accused and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been the criminal mind or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up over the morning and says i want to color the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. this is zero. zero zero i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up. i consider it a work of fiction. president from dismisses a book that raises questions over his mental health and describes himself as

a stable genius. angry scenes in fact lammas palestinians protest against the greek orthodox patriarch accusing him of selling church land to israelis. after the most violent year in mexico's history the murders of six politicians lead to fears for the upcoming elections. and good news from nasa the hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller thanks to the global ban on c.f.c. chemicals. in doha with all of your day's sports including english premier league leaders man city survive a scare to reach the fourth round of the f.a. cup i'll have all the results from saturday's top. a low welcome to the program i'll top story president trump has rejected

accusations that he is mentally unfit for office describing himself in a tweet as a stable genius responding to criticism in a newly published book that cost doubt over his ability to do his job he posted actually throughout my life my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being like really small i went from very successful businessman to top t.v. star to president of the united states i think that would qualify as not smart but genius and a very stable genius at that michael was fire and fury claims that the president's staff knew him as a child a publication went on sale on friday four days early despite threats of legal action from trump's lawyers the president has described the tell all book is full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist he insists he never even spoke to wolf a claim the author denies. or president has also turned his folk. it's to keep policies meeting congressional leaders account david infrastructure and welfare

reform was expected to be on the agenda as was immigration a top administration plans to ask congress for eighteen billion dollars to build a security wall along the mexican border while some democrats have outright rejected the plan both democrats and republicans has been working on a compromise to protect the border and to also protect the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented migrants well in the last hour mr trump has again insisted that he has the right man to lead his country speaking off to those talks at camp david he said he went to the best college was an excellent student and a top businessmen he also strongly criticized the book's author again i consider it a work of fiction and i think it's a disgrace that somebody is able to have something do something like that the libel laws are very weak in this country if they were strong you it would be very helpful you wouldn't have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes your

head but just so you know i never interviewed with him in the white house at all he was never in the oval office we didn't have an interview. and i did a quick interview with him a long time ago having to do with an article but i don't know this me and i guess sloppy steve brought him into the white house quite a bit and it was one of those things that's why sloppy steve is now looking for a job. so for this let's speak to john hendren in washington d.c. and so we heard the president and his congressional colleagues that trying very desperately to keep the focus on the legislative agenda for twenty eighteen spoke about challenges of a drug smuggling immigration bought the focus keeps coming back to the revelations and will spoke. as right if you want to rattle donald trump all you have to do is bring up this book he had so many other things to talk about today there were he was meeting with congressional leaders republicans at camp david for immigration

they have a new plan for immigration one that was a key promise of trump's including building the border wall but he couldn't focus on that the first thing he apparently did was tweet out a barrage of tweets in defense of his own intellect in his own stability and that's not a position you want to be in as a sitting president arguing that you're smart enough and stable enough to hold that job and of course he had to return to that subject during the news conference when he was asked about the book which he says he claims is a work of fiction but it's really rattled the president and it's knocked him off message a time when he should be crowing about the tax plan he just passed the tax relief plan and this new immigration policy which got short shrift because of the focus on this book that has been going on now for days. and john we had president trump insisting that he was going to campaign alongside republicans for the upcoming

twenty eighteen midterm elections now we know the republican candidates already facing a bit of an uphill struggle is president becoming more of a liability for the more of a threat. well he tried to salvage their campaign of roy moore a republican candidate in heavily heavily republican state. and he wasn't able to do that and there will be other candidates who will likely not be asking for mr trump's help because he has become so toxic at least in those swing districts now there are plenty of republican states where he has a lot of support still he has the support of about a third of americans with that includes a majority of republicans so there are areas where he really can help out the republican party and where he's likely to help get people elected but in those more moderate districts in the swing states they might not ask him to do that because he has become so divisive. and interestingly during that press conference the issue

all of north and south korea came up he was asked about talks this that the first diplomatic contact between the two countries in over two years and he seemed to suggest that he was in a post to this he did and he also took credit for a kind of reproach him on between north and south korea in which they're talking about cooperating on the olympics he is somehow arguing that his hard stance on north korea has really driven north korea into potential cooperation with south korea it's hard to understand exactly how that chain of events work but he definitely took credit for that and maybe in the end if he is open to some kind of agreement he could look back on that later as a kind of progress but it's hard to balance that with some really belligerent

