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a controversial book on donald trump says the u.s. president has no credibility and his staff say he is like a child the book by michael wolff has gone on sale for days early despite threats of legal action from trump's lawyers president described firing fury inside the trump white house as full of lies and misrepresentations and sources that don't exist insisting he never even spoke to wolf but that claim has been refuted by the author who said i absolutely spoke to the president it was not off the record actually call him as the latest wall quote steve. he's lost it a damning and damaging portrait of president double trump from author michael wolff his book fire and fury released early despite the president's unprecedented attempt to stop it it describes a leader who is mentally unstable often repeating himself no longer recognizing

longtime friends wolf says literally trumps entire staff think he's not up for the job they say he's. a moron and. i say there's a competition to sort of a get to the bottom line here of who this man is let's remember this man does not read does not listen trump responded in his usual way attacking the author writing on twitter i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author of phony book i never spoke to him for book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve a new nickname for his longtime strategist steve benen who was quoted extensively in the book where he alleges the president himself met with russian operatives during the campaign if true that could lead to charges of collusion as for the

assertion that trump didn't let wolf into the white house somebody cleared him and he was often seen hanging around the west wing this is a president who despises being called stupid now reportedly being called that by everyone close to him by a very intelligent very serious so far no one has denied making those statements if they do wolf says he has the tapes to prove it making it likely what is already described as an erratic leader and a chaotic white house will be much more so in the days and weeks ahead. live now to patsy who i know is in possession of a copy of this book what do we know about the revelations fathi well you know handily it has an index so i haven't been able to read very much so be honest with you we just got it and actually the bookstore sold out within thirty minutes i don't know if that's happening across the country but it certainly is all the talk of washington one of the things that is noteworthy is the talks about the

president's trip to saudi arabia remember he went there and and had a meeting with all of the different arab states now the author here michael wolff goes into detail about how the saudis used imagery of the president and the king through a huge gala in his honor to try and sway him and the trip by saying that they would promise to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of military hardware well apparently according to wolf going into this the trump said that they were going to do a lot more then than they had actually promised but he was bragging to friends that the saudis had promised to build a military complex for the united states in saudi arabia that would in his words supplant and replace the u.s. central command headquarters in qatar now obviously that announcement was not made that didn't happen it's unlikely that the president realizes that the saudis had kicked u.s. troops out of their country which is part of the reason why they are in qatar it

also says that they bragged about helping the crown prince mohammed bin solomon known as m.d.s. basically take power in the quote in the book is we put our men on top b.s. basically saying that they helped take part in a coup right so fascinating insight into. you know that policy and trumps relationship and the relationship of his aides with the figure is what kind of an impact is this likely to have particularly with trump's of porsches . well that is going to be the big question so i've been watching the president's favorite channel and what most of his base watch is the conservative fox news channel here in the united states there aren't giving it a lot of coverage believe they're focusing mostly on the idea that the f.b.i. is going to launch an investigation into hillary clinton. when they did speak about it in the show that we know the president loves to watch they talked about this

being just media madness and so it's if they downplay it like they have been it's unlikely that these supporters are going to want to rush out it and buy it because if you try to buy it i am going to take you about a month before you get it you know usually the president who has had let's face it more scandals more controversies broken more norms than any president in modern u.s. history these things don't stick to him he's beyond teflon as they like to say in politics and i think part of the reason and so political scientists will tell you it's because he says it's fake news you just don't trust it the camp they're making it up and so far that's worked for him his supporters whenever you talk to them and say what about this they say oh that's fake news we simply don't believe it thank you very much in washington d.c. well i'm not joined by max how divine geo politics reporter online news organization quartz joins me in the studio now thanks very much for coming in do you agree with the point that patty was making at the end that that president

