milder now for some of us in europe and it's all thanks to this weather system here as it works its way eastwards it's dragging in some fall on the leading edge missing a little bit of snow before that it turns to rain and we all seeing a lot of snow on the ground melting already so the temperatures then all the way up to thirteen degrees there in london in paris twelve in berlin and twelve in vienna

as well but as you can say it might be maad but that doesn't necessarily mean that is drive quite a bit of heavy rain that will be pushing its way into parts of france and also the northwestern parts of spain and into portugal on sunday so a lot of what weather to be found here the system and sweeps its way eastwards as we head through the day on monday and then the new year will start with yet more wet weather in the western parts of fronts meanwhile in the far east it's still going to be cold day remote maximum temperature just two degrees and area of snow is working its way towards us because the other side of the mediterranean we've been seeing a fair amount of unsettled weather here as well it's just really been the tail end of what's been going on over a year up in the still a few showers on sunday making their way through parts of libya and into egypt and that stretches all the way up into turkey that continues its journey eastwards on monday it's not warm behind it kyra just eighteen degrees and still a few showers in the northeast.

georgia. welcome back you're watching officer i'm still rabbit

a reminder of our top stories antigovernment protesters in iran force with police for a third day on saturday despite warnings from morphologies they be breaking the law the interior ministry is now warning it will confront disorder as news agency is reporting at least two people were killed during the demonstrations. more than thirty rebel groups pasted northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army and unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey. there's also increased security at major cities across the world ahead of the year's eve celebrations parties and some public squares have been counted in the turkish city of a stumble it's one year since a gunman stormed a popular nightclub during a new year's eve party killing thirty nine people. in indonesia more than seventy thousand people continue to live in evacuation shelters after a volcano began erupting in early november many are returning to the danger zone

every day to tend to their crops and livestock step passive reports. well the muleteer on the last day of the year is very somber these people's lives have been on hold for three months they're waiting and just watching the full kaino as you can see it's mostly elderly and children who are still at the of africa wasting shelters it's very hard and difficult for the government of them since the others the adults to stay here a lot of people of course have business to do they have no income here they have to send their children to school and as you can see in all reports a lot of people are taking the risk to go up to the volcano very near to the crater instead of sitting and waiting down here. you know mom got that kill stein by helping out in an emergency kitchen his family sought refuge in this government shelter after they were forced to leave to fill it three months ago the indonesian government has ordered families not to return as long as the volcano remains at its

highest alert level or so not that no one can let up on my future looks pretty bleak if i have to stay here in the shelter how can i pay for my children's education i've got no work here at least seventy thousand villages in the danger zone have been forced to leave their homes three months have passed and boredom has kicked in the local authorities are struggling to keep them away from danger. every morning like many others goes up the mountain back to his village a thirty kilometer journey by motorbike. nearest to the crater and no man knows exactly how dangerous to feel kaino can be just five kilometers away. with mount auburn norming dangerously near the old man and his neighbors are mining stones and sand spewed from the eruption fifty four years ago the villages are getting some benefit from the next roll disaster then. i force myself to be brave

enough although the government doesn't allow it i'm fed up in the shelter how long do i have to stay there so while only a little smoke comes out of the volcano i take my chance to earn some money in case there's a major eruption neeleman hopes he will have enough time to run while the government continues to urge people to stay out of the danger zone its policy has recently become more lenient with the us and the run for law than can be on their feet because the situation is taking so long and because of all kinds activity is not always high people to get back to advantages during the day time to work and come back to the shelter at night. but newman decides not to return to the shelter and spend the night at his house trying desperately to get his old life back hoping and praying that hound agel will go back to sleep very soon step fasten al-jazeera somebody's village balli. now the greek government is seeking to reverse a decision to grant asylum to one of eight turkish soldiers who fled to greece