tweets that have been highly critical of kim jong. indeed it's never a dull day there in d.c. thank you very much john hendren with all the latest. well now thousands of pro-government demonstrators have been rallying in iran in a show of strength after more than a week of anti-government protests the government supporters marched in the streets waving iranian flags and chanting anti western slogans iran's government has blamed western nations for the mentally on rest which is seen twenty two people killed and more than a thousand arrested in the last ten days iran has accused the u.s. of abusing its power as a permanent member of the u.n. security council offer it called emergency meeting on the protests will iran and russia both accuse washington of exploiting the protests to undermine the nuclear deal same bus drivers into iran with more. iran's leaders are no doubt celebrating what they'll consider another victory against the united states on the

diplomatic front shortly after the u.n. security council met to discuss anti-government protests in iran the foreign minister zarif tweeted out that he was glad that the majority of security council member countries rebuffed america's attempt to misuse its power to bring what is essentially a domestic iranian affair on to the international stage he also called it another foreign policy blunder for the trump white house we also heard from iran's presidency president hassan rouhani his chief of staff in a statement said that the move by the united states at security council was both desperate and further isolated the united states itself on the international stage now as far as the protest themselves are concerned anti-government protests are all but over while pro-government rallies still continue as the government continues to cement its footprint on the streets later on on sunday lawmakers will meet to hold a close session of parliament where they will discuss the root causes of the recent unrest many lawmakers see it as foreign espionage that led to these protests and

blame foreign countries for trying to create instability in iran and other lawmakers sympathize with protesters saying that they have valid concerns and valid grievances since many iranians suffer a great deal of economic hardship now whether they agree with the demonstrators or not lawmakers in iran do realize one thing that if they don't address economic concerns that these protests could happen again. open angry scenes in the occupied west bank as the patriarch of jerusalem attempted to leave manger square in bethlehem off to mocking off a duck's christmas if ellis the third has been at the center of growing public anger after being accused of selling off large swathes of church land to private businesses. all the protests and tensions in bethlehem of casa shadow of law many festive period as mama june reports. despite the best efforts of the organizers there has been a dampened sense of enthusiasm here in manger square in bethlehem in the occupied

west bank far fewer people than would usually be here on orthodox christmas eve now part of the reason for that is the fact that there have been calls by groups to boycott the arrival of the greek orthodox patriarch the awful list the third because there is growing anger among palestinian christians about allegations that have been made in israeli media outlets that the greek orthodox patriarch has been involved in selling properties or selling lands to foreign tax havens and in those reports it's also been alleged that some of the buyers may end up being israeli businesses that's one reason why there are fewer people here because usually the ushers that would be here to try to welcome the greek patriarch who has not yet arrived they are basically turning a cold shoulder to the patriarch now we've also spoken to the church about these allegations and they have denied the allegations they have said in fact that was going on is that the greek orthodox patriarch it has in fact been trying to rectify

bad deals that were made in the past and that that's really what's going on right now now there's another reason why there is such a dampen sense of enthusiasm and that's because of the sense of hopelessness that's really spreading far and wide here because of the decision just a month ago today by u.s. president donald trump like to recognize to slim as the capital of israel since that decision was made week after week we've seen protests that turn violent in the occupied west bank and in other areas and that's just one more reason why there's a sense of uncertainty and a sense of hopelessness at a time when usually people are so celebrate torreon festive. the new york times is reporting that egypt has asked media that play down opposition to president tom's controversial decision to move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem and leaked phone recordings a senior egyptian intelligence officer reportedly told leading t.v. talk show host to influence their view as to back the decision that's despite egypt's public condemnation it comes as egypt and saudi arabia vetoed

a call from jordan for an emergency arab summit on jerusalem. we have specific requests the most important of which is the recognition of a palestinian state with your islam is its capital according to the truce in the fourth nine hundred sixty seven borders it's just as there was a political decision to recognize devotion is the capital of israel will now work to achieve an international political decision recognizing the palestinian state of the nine hundred sixty seven border with your ruefulness its capitals. now saudi media says eleven princes have been detained in riyadh and are awaiting trial off to staging a protest outside the royal palace the prince is reportedly being held in a tourist high security prison that's in contrast to dozens of other high profile figures who were detained in a luxury hotel last year during an anti-corruption drive there are conflicting reports about what sparked the protest some outlets say it was about the removalist

