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a diplomatic breakthrough with seoul korea says it will. in any future talks. to a break with her boss and from five to six days in southern california as heavy rain. and wipes out. 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 to the south west of melbourne a minute there are reports of skirmishes in the villages of tel and. or tension has been simmering in the palestinian territories since u.s. president donald trump announced last month that the united states was recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and fourteen palestinians have been killed in the

unrest in the occupied west bank and gaza since then last week trump threatened to cut off aid to the palestinians and said jerusalem was off the negotiating table are false it has more from west jerusalem. well the israeli military says that this thirty five year old man a rabbi from the illegal outpost of about gilad just southwest of nablus in the occupied west bank that he was in his vehicle on route sixty the main road near that illegal outpost where he lived and he was shot dead from a by a from a passing vehicle the military not saying whether it was one gunman or more but there are reports that twenty two bullets struck the vehicle that he was shot in the neck and chest taken to hospital where he was then pronounced dead at the military responded by declaring a military zone southwest of nablus israeli soldiers entering two villages tel and sorrow there were confrontations with local palestinians in those villages before

the military the soldiers withdrew to the entrances of the villages they also carried out raids within nablus itself west of maybe hoods of nablus seizing security cameras as this hunt for the suspects in this incident continues israeli settlers as well gathered around a checkpoint at least one area throwing stones at palestinian vehicles in response so pretty tense situation in the hours after this shooting nablus itself is surrounded by illegal israeli settlements and outposts has long been an area where there have been clashes between palestinians and settlers the last fatal shooting by a palestinian on israeli targets took place in september when a man entered at a checkpoint at the entrance to an israeli settlement shot dead three israeli security forces members and was then shot dead him self the difference in this instance the perpetrator or perpetrators are still on the run and since then we've had the donald trump decoration about jerusalem so the whole situation in the

palin's palestinian territories is more tense there have been weeks of protest. 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 here. the two nations agreed to hold military talks but pyongyang's nuclear ambitions are off the table it's delegation says its nuclear weapons problem for the south and i aimed solely at the u.s. foreign fluey reports 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. believe 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 in valuable 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 nuclear 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 formal 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 to him 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 florence. saw. u.s. president donald trump's former adviser steve bennett has resigned from his role as executive chairman of the right wing news website breitbart this comes just days after her remarks been made about trump and her son and the recently published book

and fairy and that bad in color 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 car spondon estabrook she's live for us in washington d.c. so bad and breitbart saying that it was his decision to leave but just how likely is that given the massive fallout that we've seen from his comments in this book to him. well that's the word from bannon and breitbart but it might not be exactly as they say one of the a big republican donor is a woman name rebecca mercer who has who is an investor and breitbart and sits on the board there and she hopelessly rebuked bannon last week when these excerpts from fire and fury started hitting the news waves people started hearing about them she sided with president trump and smacked down ban and so there's thoughts that

she might be behind him stepping aside from breitbart so it may not have been just . a parting of the ways it sounds he may have actually been pushed and as well this losing support support from you know high profile people and donors what about political support from people that i'm you know ordinary people that support bad and. is he losing that what next for him and you know this has political career has political ambitions. yeah that's interesting this is a man who had a very meteoric rise in a precipitous fall and he came to breitbart in two thousand and twelve to run the publication and then was tapped in two thousand and sixteen to be c.e.o. of president trump's political campaign and then moved into the white house as a strategist and then was fired last year he was sort of the standard bearer of this nationalistic or of the republican party that helped elect president

trump now the question is are those people going to stick with him or are they going to stick with president trump it looks at the moment like they're maybe siding with president trump that he may be radioactive i think the litmus test may be political candidates that he was trying to back up in the midterm elections if he's able to continue to work with those people he may have a career but you know this is a city where there are a lot of second they act so he may recede to the background lick his wounds and then reemerge later we will wait and see diane thank you very much for that finale that ston estabrook joining us live from washington d.c. thank you. u.s. president trying to pass 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 dream and occurrence the republican controlled congress has failed to reach a date on this status the dream is this used to refer to people who are under the

