and how influenced the course of history with the giants of the struggle. just. over. a person. can continue to make roles. to free at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and i'm jane dutton this is the news. coming up in the next sixty minutes antigovernment protests in iran grow despite the president's call for calm at least fifteen people are reported dead. north korea's kim jong un says he's open to talks

to south korea but warns he'll use the nuclear option if threatened by the u.s. . hundreds of refugees and migrants are risking their lives making this dangerous mounting crossing from italy to france. and historic day in california as it becomes the latest state in the u.s. we're buying or selling marijuana for recreational use is no longer illegal. the death toll after five days of anti-government protests across iran is reportedly risen to fifteen among the dead is a policeman iranian state media say most of the deaths occurred on sunday night it's reporting that security forces repelled armed protesters who tried to take over police stations and military bases the reports haven't been independently verified pizza shop. just.

the fifth day of protest on the social media blackout imposed by the government has done little to stop the demonstrators out on the street. posting these videos from cities across iran this was big john on monday night gunshots scattering the people on the streets. at shahin shazam buildings on fire the protests showing no sign of losing its momentum i don't think we cannot predict a time when the protests will come to an end but the protests will shake the people in power who must give priority to people's demands and needs for. the state of the economy and rising prices sparked initial protests on thursday austerity measures after years of sanctions have seen the unemployment rate rise to twelve percent but anger has also shifted to foreign policy protests is

a critical of the government's support for the syrian government of bashar al assad hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territories. run e. in washington d.c. outside the white house people called for the removal of president hassan rouhani the trump tweeted that people are getting wise to know how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. in terror state television quote iranian president hassan rouhani in reply he said iran's regional accomplishments have infuriated our enemy you expect them not to take revenge you expect them not to provoke a group of people we should have prepared ourselves for this. these are the largest protests in almost a decade and threats by the republican guards to put down the demonstrations have been ignored monday night in a cold for the people to continue this protest pizza shop al jazeera president

romney also accused israel of being behind the protests in iran israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu echoed u.s. president as he gave his reaction it's not only false it's laughable and a local honey i will not involve the ring in people they deserve better brave uranian supporting into the streets they seek freedom they seek justice they seek the basic liberties that have been denied to them for decades iran's cruel regime waste tens of billions of dollars spreading this money could have built schools and hospitals no wonder mothers and fathers are marching in the streets the regime is terrified of them of their own people that's why they jailed students that's why they banned social media i wish the reigning people's access in their noble quest for freedom.

is the iran project irate at the international crisis group he says the demonstrations are dispersed and don't have a defined leadership. the fact that the nuclear deal didn't really delivered results that the public expected and the government also inflated public expectations a lot i think president rouhani over promised and under delivered but this is not only the governments fault there's been other developments on the sidelines you know the global oil prices were reduced significantly over the past two years. the fact that the u.s. commitment to did nuclear deal is under question and specially under president from has created a lot of hesitancy uncertainty in the market and that has adversely affected the iranian economy but the reality is that president rouhani also really failed to pave the ground for the potential that the nuclear deal created and that has

created a lot of frustrations in iran over the past two years in fact unemployment rate has gone up property has gone up. income inequality in iran has exacerbated and people have had enough of all of this and this is why you see the process these days i think it's pretty obvious that this movement similar to the arab uprisings in two thousand and eleven doesn't have a clear leadership or an organization it also doesn't have a specific mission the slogans range from economic grievances all the way to regime change and that's why it's hard to imagine that it would be able to preserve its momentum in the long run i think important to note at this stage is that president rouhani has recognized both the right legitimate right of people to protest and the legitimate grievances of the protesters south korea has welcomed and years message from north korea's leader who raised the possibility of talks kim jong un said the

past two dialogue is a sin and he hopes ties will improve but he warned that he'd use nuclear weapons if straightened out in the launched. button is on his desk reports from seoul. 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 this 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 from the to 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 a 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 reunification improving ties between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and south want what 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. south korea has responded to these

proposals positively saying it hopes communication which has been severed between the two sides for nearly two years can be restored so whether in south korea's presidential office wall comes north korean leader kim jong il's new year's speech today which expressed willingness to send a delegation to the counter olympics and proposed talks as he acknowledges don't need for improvement into korean pies but analysts say the olive branch may be a ploy to gain some political ground 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 florence li al jazeera sole heir of dollars