state subsidies all those talk about the previous round of detentions well all this comes as the saudi king announces plans to give a monthly allowance to state employees military and pension is to help offset the impact of economic reforms for the next year one point one eight million saudis employed by the government will get two hundred sixty seven dollars a month to help with the rising cost of living one point two million pensioners will receive one hundred thirty three dollars a month and they'll be a bonus of more than a thousand dollars for military personnel involved in the country's ongoing war in yemen this announcement comes days after the kingdom doubled petrol prices and introduced a five percent value added tax to a broad range of goods and services a budget plan released last month projected a deficit of fifty two billion dollars for two thousand and eighteen joseph catchy chan is a senior fellow at the king faisal center for research in islamic studies in riyadh and the author of several books on saudi arabia joins me now from mount lebanon via

skype thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us i wanted to start by asking you about the arrest reports of another round of arrests by saudi princes eleven princes have been arrested we're talking about conflicting reports as to the reason they were protesting outside the palace in riyadh but what are you hearing about the reason behind these arrests. there are conflicting reports as to their identity obese individuals that have not been outsourced fall and the reasons why they were held clearly those this group is very different from the previous group that were arrested that was arrested last november the eleven digitals officially were arrested because they were complaining about the fact that they had asked for subsidies for winter and electricity for some reason they were denying other reports say that the fact there were presence of a prince who respects

a q did you know the word two thousand and sixteen and come to us court you should it's very conflicting at this point we don't know exactly what is going on but presumably it is serious and out with these eleven to digitals to be to arrest that carted away to your high security prison. but even though the way in which that there are differences between this group of saudi princes they don't seem to have the profile that the first round of arrests have they are being kept in a high security prison where where is the others who are at that the ritz carlton hotel so there are differences here but can we conclude that it's very lightly that. regardless of the rationale these these sorts of arrests are likely to continue in the country. well the program before program is ongoing for programs arrestee individuals that have been arrested for corruption purposes

that's one thing but if in fact individuals are beat arrested for other reasons the rationale becomes very important at this point and it is important to separate the wheat from the shaft i don't think that we should look at everything together these individuals these you know that individuals have been taken away to a high security prison whereas the previous troops were housed at the ritz carlton as you just mentioned so therefore i think that there is a slight difference in terms of what kind of grievances maybe. again may be held against these individuals and i suppose it is very difficult to make sense of the arrests and to verify anything that's taking place precisely because there are issues around transparency the rule of law and legal institutions. there is you know i think there should be careful with the server with the use of the term rule all you know there is a rule of law and there is

a rule by law all to all of the way different from each other of your city the country has a constitution which is the one before our it's a monarchy it has very strict rules of place and in fact you have a new government goes trying to position itself straight through the identity of the production costs of the heir apparent or to assume power so therefore you are talking about a series of events that are following each other security related economic related and social relief that this is a full package and it will take time for all these differences to be sorted out and thank you very much jessica chan and the mount lebanon region thank you you thank. well in other developments saudi led coalition as strikes have targeted a fruit and vegetable market and gas facility in northern yemen witnesses say the strikes killed one person and left three others injured the area is under the

control of iran backed with the rebels who on friday five a ballistic missile into saudi territory some ten thousand people have died in yemen civil war in watching al-jazeera news hour live from london still to come no drainage and nowhere else to go to talk to syria's displaced to fear they won't get through a wet winter. from florida to new england much of the u.s. east coast wakes up to dangerously low temperatures. roger federer trice lead switzerland to win cup title in seventeen years. while in syria at least seventeen people have been killed by strikes in the rebel held area of eastern ghouta artillery attacks were also launched by syrian forces on areas of the countryside around the capital damascus and have been reports of an

increased number of a strikes deliberately targeting hospitals in rebel areas in the last ten days earlier i spoke to him wish to brush and gordon an advisor to a coalition of medical charities in syria he told us that there are carting more than one hundred twenty children who need urgent medical care in rebel held areas. the last ten days it's been horrific. attacks particularly after christmas and new year period we've seen over ten hospitals attacked and put out of commission in both. the damascus but also in live both these areas are supposed to be deescalation zones of the year stalin told sabrine some seven months ago and all supposed to be protected we were fortunate on the twenty seventh of december that we managed to evacuate twenty knowing very seriously injured people. and there was

