beautiful museum so countries around the world have walked to memorialize these events that have shaped them by dition is not about the political events that led up to partition it's about the impact on each person who went through it it's really important that we highlight the stories of humanity hopefully one outcome on this would be that we remember our shared humanity and the shared history. hello and welcome to the al-jazeera. headquarters and. coming up in the next sixty minutes raids across villages in the west bank after an israeli settler shot dead

in the occupied territory. a diplomatic breakthrough with. korea says it will not discuss the nuclear issue in any future talks. with the chairman of a. day after a public break with his boss. mexico city's new drive. for the first time. the israeli army has carried out raids on a number of villages close to the occupied west bank town of nablus after thirty five year old israeli settler was shot dead the army has declared the area of the south west of nablus a military zone there are reports of skirmishes in the villages and fatah tension has been simmering in the palestinian territory since u.s.

president. the united states was recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital fourteen palestinians have been killed in the. west bank and gaza. last week threatening to cut off aid to the palestinians and said jerusalem was the negotiating table let's get more on this now we're joined by. firstly harry what more can you tell us about this man's death and what's happening there now. well this was a thirty five year old man as you say a resident of the. illegal outposts just to the southwest of nablus he was a rabbi a father of six obviously someone of some standing within this relatively small illegal outpost in the area of nablus he was in his car driving along route sixty which is the main route through the area when the israeli military says he was shot

dead from a passing vehicle they're not saying whether it was one or more than one gunman involved but there are reports that there were twenty two bullets that struck struck the car excuse me this man was shot in the neck and the chest taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead as you say they declared a military zone in the area they raided two villages tel and sara they have since come out after some confrontations with locals there holding station by the entrances those villages also raiding a western parts of nablus where some security cameras were confiscated as this manhunt continues and as well as that israeli settlers congregated around checkpoints and threw stones at passing vehicles so a fairly tense situation in the hours after the shooting and to help us understand why this man was being attacked and killed harry this area isn't it's not new to

confrontations. well know the there are a lot of illegal israeli settlements and outposts in the area around nablus as well as that it is well inside the occupied west bank quite a long way from some of the largest settlement blocks that are closer to israel proper so often the kinds of people who live in them are more ideologically driven there have been some scuffles in confrontations just in recent months between people between palestinians and israeli settlers of course not of this level where somebody is actually shot and killed the last fatal shooting by a palestinian on israeli targets that took place at the end of september and another settlement in the occupied west bank in that case the man shot dead three israeli security guards and was himself shot during that incident the difference here is that the perpetrator or perpetrators was still on the run it seems and so there could be potential for further confrontation as the israeli military try to

track them down and also since that last fatal shooting in september we have had that declaration on jerusalem by donald trump so the situation in the palestinian territories is more tense there have been weeks of protests since that declaration by the u.s. president i thank you very much for that for now that's how a force that with all the nations joining us live from west of us and thank you. let's move on to other news now the u.s. state department has praised the outcome of the first high level talks between north and south korea and more than two years the two nations agreed to hold military talks but pyongyang's nuclear ambitions are off the table delegation says its nuclear weapons aren't a problem for the south and so will they at the u.s. consulate we report from seoul. until recently north koreans refused to even pick up the phone when south koreans called the border hotline so it was significant to

see reese on who's in charge of into korean relations for the north korean government stepping over the border into the south he led a five member team of high ranking diplomats into a meeting with a south korean counterpart in what's known as the truce village at panmunjom. our talks resume after north and south korean ties have been severed for a long time but i believe the first step is have the journey with a number of relief we came to this meeting with a serious and sincere attitude and with the thought of giving our brethren who have high hopes for this dialogue invaluable results as the first gift of the year on the meeting did produce results north korea says it will send a delegation of athletes and team members to next month's winter olympics in south korea the south says it will consider suspending sanctions if it helps north korea's participation in the games in. both sides have also agreed to hold military talks to prevent accidental clashes and ease tensions as well as conduct other high

level exchanges to improve into korea ties but attempts to discuss north korea's nuclear bomb and missiles program got nowhere with the head of the delegation from pyongyang warning that such discussions could damage relations the north has long maintained that its new pair is necessary to deter an invasion by u.s. troops and south korea's proposal for talks on reunions for family members who've been separated for decades met with little response from the north. despite that many in the south see any talks happening at all as a positive step. i believe these forward diplomatic discussions can result in peace for an a c. the korean peninsula is a dangerous place that's under the constant threat of war and i hope those concerns still become reality and after a year of high tensions on the korean peninsula and in japan and across the pacific

