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richelle carey this is. also coming up. our nations must remain united states pressure until north korea takes concrete steps calls for tougher sanctions at a twenty nation meeting to halt north korea's nuclear program. what they call the. words of defiance hong kong's pro-democracy leader says he won't be silenced by a jail sentence. a national tragedy. blame the government for the deaths of malnourished children. agency for palestinian refugees has warned that a cut in u.s. aid will threaten security across the region it's also an announcement by the trumpet ministration that it's withholding half of the one hundred one hundred twenty five million dollars that it allocated to that body it's

a massive cut from last year when the us gave more than three hundred fifty million dollars to aid and palestinians most of that went to the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees better known as are helps pay for the education for half a million palestinian children and more than seven hundred schools more than nine million doctor visits at almost one hundred fifty primary health clinics and total has helped an estimated five million people living in camps in the occupied west bank gaza strip in jordan lebanon and syria a diplomatic editor james ray's asked for. two years of conflict and. millions of palestinians. they will be devastated by this announcement. they should not cut the aid to people who are sick and poor and have nothing to support themselves . people here can afford to buy bread so why does the us say it's taking this action it has of long been

a concern of this administration here in the administration about an era and how it handles itself and how it manages its money under the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees to give it its full title is one of the oldest agencies in the u.n. system founded almost seventy years ago the u.s. has been its biggest funder providing money for among other things clinics schools and social services for palestinians beyond the borders of the territory long disputed by palestinians and israelis and neighboring countries jordan and lebanon it is not the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. that helps palestinians living in camps news of the cuts to the agency's funding started to emerge as a news conference by the un secretary general was underway in new york it's clear antonio could terrorists was not given advance notice by washington. i mean i've been in close contact with. what you are saying now i was not yet informed so no

no official not army cid at all there might be something that i do not know because i mean it's impossible to accompany zings by the minute. until i was informed there was no official notification of the position but it might have happened. there is a political as well as humanitarian dimension to this president trump has said he hopes to get the deal of the century between news release and the palestinians and yet this announcement hot on the heels of his recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital has alienated one side making efforts to get the peace process back on track harder than ever jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations the palestinian liberation organization's delegation to the u.s. has criticized the trump administration's move this is how the statement re health refugees and children's access to basic humanitarian services such as food health

care and education is not a bargaining chip but a u.s. and international obligation. because for an assistant chief spokesman for and maintains the organization has always been neutral when it comes to conflicts in the region we defend to the hilt our neutral role do you really think that we have had access. to the battlefields of syria in places like aleppo if there was any question about on neutrality the fact is that there are standards of charlotte sea which we rigorously uphold and ron carter has reaction from ramallah in the occupied west bank. there has been strong reaction already let me start with the palestine liberation organization what they've said is this once again the us administration proves its complicity with the israeli occupation by attempting to remove another poem and status issue off the table the talking there about refugees now the p.l.o. central committee met on monday they issued

a statement saying the u.s. was not an honest broker and privately what they say is that the u.s. is actually becoming paltz of the conflict by siding with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu has long called for the dismantling of under wall for the funding to be cut and the sixty five million dollars shortfall by the u.s. is going to have a huge impact here and we are expecting more reaction throughout the day already we've heard from yet on the head of the norwegian refugee council he says he's disappointed and we've also heard from the u.n. secretary general himself saying that this is a u.n. agency and not a palestinian agency secretary of state rex tillerson says the world must be sober and clear eyed about the possibility of war with north korea made a comment said a summit in canada where twenty countries agreed to push for tougher sanctions on pyongyang over its nuclear program or some more north korea it could trigger a military response unless it agrees to dialogue and reports from bank over. a show

of diplomatic commitment in vancouver to ending north korea's nuclear weapons program but the meeting co-hosted by canada and the united states yielded just one new tactic for the fight and agreement to prevent so-called ship to ship transfers of outlawed goods to pyongyang i think we all agreed together with our partners here the timing has turned out to be really for to a test because we are seeing we we want to be clear headed we don't want to be in any way pollyanna it's about this but i think we. collectively believe that the peaceful pressure is beginning to have an impact north koreans know our channels are open and they know where to find us but a sustained cessation of north korea's threatening behavior is necessary is a necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the security threat that it has created our

nations must remain united on sustaining pressure until north korea takes concrete steps toward and ultimately reaches did nuclearize asia thank russia and china were excluded from the only countries that supported seoul during the korean war were invited to the gathering in moscow and beijing said this one sided event could aggravate tensions however two of north korea's neighbors said now was a good time as any to tell people young to abandon its nuclear ambitions we should not be naive about their intent nor should we be blinded by north korea's charm offensive. in short it is not the time to pressure want to reword no it's career we stand ready to provide a brighter future for north korea if it makes the right choice. analysts said the