a short seesaw which the russians and the syrians agreed however since then the attacks seem to have intensified markedly and we currently have on twenty five children and four hundred i don't see any urgency of course we absolutely need syria that is a seesaw so that there is seriously injured children treated to save twenty five percent of children inducer dying of malnutrition there are people starving all over syria and we need to get aid in and we need to allow the peace process to find a diplomatic solution but things are as desperate as they were this time last year know that when seventy people were killed by these strong winds thousands of internally displaced people in syria suffering from what the weather conditions heavy rain is lead to severe flooding in many camps basic necessities. as mall cool serious southern province of daraa those displaced by war face

a new threat the weather. this is. one of the largest in the region. omar abdel-rahman and her grandchildren arrived here after escaping fierce fighting between syria's armed opposition groups and i saw a water logged field is now home if the rain continues and we forced to leave where can they go in them and play in a moment of about when i left our homes without any possessions you can see the rain water around us you can see for yourself how bad conditions are what can we do with helpless the complex basic infrastructure there are no paved roads no drainage people feel forgotten are there are you rubble this used to be farmland it was unfit for people to settle in the first place become hasn't been supplied with any of the basic services no one has lent his or will lend a helping hand none of the relief agencies either a serious long civil war has triggered one of the worst humanitarian disasters in

modern history eleven million syrians have been displaced by fighting for the whole population most around six million are internally displaced. it is a bleak existence. parker and al jazeera the eastern united states and canada have woken up once again to record low temperatures in the wake of what meteorologists refer to as a bomb cyclon temperatures in some parts of fallen as far as minus forty degrees celsius with gusts of more than one hundred ten kilometers per hour dumping half a meter of snow at least eighteen deaths of so far been blamed on the snowstorms the national guard has been mobilized to assist with the emergency response temperatures are not expected to rise significantly until monday so for more on all of this let's speak to jennifer francis a climb expert at the institute for coastal marine science in new brunswick new jersey how unusual and unprecedented are these conditions. well this is

a very bad storm no doubt about it this part of the world is known for a winter storm we call them norrie through. this is a peculiarly bad one the central pressure the sea level pressure of the storm was close to the lowest that ever been recorded in the winter so it was indeed a bad one and when complete bullocks spec some response we're expecting temperatures to change perhaps on monday but how much of a difference is it going to make to the situation we have now well it could help it is that your reading and perhaps the book that will help. you. all apologies for that jennifer francis that just shedding a bit of light on some very difficult weather conditions she was just telling us how unusual the situation is the u.s.

and canada are suffering from very low temperatures at the moment minus forty degrees celsius gusts of one hundred ten kilometers per hour and eighteen deaths blamed so far on the snowstorms. italian coast guard says at least eight migrants have died and eighty four others rescued from a boat in the mediterranean sea italian authorities say the smugglers boat was found off the coast of libya in twenty seventeen more than one hundred twenty thousand refugees arrived in italy by sea according to the international organization for migration funerals have been held for four policemen killed in a bomb attack in indian administered kashmir this is the latest in a series of bombings by rebels who want to end india's rule of the north western region which is disputed with pakistan mohammad vall has more. i know most ten dollars to the hundreds of this funeral in the northern town of us was it's the best place of one of the four policemen killed

in the blast happened in the nearby town of support in the northern part of indian administered kashmir. security sources say opposed to india rule an improvised explosive device targeting a police patrol. thank you to the town of about fifty kilometers northwest of synagogue city some a capital of the regional government they say fighters planted the device beneath a shop in a marketplace to talk of. the blast or so damn good shops in the area. we were called to the town today and this was all normal deployment for maintaining law and order these boys were deployed in a small alley in the market and the blast happened in which four of all boys were martyred. to shut down the offices in forty two was made by arab leaders to mock the twenty fifth anniversary of an indian security crackdown forty seven people

that operation was in response to the killing of an indian soldier by rebels local newspaper sedition mohammed one of the main rebel groups opposing rule of kashmir has announced its responsibility for the blasts on. the city jim has been witnessing a persones of violence for the last seventy years. who say they represent the provinces muslim majority have been fighting for separation from india. was. forced from their homes living as refugees what will the new year bring for revenge of families living in makeshift camps in bangladesh. a report from germany where the status of refugees like mahmud and his younger brother could become a key issue in coalition talks and then later in. this football a. welcome