including the threat of military action by the u.s. these talks are already being heralded as a breakthrough florent slowly al-jazeera saw. let's get more on this now we're joined by david wright he's with the union of concerned scientists there you see ethen he focus of on issues related to nuclear weapons he's joining us on skype from boston very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so before we get to the many challenges that remain i do want to talk about the progress that's been made there's talk now that the a limb pick teams the reason the north agreed to me saying with the south for the first time in two years there's talk that the olympic teams will actually march together in chang i mean can we take that as a sign of goodwill and and progress around these talks. well i certainly think so i mean this is something that south korea has wanted to try and have happen for the olympics i think the fact that. it's possible to do this to get

these discussions going is is definitely a very good sign and i think i think south korea has to be very happy about it so there's this progress as you mentioned on that but the north is not willing to talk about denuclearization of the nuclear issue with the south what do you make of them saying that they're not going to do that because they aren't the weapons aren't aimed at the south or aimed at the u.s. is that kind of talk provocateur. well i don't know if it's provocative it's not very convincing. clearly south korea has a stake in all of this. my sense is that north korea is not really interested in trying to talk about the nuclear issue without the even and states the table in the us is the country that it sees as as the biggest threat to its security and i think from the u.s. point of view it would not be very happy if south korea was talking about its north

korea's nuclear weapons and by extension. the u.s. nuclear guaranteed to south korea or u.s. nuclear policies if the u.s. was not at the at the table and so you know in the short term i think that it's not all that surprising that this is the position they took and the u.s. has responded very positively to these talks. but how likely is it to want to participate in talks when the north says things like they have nuclear weapons and suddenly at the u.s. . well again i don't think that it's terribly surprising i think the question is whether or not. washington will see this as you know as a promising first step and we need to see where it goes secretary of state tillerson has talked about the importance of giving talks going and he said you know we could even talk about the weather but the idea is to sit down and talk. if that's the attitude then i think this would be seen as a as

a promising opening on the other hand you know president trump and others have said that north korea has to prompt most to put its its nuclear arsenal on the table to be able to talk about it and it's not clear to me at this point the north korea is is really going to be willing to do that they've worked very hard to get to this point so that we may eventually reach a stalemate yeah how much can talks achieve even if all sides at the table when the north and on one hand of the south and the u.s. essentially want different things you know the north wants acceptance as a nuclear weapon state itself the u.s. want dean and you clear eyes ation. by the way i view this there's there's the short term and there's the long term goal the short term is what worries me is that the tensions have been so high that i'm concerned that the two countries could get into some sort of. military conflict almost by accident that the neither the u.s.

stores or north korea want it and so i think in the short term. talks that that can call that down make that less likely very positive the longer term i think it's going to be very difficult because as you say the you know the goals i think of the two sides are quite different and so talking is going to be a very difficult way to square that circle aatma survived thank you very much for your time and your insights into this that statement right joining us live from boston thank you. thank you we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including you. know getting involved i'd like to build. going ahead with his campaign promise but won't president make concessions on a deal to protect young emigrants. accusations that a deescalation in syria has been violated and is turkey and manchester city's new english football season is challenged by a second side. the

u.s. president donald trump's former adviser steve benen has resigned from his role as executive chairman of the right wing news website but this comes just days after a. baton made about trump and his son recently published book fire and fury and it bad in quarter two thousand and sixteen meeting between donald trump jr and a group of russians treasonous well let's get more on this now we're joined by don estabrook she's live for us and washington d.c. did bad and leave on his own accord diana was he pushed. well according to bam and according to breitbart and then left on his own but it seems like he may have been pushed rebecca mercer who is a billionaire donor to republican causes publicly rebukes bannon last week about the comments that he made in the book byron theory she also is an investor in

breitbart and sits on the board there so she may have actually had something to do with him deciding to step down from his position at breitbart and what does this mean. for him and his political career is it over. it's hard to say you know there are a lot of second acts in washington he had a very meteoric rise here in washington took over breitbart in two thousand and twelve four years later he was having president trump's political campaign and then with his white house strategist before he was let go yes a very strong following in this nationalist core of the republican party the question is will that that movement to have legs and will those people forgive him for what he said in the book he there's speculation that he may want to run for president in two thousand and twenty if the president decides not to run so

