from around the world donald trump is promising a major policy announcement on trade potential chast to khorat opportunity a bra. on counting the cost flying taxis mega deals and management shakeups a look at the flight plan for global aviation in two thousand and eighteen. here in the middle east. telling us about the state of the world's economy counting the cost this time on the. nuclear button is put on the desk in my office at all times. kim jong un threatens the u.s. talks with saul. i'm

sorry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the largest party in israel's governing coalition calls for the. occupied west bank the palestinians one for a future state iran's president breaks his silence off the days of demonstrations saying people are free to protest but not to commit violence. welcoming in the new year's spectacular fireworks around the world as people celebrate the arrival of two thousand and eight. south korea is welcoming a new year message from north korea's leader raised the possibility of reopening talks about reconciliation and reunification kim jong un said the path of dialogue is over. and improving ties is an urgent issue can also say that only use nuclear

weapons of threatened to launch bottom is on his desk florence louis joins us live from sol now source the reaction we're getting from the south well south korea has responded rather positively to kim jong un speech especially the parts where he's offered to deescalate tensions on the korean peninsula he's made in a peace overture he's suggesting dialogue with south korea he's even hinted that north korea could send its athletes to participate in the upcoming winter olympics and paralympics to be held in pyongyang in south korea just eighty kilometers from the border with north korea now the presidential spokesman has said that the blue house that's a presidential. official dress has reiterated that it is willing to talk to north korea anytime anywhere and in any form if it pertains to restoring

inter career relations as well as peace on the korean peninsula and we have to remember that communication between the two koreas has been severed since february two thousand and sixteen almost two years now since north korea launched its fourth nuclear test and the two countries are still technically at war having not signed a peace treaty but rather an armistice but the presidential spokesman from south korea however did not address the parts of kim jong un speech that talked about north korea's nuclear ambitions or indeed the threat to the u.s. . this is how north korea welcome to the new year with a fireworks display much like the rest of the world but it is leader kim jong un's new year's day address that is drawing all the attention if two thousand and seventeen was marked by fiery rhetoric and rising tensions because of north korea's

nuclear ambitions two thousand and eighteen may bring more of the same. colors and that the u.s. mainland is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is put on the desk in my office at all times they should clearly on their stand but this is never a trash what are reality kim has called for the mass production and deployment of more nuclear warheads and missiles but weapons experts agree that north korea may not yet have the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and mounted a missile that can react to the atmosphere while kim speech made no mention of the new kid atmospheric test he reiterated the claim that north korea is now a nuclear power in stark contrast to the hostile remarks to the united states is the conciliatory overture from kim jong un to south korea he's even suggested dialogue between the two sides something south korean president proposed several months ago and which north korea ignored. we should actively

create an atmosphere to move forward with the national reconciliation and reunifications improving toys between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and so want but everyone else wants he suggested north korea is prepared to send its athletes to participate in the upcoming winter olympics and paralympics in china next month but analysts say the olive branch may be a ploy to gain some political ground on north korea wants to drive a wedge between seoul in washington at the same time tried to dilute the impact of economic sanctions north korea is facing its toughest sanctions yet including a cap on petrol imports as punishment for its nuclear and missile tests last year kim jong un speech well it seems to lay open a path to dialogue with south korea is proof that north korea's nuclear ambitions are here to stay and was clear goes through some of the hens with sure the north

korean leader's speech gave us about the future direction of his nuclear program well as we've heard now he's reiterating again that north korea is now a nuclear power this is a claim that isn't new he made the same claim when north korea tested its most advanced missile yet and weapons experts have agreed that north korea now has the capability to strike anywhere in the u.s. but what they don't think north korea has is the ability to attach a warhead to a weapon that can we enter the atmosphere now of course there was no specific mention of a nuclear atmospheric test which is what many were watching for but there is a claim that north korea is now a nuclear state and the u.s. really should think twice before starting a war with north korea. thanks so much lawrence louis ron. the largest party in israel's governing coalition has passed

a resolution urging the party's leaders to push for israeli sovereignty over parts of the occupied west bank that the land the palestinians want for a few just state was surely will get reaction to the vote from malcolm webb who's in guard service first let's cross over to mohamed jump you he's live for us in west jerusalem now the key question mohammed is what will the prime minister do next with this decision. that's what everybody is wondering right now sami the fact of the matter is the prime minister netanyahu has not issued any statement as not given any kind of reaction to this vote that took place last night one of the more interesting aspects about the run up to this vote is that before it happened many members of the likud central committee had hoped that prime minister netanyahu would actually show up for their conference last night for that meeting where the vote took place in the run up to it in the hours before it there were reports in some media outlets here that in fact the prime

