over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support to terrorism the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the usa i'd definitely said that this was a political trial and the fees were political prisoners because we were able to see the secret i would hope we were able to tell it in a two part series al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called war on terror the holy land falling at this time on al-jazeera world. hello i'm lauren taylor this is the news hour live from london coming up. military admits its soldiers killed ten revenge of muslims found in a mass grave last month. of two hundred feared dead off the coast of libya from one

of the latest. attempt in the journey to europe. police clashed with protesters after a fourth day of anti-government demonstrations. and dozens trapped after affluent area of california already ravaged by wildfires. and i'm sorry. all the day's top sports stories including the international olympic committee set a date of january twentieth to make decisions about the participation of north korean ackley young chang's winter games. military has admitted that its soldiers killed ten ranger muslims captured by buddhist villagers who were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month the army's commander in chief made the

statement on his facebook page and posted a photo of the grave it's thought to be the military's first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown last august triggering an exodus of more than six hundred fifty thousand it says action will be taken against the members of the security forces found have carried out the killings. in children's agency says around one hundred range of children a stranded in myanmar without their parents it says another sixty thousand children a languishing in disease ridden camps inside the country after previous bouts of fighting in twenty twelve. well senior crisis advisor with amnesty international has been researching the situation in rakhine state he joins me live from washington d.c. thank you very much for being with us are you surprised by this admission by the mean mom military about their involvement in those deaths in rakhine state it is extremely rare for the military to admit to any sort of wrongdoing and it's

a military in which soldiers operate with you know really near complete impunity no matter the nature of the crimes and the crimes are talking about here is the military has said today involve soldiers summarily executing murdering ten men who had been captured but i think one thing to note about the statements on the commander in chief's facebook page today is what it doesn't admit which is that this incident is not an isolated incident that in fact we had amnesty the un and media outlets around the world who have documented how there's a much wider pattern of killings of sexual violence and the burning of villages across rakhine state and so we need to see justice and accountability for this enormous range of crimes and not a pretense that there's really just you know one or few isolated incident i mean this ensures that you because you mention that when they pass when they've investigated their own. doings all investigated events they've issued

a report that created the army of wrongdoing do you think this could be a sign that there's a shift at a higher level or are you seeing it in a different light. as you see just less than two months ago the military issued different reports that was a complete white washing which they said that they all of their soldiers follow the rules of engagement there were no killings of civilians that there is no sexual violence despite the mountain of evidence that is come out again and again showing otherwise i think it's probably too quick to say that there's any sort of shift i think perhaps what we're seeing instead is that there is a lot of pressure growing pressure from countries around the world in response to the atrocities that have been committed against the range of population and perhaps what the military is trying to do here is you know show that they're doing something that they that they're looking at this one particular incidents but again this is this is not an isolated incident and so until the military really acknowledges and takes action to in response to the crimes against humanity that

have been committed across northern rakhine states and i think there's you know good reason to be suspicious that there's a real change in the military's actions and what about the situation for people who are who are there we thought that the u.n. reporting about one hundred one hundred children as you mentioned stranded in all without their parents. denial would lead to a lack of awareness apparently from the government about this even coming from the u.n. what's your information about children who might have got stuck without their parents . they're in this situation remains dire on on both sides of the border on the humanitarian situation and bangladesh is extremely precarious and then there are thousands of people who remain trapped in western ian maher and are kind states including as you say young children and one of the key issues here is the lack of humanitarian access that the me and more authorities you know continue to grant there's a you continued blocking of humanitarian organizations from the ability to get into

all areas in western meanwhile or i'm in addition they continue to block outside reporting. human rights organizations like ours the u.n. as well as journalists and we've seen this most recently with the arrest and detention of two reuters journalists related to their reporting in rakhine state and so you know again what we're seeing is a you know an attempt to block to suppress information coming out from a crime from a kind states as well as the delivery of the much needed humanitarian assistance to the people who are still there. thank you very much indeed for taking time to join us thank you. journalist staged a sit in protest against the government's decision that mention just now to charge to which is journalists covering the range of crisis they're accused of acquiring information illegally to share with foreign media channels traffic reports.