despite these revelations is likely to retain the support that he already has in the u.s. because this effectively confirms what we already know and just reinforces existing fault lines in u.s. politics completely agree i mean we have seen the narrative come out so i mean this is more explosive than we've seen so far but we've seen these stories come out from the very beginning of his presidency and so far all they've done is been met with a mixture it's in horror by liberals with his opponents and his proponents really look into i mean the british thing we have to ask is whether members of congress are going to suddenly change their views in trouble the public views on trump because of this so far i haven't seen anyone come up with a big reaction i don't expect them to. the depiction of president trump in this book is consistent with what we already know of him how my explosive and insulting revelations from these are from friends from former aides and members of staff people who obviously view him with some contempt how might that impact

president trum scorn duct and behavior. i mean i don't think it's going to change his behavior all that much i mean we haven't really seen his behavior change for any significant period of tool during his presidency and i think a slightly different point the really interesting thing that came out of this was bannon's comments about the russian investigation being all about money laundering i think that's the one point that can trump. because you know they've said all along that russia is a lot of smoke no fire is not coming from anything but the thing is started looking into his into his money and his finances and there's a potential he could start uncovering criminal things that are completely unrelated to the russian investigation but that's the point where it becomes difficult for g.o.p. politicians to carry on supporting him for a figure like bannan to be quoted on the record saying that's a problem that's where it could become an issue and baton is a very important figure in this transform as chief strategist and you mentioned

that meeting he makes scathing remarks about the meeting between the president's son and a group of russians during the twenty sixteen presidential campaign just to put this into perspective because he used different words he said treasonous he said unpatriotic how serious is this allegation of money laundering i mean the allegation of i mean well so what what we know is the trump got hundreds of millions of dollars from deutsche bank between two thousand and ten two thousand and fifteen during that same period roughly so if your bank was conducting a massive money laundering operation for the russians out of moscow and since been fined for that we have no idea if that is connect if any of the money from was getting from that was connected to russia he was certainly getting money in an unorthodox way from deutsche bank a lot of questions open up on that we know there's been many. potentially corrupt things in his previous career. so the question is and we know the. special counsel

mother has asked to subpoena documents from that your. we're not sure exactly what they are so the question is what those documents are what they show he can start he can reveal things that are not necessarily related to russia but that show that potentially show that trump has been corrupt and then it becomes a political decision as to whether members of congress want to know someone we have a proven money trail of money laundering if this were all true obviously if they want to come and support in the person yeah that could be a significant turning point but one that hasn't materialized yet thank you very much maxed out on it watching the news hour live from london much more to tell you about the truce village preparing to host the first high level talks in two years between north and south korea. i'm going hey in northern thailand home to many ethnic minority groups many people living in these hills who've lived here for generations but still can't officially call thailand home. and in sport maria sharapova is promising start to the new year. joe will be here with that story in

march from. russia has called for closed door talks ahead of the u.n. meeting on iran on friday the u.n. security council is having a special session to discuss recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing to iran of stifling the voices of its people but iranian leaders say larger pro-government rallies suggest otherwise reports from to her on. another day of pro-government rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy police presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the islamic republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state. at friday prayers in the capital to her

own a senior cleric reminded people of iran's real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country it's say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the us did the planning it was coordinated from us control very means and have gotten weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan but he also sympathized with public demands for better economic conditions it terror are thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and it's not too long protest for them people are saying death to high prices we're saying not to what people are saying should be heard people's rights shouldn't be missed in the middle of this mess. meanwhile what was essentially a leaderless protest movement with competing demands seems to have fizzled out but on social media sites people are still sharing week old videos of anti-government demonstrations. protests last week were the boldest challenge for rod stablished

that in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and nine more than a million people came out into the streets to protest the reelection of president mahmoud ahmadinejad but for now activists who oppose the government have been sidelined by much larger crowds who support. up to one on mike hanna is following developments at the united nations he joins us now in like it was of course u.s. ambassador nikki haley who called for an emergency meeting but does she have support from other council members. well that's something we're going to find out within the next hour because there is a meeting called just over an hour's time called by russia which is will be a closed meeting no doubt they are attempting at the last moment to persuade her not to move this into public discussion in the security council should they fail the security council will then open the proceedings they will then it is likely be

