this is a really fabulous news for one of the best i've ever worked in there is a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in but something i feel every time i get on the chair every time i interview someone we're often working around the clock to make sure that we bring events as i currently as possible to the viewer that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do well. opening the door to diplomacy north and south korea agreed to hold talks in the demilitarized zone for the first time in over two years. this is. also coming up and early release for a controversial book about the u.s.

presence on the white house donald trump says it's full of lies. the show of support for terror honors the u.n. security council meets a week of anti-government protests plus. everyone should take this one very seriously and take precautions. and so-called plane slams into the u.s. east coast cold cold temperatures and stranding thousands of poor kids. north korea has accepted a south korean proposal for official talks on tuesday the meeting will be held in the demilitarized zone in the area between the two countries earlier this week communication via hotline was reopened for the first time since two thousand and fifteen the talks are set to focus on north korea's participation in next month's winter olympics in chiang. is

a research fellow at young say institute for north korean studies he says the focus of discussions will be on the winter games but will expand into other areas. there is a concern that the improvements are into korean dialogue which may lead to easing. some of the economic cooperation programs between the two koreas may undermine the effect in that they can make sanctions and may make china changes to add it to away from participating in the international effort to put pressure on north korea here since like the one gentleman though south korea is fair very aware that this is a trap trap set by north korea but you have to walk into the trap in order to first use that dangerous tension on the korean peninsula that's the risk of actual war taking place and second by improving the into korean relations and creating an atmosphere conducive to meaningful dialogue and negotiations eventually north korea

and the united states are likely to agree to have a direct talk on the new collision issue because the united states united states government has insisted that north korea first has to it demonstrate genuine added to it that it is really interested in you know easing tensions and make a deal with the united states by at least four sixty if they need to restrain yourself from taking provocation and exposing what described as chaos behind the scenes in the white house has been released ahead of schedule donald trump personal lawyer is threatening legal action it also paints a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office describing the president as mentally unfit for the job five estabrook reports from washington. president donald trump's press secretary came out swinging thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy then a new book on the white house i don't think they really care about some trash that

an author that no one had ever heard of until today or a fired employee wants to peddle earlier attorneys for the president sent a cease and desist letter to the publisher and author demanding the book not be released they also threaten former white house strategist steve bannon with legal action for telling author michael wolff that donald trump jr was treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with russians before the twenty sixteen presidential election after excerpts of the book were released wednesday and enraged president trump said of bannon when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind initially ban and fired off a tweet saying i won't speak about who lost their minds or ever had one but he later tweeted that the president was a great man that prompted president trump to downplay the vitriol at a white house meeting thursday don't really call me great medalist so you know you obviously changes to pretty quick the book is a distraction for a president who is trying to advance his policies in the face of

a deepening special investigation into russia's meddling into the twenty sixteen presidential election author michael wolff says he spent eighteen months and conducted roughly two hundred interviews with president from senior staff during the transition and the first year of his administration in a column thursday wolf seems to question the president's mental fitness for office it used to be inside of thirty minutes he'd repeat word for word and expression for expression the same three stories now it was within ten minutes the book is prompting speculation that the twenty fifth amendment to the constitution could be used to remove the president from office but former federal prosecutor melanie sloan says that he is unlikely to imagine the job. already of the cabinet and the vice president of the united states actually sending a letter saying that the president of the united states is mentally incapacitated is very hard to imagine and there are many commentators who believe this could lead

to a constitutional crisis sloan says impeachment is a more likely scenario but with the congress still controlled by the president's own party that too seems unlikely at least for now dion estabrook al jazeera washington well the commotion over the new book on the top administration is diversity attention away from the president's recent policy push on the attorney general reversed an obama era policy on marijuana it kept federal authorities from cracking down on states where recreational use of pot is legal and also proposed new rules allowing small businesses and self employed to band together to buy health insurance as another attempt to roll back obama's signature health care law trump is also moving to expand offshore oil drilling under a new five year plan ninety percent of the nation's reserves would be opened up to private companies including waters off the california coast that have been restricted for decades. the u.s. says imposing new sanctions on iran over its ballistic missile program that was set

