at this time zero. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. risk is the education of children one point seven million million food insecure people may not get food and. condemns washington's. aid for palestinians.

i'm richelle carey live from doha also coming up. our nations must remain united states north korea takes strong creech. at a twenty nation meeting to halt north korea's nuclear program. but they caught the . words of defiance hong kong's pro-democracy leader will not be silenced by a jail sentence. and leaders in indonesia province blame the government for the deaths of malnourished children. agency for palestinian refugees has warned that a cut in u.s. aid will frighten security across the region and follows an announcement by the trump administration that it's withholding half of the one hundred twenty five million dollars. and allocated to that body it's

a massive cut from last year when the u.s. came more than three hundred fifty million dollars to. palestinians most of that went to the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees better known as ira helps pay for the education of our behalf a million palestinian children and more than seven hundred schools that fund more than nine million doctors visits almost one hundred fifty primary health clinics and total has helped an estimated five million people living in camps and the occupied west bank gaza strip and jordan lebanon and syria diplomatic editor time space has more after years of conflict and poverty millions of palestinians rely on they will be devastated by this announcement or an element of a they should not cut the aid people here are sick and poor and have nothing to support themselves people here can't afford to buy bread so why does the u.s. say it's taking this action it has all of long been a concern of this administration

a year into the administration about an ra and how it handles itself and how it manages its money and the u.n. 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 i mean at all there might be something that i do not know because i mean it's impossible to kompany zings by the minute. and 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 the israelis 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 james al-jazeera at the united nations the palestine liberation organization delegation to the u.s. has criticized the transfer ministrations and this is how the statement reads palestinian refugee essential trends access to basic humanitarian services such as

food health care and education is not a bargaining chip getting us an international allocation christopher gunness is the chief spokesperson for an era he maintains the organization has always been neutral when it comes to conflicts in the region we defend to the hilt are neutral role do you really think that would have access war zones in the battlefields of syria in places like aleppo if there was any question about on neutrality the fact is that there are standards of shallot sea which we rigorously uphold and run can ask 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 u.s. 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 part of the conflict by siding with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu has long called for the dismantling of the wall for the funding to be cut and the sixty four 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 here secular state rex tillerson says the world must be sober and clear eyed about the possibility of war with north korea he made the comments at a summit in canada where twenty countries agreed to push for tougher sanctions on pyongyang over its nuclear program tolson war north korea could trigger a military response unless it agrees to dialogue rosin jordan a part time 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 an agreement to prevent so-called ship to ship transfers of outlawed goods to pyongyang i think we all agreed together with our partners here that the timing has turned out to be really for to attack us because we are seeing we we want to be clear headed we don't want to be in any way pollyannas 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 didn't. thank russia and china were excluded from the meeting 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 yong 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 or to rework no it's career we stand ready to provide a brighter future for north korea if it makes the right choice. analysts said the bank hoover meeting won't be a major venue for resolving the north korea question but it isn't

a waste of time either if the part 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.n. . jordan al-jazeera vancouver more than south korea are getting closer to finalizing the make up. to the upcoming winter olympics the two sides are holding a third round of talks in recent meetings have seen every foreign relations following increased tension over the north's nuclear weapons program and discussed the possibility of having their athletes march under unification flag during the opening ceremony. with 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 are the biggest foreign policy challenges for president trumps first year in office has been north korea and the second of our five part series kathy novak reports from seoul. it was a year that saw the leaders of the united states and north korea exchanging threats of nuclear war and some rather undignified insults donald trump called the north korean leader little rocket man. the u.s. president a mentally deranged dotard they boasted about their nuclear buttons. the u.s. mainland is within the range of a nuclear strike and as you can hear bolton is put on the desk in my office at all times and sparked fears the korean peninsula could be edging closer to war they