age of sixteen when they enter the u.s. illegally a day in which protects them from deportation expires and monch. landslides in southern california have killed at least eight people thousands have been forced from their homes recent fires have made the area vulnerable to flooding and moving as expected on wednesday 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 stripped steep hillsides of brush and other vegetation that normally anchors the earth in place the bear landscape makes the soil more susceptible to giving way without warning heavy rain what happens once the ground gets saturated it starts giving. the beach is out. water it's going to slough off and that's what we're seeing here behind me. as crews work to clear roads and debris word came that several residents had died in the floods thousands. others were under mandatory evacuation orders the death toll is expected to rise robert oulds al jazeera los angeles still ahead on the bulletin every ounce of training to planes falling pounds for the contest but admits iranians have genuine grievances and

a want to get away turns into a nightmare for fountains of holidaymakers at a resort in switzerland. through tranquil rave you can you. can. and if gondola. welcome back we've seen quite a lot of cold air pushing a long way south across eastern parts of china into taiwan we're just starting to lose it although still you see how noisy mix of thirteen degrees is pretty chilly than a lot of cloud as well probably some drizzle as well beneath that cloud as we head on into thursday we're not going to see a vast amount of changes staying dry and fine for the most part if not particularly warm and only just going up to fourteen degrees across the rest of indochina not as cold and certainly brighter more the way of sunshine here yangon thirty two degrees much as you'd normally expect heading down south eastern parts of asia we've got a fair few showers across central southern parts of the philippines scattered

showers across borneo java looking a bit better to carter there with thirty one degrees as a high but some heavy showers likely through them in a pinch there for singapore and kuala lumpur will see some downpours but in the forecast on the other twenty four hours that rain becomes quite intense across into port could be some localized flooding here but moving up into thailand across into cambodia and southern parts of vietnam the weather is generally looking dry and fine across into south asia it's dry should expect it smoky i should expect highs to just twenty degrees in delhi further towards the south the risk of a few showers for tamela do through into wards flanker highs of thirty expected in colombo. the way the sponsored by race. explores prominent figures of the twentieth century. influenced the course of history. the struggle.

continued. to fix this time. of having with. these are our top stories the israeli army has carried out raids on villages close to the occupied west bank town of nablus after an israeli settler shot dead it's to clear the area in the south west of nablus and militaries are the u.s. state department has praised the first high level talks between north and south korea and more than. two nations agreed to hold military talks but pyongyang says its

nuclear program remains off the table and u.s. president. has resigned from his role as executive chairman of the right to use the web site bright spot that comes just days after. batting made about trump and his son and the recently published book and fury. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many has blamed western palace for the recent on the west and his country he says iran's enemies took advantage of economic problems to try and destabilize the government saying he has more from. when anti-government protests began last month iran's supreme leader said he would speak about the unrest at an appropriate time knowing his 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. 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 who 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 don't make you quoted on child there's 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 so the more economic problems were a preliminary cause but some people and some foreign agents misused 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. turkey's foreign minister has summoned the ambassadors of iran and russia to protest the violation of a deescalation zone in syria turkey is reportedly accusing syrian troops of breaking the agreement their push to retake opposition held areas of the province

russia iran and turkey agreed on four deescalation zones in may last year in an effort to end the seven year war russia and iran support the government of president bashar al assad while turkey backs opposition groups. police into nazir 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 rallied in more than ten towns against the government's planned price and tax hikes it says the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders but to know that prime minister use of shadow says this year will be the last year of economic hardship well alice klitzman would argue says the protests of a sign that the government must take action to address people's concerns with received the tax increases a new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of including

the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors carries that same old view of the middle east of trouble not a safe place to invest so the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix it to change expectations and help the country flourish according pakistan has granted bail to a cleric accused of inspiring armed groups so if you muhammad will be released from jail on medical grounds is being in prison for eight years on charges of sedition and terrorism and training pakistanis to fight u.s. forces in afghanistan. french president obama who met her on as hailing has visited china as the beginning of a historic partnership he joined president xi jinping promising to promote free trade and combat climate change a vision sharply at odds with that of u.s. president donald trump but mcbride has more from beijing china and france are