in motion before the recent protests in iran and donald trump is warning there could be more to come the new measures target five companies involved in missile development and the sanctions on iran were lifted with international support support after the nuclear two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal the protests over the past week was sparked by a struggling economy the government blames on the sanctions. demonstrations. the protests are over but at. least twenty. the size of these pro-government rallies is a message to iran's critics at home and abroad iran's government has plenty of public support and is here to stay speaking to a crowd in the northern city of mush even a political rival of iran's president in the last election said the predictions by

foreign foes of an imminent overthrow the government was a miscalculation. that. this crowd is glorious and meaningful when iranian people felt the footprint of the enemy they came to the scene and declared their hatred of america and all the arrogant power. in recent days would suggest that a majority of iranians are in favor of maintaining iran's way of government especially in the face of violent instability but they don't necessarily support president hassan rouhani policies the economic problems that sparked in the waning anti-government demonstrations in the first place are still a challenge for the rouhani administration. the main issue for the papal is currently inflation and the economy economic problems have resulted in corruption and. economic stability is very important everyone who takes office makes some promises but the. recent protests were because of high prices

things shouldn't be so expensive that people have to cry out it was because officials didn't care about the people the cost of living is on the rise as unemployment and the economic boost ronnie promised with his reelection has yet to materialize despite the partial lifting of economic sanctions following the nuclear deal in two thousand and fifteen. government supporters are calling for all iranians to be a part of solving the country's problems. the government should adhere to its promises the promises talked about during the election and be accountable the whole country can help solve the economic and political problems here for now public support for the government appears to have ended a violent week of anti establishment protests what comes next will depend largely on how iran's leaders deal with the country's economy and what even if they are the legitimate grievances of their own people. pakistan says it's disappointed with the u.s. assertion to suspend aid for security the exact amount is so being calculated but

it could be more than a billion dollars as being blamed for failure to take decisive action against taliban fighters targeting u.s. troops in afghanistan on monday donald trump tweeted that washington had firstly given pakistan billions of dollars in aid with nothing in return but lies and deceit pakistan has rejected the accusations jordan has more from washington d.c. . the state department spokesperson heather nauert says it should not come as a surprise to officials in islam a body that the trumpet ministration is suspending security assistance to pakistan she explains why suspended at this time does not mean that it will be suspended forever to stand has the ability to get this money back if you will in the future but they have to take decisive action they have to take decisive steps people have long asked you know why don't you do more about pakistan and i think this sort of

answers that question obviously pakistan is important an important relationship to the united states because together we can work hard to combat terrorism perhaps no other country has suffered more from terrorism than pakistan and many other countries in that part of the region they understand that but still they aren't taking the steps that they need to take in order to fight terrorism it's not clear yet how much more money is at risk already more than two hundred fifty five million dollars that is supposed to be used to buy military equipment has been put into an escrow account so that once pakistan improves its behavior on bringing in members of the hakani network the talabani and other groups to the u.s. to satisfaction it can once again gain access to that money however there is some concern among some al was here in washington that the pakistanis might decide to retaliate by closing off the border pass from its seaport it in order to

get u.s. military equipment inside afghanistan the last time that happened back in two thousand and twelve there was a significant impact on the u.s. military's ability to equip its troops who have been trying to stabilize afghanistan for you some time now. i saw has claimed responsibility for an explosion in the afghan capital kabul that killed at least eleven people and wounded another twenty five. security personnel carrying out an operation against illegal drugs and alcohol sales have previously responsibility for three suicide attacks in kabul in december that killed its. still ahead hair on al-jazeera find out why the world's leading tech companies are having a meltdown plus. many minority groups many people living in these hills who've lived here for generations but still can't

officially call thailand home. well i'm pleased to say we have got some quieter weather for the philippines over the next couple of days wanted to share was coming in more in the way of sunshine and then showers there but further west stays very unsettled into malaysia was saying one hundred seven millimeters of rain coming down here in the past twenty four hours let's look back over the last four days a staggering half a meter of rain has fallen across a similar area here just around the middle a peninsula places i think should turn a little dry a little bright as we go on through the next hour to the west or whether we'll just ease a little further east with it'll push back up towards the philippines extending its way down towards indonesia and some of that wet weather also affecting northern parts of australia over the next day or so before australia really the big story

over the next couple of days will be the incredible heat we're going to see across the southeastern corner temperatures nat'l a forty one celsius could top forty two in melbourne five bands of course in place here as a result of that siddle change that was recovered into the weekend for sunday we're looking at a high of just twenty two degrees there for melbourne so big big drop in temperatures showers to continue across northern parts of australia we've also got some other weather making its way towards new zealand over the next couple of days. in the philippines millions live in overcrowded slow but some of found another place to call home public cemeteries one of those living among the dead at this time on al-jazeera.