ryssdal december the twelfth. they've been covering the crisis in rakhine state where hundreds of thousands of revenge of muslims have fled a crackdown on the myanmar military thirty one year old while alone and. twenty seven are accused of being given classified documents by two policemen prosecutors have charged them under the country's official secrets act which carries a maximum sentence of fourteen years in jail no i'm not a little over many out and this is unacceptable i want to tell you that they are charging us like this to stop us finding their actions are wrong and unfair. is facing heavy international criticism over its treatment of the ranger the latest crackdown was sparked after reading your rebel group attacked police posts killing a number of policemen in august rights groups saying the myanmar army killed nearly seven thousand men women and children in the following few weeks and more than six

hundred fifty cells and ranger have fled into neighboring bangladesh with the un accusing me of ethnic cleansing the government has denied any wrongdoing but refused any independent investigation and banned journalists from going to rakhine state oh i don't want we have to testing today about the two journalists because we have permission to do this we are here because as you heard why lone shouted from the police car asking us to support him. the case is cast a spotlight on myanmar's difficult transition to democracy after nearly five decades of military rule analysts say it illustrates deteriorating press freedom and the number of cases against journalists have focused attention on the civilian government of nobel prize winner on song suchi her administration shares power with an army that still controls all security policy and other key leaders of government but she has not personally denounced the action of the army in rakhine japan's

foreign minister is expected to raise. the case when he visits myanmar on january the eleventh knew of their members who were japanese government has conveyed his concern about this matter to the government of myanmar freedom of speech basic human rights and the rule of law are immutable common values shared by the international community and it is important for all nations to safeguard these values of. the two reporters have been working for the reuters news agency there will turn to the court on january the twenty third for legal arguments when lawyers will decide whether to accept the case under a legal system described as having changed little since colonial times with his insistence of reporters innocence their families were suggested they were set up amnesty international the u.s. and the european union have called for their release charles stratford al-jazeera

survivors from a boat that sank off libya's coast on tuesday say about fifty people who traveled with the most feared dead libyan coast guard believes the number missing may be as high as one hundred maybe as the most common departure point for migrants and refugees trying to reach europe from africa by sea with almost six hundred thousand people making a desperate journey in the past four years alone trying to hold reports. in just the past forty eight hours three boatloads of migrants and refugees have run into trouble off the libyan coast and around three hundred people were rescued by the coast guard tired and cold but alive dozens more have perished in the winter waters of the mediterranean but for those who have survived relief is short lived. the.

rights groups say a terrible fate awaits those return to libya a country with a growing slave trade and in which lawless fighting groups have helped create a transit and people smuggling hope it's what's happening to people inside of libya that where there is a blind eye being turns to this. this this horrible industrial scale human rights abuse of individuals there is widespread torture there is massive overcrowding of prisons two thousand people and one large prison cell as it were being detained arbitrarily there needs to be a greater degree of responsibility recognized by europe they are part of this. some of the european union prevailed on libya to help stop the seaborne influx italian television showed libyan border guards apparently firing at rubber dinghies packed with people there seen full swing survivors ashore at gunpoint. but it's done

little to discourage those determined to make it to europe. after receiving a call from the fishing vessel about the presence of a migrant boat we headed to the site and found the boat dilapidated we found about sixteen people alive unfortunately the rest of them were missing. at least three thousand people died last year trying to reach europe by crossing the mediterranean flimsy vessels provided by people smugglers proving no match for the high seas events this week suggest two thousand and eighteen will be no different jonah al jazeera violence has flared again between police and protesters in five tunisian towns including the capital after a fourth day of demonstrations war two hundred thirty people have been arrested in the wave of the rallies demonstrators angry over the government's planned high price and tax hikes with the opposition calling for the twenty eight hundred budget

to be scrapped but reports. it's the economy just as it was in tunisia during the revolution that spawned the arab spring in two thousand and eleven. tunisians are looking at their circumstances and saying enough . although this time they're also saying not much has changed since they succeeded in bringing democracy to their country. but. it's been seven years since twenty eleven and the government didn't do anything for us so it's natural to protest i think the demonstrations will be bigger than before because of these major price increases people are no longer accepting the high cost of living and that is contributing to the process to all of the country poor people like me can no longer bad the part of these high prices to motivate them i mean. there have been protests across tunisia at least one man has been killed although there are conflicting reports about because dozens have been injured including police

officers that he couldn't visit. every time this is saddam friction into news here the vandals come out they stop destroying things and recruiting children these people don't serve the interests of teachings yeah they serve the interests of the corrupt people that we stopped they serve the smuggling networks and they have to weaken the state. protesters say they have only to look at their wallets to be reminded of how they're struggling to afford basic necessities anger has been bubbling since the government introduced austerity measures on january first after the government raised the price of fuel and taxes on many items in an attempt to reduce the annual deficit. unfairly sought. by loans we witnessed yesterday the fans alyson of the stores and the private property we obviously don't accept it however it can be seen as a natural result of the starvation and the impoverishment of the tunisian people