. i think the litmus test may be the midterm elections this fall he is backing some candidate so if he's successful in getting some of those people elected then he may have a future in politics after all diane thank you very much for that for now that stein estabrook joining us live from washington d.c. thank you now president trump has once again said that he wants a border wall along mexico as part of immigration reforms he also says a bipartisan solution is needed to protect some seven hundred thousand so-called dream immigrants so far the republican controlled congress has failed to reach a deal on their status the dream is used to refer to people who are under the age of sixteen when they enter the u.s. illegally the deal which protects them from deportation expires in march committee how it has more. well certainly there has been repeated speculation about the president's mental fitness when it comes to his presidency those accusations

intensifying in the past week but that may have been countered by a spontaneous press conference by the president a bipartisan appearance of both democratic and republican lawmakers here at the white house that appeared to run in front of the press real time negotiations on a thorny issue that has been under resolvable in the united states for years and that is the issue of illegal immigration as well as border security the president showing that he not only despite accusations to the contrary was engaged in new the issues but he also seemed to signal that there was a willingness to work with his critics particularly when it comes to issues like border security and something known as doc our deferred action on childhood arrivals essentially what to do about thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the united states living here for years but brought here as children many now adults we don't have six months from the start but i think you're going to

negotiate i mean well agreement we won't i mean you know it's possible we're not going to agree with you when it's possible but this should be no reason for us not to get this done a joke i will say when this group comes back hopefully with that agreement this group and others from the senate from the house comes back with an agreement i'm charming i mean i will be signing now the issue of immigration is key to a looming deadline and that is funding the u.s. government that deadline a little more than a week away may have something to do with the fact that republicans democrats along with the president working together in a bipartisan fashion the president is still insisting that he wants funding for his border wall along with southern u.s. border with mexico but seems to be striking a more conciliatory tone with his political opponents that may have something to do with the fact that this is a. election year congressional elections are set to be held. turkey's foreign

minister has some of the ambassadors of russia to protest the violation of a deescalation zone and syria turkey is reportedly accusing syria of breaking the agreement and their push to retake opposition held areas of province russia iran and turkey. in an effort to. support the government of president bashar. damascus and the syrian government's bombardment of the. rebel fighters the desperately trying to cling on to the territory even resorting to talks with syria's ally russia four hundred thousand civilians are struggling to survive the winter with medical and food supplies. the fog of dust from buildings reduced to rubble was still thick as people began transporting the injured and pulling out the dead. twenty three people were killed

in strikes in eastern on monday night. no you made the day to be the warplanes didn't stop day and night they shell only civilians and tall good residential neighborhoods and markets eastern is a short drive to the capital damascus which is remained relatively calm throughout the war but the lives of the four hundred thousand people here are very different the never ending stream of bombs has created shortages of everything from food to fuel. the last two weeks have been especially intense one hundred twenty six people are estimated to have been killed since december twenty ninth. the new i five a the nobody who demand the international community stops the shelling of innocent civilians we don't have any food or mates in here in east ghouta we under siege for a long time and we hope god will help us. syrians contemplating leaving their homes

are faced with a dilemma for example the displaced who sought refuge in opposition held it lib are in danger again it is the largest rebel stronghold and government forces are in the midst of an offensive to regain control tens of thousands of civilians already in dire circumstances have been recorded as displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the onset of winter save shelters among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources people in eastern guta fear if they leave their homes they'll never be allowed to return the un is accusing the syrian government of implementing a policy of force displacement to radically alter the demographic makeup of areas previously controlled by the opposition natasha going to aim al-jazeera. to yemen now with hundreds of thousands of displaced people struggling to survive and calves

without basic health supplies will sanitation more than two million people have been forced to leave their homes since the war began three inhofe years ago but it smith reports. this family will get just a few minutes warm from the fire here in merritt province yemenis who've lost their homes in the civil war are beyond the reach of even the most basic relief that aid groups can provide people here are escaping either hoofy fighters who control the capital or they're escaping as strikes and attacks by a coalition of countries led by saudi arabia two million yemenis have been displaced since fighting began in september twenty fourth scene as if. we left our homes because of the war we found ourselves here without anything we have nothing here but are low we don't have food and the weather is very cold. four hundred sixty thousand displaced people are in camps like these in mera province they don't get any humanitarian assistance. we leave here in despair we have kidney