a research fellow in player for asian and nuclear policy at the royal united services institute he says north korea is trying to create divisions between the u.s. and south korea. it's part of a larger effort to make sure that south korea and the united states are not coordinated we have to remember that for kim jong un the biggest threat is the united states being right on his borders and he wants to get rid of the united states in the only way to do that is to make sure that south korea and the united states have different priorities and different negotiation outcomes that they see different negotiation outcomes it will be difficult for south korea it's weak nor something like this and they have been ignored in the past when north korea has approached about family reunions or joint industrial projects those are things that have been going on in the past and they've negotiated that on a bilateral level so south korea will it's very difficult i know that they passed the deadline will be very difficult for south korea to turn away north korea when

it when it is a friendly just at least on paper it's clear that north korea is has a strategy here because they also threaten the united states in the same new year's message and that's also part of bringing the threat to the u.s. homeland and that's another part of splitting the united states from south korea so by threatening seattle north korea's hoping that the u.s. will be more occupied with defending seattle and not focusing as much on his ally thus causing a split of the korean peninsula pain to go ahead in the news creating the future of thousands of dream is in the u.s. is up in an hour some are taking matters into their own hands keep from being deported. and they develop can i get in the way of a relaxing holiday how indonesia's government is trying to go back to the island of bonnie and sport manchester united returned to winning ways to start the new year in the premier league.

pakistan has hit back at criticism from the u.s. president accusing it of deception any first tweet of the year two. said the united states is fearlessly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit thinking of our leaders as fools they give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with a little help no more in response pakistan's foreign minister said trump is trying to blame pakistan for the u.s. failure to win the war in afghanistan he said pakistan is quote ready to publicly provide every detail of the u.s. aid that it has received was day in pakistan with the government is blaming a higher international crude prices for raising the cost of petrol the move is expected to hit low income households hard and it's come out higher reports it could signal bigger troubles for the economy. the people are too large are already

calling it a new game from the government of. the party and it's making headlines across the country and eleven point seven five percent dried and being frightened of food the government getting their dumb move are justified because of the right of the international market and that the president. and many of the country are for the people it is on a. new go for the. gift of rising food prices from the government to injustice with the poor people who are suffering due to inflation in the country being a government employee i can still survive but i'm good about those who only find anything to eat and would believe that the moon by this move was due to frequently are easing off petroleum prices it's becoming difficult for takes to dry words are so far the public because people can't afford to eat so pick north or south due

to raising opportunity in private prices the whole market prices become i mean stop all good start or is. higher price to go for you really have a knock on effect on everything including daily come order to transportation costs and they cater to falling rally of the rupee against the dollar already created inflation that people cannot cope with the opposition is calling it a government failure and while the country fine and. proclaimed our friend are hiding always a country the economy. and then trouble saudi arabia's also raising petrol prices around fifty percent little feel will cost eighty seven cents the world's largest oil export is trying to save money by removing fuel subsidies it wants to eliminate its budget deficit by twenty twenty three. and saudi arabia along with the united

arab emirates are introducing a value added tax for the first time the five percent tax is being applied to most goods and services both gulf states are trying to diversify their economies away from a reliance on oil and gas qatar kuwait bahrain and amman have delayed introducing the tax until early next year a growing number of people seeking sanctuary in europe from war and poverty are risking their lives to cross the italian alps into france half of those making the journey also to be children or teenagers as sylvia lennon reports. over the last three months at least fifteen hundred migrants have embarked on this perilous track over the alps crossing from italy into france defying freezing temperatures and heavy snow rescue workers say they're totally ill equipped for the arduous journey around a dozen migrants reach france every day but some won't make it mountain guide say they will perish in the attempt to reach france rescue workers expect to discover

the bodies of african migrants when the snow melts in the spring is small and now is seventeen years old from guinea shook their body to force you to well it wasn't easy at all for me because the trip was long and also because the first time i saw the snow i was very tired i didn't feel my feet anymore but we arrived in the shelter where we made a fire and we took a rest and then we restarted to walk and it wasn't easy i didn't believe that we would arrive here. alberto rubino is deputy commander of alpine rescue coordinating efforts to bring the stranded people off the mountain. on to the not that we get phone calls almost all of them during the night we find groups of people four five or six people who are really badly equipped have nothing to protect themselves from the cold no gloves no scarves no hats we even find people with no shoes. the shelters a start by local volunteers they're offering what help they can to