for years. while sunni. has been heralded as the one success story of the arab spring nine governments have been unable to ease the economic concerns that have driven protesters onto the streets people have vowed to continue demonstrating until the austerity measures are lifted natasha going to zero. purchase of continued in sudan over high prices for bread and wheat products three people have been killed since sunday in scuffles with security forces a price increase as part of the government's effort to fight high inflation sudan's interior minister is warning that violent protesters will be dealt with forcefully much more coming up on news hour including a cycler and hits madagascar leaving at least twenty nine dead and thousands homeless. armed robbers stormed the luxury ritz hotel in paris stealing jewelry reportedly worth millions. and in sport and then pick champion mo farah gets ready

to start a new chapter in his career. as president donald trump says he's open to talks with north korea to end the nuclear standoff on the peninsula south korea's leader praised trump for helping to bring pyongyang to the negotiating table for the first time in two years tuesday's talks focused on the north participation in next month's winter olympics from seoul kathy novak reports. the first official talks between north and south korea in more than two years ended with an agreement that could make president vision of a piece of lympics a reality says domestic support for his policy of dialogue with north korea helped bring about the rear meeting and he had someone else to think as well. there will be accomplished mint of south korean dialogue was largely credited to president

trump i like to express gratitude to him in a statement the white house welcome to the talks and said the u.s. and south korean presidents recently agreed to continue the campaign of maximum pressure on north korea toward the goal of complete and verifiable denuclearization moon says the other purpose of that pressure is to bring the north to the negotiating table adding that he would be willing to talk directly with north korea's leader kim jong un. i keep myself open to any meeting including a summit if it's helpful for an improvement of south and north korean relations or a settlement of the north korean nuclear issue president says even though south korea prefers a policy of engagement it also supports the u.s. approach of maximum pressure but he acknowledges that with more sanctions come more risks of escalating tensions that could lead to a possible armed conflict. ultimately south korea wants to find

a diplomatic solution to the problem of north korea's nuclear weapons but north korea has continued to indicate they are not up for negotiation. regarding the nuclear issues our strategic weapons including atomic bomb hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missiles only aimed at the united states not our fellow koreans but moon says both south korea and the u.s. are threatened by the north's nuclear weapons and will continue to work together to address that threat kathy novak al jazeera saw. is president donald trump has blasted the federal court system after a judge blocked his attempt to end an amnesty program for young illegal immigrants they deferred action for childhood arrivals program protects children whose parents brought them illegally to the u.s. from being deported a judge in san francisco temporary ruled that the policy should remain in effect a decision trump has called unfair he also said he would examine whether u.s. libel laws can be strengthened this after

a new book questioned his mental fitness. and in the last hour president trump has given a news conference with the norwegian prime minister and raised the prospect of rejoining the paris climate accord let's go to our white house correspondent can really help in washington d.c. so what kind of context would that come in possibility of rejoining the common schools. and a bit of this is a surprise in that exchange between the president the united states and around the solberg the leader in norway in fact what was happening was the two were given kind of their prepared statements in this joint press conference and within that while there were sort of the usual pleasantries and praised by norway's prime minister for the u.s. business economy what she called impressive buried within that was a very key thorny issue between the two leaders that obviously had come up in their oval office meeting that is the issue of the united states signaling its decision to begin withdrawing from the paris climate accord last year something

a process that still underway this was obviously a sore point with norway's prime minister in fact it almost seemed at one point is that she was lecturing the u.s. president on this that it may have had some impact because well the u.s. president defended his decision saying in fact that the paris agreement was in his words very unfair for the united states he did then say in fact something that got a lot of heads turning and that is that he believes the u.s. in his words could conceivably go back in because he feels in his words very strongly about the environment so it was a bit of a surprise and committee in the meantime also. have come into his focus recently took us through what he thinks about those and what is going to do about them. right the president not very happy and hasn't been for almost a week now that book fire and fury by michael wolff saying in fact that it's untrue he's pushed back vehemently on twitter saying that he was very unhappy and slamming

the author of the book now in a cabinet meeting he has signaled bit maybe even be necessary to change the libel laws in the united states to push back against what he considers untrue information . current libel laws are a share and a disgrace and do not represent american values or american fairness so we're going to take a strong look at that. we want fairness can't say things that are false and we false and be able to smile as money pours into your bank account. and that money being poured into the bank account is a reference to the very successful. sort of reception that the book by michael wolff has been getting in the united states but just to clarify the u.s. president can't arbitrarily change libel laws as the president may be suggesting there in fact it is not the executive branch of the white house that does that it's actually the u.s. congress although it does have to be signed into law made official by the u.s.

