north korea plans to send a team to the winter olympics and south korea calls for more cross border reunions but the first formal talks to you. alone down in jordan this is live from doha also coming up chinese media say

a body has been recovered from the scene of a collision between an oil tanker and a freighter. the french president emanuel micro set to meet with the chinese leader in just a few hours time we'll have a live report plus. salvadoran immigrants in the u.s. are given a deadline to meet or face deportation. north korea says it will send a delegation of athletes supporters and officials to next month's winter olympic games in south korea kyung yang is holding its first high level talks with seoul since twenty fifteen south korea has also proposed to the two sides hold military talks to reduce tension on the peninsula. but is a number. we came to this meeting today with the serious and sincere attitude and with the thought of giving our brother and who have high hopes for this dialogue

invaluable results of the first president of the year when the going to do so is our talks resume after the north and south korean ties have been severed for a long time but i believe the first step is half the journey i would like to hold this meeting with tenacity and perseverance we're joining us now from seoul is our correspondent kathy novak who exactly is in these delegations and what's been happening so far. well those men we are hearing from there are the men in charge of into korean relations on both sides of the border so you have the south korean unification minister and his north korean counterpart accompanied by their deputies and also representatives of the sports and culture ministries and in charge of the olympics and as you mentioned one of the news lines that we're hearing coming out of this meeting that is ongoing is that north korea has agreed to send a high level delegation to the winter olympics that will be taking place here in south korea next month we understand that will include

a take quando demonstration squad as well as a cheer squad and further details are still to be discussed south korea a once the two countries to march together in the opening ceremony and as you mentioned it is also proposed the holding of talks to arrange family reunions for members of families that were separated by the korean war these are rare reunions that only take place once every few years or so and the people who are on the list to take part are increasingly aging and passing away without having the chance to be reunited one last time with their family members on the other side of the closed borders so these sorts of reunions are always extremely emotional occasions and south korea has been pushing for another reunion for some now and it hopes for some time now rather and it hopes that one can go ahead to coincide with the lunar new

year next month daryn and kathy as we were saying the winter olympics is the platform for these talks what is the hope that could be expanded to take in missile launchers and u.n. sanctions. well the fact that these talks are going ahead at all are being seen as a positive step certainly here in south korea the government here really wanted to have this north korean delegation in the country for the winter olympics as a show of peaceful unity so it would very much welcome this news that north korea has agreed indeed to attend the olympics but going forward it does want to discuss bigger issues and that's why it would have raised this issue of family reunions the suggestion of military talks to defuse tensions at the border itself but also the bigger picture of promoting the denuclearization on the korean peninsula south korea does not want to see another war here on the korean peninsula and the broader

goal of south korea japan the united states and the allies is force north korea to give up its nuclear weapons program north korea has shown no sign of being willing to do that and some skeptics say that in the past talks have broken down and talks like this are an opportunity for north korea to extract concessions from south korea but then refuse to give up anything in return but as i say the south korean government for its part would see this as a positive step forward and would want to continue this dialogue and engagement with the north korean future daryn thank you know it's the second day of french president official visit to china the tour in the suburban city with his wife he's due to meet the chinese leader to discuss issues ranging from north korea to climate change let's get more now from our correspondent rob mcbride he joins us live from beijing so rob how is the money will not cross state visit being received there in china would have both leaders but up to. as you can imagine

daryn it is being treated here very favorably some media even calling it a milestone in franco chinese relations as you mentioned there macron has met with xi jinping monday evening here in beijing with their respective wives it was a very amicable meeting so amicable it seems that mack brown is now stated that he wants to make visiting china and annual event during his presidency coming here once again gives an indication of the importance of china to your of the e.u. is china's biggest trading partner now and macron is arguably the most influential european leader right now and gloom urkel of germany as we know has domestic political problems britain is busy breck sitting so it really leaves it to macron to be the standard bearer for the e.u. more talks take place here more formal meetings between macron and she jim ping

later today choose day when we can expect also trade deals to be signed and the all important communique summing up the main point of this visit down the road one of the big issues there of course is the environment and china's continued support for the paris climate accord. that's absolutely right especially given the withdrawal the shock withdrawal of the united states from that accord france really looking to china to reaffirm its commitment to being the world's biggest emitter of c o two and i think it's interesting to point out down that this visit state visit takes place under perfectly blue skies in beijing it's not often we get a chance to say that normally at about this stage during a northern chinese winter we have experienced down have reported on at least ten or fifteen hazardously high pollution days with air pollution from the burning of coal

