the culture and groups like greenpeace are concerned about the impact of millions more people living here on the lakes restaurants and guest house she says she is concerned about what the future holds but has faith in the government if you have more people you have more garbage and the environment could be damaged but i believe the government will look after us. ping's legacy project many people believe if he has the will and the resources to create a development here that's three times the size of new york then it should be within his power to do it in an environmentally friendly way. this is al jazeera and live from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha fully back to bowl welcome to the news greats in discriminates as strikes

arbitrary arrests and possible war crimes a damning u.n. report obtained by al-jazeera shows the extent of human rights violations in yemen many committed by the saudi led coalition will this prompt the u.n. security council into action. also on the grades we want an apology african leaders demand u.s. president donald trump take the vulgar comment he reportedly made about their countries and others the controversy has cast a spotlight on how western media portray africa we'll hear from sudanese cartoonist . and she's become a new symbol of honesty and resists a sixteen year old i had to meet is behind bars for slapping an israeli soldier dozens of her supporters have gathered in the occupied west bank to demand her release and now an irish artist famous for his image of che guevara has added his talent to the cause egyptian rockers cairo key became famous during the revolution these these days though their music has fallen out. fever at least with the

government i misspelled looking at how they and other artists are being silenced connect with us using the hashtag it industry. and the and the it with the news great live on air and streaming online three you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining as we begin with yet another devastating picture of the war in yemen an unreleased u.n. report parts of which have been seen by al jazeera accuses all major pay is involved of crimes that are causing profound misery for the country's twenty eight million people part of the report examines ten as strikes that killed one hundred fifty seven people last year it found on the saudi led military coalition violated rules of war by using disproportionate force the report also highlights what it calls a widespread and systematic pattern of audits syria arrests kidnappings and torture as specially in camps run by the united arab emirates the office also accuses iran

of violating an international arms embargo by directly or indirectly supplying myside and drones to the healthy rebels more than ten thousand people have been killed in the conflict the saudi led coalition intervened in support of yemen's president. howdy in twenty fifteen despite a punishing ad campaign the coalition is not in a stalemate with the who the rebels who control vast areas including the capital some now our diplomatic editor james space saw the report and tells us more from the united nations. this is a report to the u.n. security council has not been made public it's only been given to the fifteen members of the security council but i've been allowed to read a copy and it's very hard hitting and very critical of all of the parties in the war in yemen it questions whether yemen can continue to be one country it says in the south because of the length of the war in the divisions that have emerged there

is the real possibility of secession into a separate south yemen it says in the south of the country people displaying the flag of the old country of south yemen and are not loyal to president had he although they're formally under his command it says that president heidi has no longer effective command and control of the military and security forces in the south of yemen it says one of the reasons that there is this lack of stability in yemen is actually the forces that have been built up by the saudi led coalition it says that there are proxy units that they have drawn up but it says that these units will do more to further the fragility of yemen then they will do to hold the state together it says they pose a threat to peace and stability in yemen it is also very critical of the coalition for civilian casualties in yemen it says that it appears that the saudi

led coalition has not been following international humanitarian law and it says it's likely that some of those who are responsible for planning and executing airstrikes fall under the designation of the security council as people who should be subject to sanctions again the another damning part of the report is about the u.n. a part of the coalition in the camps there running inside yemen it says that there has been torture in these camps it talks about beatings electrocution constrain suspension the use of what it. cools the cage which is confinement in a cage in the sunlight and the denial of medical treatment it says working with the government of yemen gives the u.a.e. plausible deniability so it is a possibility on now given this report by the panel of experts that the security council must consider whether there should be sanctions against members of the coalition and also sanctions against iran because the who three sides are also

criticized it says that there have been military remnants of military equipment and drones that are of iranian origin and were introduced in yemen after the security council adopted an arms embargo well adam baron is a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations he says it's unlikely the un report will be followed up by different magic action on yemen these were crime allegations have been going around and been voiced by a number of u.n. officials for some time don't get me wrong i think this is very important that these things are being documented if not you know perhaps for immediate action for the sake of the future and for it to be recorded in history but i think in a lot of ways unfortunately and particularly with. i would say the lack of u.s. leadership in the region at this point it's really hard to imagine there being sustained diplomatic action on yemen at at this point despite the i would say