problems my kids are also sick i have nothing and i can do nothing we urge all countries and international organizations to pay attention to us. disease is rife as well as the world's worst cholera epidemic diptheria is on the increase and following the killing of ten thousand people in the fighting the u.n. says eight million yemenis are on the verge of famine bernat smith al-jazeera. and an al-jazeera bureau in yemen has been forced to shut down their reports the military closed the office and they sell a city of five this video shows security off of the site local activists and journalists have condemned the decision. egypt is set to hold its presidential election in late march the fact that al sisi is yet to announce of he will run for reelection the poll will be the first supervised by an independent of forty six his main rival former prime minister ahmed shafik pulled out of the race last week the

new york times has released a leaked audio suggesting shafiq may have been forced to withdraw. we want to talk to speak if he gives up his candidacy 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 support if you can we will keep an eye on them. staying in egypt and more than two hundred fifty people have been jailed over a protest in cairo four years ago against the alstom of former president mohamed morsy they were charged with causing the deaths of two policemen and other counts of attempted murder and vandalism the sentences range from three years to life in prison more than one hundred defendants were acquitted dozens of people died when he gyptian security forces raided the sit in protest in two thousand and thirteen. right to france now where prosecutors are investigating the u.s. tech giant apple after it admitted slowing down all the older models of its i

phones last month the inquiry focuses on accusations that they've broken french consumer law by attempting to force existing customers to buy new phones that has more from paris. in france one in five smartphone users owns an i phone each new model causes much excitement but not everyone is happy with the u.s. manufacturer a french consumer watchdog has filed a legal complaint saying apple deliberately slows down old i phone models to encourage customers to buy new ones where they they are doing what we call planned obsolescence two or two. for people to buy a new one if it's a marketing strategy. didn't care about three have enough proof to make this. hope says apple uses software updates to slow down its phones the watchdog says

recent updates coming sided with the release of the i phone eight in from such a practice is illegal under french law it is a crime to deliberately shorten the life span of a product in order to try and force consumers to buy new ones but he's found guilty can be punished with a prison sentence a large fine and companies can be forced to pay up to five percent of their annual earnings in paris some apple customers welcomed the investigation. in full work it's important to know what's going on because we are all hostages of multi-nationals marriage and looking one on five borden you find that i have to charge all the time and the opt outs my could slow i think it's done on purpose even though it's illegal here after a flurry of similar lawsuits in the u.s. last year apple admitted to intentionally slowing down its old phones saying it was done to help the long battery life some analysts say the company should have been more transparent everyone knows that their phone starts to lose power after

a certain time and this is actually quite a clever way of dealing with it was interesting is how it's been presented in rather a negative light on think that's apple's fault for not communicating better that they were doing this to help their use al-jazeera contacted apple in france for comment but has not received a reply faced with a criminal investigation though the stakes here for the tech giant are high natasha i'll just paris. still ahead on the news hour cracking down on crime on line with one you know or combating hate speech in germany facing so much criticism. plastic is not so fantastic in the u.k. the use of micro bait as bad and cosmetics and sport the dachau valley defense of the bike favorite comes to a premature end. welcome

back as we look at weather conditions across the americas it's certainly less cold across north america thinks the winds though generally coming in from a southerly direction so quiet across much of the eastern side the united states still some saying this is for parts of canada but temperatures rise and therefore would have paid minus two but there's another area of low pressure further towards the west developing and as that pushes in winter pace going to see the winds turning to the north once again to minus twenty two is a top temperature and plenty of snow across the upper midwest through towards the great lakes but certainly temperatures rising there for both washington and new york further south and into the caribbean region and showers still likely across parts of cuba and through into wards the bahamas we've lost that link through into parts of central america we've had heavy rain for panama and costa rica is looking generally drawing here over the coming days and heat up through the rest of the isthmus it looks generally draw in fine nice day mexico city with highs of twenty