minister would be attending that didn't happen and then the fact that that he didn't make any kind of statement leaving a lot of people to wonder is this something that mr netanyahu supports or is he against it now the fact that he actually allowed the vote go through that he didn't try to block it leads some to suspect that it's what mr netanyahu actually wants but many of the analysts that i've been speaking with here of saying this is just too much of a political headache for benjamin netanyahu at a time when he's under investigation when there's so much condemnation of israel from so many countries around the world in light of u.s. president donald trump decision to formally recognize roussillon as the capital of israel and that mr netanyahu would not want to risk alienating the u.s. giving them a headache if he were to try to push this resolution through to the knesset and pass it as a law and that also that it wouldn't play for him domestically as well. kind of tied to that mohammed one notices that it does seem a little vague that decision when it comes to geography of what way they want to

annex it is that because this takes us to the sort of annexation could undermine what do you do with the occupied population if you take the occupied territory. i would say that that's certainly one of the reasons why the language has been vague because even if this were to get to the knesset in its current form this would be so in cindy area this would inflame tensions at a time when things are so uncertain and that's not really an outcome that most government officials here would like to see happening so you had this language that came out about what exactly the likud central committee was trying to do some were interpret it as meaning that they were going to try to. the entirety of the west bank others took it to mean that they were only going to try to apply israeli sovereignty over illegal settlements in the occupied west bank so there's a lot of wiggle room there as far as exactly what all this means and how it would be interpreted but one of the key questions out of all of it is if and that's

a very big if at this point if this resolution actually does at some point get to the knesset in its current form what would it mean for the rights of palestinians living in the west bank what would it mean for citizenship rights what would it mean for residency rights and those are things that have just not yet been answered at this point i will say that we did speak to some palestinian lawmakers last night after the vote went through here in jerusalem and they had said that they believe that if this in fact does make it to the knesset in this current form that that really means the peace process here is dead once and for all sound going to thank you for that continue this discussion though we'll go over to malcolm webb because he's live for us in gaza city a lot of palestinian factions there what are they saying about this decision by the liquid central committee. already been widely condemned by many of them the islamic jihad have said this must be stopped hamas have said that this is the end of the oslo accords the nineteen ninety three oslo accords that brought the palestinian

liberation organization and israel to the table and recognized palestinian authority over including gaza here in gaza and parts of the west bank and was meant to lead to a final two state solution how massive said it's the end of the oslo accords and anything everything must be done to protect the palestinian people and their rights the p.f. lp of also said it's the end of the also a record. of the faster and they've said the end of all previous agreements and the end of any peace process the committee for popular resistance have said that when palestinian authorities meet in the middle of january they should announce a palestinian state on nine hundred sixty seven borders with jerusalem as its capital in defiance of president trump's announcement at the beginning of december saying that through slim was israel's capital the popular resistance committee has

called for more aggression against settlers in assessments in the occupied west bank so a very adverse reaction this has been widely condemned by all of the factions here in gaza all right we'll leave it there for now thanks so much malcolm where. iran's president is urging calm after four days of anti-government protests how some rouhani has appeared on television saying people can demonstrate violence is unacceptable sunday's rallies were smaller than the previous night after the government blocked access to some social media sites pizza shop has the latest. after four days of anti-government demonstrations it's the president's first public reaction and trod carefully iranians have the right to protest but that 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

criticism and protest it 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 people has forgotten but a few months ago he called the nation with. this video of protests posted on social media has been blocked by the iranian government the ban follows nationwide demonstrations 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

termed 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 showed 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 due to 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. still ahead on al-jazeera. two thousand and eighteen is election year here in brazil in a country that struggling with its corrupt politicians and economic strife maybe hoping that something is going. to have the possibility of further flooding still remaining across a good part of the philippines at the moment because if this massive cloud which may still develop into a tropical storm so we came very close on that one either way some very heavy rain central areas that just in the northern flank of that's a clutch of storms that hundred seventeen millimeters the frank coming down in

twenty four hours in the next twenty four hours to look pretty wet as well as the choose day more big down poles coming through that wet weather stretching its way across the south china sea some very heavy rain unities into malaysia hopefully that will ease by the middle part of the week and hopefully that rain affecting the philippines started to ease but you can see that legacy of showers just coming back in behind and there we go with that circulation just pushing down towards southern parts of china meanwhile we've had some rather lively storms just around the brisbane coastline here just around the sunshine coast where the saw the president seeing some pick and live. again cities over the next hour say but i suspect the choose day temps getting up to thirty three degrees war violent storms certainly a possibility just around the southeastern corner of queensland further south that doesn't see bad adelaide had around twenty four twenty five degrees over the next couple of days maybe a touch woman coming off in melbourne with a high of twenty two on wednesday.

