stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question minister throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just nominee director we're doing the investigation into. ukraine could you say bribes you've been corrupt or a corrupt they did just what the presidency council zero investigation is the only goal this time. thirty two people missing after a freighter collides with an oil tanker in the east china sea. no this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead at least seventeen people were

killed by government airstrikes in syria's eastern ghouta area. arm come on the high rally in the wall where anger it growing over the issue of the ballot diner encouraged me and from street to tweet. and the status of refugees could become a key issue in coalition talks in germany. first chinese and south korean teams as searching for thirty two same is missing after an oil tanker they were in collided with a freight ship in the east china sea the tanker operated by iran's top oil shipping company caught fire after the collision it was carrying one hundred thirty six tons of crude let's get the latest from our correspondent in beijing rob mcbride rob what more do we know about what happened. that's right the concern at this

hour is very much for the crew members who are missing as you said this isn't a rainy and oil tanker and most of the crew are a rainy and some thirty to be exact with two bangladeshis the crew on the other vessel we are told is there as a crew of twenty one all of those have been accounted for they have been rescued this collision it seems took place at eight pm saturday saturday evening beijing time a location around thirty thirty three hundred kilometers off china's east coast in the east china sea it seems as though the vessels the tanker was heading to south korea it's called the sangi with thousands of tons of iranian oil on board and it seems as though the bulk carrier carrying grain was heading in the opposite direction we were told that that was heading for southern china there are eight vessels have been sent from the chinese maritime more thorough to the scene of this and given the proximity in waters between south korea and china we also know that

they are being assisted by a south korean coast guard one of their vessels and an aircraft and the tanker carrying out hundred thirty six tons of crude oil i imagine a lot of environmental concerns right now. there are and what is also of great concern is the fact that it has been a blaze for so long and it's not known in fact if the crew has it under control or a fact if the fire is under control it caught fire after the collision twelve hours later it was still a blaze and we have been told that there is an oil slick now some of the vessels that have been dispatched to the scene they are specialist cleanup vessels typically what happens in collisions like this involving oil tankers is some of the vessels will be specialized equipped with things like detergents to try to break up all slicks also floating booms to try to contain the oil but all of this is weather

dependent and we know that weather conditions in the east china sea are deteriorating and also given the proximity there are concerns just about the prevailing currents and winds if there is an oil slick developing which way this will head it seems to be in seas between china's east coast between south korea and the southern coastline of japan all of those people will be watching this with some concern for rob mcbride in beijing thank you very much for that update. now to pakistan where several groups which are facing pressure from the government are holding a demonstration in the northwest and city officials are they include a dollar the organization of the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks suspect this eight pakistan has recently blocked donations to groups named in a u.n. security council sanctions list u.s. has suspended hundreds of millions of dollars a security aid to pakistan accusing it of being a safe haven for terrorists that speak to our correspondent who joins us live from

that rally in the shower come on tell us first about the goose that are taking part in this demonstration and what they're hoping to achieve. this is going to be. spread across bloggers on were being the second to do the last . in which. the border turned up to condemn the american move to move to. do something with your logic. but they did likely to continue for the next few week and comes after dime when the government does tricks on a group. charity organization. to what extent has the decision by the us to suspend military aid to pakistan put

pressure on the government. and. on the pakistani government in all we see them take further action against. well those communications between the americans and. the u.s. and the pakistanis just concerned that they're still continuing. spoke about general walker. spoke to the budgets on the military chief show while that is talking the tape from the americans of stopping all that. but the thing that this is unacceptable is because since two thousand and one everybody. have lost their lives over one hundred billion dollars financial loss and what the americans are talking about. so that is considered.

a measured response from gets done as part of the job and the organization all of. this concern to do is only. gets done because of the jetted to go do something that the government grid find difficult to do although they say they're determined to do so and they are saying that they were tried to dry up all the funding that goes into that cavity out thank you for that come on hind end i forced our pakistan. jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state after u.s. president tom's decision on jerusalem some members of the organization of met in amman have been protests in jordan after the u.s. president recognized them as israel's capital. our goal is to overturn the american decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to assert that it has no legal effect. we have specific requests the most important of which is the

recognition of a palestinian state with jerusalem as its capital according to the june the fourth nine hundred sixty seven borders. meanwhile the new york times is reporting that egypt has asked media in egypt to pay down opposition to president trump's decision on jerusalem in leeds for recordings a senior intelligence officer reportedly told leading t.v. talk show host to influence of us to back the decision despite public condemnation the newspaper quoted captain kohli asking holes how is jerusalem different from ramallah which is a current base of the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank the officer was quoted telling the talk show host and intifada would not serve egypt's national security interests and could revive hamas him out harvey is director of research and analysis at the arab center in washington d.c. he says they seems to be a disconnect between the palestinian cause and what arab leaders want. generally