three heading down into south america still quite a few heavy showers likely to be affecting parts of bolivia some localized flooding possible powers maybe not fairing quite so badly we've got some rain across parts of paraguayan but once you get further south it should be largely fine across europe quiet and into argentina with highs of thirty two in point as aries. zerah explores prominent figures of the twentieth century and how why bill rees influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights america. resisted the evils over. to oppress people revenue look at me and continue to think that may grow to be different that what you mean by that about. a martin luther king preached to fix at this time on al-jazeera. discover

a wealth of award winning programming from around the world we need more and find professionals to talk carroty is to model it neo generation to study find powerful documentaries debates and discussions as prime minister we do need to be critical of of all massaging in all sex is a challenge of perceptions the contours of this story are shaped by the interests of the countries involved only on al-jazeera. good to have you with us on the. top stories the israeli army has carried out raids on a number of villages close to the occupied west bank town of nablus after an israeli

settler was shot dead declared the area of the south west of nablus. the u.s. state department has praised the outcome of the first high level talks between north and south korea and more than. two nations agreed to hold military talks but . nuclear program remains off the table. and u.s. president former advisor bannon has resigned as executive chairman of the news website. this comes just days after the remarks that are made about the sun and the recently published book and fury. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many has blamed western powers for the recent unrest in his country how many also suggested regional rival salvi arabia had funded some of the demonstrations he says iran's enemies took advantage of economic problems to try and destabilize the government same he has gotten.

into government protests began last month iran's supreme leader said he would speak about the unrest at an appropriate time knowing who would be the final word. on tuesday ayatollah ali common a blamed foreign intervention by iran's enemies for the demonstrations that resulted in the deaths of at least twenty two people you can. see that even according to evidence there's a triangular part and it was formed by the u.s. and zionists the money came from a wealthy government it appears in the gulf and they had element where henchmen hide his minions but his plot he also had a warning for anyone seeking to use these demonstrations to overthrow iran's government you failed he said and you will fail in the future to i i in his speech the supreme leader said that what he called foreign agents were behind the anti-government demonstrations adopted the slogan of high prices knowing

that that was something that would resonate with many iranians so many acknowledged economic hardships faced by iranian families and admitted the country had work to do to solve its own problems. but people struggling to pay their bills say there needs to be less talk and more action to improve living standards the single most effective the said yeah these protests are because of economic problems people are frustrated they have to pay rent they have university students and their families to sally's are not enough for their expenses that joe make one child that has been some economic depression in society for a while job opportunities have decreased god willing it will get solved we're still not just this said the more economic problems were a preliminary cause but some people and some foreign agents misuse the situation to create tension with one man who didn't speak to us on camera said iran's leaders have been blaming foreign countries for domestic problems for years. and that it's natural for people who are frustrated with their leaders to take to the streets

after all he said that's how the islamic republic of iran came to power in the first place same bus robbi al-jazeera to herat. police intern is here have fired tear gas at demonstrators in the capital who stormed a supermarket during an anti-government protest demonstrations have been taking place since monday when people valid in more than ten towns against the government's planned prize and tax hikes it says the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders but to noisy as prime minister use of child says two thousand and eighteen will be the last year of economic hardship well analysts. says the protests are a sign that the government must take action to address people's concerns with received the tax increases in the new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of inklings of

the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors tyreese that same old view of the little east of trouble not a safe place to invest so the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix the change expectations and help the country flourish the french president a man you met chronos hailing his first visit to china as the beginning of a historic partnership to join china's president xi jinping in promising to promote free trade and combat climate change a vision a vision sharply at odds with that of u.s. president donald trump rob a bride has more from beijing china and france are hailing this visit as a new era for strategic partners. she didn't paying and emanuel mccraw signing multi-billion dollar trade deals from aerospace to nuclear energy projects and reaching what they say is common consensus on a range of issues from climate change to international security.

