can be as good as altering spaces. rebel architect check continue with meaning in the city at this time on al-jazeera. where every. too often iran's security interests are pursues in a way that destabilizes and at times directly threatens others scoldings and reprimands at the u.n. meeting on anti-government protests and a violent. and

welcome to al-jazeera life for my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth cohen and also ahead a new book on the trumpet ministration has caused quite a stir when examined the author's claims about the white house and its policy towards the middle east and already grim situation in yemen worsens the preventable diseases and the lack of basic necessities causing more deaths and a brutal cold spell grips the u.s. east coast at least eighteen people killed after one of the strongest went to storms in modern history. the u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing perrault of stifling the voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting the council was not the place to discuss the country's internal affairs mike hanna reports from the united nations there was an animated

debate in the council chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u.s. in calling for this public debate the u.s. ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account. if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in iran as internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting used in the book the blueprint the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the iranian nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also

distancing himself from the u.s. decision to call these discussions with your president but it is up to the arena and to the remains to pursue the path of peaceful dialogue a dialogue based on full respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of the rain people however worrying the events of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute say a threat to international peace and security given speaking rights in the council iran's ambassador described the u.s. action as yet another attempt at political destabilization following such acts of disruption take in. u.s. administration as flouting international law and this is spec'd in the practices of civilized behavior in international politics is that ministers and is not the spirit clearly ching for every restaurant that keeps it afloat

there is a long history of us bullying at the un but this is. posters example . the ethiopian representative expressed concern that what he described as a necessary debate such as this could undermine security council unity. and indeed at the end of the discussion members got up perhaps more divided than when they had sat down mike hanna i'll just hear a united nations. well meanwhile there's been a third day of rallies in support of the government one of the largest was in the capital tehran where people chanted and to us locals blaming washington for the unbiased same reports from. 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 let's say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u.s. did the planning it was coordinated from u.s. control very means in herat and 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 tear our thoughts of 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 to rudd's stablish lives in nearly a decade the crowd sizes only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and eight 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 support. let's move on to other news now the author of a book critical about donald trump is standing by his work saying it was based on some two hundred interviews publishes of the account of trump's first year in office for lease the book file and fairly early ignoring a legal challenge from the u.s. president to prevent its publication or trump says the book has fallen and full of

lies reports from washington d.c. . crowd swarmed this washington bookstore at midnight friday snatching up copies of fire and fury inside the trump white house president. of the phone politics and prose opened it ten am within thirty minutes eager buyers had nabbed all thirty copies the store had i'm super excited to read this i went to a couple different bookstores even midnight last night there was another bookstore selling this they sold out in twenty minutes why are you so interested in this book why would i not be interested in this book it is so salacious and to see. politics die hard and scary to read it at three hundred twenty pages this is a relatively light tome but it is filled with explosive material the author michael wolff said he spent eighteen months conducting about two hundred interviews with senior white house staff in one passage will says former british prime minister tony blair offered this nugget of information to the president's son in law jared

kirshner there was he suggested the possibility that the british had had the trump campaign staff under surveillance blair is denying the claim. another passage describes it. attentional change in saudi arabia the president was considering before his trip last spring to the middle east in the days before his departure he was telling people that the saudis were going to finance an entirely new military presence in the kingdom supplanting and even replacing the u.s. command headquarters in qatar fire and fury wasn't supposed to be released until tuesday but the book's publisher move the date up after attorneys for president trump issued a cease and desist letter threatening legal action in an interview friday morning author michael wolff stood by his book and added this observation the one description that that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like a child and what they mean by that is he has it and the need for immediate

gratification it's all about him the white house is labeling fire and fury tabloid trash president trump wouldn't answer questions about the book friday afternoon but tweeted i never spoke to him for the book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist still fire and fury is yet another distraction for a white house that is trying to advance among other things a new immigration plan and a spending plan to avoid a looming government shutdown dian estabrook al-jazeera washington. well along with the revelations about trump style of government there are also passages in the book on the president's foreign policy specifically in relation to the gulf it says trumps and a circle centered at for middle east policy on full play as they go to united egypt israel and saudi arabia against iran it also says the president was telling people that the saudis were going to finance an entirely new u.s.

