security guards are elite this is part of their football for you don't think about . explaining when real madrid worth five hundred million euros expresses a position on something or the world anti-doping agency has to take notice. al-jazeera continues its investigation into the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in the final episode of sports doping the endless chase at this time. the rounds president speaks for the first time about demonstrations against his government saying protests are allowed but violence is not. alone welcome to life for my headquarters in doha with me and as

a purana i'm also ahead and about thirty minutes north korean leader kim jong un's new year's message will be broadcast on state t.v. it's a message world leaders are expected to monitor very closely. as government has passed a draft resolution urging the annexation of much of the occupied west bank plus. two thousand and seventeen and hello to two thousand and eighteen celebrations as the world brings in the new live pictures from london. where they can enter iran where the government has reacted to continuing protests with new measures social media apps including the messaging service telegram which has fourteen million users have been blocked as the government tries to stop people communicating about up. and protests for three days now they're being bally's

around the country against the ruling elite to protest as blame for economic hardships and alleged corruption but aren't as one of a crackdown of protests continue but on saturday nice two people were killed in the city of that though there is confusion over who's responsible for the deaths president hassan rouhani has spoken for the first time since the demonstrations began pizza shop has the latest. after four days of anti-government demonstrations it's the president's first public reaction trolled catholic iranians have the right to protest but can't lead to violence he said. it should be clear to everyone that we are people of freedom according to the constitution and citizens' rights people are free to express their criticism and to protest however we need to pay attention to the manner of a criticism and protest should be in such a way that it will lead to be improvement of the people and the state. he was also

quick to criticize president trump for his tweet about iran. this man who today in america wants to simplify is about people as we got to meet a few months ago he called the nation of iran terrorists this video of protest posted on social media has been blocked by the iranian government the ban follows a nationwide demonstration since thursday government ministers said the video encourage more people to join the rallies. we all saw how they misuse cyberspace and promoted violence trained systematic riots toward weapons and explosives crafting simulated protesters to fight the police and encourage the burning of houses and stores these people are surely not part of our people iran's state television has reported that some social media sites and messaging apps have been blocked to maintain more determined peace and from the government warnings that iran's revolutionary guards corps was prepared to deploy what was described as an iron fist if the demonstrations continued their commander said the protests have

degenerated into people chanting political slogans and burning public property. protests took place again on sunday but the extent of those is still unclear video posted from the city of durham on saturday night show demonstrators dragging away one of those injured state television in tehran said two people were shot dead but denied that police or the army were involved. in the clash that took two lives no bullets were shot from police and security forces the people gathering was meant to end peacefully but the presence of the agitators unfortunately this happened and resulted in the deaths of two protesters. the protests will have rattled the government they weren't just limited to terror on but took place across the country the only question now is whether they can gather momentum and how long the government is prepared to put up with this challenge to its authority peter sharp

al jazeera. well the telegram has been and to the last three days of protests people have been using it to get others out on the streets and to share protest videos and pictures with the world the iranian government the dislike for telegram goes back further charges against the platform cert c.e.o. in september iranian officials accuse the airport facilitating the spread of terrorism pornography and other illegal activities well our basket on is the director of iranian studies at stanford university. i think they're very worried clearly they're worried one of the points that needs to be added is that mr rouhani did an interview with iranian radio television he was supposed to be abroad just tonight they decided not to broadcast so they censored the president of the country they did not learn to talk because i think some in the regime don't think that.

approach to appease the people is right they want to use that aren't just i'm not sure the iron fist is going to work i think some of them know that using the iron fist might well infuriate more people and these are not the kinds of people that the regime can afford to lose these are the working class these are the poor these are the most does after that they have now claim for thirty seven years to be champing. let's move on to other news now to another story that we'll be watching very closely in just a few minutes we're expected to hear a new year's message from north korea's leader kim jong il on what thousands of expect a rally in pyongyang to main square to watch him praver corded new year's address and international observers will be keeping a close eye on what he says about south korea and the u.s. and last year's address the country is in the final stages of test launching intercontinental ballistic missile outside in the event that north korea test fired a missile it said capable of reaching the entire u.s.