we have made an agreement to improve global issues we are faced with climate change and terrorism china will be working together with france so we can have a win win situation and develop a new strategy that helps everyone in the world we have both agreed to have open and deep communications macross says his visit is a recognition of china's role on the world stage and she's preeminent position as chinese leader this is mark rance first state visit to china as president and he wants the trip to become an annual event to highlight the deepening relationship between china and europe are growing stronger as their respective relations with the united states become more unpredictable and strained and i think. it is time for european leaders including the french president jacques rogge to really

balance off their relations against the united states with their relations with china macron began his visit in the ancient city of scheana one of the starting points of the ancient silk road. his full support for what president xi calls his belton road initiative new road and rail links seen as the modern day equivalent of connecting east with west is popular here macro will also take away from beijing a recommitment to the paris climate agreement seen as crucial after the united states walked away from it in doing so france and china are positioning themselves as global environmental leaders setting an example for the world to follow briard al-jazeera beijing. now bad weather and a fire complicating the search for thirty two missing sailors off the coast of china they were onboard an iranian oil tanker which collided with a chinese cargo ship on saturday

a fire has been burning on board the tanker for three days and is preventing crews from getting close to it adrian brown has more from near shanghai. the drummer's happening some one hundred sixty nautical miles out in the east china sea it's happening in international waters which is why the response has been international south korea has sent a number of coast guard vessels u.s. military has sent an aircraft to help in the search for the thirty two missing crew members from that stricken iranian oil tanker now the moment there are two operations taking place one to put out the fire that broke out on the tanker the other of course to find those missing crew members now the tanker was carrying more than a million barrels of ultra light crude oil known as condensate it's very toxic it's also colorless odorless which means it's very very hard to detect the priority now is to prevent the ship exploding and then sinking and of course that would threaten

a real environmental catastrophe in the meantime officials in shanghai say there is no evidence that this accident is affecting traffic going into or out of the ports shanghai of course is one of the world's busiest ports officials also say that an exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel can sail to within ten kilometers of the accident site and it's possible that at this rescue operation continue that exclusion zone will be widened now enter the activists and opposition politicians in germany have criticized unusual and converging online hate speech opponents say the legislation allows freedom of expression in germany to be placed by u.s. based multinational companies they've a change of horse from there learn. the first victim of the new law is no less than the deputy leader of the extreme right alternative for germany party beatrix one stork responded to

a new year's eve greeting by police in cologne posted in arabic on twitter the city was the scene two years ago of mass sexual assaults during celebrations most of the suspects were described as being of north african and arab origin in a post on twitter and facebook she asked what the hell is happening in this country do you think it's to appease the barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men stalks accounts were temporarily suspended on the ground she had violated the new hate speech law party said legitimate political opinions had been censored not about censorship but of course this law does give politicians like mrs fun story the opportunity to claim that there is political censorship in germany and to portray herself as a martyr and i think this is one of the biggest political mistakes in passing the end i hate speech law because it helps parties like the if the to transport their narratives into the population and gain greater popularity the justice minister

marx who introduced the legislation said it will prevent calls to murder hate speech and holocaust denial which he described as attacks on other people's freedom of expression but opposition is mounting. the green party is leading the charge for changes in the law. it's a very sensitive area and the question of where freedom of speech ends and the protection of personal rights begins has been determined to the very highest judicial levels in germany for decades the law now is too abrasive and gives too much power to the companies facebook says the legislation is fundamentally new it's unique in the world because of its complexity is a challenge for all involved even though german satirical magazine on the internet has become a victim of the new laws twitter suspended their account after the use of frayed

barbaric hordes while poking fun at the control of a c i spoke to their editor in frankfurt over skype yes. we'll have to keep watching this because funny talk is ambivalent and we know that real people struggle with it how are a bunch of what's going to distinguish german courts struggle as well the magazine is now back online its latest issue has a cartoon of president donald trump asking his secretary of state how they can restore some safety rex tillerson replies stop all this tweeting you idiot david chaytor al jazeera berlin of course in pakistan has granted they all to a cleric accused of inspiring. sophie mohammed will be released from jail due to poor health he's been in prison for eighteen years on charges of sedition and terrorism harmon's also spent time behind bars for training pakistanis to fight u.s. forces in afghanistan. more than two hundred people have been enjoyed in

a train crash in johannesburg the second in south africa and less than a week a commuter service at the back of another train stuck in the station after breaking down south africa's rail regulator as blaming human error signal failure last week eighteen people died when a train had a truck on a level crossing and freestate province landslides in southern california have killed at least six people thousands have been forced from their homes and recent fires have made the area vulnerable to flooding rains expected on wednesday rob reynolds reports from. torrential rain brought devastation to parts of california already ravaged by wildfires only weeks ago. deadly mudslides raced down canyon. near santa barbara leveling homes and leaving behind a. wasteland