a procedural vote which russia will demand path what this means is that nikki haley needs to get nine of the fifteen members to agree to discuss this matter in the security council the issue of iran has not been on the agenda a number of council members even those that may support her in the call for discussions are very uncomfortable about this being a public discussion at this stage russia has made very clear its position that what's happening in iran is an internal domestic matter we'll see within the next hour or so how many other of the council members agree with russia or are prepared to grit their teeth in some cases and go with the united states in holding discussions on iran yes because the general sense coming from the u.n. is that this is an internal iranian matter as opposed to one that has serious implications for global security what are the expectations in terms of action on iran that. well there's unlikely to be any action whatsoever arising

out of this meeting there is no resolution there will be no formal vote at the end of it should it go ahead should nikki haley get those nine votes but it's very interesting to note that the first mention that nikki haley made of pressing for a security council meeting on iran came at a news conference back on tuesday that very morning there'd been a breakfast stop the five permanent members the monthly breakfast she had made no mention of the matter then she also made no mention of the matter while the security council was discussing what aspects it was going to be looking at during the month of january so the whole issue of iran came completely out of the blue for many of the members which adds to that sense of disquiet as i say even among those traditional allies who may go ahead and back nikki haley in that procedural vote that we'll be seeing at the top of the security council meeting in just over two hours all right thank you very much mike hanna looking ahead to that meeting in

a couple of hours twenty eight hundred g.m.t. after more than two years of silence north korea and south korea are ready to reopen direct lines of communication choose days face to face talks will focus initially on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics in the south but officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they describe as other areas of common interest laura slowly reports in a few days the truce village of pinewood or the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea will be a hive of activity representatives from the two countries will hold high level talks here for the first time in more than two years earlier this week north korean leader kim jong il is shit at dialogue in his new year's day address four days later his government agreed to hold talks the announcement came just hours after the u.s. and south korea agreed to postpone annual military drills for the defense these

have long been regarded as provocative by pyongyang. the leaders agreed not to conduct south korea yes joint military drills. and to do their best to use sure the security of the olympics. next week's discussions will center on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics as well as generally improving and to create relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its nuclear program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement or expectation. the japanese defense minister also sounded a lot of caution but. north korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations you know but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance

that. it is new year's day speech said north korea would meditate its nuclear weapons program and even called for the mass production of deployment of nuclear warheads and this house. from the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe the north korea is trying to finalize its technical development to to achieve operational i.c.b.m. so you know as us the cia has announced before they are talking about two or three month time in terms of finalizing the i.c.b.m. system and it looks like this is a perfect action on their side you know to buy time. last year north korea test fired three to continental ballistic missiles or i.c.b.m.'s including one that it's capable of reaching the u.s. mainland ready hope the upcoming talks would be the best option for now of deescalate the crisis on the korean peninsula largely al jazeera so.

well joining me now from washington d.c. is greg scarlett toy you executive director of the committee of human rights in north korea thanks very much for speaking to us so these are the first official talks between north and south korea in over two years i think a positive development but is it a breakthrough. this is certainly not a breakthrough but a positive development it is certainly a positive development that a direct line has been reopened and the talks are scheduled what does that reveal about the intentions of the regime of kim kim jong un. the regime's fundamental strategic objective has not changed this regime is very keen on its own survival it read gods its nuclear and ballistic missile programs as key to exit cubing that fundamental strategic objective so that fundamental

strategic stance has not changed that said. twenty eighteen is an important ear for the came regime the ninth of september twenty eight hundred is the seventieth anniversary of the establishment of the d.p. r. k. the democratic people's republic of korea in his new year speech than claimed success on the nuclear and missile front perhaps at this stage is interested in securing some solid korean assistance that might enable him to claim success on the economic front as well and thus enable him to claim the success of his policy line of developing simle taney asli the economy and nuclear weapons so what he really wants from this economic concessions will the south be receptive to that. there is one problem here and that very serious problem is

the sanctions regime based on the un security council resolutions that aim to prevent and stop the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by north korea of course. would be interested in the resumption of korean copper ration at the case on industrial complex over the long run even south korea would be interested in resuming in a korean economic operation the big problem here is that such. call peroration would basically go against the current sanctions regime that has been that staking a bite out of the north korean regime this is a sanctions regime that is working and the south koreans have been fully. how then do you break out of that cycle.