now this year china has stated as a climb down on the burning of coal in northern cities as a way of reducing air pollution and it seems to have worked it is a controversial move and in fact it's have to backtrack now on some of that because many cities in china are actually cold there is not enough replacement gas to burn instead of coal so china is allowing some coal to be burned but it gives you i think a sense of the kind of power that china has to assert its control over the environment and import duties for france that it has that kind of commitment still on board to the paris climate accord to robert right there in beijing rob thank you and iranian oil tanker that collided of the freighter of china's east coast at the weekend is still on fire a dozen rescue boats have spent three days trying to control the blaze is free of the tank i'm explode and sink about a dozen search and rescue ships are also looking for thirty one crewmembers who are

still missing the body of one was found on monday let's get the latest agent brown who's near shanghai and joins us live adrian just bring us up to date with what's been happening is the oil slick actually moving already. well we don't know if the oil slick is in fact moving daryn that will depend i think in large part on the currents but we do know for sure is that currently two operations are taking place in international waters some one hundred sixty nautical miles away from me out in the east china sea one operation is to try to find the missing thirty two crewmembers of that stricken iranian oil tanker the other operation is to try to put out the fire that broke out on that tanker following its collision with another vessel on saturday evening but the operation is being hampered in part by poor weather out at sea and also by the toxic fumes now the oil tanker is carrying more than a million barrels of outre light crude oil known as condensate so this is

highly toxic it's also colorless odorless which makes it very hard to detect so that's one major challenge still confronting the rescue teams the other of course is is what do they manage to do if they do actually put the fire out which at the moment i have to say seems very unlikely the hopes of that happening diminishing like the chances of finding you know any survivors what they really worry about of course is that you know should the fire be put out that the vessel would sink taking all those barrels of oil with it and eventually over time of course that oil would gradually seep out wreaking you know real environmental destruction destroying the fishing grounds in that area now this is all happening in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and on choose day morning the maritime of dorothy's here in shanghai said that as far as they knew traffic was not being affected going

into or out of the port of shanghai one of the world's busiest ports but they did say an exclusion zone was now in force which meant that no vessel could go to within ten kilometers of the accident site and it's possible that is this rescue operation continues that the exclusion zone would have to in fact be widened thank you. well so to come here and al-jazeera including a blow for. a major drug company into finding q. . and a new. speech at the golden globes speculation that media mogul oprah winfrey could make a run for the u.s. presidency stay with us.

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welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera north korea says it will send a delegation of athletes supporters and officials to next month's winter olympic games in south korea young young is holding its first time level talks with sol since twenty fifteen south korea has also proposed the two sides hold military talks to reduce tension on the peninsula. and iranian oil tanker collided with a freighter off china's east coast at the weekend is still on fire a dozen rescue boats have spent three days trying to control the blaze that's for the tonka to explode and sink. now the u.s. government has decided to end the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador protesters rallied against the

move outside the white house people from el salvador were allowed to live and work in the u.s. after two large earthquakes hit the country in two thousand and one is rob reynolds . ricardo escobar makes his living improving the houses of people much wealthier than he now the migrant from el salvador may be expelled from the country where he's lived worked and raised a family for nearly two decades by then this is a country the immigrants. all the world has immigrated here and i think he. was in washington demonstrators gathered in front of the white house monday protesting a decision by the trumpet ministration to take away temporary protected status or t.p.s. for more than two hundred thousand salvadorans they had been permitted to live in the u.s. following disastrous earthquakes that struck their homeland in two thousand and one this issue you know where he wasn't completely unexpected but he's real and he

makes me sad i have had members of the union call me. crying because of this decision hired me what are we going to do the trumpet ministration says t.p.s. was never meant to be permanent and that social disruptions caused by the earthquakes no longer exists. last year the trumpet ministration stripped temporary protective status from tens of thousands of people from eighty to nicaragua living in the u.s. . el salvador is one of the world's most dangerous places it had the highest murder rate of any country in two thousand and fifteen powerful gangs operate with near impunity and poverty and unemployment are dire escobar does not want to bring his family there but they you know i worry a lot about my children if my son goes there go force them to join

a gang and if you refuses the killing activists say political pressure is needed to reverse the decision and that many children of salvadoran parents were born in the u.s. and thus are american citizens boarded two hundred thousand u.s. citizen children then you have been voting your age so today i'm not asking i want to be as rogue or families and browse into grants who stay at home are u.s. citizens and then a vote you know some action kind of vote in twenty an administration has given the salvadoran residence eighteen months to find a way to obtain legal status or leave the u.s. forever. in el salvador the foreign minister urged salvadorans in the us not to become agitated but he made. the first thing i want to tell people is they need to remain calm we have another eighteen months between march this year and september

twenty ninth tain but it's difficult for people to stay calm when their families futures are on the line rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. one person has been killed during an anti-government protest in tunisia demonstrators clashed with security forces in the town of that's near the capital tunis protests have spread to as many as ten towns as discontent grows against austerity measures that have led to tax hikes and increased prices for basic goods. at least two people have been killed after protests across the dan of a rising bread prices the governments want demonstrators that acts of destruction will be met with force police have been arresting opposition leaders and confiscating newspapers to control the situation and some of the reports. there is anger in the sudanese capital to them in videos posted on social media people in small numbers have been protesting against a sudden increase in prices of basic commodities. it's not limited to southern.