will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen it certainly has elevated the level of tension on the peninsula president trump has made this issue his most important foreign policy issue so it has brought a lot of attention globally. during trump's first year in office north korea launched its first successful tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles demonstrating that its weapons could reach the united states it conducted its biggest ever nuclear bomb test and late last year declared its weapons development program was complete in response the u.s. successfully pushed for tough u.n. sanctions including a cap on north korea's petrol supplies other countries in this region have been faced with a delicate balancing act signed us supported the u.n. sanctions but was unwilling to cut off north korea's oil supply completely and south korea has been pushing

a dual campaign of pressuring the north while continuing to promote dialogue. with the new year came a shift for the first time in more than two years the two koreas sat down for official talks and agreed north korea would attend the winter olympics next month the south korean government is now engaging with the north korean government and dialogues and the north korean delegation visiting south korean ferry so we're in a very different place than what people thought even two three six months ago so what happens next south korean president monday and thanked donald trump for helping bring about the talks and both say they would be willing to sit down with kim jong un under the right circumstances though trump has previously said any talks with north korea would be a waste of time mixed signals from his administration and even the fact that a year on he hasn't appointed an ambassador to south korea has some analysts questioning what trump's policy on north korea really is kathy novak al-jazeera

seoul and pakistan thousands of opposition supporters are expected to rally in the city of lahore the demonstration is being led by members of the pakistan awami to rick party still seeking justice for activists killed in clashes with police enter thousand and fourteen while hyder joins us live from that rally and a lot more so tell us more about what the goals are the mission and what is it that the opposition wants. well first of all let me tell you this is going to be a major trolls by the combined opposition party led by get on including the pakistan people's party imran khan. dr tyrell qadri. de re and all of course with the demand that the provincial government including the achievement of. the law minister of the province. now detail because of

the fact that back in twenty four days the police moved in on dr tyrell college and had. to download all. over doesn't know if it. had been warned. people know he had the opposition. and it is important to understand the data dollar happening at the time when the country ordered a general election date and also the fact that one prime minister had been disqualified and told me that already facing a corruption probe showed the pressure on by the opposition to force. the brother of no why should he have to resign and of course he did not clear whether there's. just a day or whether that will turn into a major shift in that could bring life to a war to understand. the provincial capital of the punjab province all right come

on her life press and lahore thank you. so had on al jazeera calls for clemency to spain's carolina region from paris to swear in its new parliament with many elected members still in jail and archaeologists may cover markable underwater discovery in mexico. how the heavy showers continue across much of southeast asia heaviest of which of the moment or face in the philippines big area clout here nasty little clutches storms pushing in some very heavy rain up in forty two millimeters of rain twenty four hours i went to weather will not a little further west winds as we go through thursday the usual heats of the day so i was across malaysia dallied to indonesia and then so very heavy rain will push

its way into southern parts of the philippines for friday elsewhere as exceed the usual scattering of showers some nasty showers there in sioux into the just joining up with the showers that we have across northern parts of australia but for australia really there's about the clear skies that we have to out into the southeast and cold of the very hot weather. will be too hot for tennis over the next couple of days in melbourne thirty six celsius on thursday ha so still as we go on into friday we could touch thirty nine degrees the showers continue meanwhile across northern parts should be fodder dry for western australia much of western australia perth a twenty nine celsius not quite safe on a dry course in new zealand at present discuss coming into the south still some very stormy weather this heavy right of course has been breaking our recent he way we have got the cloudy conditions continue for north island through the course of friday.

and. it's clear the young leader in st. margaret the libyan capital the free to. go to excel let me sleep just placed in you know the distorted image of syria. you're watching al-jazeera and these are the top stories this hour the agency for palestinian refugees says warning that a cut to u.s.