well. basically if one takes a look at what the united states is doing in direct coordination with our allies in south korea japan and elsewhere the united states is applying the military element of national power by deploying passes to the region by reinforcing confidence in strategic alliances with south korea with japan these are all efforts that are meant to prevent a war not to provoke one on the economic front we have implemented we have been implementing for the past few months an enhanced sanctions regime that's more effective so while exerting this type of pressure through the application of fundamental elements of national power of course if we see a window of opportunity for diplomacy we should take that window of opportunity

however this must be realistic diplomacy based on a full understanding of the auto lack of diplomatic credibility that north korea has we have to remember that the regime of north korea has rescinded and violated each and every international agreement it has exceeded to for example enjoy naturally housley as you well have to see how this diplomatic of the chair from north korea unfolds and possibly even develops but for now thank you very much greg sky in washington d.c. pleasures one. united nations humanitarian chief says yemen could become the worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years the war is having a devastating impact in yemen with wise fried food shortages and a major outbreak of cholera as fighting continues in many parts of the country stephanie decker reports. forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of

escape the fighting new border with. saudi arabia now they have to bear the elements on the streets of who data their daily routine now for everyone to see this war has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. i came from we ran for our lives now we sleep on the floor no mattresses or blankets and it is really cold we have no income outrigger are suffering if any of us fall sick we can't afford treatment our condition is really terrible needless to say we are living in fear this war now almost into its third year is all about regional politics and control the consequence of that has created what the un calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis the situation in yemen today right now to the population of the country looks like the apocalypse we need to scale up our response the cholera outbreak is probably the worst the world has ever seen with

a million suspected cases of the under twenty seventeen this terrible news demick of diptheria a bacterial disease which should be completely preventable by immunization as already affected it's up to five hundred people with dozens and dozens of deaths in the last few weeks that is going to spread like wildfire and aid agencies are not able to access the majority of those in need them xanana we had to escape the war our life has turned upside down we can't afford a decent meal we're now begging to eat and feed our children were living in the streets on charity. some basic supplies are getting through a blanket to keep warm it is winter now and temperatures drop at night and a fire offers little comfort these people face an uncertain future with no idea when they can go back home what will be left of it once they do stephanie decker al-jazeera. well i watch in any. respect the rule of law

the french president is called his turkish counterpart at that meeting in paris. that mia called in the army to contain a deadly outbreak of cholera. and in support bositis youngest fans benefit from an annual tradition shall have that story and much more. have had some rather lively stolz across the eastern side of the mediterranean sea circulation had the power of life for us has been bringing some very heavy right in it's a very windy conditions as well that will clear through will dry up as we go on through the next couple days i am pleased to say by rate at around sixteen degrees celsius just about getting up into double figures there it's run a little more cloud just around the southern end of the caspian for most of us it

shouldn't be too bad over the next day out see much to see want to see wintry flowers into northern iraq as we go through sunday behind that the sunshine which is in the sunshine stretches across the raven peninsula chiles of want to see showers just around the southern end of the red sea but for most it's going to be fine settled and sunny temperatures here and getting up to twenty five or twenty six degrees over the next couple of days after southern africa slahi find it right we come across into madagascar and here we do have a tropical cyclone eva still bringing some very wet since some very windy weather in across the region widespread disruption here i think some pasta the eastern side of madagascar we'll see damaging winds and of course the flooding rains we're looking at two hundred three millimeters of rain for some and that will cause widespread problems for the country. june nineteenth sixty seventh six days that redrew the map of the middle east this

record of the victory of the israeli army in that war was the greatest tragedy of the history of the fifty years later al-jazeera explores the events leading to the war and its consequences which are still felt today we tried everything to the united nations and try to make. contacts through different countries and it was clear that all this was to do all of the war in june at this time discover a wealth of award winning programming from around the world they need more and find professionals a top priority is to model ways that will generations to study find powerful documentary debates and discussions as prime minister you do need to be critical of all massaging in all sex is a challenge your perceptions the contours of this story are shaped by the interests of the countries involved only on al-jazeera.

