haven't truly been able to escape the worth. of the centuries egypt's assault to come on power over the mild in the now we aren't harming any of the nile basin countries they don't mean that most of the day they get their water from rainfall boss upstream this dominance is being challenged by countries who want to agree to share i know some people in asia. on question that yes this circumstances have changed and changed quite a struggle over the mild at this time on al-jazeera. zero . hello there i'm giving my donald this is the news hour live from london coming up is the gulf crisis a pretext to seize qatar as well that's the claim of

a qatari royal who was seen as a. turkey's military begins firing into syria's a freedom region their target is hardish fighters. scientists take a big step forward in their mission to develop a blood test that screams what counts. in sports australian open organizers defend their decision not to suspend play in melbourne high temperatures pushing from zone players to the limits of the u.s. first grand slam tournament. a warm welcome to the news our cuts are we will who was formerly a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured in an explosive audio recording obtained by al-jazeera shake up to lebanon ali al thani can be heard accusing both side the arabia the u.a.e.

of fabricating the rift with cuts are as a way to seize their neighbor's wealth he also says he was under so much pressure from the two countries that he wanted to end his life has the story. the man saudi arabia and the u.a.e. were presenting as an alternative to qatar leadership stepped up his attacks on the blockade in countries in a new audiotape shake of the lebanon early earth any a member of qatar's royal family says the gulf's biggest diplomatic where it was triggered by saudi and emira to crum princes whom he accuses of plotting to take qatar's wealth by force. i don't. let him.

in the old you're recording the shape says he was under so much pressure from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. that he considered taking his own life he also appeared in a video posted online on sunday where he says he was detained against his will in the u.a.e. a claim which the night but two days later. he left the u.a.e. this is the only picture taken of him when he arrived in kuwait his family said his health deteriorated during his alleged detention in the u.a.e. he was told that he can leave to saudi arabia but not to. the end of the day he was allowed. to leave. and he has two daughters with him and it was about twelve o'clock at night that.

they told them that they have to go to the airport and then the information changed that they are not allowed to go to the u.k. the u.k. refuses your entry and that is false. and that your daughter's can live and you must still stay in the. the little known she became a central figure during the gulf cooperation council or g.c.c. crisis when he was first received by king solomon bit of that as ease of saudi arabia media affiliated with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. portrayed him as the had of the opposition to the qatari government but soon the shade was nowhere to be seen except for tweets attributed to him the recent statements of the show shed more light on the g.c.c. crisis that started in june when sandy arabia the u.a.e. and egypt cut off diplomatic ties and imposed

a sea land and embargo on qatar the post from share how the lebanon early support qatar stands for the west is public ated and politically motivated has zero. turkey's fired artillery into kurdish controlled northwest syria the cross border bombardment of the three comes days after days of threats by president reagan tayyip erdogan against the syrian kurdish fighters known as the why p.j. fears the establishment of a kurdish corridor along its border and has been deploying troops and tanks there in preparation for a ground assault stephanie decker has more now from tokyo. the situation around the freeing is heating up there is been an increase in shelling from turkey into africa and also hearing reports that around fifteen thousand free syrian army fighters these are the rebels inside syria supported by turkey are mobilizing towards the

east of affluence and this is all in line with the political rhetoric that's been coming out of anger over the last week or so the last voice added to that the defense ministry on friday saying that the operation would happen that there should be no delay and that turkey had no choice but to rid of what they call terrorists along this border all of this very significant player is russia and this is why we've seen the chief of staff and also the turkish head of intelligence in moscow on thursday also told continuing on friday to try and see whether russia gives the green light why is that will russia control the airspace over a free and also has troops on the ground in that area it's all about politics it's incredibly complicated and you're seeing different players now carving up trying to carve up different areas of syria expanding their spheres of influence it is a very very complicated situation we have talks coming up in vienna and in sochi and certainly it doesn't look like anyone can seem to agree on anything at the moment the spokesman for u.n.