where ever you. are again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour north korea has accepted south korea's proposal for official talks on choose day the first between the countries in two years the meeting will be held in the demilitarized zone and set to focus on next month's winter olympics in pyongyang. a book called donald trump's white house has been released ahead of schedule despite an attempt by his lawyers to block it they have threatened legal action against former white house advisor steve bannon and

the author who describes the president as mentally unfit for the job. and pro-government rallies have been taking place throughout iran and opposition to unrest in the country over economic instability iranian revolutionary guard says that outside enemies have failed to pose a threat to iran adding that the ends of what they call the dish. now the latest report looking ahead to the big stories expected over the coming twelve months we travelled to canterbury and england the european union says it wants all blacks and goshi asians to be completed by october but there is much to be done as barnaby phillips reports. on a busy holiday. a town steeped in english history and one which voted in favor of brecht's it by almost exactly the same percentage as the entire u.k. so a good place to find out what people now think about rex it and whether to reason they can meet the challenges of twenty eighteen she needs to toughen up

a bit. again she's not all mad a manuever by sight she just rolled over for a supplier interest robert first offered me a use by selling nora didn't expect it to be this will also come quick. i think the economy i think it's embarrassing. i think. yeah. just like the people of canterbury the governing conservative party and the opposition labor party are badly divided over breaks in twenty eighty the realities of what it means will become much more tangible and prime minister to resign may and labor leader. will struggle to hold their parties together.

the prime minister faces a dilemma does she choose a so-called soft breaks it that keeps britain closely aligned to the e.u. to minimize economic disruption. or does she choose a heartbreaks it bore divergence from europe both freedom for britain to make its own decisions but also a risk that it becomes a poorer more isolated country. corbin is seen by his supporters as the prime minister in waiting but he too has dodged the most difficult decisions on bracks it if he wants to lead the country labor's ambiguous some say confused position will have to become much clearer in twenty eighteen. scottish nationalists and their leader nicholas sturgeon had a disappointing twenty seventeen support for independents dropping but if bracks it talks louder they will sense opportunity so which way will the political winds

blow for the future of the united kingdom and not just its leading politicians a crucial year to be phillip's al-jazeera countering. the next report in the series is from a crowded refugee camp in bangladesh that's now home to hundreds of thousands of ranger twenty eighteen could see some of them returning to neighboring near me in mandurah voluntary patrick. and you can see that story here on al-jazeera on saturday. that is four hundred thousand people in thailand are considered stateless with nowhere to test and ship the actual number could be more than three million many members of ethnic minorities living in border areas and as wayne hay reports from a tongue it's a problem the thai government wants to resolve by twenty twenty four in the hills of northern thailand there are a million people whose lives have been hanging in the balance for years people in this village in chiang mai province belong to the ethnic group whose ancestors

migrated around the region centuries ago facing persecution along the way those living here now have been in thailand for generations but many still don't have type paperwork the village chief says he was the last person here to be granted citizenship sixteen years ago. in the past i only had a car that identified me as a highlander but now i have a tiny nationality car i'm very happy when i have money i can buy everything i want i can buy a house a car i'm glad those things remain a dream for so many others like monk who was born in thailand to parents from me and my eight years ago he won a paper plane throwing competition and was granted a temporary passport to represent thailand at a competition in japan the government at the time promised he would be granted permanent status upon his return. he's now twenty and is still stateless he works part time in a drone shop and teaches stateless children how to fly them. i feel very sad