mainland well let's get more on this now we're joined by our correspondent florence and we she's live for us in the south korean capital seoul for just talk us through just why this speech is so closely watched an asylum portion trials. that's right now kim jong un has delivered a new year's day address since two thousand and thirteen now he assumed the role of north korean leaders insist father passed away in december two thousand and eleven and as you know north korea is such a secretive state it's isolated from the rest of the world it's very few friends this is one of the few opportunities that foreign analysts have of being able to get some sort of direction as to what the u. north korean leadership is thinking now as you mentioned elizabeth last year north korean leader kim jong un talked about how his country was in the final stages of developing intercontinental ballistic missiles and he delivered on that of course it has to be said that not every year that these predictions come true in two

thousand and sixteen he there were very few mentions of there was very few mention of nuclear tests yet that year north korean leadership the north korean government conducted two nuclear tests but this is a very important tool that analysts can use to try and decipher the direction that the north korean leadership is going to be taking the government and the military and what its goals are for two thousand and eighteen and how it assesses how it did in two thousand and seventeen and any indications france on what we could expect from this year's speech. well we can expect him to talk about the economy as well as what about the military's goals and the government's goals now on north korean leadership kim jong il when he hasn't he he has emphasized the peril of development of the economy and developing a nuclear state in his time as leader so we can expect him to talk about these two things now but what analysts are most worried about of course and will be very keen

to follow is just what sort of direction he's going to take the country in when it comes to nuclear development his his nuclear weapons development now those who schools of thought here some analysts have said that they think he may offer an olive branch and if he were to do that this is essentially most likely to buy the north korean country time where they can further develop their nuclear technology now the other side of the coin is of course that north korea will just simply be defiant and say they are going to conduct more nuclear tests and this is necessary if they want to achieve their ultimate goal of being considered a nuclear force and north korea has to make while north korea's thinking is that it has to do that quickly before sanctions start to bite now we've seen in the last couple of months how the u.n. security council and even the united states have really tighten sanctions on north korea and how countries are being very very being very much more. forceful when it

comes to ensuring that these sanctions are really being enforced so north korea is worried that with these sanctions really take bite that it will be more difficult for it to conduct the nest obtain the necessary equipment to conduct these nuclear test so in essence there is some analysts think a race for it to complete its bronfman of nuclear technology before the sanctions take hold or i guess we will know a little bit more when we hear from the north korean leader soon and we will of course be going. back to our correspondent florence either way when that happens she's monitoring that address for us from seoul thank you for now though florence. and customs officials in south korea have seized a panama registered vessels the specter of transferring oil to north korea it's the second ship held for allegedly violating international sanctions on friday south korea said it had impounded a hong kong flagged vessel in the vendor the u.n.

security council impose new sanctions on chong yang last month limiting its access to petroleum products and that was in response to north korea's latest nuclear and missile tests. to afghanistan now where seventeen people have been killed in an attack at a funeral in the eastern city of jalalabad that happened as people gathered for the funeral of a former district governor no one's claimed responsibility for the attack earlier this week i still said it was behind the killing of at least forty one people at a shia cultural center in kabul. israel's governing local party has passed a draft resolution urging the party's leaders to establish israeli sovereignty over large parts of the occupied west bank and formally annex the palestinian territory the vote is in binding but carries political weight inside prime minister benjamin netanyahu as party well liquids right wing has been boarded by the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital june has more from west jerusalem. now

that the live cooed central committee has voted in favor of imposing israeli sovereignty over illegal settlements in the occupied west bank the question is what comes next many members of the likud central committee in the run up to this vote had thought that this was a binding resolution they had said so which in effect would mean that it would force it would compel a prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the rest of the likud party to try to take this to the knesset to try to get it passed into law we've spoken to many analysts the however who say that this in fact is not a binding resolution and that there is no way that such an inflammatory resolution would actually get to the knesset in its current form we've also spoken to arab members of parliament and they've said that if this resolution were to go to the knesset in its current form that that would really signal an end to the peace process that it would really mean that there was no more attempt to try to find a two state solution to the crisis here now what is important also is what exactly

is prime minister benjamin netanyahu going to do next is he going to endorse this what is he going to say many more questions at this hour than answers about a lot of other analysts that we've spoken with throughout the day in the run up to the vote have said that they really believe that this is more of a cynical political calculus a way for the likud central committee to really rally the faithful especially at a time when just weeks ago u.s. president donald trump recognized roussel in israel's capital whatever does happen next though this is a tense time and this vote may add another element of uncertainty at a time when there is already so much uncertainty still ahead on the polish on a track called on the wrong u.s. place to rest one person trying to show times of much of an effect that held. binny's pink skies by the touch my heart. or is the sunsets in the city of angels.

weather doesn't look too bad for good parts of central and southern china over the next day or so hong kong tops temperature ever around twenty one celsius little more clout there into the south china sea will just drive some showers into vietnam or see if you show us to coming across northern parts of the philippines more concerned because southern areas of the philippines where we have got another little clutch of storms making the way towards mindanao could exacerbate the recent flooding that we have seen here of course so that's monday's picture that wet weather starting to feed its way and may not develop into a tropical storm we're hopeful of that much but the restore going to be some very heavy rain and that could lead to further flooding and you see that punches its way through as we go on through shoes day some other weather into the by a single pushing up towards me and la as we go on through the next day also much of south asia does look five and dry will see some subtle sunshine coming through here

hyderabad twenty nine degrees the weather there into me and my maybe into the far north east of india maybe also into bangladesh but i suspect it is going to me and . is seeing the wetter weather as we go warms through the next day or two i sort of any wet weather coming in across the river the next few days is fine and dry top temperature and twenty four. sponsored by the time. i serve. this time.