aid will threaten security across the region and follows an announcement by the trump of ministration that it will withhold half the financial assistance that it allocated to the body. that decision has drawn an 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 twenty countries have a great to push for tougher sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program after a summit in canada russia and china war invited to the meeting which they say could jeopardize improving relations with pyongyang. more on our top story now the u.s. decision to slash aid for the u.n. agency for palestinians. as head of the palestinian and non-governmental organizations that work he says the funding will make an already bad refugee situation worse. to asian or the post right now. with spanking outside the post injuries mainly due to fiji's communities was suffering

due to the shortage. it is about two hundred million dollars which is a chronic shortage of founded on the only one organization. and now this is the sixty five million dollars they did you got the american commitment to work is the only one with me that pushing you to be just community to us to feel. we are warming go. on the. lives of hundreds of thousands of shootin women and. if you think that in the from the only was this is not going to have countries mean it's. got to cover this deficit and you have. different you want it just as in order to work together to get to the american administration. to have such quality but it's not on the ballot in this kind of political basement on the palestinian take different completely

humanitarian conditions on palestine and different areas. well. from the world. health organization is planning an immunization campaign in yemen to stand a rapidly spreading outbreak to area the seas can cause braving problems paralysis and even death forty eight humanities have died in the past four months and seven hundred are infected and they are also suffering the world's largest outbreak of cholera and the threat of famine as the war between the rebels and assad is a coalition tracks on. a member of the cause for world family who said he's being held against his will in the united arab emirates has now been released chica delavan ali al funny has left abu dhabi for kuwait on sunday he released a video statement saying that if anything were to happen to him qatar would not be at fault the u.a.e. had denied the allegations saying he was free to leave whenever he chose. the

chinese government says it does not need taiwan's approval to open a new commercial air route close to the island follows a complaint by taipei about beijing's plans to launch a new flight path over the narrow strait that separates china and taiwan i want says it hasn't been consulted beijing claims taiwan is part of china but it's been ruled by its own government since one nine hundred forty nine. 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 judges not to send him to prison while the request for an appeal is being considered to be gopalan as in 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 defiance before going into courts think i will go all the way but they have i won't mind what we have to do 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 movements when one of the protest sites not the main one was being cleared by police bailiffs 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 long though how political ambitions was 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 i military court and thailand has decided not to prosecute a historian for insulting the monarchy so walk was charged after he commented on a battle that happened more than four hundred years ago eighty five year old has been out of court to two thousand and fourteen i stand by to defend i stand by i didn't choose i don't stand by toes. and what i said was people to use that want. to just to pass i didn't want you to believe me i gave them it is to just all. right do as a historian just go that's all i. got highlight has more from bangkok. when the eighty five year old historian. walked up to the courthouse here in bangkok he held up a walking cane saying that belonged to a former prime minister known as a democratic icon here in thailand he entered the army courthouse behind me and stayed in there for only about fifteen twenty minutes then we got word that the

army has said that they won't pursue this case further the trial will and now that they say because of a lack of evidence after that happened through law came out here and spoke with the media here he said that they asked him to stop criticizing the monarchy he said he stood by the facts and that he said that if he did completely stop criticizing he would die little by little he also said something interesting that is this is a majesté case that is about criticizing the royal family and members of the family the extended family he said that he believes the current king roma ten intervened to get this case thrown out that's something he believes came after the petition to the king several weeks ago that this case be thrown out the nation government has admitted it's been too slow to respond to help crisis and the eastern province of power hunger and missiles outbreak in remote areas have claimed the lives of more than sixty children and just four months later they are calling the deaths

a national tragedy and reports home to car. three year old three c. a b. were died weighing only six kilograms less than half the healthy body weight a child her age like other malnourished and seriously ill children of the tribe and she traveled with her mother many hours to get to a clinic trying to save her life but there are 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 district's 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 the disease the government admits its response has been too late. that. 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 pop were could handle it but it turns out they need help and to be pushed more that's what we're doing now. since poplar 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 points have died because of military filings over the years to bring peace to government a fatwah 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 have improved. the government has called the measles outbreak an extraordinary situation and send 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 don't know last fall to stop a military fire and bring welfare to the despite his frequent visits to this restive profits this tragedy painfully shows that a lot more needs to be done to reach the traditional inhabitants of. that fossil al-jazeera. tomorrow spain now where newly elected members of the cattle on parliament are about to be sworn in but some won't be at the ceremony because they're in jail and self-imposed exile or being investigated for the role they played and last year's referendum to secede from spain and the parliament is divided between want to remain part of spain and opponents demanding to break away . so the chance of freedom for the