because people promised they would give me time nationality they were senior people and had promised me when i was just a little boy but they broke their promise. last year the military government valid to grant time nationality to another eighty thousand people but that would still leave hundreds of thousands if not more waiting there are many challenges facing stateless people in thailand they have to ask for permission before leaving their village they have difficulty accessing proper education or employment and can often become victims of corrupt government officials trying to take advantage of their vulnerability in fact in the last few years many people have had their id cards revoked after it was found they had paid bribes for them at this small government office alone four thousand corrupt cases were uncovered the government sent in more staff to resolve the problems but those in charge say the workload is huge. this is a very delicate job and it can slide into corruption therefore we have to be

careful that's why we can only process two nationality cases per day i mean for people waiting it's not just a case of having an id card it's a matter of dignity pride and a sense of belonging after generations of uncertainty when hey al jazeera made ten district thailand tech firms have admitted to a serious flaw in chips that could expose sensitive information from billions of computers servers and smartphones around the world experts are now scrambling to fix the issue before they become vulnerable to hackers or platforms are at risk including apple and microsoft reports. the world's biggest technology companies are scrambling to fix critical cyber security flaws that could compromise every computer smartphone and server sold in the past twenty years packer's if they are able to install some malicious software on a computer and then go the extra step to take advantage of this problem they can

access some really sensitive information including passwords encryption keys that let them access even more sensitive data security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in computer chips used in nearly all devices the flaws dubbed specter and meltdown by security experts would allow intruders to steal any data on the systems companies involved include apple microsoft and google the flawed chips are made by intel a r m and a m d google's project zero security team said it found the flaws sometime last year the company announced details of how it is working to protect users of google cloud and android devices it says a new version of the chrome browser debuting later this month will include fixes microsoft has also developed an emergency patch that will automatically be applied

to all devices running on windows ten apple has not publicly disclosed any fixes for its operating systems those patches will address the melt down bug but they could significantly slow down device performance in some cases by as much as thirty percent if i have news for a vote if you've got no device it'll become more vulnerable to hackers if you go to a new device it may slow down if it's a government chip inside it the other flaw called specter is harder to fix and will ultimately require a redesign of the chips themselves rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. large parts of the east and u.s. are in the grips of a historic winter storm system called a bombsite plain. this map shows the areas that will see the worst of the record breaking low temperatures the national weather service says heavy snow hurricane force winds and tidal flooding are expected until late friday when the storm moves towards canada the extreme weather has caused travel chaos with thousands of

flights canceled even many travelers stranded at airports reports from new york. a large chunk of north america was already in a deep freeze now the northeast coast is being hit particularly hard from a winter blizzard massachusetts bearing the brunt of it blowing snow made out conditions along the coastal regions of the state there was icy flooding. in the seaside town of scituate massachusetts boats were seen floating in icy waters all of the northeast of the u.s. was hit with what meteorologists were loosely calling a snow hurricane it closed many schools and government offices in new york heavy snow and particularly high winds nearly brought the city to a halt and by afternoon most businesses had closed up for the day the mayor declared a winter storm emergency and he asked residents to stay indoors. this is

a serious serious storm a tween the very low temperature the strong winds the driving snow everyone should take this one very seriously and take precautions that conditions brought airports to a standstill thousands of flights canceled in the northeast leaving travelers either queuing up to rebook or stranded unsure of when they might be able to fly appetite was canceled and we never got information that they would be canceled. or delayed and we're not sure if we were on the plan to see further south in georgia water thousands were no match for the cold the rare sight where temperatures this low are highly unusual this is the first time. i've seen snow or even cold ice. but back up in the northeast the situation could get worse overnight the governor of massachusetts saying friday likely won't be any better a foot of snow wasn't enough the forecast predicts single digit temperatures to

move in on friday a storm that hit hard when the temperatures now expected to dip down again to minus twenty degrees celsius and below there seems little chance of much melting away gabriels on al-jazeera in new york. in china at least three airports have been close and nine others are experiencing delays because of heavy snow fall the weather alert has been raised to its second highest level parts of the central north and eastern regions could see up to thirty centimeters of snow the united arab emirates and arline flights to resume between the two countries. dubai based emirates airlines from landing after its female systems were prevented from boarding its planes. said intelligence suggested women with passports may have plans to stage attacks for two nations so they've now exchange security information to ease any concerns. vinyl of the gulf cup will be held on friday with their mom