welcome back to watching the news outlets update on the stories making headlines the author of a controversial book on donald trump says the u.s. president has no credibility and his staff say he is like a child michael rules fire inferi inside the trump white house has gone on sale only despite the president's attempts to hold publication. u.n. security council is preparing to hold a special session to discuss anti-government protests in iran united states has called for the talks after accusing iran of suppressing dissent government supporters in iran though have been holding counter demonstrations for a day. the u.s.

humanitarian chief says that yemen could endure the worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years the u.n. has released more funding to try to prevent hundreds of thousands of people dying through famine and disease after three years of war in the country. now and all the stories are following french president want his turkish counterpart that democracies must respect the rule of law during a meeting between the two leaders in paris visit to france was russia first since the failed twenty sixteen who one of only a handful to europe it was confronted by a dozen human rights protesters who were attempting to block his arrival to the ne safe. said recent developments in turkey did not allow any progress on its. turkey's group or law europe always tells us that the judiciary must be of the well in turkey. but that they make their own decisions independently.

terrorists just not just happen to look for those who support them. they prime it. they nourish tara. i really do believe that we have a challenge which is wonderful leaders but also modern democracies democracy must be strong against terrorism because the legitimacy of the state means it must protect its citizens but at the same time democracies must respect the rule of law of action there is that ash about i was at that showing is conference and has more . well this was an opportunity for these two leaders to talk about the many pressing regional issues in the middle east they talked about syria they talked about iraq and jerusalem with president michel reaffirming his commitment to a two state solution for the israelis and the palestinians that was something the turkish president said he appreciated very much but there was a real focus on turkey's relationship with the european union because it really has

deteriorated over the past two years the e.u. criticizes turkey over its poor human rights record especially after that twenty sixteen failed coup the european union saying that ankara has really come down too hard on what it sees as political opponents with tens of thousands of people arrested and sacked now turkey is a member is a candidate for membership i should say all of the european union but the exertion talks have been on hold for the last two years so this was the turkish president's attempt to try and mend those relations he has come to visit the french president because france is one of turkey's main allies of the moment and there is no doubt that the turkish president as relations with the u.s. become more fragile and the situation in the middle east is also fragile he is looking for support elsewhere person mark or also raise the issue of human rights that is something very important to the french public there were protests here today against the turkish president coming to france before president markov he

says he is very pragmatic he does not believe that that should necessarily get in the way of turkey having a good relationship with france and turkey cooperating on issues such as controlling illegal migration to europe and the fight against what president calls terrorism. the u.n. has condemned a recent series of death sentences in egypt with twenty people reportedly executed there in the past ten days the human rights office says death sentences should not be used to combat what they call terrorism and also expressed concern at the use of military courts to try civilians. i was seriously concerned that in all of these cases jew process and fair trial guarantees do not appear to be followed as military courts typically deny defendants rights accorded by civilian courts reports also indicated the prisoners who were executed may have been subjected to initial inforced disappearance and torture before being tried or now moving to

zimbabwe where the new president has ruled out forming a coalition government with the opposition amisom and i made the statement after visiting opposition leader morgan tsvangirai is suffering from colon cancer at his home but i will came to power in november after forcing out longtime leader robert mugabe the first change of presidents in more than four decades has led to renewed hopes of a return to democratic norms. but it's really really. in. the medical it's. going forward do you see any prospects of it do you mean for us the good. people someone will be what it. really. good. pakistan has responded angrily to the us a suspension of military assistance to as. pakistan's foreign ministers told the wall street journal that the white house isn't acting like an ally or shit and has