president so not quite is easy as he's making it sound can really help at thank you very much indeed. dozens of homes in southern california buried in a thick layer of mud and debris after a powerful storm mudslides and flooding have killed at least fifteen people rob reynolds reports. there is no way in or out of mudslide devastated areas of montecito except by air the crew of a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a stranded family including the mother father a newborn baby a young girl and boy and two pet dogs they were one of many families whose houses were overwhelmed and lives up ended by a rampaging flow of water mud boulders and debris and intense rain storms pounded the affluent coastal area in the pre-dawn hours of tuesday morning

a centimeter and a half of rain fell in one five minute period alone in addition to more than a dozen people killed by the slides authorities say an undetermined number are missing and several hundred people are stranded roads including major state highways were overwhelmed by mud highway crews are working to clear them. out. the area is home to many wealthy entertainers oprah winfrey filmed herself slaughtering through the mud and debris that flooded her garden as rescue helicopters flew overhead the slides were more severe officials say due to recent wildfires that scorched the area destroying vegetation that would normally anchor the soil in place rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles and that's going to start attrition in southern california from jena came who's joining us now from santa barbara county so is this still

a rescue operation and you think everyone is accounted for. no lauren it's very much a search and rescue operation right now the fifteen. that number is expected to be updated later this afternoon but right now twenty four people are still missing and unaccounted for with one hundred homes that have been destroyed in the basically rescue crews have to go house to house get word that somebody was not there and then they have to specifically go and search try to try to search under all of that rubble and so those twenty four people the last i checked about thirty minutes ago none of those people have been found so far there's also a community that's called romero canyon too far from here it's still in there about three hundred people that were in there that necessarily but they couldn't get out and nobody could get in because of all the roads that have washed out and so rescue

crews are also concentrating on that area either airlifting them out or waiting for the roads to drive so that they can come out and it must mean. when it all happened . and when the people had any kind of sense of how big this was going to be. this mudslide unfortunately lauren was very much anticipated we had those horrific fires here. the largest wildfire in california history that earth is what slid down and so before the rains santa barbara county officials went to seven thousand residents and said you have to evacuate now this soil is loose you're living right underneath the hillside that could all come down on you but everybody just took their chances they told us that many people just chose not to evacuate and because of the time when the rains hit which was monday and tuesday or i should say the mudslides happened around two to four am on tuesday while people were sleeping many

. that we're caught off guard which is why we have so many people missing the death toll is seemingly high it's higher than the fires actually right now john mccain thank you very much indeed for that update thank you. and it is recovering after is battered by which killed at least twenty nine people thousands have been displaced and dozens are still missing mom about reports. it's been a dramatic change in life in less than forty eight hours for people on the east coast of madagascar. was the latest psych load to hit the island it has now subsided but it has left them homeless c. and in desperate need of help. we are six in our family and our house is completely submerged in water my child had a strong fever so we decided to come here from morning the moment you step down from your bed we're forced to walk in water water is everywhere and that is the

reason we came here. it's like none of us sped up the east coast of the island on friday before heading out to sea on sunday heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred ninety kilometers an hour left a trail of destruction dozens died in floods and landslides up to nine hundred thousand fled to temporary shelters hundreds of homes have been destroyed roads submerged schools shut down and towns cut off from one another by the appeal of new lakes region of. four hundred kilometers south of the cups that. was worst affected . we asked the state to come and see what we are going through and to look at our situation and find a solution to clear out the water but it is stagnant and we don't know where to put our children. is not the first legal storm to hit madagascar in the last twelve months in march cyclonic no killed at least seventy eight people destroyed a lot of crops rescue workers are struggling to cope with the phenomena.