good to have you with us on al and these are our top stories iranian president hassan rouhani has made his first days of protests against economic hardship and corruption that the government must provide. also warned protesters that violence was unacceptable. thousands are expected at a rally in pyongyang its main square as. on makes. new year's address international. says about south korea and the u.s. . and israel's governing party has passed a draft resolution. to establish israeli sovereignty and parts of the

occupied west bank the vote was not binding. a man in the u.s. has been arrested after a deadly end to a telephone prank call the suspect made a false one one one call to police reporting a murder and hostage situation and when officers arrived at the scene they shot and killed a twenty eight year old man it's believed over an online video game sparked the stand off and a hawk star has more. this was where a practical joke proved deadly and this is the suspect tyler barris police in kansas responding to a cool where a man claiming he had killed his father was holding the rest of his family hostage in iran what's going on. in the hurt any is not breathing anymore do you have any weapons on you. what kind of weapons or do you have. i'm just pointing the gun at them making sure they stay on the drug a. brother are

you sending someone over here isn't that i'm tough and i cannot speculate away. thinking about canary poured gasoline all over the house and i just fire ok well we don't need to do that ok police sent a special weapons and tactics all swat team to the house where the coolest said he lived but the man who answered the door was twenty eight year old andrew finch a father of two police unaware that it being a prank calls were taking no chances they confronted mr finch before shooting him you hear the officer primarily who has the action on body camera but you have officers from the other side also giving commands in iraq consistent about put your hands up walk towards us. but he continued to drop down by his waistband which is a concern that's where our people typically would put a handgun or some type of weapon andrew finches mother says her son was not with the car this garon huge people without any consequences family was very important

here that two kids survived him in their midst who have a wonderful man. it's been suggested the suspect and the victim had a dispute join an online computer game there's no research evidence to suggest that video games whether they're violent or nonviolent lead people to become more aggressive in the real world so this just happens to be a spurious. link in this situation between call of duty and this windings. i did this week the world health organization branded video game addiction a mental health disorder police are treating this death as a case of swatting where instigators call nine one one from a position close to where their intended victim is located. at least seven people are reported to have been killed by security forces the protests in the democratic republic of congo.

or demonstrations in the capital kinshasa have been calling on president joseph kabila to step down they're angry over his refusal to let you when his term ended a year ago he then promised elections by the end of this year but they have been delayed until next december. we tired we've never had peace in this country nothing works we don't eat well president kabila is still young and he can leave his place to someone else and come back later if he wants he's worked it out already it's enough we don't want him he should go and rest. even the president the bhutto dictator you could much peacefully today we just don't understand anymore we are really tired of could be either place in australia have recovered the bodies of six people from the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed north of sydney the aircraft was returning to the city from a restaurant twenty minutes away and plunged into a river the bodies of the pilot and five passengers were found in the submerged wreckage and investigation has been launched. now for the fourth part of our series

looking ahead to two thousand and eighteen we're examining the future of syria where two thousand and seventeen was a good year for president bashar al asad with his forces recapturing large swathes of territory from isis and rebel fighters but while the conflict appears to be winding down at least in some areas the prospect of genuine peace is still far away saying aha the reports from beirut. syrians in search of safety there may be less violence because of russian brokered local cease fires but there are. still active frontlines 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 a 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 . russia's president vladimir putin. the kremlin has created an alternative for negotiations the russian. and now 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 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. for opponents of the government what is being discussed doesn't the bow to peace but priorities have changed in two thousand and seventeen calls for us to be removed from power we're no longer western leaders now seem to be more concerned with working with russia to counter growing influence. and in the next. head to two thousand and eighteen john heilemann will be reporting

on the challenges facing the biggest country in latin america two thousand and eighteen is election year here in brazil in a country struggling with its corrupt politicians and economic strife hoping that something is going to change. well for more now the storm is expected to make headlines over the coming here let's bring in a senior fellow at the center for american progress a washington based think tank he's joining us. joining us on al-jazeera so as you might have heard will be looking ahead. to the big stories that we're expecting next year including syria what do you think we should look out for the next year what issues do you think. well i think first of all what happens to go on radio where the president will continue undermining his secretary of state who wants to kind of live in those she asians or whether it's the north