got millions of dollars worth of aid to the country on tuesday it blames the government for failing to take action against taliban fighters targeting u.s. troops in neighboring afghanistan or political analyst eric president says pakistan has already been shifting towards closer ties with china. but china is a very you know there's a partnership which is called strategic cooperative partnership with china we are building everything from the fighter aircraft to the seat back to the major investment of sixty billion dollars that is making an august there it's everything is happening on the basis of partnership but been bogged down in china so basically this strategic direction has already shifted from washington to bidding it's just that there is a certain mindset still in islam about that maybe we still need to be connected with washington and maybe at a limited level so was as the time goes by and if the u.s.

sanctions going to new i think august on the united states might lose pakistan for for a long time to go well now to zambia where a major military operation has been launched contain a cholera outbreak that has killed more than fifty people in just over three months the un has lent it support providing two million vaccines in beds for sixteen hundred people again be has more. extreme measures to contain a national health crisis this is a barricade in zambia's capital lusaka street says pitching in to help the military close off one of the city's crowded marketplaces that have become a breeding ground for cholera before the unsettling season there were this petition that ready to terminate but he called it in season he's getting. deeper into a period where it would be crowded waters in several places the government decided it's needed discredited airports and get in the military the outbreak began at the

end of september with bacteria showing up in shallow wells into densely populated areas on the outskirts of usaca the wells were filled in but not before the disease spread to the city moved in two thousand people have been infected in just over three months color is a bacterial disease. usually spread through contaminated water it preys on the most vulnerable the frail and weak but even the healthy are at risk left untreated it can kill within hours with the backing of the un zambia has launched a color a vaccination campaign set up treatment centers and closed off some public spaces church gatherings in the at the same time as in areas where the epicenter was. much part. and the lists as has been provided by our colleagues from the command center and not allowed funeral gatherings and not allowed public gatherings

and not on. the ban extends to schools due to resume classes this week and two restaurants where health workers have found contaminated food the government says it's confident the outbreak can be contained within the next few weeks but spreading the message of proper hygiene and sanitation may take longer than that victoria gates and the al-jazeera. the eastern united states are in the grip of a phrasing went to stone system known by meteorologists as a bomb cyclon these are the areas saying the west of the temperature has no reaching as far south as florida national weather service says warmer temperatures one arrive until the beginning of next week at least sixteen deaths have now been blamed on the storms with millions of people facing disruption. has mall. 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 printer

white 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 between 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 any information it would be canceled. or delayed and we're not sure it would be on the plan to see further south in georgia water bottles were no match for the cold the their site. temperatures this low are highly unusual this is the first time five years have seen so cold in ice as much 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 in the forecast predicts digit temperatures to move in on friday the storm hit hard with temperatures now expected to dip down again to minus twenty degrees celsius and below there seems little chance of much melting away good rules on bo new york german right wing politician yens meyer says he will

apologize to the son of former tennis star bar specker for a racist slur on social media whilst also blaming it on one of his staff members it comes a day off to no a back o's mother is of african-american descent filed a criminal complaint against meyer the politician says the back a tweet was written by one of his assistants at the anti immigration alternative for germany party who has since been disciplined at least four hundred thousand people in thailand are considered stateless with no registered citizenship many of the members of ethnic minorities living on the country's borders it's a problem the thai government wants results by two thousand and twenty four why in a report from the my tongue district. 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 aka 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. and 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 hmong tong d 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 in 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 and i'm a good 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. tokyo's world famous fish market has held its last new year's auction in its historic site the sale of a bluefin tuna more than three hundred twenty thousand dollars suki g market is being relocated as part of the city's we development at of the two thousand and twenty eight games and a hoax that has more. to get taken allegedly stroll down a supermarket aisle this is how competitive shoppers buy. auction house in downtown tokyo is the world's largest fish market where tourists mix with michelin starred chefs hoping to reel in a worthy catch. this shoppers snagged the prize attraction pain over three hundred