we have a contingent plan that contains three scenarios of floods and psych loans the first one is currently in progress and the expenses so far are no less than twenty million dollars. and as the cycle of natural disasters returns to. the financial cost as the human cost continues to rise. from storms on poverty combined to that effect. have attacked the ritz hotel in paris and a sort of stolen millions of dollars worth of jewelry and he say five people smashed the window of a jewelry store that actually hotel and. three have been arrested two other suspects escaped. there are no reports of injuries so the come on the news and embarrassing video. forces the israeli prime minister to defend himself against

corruption allegations. a special investigation shows how ukraine's former president. stole one and a half billion dollars from his country. to decided it's time to retire at the age of one hundred six. hello there we've been hearing about all the snow across parts of europe but there's also been some very exciting ice sculptures as well these pictures are from the southern parts of germany is in the mountains and you can see the ice there that's collected this is what happens with two days of freezing rain and quite a stiff wind now clearly that's beautiful but if you want to move your car might be a bit of an issue and it also might be an issue if you were to read the sign post

so things are changing across europe and fortunately they're improving this whole system is edging its way eastwards and under that there's not a great deal of very heavy rain behind it that's also something of a break and it looks like generally things are calming down in the south though things are going to start winding up again as we head through thursday and into friday that's what we've got this is larry of low pressure developing and it looks like it's going to bring us a very strong winds there to the southern parts of italy and some heavy downpours as well elsewhere there as you can see generally a lot quieter now water there at zero and force in paris will be getting to around seven degrees now across the other side of the mediterranean of course we have the snow across the sahara recently that's long gone instead the showers are just moving away towards the north but they'll be back for friday who will see some rather heavy downpours. this was our foundation. i tried to do something different

when i met daisy it was the best day of my life. i wish that day could have gone on forever. but my past caught up with me. and made us all pay the price. box this time on al-jazeera. with a big breaking news story it can be chaotic frantic behind the scenes. people shouting instructions if you will trying to provide the best most accurate up to date information as quickly as you can. it's when you come off air on being seen pinned to realize you witness history in the making.

and in a lot of top stories here. in a rare public admission myanmar's military has acknowledged that its forces killed ten muslims who were found in a mass grave last month. of two hundred people are feared dead after a rubber dinghies sank off the coast of libya another three hundred were rescued in the mediterranean on tuesday. and violence has flared between police and protesters in five june is in towns after a fourth day of demonstrations on two hundred thirty people have been arrested. in the last twenty four hours at least thirty five people have been killed and in eastern. on the edge of the syrian capital comes as the un accuses government

forces and its allies of killing at least eighty five civilians in the region in the last ten days alone the damascus suburb which was designated a deescalation zone has come under heavy bombardment as government forces seek to take it back from rebel fighters. turkey's foreign minister has called on iran and russia to stop the syrian government's military offensive in live province he says it's their responsibility to hold syrian forces to the terms of a deal agreed last year that was meant to reduce the violence instead the fighting in libya has been intensifying as bennett smith reports. in northern syria is supposed to be one of four so-called deescalation zones set up to reduce fighting if anything battles between government and opposition forces are intensifying russia turkey and iran agreed last year to be guarantors of cease fires in those mainly opposition held areas now the turkish government says the syrian regime is claiming to attack what it calls terrorists targeting the so-called moderate

opposition. ninety five percent of the violations are carried out by the regime or the groups who backed the regime why is the aim to exploit this process to completely wipe out the moderate opposition in the civilians iran and russia should meet their obligations as guarantors and stop the regime this is not about simple airstrikes near the border the regime is advancing toward the inside of it leave so here the intention is different. but the syrian government's russian allies disagree saying recent drone attacks on its air and naval bases in syria were launched by opposition groups from italy russia's defense ministry released photos it said was of a downed drone in a statement russia says data for the attacks could only have been obtained from one of the countries that possesses no how in satellite navigation. and

with the kremlin knows the perpetrators russia will increase the shelling bombardments against them but if the attack represents a message from those who are not happy with the russians and want to negotiate with them then russia can slightly change its stands and put some pressure on the damascus regarding active groups around latakia. in the syrian army's offensive around it led forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey turkey's foreign ministry has summoned both the russian and the iranian ambassadors to lodge a formal complaint about what's happening there bernard smith al-jazeera. colombia's military says ellen rebels have resumed their attacks on oil installations and the armed forces hours after a cease fire with the government expired it's prompted president santos to suspend peace talks that were due to resume on wednesday the eleanore national liberation army was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixty four to fight against the unequal distribution of land and riches in colombia are september to greet a cease fire with the government for missing to suspend its hostage taking and

attacks in return for improved protection for community leaders and better conditions for jailed rebels but the cease fire expired overnight after a logistical problems stopped the two sides meeting on monday in and says it wants a new deal it's smaller than the revolutionary armed forces of colombia or fark which is now a political party after signing a peace deal with the government just over a year ago listener amputee has more from bogota a historic three months long ceasefire now over and in the worst way as the rebels resumed attacks in colombia many hoped for an extension of a truce which the spy violations have been considered a success but on wednesday colombia's last active rebel group perpetrated four attacks wounding two colombian marines and affecting many important oil pipeline colombian president juan manuel santos spoke forcefully against them. they