a constant flow of migrants cooking a hot meal and giving them a chance to sleep for a night in a warm place or using. we found people in the snow who had no shoes or just with a t. shirt the reason is that the african people have no idea how dangerous the mountain is they have no idea at all and there is no letup to the number of migrants prepared to take this risk went to will last another three months taking its inevitable toll on those trying to start a new life on the other side of the alps so violent and al-jazeera it's been a leading tourist season on the indonesian island of bali due to an erupting volcano the number of people visiting since september has dropped by more than seventy percent and in the nation has lost over one billion dollars internist revenue but the government is trying to lure back tourists as steadfast in reports . inside the danger zone tourists are visiting bally's most famous temple to

circularize just seven kilometers from the crater of the erupting volcano and was off limits for the past three months the decision to reopen a tourist attraction shows the government's eagerness to lure visitors the whole gay know is still at its highest alert level or agree with this decision there are many other places where tourists can go and barely we can't predict nature it's a better to put safety first around five million tourists visit every year but after the eruptions and airport closure last month several countries including china issued travel warnings hotels far away from the volcano where i am and owners were forced to temporarily suspend staff. to reassure tourist president joke of a daughter took southeast at one of bali's famous speeches tourism has recovered slightly during the holiday season but many balinese are suffering. has worked as a guide on mt i'm going to take in around one thousand hikers every year since

september his business has stopped promising and i'm talking i'm confused what to do now i want to work but i have no other work experience than being a guy i hope someone can give us a job because all sixty two guides of a girl are now jobless and we have no money to go back to farming them. vocal knowledge is saying nobody can predict how long will a rabs or if the eruptions will become bigger the last time it erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three it killed more than fifteen hundred people all living near the volcano well a volcano continues to erupt the government has gone out of its way to convince tourists that bali is safe outside of the danger zone ten kilometers from the crater the huge losses in tourist revenues has taken the authorities by surprise and some say this is a wake up call for the holiday island not to fully rely on to. as i'm. glad you we jack has learned how fragile his business is over these past month his small resort

in a safe area near the volcano has been mostly empty and he hasn't been able to pay his staff in that class about what i have learned from the situation is that we have no choice than to accept what happens to us and start to look for alternatives if my resort business fails then maybe i can start selling food. but not all is lost for some tourists the erupting volcano has become an attraction in itself perhaps with the right safety measures in place could used to spec to call of nature to its advantage step fasten al-jazeera superman. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has announced a forty percent increase in the minimum wage critics said loney add to venezuela's rampant inflation which is expected to reach more than two thousand percent this year but madeira says the country's economic problems are not the fault of his policies but rather those of the u.s.

and its allies people willing to me to go in twenty seventeen displacement of north american imperialism president almost from the had to be economic aggression against our beloved people twenty seventeen a year in which our economic recovery began to attack not currency sabotage of all industry electrical industry permanent efforts to prevent the stabilization recovery of the old price and the thank you signed by the government of donald trump the former crude located of the noble workers' country of venezuela isin the start of the new year by becoming the first country in the world to legalize equal pay between men and women companies and government agencies face fines if they can't prove pay parity firms the least twenty five employees must have government set of cation of their equal pay policies i since been ranked by the world economic forum as the most gender equal country for the past nine years but in other countries worldwide discrimination is getting worse the world economic forum says

for the first time since two thousand and six parity gaps widened in the workplace as well as health education and politics daily ask ida tippin does a board member of the standard women's rights association she says previous equal pay laws have been unsuccessful. this legislation is basically a mechanism that companies organizations that are. going twenty five or more people so the employers have to evaluate every job that's been on and then they get a certification after they gone through the process if they are paying men and women equally so it's really just a mechanism to ensure that women and men are paid equally the reaction has been a little bit mixed during the last ten years now but i think now people are starting

to realize that this is a systematic problem but we have to tackle with new methods and i think people are becoming more force of their men's especially because i think women have been talking about this for decades. and i really think that. we have managed to raise awareness and we have mounted to get to a point that people realize that the legislation we have had the race is not working and we need to do something more libya is in danger of losing a huge part of its cultural heritage ongoing conflicts are partially to blame for that but some historic shrines are being deliberately destroyed in the fast last few years dozens of them are being demolished by followers of the salafist movement which doesn't believe the shrines have a place in islam but reports from tripoli the shrine of sheet mohammed and madison we see is elitist to be ransacked by members of the cellophane movement