severity of the allegations that we're seeing in this report and the deep severity of the situation in yemen right now. when you look at it it's easy for them to for people to kind of deflect and that goes not just for the states that are involved in this conflict with the risking saudi arabia whoever it on. but this is also in terms of internal parties and you've seen i guarantee you that you will have significant reporting on this document by media aligned with all of the key working parties that being said which are going to see is you know when say the who fees and they're aligned media are talking about this report they leave out all of the stuff criticizing the hoodies and when you see you know. media aligned with some of the coalition member states they'll completely report on the allegations against the who it is and the documented by the these but will leave out other things so i think that's kind of an in issue at this point is there is this climate really of of impunity in the conflict in yemen and when you have all sides really committing

these kind of violations. it makes it even harder to really hold anybody to accounts on the unfortunately this just underlines the extent that this conflict continues to be just a horrific tragedy for the yemeni people who while the leaders are largely growing rich off this war continue to suffer the world's worst humanitarian crisis worth reminding you of the different actors in yemen's conflicts take a look at this map on al-jazeera dot com of the different parties directly or indirectly involved in this four year conflict to supporting the action and how and also for more background information on the conflict in yemen how we got to the situation we're in today washes excellent documentary yemen the north south divide it looks at how the ongoing war and the chronic humanitarian crisis are deeply rooted in yemen servant history a great film watch it on al-jazeera dot com and as always would love to hear from you on this and other stories we're covering on the great today you can send in

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to reduce find and is in a deal struck between turkey russia and iran now al jazeera simplicio blue is in one of it live scams inside syria. this is rama refugee camp in northwestern and left by the turkish syrian border there are five thousand refugees here who came after december fifteenth when the syrian regime started its airstrike on civilians and it's there in hama most of those people are from his and how much and they're mainly very poor families you said the kids they are walking even on barefoot they don't have shoes to wear and people need immediate humanitarian assistance we have been talking to the people who have been residing here and the people in charge of the camp they're telling that the medical equipment they have is not enough the food they have is not enough for those people they need immediate extra medicine they need immediate extra food to feed those people here and there

are some other extra camps around this area close to the border people have fled their homes from it's their home off to the airstrikes started an online team has put together this in full graphic feature about the impacts that nearly seven years of war in syria has had on children it's broken up into sections examining issues like the psychological toll recruitment into on the groups and what life is like in conflict zones you can find that in the interactive section on our website al-jazeera dot com outrageous racist and xenophobic african and bastards to the un haven't held back as they delivered their response to reports that u.s. president donald trump use vulgar language to describe their countries and others the opera's is said to have happened a strong discussed immigration with senators he denies using foul language the

african group of a bus address to the united nations met in emergency session on twelve. twenty eighteen to consider the remarks made by the president of the united states . and is extremely appalled at and strongly condemns the outrageous racist and xenophobic remarks attributed to the president of the united states of america as widely reported in the media demands every checks and an apology and the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power has shared the statement on twitter saying it's never been it's never seen a statement i have never seen she said a statement like this by african countries directed at the united states so as a shock in reaction reverberates around the world about what the u.s. president is set to said there's

a broader story here worth looking at about how the world and particularly the west see the african continent joining us now a sudanese born cartoonist who gave his take on this controversy before we speak to him take a look at what he drew he depicted the u.s. republican party's emblem the elephant well it doesn't require description from me you can see for yourself what's happening. is here with us on the news great we'll show that again for our viewers who are unable to see it but tell us what inspired you why did you decide to depict the republican emblem in this matter. because the reality of what's happening right now is this all the things that president have said and this is the outcome of the part of the world. do you think that the reaction we've seen from african leaders in you know their strong condemnation calling for an apology is that a strong enough reaction or are you perhaps xpect more well there's really nothing

they can do because the you know it's a diplomatic and what this is what they can do but the question is what can the american people do about their president who is going around insulting most of the world this is how he got to power by insulting people i mean you know part of his campaign was you know insulting mexicans and calling them drug dealers and rapists and someone says so this is this is what's expected of the president but the problem is what is the other side of the state's going to do right now the african union i want to come back to what they said he says the trump administration miss understands africans but what donald trump allegedly said is not different from what hollywood or western media have shown about africa is it yes no no absolutely not i mean if you watch any film from cartoons disney cartoons to well you know millions of dollars spent in hollywood blockbuster films it says the same thing so