back as we take a look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia we've got this area of cloud moving through the region and for these aside the mediterranean should be generally fine to sunday seventeen in beirut some showers are developing on the southern side of the caspian sea tehran should stay largely dry back you highs of just eight heading on into monday is looking very fine across much of the region coming south was by fabulous your highs of nineteen and twenty in kuwait city here in johannesburg complacently warm twenty four degrees and if a breeze to keep the fog pager in the course of sunday some sort temperatures for abu dabi the threat of wanted to showers in the southern end of the red sea through into monday has been pretty warm for mecca there thirty two degrees as we head

across into southern portions of africa we've got this tropical cyclone aver working its way very very slowly on the east coast of madagascar so i think the rainfall totals from this particular system will be accumulations will be in excess of a meter in many places and certainly some severe flooding could result elsewhere we've got a few showers across the coast the mozambique as it head on into monday that low is still there still giving the heavy rain but elsewhere it should be largely fine across the cape town heise here nineteen. there were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support for terrorism the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the us they were considered to be a legitimate american charity because we were able to see the secret we were able to tell in a two part series on al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court

cases of the so-called chair of the holy land following at this time on al jazeera . valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades. to al-jazeera 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.

welcome back let's update you on the stories making headlines now u.s. president donald trump says a new t.v.'s book which cost out on his fitness for office is a work of fiction a book claims his stuff you him as a child but child tweeted that his track raffle chose him to be a stable genius. thousands more government supporters have taken to the streets of iran in a show of strength after more than a week of anti-government protests in which twenty two people were killed. and have been scuffles in the occupied west bank as the patriarch of jerusalem attempted to leave bathrooms manger square off the orthodox christmas celebrations and also the third is accused. selling off church land to israel us. so in our latest look at the biggest stories of twenty eighteen we take you to refugee camp in bangladesh it's now home to hundreds of thousands of ranger who fled the violence in myanmar the united nations accuses government of ethnic cleansing which it denies. reports on what the refugees might face in the year

ahead. has begun escaped with their three children across the border from the animal into bangladesh the end of december they join the more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees who fled the military crackdown on the region in rakhine state in which the young. 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 true tells us you are not surrender and there is no ranger in our country go 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 reinjure 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 if the 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 have escaped deaths in myanmar but the struggle to survive in the camps goes on the un says seven percent of children here are suffering severe acute malnutrition a condition that will kill if not treated properly. 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 new arrivals need food assistance. if you know breaks of communicable diseases including measles and diptheria the camps aid organizations estimate around seventy percent of the world's a contaminated the government supplying the day should 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 government at least recognize them as ranger until it guarantees them the same rights and security as citizens of the country they and hundreds of thousands of other injuries three g.'s. and call of child stratford al-jazeera. so in the next part of our like i had to twenty eighteen we focus on next month's winter olympics in south korea the games and chang have taken on a political dimension with north korea's willingness to take part but they will have to brave the cold the opening ceremony will be held outdoors for the first time since two thousand and six so you can see that tomorrow right here on al-jazeera throughout the day. police in southern mexico are being investigated after the dismembered bodies of two young men were found outside the beach resort of acapulco say authorities in guerrero said the man had been arrested last saturday following a brawl as

a christmas fire and police officers were later suspected of murdering them at least one other young man has disappeared have been demonstrations in the state capital against local police the threat of political violence is now casting a shadow over the run up to mexico's presidential election later this year after the murders of six more public officials more than twenty three thousand people were killed in two thousand and seventeen making the deadliest yes since records began in one thousand nine hundred seven money or apollo reports now from mexico city. local politics can be a dangerous business in mexico just ask people thirty year old political hopeful who wants to become mayor of the town of hope in the state of morelos. always new to the political scene but he knows that the risk of harassment extortion and even death at the hands of organized crime is very real if. they knew i would be lying if i said i wasn't afraid it would also be

a lie to say that fear is not in the back of my mind but today were motivated by your work to make a better place. at least six mexican politicians have been killed in recent weeks this includes of all four seven i know whether the mayor of a small town in the state of good little who was murdered on new year's eve. with a national election drawing near political leaders in mexico. worry over these types of attacks against public servants look look at even at this. i think this is a warning by organised crime against the political parties the problem here is impunity and the phenomenon of political violence is the more this will continue because there is no punishment. experts say that the rising level of violence in mexico is not only putting the lives of political candidates at risk who could also be frightening voters which could damage the democratic process less political