. his grave which has been in this southern city of vulcan for around a hundred years was unfair and really inside a stolen. salafist believe that shrines represent infidelity libya's religious edicts committee has condemned the d.n.a. acts shihab the rahman get do says the shrines are part of libya's identity and targeting them is shameful and against islamic teachings. there since march of twenty twelve we've issued around twenty five fatwas condemning such acts and explaining that they have a violation of islamic sharia law according to the four muslim doctrines were also people not to on earth graves and to refer any issues to the authorities but clerics here seem reluctant to openly speak out against those who destroy the shrines the salafist movement was in evidence in libya during the marmara good

death is more than forty years in power now it has reemerged with the military campaign led by a renegade general highly for health care and there are fears more historic shrines could be demolished it's during the past few years dozens of historic mosques shrines and laborers have been targeted consecutive governments have done little to stop the destruction and public anger has gone unheard. the thought is in tripoli with the responsibility for ancient buildings say they can't possibly take the necessary measures to protect historic sites from armed assailants so they instead try to raise people's a worthless. we have already reported these violations to unesco since twenty thirteen we don't count on governments we count only on

people's awareness however people learn can't face militant silence so we are still worried that these shrines in a storage sites might be targeted to some of the shrines are centuries old with a unique engravings that is rote arabic designs and mosaics but without protection they're quite literally just pieces of history and. tripoli. head on al-jazeera will tell you about a new gold rush in the u.s. state of california plus. in a few months time the stands here at luzhniki stadium in moscow will be filled with football fans from all over the world armory chalons and i'll have more on this later in the program with russia now in its world cup year and more sport why twenty eighteen maybe. for some of tennis is less established.

by the springtime flowering of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter day. the rain clouds are gathering across central parts of china over the next couple of days a fair amount of time out in place there for tuesday that i will think up it'll bring some heavy downpours as we go on into wednesday notice and snow there of course northern parts of the region shanghai gets up to around ten degrees celsius just dry in hong kong but cloud will start to push its way and i'd be surprised if you see a little bit drizzly right coming through haven as we go on into the middle class a part of the week plenty of rain making its way across the philippines meanwhile where this little plot just rolls which may still develop into a tropical system some parts could see two hundred maybe three hundred millimeters of rain over the next couple of days i'm afraid say adding to the flooding problems that we have seen here recently that's not really wet weather in place as we go on

through choose day and hopefully it will be a little lighter last question we say as we go on into wednesday but some really heavy rain across much of the mill a plane from malaysia looking very just as well some are disturbed weather also making its way into myanmar and of the things little massive cloud that's pushing up some unseasonably wet weather coming into a good part of the region here dry skies though for much of in the i will see temperatures were no higher than around twenty celsius there are new delhi the the dense fog does cause problems here and we have got wise but warnings across the northern plains there with sponsored by the time. on counting the cost flying taxis mega deals and management shakeups we'll look at the flight plan for global aviation in two thousand and eighteen also rob a turbulent here in the middle east plus what arms sales are telling us about the state of the world's economy counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera i really

felt liberated as a journalist from arguing about getting to the truth as it always does with his job . june nineteenth sixty seven sixty's that redrew the map of the middle east this record of victory of the israeli army in that war was the greatest tragedy in the history of islam fifty years later al-jazeera explores the events leading to the war and its consequences which are still felt today we tried everything to be a nation tried to make. contacts through different countries and it was clear that all this was to do with the war in june at this time.

and again you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour at least fifteen people are reportedly dead in iran after a fifth day of anti-government protests among them as a policeman or a state media say security forces repelled armed protesters or tried to take over police stations and military bases. south korea is welcoming a new message from north korea's leader has raised the possibility of talks kim jong un said he hopes ties with seoul will improve but he also warned washington that he has weapons capable of reaching the u.s. and that the launch button is on his desk and pakistan has had back of criticism from years president donald trump or tweeted that the country is given nothing but lies and deceit in exchange for billions of dollars in aid some a bed said trump is trying to blame pakistan for the u.s. failure to win the war in afghanistan. the clock is ticking for program that provides protection against deportation for people who entered the u.s.