it's really the you know the the the cartooning of africa and this is how it looks like just you know crashing the service you know of how things look like or how africa supposed to be in a lot of places you go and they think africa is a country you know and it's this is this is partly our fault as well i mean we really can blame the west on everything we have to reflect who we are what do we do you know that we're fifty five countries nine hundred million people we have to talk about that the. no the african media should be as strong as that as well so whose responsibility is it is it african news outlets the african media that need to depict africa in a better way or should western media outlets do a better job perhaps of researching and doing things differently i guess is both definitely both but i mean if you are trying to talk about an issue you should research and make sure that you review this issue in the right way now i want to reach you a comment here by one of our viewers may be flecks on twitter who says i'm probably african and i believe in pan african is in but sometimes the word used by president

is true why do african leaders go and borrow money from foreign countries he says and steal the funds back to their foreign accounts so he's saying basically that african leaders have a responsibility in the way africa is depicted in africa is represented by these western navies it is definitely a but we really have to think who brought these african leaders to power who supported these african leaders to begin with and what made africa into the state that it is today it's colonialism and it's also the support off the american administrations and the western administration as well so it's it's not as easy as it looks but it's a complex issue but really really simple you know for viewers who are watching us around the world you know we asked people to tell us you know what people often get wrong about africa around the world give give us your take on that what do you think people get wrong about the african continent what do you as an african would

want people to know about the continent that is not something negative well it's we you know i i grew up in a lot of places being a you know sort of a diplomat so it's always the questions the same questions over and over again you know when you say africa they think jungle they think of you know famine they think of you know the same things over and over again but we have diversity we have a lot of you know the languages in itself the cultures the history that we have so it's a lot of things that again i think it's our fault that we don't show it we don't show it we don't have the power to show africa as we should show it. so where do we start then how do we change things i think we should start definitely with you know the social media social media has made things a lot easier now and there's a lot of connectivity and we as african artists and as africans we should you know do a lot of soul searching as well because for so long we were told that we were less

that sometimes we have less confidence and showing who we are and showing our our our heritage our food our costumes our diversity it's really it's a complex issue but we come from a very complex background as well you know so i think in time and now we have started in a lot of things i mean if you look at nigeria with the with the films to industrial you look at what's going on i mean i come from sudan and sudan there's a huge movement right now to talk about the you know the historic. the permits in sudan that we have the most parents in the world incident right now and it's might be one of the oldest as well so there's a lot of exploration and there's a lot of there's a lot of you know a lot around africa there is there is that movement and social media has made it a lot easier definitely ok thank you so much it's very good to hear thoughts on this kind of thank you for joining us on the news good hearted out there is a sudanese cartoonist who was talking to us about his reaction to president donald trump's and alleged comments on africa and people of african origin as you can

imagine is been a lot of reaction on al-jazeera as platforms to this story if you get a chance read this amusing piece by a tanzanian brother se. it's a message to all the africans and african-americans who supported donald trump in two thousand and sixteen read it if you can it's on al-jazeera dot com now heading to egypt where they can bind forces of censorship and security are being blamed for silencing popular band karaoke a social media producer is here to tell us more about this center. well performances by the egyptian rock band cairo key have been banned yet again causing quite the uproar online if you're not familiar with the group they became popular during the egyptian revolution with their protest songs before this announcement their fans are already behind them because of another cancellation announced last month and many of them have refused to return their tickets for that particular show as a way to show support for the band you have quite

a few people who are online expressing their disappointment their outrage here catherine says that one of her favorite meaningful concerts in egypt was cairo key she said and to see the way that music is increasingly being censored while dr hell you're here says and he's the he's an english author of egypt's road beyond revolt he says that the band is renowned in egypt for being pro revolution in twenty eleven and deeply critical of both the states and the muslim brotherhood it seems in his opinion that music is pretty threatening now he is not the only band facing these kinds of restrictions other musicians have also been banned from performing in recent months some have even been sentenced to prison for what the authorities call inciting debauchery in their video clips or on stage so how mohamad ali also known as egypt's security was handed a six month prison sentence for wearing what was to what was deemed as provocative clothing in her videos while the egyptian singer shaima was sent to prison for two