participation less third know because of fear less political less people voting. i know about it and is hinders the strength of a democratic system. there are over three thousand four hundred elected positions up for grabs in the upcoming elections but it's candidates for local posts who are especially vulnerable targets by organized crime twenty one local public servants were murdered in two thousand and seventy which was also a record breaking year for homicides in mexico the concern now is over the potential for yet another exceptionally violent year as we approach the two thousand and eighteen general election when we get up a little al-jazeera mexico city election officials in honduras have rejected an appeal by the opposition to an all the results of november's presidential election present on our london and as was declared the winner after a narron he defeated opposition candidate salvador. election officials are saying

that there isn't enough evidence to support claims of voter fraud dozens of people died in violence after that vote. elsewhere in the region long lines of people have formed outside may supermarkets in venezuela after the government ordered them to reduce their prices to the levels of a month ago despite the nation's rampant inflation hundreds of people gathered outside one shop in the capital caracas demanding it opened its doors so they could buy a much needed food and medical supplies and is right it doesn't publish an official inflation rate but some international estimates are putting it now at more than one thousand percent president nicolas maduro blames the economic crisis on international conspiracy against him. you know something if you're going to run we arrived early but we couldn't get in the prices were much lower last night but today the price is the normal the ridiculous prices very elevated compared to the income of been a swollen well of most been a swale and. we understand supermarket chains have

a right to increase prices because it's relative but not in such an exorbitant manner three hundred percent i think there should be a bit of control and if there were some control we could purchase things. two of robert mugabe's former senior ministers have been released on bail after being charged with corruption and criminal abuse of office former foreign affairs minister walter mazembe on the left and the former energy minister. both appeared in court after being arrested on friday several ministers from the gabby's government have been arrested on corruption charges since the ninety three year old was forced to step down as president in november. the german and turkish foreign ministers of health talks in germany and agreed to work on improving relations bilateral ties became strained after the arrests of german citizens in turkey and criticism of the turkish crackdown after the failed coup in twenty sixteen a foreign ministers acknowledge that differences remain but said they believe they can tackle their issues through dialogue and cooperation. visit of the show

definition i own for i believe we have the responsibility to find a way to get along duty our historical legacy and the wishes of our citizens we must not forget that we've both made it our business to do everything we can to overcome the difficulties there have been and german tarkus relations and to find more common ground in the future by remembering everything that binds us together and this was a call of the good times worse we have a difference of opinion on certain subjects we have some problems in fact there was an escalation there was tension but as to foreign ministers we believe we can overcome this through dialogue we believe we can better improve our relations three mutual understanding and sincere cooperation. and they want to political developments inside janmi where talks are about to resume between the parties that could form a new coalition government after last year's inconclusive election one potential sticking point between the christian democrats and social democrats concerns the refugee crisis and whether relatives of people already in germany can join them in

the country from bavaria to make a reports it's time for nine year old michael to do his homework and as in many families his big brother is on hand to help in fact twenty two year old mahmoud is more of a father to michael than an elder brother. because as yazidi refugees these two have been granted asylum in germany but for the past two years their parents and siblings have been stuck in a holding camp for migrants increase. the movie was. on germany told them they could come join us here but then a few months ago we were told they could not cook the official said you have no documents that prove your brother is related to your parents paid for the papers to come from iraq then they said they needed to test michael's d.n.a. and then finally they said ok your parents can come. but the brothers' hopes of

a reunion have been dashed twice before and their situation is not unique since twenty sixteen germany has put a temporary hold on reuniting the families of people who are not classed as refugees the bavarian christian social union and go to medical system party in the southern state says while genuine refugees should be allowed in those with subsidiary protection and his claims for asylum are rejected should not we are objecting to the right of so-called subsidiary. except that if you choose to bring their family to germany because to be honest this would. exhaust our capacities what makes this view more interesting is that stefan meyer speaks on this issue not just for his party but also for angle americans christian democrats but this particular point of view is not shared by the social democrats and with coalition talks between the three parties now intensifying in the new year

the question is might this issue be a sticking point because the social democrats believe that where possible families who qualified to be reunited should be allowed to do so the political fight in germany is now about how to bring the government together from parties with such differing views from mahmoud and michael matalin it's how to bring their family back together dominic can al-jazeera in bavaria. an elective representative for the irish nationalists partition fein has apologized after being accused of mocking victims of a massacre cheering the northern irish troubles. posted this video on social media of him walking around a shop with a loaf of bread on his head the brand of the bread is called king's mail and the m.p. uploaded the video on the anniversary of the king's mill massacre that's when an irish republican paramilitary group murdered ten protestant civilians in one