secretary general antonio the terrorist says there must be no increase in military activity in the region we've seen the reports of shelling in africa and we reiterate our call on all concerned parties to avoid further escalation in any acts that could deepen the suffering of the syrian people all parties must ensure protection of civilians at all times under any circumstances. the lebanese army says it's found the bodies of nine syrian refugees who froze to death trying to cross the border into lebanon they were found by army officers after a snowstorm near the mountainous area of the mass the border crossing six others were saved but one later died in hospital army patrols are still looking for other refugees caught in the snow and they arrested two syrians on smuggling charges. nearly a million syrian refugees managed to make it into lebanon are suffering through a bit so when set in flimsy tents the flood easily is no protection from the

freezing temperatures the u.n. h.c.r. says it's received less than sixty percent of the funding it needs to help the refugees through the winter and it's desperate for d.n.a. since then a horror has more now from the bekaa valley in lebanon. heavy winds snow lower temperatures lebanon is being hit by a storm making the lives of the nearly one million syrian refugees even more miserable they face many challenges during the winter months among them the lack of proper shelter they live in tents that are made for plastic sheeting which does little to protect from the cold and the rain on monday martin and we couldn't sleep all night the tent was flooded we stayed up and moved all our belongings outside the conditions of our tents a bad. it's the shepley family's sevens winter in displacement since fleeing the conflict in neighboring syria in winter the refugees require more help they need

fuel for heating thermal blankets and warm clothes. with nothing in the hygiene and we are dead we are living in misery we have nothing but pain sickness and suffering we are deprived of everything i can. families like the abdullah how much can't survive without assistance ahmed the father is half blind the youngest child sabrine is mentally challenged the eldest has heart disease and their mother suffers from asthma and eczema one lois in my junior year i need medicine and i need help we all cannot work we don't have water and field to keep warm we are living only by god's mercy i may be kicked out of ten soon because they didn't pay the rent for a long time. the united nations does provide some assistance but a shortfall in funding means not everyone is reached. united nations doesn't just help the more than five million syrian refugees in neighboring countries it says

that thirteen million people need help in syria six million of them are internally displaced and the displacement continues in recent weeks more than two hundred thousand people were forced to leave their homes the war is not over. it may be a while before these refugees can go home the lebanese government doesn't want them to stay that is why it has prevented the united nations from building permanent camps it also doesn't allow any concrete construction but this may not be their last harsh winter in exile. because valley lebanon. there's much more to come on the news hour we meet the mexican families who are still living in temporary camps thirty two years after an earthquake destroyed their homes. had president almost trump has managed to overturn decades of u.s. foreign policy in his first year in office. and a heroic final exit from the olympic skiing champion speeding off into retirement.

scientists in the u.s. have developed a universal blood test capable of detecting eight different types of cancer now the aim is the test which is called cancer is to catch the disease early and save lives and while experts around the world are hailing the test as an exciting development they say more research needs to be carried out whole brain and voice. the scientists here at john hopkins university in baltimore analyzed more than a thousand patients who chose symptoms of cancer to see whether this new test would accurately confirm the diagnosis and they were excited to discover that for certain tumors the council's seek test was up to ninety eight percent accuracy on the same test was effective for eight different types of cancer polluting five which no early screening currently exists here's how it works as

a chuma forms and grows the cancerous cells within it change reproduce and die sometimes chooses shed cells that can get into the bloodstream and when cancer cells die they can also release d.n.a. and other fragments that also get into the blood cancer seek is described as a liquid biopsy and analyzes a patient's blood sample for traces of that cancer d.n.a. and identifying which genes in mutations are most active can identify the type of cancer and the best treatment the importance of early diagnosis of cancer can't be understated for example in the case of bile counts ovarian cancer and breast cancer ninety percent of those diagnosed early will continue to live for more than five years but the survival rate if it's caught at an advanced stage is much lower in the case of a variant cancer is just five percent in the u.k. cancer specialists are giving a cautious welcome to the findings this is a very exciting first step along the way to such

a blood test they've shown that you can pick up toys any traces of the cancer and apply. but potentially has the ability to pick up cancers early on and identify patients for surgery but it is a first step another specialist though wants to see the test accuracy improved stage one when we want to diagnose these cancers this is. as you do with these white blue it's just about forty foot so that is something. that might hold this test but. when we tried to think about it meant to get the baltimore study worked with patients who had already shown symptoms of cancer the true breakthrough will happen if this test can identify cancer before the symptoms emerge that could really make a massive impact on survival rates this test is one step closer to the paul brennan