a car lay stranded the fate of its own are unknown. rivers of thick gray muck course through upscale neighborhoods and roads were overwhelmed including the major north south coastal highway one hundred one. the recent fires strip steep hillsides of brush and other vegetation that normally anchors the earth in place are the bare landscape makes the soil more susceptible to giving way without warning and heavy rain what happens once the ground gets saturated it starts giving. the beach says out sand get saturated with water it's going to slough off and that's what we're seeing here behind me. as crews work to clear roads and move debris word came that several residents had died in the floods thousands of others were under mandatory evacuation orders the death toll is

expected to rise rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. now one of the well of major drug manufacturers ending three. and disease. to other areas the company. fall off the dollar trump announced the largest corporate tax cut and u.s. history john hendren a poll. 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 oldtimers 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 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 old timers john hendren.

you don't have to take a test to get a driving license of mexico city three people are killed every day and traffic accidents reported. pressure to stay away from bad habits. it's a typical tuesday morning in mexico city and parents drop their children off at school it's a chaotic scene. make up in her rearview mirror another leaves her car in the middle of the street an argument breaks out after a man backs into a vehicle that's being. mexico city is one of the world's most populated metropolises every day more than five million vehicles clogged streets. road accidents are common more than a thousand people die in crashes every year traffic accidents. are now the leading cause of death for children between five and fourteen years old the government says

this must stop as much as wanted to traffic related that's unacceptable because they can be prevented we can do this in steps through new regulations infrastructure that knowledge of some trainings. officials have already reduced speed limits and install traffic cameras now efforts to change driving culture are focused here this is one of the government offices in mexico city where people come to get their driver's licenses or maybe i should say where people come to buy their licenses because all you need to bring here is a piece of government id a utility bill and pay the equivalent of forty dollars and within five minutes you're walking out with a license to drive it's just that easy. but this is changing starting in two thousand and eighteen and drivers will have to take driving courses run by internationally credited schools before applying for a license it's a big change but one that many residents say is necessary but. they still feel

a little bit nervous even though i try to control it but i feel a lot safer to can this course will help me avoid getting into accidents when changing the habits of millions of drivers will take generations but in one of the world's biggest cities the cost of doing nothing is simply too high david mercer al-jazeera mexico city. now a ban on using tiny pieces of plastic in cosmetics has come into force in the u.k. micro beats are used by manufacturers in products like toothpaste face scrubs and shower gels they travel down drains and end up in the sea where this wallowed by fish and other wildlife momentum as growing to clamp down on the use of plastics campaigners are pushing to ban the use of plastic straws which can take hundreds of years to decompose politicians in the u.k. are proposing a so-called latte levy where customers are charged an extra thirty cents when they buy a coffee and a disposable cup. hymens an executive director of the united nations and violent

crime plan and he says much of our waste plastic a single use and could be the place when recyclable materials. obviously a common issue to my spirit that a number of companies are now also contemplating how to replace these products with new have much spread to my can to make the plastic from the taito so sugarcane some of the stuff but in the action from consumers from governments from from from the big big industries together isn't there make them sick and moment here worms plus that you have above this two fish of the drinking water and my previous that are particularly harmful those are so small they become the controller when they get into all these things those are actually should get the g.i. bill the plastic you simply don't need like straws on these microbial something that they have no use this into don't need them then you should find it

placement for those present problems we may need so to preserve too much longer can be a closed by presley is made from by the variable probably materials and those big plastics which are very useful so to make that car to light them then use less gasoline or make it building a tighter that's kind of passive we should decide who is a combination of get the rhythm out we don't need the place but it's useful and the wealthy in the.

thanks very much the international olympic committee has it's ascribed north korea's decision to send the athletes to next month's winter games as a great step forward in the olympic spirit delegation of athletes fans and journalists will be sent to young chang in neighboring south korea the countries have been holding official talks for the first time since two thousand and fifteen after months of rising tensions the i.o.c. says it's now waiting details before deciding which north korean athletes can compete our sports correspondent lee wellings says this is a rare piece of good news for the committee this is a huge relief for them they were worried about a boycott involving russia originally with a huge doping problem they've been worried about the potential of a boycott like ninety eight they're worried about the tensions in the region among those worries don't completely go away but the easing of the tension is