illegally as children last year president donald trump announced plans to phase out by march now that led to protests. so-called dreamers who feared being forced out of the only country that ever known but some of them and are choosing to leave before they pushed out jelly gary and i reports from monterey in mexico. growing up in colorado kevin wehner always dreamt of going to college in the united states but there was one problem he was undocumented i ben was a student as a citizen i paid taxes i'm not a criminal and they're trying to treat me like a criminal or like maybe it's not for me so i started exploring options in mexico kevin is a dreamer born in mexico his family took him to the u.s. when he was just for almost twenty years later he felt his options there were exhausted. it registered for the obama administration's deferred action through childhood arrivals program or data which allows undocumented minors to stay without

fear of deportation. with president trump announcing the programs and and with increased hostility towards immigrants kevin chose to leave he received a full scholarship to study business here at the university of monterey in northern mexico but i cannot say. that this color ship is assigned as a positive message for our compatriots in the u.s. it says we're economize your belly as a mexican as a human and as an asset and we want you here in mexico for many dreamers their only references of mexico are of violence and poverty but increasingly institutions such as this university are targeting these young men and women while they're still on the u.s. side of the border and they're hoping that by offering them attractive professional adage occasional opportunities they'll choose to realize their dreams here in mexico instead. the mexican government has announced a series of steps it says will streamline the return of dreamers but it is very

modest but no funds have been allocated and some feel more needs to be done to make mexico more appealing than the u.s. a lot of people this is. they are making and we know when we support them but at the end of the day a lot of people who are old saw things like from day they are going to come and still lower our jobs. returning home especially after so long it's never easy but those who've done it say this is mexico's chance to shine just programmed to think that you're in the best and you're about to go to a third world country with more opportunities once i got here like i remember better than i was in the states now and i see more opportunity and that's that's my motivation and. mexico hopes given story can be repeated with thousands more dreamers. al-jazeera monterrey mexico the deca program was introduced in twenty twelve by then u.s. president barack obama about eight hundred thousand undocumented migrants who

entered the country before the age of sixteen are protected under it they can live work and study in the u.s. it's expire in march but by then the u.s. congress may have come up with an alternative solution democrats and some republicans of called for protections for the dream is to continue more than four hundred companies including facebook and other silicon valley giants are backing their efforts but champneys allies said the measures will be scrapped and this congress agrees to wider immigration and border security policy changes daniel awareness is co-founder of dream in mexico this is a group that helps undocumented migrants living in the u.s. and assists those who've been deported joins a skype from one to how what in mexico very good to have you with us what are your expectations for the coming year what do you think needs to be done which will be best for the dreamers. yes thank you for inviting me my name is daniel yes i think

that in this following year more dreamers should consider all the options they have what we have seen here in mexico is that several dreamers that have returned better opportunities here in mexico and other parts of the world and other countries of the world so if any dream or that it is in the us and is not living in an ideal situation it is not able to obtain their goals or continue with their life project they should consider other options and other options can be other countries like mexico or other countries in the world and is makes. ready to take in large numbers if that's the way it plays out and how will make some benefit from. what i it's difficult for us to answer that what do you for what do you mean by mexico is a mask a government ready i don't think that they're ready to deal with this in an efficient way but here in mexico like we see in those universities there's companies here in mexico there's other institutions and organizations that are willing to help

dreamers and what you mention about is this of. benefit for me from mexico i don't think that we should look at it that way they are just going to do that they want to return to mexico we should look at it as these are mexicans that are in the u.s. in an unpleasant situation they want to return and try to they want to continue they're going to continue to the life project in mexico and we should give them a chance and not think about are they a benefit or are they going to mess up the country we shouldn't even look at that way they are mexicans and they have every right to return to mexico and continue their life project i should imagine it will be good for mexico in the sense that those coming back to study it's a reverse of the brain drain isn't it. you're right and there's several dreamers there in the u.s. that haven't been able to go to college they've been straight a students and even what don and some states are not even able to go to college they have to pay these outrageous types of fees and out of state tuition and they haven't been able to do it and some people have been able to return and go to college with the help of the

university and with the help of their parents and other family and they've been able to succeed and continue with with their goals i'm sure it must be wonderful to get some of the mexicans coming back but do you think this is still something that should be forty in the u.s. that they should be prevented from leaving if they don't want to. be allowed to stay here i think. you're right that's why we're we're mentioning that this is an option it's not going to be an option for everyone but as you can see with the doc a program it did help a lot of people but there was also a certain amount of people that were unable to continue their life goes and continue with their life project in the u.s. and they have already returned and also i would like to plant the idea here that what if the immigration reform does does happen what's going to happen so those that don't qualify that for the immigration reform they're going to have to need options and mexico can be an option people need option and we need to remember that migration is beautiful oh thank you for talking us through this daniel. thank you