years for a music video showing her eating a banana which was ruled to be too sexually explicit and her sentence was later reduced to one year but after simon's case egypt's censorship board responded by requiring songwriters to submit their song lyrics for review only after lyrics have been approved and the writer and the composer get a final permit for the song to even be recorded so some people think this is an attempt to limit freedom of expression we want to hear from you what do you think we would look for to know your thoughts just write to us using the hash tag news group or you can tweet me directly i'm at and or chapell andrew thank you very much for that time now for a look at the day's other news he's maryanne demasi now london the center mari. hi there funny yes the iranian government has been speaking out now saying that it will retaliate against the u.s. after president donald trump announced fourteen you sanctions against iranian entities and people the sanctions came as trump extended the the iran nuclear deal but also said that it was the last time he do so it's a must rather he has more from tehran this is repeating deadline really brings

everyone back to the same place every three or four months and similar to what happened last time the foreign minister javad zarif began campaigning once again to try to secure support and rally around a nuclear deal going to brussels who went to moscow and really the european partners from the p five plus one countries in fact all the p five plus one countries other than the united states are really supportive of this deal in iran's european partners who negotiated the deal with them have have voiced their support all along and as long as iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal something that the u.n. watchdog agency the i.a.e.a. has continuously verified you know european support is likely to stay and that is no doubt what is bolstering iran's confidence in this war of words with the united states the debate getting more and more heated every time this deadline for verification in the united states comes up so i think to run the lawmakers here the

people here that we've spoken to are all very confident that as long as they have the backing of european allies the support of european allies and as long as sanctions from european countries remain lifted that they still got a horse in this race and are likely to stand by the deal as well. a pakistani official says a serial killer might be behind the rape and murder of a young go his death sparked days of angry protests eight year old zainab and sari was found dead in a garbage dump on tuesday the home minister of punjab province says d.n.a. evidence has linked zainab steph to at least five other cases of child abduction and murder in the area eight people have been detained including two of the girls relatives of the czech republic's president has failed to win reelection after the first round of voting in elections my losses a man will now face a runoff election in two weeks time the right winger who's also pro russia is competing against jewry druggists pictured here who is the former head of the

country's academy of sciences. police in honduras a five tear gas at people protesting the reelection of president on our land and under his demonstrators smashed windows and set fires during clashes with military police defeated opposition candidate salvador was among those who took part and under his broken window several weeks after the vote in november in opposition disputes the result and his pledge to continue protesting until his swearing in at the end of the month the torch for the twenty eight hundred young chang winter olympics has arrived in seoul for a four day relay through the south korean capital torch relay will be held until tuesday in a route spanning one hundred three kilometers this is the first time in nearly thirty years that the city has held a torch relay the last one was for the summer olympics in one nine hundred eighty eight the twenty eighteen winter games will begin on feb ninth kathy novak was at the torch relay vent in seoul. belbek torch is making its way through central seoul

carried by celebrities including k. pop stars and athletes here in going home one square it is traveling on a royal carriage in a reenactment of a traditional procession more attention has been focused on the winter games since north korea agreed to participate in a recent poll more than eighty percent of south koreans said they supported north korea taking part though more than half do not want the government in seoul to cover the delegations expenses. i think it isn't reasonable for south korea to pay countries around the world are coming north korea should not be an exception to the no were indicating to me to north korea's participation might help the olympics but not necessarily south korea. the two koreas are expected to meet in the coming days to discuss the north's participation it's a significant shift in interest in relations for high level talks on tuesday there had been no official communication between the two countries in about two years

south korean president when julian says he hopes this year will mark a turning point in establishing peace on the korean peninsula from here the olympic flame continues to make its way towards the host city of pyong chad by the time it arrives it will have been passed between about seven thousand five hundred torchbearers and travelled a distance of more than two thousand kilometers about half an hour's time with more from london now back to folly thank you very much for that the man who's taken charge of south africa's ruling party has invoked the memory and legacy of nelson mandela as he promised to restore credibility cyril ramaphosa who won a tight race to succeed president jacob zuma leader says his number one priority will be fighting corruption south africa's economy has slowed to a near standstill during somas two terms several scandals and allegations of influence peddling and mismanagement are blamed for scaring investors away we shall pay tribute. to the contribution now isn't mandela may over the