al-jazeera london. politicians in the us a time to prevent a possible government shutdown on the anniversary of donald trump's first year in office it's a fun thing if a london law isn't pass key agencies beginning will begin to shut down at midnight local time on friday democrats say they will not support a funding bill unless there are guarantees that children of migrants who enter the u.s. illegally will be protected kimberly how could reports now from washington d.c. . carlos rowe was brought to the united states from venezuela illegally by his parents at the age of two he's university educated and now lives in chicago but is spending his vacation in washington to plead his case before lawmakers are all here to support. check in with you about your support for the dream role and needs congressional support to pass a law so he can stay in the united states legally under

a program called daca i don't think it's fair that they're playing politics with our lives i mean it's really problematic and the fact that you know we are you know we are real people we are support you know we are contributors economy like my employers you know our employers are concerned about the political. duckery cyprian's like roa have become central in the debate over funding that could shut down the u.s. government at midnight friday within required twenty eighteen government funding legislation democrats are demanding protections for doctor recipients they also want money for health insurance for low income children republicans are demanding money for president trump's border wall along the southern border with mexico to stop illegal immigration they also want funding to rebuild the u.s. military. is one hundred seven the most on thursday lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives passed a short term funding bill to keep the government open but without protections for

daca recipients but senate democrats say they won't pass any government funding legislation without those immigration protections included the white house is blaming them for a potential shutdown the president stands ready to sign that bill to keep the government functioning afloat if peers unfortunately the senate democrats are entrenched in a shutdown. still this week there have been ongoing protests. in congress in support of illegal immigrants without status some of those protesters were even arrested the last time there was a government shutdown was nearly five years ago and it could happen again if democrats and republicans are able to overcome their differences the president was scheduled to travel to his home in florida to mark his first year in office that's now on hold as long as the future of u.s. government funding is uncertain probably not the way he expected to mark this

anniversary kimberly helped get zero washington. saturday marks one year since president obama took the oath of office becoming the forty fifth president of the united states his first twelve months have of course been highly controversial not just at home but around the world burnet smith looks now at how his presidency has affected the middle east. it was the first time that saudi arabia had been chosen by u.s. president for his debut overseas trip donald trump and the saudi leadership wanted to reset relations a strange under the obama administration particularly over iran the u.s. and the saudis are traditional allies but it's clearly a new relationship at least between the leaderships that he has closely a brace but haven't been so bad in saudi arabia and he has literally tweeted the king a trade prince of saudi arabia enjoy his twelve to thirteen so he has essentially

given them a diplomatic blank check and that is why many believe saudi arabia along with the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt miscalculated when they imposed an sea and land blockade on cata seven months ago katsa denies accusations of backing terrorist organizations trump initially supported the blockade before the white house shifted its position has to very much on the side of saudi arabia and i think . he has simply gone ahead with whatever his son in law. transmitted to him and terms of messages between hamas and himself and at the beginning he demonstrated that he knew very little as to the strategic importance of qatar to the united states trump as more than one showed a lack of knowledge not just about u.s. interests while meeting lebanon's prime minister saad hariri he seemed confused about the role of hezbollah lebanon is on the front lines in the fight against isis

al-qaeda and hizbollah. it's part of the government it's also backed by iran iran has been the common denominator between the trump administration the saudis and the israelis but so far there doesn't seem to be a clear strategy on how to confront iran. there in iraq and syria after. has been. very very good. of a parent an american military presence. but it is likely that. there are u.s. troops were deployed in the mainly kurdish region in northeast syria to assist in the fight against isis the u.s. led coalition says the american personnel will stay and help create a border security force of thirty thousand mainly kurdish troops the u.s. policy is to contain iran and it's using its only leverage in syria the kurds to

try to do that it. doesn't have a new policy for syria he inherited his. direct military intervention but he doesn't want the russians iranian regime to declare victory the u.s. is not in a position to confront what it wants to postpone addict a ration of victory what he didn't want his campaign pledge today we finally acknowledge the obvious that jerusalem is israel's capital. with this highly controversial move trump overturned decades of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east but one year in what this administration thinks its policies in the region will ultimately achieve remains unclear. but it's meant . well the next report in our series on president tom's first year in office we look at his policy implement change cool the u.s. into the paris accords in a year that's all storms devastate parts of the u.s.