band coover meeting won't be a major venue for resolving the north korea question but it isn't a waste of time either. just a wee bit with a little bit of sunshine coming in then those countries are going to be necessary whether it's to talk about verification or whether it's to talk about new forms of economic assistance to north korea that could be part of the opening process the u.s. and canada have promised to brief china and russia on the discussions held here on tuesday it's not clear whether this gathering will of turned out to be instrumental or simply a side bar to diplomatic efforts at the u. when. jordan al-jazeera vancouver delegations from north and south korea are holding talks on. the upcoming winter olympics the recent meeting. following increased tension over the north's nuclear weapons program and the sides had discussed the possibility of having their athletes march under unification flag

during the opening ceremony. at the north should cooperate so that the north participation in the china lympics and paralympics not only make the upcoming event peaceful but also called tribute to the development of north relations and the establishment of peace on the korean peninsula. has more from the south korean capital seoul. the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says there is no difference between the policies of the united states and south korea when it comes to dealing with north korea even as the u.s. pushes a campaign of maximum pressure and sanctions while south korea continues to promote dialogue and hold another round of talks with north korea today both of the secretary of state and the south korean foreign minister have said that these policies go hand in hand but that the idea behind sanctions is to force north korea back to the negotiating table now the talks that are taking place today are around the logistics surrounding north korea's participation in the winter olympics both

north and south korea will be discussing the possibility of a joint team for the women's ice hockey also the possibility of walking together in the opening ceremony they'll also be talking about details such as accommodation the size of north korea's delegation and costs south korea has to be careful when it moves to facilitate the north's participation not to violate any u.n. sanctions against north korea which are the very focus of the discussions at the meeting in vancouver and as you heard earlier north korea's main allies russia and china were not invited to that meeting mcbride has more from near the north korea border in china. there's been stinging criticism here in china of this summit with the state run television the newspaper editorials criticizing what it says is a cold war mentality asking why the united states and its allies would want to jeopardize what seems to be an improving relationship with north korea right now

there's a lot of concern here in china about how the use of naval forces to enforce these sanctions around the korean peninsula might play out leading to the possibility of some accidental encounter with north korean naval forces that might escalate very quickly also the possible confrontations between the ships of the u.s. navy and its allies and the chinese navy and chinese merchant vessels around the korean peninsula as far as china's position is concerned it is implementing fully the u.n. sanctions but here at places like dandong one of the most important links with north korea of course ninety percent of north korea's trade goes through china it is still very busy with the kinds of commodities and foods and goods that china is allowed to trade with north korea but we are seeing evidence as far as the chinese authorities are concerned of clamping down on some of those activities and

businesses that provide north korea money such as north korean restaurants or companies that are trading in north korea but the suspicion is always that individuals and companies are simply changing their names or changing management structures as a way of getting around the sanctions in pakistan thousands of opposition supporters are expected to rally in the city of lahore the demonstration is being led by members of the pakistan of wanting to party seeking justice for activists killed in clashes with police back in two thousand and fourteen. live for us at this rally in lahore. and once. well first of. all sorts by the opposition which wants to pressurize the provincial government to step down it should be remembered the. prime minister was disqualified now watch said if he was ten gone by that call facing corruption

charges by the brother would go to the chief minister of the country and most polls sort of drive into it and up on jobs go under the spotlight because title qadri is blaming games for dead all fall but it doesn't know if it's a board game bag and great day fourteen after the police. removed mains so did indeed will be a writ large because you have all the major political parties backing dr godfrey including up against on people's party and all the party led by a moron khan who instigated the case a panama case say that again. indeed a show of strength but this is all happening at the time when the country also getting ready for an election somewhere. and therefore the government saying that there was no need for having all these protests and demonstrations indeed and we

expect tens of thousands of people. who are on the mall most of the city and blog and that does cause really saw a way that the opposition is able to bring enough pressure to remove. the governor dean's minute and a last minute run outs are now a lot. higher life for us and thank you very much. so add on al-jazeera the french president calls on the u.k. agency war for refugees trying to make their way for europe. and archaeologists make a remarkable underwater discovery and mexico. from dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. to sunrise

atop an asian metropolis how the weather remains very mobile across europe in fact we are in for a spell of stormy weather as we go through the next couple of days big area of shall a cloud just a speck ling of clouds coming in across the british isles i don't face a wintry flow is in across much of northwestern europe as we go through the next couple days and then waiting in the wings out in the atlantic a deepening area of low pressure will bring some really stormy conditions once they night into day for the british isles down across the low countries with that cold air in place ahead of that though we do see quite a bit of snow across the the alps eleven centimeters of snow in switzerland and that wintry mix will continue through wednesday as rain is snow there across the the balkans feeding down towards the southeast and colder temperatures into single figures as you can see zero five celsius seven right there for london and paris and here comes the model as we go on into thursday the stormy weather piles in violent winds winds could well exceed one hundred and fifty kilometers per hour at times