twenty thousand dollars for a four hundred five kilos premium pacific bluefin tuna this big fish was paraded through the market not an easy task considering where you see equivalent of a grand piano this market has been here for over eighty years and it's expected to close its doors and move to a different site as part of the city's redevelopment of the twenty twenty and pick ups some say that's the reason for this year's high prices but there was an air of excitement of the auction and i expect that the fish market will grow livelier as the year goes on although i feel some concern for the market's relocation i'd like to enjoy the moment too. despite the excitement here activist awarning bluefin tuna numbers are dwindling there is an international push to have the fish registered as an endangered species the japanese government wants pino regulations on pacific bluefin for fishermen who exceed the sec quota. it's hoped these new international

controls will help the bluefin tuna numbers saw to record levels in fifteen years' time and as this take a landmark gets ready to move to a different site two kilometers away on a manmade island the traders here hope their good fortunes continue. their me with the news hour still to come. thank.

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the hands off approach the obama administration took to enforcing federal laws on the cannabis of a suspect that is changing under president trumps government state is a valid to fight any moves against what's become a multi-billion dollar industry and hashtag i am explains this pivot and policy. the trump administration ignited outrage in the six states and the district of columbia where americans have the right to use marijuana for recreational purposes the whole concept of the interdiction of marijuana at any point in time and the prosecution persecution of those who take marijuana is absurd and this is the where alcohol is condoned to advertise part of the n.f.l. on thursday the department of justice allowed prosecutors to enforce federal law which bans the sale and use of marijuana it was

a departure from the approach taken during the obama years which largely left the states alone the president believes in enforcing federal law that would be as top priority the pivot in policy has renewed the debate over the rights of states and the federal government's authority we will not be bullied by an administration that seems obsessed with this man stealing things that are actually working with these greedy. denouncement came days after a law allowing the recreational use of marijuana went into effect in california it's the sixth largest economy in the world and it's spec to become the economic engine for the multibillion dollar cannabis in. history in the united states some business owners say attaining marijuana has shifted from the drug dealer on the street to a regulated pharmacy and there is no going back you don't invest one hundred fifty million dollars into legal cannabis and operate in three states when you react to

the news of the day so we were taking the long term on this and we think the long term on this has really changed some predict that the department of justice won't have the resources to specifically target marijuana americans are already grappling with an opioid epidemic which the trump administration has designated a public health emergency or in the middle of an opioid crisis right now that is killing more young americans than any other cause of death so it's kind of difficult for me to see how a u.s. attorney would decide to use their discretion to go after can of us instead of opioids the number of states where americans can legally use marijuana for recreation is growing people in massachusetts and maine are waiting for laws to go into effect natasha guinea al-jazeera is bought now with joe. maryam beg you very much while i'm on have clinched the biggest prize in middle

eastern football they beat the united arab emirates in the final of the gulf cup it was an evening of heartbreak for the u.a.e. in kuwait city their biggest star omar abdel-rahman missed the penalty that would have handed them the trophy in the ninetieth minutes it remain ill nell off to a regular and injury time meaning it went to a penalty shootout where the same man abdul rahman missed his penalty again made no mistakes stepping up to clinch their first gulf cup since two thousand and nine and the first trophy on the dutchman pim verbeek who took charge last year. mama's will be missing from liverpool's line up as they face everton in the third round of the f.a. cup in the next few hours injury has been cited but the game comes less than twenty four hours after he was crowned africa's best footballer santa sanchez reports. that mohamed salah cutoff a memorable year in the best way possible the twenty five year old liverpool star

in joining the spotlight as he beat his teammate saudia manet and. to be named african football's player of the year. where you're. standing to attention the moment would come a trophy well deserved for the egyptian he wanted by a landslide one hundred eighteen votes which were partially decided by the fans at a ceremony in ghana. played a big role in egypt's qualification for the world cup helping them to qualify for the first time in twenty eight years he's also already scored twenty three goals for liverpool that the than no doubt justifying the teams to sedition to break the club's transfer record buying him from roma and despite his achievements so far he says it's just the beginning since he came in spring. in my mind i want to be the best player ever in egypt in the history so i know what i want i know how to do it