applauded the government deplored the airlines decision to restart its terrorist attacks on the general public the armed forces and on parts of the national infrastructure we were always i repeat always ready to extend the cease fire with the l.n. and negotiate very quickly a new cycle of talks in the will she added in his program inexplicably not only rejected this process but chose to restart their terrorist attacks on the very day that they were obliged to initiate the new round of negotiations. from quito where peace talks had been expected to resume elaine leaders said they were hopeful the talks could restart but then explain the reasoning behind the attacks let me some the lugosi routing table was making progress during the cease fire so we maintain the decision to give continuity to what we achieved but we need a new ceasefire that overcomes the difficulties of the first one. president santos

immediately recalled to the recently appointed negotiators for consultations experts say the failure to extend the ceasefire shows deep divisions among the leadership this sect or the more radical we in the lane. will win. the match in this sense is not only that probably what will happen with this cease fire is what will happen with the table and the general process between the government and. the talks have long been complicated by a lack of confidence between the parties and to tangible results and we can now expect the colombian military to start a bombing campaign in rebels areas a full blown return of the of still it is that will make very difficult to resume the talks at least for now listen to. world oil prices hit a three year high with a barrel of crude oil costs almost seventy u.s.

dollars experts say the rise is linked to recent production limits agreed by the oil exporting nations opec in conjunction with falling u.s. reserves stocks and the possibility of iranian sanctions restricting their exports the price of oil crashed after reaching a higher one hundred ten dollars a barrel in twenty fourteen. firefighters in china say a blaze on an iranian oil tanker could burn for another two to four weeks it's not known how much oil has spilled collision with a cargo ship thirty one sailors are still missing the ship's operators still confidence of five as will be found and jim brown reports from on china's east coast a stricken iranian tanker adrift in one of asia's most important shipping lanes what remains unclear is the environmental threat posed by its combustible cargo but pictures on chinese state television appear to show the fire is now under control

what's less clear is how much oil has so far been spilled that is a worry for fishing communities along china's eastern coast something here that a large oil slick could poison the waters on which they depend twenty one survivors of the collision all from the hong kong freighter the sea of crystal who were brought here after being rescued by local fisherman one of those fishermen told us that their trawler had been close by when the tanker and the cargo ship collided he said we heard a loud bang before the night sky was lit up a short time later he and the other fisherman were helping the crew of the sea of crystal out of a lifeboat it was too dangerous to reach the tank of though he said. it took us about a half an hour to get there it was a big fire then tourist explosions was still happening. in iran the tankers owners still hope some of their crew are alive because they are more lottie

has this we think that it's likely they will find survivors since the vessels engine room is not directly affected by the fire and it's about fourteen metres under water. on wednesday chinese official said no large scale oil slick has yet appeared but with environmentalist still unsure how much has actually spilled into the sea a full assessment of the risks is not yet possible adrian brown al jazeera joshi in eastern china at least two people are being killed in pakistan during protests over the rape and murder of a seven year old go dozens of people attacked a police station and a government building in eastern punjab province the violence erupted hours before the funeral of saina and sari a body was found in a bin on tuesday police say she was kidnapped sexually assaulted and murdered.

the person liberation organization has confirmed it's her details of the so-called deal of the century a u.s. proposal to resolve the israel palestine conflict us president donald trump tossed his son in law jared krishna with restarting the middle east peace negotiations details of the deal haven't been revealed but they've been conveyed to the p.l.o. leadership through saudi officials however the p.l.o. as reportedly reiterated its commitment to a two thousand and two arab peace initiative. a funeral has been held for an israeli settler killed in a drive by shooting in the occupied west bank on tuesday the thirty five year old rabbi was a resident of an illegal israeli settlement near the city of nablus israeli security forces are looking for the killer and temporary roadblocks are in place following the attack there were reports of israeli settlers throwing stones at palestinians driving through the area. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been defending himself against corruption allegations for an elite recording of

his son allegedly implicating him video shows an apparently drunk netanyahu boasting to the son of an israeli businessman about how his father illegally supported a natural gas agreement and you know whose government was finalizing the deal at the time of the recording was made in twenty fifteen he's currently facing two unrelated corruption investigations governor the mayor didn't know about the gas deals he had no clue about that he didn't know anything and what he said in the recording he said under the influence of alcohol in a tasteless joke with a friend but he had no idea. what is there is investigative unit has obtained a confidential ukrainian court document showing how the former president viktor yushchenko which stole one point five billion dollars the document also reveals that the current president's financial advisors played a role in the scheme rigging to seize the money was made in may last year it declared a state secret well jordan reports november twenty thirty and thousands protested