right across that northwestern corner of europe we are going to see some very nasty weather ten eleven celsius there for london and paris says the snow there into germany doubts woolsey else once again clear skies for the balkans but stormy for the eastern med there with sponsored by qatar and nice. you are making the mounts when they're on line the main u.s. response to drug use and to. the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminal or if you join us. in the morning and says i want to color the world. is a dialogue could be what leading to some of the confusion about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

they're watching al-jazeera and these are the top stories right now. for palestinian refugees has warned that a cut to u.s. aid will threaten security across the region that follows an announcement by the top ministration that it will withhold the financial assistance that it allocated to the body and that is. angry reaction from the palestinian liberation organization it says palestinian access to humanitarian services is not a bargaining chip but a u.s. and international obligation. and twenty countries have agreed to push for further sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program after a summit in canada russia and china were not invited to the summit which they say could jeopardize and proving relations with pyongyang. so more on our top story

now the u.s. decision to slash eight for the u.n. body for palestinians. as head of the palestinian non-governmental organizations network he joins us on skype from gaza and we appreciate your time so. there is a clip that we showed earlier tara secretary-general of the un on camera being surprised. or not aware that the u.s. had followed through on this move were you surprised by it. thank you and just to show the real. situation all that goes do you know right now . with banking outside the post injuries mainly. due to the shortage of funds it is about one hundred million dollars which is a chronic shortage of funding on the only one organization's. now that is sixty five million dollars they didn't got out of the american commitment whereas

the only one which means pushing your region is community to. warning them of. well it looks like the lives of hundreds of thousands of children women and has been affecting the from the only way this is from the health education and human services is this something that you think in some way might be. more or somewhat. first it's kind of violation to the american. administrations commitment. cheesing. this is kind of the responsibility of the american since the. administration's solving the palestinian

issue. so that this is the middle and this is going to sell but when can i can't they thank you jesus for just a moment how are are you hopeful that there's some way to reverse this in some way or to renegotiate it so that you can still get some of those funds. incredible statement this is the day that you will. do business there will be degrees and you will have. to. be the prison service is going down the country's name is going. to go to cover this and you have a. different view and it just says in order to work together on

a plan to get to the american administration. to have. this kind of legal. pick. humanitarian conditions on palestine and. lebanon. from the world. pushing the palestinians in order to. follow that meeting administration all of that is i think it's really good. ones ok. thank you very much for joining us we appreciate it they were the cause of a real family who say his thing how they against his will in the united arab emirates has now been released chicken television ali. has left before coates on sunday he released a video statement saying that if anything were to happen to him qatar would not be

at fault had denied the allegations saying he was free to leave whenever he chose. high court has sentenced pro-democracy activist josh along to prison for a second time for his role in protests and two thousand and fourteen he received a three month jail term for contempt of court his lawyers have asked us not to send him to prison while the request for an appeal is being considered to take up politics and hong kong. now two of the sixteen being sentenced today are going to jail that's joshua wall and rafael wong both prominent leaders of the twenty fourteen pro-democracy protests the rest have been given suspended sentences or fines joshua long was defiant before going into courts thank god i won't go away but they are well enough to know is if we need to face prison sentence westfield going to fight for democracy in the future the charges stem from the two thousand and fourteen umbrella occupied movement when one of the protest sites not the main

one was being cleared by police payloads had ordered the area to be cleared and according to the judge joshua was wrong rafael wong and the rest of them had resisted the police clearance and this is in criminal contempt of the courts while many skeptics are questioning why it's taken so long to sentence them particularly since they had pleaded guilty from the start joshua long rafael longo how political ambitions for joshua long he's facing other charges and he's already been sentenced to prison earlier in august he's currently out on bail fighting those charges. in the nation government has admitted it's been too slow to respond to a health crisis in the eastern province of pop well hunger and the measles outbreak in remote areas have claimed the lives of more than sixty children and just four months of awesome reports from jakarta.

three year old three c. a b word died when only six kilograms less than half the healthy body weight a child her age like all the amount nourished and seriously ill children of the us must drive and why she traveled with a modern many hours to get to a clinic trying to save her life but only nine doctors who are available for more than two hundred villages in this warm covered area in the south. all of them are based in the districts capital hours away from their patients the outbreak of measles started in september and spread quickly because only a few children have been immunized many died because their undernourished bodies were not strong enough to fight it is. the government admits its response has been too late. yes what we have done is not enough but let's not focus on who is in the wrong let's focus on how to solve it because we are dealing with this reality right now we thought our