cause of his ninety five years to the struggle for freedom and the cause of humanity we shall make it up early us that we draw lessons and inspiration from his life as we confront the challenge of the present moment we shall use this historical cation to unite to rebuild and to renew his movement. has the latest on the. east london in south africa. nelson mandela what have turned one hundred years on the stare and some of the governing african national congress has dedicated two thousand and eight to the late president and for that reason in season. it's obama versus a as it needs to be over to and to the ideals on within the a.n.c.

. and a rebuilding of the posse head of refocusing on building a truly free and able society fancy fanfics and it achieve those things by senior policy to the. education of the and middle class students they are not being a big chance with the possible changes the constitution that would allow the n.c.a.a. to not appropriate land without getting compensation fed meetings and enormous surge in the number of students graduating with to graze from the university and also with the big increase in the number of black land owners there was a big war polls were sold i'm opposed to the states at all but it was some other forces it was also a lot of on the ground for counter country presidential jacobson not to have made a valid reference to his rival in his speech saying that his own rival as an a.n.c.

president's means that they wouldn't be. and to refuse all our rejection of the culture within the a.n.c. corruption and patronage and a system in which a few benefits. of black south africans continue to live in poverty. can. also save the african national congress a very interesting debate and discussion program inside story on what the new leader of. one of africa's infact oldest political parties can achieve watch it by clicking on the show on al-jazeera dot com and then inside story if you're watching us on facebook live we bring you five facts about haiti and the way. donald trump's apparent comments about that country and that is ahead on these great trouble as the borders of a palestinian teenager detained by israel rally for. how

i was still got some re-instatement snow coming off the turkish announcing the system on the black sea around the caspian sea long line of cloud here she can see that pushes all the way up towards the himalayas that's where we're going to see the main area of disturbed weather as we go through the next few days that's the main everybody do you have some cloud in right to see some sort of the mediterranean start for seeing some cloud and right that weather just not seeing into coastal parts of syria lebanon jordan also seeing some wet weather supply routes around sixteen celsius on sunday monday should brighten up temp just picking up to around seventeen degrees but by that stage possible if you want to wintry flurries there just around the the north of iran meanwhile is fine in tribe warm and sunny across arabian peninsula getting up to twenty five twenty six celsius over the next couple of days perhaps a little more of a breeze just coming in here in qatar is a go on through a monday but should feel pleasantly warm and never the last presence enough to across much of south africa still some lively showers there into madagascar i also

into southern parts of tanzania two hundred eighty six millimeters of rain twenty four hours inevitably there has been some flooding here as a result of that and that wet weather does stay in place for northern parts of madagascar northern areas of mozambique tanzania with more heavy rain for the congo . coveted beyond wealth thank you very much taken without hesitation. for to indict some. power defines our. people in power investigate exposes and question the use and abuse of power around the globe at this time on al-jazeera. when the news breaks members of the knesset israel's parliament setting

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covering on the news great connects with us using the hash tag news great and all the other ways to get in touch with us on the bottom right of your screen right now moving on and israeli forces are fired tear gas at supporters of detained palestinian teenager i had to meet me. the yard they were breaking up a solidarity protests in not be silent in the occupied west bank that's where to me and her family are from the sixteen year old has been behind bars thence last month when a video of her slapping israeli soldiers went viral online lawyers say to mimi could face jail time if she's convicted of the charges which include assault she's due in court again on monday al-jazeera is imran khan was at the protests in the west bank area. protesters gathering outside of the house of i head to me and there's really two messages that i want to impart the first is to the palestinian leadership they want determined nonviolent resistance movement the other of course is to the

israelis that i mean the family now we saw like this whole area will not be bowed will not be broken and they should release both the mother and i had to be me as soon as i can now this is a head of a cool to parents taking place. on monday now we've been speaking to palestinians here this is what they've had to say still no message today isn't really liked wing government but our studios are united behind i'm behind her passion behind her resistance we are all here in obviously from all of it was going to include more people to this program i have is not alone to me family is not alone not be solid has not alone in the other hand we ask our friends all over the world to show a bitter sort of duty and to start clearly with concrete action to isolate israel and increase the cost of a completion on those leaders and kids to eat i want to tell the israelis we as palestinian people and palestinian children we will continue to defend palestine we