prisoners have been ignored as catalonia as parliament to be opened handful of elected separate as politicians remain in jail others fled a brutal. we are trying to. keep we can say the flame you know but if someone things that. we give up they don't know it's the first time the members of parliament on wednesday is to choose a parliamentary speaker next to vote is needed for the new head of the capital and government but it's complicated madrid shut down this parliament last october rested cattle and leaders for rebellion after they held a referendum to break away from the rest of spain in a snap election last month the citizens party which favors remaining part of spain emerged as the biggest single party but a coalition of separatist parties seem certain to form a ruling majority. ahead of the new session of parliament separatist politicians

headed into closed door meetings the key concern seemed to be how to press ahead with the goal of breaking away from spain. obstacles are a constant issue you will have to look for new solutions but we have never rejected the idea of negotiations but the only thing that the spanish state offices is prison and direct rule. the ousted catalan first minister. remains in self-imposed exile in belgium judges war he will be arrested if he returns to take his seat in the council and parliament separatist party say they will try to reinstate this first minister but the pro unity citizens party fears that would aggravate the crisis. the separatists parties are used to breaking the law so it's difficult to know exactly what they will do next mr puts a. universe like in the movie the matrix. groups of schoolchildren continue to

talk parliament this week to learn how you would make building began assault weapons and ammunition store none of the guys were predicting what might happen in the next chapter in catalonia as political battle. al jazeera barcelona spain. thought to be the world's largest underwater discovered in mexico at around three hundred fifty kilometers long archeologists divers also found human pottery from thousands of years ago hoping to together a clear understanding of the. civilization pretty remarkable. top stories right now on al-jazeera through an agency for palestinian refugees has warned that a cut to u.s. aid will threaten security across the region that follows an announcement by the

trumpet ministration that it will withhold half the financial assistance it allocated to the body and the last half hour the palestinian president has criticized the u.s. president over his recent decisions. donald trump when he wrongly claimed the jerusalem is the capital of israel is a challenge to millions of muslims and christians this is favoritism for the sake of the israeli occupation for the israeli crimes for the israeli a toxin opposed to people this means that the us has chosen to violate international law. how can we trust a superpower we will never trust them again we will never accept them as mediators between us and the israelis twenty countries have a great to push for tougher sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program this is after a summit and canada russia and china were not invited to that meeting which they say could jeopardize improving relations with pyongyang talks between the north and

the south over pyongyang's participation in the winter olympics are also being held pakistan's opposition parties are joining forces to seek justice for the deaths of fourteen protesters killed in fighting with police in two thousand and fourteen thousands of people are expected to rally in la who are to call for the resignation of the punjabi chief minister chavez sharif who they blame for the. hong kong's high court has sentenced pro-democracy activist joshua wang to prison for a second time for his role in protests in two thousand and fourteen they were saved a three month jail term for contempt of court his lawyers have asked judges not to send him to prison while they request an appeal be considered. and barcelona the newly elected members of the cattle on parliament are about to be sworn in but some won't be there for the ceremony because they're in jail in self-imposed exile or being investigated for the role they played and last year's referendum to secede from spain on tuesday thousands of and dependent supporters took to the streets of

barcelona to protest their imprisonment those are the headlines the news continues right here on al-jazeera after risking it all keep it or. a year in power america's controversy president continues to polarize opinion. in a week of special reports al-jazeera examines his impact at home and around the globe. donald trump's first year on al-jazeera.