new rules making it legal to buy marijuana for recreational use have been introduced in the u.s. state of california customers were queuing up when this shop in oakland opened at six am waiting for their first chance to buy the drug legally without a medical prescription about one thousand stores were allowed to start selling cannabis on new year's day no licenses have been issued yet in los angeles or san francisco but they're expected to follow later in the year it is an exciting and it's going to send a beacon of hope out to all the other states and to all the other countries across the world where here in english is still illegal we're still suffering under prohibition it's a step in the right direction i think you know one of the things that we have to start thinking about is all the people. you know using it for the same reasons you know the. find themselves you know. you know with the prison for doing something that was completely harmless in south korea members

of the clergy will have to start paying income tax this year all employees of religious institutions including buddhist monks protestants pastors and catholic priests will not have to report their income to the government some have already been paying income tax on a voluntary basis but others are resisting saying it's interference in religious affairs clergy had been exempt from income tax for more than six decades. thousands of people are marginal income to express their frustration of china's tightening grip on the territory they queues beijing of eroding freedoms which were guaranteed when british colonial rule ended twenty years ago and is davitt upon a reports many for twenty eighteen will be another disappointing year for the democracy movement. defend hong kong the theme for this year's rally those taking part say the protest has particular resonance after year when people's rights were violated repeatedly israel with

a caution about history because. we see the dettori asian loose in the rule of law in hong kong so we believe we should stand here to protest the future of the various posters depict their grievances they are protesting against the jailing of three young pro-democracy student leaders and also condemning a change in legislative council procedures that would enable the government to push through unpopular loss without opposition and they are angry at a plan that could for the first time allow mainland chinese law enforcement officials to operate on hong kong soil i'm afraid that a pop up becoming and other parts at china. where you are just as threatening up on top by the government that there isn't and if we don't know not anything else so i want all cost freedom prints to. come out in march like this would be unthinkable

elsewhere in china where the government cracks down harshly on any kind of dissent but with new security last proposed unlikely to be implemented next year many fear that they will not be able to express their anger or criticize the government so openly in the future but there are those who feel beijing has hong kong's best interests at heart dozens of people held their own rally holding up hong kong and china flags they say they represent many in the city who would rather stay out of politics. people like susan kwan who has been running this two food shop for forty five years business is brisk on the first day of twenty eighteen for the sixty four year old she says hong kong people have a lot of freedom and democracy shouldn't be a priority. china is a very strong country we should upset them if you haven't done anything wrong there's no need to be scared of the chinese government. the rally entered civic square with protesters surrounded by police they are defiant almost euphoric to be

here in front of the government offices which had been closed to the public for nearly three years this is where the landmark twenty four thousand pro-democracy occupy movement began and this is where in the past activists have held rallies and one against the government they hope it's a sign the twenty eighteen will be a year when the government will listen to their concerns the bigger pollen our desire of hong kong spain's foreign minister says the catalan independence crisis has cost the economy more than a billion dollars again those told spanish radio that a slowdown in catalonia as growth was being felt across the country the region accounts for around a fifth of spain's gross domestic product in october spain was clan's into a constitutional crisis when catalan politicians declared independence from madrid falling and outlawed referendum a chinese ban on importing twenty four different types of foreign waste has come into force china has been the world's biggest waste importer for decades but the government says it's led to many environmental and health problems because of toxic

materials like mercury and lead. the ban is expected to leave many countries struggling to cope with their waste it living through plastics scrap paper and discarded textiles from europe japan and the u.s. in turn to sixteen china imported seven point three million tons of plastic waste that's over half of the world's recyclable plastic the u.k.'s expects to be one of the country's worst hit by the ban it sends almost two thirds of its total waste plastic to china in the middle of the nineteenth century the discovery of gold in california caused hundreds of thousands of people to rush to the state hoping to strike it lucky recently heavy rain has pulled gold up to the surface of river beds some perspectives are once again trying their luck in the california hills as rob reynolds reports. deep in these rugged hills and plunging