will get x. a mosque in jerusalem back and we will make two rooms in the eternal capital for palestine. its right to start firing tear gas canisters into the crowd to push them back. now this was a peaceful protest the protesters are now very angry and he's ready army using as much as they can to push them back. now irish artist jim fitzpatrick famed for his image of che guevara that's seen all over the world has now painted a picture depicting it had to me as wonder woman the latest incarnation of that character was played by israeli actress gaga dought in last year's hollywood superhero movie fitzpatrick says to me is the true wonder woman and is giving this picture out with free usage urging people to share it everywhere and if you get a chance read this thought provoking piece on our website. on al-jazeera dot

com she asks why is the world praising malala when i use of side the pakistani teenager up to the taliban but ignoring it had to me standing up to the israeli occupation it had like madonna she says as a substantial history of standing up against injustices and she says there are multiple reasons she says for defeat for the deafening international silence and you can read about these reasons on their dot com in that article you can find on our website saying in the palestinian territories specifically gaza where ateneo book aid by israel and egypt has left the strip with few options to properly dispose of rubbish the problem is literally piling up and poses a growing health risk from gaza. ports. one of the many problems in a city under siege is how to dispose of its rubbish. it's a job to help clicked it using it donkey and cart. the blockade of gaza by israel

and egypt means of a few refuse trucks and fuel is expensive for sure you go live surely there is no other country in the world using donkeys to collect the rubbish if we had proper vehicles and enough fuel it would be faster and make our work much easier to gaza strip home to about two million people into the most entirely built up in the cities waste is loaded in trucks and taken here to a giant open dump. it's one of three one of them close to people's homes it's enormous it just goes on and on and it stinks it's hard not to gag standing here just a few hundred meters in this direction is the separation wall built by israel around gaza about a kilometer over here is the edge of the city so there's just no other space. the municipal waste manager told us to dump him it's not just gases and liquids and

so it's a public health hazard the authorities struggle to import machinery needed for processing all recycling because israel restricts the imports of anything it says could be used to make weapons. in the model for it is known all over the world that at least some of the rubbish should be recycled but in gaza we cannot recycle anything we don't have any factories that could reuse the plastic or steel so the only way to deal with it is to dump it here. but with more than forty percent unemployment is a living to be made here to. these men search for whatever they can sell none of them agreed to an interview he told us they're ashamed to be seen here. the city produces nearly two thousand tons of waste every day the site will be full in about two years and as long as the seed lasts gases dump and it's rubbish problem only can't bigger malcolm webb al-jazeera in the gaza strip and another public health

issue this one in zambia where the government is pulling out all the stops to get on top of a cholera epidemic saying it should be under control within a few weeks seventy people have been killed since the outbreak began three months ago but there's been a furious response to the government's containment measures which triggered riots in zambia's capital saka mariana hunt has a story. and street vendors had arrived early only to find they were legal market stalls shut down they quickly turned their anger on the security forces broughton to send them home that sit up shop in defiance of emergency mages that banned public gatherings and imposed a curfew the government says marketplaces like be a breeding grounds for cholera and while it excepts the new rules are tough it isn't backing down we find it extremely acceptable that this more click over individual citizens.

to break the law when so many citizens have really been cooperative and been open to the situation we know that we are touching on people's livelihoods but this is not as we are talking about matters of life and death. and the very responsible government must make sure that people's lives are protected times. the riot happened in kenya amma a low income township that is home to more than three hundred fifty thousand people it's one of two townships on the outskirts of the capital lusaka with cholera broke out in late september the disease quickly spread to the city and infected almost three thousand people in about three and a half months color as a bacterial disease usually sprayed through contaminated water left untreated it can kill within alice last week the government deployed the army to enforce