koreans because you know they go she a should start with what you need to do more sas obviously the iran nuclear chord what will the president do he has refused to certify that congress has not put the sanctions back on you know we'll you know we'll see if it was i think got the whole question in syria will we continue to knock the kurdish there rebels in europe who have helped us in some of the great cities in the northeast which will not only in the way the russians but our allies in in in turkey the whole question about whether secretary solis is going to be able to negotiate an agreement between god or the u.a.e. and saudi arabia what he wants to do when he's had great experience in that area what president trump has with you so let's let him do that so there's the gulf crisis that syria that's iran there's north korea with of course spoken about those

issues many times at the cia do you see a resolution and cite for any off them. not unless president trump changes the way that he does is this for example i think we could have already had negotiations begun with north korea secretary of state so i was and had said we'd be willing to talk to her but then he you know he undermined her we don't even know the secretary listens for the last year a lot of talk about this he may doubt obviously the president is still focused on the whole investigation about possible russian illusion and not just taking off at all a lot of. time i am says they are as they knock on about whether you know bob balders you know doing it you know fairly or not i don't question and on that and that investigation do you think president trump one last

another yes i think it will be crossed even if they want to use technically speaking collusion is not a crime a real question is basically did the right to undermine the system by. solving the problem or for the people but even then you would need you know the house is controlled by republicans who would be jim and you'd be two thirds of the senate so i think it will last another year the real question then is it will let them across get control of the house of representatives and make it more good for call for him to do some of the things that he wants but you can leave the mess quickly with the cold thank you very much for your time and you will and alice s. on what we can expect in two thousand and eighteen lawrence call joining us from washington d.c. thank you thank you for having me happy new year. now the world as running in two thousand and eighteen with spectacular fireworks displays across the globe

meanwhile u.n. secretary general general antonio which has used the occasion to urge world leaders to hail divisions among their people catherine stansell of reports takes a look at some of the most colorful celebration. was i one of the first places on the planet to welcome the new here new zealand followed by australia and a spectacular fireworks display over sydney harbor bridge the rainbow colors celebrating the legalization of gay marriage in the country. next japan where revelers in tokyo gathered to released hundreds of white helium balloons each one containing a wish or a prayer for the new year in south korea people filled the streets near souls city hall to celebrate twenty eighteen and half an hour later neighboring north korea

which has inflamed the international community with a number of missile tests this year but its own fireworks display. and victoria harbor in hong kong was a place of lights when the clock struck midnight. dubai which normally hosts one of the largest fireworks displays in the world opted for an elaborate flight and laser show instead. across europe hundreds of thousands of people gathered in berlin paris and london to celebrate the arrival of twenty eighteen but amid the joyful celebrations a serious but hopeful message of peace and unity delivered by the united nations i mean it's a red alert. conflicts of the point the new the. nuclear weapons are the highest sea. war and climate change is moving faster than we are

inequalities are growing and receipt. of human rights i urge leaders everywhere to make these new year's resolution never again bridge the divides rebuild trust by bringing people together around common. unity is the best. it's an ambitious request but if there is one thing the new year always brings it's the hope for something better happenstance so al-jazeera. just a reminder now that you can always keep up to date with all the jews on our website any time that said al jazeera dot com. hello again a look at the problem and the headlines on al-jazeera iranian president hassan rouhani has made his first speech following days of protests against economic hardships and corruption rouhani said the government must provide space for

criticism but also warned protesters that violence was unacceptable thousands are expected at a rally in pyongyang's main square to hear north korea's leader kim jong un's new year's message and international observers will be keeping a close eye on what he says about south korea and the u.s. . israel's governing liquid party has passed a draft resolution urging the party's leaders to establish israeli sovereignty and formally annex parts of the occupied west bank the vote was non-binding. at least seven people are reported to have been killed by security forces at protests in the democratic republic of congo. while demonstrators in the capital kinshasa have been calling on president joseph computer to step down they're angry over his refusal to leave what his term ended a year ago he then promised elections by the end of this year but they've been delayed until next december. time we've never had peace in this country nothing

works we don't eat well president kabila is still young and he can leave his place to someone else and come back later if he wants he's worked it out already it's enough we don't want him he should go and rest. even the president the bhutto dictates you could much peacefully today we just don't understand anymore we are really tired of could be there seventeen people have been killed in an attack at a funeral in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad that happens people gathered for the funeral of a form of district governor no one is claimed responsibility for the attack customs officials in south korea have seized a panama registered vessels the suspected of transferring oil to north korea the second ship held for allegedly violating international sanctions on friday south korea said it had impounded a hong kong flagged vessel and november the un security council imposed new sanctions on pyongyang last month limiting its access to petroleum products and the

world's running in two thousand and eighteen with spectacular fireworks displays across the globe and five story coming up next thank you for watching. be the year when the war in syria finally and he's confident his wisdom is no longer after russia helped him turn the tide but also the military gains what kind of political settlement is possible this is inside story.