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come back they're watching out zero time to recap our headlines now south korea is welcoming a new year message from north korea's leader has raised the possibility of reopening talks about reconciliation and realistic a should kim jong un said the path of dialogue is open and improving ties is an urgent issue. the largest party in israel's governing coalition has passed a resolution calling for the alex ation of large parts of the occupied west bank land the palestinians want for a future state iranian activists are calling for a fifth day of protests on monday thousands of rather against poverty and corruption and the biggest demonstrations since two thousand and nine. campaigners in hong kong are holding their annual march to demand their democratic rights protected and votes for all cues the government leaders in china of eroding freedoms which would guaranteed when british colonial rule ended some twenty years ago.

now south koreans are moving away from religion with the church seen as archaic and out of touch christianity is the country's biggest faith it's in sharp decline turny birth explains from seoul that new efforts are being made now to reverse that trend. it's no bigger than an office but this is the soul baptist church there are almost eighty thousand protestant churches in the country many a small is this for the last fifty years christianity has been a big part of south korean life along with the united states south korea is the biggest exporter of missionaries in the world more than ten thousand south korean preachers are active in one hundred sixty countries for me and for my my own and for my pastor miller said in. two priests the first in the planets first and then next one is that we tried to communicate. in south korea though that message is

being ignored christianity is the major faith followed by buddhism but young people are moving away from all religions the latest survey shows that fifty six percent of the population now describe themselves as non-religious. i think people need someone to rely on but i usually go to my family friends and girlfriend so i don't really feel the need to be religious. some believe church leaders and priests live affluent lifestyles with no financial transparency and are out of touch with modern society. it seems south korean religions have failed to maintain the moral and ethical trust of the border and many especially young people have decided to leave their religion that that's one of the main reasons for all denominations in south korea wrestling with the problem of how to stop the religious decline and how to adapt to a fast changing world without sacrificing their principles and values that won't be

easy but faiths are desperately searching for ways to modernize and become an important part of korean society once again. less archaic methods are being adopted including discussions and lectures in informal settings and technology is being introduced. phone apps have been developed so sermons and scriptures are easily accessible and more and more modern thinking churches are using live streaming video of services. once more popular than christianity here has suffered the most only fifteen percent of the population actively follow the faith now temples are offering temple stays for people to enjoy good food and meditation in peaceful surroundings as a way of reintroducing them to the faith. they may be considered gimmicks and gadgets but it may be the last chance for faith to stop koreans from losing their religion completely tony berkeley al-jazeera soul. let's take you back to hong

kong where pro-democracy marches have been out on the streets typical paula is that how the mall just shaping up. well sunday the march has ended here in civic square this is right in front of the government buildings and this is a very important place for the protesters as this is where the twenty fourteen pro-democracy umbrella movement broke out now this square has been closed for the past five years the three student leaders broke into this square and that's what set off that seventy nine day protest this square wasn't open for the first time this week many predecessors were unsure whether that be allowed in here so for them it's somewhat of a triumph to be in right here in front of the government buildings but what you see here is people surrounded by police everywhere you look the police are just waiting to remove them from here and them off them to believe that half of the happened

again so they're just biding their time making speeches the numbers of the protest this time gathered pace and started off small many people thought this would be this would be a big significant march but it came through word civic square here people started joining in and there are. a few hundred now many have left and gone but they came with their families and small children but adults at its height the local media saying that about ten thousand people what about the why the general public though did you know they still passionate about political reform in hong kong. family and britain where you very clearly but i just want to talk about how important this protest this scene right here may not have had the numbers that they were hoping out of there were still in considerable turnout but this is also seen as capping off twenty seven c. in a year where many people here say hong kong autonomy people's rights have been eroded

and especially the fight for. democracy has been somewhat systematically sliced and cut back by the central government in beijing many people are worried as new laws are coming into place that will stifle that and particularly next year there is a proposal for a national security law which china is backing and pushing for which may not allow them to express themselves in the way they have been doing or i will leave it there for now thanks. in the next part of our series looking ahead to two thousand and eighteen we head over to brazil the country's emerging from a recession and struggling with the fallout from corruption scandals but this hope next year's elections could bring renewal journal reports from receive faith in brazil. brazilian politics is in the doldrums forty percent of the congress are under investigation for corruption the president's ratings are in single digits and his reforms