a raft of new measures to try to contain the national health crisis specialist cholera treatment centers closed off to the healthy and intensive color a vaccination campaign and a ban on public gatherings that includes funerals church services schools and marketplaces like this one in lusaka just last week street sellers here had pitched in to help the military close it off now they are opposing them and as the impact on livelihoods grows so too will the concern at the possibility of more civil unrest before the cholera crisis is contained medium the hond al-jazeera. now we've seen some progress is steps forward for saudi women over the past few months under reforms driven by crown prince mohammed bin salman anders back to tell us about a football match that's got many people talking and well saudi women were allowed

to attend the football matches in public stadiums for the first time on friday in three cities jeddah riyadh and to mom now this is a move that many are hailing as a historic sign of progress in the conservative kingdom. many women have shared their excitement on snap chat in particular you probably just heard one attendee name so how they're singing along to the national anthem she attended the match with her daughter who hopes her local team will score ten goals next time this is what some other attendees had to say. something surely we're happy for us we used to have to travel abroad to see tournaments but not the situation is different so we're very happy very joyous. does it. this is very important because women and men equal in society and this allows us to participate in sport in an ordinary daily way and natural way like one family this is a very good thing for society for the players for everything. honestly this decision

should have happened a long time ago that thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even more. now saudi arabia spokeswoman in the united states says this highlights the kingdom's commitment to women's progress over the course of twenty seventeen and into this year she says nearly every month represents a new stride in a diverse area. because to a. limit still existing in. saudi arabia is implementing a series of domestic reforms as part of its so-called vision twenty thirty program and saudi women are being given rights that their counterparts in other gulf countries have enjoyed for decades certainly some mixed reaction to the story online sports journalist michael eaves here says it's twenty eight thousand and women in saudi arabia are just now being allowed to attend soccer matches while tom here asks isn't it strange that there's a p.r. campaign every time the saudis loosen a shoe string in june saudi women will finally be granted driver's licenses

licenses and thousands of them will become drivers for popular ride hailing apps like the dubai based company kareem says it's recruiting one hundred thousand female drivers in the kingdom and one poll by a company called cancer t.n.s. suggests that eighty percent of saudi women plan to get a driver's license once the ban is lifted now that means millions more drivers on saudi roads definitely a boon for automakers these potential customers had a look at some of the latest fuel efficient cars in jeddah on thursday at a first car exhibition aimed solely at women the kingdom is also working to end its dependence on fossil fuels as part of its national reform agenda now let us know what you think about women's rights in saudi arabia and vision twenty thirty you can send me a tweet using the hash tag a.j. news grid or tweet me directly i'm at. now to a story that's gotten a lot of women in the u.s. talking in a post birth health scare for tennis star serena williams is getting a lot of traction online people are sharing his story and talking about america's

maternal mortality rate off friends at the details. i am am. i.

thank you. still ahead on the news grid is here with what's trending in sports singling how africa's domestic bass players are just a few hours away from showcasing their skills in the twenty eight hundred african nations championship in morocco a softer snapshot of the world but. the s . s s u

. there were 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 say that this was a political trial and that these were political prisoners because we weren't able to see the secret of it and we were unable 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 fun at this time on al-jazeera well i think one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a place where two worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. in two hours we can sit on juries in the rest of central america about the same

time but more importantly why those two cultures north and south america has to teach it's a very important place for al-jazeera to be. placed in schools that i have. football time in africa the continent's domestic based players are right around the corner from showcasing their skills in the african nations championship which is being held in morocco the host will kick off proceedings against mauritania in casablanca but the moroccans are hoping make a good impression as they have ambitions of also hosting the world cup in the future someone who has more for us. this is where many moroccan youngsters learn

their football the beach doubles as an improvised training ground fans here i have a lot to look forward to oracle has called a fighter for the world cup but for the first time in twenty years and the country is about to welcome many of africa's best players the city of gaza blunk is due to host the african nations championship the country hasn't hosted a senior continental competition since the africa cup of nations in one thousand eighty eight moral codes due to stage the twenty fifteen cup of nations but pulled out due to concerns about the spread of the ebola virus the african nations championship set has been around for a decade but is still trying to establish itself the sixteen team event is solely for players based in their domestic league but with the decision to expand the flagship a cup of nations to twenty four teams and extra world cup places awarded to the african continent from twenty to twenty six some are questioning its value

