especially for this. right wing assault on our freedom to ask questions and freedom of expression and people you know are being students teachers activists. rights it's. that if it's on the. blog on the streets the protest has reached our doorstep soft in which. attempts to. it's. too often iran's security interests opposite in a way that destabilizes and at times directly threatens others. scoldings and reprimands at the u.n. meeting on anti-government protests and iran.

and welcome to al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha with me and as a prominent 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 with preventable diseases and the lack of basic necessities causing more deaths and the fastest growing refugee camp in the world we'll look at what lies ahead for the hinge of this year. the u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing stifling the voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting that the council was not the place to discuss the country's internal affairs mike hanna reports now from the united nations. there was

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 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's internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting used to put up 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 mr president. 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 iranian 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 spect in the practices of civilized behavior in international politics is that ministers in is not the spirit clearly ching for every restaurant that keeps it a flute. there is

a long history of us at the u.n. but this is. preposterous 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 al-jazeera united nations now u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has also been speaking about iran's softly the nuclear deal he says will trump and this administration is looking for ways to keep the u.s. in the agreement congress has working on a new legislation that could strengthen enforcement measures wish to listen says should take shape in the coming weeks i want to suggest that we'll finish one of the other what this number was smart by the twelfth.

if we just talk a little. bit first. now the same little saying as a political partner with a trim in their national security project and a former obama administration advisor and she says any new legislation is a political move to shield trump from having to deal with the iran agreement. the reason why donald trump hates it is because when he ran for president you know he called it quote unquote the worst ever but what we've seen is that really he's not able to come up with a better deal he's certainly not able to in the case of north korea and so what they're trying to do politically is just prevent their president from having to be the one to sign off on it to sign off on every six month which is the current law and so what he's done is he's punted it to congress and they're looking at ways that they can be creative now to essentially throw the ball into congress's court without essentially scrapping the deal altogether and so what he'll do rhetorical

as hell call that effects well there's been a third day of rallies in support of the government one of the largest was in the capital third on what people taunted and to us logan's blaming washington for the youngest 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 run a senior cleric reminded people of iran's real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country. this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u.s. did the planning it was coordinated from u.s.

control rooms and have outs and weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan. but he also sympathised with public demands for better economic conditions it turned out. 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 old videos of anti-government demonstrations protests last week were the boldest challenge to rog stablish mood in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand 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 so. 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 from two hundred and two views or publishes of the account of traumas first year in office release the book fire and fury early ignoring a legal challenge from the u.s. president to prevent its publication trump says the book is funny and full of lies don estabrook 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 present the crowds are no i can't take your order 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 of different bookstores even midnight last night there was a 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 like home 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 wolf says former british prime minister tony blair offered this nugget of information to the president's son in law jared cushion or 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 a potential 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 moved 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's. and what they mean by that is he has a need for immediate gratification it's all about you know 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 diagnosed or broke al jazeera washington now there are also passages in the book on the president's foreign policy specifically and relation to the gulf it says tribes in a circle centered its middle east policy on foreplay is their goal to unite 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 the tension replacing its command headquarters and cutter and another exit trump quote gave a nod to the saudis planned to bali in june saudi arabia egypt the u.a.e. and bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with qatar where david is a professor at national defense university and a former pentagon official and he says he would not be surprised at the trumpet ministration had considered setting up a new base in saudi. 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 others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the 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 a hostage to political turmoil or you could have one attack and then you lose all your capabilities still ahead on the bulletin the push for justice reform and some of the most other kind of presence and the world and thought provoking op finds a new home in a country with censorship is on the rise. through

tranquil radio. and in the. us and it's in the. how i regard some rather lively showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean recently things now in the process of clearing away you still see that area cloud just swirling through the levant that will fizzle out as it makes its way further inland by roots in around sixteen degrees celsius when starting to easter shouldn't be too bad want to see when the flower is just making their way across iraq towards iran maybe some wintry showers a possibility around northern parts of iran as we go on through sunday before most it will be settled couple nordic resales is with some sunshine by route seventeen celsius at this stage again with some sunshine and no shortage of sunshine across the arabian peninsula twenty six celsius here in doha looking fine and dry on

saturday similar values as we go on into sunday a little more of a breeze just picking up so just watch out for some lifted dustin's and plenty of breeze meanwhile across madagascar and that's because we have trouble sites phone i have are making its way right across the country sinking further south was flooding rains for a good part of that eastern side of madagascar and damaging winds for south africa is generally fine and dry it doesn't look too bad here over the next day or so the possum could see wanted to show us the next few days. the with the sponsored. use. valued as a gem of africa my ruby has gone through many changes over the past decades. travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera.

her. life. it's good 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. accuse. the voices of its people but iran's ambassador said the protests were not a matter for the security council and that the u.s. was abusing its power a new account of u.s. president dollars first year and also the says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran. was released on

friday it says trump took credit for political shakeup last year. saw he has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from yemen by what the rebels it was shot down over measure on a region along the kingdom southern border before it could head to its intended target the ad says the attack is proof of on a supporter of the whole things and that's the claim is it is the fourth such attack. now the u.n. a chief says yemen could become the worst humanitarian disaster. fifty years the war is having a devastating impact with widespread food shortages and a major cholera outbreak stephanie deck of reports. forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of the scape the fighting near the 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 nor 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 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 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 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 skip 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 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. now the latest report on what we think will be some of the biggest stories of the year we are in a refugee camp in bangladesh it's now home to hundreds of thousands of the henge are fed violence and august the un's accused government of ethnic cleansing what should denies reports on what the refugees face in the year ahead.