hailing this visit as a new era for strategic partners xi jinping 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. sure 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 micron's 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 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 releases against the united states with their relations with china macron began his visit in the ancient city of shan one of the starting points of the ancient silk road. his full support for what president xi calls his belton road initiative a 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 problem bride 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 cargo ship on saturday a fire has been burning onboard a tank of three days and is preventing crews from getting close to it the tanker was carrying more than a million barrels of oil sparking fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea but the chinese government says it hasn't found a large scale oil leak adrian brown has more from near shanghai. the drama is 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 at the moment there are two

operations taking place one to put out the fire broke out on the tanker the other of course to find those missing crewmembers now the tanker was carrying more than a million barrels of oil for light crude oil no 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 port showing no calls as one of the world's busiest ports officials also say that the exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel could sail through the. of the accident site but it's possible this rescue operation continues that

exclusion zone will be widened heavy slower has trapped some thirteen thousand tourists at one of switzerland's most popular ski resorts the snow for stop lifts and blocked ski runs and zermatt train services were also halted some people trying to leave the resort had to be airlifted to nearby villages more than two hundred people have been injured 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 is blaming human error after a signal failure last week eighteen people die when a train had a truck quantum level crossing and free state province. now internet activists and opposition politicians in germany have criticized a new law aimed at combating online hate speech facebook twitter and other social media sites are being forced to remove offensive content or face fines of up to

sixty million dollars opponents say the legislation allows freedom of expression in germany to be policed by u.s. based multinational companies david change of a ports from berlin. 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 heiko marse 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 belin. one of the world's largest. don't have to take

a test to get a driving license on the roads of mexico city three people are killed every day and thousands of traffic accidents reported. government pressure to stay away from bad habits david must have a pool. it's a typical tuesday morning in mexico city and parents drop their children off at school it's a chaotic scene on the prize 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 double parked. mexico city is one of the world's most populated metropolises every day more than five million vehicles clogged streets with 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. traffic related that's unacceptable because they can be prevented we can do this in steps through new regulations infrastructure that no other do some training. 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 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. it's necessary but. i still feel

a little bit nervous even though i try to control it but i feel a lot safer by taking 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. just a reminder that you can always keep up to date with all the news on our website that's at al-jazeera dot com. and again i'm all over the problem and whomp of the headlines on al-jazeera the israeli army has carried out ray vaughan villages close to the occupied west bank town of nablus after an israeli settler was shot dead at the area to the southwest

of novice a military zone harry forces has more from west of are slim well israeli military says that this thirty five year old man a rabbi from the illegal outpost of about the lard just south west of nablus in the occupied west bank that he was shot dead in his car on the main road route sixty from a passing vehicle they're not saying whether it was one gunman or more but there are reports that the twenty two bullets struck the vehicle and that this man was shot in the neck and the chest and he was taken to hospital and pronounced dead in hospital. landslides in southern california have killed at least eight people thousands in santa barbara county have been says to leave their homes or recent fires have made the area vulnerable to flooding and more rain is expected on wednesday u.s. president donald trump's former adviser steve bannon has resigned from his role of executive chairman of the right wing news web site breitbart this comes just days after the remarks been made about trump and his son and the recently published book

fire and fury. the u.s. state department has praised the outcome of the first high level talks between north and south korea in more than two years the two nations agreed to hold military talks but pyong yang's nuclear ambitions remain off the table iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many has blamed western powers for the recent protests in his country he says iran's enemies took advantage of economic problems to try to destabilize the government police into his ears capitol have fired tear gas at demonstrators who stormed a supermarket during an anti-government protest demonstrations against planned attacks and retail hikes began on monday with rallies in more than ten towns heavy snow has trapped thirteen thousand tourists of one of switzerland's most popular ski resorts the slow fall has stopped lifts and blocked ski runs and zermatt some people trying to leave the resort had to be airlifted to nearby villages those are

the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with the inside story is coming up next. anger over the horizon price of bread ensued on the government's warning protesters that they'll be confronted with force if they don't stop with sudan suffering from other problems how much of a threat is the public to president obama. this is inside story.