almost half of this it is also that protesting now but the voters. because it's the. cd in a very hard and violent way. read is the most important staple for more sudanese and the prices have gone up after the government began a series of reforms to improve the economy the government stop importing greek since last month hoping that it would create competition between private companies and bring down prices but bakeries say they have raised prices due to a shortage of flour and oracle have a low in line if they don't because vermont has flour is subsidised by ten percent and they are saying they will remove it next month is one hundred sixty and next month it will reach five hundred fifty pounds and that's an increase of three hundred to four hundred percent. yeah newbie mismanage the price might be ok for me but not for other people some families couldn't even afford it when it was one

pound in line with recommendations by the international monetary fund subsidies are being eliminated sudan recent the devalued its currency and now the dollar is worth eight hundred sudanese pounds instead of seven last year the us government east financial sanctions against sudan which led many to believe that there is an economic boom on the way. as a lot of because the sanctions ended we were pleased he began to rearrange our lives but we are certain prized that life is getting worse. some say there was too much expectation for change too soon it will because the sanctions were lifted just a few months ago many people are very likely to you that well now the site has been lifted maybe you're going to have a magic question for which it was lifted yes then today you're conditions actually change which is not nestle the case but of course that is politics also this government continues to be rather repressive. the interior minister has denied that the demonstrations are indisposed to the hike in prices he told the state news

agency that protesters who cause destruction will be dealt with force in recent weeks and the security forces arrested three opposition leaders and broke the seal of six newspapers but the unrest hasn't ended. at their. egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of the upcoming presidential election so i think had said in the vendor he intended to run later this year it was widely seen as a serious challenge it president of the c.c. a new york times report says the think could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race is jamal a child despite being arguably the most powerful institution in the country egypt's military intelligence appears to have its weaknesses on sunday the new york times said it had received older recordings of phone calls made by a military intelligence officer the leaks suggest how the army tightly controls and directs media outlets in egypt. in the recordings an officer named

a chauffeur who really makes a number of calls to talk show hosts and other famous president ologies instructing them on what they must say in the wake of president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize drucilla as the capital of israel by beloved dog and i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel there have to be compromises if you reach a point where jerusalem becomes the capital of israel and ramallah becomes the capital of palestine in order to end the war and avoid more death and we could probably do that aside from showing how egypt under president opted for the has c.c. is apparently willing to accept and supports israel's illegal occupation of jerusalem the leaks also demonstrate just how little media freedom there is transcripts of a second set of audiotapes were published in the new york times on monday this time focusing on the upcoming presidential elections in egypt in these clips the same intelligence officers heard talking about former prime minister ahmed shafik who

had announced his intention to run for president should fix desire for the top job led him to be placed under house arrest and then deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile his lawyers say he was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. but that and we won't attack she feet if he gives up his candidacy any but if you insist on running for president we will attack him strongly and we will show his videos with the muslim brotherhood and you know there are some groups from general intelligence who supports if you will keep an eye on them coincidentally on sunday evening tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for

the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how cc's egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for liberation for others it simply confirms what they have known all along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. of jersey or turkey is to extend its state of emergency for a further three months it was due to expire on january nineteenth it's the sixth time it's been extended the state of emergency was imposed after a failed coup attempt on july twenty sixth seen thousands of people suspected of involvement of since been arrested many from the government and the military and iran is warning it may reconsider its cooperation with the un's nuclear watchdog unless the us on as the agreement it signed with tehran and international powers in twenty fifteen president trump has refused to certify the deal which lifted sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program saying as robbie has

more from the iranian capital. leaders in iran are again gearing up to defend the nuclear deal finally signed in two thousand and fifteen after years of delays on monday president hassan rouhani had this reminder donald trump has failed every time the white house has tried to confront iran. and the foreign ministry warned washington not to do anything it might regret. we have to wait for their decision as for iran stance we've made all the necessary predictions about any scenario and all options for different situations are on the table depending on what the united states decides to do. at a security conference in tehran attended by foreign dignitaries and regional allies iran's defense minister told us that the u.s. is orchestrating artificial conflicts in the middle east to create perpetual war and they've usually catch and we understand well why do us especially the us are