speaking that abode has been quiet and actually it has been quiet but a long long time everybody knew and everybody knows what the israeli government has been up to or for decades right now so you know that this is not the be and you think donald trump just simply made sure that this decision was taken but he must have reviewed thought that it's a good step and arab regimes would probably support that it's a problem and that got us in as would have to have to do something about it which is always be a problem the arab street is not necessarily with the arab rulers on this issue a lot of street still believe that the palestine issue is the central issue and jerusalem is the most central of that's an issue you know the muslim world definitely i think is the same way it's a problem that is a basically a bifurcated position you know between the peoples of the arab and muslim worlds

and the leaders of the arab and muslim world and. the palestinian equation itself has to also. come to terms with the with the with the problem with the arab and muslim worlds and the palestinians themselves have to be take up the mantle for their own. cause in fairy at least seventeen people have been killed by government s. rice and shelling in the rebel how suburbs of damascus to when a spike in violence in eastern guta in recent weeks activists say is coming under bombardment almost every day about four hundred thousand people are believed to be chapstick amish the breton gordon is an advisor to a coalition of medical charities in syria he says there can't be more than one hundred twenty children in need of urgent medical care in eastern built. the last ten days it's been horrific the about tax particular. christmas and new year period we've seen over ten hospitals attacked and put out of commission in both.

the damascus suburb the rules say in live we currently have on twenty point children and four hundred i don't see any urgent support all we absolutely need syria is a seesaw so the most seriously injured children are treated. to a head on al-jazeera aid agencies say at the end to bring the refugees back home is a farce that. palestinians protest against the arrival of the greek patriarch and all the dots christmas celebrations accusing him off the trail . hello and welcome back we're going to see some quite snowy weather conditions

across parts of the peninsula over next twenty four hours in a big area of low pressure here which is going to give some to stow weather some really strong winds blowing in across about the eric audience already for a some parts of spain some wet weather central areas seen some heavy snow fall in other parts here weather conditions somewhat quieter especially across southeastern areas where it should remain largely draw and fine ten degrees and ankara sixteen in athens northern areas on the chilly side there temperatures around freezing only five in london but still the low pressure center sitting there in the western part of the mediterranean you also have an influence on the other side of the mediterranean with some snow over the atlas mountains and some rain for low levels of morocco the same really goes for algeria and eventually to this is that low pressure moves further towards the east over the next forty eight hours where eastern parts on the coast germany dry and fine karo sunshine there and highs in the low twenty's central parts of africa generally looking pretty good all the way from uganda across the r.c. towards kabban but to west africa is dry and fine plenty of sunshine here by

staying in ghana with highs of thirty one further towards the south tropical cyclone even continues to drop some very large amounts of rain on madagascar.

you're watching al jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories chinese and south korean teams is searching for thirty raney and into bangladeshi sale is missing after the oil tanker they were in collided with a freight ship in the east china sea the tanker which was carrying one hundred thirty six tons of crude oil has caught fire the freight ship was also damaged but all people on board that vessel have been rescued. in pakistan several groups including some banned by the government are holding a protest rally in the northwestern city of they include jamaat two dollar led by the main suspect in the two thousand and eight will by a times this comes up to the u.s. suspended hundreds of millions of dollars of security aid to pakistan accusing the government of not cracking down on terrorism. and at least seventeen people have

been killed by syrian government strikes and shelling in the rebel house suburbs of damascus activists say eastern ghouta is coming under daily bombardment about four hundred thousand people are believed to be chopped there. in myanmar six soldiers have been injured in an attack in the western rakhine state the army says they were attacked by a group called the hour can rohingya salvation army this follows a separate incident on friday when homemade bombs were used against a truck transporting government troops meanwhile bangladesh and myanmar say they're ready to go ahead with a plan to bring the hinge refugees back home agencies and the u.n. have called the agreement a farce stratford reports. husband and three children fled the myanmar military crackdown on the river in late december she says a boatman demanded seventy dollars for each person before he ferried them across the naff river into bangladesh more than six hundred fifty thousand ranger have

fled across the border in recent months rights groups say myanmar's military killed around seven thousand ranger men women and children in the first month off of the crackdown began in late august but the bangladeshi and myanmar government already preparing to offer what they describe as voluntary repacked for refugees who want to return to myanmar. like many refugees says she will not go back. no we want to go back not under these circumstances we've been persecuted and brutalized they took all our possessions our crops and cattle he would rather die here that go back under these circumstances. three petri ation agreement is based on a similar initiative by bangladesh in myanmar after a previous crackdown on the regime in one nine hundred ninety two it involves the myanmar government verifying the identity of refugees who want to return but sales