facing the united arab emirates it's a tournament that's demonstrated the region's complex politics mixed with its love of football someone who should pause from kuwait. there's no doubt about mines passion for football or its fans love of the national team thousands of omani supporters have flown to kuwait to watch their side play in the final of the gulf cup as you. know yeah after a surprise semifinal win against the two thousand and nine champions have just three days to refocus for the title decider against united arab emirates the tournament may lack a global punch but it's a huge regional importance if you're in the final you want to be in the final. especially because it's the gold cup of tea but it's old needs to come from middle east. and they are all desperate to take the car back to. their one team

no history isn't on their side they face the u.a.e. here ten years ago in the final of this competition but they came up short this time they are confident the outcome will be different. our confidence is really high ahead of the final on friday and with our huge supporters behind us we've determined to return to oman with the cop. the eighteenth event has also had the political dimension because of the blockade imposed on qatar by four arab countries the u.a.e. saudi arabia and bahrain only agreed to take part when the event was moved from qatar to kuwait the m.r.i. team refused to answer questions from al jazeera journalists covering the competition during their pre-match news conference. for. the two thousand. with the two countries do have in common is a desire to build competitive teams for home tournaments while qatar is building up

for the twenty twenty two world cup the u.a.e. will host the asian cup next here. the team of made a lot of progress ahead of the gulf cup they have been one of the best teams in the tournament and have played at a strong level or ambitions are very high the players embrace the responsibility of delivering success ahead of the asia cup third golf cup title could be the perfect launch pad for as a crew and he and his team son home wash all just zero kuwait. you're watching out of there these are our top stories north korea has accepted a south korean proposal for official talks on chairs say the first between the countries in two years meeting will be held in the demilitarized zone that's set to focus on next month's winter olympics and trying. a book on donald trump's white

house has been released as head of shadow despite trump's lawyers threatening legal action against former white house advisor steve bannon and the author who describes the president's mentally unfit for the job. it's described as full and laughable if you was unfit he probably wouldn't be sitting there wouldn't have defeated the most qualified group of candidates the republican party has ever seen. pro-government rallies have taken place throughout iran in opposition to unrest in the country over economic instability iranian revolutionary guard says that outside enemies have failed to pose a threat to iran adding that it's the end of the sedition. balloon carrying tourists in southern egypt has crashed outside the city of luxor state media has confirmed that one american tourist has been killed and seven others of various nationalities in. large parts of northeastern u.s.

nice in calendar in the historic in the grip of a historic winter storm called a bombsite plane it's new york's mayor new york's mayor has declared a weather emergency with forecasters predicting up to twenty five centimeters of snow. this is a serious serious storm between the very low temperature the strong winds the driving snow everyone should take this one very seriously and take precautions curry's former president has been released from hospital his pardon last month by president petro public because of poor health took a nationwide protest which in more was serving a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights abuses. pakistan says it is disappointed with the u.s. decision to suspend aid for security and i'm about has been blamed for failure to take decisive action against taliban fighters targeting u.s. troops in afghanistan on monday donald trump tweeted that washington had foolishly given pakistan billions of dollars in aid with nothing in return but lies and

deceit pakistan rejects the accusations those are you headline news on al-jazeera after one a one e s. . the new poll ranks mexico city is the pulled worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend you're very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse no money on the uses a new service it's called loyal droid it's for women custard jizz only a drum by women drivers pull for some extra features like a panic button in twenty force of among the training of drivers. on counting the cost of a look at the economic reasons behind the rest in the middle east's second largest economy plus new year new walls for european finance but that's not all we'll ask

the chief global economist at u.b.s. what's his dangerous idea counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera new yorkers are very receptive to. because it is such an international city they are very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera provides. for the poor life in one of asia's biggest cities can be a grave situation. in the philippines they are finding a home in the most unlikely of places public cemeteries and this is ways like with your grandson on top of the term yes. is there a mattress on top of the tin i i have my own. you have like a farm and put on top you have to get worried about sleeping on top of that and. many residents in the capital.