the man in charge of african football is sis its future is secure. with regards to the position the competition takes at a continental level it's very important because if we look at the number of participants in qualifying matches increases day by day it means that the federations and the players develop a taste for it and profited little from this opportunity. morrocco is hoping that by successfully stage in this tournament they could be given another chance to host the cup of nations but their bishes don't stop there with a country challenging a joint bid from the u.s. canada and mexico to host a twenty twenty six fee for world cup it will be historical events for for us for a american football. because last last year. our first team qualified for the for

a world cup and we warn champions champions league of africa and we are we are we want to continue with this. good moment. we've been preparing for this competition for some time i think we have good players that can make our country proud morrocco kick off this event against mauritania close to forty five thousand spectators will be at the renovated one hundred the fifth stadium home fans hoping they'll be back at the same stadium in early february to see their team play in the final sun hamlisch al-jazeera has a blank maracle now the african nations championship is a competition where countries are only allowed to select domestic based players so for example manchester united's area could buy cannot represent ivory coast in this competition now some say that that takes away from the prestige of the competition

others say it's still a pretty big deal and would appear that google agrees have a look at this custom google doodle just for the african nations championship are kind of like a chant twenty eighteen by the way one of the hashtags that is doing the rounds now this was a tweet by the nigerian football federation clearly there's excitement there as well this is the team arriving in morocco nigeria's nicknamed the super eagles well they haven't actually won the african nations chairmanship although they have won two africa cup of nations titles and here's a treat displaying the prize money on offer at this year's tournament in morocco having about one point two five million dollars that's compared to the previous seven hundred fifty thousand quite an improvement not bad money if you can get it and before i say goodbye here's a quick look now at other sporting stories that have been trending kirby's training after former world number one tennis player angelica but when the sydney international ahead of the start of the australian open on monday. history was made

in saudi arabia as women were allowed to attend a football match inside the stadium for the first time ever this is part of a series of reforms intended to modernize the country and former u.s. international striker and captain landon donovan is coming out of her term and donovan who has played for club side by munich and everton in the past is joining mexican team club lay on i remember you can always get in touch with me show your thoughts show your video is the hashtag is a.j. news where you can also tweet me directly at peta and the school spirit i'm going to be better for you no more sport for me in the eighteen hundred g.m.t. hour peter thank you so much we'll see then now how would you feel about your car assessing your mood as you get behind the wheel well that's the way things are going as artificial intelligence the way i get seven more intelligent that and all the other weird and wonderful new developments in tech have been on show in las vegas during the consumer electronics show or c s we sent rob reynolds in for

a look. at the annual c.e.o.'s show there isn't any start only new innovation no new must have shiny tech object there's no one awesome gadget this year it's going to be new technologies it's going to be virtual reality augmented reality and i don't think i've seen any one thing i've seen lots of trends and ideas one of those trends is toward more and more sophisticated technology in automobiles toyota announced a deal with amazon to deploy the aleck's artificial intelligence assistant in some of its vehicles eventually automobile a will discern the mood of a human driver by have emotional mapping and sensing more stress the car can actually then offer to take over more control of the vehicle and become fully autonomous auto makers are moving swiftly toward their goal of fully autonomous

vehicles the ride sharing app lifts says that by the year twenty twenty one the majority of all rides it gives to its customers will be in self driving cars another theme this year a fierce rivalry between alexa and google assistant to spearhead a i in the consumer product category amazon took the early lead and i i think that they're probably going to keep it at least for the near future in the virtual reality field purchases are predicted to increase by twenty five percent to nearly five million units in twenty eighteen and then there are the now familiar internet connected household appliances. l.g. and samsung both have fridges you can talk to i don't know why you'd want to have a conversation with your french the consumer technology association predicts the total consumer tech industry revenue will reach a record three hundred and fifty billion dollars this year robert oulds al-jazeera

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several walking busses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved. the volunteers also act as security guards now he's here to communicate it's going to keep their parenting good quality but i still in afghanistan for some taliban fighters a new call to arms for taliban leaders a threat to their authority. to see the also children enslaved all through the south in tal farlow islam they were only lovely but. unprecedented access i still am the taliban at this time on al jazeera. downing chronicles of human rights violations a un report says the saudi led coalition may have committed war crimes in yemen.