of ranger have never had sufficient identification documents proving their residency. then burma's government stripped them of their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred. nine miles army has destroyed hundreds of range of villages in recent months so the repatriation plan involves putting those returning into temporary camps dealing kluges a role for the un but in what capacity remains unclear. at the present the situation by mark is not conducive for the battery issue hundreds of thousands of refugees here are traumatized psychosocial support. coming to baghdad is on daily basis even. the bangladeshi government is estimated to be spending around four million dollars a day to help house and feed the refugees and it's signed off on a separate plan to move around one hundred thousand refugees from the camps to temporary shelters on

a coastal island that critics say is highly vulnerable to typhoons western governments including the u.s. say myanmar's government is guilty of ethnic cleansing of the predominately muslim ranger they ask who can guarantee the security of the refugees like to sleep her family if they return to myanmar. and how can they go back when their lack of citizenship which is made them so vulnerable to violence and persecution for decades has not changed chance strafford al-jazeera talks between germany's two major parties to form a new ruling coalition are set to resume on sunday a potential sticking point between i'm going to merkel's christian democrats and the social democrats is a refugee crisis they're divided over whether to allow relatives of people who are already in germany to join them domini cain we have area. it's time for nine year old michael 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. in nish for the view of marco germany told them they could come join us here but then a few months ago we were told they could not go the official said you have no documents that prove your brother is related to your parents paid for the papers to compromise then they said they needed to test michael's d.n.a. and now finally they've said that 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. accept 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 points 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 in the political fight in germany is now about how to bring the government together from parties with such differing views from mahmoud and michael mata long it's how to bring their family back together dominant gang al-jazeera in bavaria i jerry is speeding up the process of bringing its citizens home from libya after allegations of exploitation and abuse the repatriations began a few weeks ago after reports that migrants were being sold into slavery and i jerry and foreign ministers has to aircraft are being sent to fly eight hundred people from home from libya in the next few days. the italian coast guard says at least eight people have died and eighty six others have been rescued from a boat off the coast of libya rescue agencies say many more are still missing the international organization for migration calls the mediterranean sea the world's deadliest border one hundred twenty thousand refugees and migrants arrives in italy

by c. last year. now protests against the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed orthodox christmas celebrations in bethlehem demonstrators are angry over the alleged sale of church land to israelis they say it would make it harder for palestinian suicide or own state june reports from bethlehem. the protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the greek orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehem's manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount

a clear and simple we want the patriarch to resign we want to reform the patriarchate and assign a legal committee to evaluate the situation representatives of the greek orthodox church of jerusalem deny the allegations and the handle of the snow. we did not as they claim to sell our lands to the israeli occupation those are old deals the patriarch wants to rectify clarify because all those old deals are detrimental to the right to the patriarch eight and its congregation while this is not the first time the church has been accused of selling some of the numerous properties it owns in jerusalem the outrage now is far greater than it had been before. in manger square despite the marching bands and music a truly festive atmosphere was hard to achieve. the arrival of the patriarch wasn't just protested local officials also gave him a cold shoulder when they refused to welcome him to the square another issue overshadowing celebrations this year is the decision by u.s.

president donald trump to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in the months since that decision was made there but numerous protests in the occupied west bank and it's really contributed to a growing sense of hopelessness amongst palestinian christians forty year old george was sad says he's never witnessed such a song or mood at christmas is the level of the ha ha ha if things remain as is opie pool seek to leave who'd stay here if you see it being so and the city is sad have you ever seen. bethlehem like this thousands would usually be here at christmas the muslims that would show up even before christians palestinian christians in the west bank are worried their relatively small number will continue to do windell and according to a recent study by the daughter of columbia university college twenty eight percent of palestinian christians said they'd leave this region if given the chance highlighting yet again the growing feeling of despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohamed atta bethlehem the occupied west bank.