thousand nine hundred seventy six and eleventh man survived despite being shot eighteen times but killed the picture here on the left of the screen said he had not realized for a second any possible link between the brand of bread and the anniversary of the killings australia's great barrier reef has long been under threat from manmade pollution but now the world heritage site is being destroyed by one of its natural predators tens of thousands of crown of thorns starfish a car eating their way through coral at the southern end of the reef it's the fourth major starfish outbreaks since the one nine hundred sixty s. and authorities have started culling missions to protect the fragile environment. and now nasa says the hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller thanks to what many scientists claim is the most successful environmental agreement in history research shows chlorine levels in the stratosphere rapidly declined after manmade chemicals known as c f c's were banned over thirty years ago and

a hawks to has mall. finally a rare good news concerning the environment nasa scientists say ozone depletion is going down. is the protective gas in the atmosphere that shoots from harmful ultraviolet rays from list some this is the source of the good news and that's the satellite that monitors the hole in the ozone layer which was first detected at the end of the one nine hundred seventy s. that's what we're excited about is that we see for the first time chlorine levels are definitely going down in ozone levels are responding to it. manmade chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons or c.f.c.'s left chlorine in the atmosphere the destroyed ozone molecules the damage from the ozone layer has been blamed for an increase in skin cancers because the harmful ultraviolet radiation gets fried and this is the effect it has on plants c.f.c.'s were found in products like aerosols pesticide sprays packing materials and refrigerants and they were banned globally

in one thousand nine hundred seven nasa has released images that show the change in ozone concentrations since the c.f.c.'s were phased out the montreal protocol has been a great success once the protocol was signed in those the regulations went into effect we saw at the surface levels of ozone depleting substances going down but scientists warn that full recovery will take decades because of c.f.c.'s could remain in the atmosphere for another fifty to one hundred years. there. the news out still ahead challenging viewpoints how indonesia's first international museum of modern art is challenging intolerance and self-censorship. for from the role of darby to the olympics a speed skater makes history in the united states.

when we managed the financial system between one nine hundred forty five one thousand nine hundred seventy one it was not a single financial crisis anywhere in the world and then in one thousand nine hundred one the bank has lobbied and they said no no no we don't need controls you know the market will discipline us banks love to make loans to sovereigns why because behind the sovereign millions of taxpayers we can see reaction to the liberalization fight just as we saw in the one nine hundred twenty s. and it's going to be an opportunity to already is ugly in many parts of the world where people are saying if my government went to cough to my interest then i would look for a strong backer she's a fascist i don't care if you promises to secure the stability of my life and my people i will vote for him i think that's where we are heading and i don't think our leaders have the vision to understand that's the threat that we face.

now indonesia's first international law not museum is opened in the capital jakarta at a time of rising intolerance and self-censorship it's exposing thousands of businesses to work that often deemed too controversial to be exhibited that boston went to take a look. indonesia's 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 the result is an unusual display of thought provoking pieces in

a country where censorship has been on the rice like diesel for traits of the artist who became victims of an anti communist perch in the one nine hundred sixty s. killing more than one million people still a very sensitive issue today they instead go see 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 linger yoni is back a controversial painting from the one nine hundred ninety s. using hindu male and female symbols of fertility 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 sent death threats to the artist she was forced to flee the country fast enough but i have after i really hope people can now openly discuss the issue of pluralism this is the right moment tensions between the majority and minorities only increasing because these

issues are being politicized to divide and rule we have to reject this at the moment then 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 in human must reality one of indonesia's best selling modern artists has been sold for one million dollars abroad the much imo see him 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. we're 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 all walks of life can enjoy the art museum decided to sell tickets as cheap as cinema tickets knowing that many indonesians 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 yeah your you kusama has been a big hit on instagram these visitors are queuing just to take a selfie but the museum hopes you will make an effort to see the other works as well step fasten al-jazeera jack after. joe has all the sport mary thank you there's no stopping manchester city they're well ahead of their title rivals in the english premier league race and now they're also through the fourth round of the f.a. cup but they had to survive a scary scored two goals in the space of ninety three seconds a city came back from a goal down against burnley to win this third round match for one would leave roy's son yeah but not a silver also on the school sheet chelsea being held in their mail by norwich city right now the big shock of the day happened at coventry as the fourth tayside