a stock but this year brings elections and the promise of change. i think to many of brazil's poolroom feast that means hope for the return of former president luis inacio lula providing he can be corruption charges his leftist government was known for helping the working class examples of one leader for us with lower income the best president was. he did more for us he offered us social programs like both so familiar improvement in the region for the schools for the children and peace. in more affluent south paolo many echoed the view of months ago they see both lula does close is chairman judge i had balsa not a right winger who's pro-gun and anti gay is dangerous populists. but i'm also the biggest concern is the polarization these days i work in the financial market and all that really a fact shares in commodities prices and we're worried because so far there is no

other candidate that could challenge those two. that worry has reached professor cram of the sousa as he walks the corridors of power in the brazilian congress he sees a stagnant political scene so we need. personally a fan and about all of these corruption and about the fact that all of these calls all of these speeches up out ok and you kind of society ideal kind of brazil one you kind of perspective it it all feels that ok deadline this is only the third decade of democracy in brazil after a military dictatorship and people say that in the early years election night it was like a huge party but corruption and mismanagement of really ground that down and now for. many here the country's political dinosaurs have taken over that party for themselves. it was the will footage is trying to get fresh talent vote he said

a program which public policy experts who trained would be congressman from all walks of life it's paid for by entrepreneurs crowdfunding the only rule though career politician of the political system is very entrenched so our plan is through this program to help to challenge the status quo and break this vicious cycle of decline in brazilian politics. that will be tough the candidates from still have to run with this stablish parties in brazil the pendants are allowed but if a discredited political class is to change diski it could at least be the start john homan. plane has crashed in costa rica killing all twelve people on board think looted a family on holiday from new york and five other americans as well as two pilots the single propeller aircraft came down soon after takeoff from a popular beach resort crash investigators have been called in to find the clue the

cause rather well the world is ringing in two thousand and eighteen with spectacular fireworks displays across the globe u.n. secretary general antonio guterres used the occasion to urge world leaders to heal divisions among their people kristen salumi takes a look at some of the most colorful celebrations. two thousand and eighteen got off to a colorful start down under in new zealand and australia there are a rainbow of fireworks lit up the sydney harbor bridge in celebration of that country's legalization of gay marriage. in tokyo the color was white japanese revelers released helium balloons each one containing a wish or a prayer for the new year. they were looking ahead to the two thousand and eighteen winter olympic games in south korea and hoping for peace with their neighbors to the north where ballistic missile tests have aroused international fears of

a fireworks display of another kind it's one of many international conflicts the united nations secretary general called on world leaders to solve. i mean it's a red alert for our world's conflicts if they print a new they have emerged global and scientists about nuclear weapons are the highest since the cold war and climate change is moving faster than we are inequalities are growing and we see violations of human rights i urge leaders everywhere to make these new year's resolution narrow the gaps bridge the divides rebuild trust by bringing people together around common goals unity is the best. there were a few signs of conflict on this holiday in the middle east just a spectacular laser light show in dubai. and no obvious divisions in europe for hundreds of thousands of people came

together to party from london to rio de janeiro with its party on the copacabana beach. or mexico city it's fireworks. and no one knows how to celebrate new year's like new york new york revelers braved bone chilling cold terrorist threats and a blizzard of confetti to ring in two thousand and thirteen sharing one thing that is universal this holiday the hope of even better days to come kristen salumi al-jazeera video. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now south korea is welcoming a new year message from north korea's leader those raised the possibility of reopening talks kim jong un said the path of dialogue was open and improving ties

is an urgent issue. means. we should actively create an atmosphere to move forward with the national reconciliation and reunification improving ties between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and so want but everyone else wants it's a grave matter to which the entire korean nation needs to put its efforts towards resolving contacts and dialogue between the north and the south will expand exchanges on cooperation and we should dispel mutual misunderstanding and distrust and take responsibility and our role as the main agent for the unification of. the largest party in israel's governing coalition has passed a resolution calling for the attic sation of large parts of the occupied west bank that land the palestinians want for a future state but the prime minister isn't bound to follow vote by his likud party i'm a gem jhoom has more from the west from west jerusalem. this is just too much of

a political headache for benjamin netanyahu at a time when he's under investigation when there's so much condemnation of israel from so many countries around the world in light of u.s. president donald trump decision to formally recognize roussillon as the capital of israel and that mr netanyahu would not want to risk alienating the us giving them a headache if you were to try to push this resolution through to the knesset and pass it as a law and then also that it wouldn't play for him domestically as well. activists are calling for a fifth day of protests on monday thousands of rallied against poverty and corruption in the biggest demonstration since two thousand and nine president hassan rouhani is warning the violence is unacceptable. pro-democracy campaign is in hong kong are holding their annual march to demand votes for all they accuse government leaders in china of eroding freedoms which were guaranteed when british colonial rule ended some twenty years ago. the world is ringing in two thousand and eighteen with spectacular fireworks displays mexico

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