pursuing iran of hope this is a total american story that says for the progress of america's economy staging wars is inevitable so from their perspective it's necessary to produce permanent war intention to sell weapons. iran's foreign minister zarif is scheduled to meet his european union counterpart later this week in brussels the e.u. has been a vocal supporter of the nuclear deal and talks are expected to focus on how to save it from collapse in the face of u.s. threats there is broad international support for all sides to remain committed to keeping iran from restarting its nuclear enrichment program but the fact that it would only take a few days to do so will no doubt be on the minds of iran's enemies as well as its allies same bus route all just here at death row now alzheimer's and parkinson's victims have been dealt a blow with the drug maker five deciding to end its research into the diseases here's john henry. the decision by drug maker finds or to end its expensive high

risk research into all timers and parkinson's disease marks a devastating blow for tens of millions of people around the world in a statement pfizer says this was an exercise to reallocate spending across our portfolio to focus on those areas where our pipeline and our scientific expertise is strongest the alzheimers association says it's disappointed that pfizer is ending its investment in neuroscience research pharmaceutical companies have long argued that the more money they have available for research the more patients would benefit it was a sales pitch pfizer c.e.o. made in washington last march our responsibility is to produce the best and greatest medicines we can they make the biggest impact on human life this industry needs to have a return that allows it to continue to do its research although president trump answered that call in part with the largest corporate tax cut in u.s.

history pfizer like many other companies is not plowing the benefits back into research it's just announced a plan to use the tax break to benefit its investors by buying back ten billion dollars of its own stock pfizer which makes the lucrative pill viat does say it plans to detail its plans to create a neuro science fund later this year but that's likely to come as cold comfort to the more than seven million people across the globe living with parkinson's in the forty four million living with alzheimer's john hendren al-jazeera. people close to media personality and business woman oprah winfrey say she's considering a run for the u.s. presidency the hash tag twenty twenty began trending on twitter on sunday gave a rousing speech at the golden globes awards in hollywood. the new day is on the rise if i were his best known for a talk show which made her billions of dollars know the talk is of oprah running for president for too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to

speak their truth to the power of those men but their time is up. comments at the golden globe awards in hollywood and several standing ovations was described as inspiring by those in attendance and brought the hashtag oprah twenty twenty trending on twitter but while the idea has growing support the media giant has already said she doesn't want to run for office wondering if you've narrowed down your shortlist of b.p. candidates. and how she's lost her mind how. donald trump went from a hugely popular reality t.v. show to the presidency his star power in name recognition his brand help significantly several democrats have been named as possible candidates for twenty twenty kemal harness cory booker joe biden elizabeth warren and kiersten jila brand are just a few of the names being thrown around none are as well known as oprah but one political analyst strikes a note of caution i think that's

a very huge and tremendously for someone who has operated as a media personality moving into the space of governing we are we're already seeing how that hasn't worked out fully as many people had hoped it would oprah has done nothing to them don't speculation of a presidential run for the still two years before the race for the white house starts to get really serious was alan fischer al-jazeera washington. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al jazeera dot com that's down to zero dot com. all right time for a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera north korea says it will send a delegation of athletes supporters and officials to next month's winter olympic games in south korea the only one was holding its first high level talks with souls

in the twenty fifteen south korea has also proposed the two sides hold military talks to reduce tensions on the peninsula. we came to this meeting today with a serious and sincere attitude and with the thought of giving our brother and who have high hopes for this dialogue valuable result of the first president of the year from the flu to our talks resume after the north and south korean ties have been severed for a long time but i believe the first step is half the journey i would like to hold this meeting with tenacity and perseverance at least two people have been killed after protests across the down over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student who was killed during protests in the city of janina police have arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in an effort to clamp down on the unrest. the us government has decided to end the temporary protective status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador protesters

rallied against the move outside the white house people from el salvador were allowed to live and work in the u.s. after two large earthquakes hit the country back in two thousand and one iranian oil tanker that collided with a freighter of china's east coast at the weekend is still on fire. dozen rescue boats have spent three days trying to control the blaze and it's feared the tanker may explode and sink. iran is warning it may reconsider its cooperation with the u.n. nuclear watchdog unless the united states almost the agreement it signed with tehran and international powers and twenty fifteen president trump has refused to certify the iran nuclear deal it lifted sanctions in return for the scaling back ten rounds of nuclear program. turkey's to extend its state of emergency for a further three months it's the sixth time it's been extended it was imposed after a failed coup attempt in july twenty sixth seen thousands of people suspected of involvement have since been arrested but those are the headlines the news continues

here on al-jazeera after counting the cost of that subject i thought. there were over forty charges as i recall of primarily he was material support the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the usa they were considered to be a legitimate american charity because we weren't able to see the secret we were unable to tell and in a two part series al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called terror the holy land falling at this time on al jazeera. i'm adrian figure and this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job we'll look at the.