in the caribbean with more extreme weather events make him change his mind we'll you can see that report from twenty three hundred hours g.m.t. on friday right here. i will sasso they will have a one hour special at seven thousand nine hundred g.m.t. looking back at times first year in office and what we can expect in a second year to prune our pope francis is this in communities affected by lead gold mining in the amazon the leader of the catholic church is in the city of port . in the side of the east of the country where he's been greeted by indigenous leaders the eighty one year old is going to make a speech later on friday on the importance of protecting the environment or marianas such as is in the mood for us hi there maryanna so the popes in the amazon why did they choose to meet indigenous communities. well julie it's this is a very important part of the trip for the pope himself the champion of the

environment in two thousand and fifteen he wrote a letter and cyclical letter about the importance of protecting the planet and is so coming to peru and coming and going to the amazon is a very important is specially for him because this is the area where he's apt is one of the most devastated areas in the country and in the world because of illegal mining and also because of. of the cutting down of trees but especially of the legal mining now the pope is there he has nancy digitals communities members self of different did this community that have come from many different areas they have come if some of them traveling one day by boat to meet the pope and i was a few days ago with some members of these communities saying that the important. part of this for them was said to ask the pope to pressure. the. leaders they

are. there to clean up the rivers because the rivers are contaminated by chemicals and other pollutants and the course of the kind of the the fish and the children and they get very sick now if the pope is there he will meet president bit of outlook which is key when he comes back. and so far he's been meeting members of these communities and he's been. with children in an orphanage and he told members of these communities that they are really in danger because of the large because of large interests meaning companies who are. taken. are trying or taken over many of the businesses there and are putting the. hound's on things like the lumber and the mining and is another it's

exploitative. products that they are trying to that they exploit sorry but so and so the pope is there and he is there it's a very important to let the piece of history for him and for these people or some of the poorest in the country omarion of the spin criticism and says have been there during the visit because of the sex of the beast cases by clergymen but how caribbeans reacting to that. well there has been some protests now protests since the pope arrived have been banned by the government people are angry at the pope many people and get the pope because the leader of one of the very important a very powerful religious organization here who is the prosecutor say has. raped is attacked is sexually many children and young adults is

being protected by the vatican he's living in rome the vatican has said that he should come back to the room and so many people saying that the pope should be less political about his. forgiveness about these issues of that he should be more to take more action and also there's a lot of talk here about what the pulpit in just before he left where he met some reporters and he is sided with the one about rules is suspected of protecting paedophiles in chile and the pope said angrily really that he. that he there is no proof against is. bottles and so until there is no proof there should not be any talk about this iran incentives the joining us live from the mariana thank you. now more than thirty two years ago people lost

their homes after a massive earthquake in mexico city and today hunters are still living in temporary camps and others have only recently been has and permanent homes but in september last year the list of those who can for a home even longer when i'm not are large quake struck david mercer reports from mexico city. jeannette morales was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack officials said it was a temporary solution but thirty two years later jeanette is still here. back then if someone had told me that one day i'd have my own children and grandchildren but still be living here i wouldn't have believed it the government raised our hopes and then abandon us. around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp camp president alfredo vegas tries to keep

pressuring city officials to deliver on their promises. but if the government would have told us they weren't going to give us apartments we would look for alternatives whatever you have. here's our agreement or we're going to deliver so this dream with her. this past september another powerful earthquake rocked mexico city hundreds of people died and once again thousands were left homeless. at your pleasure as apartment building collapsed now she lives in this makeshift camp in a city park petra can't afford local rents so for now the sixty four year old sleeps in this tent. you have to be here in the camp all the time and put pressure on the government we don't want to be left here on the street for too long because we're senior citizens and we're vulnerable some of those displaced will benefit from government programs to cover short term rent payments and provide credits for housing loans but as winter temperatures drop others fear they'll be left out in

the cold politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand and five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government will fail. david mercer al-jazeera and mexico city stay with us on the news hour still ahead he came to power with the promise of reforming gambia but has a president down the barrel lived up to the expectations one dear on plus. i'm charlie rangel in london for the lumia festival which he told us is to transform the city into a nocturnal gallery. and ghost world number one hits for him at the abu dhabi championship and he's here with that story on the late.