military presence in the kingdom potentially replacing its command headquarters and causes and in another exit quote gave a nod to the saudis plan to fully cut it in june saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and behind cut diplomatic and economic ties would cut it. but david rush's a professor at national defense university and a former pentagon official and he says he wouldn't be surprised if the trumpet ministration had considered setting up a new base and saudi arabia. the u.s. national security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and it's important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. but that doesn't mean that we have to diminish the others we should have

a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the m.r. audi's where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then you're you're hostage to political turmoil or you could have one attack and then you lose all your capabilities. the french president has warned his turkish counterpart that democracies must respect the rule of law during a meeting in paris was a wedge of evelyn's first visit to france of the failed two thousand and sixteen coup attempt emanuel said developments in turkey are blocking progress on a bid to join the e.u. and instead proposed a partnership between turkey and the regional bloc and the undefended has government from e.u. criticism of ankara's crackdown on dissenters over the past year. but turkey is ruled by law europe always tells us that the judiciary must be independent well in turkey our judiciary is independent they make their own

decisions you know dependently. does not just happen after the public there are those who support them they water it they prime it they're like god. they nourish tara and has more from paris. 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 druce of 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 every 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 tech session 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 at the moment and there is no doubt that the turkish president as relations with the u.s. become more fragile and the situation 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 frogs before present 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

still ahead on the ballot on the fastest growing refugee camp in the world where look at what lies ahead for the hinge at the cia and provoking finds a new home in a country with censorship on the rise. hello we should be saying the last of the snow now making its way from the northeastern corner of the united states eastern parts of kind of the cloud coming through here as you can see a lot of a tightly packed ice about that means we are going to see some very strong winds plus tree conditions blasting that northeastern corner and it comes from the north so it's going to be very very cold where we're looking at temperatures of minus twenty one in ottawa a modest eleven in new york out on the strength of the wind and they will feel absolutely better things to say less better as we go on into sunday

twelve degrees celsius for ottawa minus twelve celsius that is minus seven there for new york a fair amount of cloud across central be some snow around the lakes a little bit of snow to just around the canadian rockies come further south generally dry a little more clout there coming into our labor temperatures still getting up to around twenty two degrees plenty of clouds still into central parts of the caribbean this long line of cloud across the greater antilles producing some very heavy rain and some really big downpours them to the western side of the caribbean soprano can expect to see further flooding as we go on through the next diodes a long line of cloud of rain pushes right up into jamaica and a good part of his back. in the philippines millions live in overcrowded slow but some of found another place to call home public cemeteries one of the nice meets those living among the

dead at this time on al-jazeera. zero. three you. get to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories the u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran the u.s. accused of stifling the voice of its people but iran's ambassador said the protest

wasn't a matter for the security council and and that the u.s. was abusing its power. a new account of u.s. president donald trump's first year in office says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to in life against iran michael wolff spoke was released on friday that says trump took credit for saudi arabia's political shakeup last year. and the turkish president has told his french counterpart that his people are tired of waiting to join the european union that's regift first visit to france of the two thousand and sixteen failed coup that emanuel said to crackdown on dissent is blocking progress on us entry into the block. now saudi arabia has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from yemen by healthy rebels the missile was shot down of a nice run of region along the kingdom southern border before could head to the intended target but he says the attack is proof of supporting the whole thing is

a claim head on denies it's the fourth such attacks and november well the u.n. a.g.m. says yemen could become the worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years the war is having a devastating impact with widespread food shortages and a major cholera outbreak stephanie decker reports. forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of escape the fighting near the border with saudi arabia now they have to bear the elements on the streets of data their daily routine 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 our children are suffering any of us fall sick we cannot 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 u.n. 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 new demick of diptheria a bacterial disease which should be completely preventable by immunization as already affected it out 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 let them xanana we had to escape the war our life has turned upside down and we can't afford a decent meal we're now begging to eat and feed our children were living in the streets on charity and. some basic supplies are getting through