i'm working hard every day and proving myself so that's what i want so i think i'm going where i'm doing we'll at the moment so we're going to see even in the future this one the next one and next one to add to the momentous occasion also becomes only the second dejection to win the gong off to mahmoud the tape in nineteen eighty three tatyana sanchez is there. serena williams will not defend her title at this year's australian open the twenty three time grand slam winner says she's simply not ready to compete for the title williams gave birth in september and returned to the court in an exhibition match last week is the first time since two thousand and eleven that she'll miss the australian open this will come as a blow to the organizers as andy murray has also withdrawn while rafael nadal and novak djokovic who are currently doubtful for the tournament in melbourne. the

current world number one simona halep has reached her first finals this season the two thousand and fifteen champion beat her remaining in compassionate and rena beggar in shands and china on friday straight to trieste six one six ball was the school. will face the defending champion catarina senior kovar in the final of the czech had to deal with five time grand slam champion maria sharapova in friday's semi sharper and sharper i've only played a tournament in two thousand and seventeen after returning from a fifteen month suspension for taking a banned substance as she was beaten in three sets. germany's reached their first hopman cup final in twenty three years they'll face switzerland in the deciding tie of the mixed team event in perth and won her singles match and teamed up with alexander's vera in the doubles to give germany a two one win over hosts australia no place with her as roger federer and benches

for the trophy on saturday. that was a familiar story on day two of the fifth and final ashes test in sydney with australia on top again against england the english were two hundred thirty three for five overnight but the home side were able to bowl them out for three hundred and forty six pack cummins taking four wickets and then the all the batsmen took charge as man khwaja is on ninety one not outs and steve smith was on beat and on forty four the australians are one hundred ninety three the tube. in cape town south africa facing india in the traditional new year's test at unions and there was no shortage of wikis on day one south africa were bowled out for two hundred ninety six but then india lost both of their opens late in the day along with captain very kohli to close on twenty eight for three spanish football giants boss owner of cats to a new tradition they open their doors to thousands of supporters for friday's

session which is usually off limits their spanish league season will resume after the winter break on sunday basso are nine points clear at the top of the standings the club's fans who couldn't make it to the training though what forgotten with lino messi and louis suarez visiting a children's hospital in boston. now america's best figure skaters are fighting for a place at next month's winter olympics in pyongyang chang and while it's a sport known for its elegance and grace one competitor is shaking things up. twenty two year old jimmy maher produced a hip hop inspired performance at the national championships in san jose while he was a fan favorite more sits in eleventh place in the men's competition top of the standings those eighteen year old nathan chen he's the only undefeated male skater in the world this season and will be vying for and pick gold. and that is all useful for

now back to mariam in london it's lovely thanks very much joe well that's it for the news hour but my colleague nic clarke will be with you with much more of the day's news a full round up of the top stories coming up in just a couple of minutes stay with us. am. in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into

its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super thirty at this time on al-jazeera. training starts lightly but the pace picks up quickly as these grannies work out a long lifetime of frustration. at eighty five years old intombi sold what trains as hard as anyone and. i feel so good i feel fresh i punch this side and this side like this and like that i really loved it i don't like things like soccer because i think these ladies are tough and they take their training very seriously. but i do feel a little more confident and feel more energetic feel alive. unbelievable it sounds

like an agreement between criminal bosses trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask that question then sort of throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominated director we're doing any investigation in. ukraine could you have a bribes you've been corrupt i'll be corrupt i did just the presidency challenges here investigations the only go this time. they say he's. a moron in. the alter of a tell all book about donald trump insists his work is facts as it stalls early despite a bid by the president to block it as facts as it stalls early despite a bid by the president to block it.