during last year's failed coup so today's ruling by a greek asylum tribunals angered turkey which has repeatedly called for the soldiers' extradition the greek supreme court has argued the soldiers wouldn't receive a fair trial at home the asylum appeals or forty is still considering the cases of another seven soldiers server tomorrow is one of those supporting the soldiers asylum claims she says the judge's decision shows that they are truly impartial from the government. there is not an ongoing dispute between the greek government and the greek judges the last three weeks and the greek government is trying to win friends certain great judges and also the justice and the greek judges respond to a very fair and that is a very very strong answer after this our ongoing dispute so are extremely happy over there without because the judge is the great judge this unbiased and in part

in an impartial way i announced this decision i have also to explain to you that this is not a judicial decision this is an administrative decision of the committee however the committee is appointed by three members to all of them are administrate the judges from the greeks justice and one of them is there to present that they have of the units the are. and then the good soldier has been killed and at least two others injured after armed gunman stormed a pallet military camp in indian administered kashmir police say they threw grenades and fired automatic rifles as they try to seize the training center in the town of pull. liberia's president elect has given his first speech since winning the runoff election earlier this week george weah will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf in the first democratic transition of power in liberia for more than seventy years where former world football of the year has pledged to fight corruption. we were some or the government committed for doing

what it is that have cryo. and then good. for the people those tools. to serve. must be good to the. person who's looking. it's. true that members of groups are. tens of thousands of people have rallied in tokyo demanding a end to the fifty year rule of president a full rigorous and b. it's the latest of a string of demonstrations organized by opposition groups they want new rules limiting presidents to two terms in office. we've been claiming our rights for four

months now they don't even see us it looks like the current regime doesn't even consider us with the march it is necessary that at least the state or the government knows that we are tired we want to see definite change. now journalists are being killed or jailed simply for doing their jobs the international federation of journalists says eighty one journalists died in targeted killings car bomb attacks and cross fire incidents in twenty seventeen that's down from ninety three in twenty sixteen the most violent places for journalists to work as a bank soko where many become victims of organized crime groups afghanistan is also high on the list along with iraq and syria there's also been a rise of deaths in india motivated by violent populism in the world's largest democracy and while the i have j welcomes the reduction in the number of deaths it says more journalists are in jail that at any time in recent years. less dramatist that's right but we are many joe. in

general today we have. to do to unearth fifty journalist injured to sort of as it was the stronger east i took my leave for this reason it's very important to recall to your. due to your don't forget to achieve because it's mostly bought on mostly but on preserving the work force on at least we. one and two at sixty already used to enjoy. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud hussain it's not been more than the since he was arrested and jailed in egypt his detention has been renewed ten times since then the same is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al-jazeera strongly deny but he's repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail. in july the french president said he wanted to end homelessness in his country by the end of the year but humanitarian groups say the problem is getting worse in paris alone thirty

thousand people are still sleeping rough from the french capital reports. he's been homeless for five years and he's still only twenty three tony doesn't want to show his face but he's happy to explain why despite the dangers he generally spends his days begging and his nights sleeping on the streets and not in a state funded emergency shelter. recently someone stole my tent then when i was sleeping on a mattress someone kicked me in the head so they could grab the bag my head was resting on life on the street is very hard but in those emergency shelters you also get attacked you get lots of drunkards and evan if you don't look for trouble you find it it's not safe there. the debate about how to deal with one hundred forty thousand people officially homeless in france was reopened this summer when the newly elected president made a surprise announcement. to delusion to the first

battle is to have everyone in a dignified manner of one by the end of the year i want no more women and men in the streets in the woods last only one. michael suggested he could achieve this by providing more emergency shelters and better follow up by social services but groups who work with homeless people say they've not seen evidence of either they say there are now more rough sleepers than ever partly due to an increase in the number of refugees camped out in places like the can are some of the town things like this place across the french capital and there are less than one hundred thirteen thousand people sleeping rough in the city and its surroundings and although it's hard to believe homeless charities say things are actually getting worse critics argue that the government could create thousands of extra beds for homeless people right away using existing facilities here or senior where there's an open door but he's not a reader it's possible to a hospital wings that are currently empty they've got heating and sanitation they