in ukraine's independence square the uprising led to the overthrow of the government of then president yannick a village by june twenty fourth team officials in the new government had traced him frozen one point five billion dollars that they claim to been siphoned off shore by the ousted president and his clan. but they have to prove the money was stolen and that yana code which had stolen it returning us is always complicated it requires cooperation across multiple jurisdictions it requires very long elaborate legal processes and you are fighting against very very rich defendants who are going to hire the best lawyers to defend themselves briefly there is robbery in may last year the prosecutor general suddenly announced the government had seized the one point five billion dollars but how they done it was a mystery because he declared the order a state secret. it is shocking that rather than being something which is open

in which ukrainian people should know. who and what has been taken from them by whom instead of that it's all kept secret al-jazeera investigations has obtained this exclusive copy of the ruling this ruling clearly identifies investment capital ukraine acting as a brokerage firm for some of the companies involved in iannaccone which is corruption that's embarrassing for the government because at the time i see you was led by the current head of ukraine's central bank the lariat counter over and it has advised president petro poroshenko here seen with his predecessor viktor yannick overage in two thousand and twelve our colleagues in kiev want to see a government that is committed to transparency a government whose actions in tackling corruption today i am from past areas are subject to public scrutiny so that people can have confidence.

now campaigners are asking tough questions why has the not been investigated for its role in a multi-million dollar fraud and why four years on has nobody from the unit covert clam face justice will jordan al-jazeera. president poroshenko told our jazeera he strongly supports efforts to fight corruption in ukraine and investment capital ukraine no longer has financial advisors i.c.u. and valarie account or ever said all the firm's transactions fully complied with the law and the transactions have been found by law enforcement bodies and market regulators to be above board i say use role was limited to that of an agent you watch al-jazeera is full investigation the honor guard at twenty g.m.t. on thursday and again over the following three days it is of the countries along the mekong river have been meeting in cambodia to discuss how best

to make use of the waterway there were ready worries about the environmental impact of hydroelectric trick dams especially those in china when hay reports in the thai capital bangkok. china wants to play an increasingly assertive role in southeast asia and is using hydro diplomacy to get there this was the second summit for leaders of the land sung mekong cooperation a group started by china three years ago it brings together nations where the mekong river or land sung as it's known in china runs through we have a five year plan that is an obvious one of the key outcome document for the summit and in that five year action plan combined with what we call the diplomatic relation it's enough to give a good picture of where the make lunch and have come up to now and where we intend to take forward how you can in the next five years the mekong runs for almost five

thousand kilometers and is a vital source of food and transport for around sixty million people but it's also becoming a resource that governments in the region increasingly want to tap into. china has already dams the upper reaches of the river to generate electricity while laos has to under construction and at least seven more planned environmentalists worry about the effects the dams will have on the ecosystem the chinese projects have been blamed for problems downstream like severe drought particularly in vietnam where the mekong comes to an end but some believe china's role in creating the land sung make on cooperation could be positive this can be a great chance for china to take. real leadership with sustainable sustainability and their chairing. a little benefit. beijing also sees the mekong as a key piece of its belton road infrastructure and transport initiative linking

china with the rest of asia and europe. it's pouring billions of dollars into projects in southeast asia like the construction of a high speed rail way when it's completed it'll connect china with laos and thailand. developments on the mekong are also moving ahead quickly too quickly for some the concern is that not enough is known about the potential impacts of so much manmade intervention on one of the world's great waterways wayne hay al jazeera bangkok still ahead this news hour. business business

. lauren thank you so much the international olympic committee has set a date of january twentieth for a meeting between north and south korean officials at their headquarters in the design president thomas bach will chair the gathering to discuss the participation of north korean athletes at next month's winter olympics in pyongyang the north's i.o.c. representative chang was in lowes and on wednesday twenty four hours earlier government officials announced they would send athletes fans and journalists to the games in neighboring south korea followed a high level talks between the two countries. at this meeting they'll discuss how