hell i was being cold enough recently for the weather sweeping through the event to produce cold rain or even snow for a while in lebanon and syria and in iraq so what talk loud and yet represents proper winter is on its way through nice are following it the breeze will change direction the sun will come out such that on saturday you've got a little bit of snow left in azerbaijan northern parts of round and rain feticide is just on the iranian side of the gulf temperatures behind of probably dropped a bit try and rise the following day by sunday more cloud seems likely by this time in lebanon sudden turkey cyprus even the northeast of egypt suddenly breeze for a while it'll make little difference i think the high things feel so dry pictures throughout the arabian peninsula but that northwesterly breeze will drop ten g.'s in q eight bahrain and i think you can cut out about twenty two by sunday comes around and see much else happens in the sky there the wet weather in africa has

shown a bit of promise around the western cape how to be especially wet here the main rain is still where it should be my go to three malawi those in zambia towards the south of tanzania and northern mozambique we've seen some particularly heavy rain here recently the same is true in northern madagascar as a tropical cyclone that's not happily see. now he's here i mean you could see the dishes going to keep their parenting going to kind of mind i soon in afghanistan with some taliban fighters a new call to arms for taliban leaders a threat to their authority that it will show all to see to the also children and civil side in the heart of the islam they were only loving but. unprecedented access i still and the taliban at this time on al-jazeera. also one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get

them to tell their 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 were two worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. two hours we can get so on joris and the rest of central bankers about the same time we're born these where those two cultures north and south america beats us to teach it's a very important place for all to it's a big. mind and those top stories here on our accounts and we will it was for many a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured

in an audio recording obtained by al-jazeera. turkey's five artillery across the border into the kurdish controlled enclave of a free in northwest syria. politicians in the us are trying to prevent a possible government shutdown on the anniversary of don't want child's first year in the. well let's get more now top story the tape of the qatari shaikh accusing both sides arabia and the u.a.e. of fabricating the rift with qatar as listen to the full recording of shake up in. and i've developed. i mean this is. and this to them. and. it. got.

them. how did it happen i think. i think. yeah. but. i'm not. not. that's what i thought. why not. let him. well. i don't.

want to let it's a little well it. could be. serious senior political analyst says the case is shaped abdula is simply part of a wider path set up. to stabilize. clearly this is a symptom of the larger crisis and clearly it's part of a pattern. once we understand that we see why while this is just an audio recording it actually reflects something that's quite dramatic in the gulf region a region that was supposed to be a stable region within the more volatile greater middle east region. so why do i say it's a symptom of a greater crisis well because. already in the gulf crisis six months into into it the united arab emirates especially but also saudi arabia have

basically been inciting against gotten all kinds of ways including the use of this man at once one at one point in order to further destabilize qatar but clearly the the ways and means with which this crisis has been ignited by the united arab emirates have become a comedy of sorts i mean so much so that they would use this older man in order to destabilize qatar in a way that was not apparently acceptable to him so much so that he would record video saying that i'm held hostage and i would be ready to commit suicide and so simple but as i say that's also part of a pattern. it's part of a pattern because i would not be has already held the former egyptian leader slash come to to the presidency much of the for a while until you release is on video saying i am being held hostage and i would not be as you know riyadh was also held southern heavy the prime minister of

lebanon on even reports about. the leader in yemen been held in riyadh so really there's a pattern of holding people up there you know you go there you go there and his only to get stuck for not accepting these diktats or whatever the issue of the day is so really you know we talk about an issue like this we lead with it not because this very particular issue perceive is is so grave it is because it is a symptom of a larger problem that is despicable ising the entire region that was one year since a damn about was sworn in as president of gambia ending two decades of repressive and economically damaging chammy the swearing in took place in neighboring senegal whose troops were deployed to gambia to persuade gemma to accept barrow's election and step down now two days later gemma left the country and is now an equitorial guinea in the last year the treasury seized about fifty million dollars of assets

and frozen eighteen bank accounts linked to him the new government inherited a country in a state of economic ruin with a billion dollars of debt ira's been trying to restore the faith of international lenders is also settling at to tackle the legacy of human rights abuses under janet nine former intelligence officials have gone on trial and steps are being taken to set up a truth reconsider and re peroration commission. joining me here in the studio in london is young cuba diable gambia political and human rights activists in cuba very warm welcome to the program great to have your company so it's been quite a year since then hasn't it what do you think he's achieved thank you very much for having me i think barrow has achieved a lot on the human human rights front he had made a promise to respect the rule of law and respect the right the basic rights of gambians and i think he had lived up to that from is so he has achieved