a blanket to keep warm it is winter now and temperatures drop at night no 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. the un is investigating an attack in the democratic republic of congo last month that killed seventeen tanzania and peacekeepers the u.n. suspects the allied democratic forces that the ugandan armed group are behind the attack it's going to be active in congo's north kivu province where the assault took place. the latest report on what we think will be some of the by the stories of the here when a refugee camp in bangladesh it is now home to hundreds of thousands of the hanjour who fled violence in august the un's accused of ethnic cleansing which it denies stratford reports now on what the refugees face in the year ahead.

with their three children across the border from myanmar into bangladesh at the end of december they joined the more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees who fled the military crackdown on the region in rakhine state in western myanmar she says her husband was killed as they tried to flee. but they're not that bad and we couldn't go anywhere because there was heavy fighting from all directions and my husband was shot dead by security forces there are very few people he still remain here they try to go to the forest and river fishing but the military does not allow them they say you can't go there anymore and you can't harvest the paddies either so people are not able to work the million mom tells us you are not and there is no ranger in our country going to the country where there are all ranges. of western governments including the u.s. of called the crackdown on the predominately muslim or hinge or ethnic cleansing but myanmar has denied access to any independent investigation in rakhine state the

ranger have suffered it decades of persecution and violence they were stripped of their citizenship in what was then burma thirty five years ago the myanmar government considers them illegal immigrants from bangladesh and evidence of the brutality they have suffered in recent months is shocking food charity doctors without borders says at least six thousand seven hundred were killed by the myanmar security forces between the end of august and late september. it says at least seven hundred thirty ranger children younger than five years old were among those killed mostly shot dead. doctors without borders also says nearly ten percent of children who died were burned alive in their homes and at least five percent were beaten to death human rights watch and aid organizations working in these camps in neighboring bangladesh say myanmar soldiers gang raped women and young girls the refugees of escapes death in myanmar but the struggle to survive in

the camps goes on the u.n. says seven percent of children here are suffering severe acute malnutrition a condition that will kill if not treated properly the biggest challenge that we face right now is that this is the fastest growing refugee in the world think about washington d.c. but without health services without medicines without proper access to food we know recent studies that eighty percent of. food assistance. if you know breaks of communicable diseases including measles and diptheria in the camps aid organizations estimate around seventy percent of the wells are contaminated with fiesole matter. the governments of bangladesh and we say they will proceed with a voluntary repatriation scheme in the coming weeks. says she will never take her children back to myanmar until the governments at least recognise them as ranger

until it guarantees them the same rights and security as citizens of the country they and hundreds of thousands of other ranger refugees. and call. al-jazeera. and our next story in the series takes a look at the upcoming winter olympics in south korea the games and chang are at the center of the first major foreign relations between the north and south in decades but there was an unexpected worry it's likely to be the coldest opening ceremony in twenty years you can see that story right here on al-jazeera on sunday . at least eighteen people have died in the u.s. after one of the strongest went to storms in modern history had the east coast the storm dumped thirty centimeters of snow and caused flooding in coastal areas emergency crews rescue people trapped by rapidly rising waters. has the latest from new york. these are historically low temperatures throughout the east coast of the

united states and how are people coping well if they don't have to go outside they're not because officials are saying that these temperatures are so low it's so cold that it's dangerous and warning people not to go outside unless they absolutely have to for those that do it's all about layering layering as many clears of clothes as possible to really get through these low temperatures now this is the east coast of the united states there use to cold winter the weather this time of year but this is different there's three key factors that are making this different a large amount of snow that has fallen number one more than thirty centimeters in some areas hurricane force winds are complicating matters and not only that a storm surge particularly in the north east and new england area of the northeast that are complicating matters as well combine all of that with incredibly low temperatures and you've got really historic freezing area here the mayor of new