knocked out prelate team stags to t two one elsewhere thirty feet would town and themselves every play as they helped leicester city to a goal a stroll. taker costas made a memorable return to spanish football with a look less atletico madrid the twenty nine year old was making a first appearance for his former club since returning from chelsea costa scored atletico second goal against had to face and jumped into the crowd to celebrate but that's against the rules and he received a second yellow card and was sent off as still won the game. roger federer's excellent form in two thousand and seventeen appears to have been carried over into two thousand and eighteen he has helped countries switzerland lift the hopman cup in perth now federer won his singles match against germany's out scientists their effort to bring the level up to team from the bench it lost the opening time to actually heather but the combination of bench it chan federer proved too strong for the germans in the fast forward doubles format this west pair winning for three

four two it is a first hopman cup win for this way since two thousand and one when federal was also part of the team. well number six alina selena has become the first time to win a two thousand and eighteen only twenty three year old face qualifier alexandra sussan of it the final of the brisbane international to salina coming out on top in a relatively easy fashion six two six one this temp for singles title australia in control of the fifth and final ashes test against england in sydney after the third day the hosts closed on four hundred seventy nine for that gives them an overall lead of one hundred thirty three with two days still to play just top scored for the australians one hundred seventy one shaun marsh will be eyeing a century on the fourth morning he is on ninety eight not out playing in the ashes with a dream and did that winning an ashes with a dream one. scoring under the ashes there's always been something that i've always

liked. done that now is really rewarding day. and having it my family around and to my friends in the grandstand today which is not the time yet there are vastly more india facing south africa in the low scoring first test in cape town the visitors were bowled out for two hundred nine in their first innings the south africans are sixty five for two in this second dig with an overall lead of one hundred forty two. now the world's biggest annual off road rally race is getting underway in peru it's the fortieth edition of the dakar rally which started in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine as a race from paris to the capsule of senegal a total of three hundred thirty five bikes quads calls and trucks are setting off from lima they will spend six days navigating through the desert jeanne's of peru before reaching the next country on the route bolivia and this will probably be the

hardest part of the races they compete at a high altitude for three days top competitors will need to deal with out she's sickness and extreme changes in weather before hitting the last five sages through argentina after traveling nearly nine thousand kilometers the race will conclude in the city of cordoba on january the twentieth. the world's most informed skier has won again just over a month before the start of the winter olympics in pyung chang mckayla shifrin clinched the giant slalom race in slovenia on saturday is her thirty nine world cup victory and that means she's hope way too much in the win record of her american teammate lindsey vonn who is the most successful female skier of all time at just twenty two schifrin has eleven years on vonn she's undefeated from three races in two thousand and eighteen now shifrin will have an unlikely teammate and chang aaron jackson only took up speed skating four months ago after dominating inline

skating she's a three time road a sports athlete of the year but she surprised herself and everyone else in milwaukee by qualifying for the limpid five hundred meter race next month she's the first black woman to make u.s. long track speed skating team. fans of the cleveland browns n.f.l. team have held a parade to celebrate will they cool a perfect season a perfect season of losing that is the browns lost each of their sixteen games throughout the regular season just the second team in n.f.l. history to do so and despite temperatures in the minus twelve degrees several thousand fans gathered at the stadium series of floats including a coffin traveled around the ground in the shape of a sea of. prey didn't go down well with cleveland's manual but he tweeted don't call yourself a true browns fan if you go to that thing going oh and sixteen was embarrassing enough as a player that is like adding fuel to the fire and it is completely wrong. all right well that is all useful for now have more but it's back to mariam in london thanks

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and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not go all well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives at this time on al-jazeera the latest news as it breaks the government of mali so mikey has pushed to have as a result of laws that it says will make argentina's economy more competitive state with detailed coverage in two thousand and sixteen when the government stops us doesn't read all the cost of college or jumped by sixty percent the queues disappear at least for a year from around the world the military and the establishment in the capital bangkok know that it's very difficult for them to win support in parts of thailand like this. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between criminal bosses it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question is for throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i

was just a nominee director we're doing a investigation into. ukraine could you have a bribes you've been corrupt been not corrupt i did just what the president say al-jazeera investigations the only go at this time. i consider it a work of fiction. president trump dismisses the book that raises questions over his mental health and describes himself as a stable genius. and on the cloud is out there along.