a huge boost for an organization that is how one problem after another when the actual action starts it will be brilliant for the i.o.c. as well because people will be concentrating on some great sport one thing not to expect from the north korean winter olympics is any kind of medal wash or gold or show many competitors the toll it largely revolves around to figure skaters that's room. and can do sic very good partnership of be trying to canada was very hopeful of completing that always been the suggestion they would compete in pyongyang and now they can do that will be a huge relief to them and they have the possibility of a meadow there that good then also of course be a big spotlight on them throughout the games because they might be the only competitors the window still open for the north koreans to qualify but obviously time is running out with that there isn't a lot of strength in winter olympic sport in north korea so it's more about the symbolism and of course it's not just competitors it's also the journalists the

officials the delegation from north korea and the possibility of teams marching together that still exists goes way beyond sport. now here's a look at the history of the two countries at the olympics north korea boycotted the last olympics in south korea that was the one nine hundred eighty eight summer games in seoul twelve years later the two thousand sydney olympics athletes from the two countries walked together under a unification flag for the first time in an olympic opening ceremony four years later they walked together again enough ns but the two thousand and six winter games in turn was the last time the two countries did that at an olympics. the i.o.c. has other big how to date had it before kyung chang has been the involvement of russian athletes in november they ruled that athletes would only be permitted to compete as neutrals after accusations of state sponsored doping before the two russian competitors have formally appealed their lifetime olympic bans the court of

arbitration for sport the court says the final decision on each case will be made by january thirty first a week before the games begin deputy russian prime minister vitaly but cole is also appealing his ban manchester city's near almost flawless season has been tested in the english league cup bristol city took a surprise first half lead from the penalty spot in the first leg of their semifinal but kevin de bruyn levelled the score for the home side in the fifty fifth minute and that was followed by a ninety second minute goal from sergio guerra city skate with a two one victory argentinian football legend carlos tevis is back training with his old club book of juniors and he seems to be feeling right at home which isn't too much of a surprise as it's his third time joining the side to have his was officially unveiled as a book of player on choose day the move comes after shanghai shannon why ended his contract a year earlier the thirty three year old striker played just sixteen games and

scored only four goals in the chinese super league to have as began his career at boca juniors in two thousand and one. a former champion has been forced out of the dakar rally for a second straight days sam sutherland crashed in peru zico desert while leading the bike category joining the four stage the british defending champion had to be airlifted out with a back injury and is being treated in the capital lima. two time champion in the car category had crashed out of the race twenty four hours earlier stefan better hensel is top of the overall standings. well number nine you're on a concert has hit trouble ahead of the upcoming australian open concert was beaten in the opening round of city international by. the defending champion losing in straight sets the year's first grand slam starts in melbourne next monday. twenty sixteen australian open champion actually kerber looks to be heading a form in time for another title till the german is in this year and picked up

another women city against teams williams kerber coming from a set down to beat williams who reached last year's final in melbourne. that was sporting a sumo wrestling has been grappling with controversy ahead of the new season three of japan's top ranked rustlers performed in annual new year ring entering ceremony in tokyo on choose day the year's first term it begins on sunday but the image of the country's national sport has been tainted after an incident at a bar last october a former grand champion and a young rival over the head with the remote control of a karaoke machine he was fined four and a half thousand dollars last week sumo is supposed to be about hierarchy and discipline. it is ok to be strict but only if it's for the sake of the other person and as long as that leadership isn't by six only on your emotions of the game i was really shocked when i first heard about this case for foreigners sumo was

a sport that represents japan and the sport is highly respected by japanese citizens too i didn't expect something like this to happen and tell your sport for now more later. that does it for this news hour but i will be back in stick a couple of minutes with another full of us in fact watching.

the markets. conservation is helping kick the stove to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat at a touch camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty snow leopards as the technology improves we're finding all these ways in which our guesses are are getting corrected the latest evidence suggests they're more cats than previously acknowledged but the snow leopard trust believes it's premature to downgrade the cats on the international list of threatened species. coveted beyond wealth thank you

very much taken without hesitation. at forty and died from. our defines our. people in power investigate exposes and questioned the use and abuse of power around the globe at this time on al-jazeera. raids across the bridges in the west bank often trainset like a shot dead in the occupied territory. welcome to their own life for my headquarters and me out of the parana some.