valleys a new age of gold has dawned and modern day prospectors are on the march in search of the glint of glittering gold and there are still gold in them there are hills there's a lot of gold out here members of the delta gold diggers club are panning and pounding cameras and digging sluicing and sloshing in ice cold california streams in years past the gold was hidden beneath tons of gravel built up in the stream beds but furious rain storms and floods burley or this year change that virtually overnight the rains scoured the canyons and made gold here to find you had to work for an hour solve before to disk it down to the bedrock that start moving that bedrock around breaking apart and getting the grout the dirt that has sunk in over thousands of years and get the gold that's in those cracks hours of work shifting boulders earned mike steele a golden reward worth about twenty dollars this is the heart of the historic

california gold rush country the discovery of gold here in eight hundred forty eight set off an unprecedented global bass movement of people sailboats steamships and horse drawn wagons brought three hundred thousand gold crazy migrants from the eastern u.s. europe and from as far away as china and she lay the surge of gold stimulated economic growth around the world but the influx of miners devastated native american tribes in the region gary taylor understands what brought the hordes to california nearly one hundred seventy years ago a favor if you find some then that in this kind of that way then it keeps going the final bend think ok let's come back and find some more jay randall struck gold not much it's true a little back and i thought that people were looking for but he's perfectly happy anyway i just like to get out and. see if you can find some of the kathleen board

he hasn't found any gold book she's having fun i getting out in the forest. and begin the round in the car on how i make in my high. fever still alive and well in the california hills rob reynolds al-jazeera near columbia california still ahead announces a role the sports including jumping into in the olympic year we look at how top winter actually to warming up for china.

in the next part of our series looking ahead to twenty eighteen we report from russia which is preparing to host the football world cup in just over six months the event gives russia the chance to show itself in a positive light at a time when it's under western sanctions and fighting the for lots of adopting scandal chalons reports a mask. empty stadiums often have an atmosphere of expectation about them they need the rule of a kraut to bring them a life and moskos luzhniki stadium fresh from a complete refit is waiting for the biggest footballing spectacle of them all i says the direct construction took about three years core of it had to be demolished except for the external walls the statue huma's a high technology facility the base has natural druss with a special ventilation and

a heating system and there are more than sixty five kilometers of engineering tubes under. the readiness of russia's twelve world cup stadiums is facing the usual pretty competent scrutiny your cats are in berg's temporary stands raise concerns a few months ago assures us everything will be fine all together they'll be seven matches played here luzhniki including the opening match the semifinal and the final itself together with the olympics the world cup is one of the two biggest sporting events in the world which makes it not just about football but about politics to. the glory of russia's last big sporting bonanza that he lost to beyond the closing ceremony two thousand and fourteen winter olympics in sochi tanishq first by russia's military involvement in ukraine and then a widespread stopping scandal so providing everything goes well this summer the

world cup is an opportunity to mend russia's reputation somewhat and it happens to be a presidential election year to disperse is extremely tremendously important for russian politics for russia as empire of. bilateral for military force and bilateral. to lesser extent economic force political force. sports means kind of a war fare for this. it's national pride matters hugely in russia particularly with many people left poor by the recent recession in a wintry central moscow they dare to hope. of course we believe in our football team we believe in our victory we will aim for the finals we are supporting them we believe in them this is our russia summer can't come soon enough rory chalons al-jazeera moscow part three of our series we'll be looking at the upcoming winter

olympic games in south korea and safety concerns about the host town not far from north korea's border that's on wednesday here on al-jazeera or it's time for more sports his son. thank you very. night it happened two thousand and seventeen behind them by snapping a three game willis streak in the english premier league. team beat everton two nil and to score the first of their goals and the fifty seventh minute that was followed by a stunning strike. united back up to second on the table before which was really good so maybe. look at this time and. the kings of the. set up i was a look for me last march maybe this that this time of performed. liverpool extended

their own base and run in all competitions to sixteen games despite missing philly but continue on mostafa they went ahead in the sixty first minute against burnley through your money look to have clinched a late point as they equalised in the eighty seventh minute only for ragnarok love and to score in injury time and secure a two one victory for yogen cope's men i'm really happy about attitude character all that stuff you need to win if you ever reach games you need to win but you have to do which you're not one hundred percent best case and correct us read one percent for image wise and source already but the football playing but there. are other new year's day results so let's the city beat huddersfield three in nail newcastle down stoke while brighton drew with bournemouth. this is how the top six is looking after those results man just as it is lead at the top has been trimmed