they've been long queues outside supermarkets in venezuela after the government ordered them to slash prices the cost of items was reduced as rampant inflation in venezuela has risen to above one thousand percent that's led to widespread shortages of food and medicine president nicolas maduro blames economic crisis on an international conspiracy. simply because we arrived early but we couldn't get in the prices were much lower last night but today the prices a normal they were dickie prices elevated compared to the income of venezuelans well most venezuelans. i mean we understand that supermarket chains have a right to increase prices because it's relative but none 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 the us. a prominent republican senator says there is no evidence u.s. diplomats in cuba were targeted with an unknown weapon possibly a sonic

a time senate foreign relations committee member jeff flake conclusion based on classified briefings from u.s. officials it contradicts claims by the u.s. secretary of state that a targeted attack cost several diplomats in cuba to follow me seriously ill in two thousand and sixteen the chump administration partly reversed the obama administration's dealings with cuba by pulling most u.s. staff out of the country. i'm not suggesting that nothing happened. but evidence of the attack of the cuban government. earlier. i have not seen evidence of that said i will talk about what i see in the classified setting. that is inconsistent with the cubans said the. security of. an estimated one hundred million americans are still in the grip of a cold snap at least one thousand people have died because of the severe weather below freezing temperatures hit the eastern seaboard with mt washington and new

hampshire reporting a wind chill of minus sixty eight degrees celsius many cities are working to find shelter for thousands of people who are homeless tension on the korean peninsula casts an early chill over preparations for next month's winter olympics but as host south korea gets ready for talks with the north on tuesday many are hoping for a thaw in relations before the games in the next part of our series looking ahead to the stories set to make headlines this year florence we reports from pyong china . the mountain town of china the site of south korea's first ski resort and it's preparing for another achievement to host the country's first olympic and paralympic going to games some of these slopes will be closed later this month for the event across town finishing touches of being made and people are looking forward to the opening ceremony in february. i'm excited and a bit nervous that i'll be able to watch such

a big event taking place here. it's been such a long time since south korea hosted an olympics event it's a good opportunity to promote the country and especially this area it could also be a chance to improve into korea relations north korea has recently said it may send its athletes to take part in the event something south korea says it welcomes. but security concerns over the north's nuclear weapons development remain organizers how they say this isn't the first time a huge sporting event is held against the backdrop of heightened tensions but of course again safety and security are part of all of the olympic games and so it's a part of our preparations that we do but every other olympic committee has also had the same measures in place so we're working to ensure that everything is in place in time for the games. but an even more unpredictable factor is mother nature for costa temperatures on the day of the opening ceremony could make it one of the coldest in thirty years and the stadium has no roof

a deliberate design to save time and money officials say to counter the cold they're installing when she and will give out hot packs and blankets to spectate. this is a hot time a pocket sized portable heater to give it a good shake the chemicals inside react this packing generates heat the last for at least ten hours put in your pocket you hands out warm and toasty. for those willing to brave the cold it's not easy to get to the venue with a new high speed train from seoul to peel china. south korea also plans to use the upcoming on the pics to showcase what it says will be the most technologically advanced games or should i mention that there's a camera placed on the helmets of competitors spectators can watch the event from athletes perspective in real time on this tablet which uses five g. technology has. no efforts being spec and watched that story right here on

al-jazeera on monday. the first man to command a space shuttle flight has died at the age of eighty seven john young was the ninth man to walk on the moon any z. only astronaut to fly into space on the gemini apollo and space shuttle programs he remained active enough into his seventy's young died in his home in houston texas following complications from pneumonia. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera an oil tanker has caught fire and thirty two crew are missing from after a collision with a cargo ship in the east china sea say she seems are looking for the missing sailors from iran and bangladesh rescuers save the crew of the other ship involved rob mcbride has more from beijing this collision it seems took place at eight pm saturday saturday evening beijing time as

a location around thirty three hundred kilometers off china's east coast in the east china sea it seems as though the vessels the tanker was heading to south korea it's called the songy with thousands of tons of iranian oil on board and it seems as though the bulk carrier carrying grain was heading in the opposite direction we were told that that was heading for southern china. several pakistani political groups including some banned by the government are holding a rally in fish hour this comes after the u.s. suspended aid funding to pakistan in an effort to pressure the government to crack down on terrorists and the groups holding the rallying. led by the main suspect in the two thousand and eight by attacks jordan says the arab league will seek international recognition of a palestinian state after donald trump's decision on jerusalem some members of the organization have met in amman jordanians protested after the u.s.

president recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. in syria the nation's government and strikes and shelling in rebel held a suburb of damascus have killed at least seventeen people activists say eastern ghouta is being bombarded almost every day about four hundred thousand b.c. syrians are thought to be trapped there. the nigerian government is speeding up the process of bringing its citizens home from libya after allegations of exploitation and abuse the repatriations began a few weeks ago after reports that migrants were being sold into slavery nigeria's foreign minister says two aircraft are being sent to libya to fly eight hundred people back to nigeria those are the headlines inside stories next here on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is a very important source of information for many people around the world when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going talk

to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. this fury in the white house as a new book lays bad done all trolls first year in office the u.s. president has slammed it calling the author a loser but what's all the ramifications of this book for the middle east and trumps presidency this is inside story.