with their three children across the border from myanmar into bangladesh 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 which to me. she says her husband was killed as they tried to flee. that. 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 who 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 she tells us you are not and there is no ranger in our country go to the country where there are all ranges. western governments including the u.s. have 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 at decades of persecution and violence that was 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 range of 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 a scapes deaths 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 the fastest growing refugee in the wild 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. thanks. they've been outbreaks of communicable diseases including measles and diptheria in the camps. aid organizations estimate around seventy percent of the worlds are contaminated with matter the governments of bangladesh 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 government at least recognize them as a 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. for al-jazeera and on our next story in the series we're going to take a look at the upcoming winter olympics. the games and china at the center of the first major thaw in relations between the north and south in decades but there is an unexpected worry it's likely to be the coldest opening ceremony in twenty years you can see that. on sunday at least eighteen people have died in the u.s. after one of the strongest storms in modern history 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 clare's 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 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 so this area of the united states will not be warming up anytime soon. not to haiti the country has some of the most of the crowd of presence in the world human rights around eleven thousand and eleven and humane conditions they posses just one of the many problems the new u.n. mission is seeking to tackle choice by reports from the capital port au prince. when miss piano has been trying to find his brother for more than a week he visited more explain the stations and has just been notified that he's

being. held here at the port au prince national penitentiary. when. the police arrested my brother and he was not part of a gang and they took him away and we're looking for him he was sowing water on the street. the accounts of relatives visiting the prison hi led to problems the justice system here is facing we were just inside the prison and we were not allowed to film it is overcrowded and people are living in dire conditions the. video obtained by the associated press use agency last february shows what life is like inside malnourished inmates barely surviving in prison cells overcrowding is one of the highest in the world at more than three hundred and fifty percent of over eleven thousand prisoners eight thousand are detainees awaiting trial. united nations peacekeeping troops left haiti two months ago the u.n.

mission is now fully focused on improving the justice system. we met the un representative in port au prince who says the task ahead is an enormous challenge we have started trying already to work in local. tribunals of premier installs and help them with the people who. pretrial detention for the longest period of time to actually appear before a judge. and it's not just what's happening in the prisons but also the conduct of security forces. a police operation last month in the grand ravine area of prince left at least nine people dead some inside a school the victims included a professor and an armed security guard among others human rights groups fear an increase in abuses and they need to confront impunity they need to hold people to account even high level high ranking people so. so that there isn't an abuse of the

law i don't think overcrowded prisons allegations of police abuse as well as massive corruption are some of the biggest challenges for the next few years the question is whether haiti's government leaders and the new u.n. mission can succeed in reforming a system that urgently needs to change. to prince haiti. and in asia now with the first international modern art museum has all turned at a time of rising intolerance and self-censorship it is exposing thousands of visitors to work that often daves too controversial step vasile reports from jakarta. indonesia is vibrant art scene has found a new home indonesian contemporary and modern art combined with international works makes up the private collection a quiet 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 diesel for trades of artists who became victims of an anti communist purge in the one nine hundred sixty s. killing more than one million people still a very sensitive issue today about their instinct 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 the in sixty five is part of our history also our miami's linger yoni is back a controversial painting from the one nine hundred ninety s. using hindu male and female symbols of fertile ety 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 i'm not going to have

a i really hope people can now openly discuss the issue of pluralism 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 the moment. the indonesian modern art is increasingly sold at auctions around the world but as yet to receive the same appreciation at home work by in human must reality one of indonesia's best selling modern art. has been sold for one million dollars abroad there much on the sea and not only aims to create awareness for modern art the money in the regions but also wants to bring in the nation are to the world to say it has created a rare podium for local and international artists in their time increasing intolerance and self-censorship something the government so far as failed to provide to make sure visitors from all walks of life can enjoy the art museum decided to sell tickets as cheap as cinema tickets knowing that many in the region

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 it will make an effort to see the other works as well step fastened al-jazeera jack after and just a reminder now that you can always keep up to date with all the news on our web site that's at al-jazeera dot com. now again it is a problem and all of the headlines on al-jazeera the u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests and iran where the u.s. accusing head on 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 it the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do but iran's ambassador said that the us was abusing its power and that's a view echoed by russia used to label the blue but it's 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 we considered unacceptable to intentionally undermine the agreement and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has also been talking about iran specifically the nuclear deal he says the trumpet ministration is looking for ways to keep the u.s.

in the agreement congress is working on new legislation that could strengthen enforcement measures which says should take place in the coming weeks. i don't want to suggest. this number. by the twelve but. we're just talking about some of the. first. a new account of u.s. president trumps the first year in office says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran the book fire and fear it was released on friday it also took credit for saudi arabia's political shake up last year. saudi has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from yemen by rebels shot down over on an area straddling the kingdom southern border for it could have its intended target but he says the attack is proof that iran is supporting the whole thing's

a claim head on denies the headlines on al-jazeera talk to al-jazeera is coming up next. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage every day but the messages simply state you have this brain that good logical rational crazy monsters and misinformation is rife dismissal. accusation and every part of the listening provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative of this time on al-jazeera. welcome to talk to al-jazeera in the field with me barnaby phillips in the kenyan capital nairobi now this is a city that has played a big part in my life i spent some very happy childhood years here i have vivid

memories of.