colleagues in poplar could handle it but it turns out they need help and to be pushed more that's what we're doing now. since popper became part of indonesia in the one nine hundred sixty s. pop ones have often criticised the government from a collector in the far eastern province a small army movement has been fighting for independence and many have died because of military violence over the years to bring peace to government more autonomy and improved its infrastructure. to what is happening to be as much as it jakarta does not care enough about papa despite building roads and the development we have seen since we got more autonomy poppins don't feel their lives of improved . the government has called the measles outbreak an extraordinary situation and i sent food and medical teams to the area also flying doctors and the military have been called in to help but due to the remoteness of the affected villages many fear for some help will be too late. children dying of hunger and disease are

a huge blow to president joke we dawdle last fall to stop military pilots and bring welfare to the powerful ones despite his frequent visits to this restive province this tragedy painfully shows that a lot more needs to be done to reach the traditional inhabitants of step fossum al jazeera that. france is pressuring britain to help migrants who are stuck in the french port of cali hoping to cross the english channel five thousand refugees from move from the so-called jungle count or refugees mercalli in two thousand and sixteen a president of france is to visit u.k. on thursday and he has been meeting some wreckage ease trying to reach the u.k. any way they can that harsh about reports. emanuel might call began the day meeting refugees at a state shelter in north and for all of us who are going to see him even in some regions of the ruins with them later in the port of cali the french president politicians charity workers and police people here are fed up that hundreds of

refugees continue to come to canada to try and reach the u.k. mike ross said he will ask britain to do more to help when he meets prime minister to resume a on thursday visit. better manage the issue of unaccompanied minors reinforced police cooperation in cali and with countries of origin and transit on block funds to support important projects for the development of kalar simulated police say that more than one hundred fifteen thousand attempts were made by refugees to reach the u.k. last year now that britain's voted to leave the european union many here say it's time to scrap the u.k.'s calley border britain's border here was agreed to under a two thousand and three franco british steel two k. accorded allows british police and customs officers to operate on the french authorities since then things have changed with the refugee crisis and break through it and now many people. kalai saying that the u.k.

must manage its border on its own territory. we need to get rid of this border it will make britain more accessible for the micra to want to go there so if the border goes it will make things easier here. so it's time to move the border the situation in calif becoming unmanageable in terms of security minded girl and i can't go out alone because of what's happening michael says france will do more to help asylum seekers but he's ruled out building a refugee camp in cali and promised to crack down on illegal immigrants maya can forty is one of several activists who refused to meet the president she's angry with conditions for refugees are worse than ever you know we miles and miles and miles of fences and barbed wire in cali and when is that going to stop when it clearly does not work i mean it's it diminishes the number of people who are here

but this will come back whole hope that this visit will put pressure on britain to reach a deal for cali but until the certainty over what breaks its means kelly status as a symbol of europe's refugee crisis seems secure. al-jazeera calley archeologists in mexico have discovered what is believed to be the largest flooded cave in the world the group of divers found a connection between it took however it's after months of exploring a maze of underwater channels the cave is three hundred forty seven kilometers long as shed new light on the ancient mayan civilization pottery and skeletal remains dating back thousands of years have been recovered. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the agency for palestinian refugees has warned that a cut to u.s.

aid will threaten security across the region it follows an announcement by the trump the ministration that it will withhold half the financial assistance it allocated to that body that decision is drawn an angry reaction from the palestinian liberation organization it says palestinian access to human services is not a bargaining chip but a u.s. and international obligation christopher gunness is a chief spokesman for and he maintains the organization has always been neutral when it comes to conflicts in the region. we. do you really think that would have had access. to the battlefields of syria in places like aleppo if there was any question about only trying to achieve the. standards which we rigorously uphold twenty countries have agreed to push for tougher sanctions on north korea that's over its nuclear program this is after a summit in canada russia and china weren't invited to the summit to that meeting

which they say could jeopardize improving relations with. talks between the north and south over kenya's participation in the winter olympics are also being held hong kong's high court has sentenced pro-democracy activist josh along to prison for a second time for his role in protests in two thousand and fourteen he received a three month jail term for contempt of court his lawyers have asked charges not to send him to prison while the request for an appeal is being considered a military court and thailand has decided not to prosecute or historian for insulting the monarchy so look similar osco was charged after he commented on a battle that happened more than four hundred years ago a five year old has been in or not a court since two thousand and fourteen. the world health organization is planning an immunization campaign in yemen to stem a rapidly spreading outbreak of the area disease can cause breathing problems paralysis even death forty eight yemenis have died in the past four months and seven hundred are infected and many are also suffering the world's largest outbreak

of cholera and the threat of famine as the war between who the rebels on the side of the coalition drags on the headlines this frame is next to keep it or. facing reality growing up going to do you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter the me and more government calls you a pretty girl the terrorist hear their story on the talk to how does iraq at this time. today. catching up with al-jazeera correspondents on the stories that reporting right now and if you have questions put them in the comments section i would.