many north korean athletes will attend only to figure skating pair have qualified but the i.o.c. will likely bend the rules as a goodwill gesture it's possible the two nations will march together during the opening ceremony this last happened at the two thousand and six winter olympics in turin issues relating to the flag national anthem and team uniforms will also be discussed. all north korea have tried to remain part of the sporting arena even while isolated largely from the international community due to the advancement of their nuclear program the north korean under twenty three football team beat thailand one nil in their opening game at the asian championships in china on wednesday. chelsea and arsenal are playing to a stalemate in the first leg of their english league cup semifinal their approach a full time at stamford bridge and while the blues have had the better of the chances neither side have been able to convert and it remains the second leg what

would be played in two weeks' time although about jock itch says he's thrilled with his comeback and intends to play in the australian open the former world number one made a winning return to competitive tennis after more than six months out with injury wearing a foam arm sleeve to protect him trouble some elbow the serbian world number five dominic team at the two young classic in melbourne jochum it was forced to pull out of last week's counter opener slipped to fourteen in the world rankings but he came through this match six one six before the australian open starts on monday. rafa nadal has also taken a big step forward as he tries to build fitness for next week's tournament the spaniard showed blimps is his best student and then told the. ten's in melbourne and eight players took part in a first a ten points contest and made it to the file where he was beaten by thomas burdett who won the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars first prize. a former football

manager is dakar rally debut was cut short while a nine time world rally championship winner was forced out of the race touring stage five in pru. and chelsea boss andre withdrew after suffering from back pains when his car crashed he was airlifted out and taken to hospital sebastian loeb was forced to abandon the race. after his copilot was injured when their vehicle hit a crater in the sand dunes lopes persia teammate stefan petter hansell won the fifth stage to extend his overall and. now one of the world's most well known athletes will start a new chapter in his career on friday mohamed formerly mo far is in cats are for his first road running events and stepping away from the track so how malik reports . he's not about to become a professional footballer but most far is in the process of changing careers after

winning six world titles and four olympic gold medals on the track he's in qatar to run the doha half marathon but first it towards his new goal of the olympic marathon gold in my name is to go to tokyo twenty twenty three how it depends on my body just work i've got to look after stay injury free stay focused stay hungry and keep doing doing and i am enjoying it i go just as most most far as the center of attention here and he's won so many championships and gold medals worldwide he's going to go down as a legend of the track the question is now whether he can achieve the same success as the marathon runner. to emphasize his change of direction britain's most decorated athlete now wants to go by his full name ahmed again distancing himself from his former glories although it may take some adjusting to you know people think mo is a great trait monos golds go where those can be doing in the in america of the questions i don't like guys leave every guy. on the track that way limo and asked

are going to suddenly chapter. is a journey to the top hasn't come without controversy his relationship with alberto salazar has generated unwanted headlines far as former coach is being investigated by the u.s. anti-doping agency for what's called unlawful conduct. and the somali born muslim has been vocal politically criticizing don't trumps u.s. ban on travel through a number of predominately muslim countries he says athletes need to stand up for what they believe is right close to porno becomes a turnoff it takes and we do stand up for the right but what things you know for me a song when i was vocal about dr donald trump it affected me and my family and so many members of people who are in the same positions me. and the tracking says long distance success on the road is the only story he wants to be the focus of in the year ahead. so he'll malik al-jazeera doha.

and the world's oldest competitors cyclists has decided it's time to retire at the age of one hundred and six a year ago a world where marshalls set a world record in one hour track cycling and the over one hundred five age group the freshman says that while he'll no longer be aiming for titles help carry on cycling for pleasure and that's all your sport for now more later thank you very much day two of the consumer electronics show in las vegas and a new product that could revolutionize travel is the star of the show so far what could be more convenient than your own pet suitcase forty around the airport and never get lost the chinese concept is aptly called the puppy one that uses a tracking device with g.p.s. as a backup in case it loses contact but as part clamor for orders the inventors of the poppy one still needs more work before you go on the market. i think first lines

work on the lower the price and the lower the weights i think the way to get out of the space we have the six to six which goes against six weeks i don't just like to touch the batteries but we have ready to. that's it for me to earn ten of this news hour back in a minute with another round up by. arthur

. the sam's in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees this is just one of several billion museums taking part in the project called a meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasize the contribution of migrants right up to the present day to western culture. because i've been here for some time i can help them with lots of things that muses forward to me the great thing is it's not just about museums about forming a new life here part of life is culture there were over forty charges as i recall

primarily it was material support of the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the us i'd definitely say that this was a political trial and that these were political prisoners because we were able to see the secret of it if we were able to challenge it in a two part series al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called war on terror the holy land five at this time on al jazeera world. military admits its soldiers killed ten range of muslims found in a mass grave last month. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up up to one hundred feet.