to twelve points by their city rivals chelsea drop to third that a further two points back at liverpool all for followed by arsenal and talking of. is the semifinal stage of the gold cup but tournament in kuwait on tuesday with rain facing off in the first match followed by the united arab emirates in iraq the hurricane are the only team left in the tournament to have not ever won the trophy before they are aiming for their third title in ten years if they take on two thousand and seven agent champion walk in a repeat of the twenty thirteen final where u.a.e. won in extra time while iraq had yet to win the gulf cup following their return to the competition in two thousand and four. since the post game against bahrain i have spoken on the reality of the iraqi streets after the recent fairly is an iraqi football we have to compete for the missions go beyond competing for this title

every match is different and we will play against the u.a.e. team in a way that's appropriate to the level required and you year and a new tennis season is underway but with several of the top most player on the tour picked with injuries many in the tennis world looking towards the future for us milhouse. dominic team and thomas burdick didn't expect to be the leading lights at the kept her open but with novak djokovic pulling out of the tournaments through injury opportunity is knocking for some of the game's less established players. twenty four year old team is ranked fifth in the world but is yet to reach a grand slam final the austrian hopes this year will be a big chance for a new generation of players for sure. last year and. into the season so nobody really knows what's happening. the big names how they're feeling and. injuries are going on so it's think it's too early to tell anything

about jock of rich's absence from this event is just one example of the issues facing many of the top tennis players heading into twenty eight teams in adel is also struggling with his fitness while andy murray is on the comeback trail after five months out with injury. roger federer is fully fit to one two major titles last year but the thirty six year old chose to miss the entire clay court season in a bid to preserve his body former pro player barry cowan says that with the big stars all now in the later stages of their careers it's time for the next generation to step up the getting older they've actually bucked the trend i think it's very important to stress this is not a negative we all talk. senator who many people felt we would retard five years ago because of what he did cheat he's still playing amazing tennis on the go i was hearing five six years ago means have done is going to quit at twenty five twenty six refuse to play an incredible turner's beach with what he's warm as they're

going to be thirty one this year djokovic tomorrow we are fortunate the best still around and i think it is normal but what it does given the r.c. is the positive it gives an opportunity for other players to emerge and on the big believe it that's always the case in sports the opening grand slam of twenty eighteen starts in australia later this month a first chance for some new names to show this can be a year of change for men's tennis bar is small is there until. new york's a city feel the has hosted a new year's day tradition in the n.h.l. the winter classic is in its tenth edition it's a game played outdoors this year the new york rangers hosted the buffalo sabers in minus seven degrees temperatures the rangers winning the game three two in overtime well the start of the winter olympics is now just over a month away elim pick torture began twenty eight hundred at the eastern most

appoint of south korea a traditional gathering place for those wishing to see the first sunlight of the new year the flame is on its way to peeling tank where it will lie to the culture on the game opening ceremony on february the ninth and the iraqis are getting ready as well on monday limpid gold medal favorite to make a different one the perilous slalom event in all slow it was the americas it was the america's thirty seventh world cup victory with a twenty two year old looking good to defend her title. get ready to see sites like this next month as well the second leg of the four hales tournament was held on monday is a four stops key jumping world cup event held in germany and austria each year since nineteen fifty two and two time olympic gold medalist a chemist who won his second straight leg the pole is up to second in the world standings. and that's why as well for me i will have more later on and that's it

for me jane doesn't for this news hour but down jordan is standing by and he will be here in the next couple of minutes with more on the day's news tuesday which. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been decriminalized or if you join us on say no you will first just wakes up in the morning and says i want to color the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what's leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera january on jersey african heads of states and governments will gather. for the thirtieth assembly of the african union

where the goals set out say in twenty seventeen minutes rewind returns with brand new episodes updating some of the best al-jazeera documentaries from over the years the biggest names in politics in business will meet in the swiss alps for the world economic forum what will be talk of the agenda maggie how sun engages in rigorous debate cutting through the headlines on all fronts and in the week our special coverage will be gauging reaction from around the world to america's most controversial president of modern times january. and she managed to area. for trade and war criminal. you know bonded you know a retired bosnian army general who defended saturday vote against attacks by sir forces. world and covers a story of tough choices and determined. that it gave the movie.

this time an al-jazeera. it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion trillion dollars of debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government about real people. anti-government protests grow in iran despite the president's call for calm at least fifteen people are reported dead. this is live from doha coming up israel's parliament votes to make it more difficult to change the future status of jerusalem backing a most.