can be converted quite easily they're also knocking the army barracks. then there's a question of finance the organizations that look after the homeless and run the premises. whatever the reality it's clear winter brings extra hardships for rough sleepers according to one charity four hundred homeless people have died this year alone and the average age was forty eight for alleviate who became homeless this year after a family crisis those figures come as no surprise. there are lots of people who are ill and who don't get to hospital he says either because they can't afford to or because they don't want to be treated. the new year should mean a new start for tony he's been offered work fundraising for a charity and he hopes to rent a flat with a friend but it's not easy. i've already saved up eight hundred euros was my friend will have to pay two thousand two hundred euros so that the level of acceptance

without a guarantee without proof of income looking back the president's short term target for homeless list seemed destined to fail but campaigners hope he will invest in long term solutions that can get people off the streets for good lady barbara al-jazeera paris now the former president of catalonia has urged the spanish government to accept the results of the recent regional election the december the twenty first poll gave a slim majority two parties seeking to split from spain. but no deal so. the spanish government has a new opportunity to be here as the european democracy it clear to be and therefore recognize the results of the election that took place under twenty first and in this way to start a political negotiation with the legitimate government of catalonia but then again that's why as president of catalonia i demand that the spanish government and the ones who back them rectify those things that no longer work restore the damage caused and replace everything they have removed without the legal permission of the

cattle and people the ballot boxes have spoken the democracy has spoken everyone has been able to express themselves what is really waiting for in order to accept the results to accept the will of the catalan people. twenty three time grand slam champion serena williams made her return to competitive tennis on saturday at the. world tennis championship in abu dhabi but as tatiana sanchez reports the tennis great man has to be else on her mind. serena could in many ways already be themas triumphant having made her return to the court just four months after giving birth to her newborn baby girl alexis and. she wasn't triumphant in the opening set of the match though losing it thanks to. but the thirty six year old american for back to take the second set showing signs of her own so the story mush making the much even. the match was then taken down to a deciding tie breaker. the defending french open champion

world number seven stay dominant keeping williams on her time. after putting up some resistance the fighting spirit we're so used to thinking three now eventually lost the finals that. motherhood's for an hour no. you know i was a little worried out there and then i looked at. my camp and i was like as a limb be ok and you know but it's really good i'm excited and you know it's good to be back on the court serena is africa surely fired a warning to her rivals that next month the strain you know that an offender do there. watching i was there i'm still raw but these are all top stories antigovernment protesters in iran fought with police for a third day on saturday despite warnings from authorities they've been breaking the

law to protest as were killed in the city of the road on saturday night the iranian government is blaming foreign agents for the deaths saying security forces didn't fire into the crowds dramatic video has emerged from syria showing children being rescued from rebel held parts of damascus following government and strikes these pictures of a child being taken from the rubble are said to be from the damascus suburb of harassed in eastern guta at least thirteen people including five children are believed to have been killed in the bud bar but aid agencies say the siege by government forces in eastern guta has caused a humanitarian emergency. more than thirty rebel groups based in northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey. there is increased security in major cities across the world ahead of

new year's eve celebrations parties in some public squares have been canceled in the turkish city of a stumble it's one year since a government stormed a popular nightclub during of years eve party killing thirty nine people. now the greek government is seeking to reverse a decision to grant asylum to one of eight turkish soldiers who fled to greece during last year's failed coup saturday's ruling by a greek asylum tribunals and get turkey which has repeatedly called for these soldiers extradition the greek supreme court has argued the soldiers would receive a fair trial back at home the asylum appeals will follow he is still considering the cases of another seven soldiers. an indian soldier has been killed and at least two others injured after all governments told the paladin to treat camping in the administered kashmir police say they threw grenades had fired automatic rifles as they trying to seize the training center in the town of. those

where the headlines about with more use it half an hour here on al-jazeera next to its inside story to stay with us. al-jazeera. where ever you. demonstrations in cities across iran the biggest in nearly a decade protesters say prices are too high and the government's corrupt in two thousand and nine unrest was met with a minister a crackdown so how will the government deal with the people's today this is inside story.