york city is saying that into friday night into saturday morning with wind chill factors it could get to negative twenty nine degrees celsius here the worst is certainly not over officials are saying that while the major storm has moved out that the temperatures are supposed to remain below freezing throughout the weekend and so this area of the united states will not be warming up anytime soon. amana gasket is showing a red alert for several regions as tropical storm eva moves over the northern coast the storm has brought heavy rain causing flooding power cuts and widespread property damage that's expected to move south along the east coast stance on preventative evacuations have already taken place. thirteen people have died after a passenger boat capsized off the indonesian island of sumatra that's the second facial boat accident in the archipelago in as many days the boat carrying fifty

five people along a mostly river has a large wave sac during bad weather police say they're still searching for the captain and her survived the accident but has gone missing as deputy has been held for questioning over whether the boat will see virgie. now and an asia first international modern art museum has all happened and at a time of rising intolerance and self-censorship expose and thousands of visitors to works that are often deemed too controversial step vassal reports from jakarta. indonesia is vibrant art scene has found a new home indonesian contemporary a modern art combined with international works makes up the private collection acquired over the past twenty five years one of the country's businessmen and is now being shown at the march on museum result is an unusual display of thought provoking pieces in a country where censorship has been on the rise like these south portraits of artists who became victims of an anti communist broke in the one nine hundred sixty

s. killing more than one million people are still a very sensitive issue today they're in see those as a museum we don't have any political opinion but we have to be honest about our history and showed real history of art in indonesia and what happened in there in sixty five is part of our history also our miami's linger uni is back a controversial painting from the one nine hundred ninety s. using hindu male and female symbols of fur to lety against the. background of script it symbolizes the merging of cultures and beliefs in indonesia when it was first shown conservative groups considered it an insult of islam and send death threats to the artist she was forced to flee the country fast enough but i have and i really hope people can now openly discuss the issue of closure as i'm this is the right moment tensions between the majority and minorities are only increasing because these issues are being politicized to divide and rule we have to reject

this a moment and we are back and look at the indonesian modern art is increasingly sold at auctions around the world but as yet to receive the same appreciation at home work by a new man must reality one of indonesia's best selling modern artists has been sold for one million dollars abroad the much on the sea and not only aims to create awareness for modern art among in the regions but also wants to bring the nation art to the world to see it has created a rare podium for local and international artists in a time increasing intolerance and self-censorship something the government so far as failed to provide to make sure visitors from own walks of life can enjoy the art museum decided to sell tickets as cheap as cinema tickets knowing that many in the spend money to watch movies the strategy is working not all visitors are interested in the art on its own merits the infinity room by japanese artist. has been

a big hit on instagram these visitors are queuing just to take a selfie but the museum hopes they will make an effort to see the other works as well step fastened al-jazeera jack after. now the story is a great barrier reef is once again being threatened by a predator starfish thousands of the four one starfish are understood to be feasting their way through the call in a major outbreak at the southern end of the barrier reef the starfish are native to the reef but when numbers explode the results can be devastating authorities are now trying to work on how to control the spread of the starfish. so again out of the problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the un security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the us accusing cleared all of stifling the voices of its people once again the people of iran are rising up

they are asking for something that no government can legitimately deny them their human rights and fundamental freedoms they are calling out think of us if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do well the u.s. called a meeting after twenty one people died and hundreds were arrested during days of demonstrations against the iranian government but iran's ambassador said that the u.s. was abusing its power and that's a view echoed by russia used in the book the blue book the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the uranium nuclear agreement we considered unacceptable to intentionally undermine the agreement. a new account of

u.s. president obama first year in office says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran the book and fury was released on friday it also says trump took credit for political shakeup last year the turkish president has told his french counterpart that his people are tired of waiting to join the european union as a. first failed coup in two thousand and sixteen but emanuel said turkey's crackdown on dissent of blocking progress on the entry into the bloc at least eighteen people have died in the u.s. after one of the strongest winter storms a modern history hit the east coast the storm thirty centimeters of snow and caused flooding in coastal areas emergency crews rescue people trapped by rapidly rising waters the storm force winds and frigid temperatures forecast as a calling the storm a bomb. as are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us.

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