a lot on that front however there are a lot of achievements that which i believe he would have probably wish to put a chief but could not as you highlighted in the interim he had inherited a highly a very in there in that country. and also he inherited an empty coffers in national coverage basically there was no money to start with so that he will impede he's trying to sort of achieve in a lot of things that which he would have wanted to achieve one year on you're back in gambia recently what's the feeling that people still have that that sort of faith and optimism that we saw when he was sworn in that you know this is time for something new of something positive and hopeful indeed i think that optimism is still there that if you look more hopeful now that a lot can be a lot of progress can be made on the decor and political dispensation simply because that atmosphere has been created by the barrel government and the tolerance

is there so the people are not more to mistake that they can indeed make progress what kind of exam that's basic living standards because you know of course that's the concern isn't say of the majority of people but they want to see the basic prices of food stuffs and that sort of thing come dad it see their get on that source of them prison i think they've made a lot of improvements with regards to. telecommunication because previously it was very expensive to buy data and have access to social media like whatsapp an order social media platforms now the what the government have done is that they've been able to get rid of the v.p.n. that demi had placed there and he was charging next to him and exorbitantly. with regards to food grocery products they tried to reduce tax on a lot of import goods and there was a ban on all they lifted the ban to allow

a lot of people to be able to import on units in the country so that has assisted but obviously the premier problems of poverty and that of unemployment still are challenges that we make in in there because an impediment to such do you see in that change in a lot of people's lives how much of a concern is it for you know for an every day person the truth every conciliation the reparation for what passed before you know how much of a concern is that for people that you know those people are brought to some sort of justice indeed that i mean i think and i think that will be the big challenge for the government because a lot of families who whose loved ones have been persecuted and have been on justly treated on that the previous government they are seeking redress of that and they want to see justice but that seems to be contrary to contradict in the tone of the

government which is about reconciliation they want justice but the government wants to see a reconciliation but obviously you can understand if a family had lost the bread we known the difference government and now struggling to meet their daily needs then it becomes an issue of how can they get justice because they are not going in compensation they lost that bridge breadwinner and he left a void in their life and they want to see some sort of reaper ation of that. the way to truth and reconciliation would believe that that is the hope of many but the reconsideration told a lot of people are seen to be very lenient they think that at least some form of which should be should ought to be taken against some of the perpetrators of the crimes on the damage. thanks very much for joining us thank you thank you very much . but the u.s. says it will withhold another payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees the forty five million dollars was promised last month fifth the day comes

off the back of tuesday's announcement the washington was going to withhold more than half of a one hundred twenty five million dollars aid package as understatements reports from the occupied west bank it's another to people already struggling to survive. it's not the most needy case but use of shari's speaks for millions when he questions why palestinian refugees should face more hardship because of politics his family's forty three dollars a month food allowance has already been lost in general cuts he worries about his children's education because some teachers are now having to be laid off in schools and he's unemployed because his place on the agency is jobs program has ended and won't be renewed. and i do know if we hadn't been kicked out of our homes in the first place there wouldn't have been the need for un agency to give us services they're not doing us any favors we lost our land and everything's there would be under a if there were no palestinian refugees. covers every aspect of life refugees in

need yet it's already facing a deficit estimated to be between one hundred twenty and one hundred seventy million dollars the palestinian authority says donald trump is trying to pressurize it by hurting those most in need. this u.n. agency with its role in helping deprived and vulnerable people is nothing to do with any attempt to get talks going again between the israelis and the palestinians yet it says the u.s. action is making its situation almost impossible some predicting the possibility of it actually collapsing this is not out of charity from the e.u. us or any other donor to all of this aid is born these funds are borne from a responsibility that the united nations and the international community as a whole has took upon itself following the adoption of a solution one eight one which resulted in the ethnic cleansing off more than half

of the palestinian population lived in historical palestine only three days before this decision to hold back forty five million dollars towards an unwelcome emergency food aid program the u.s. withdrew sixty five million dollars from the agency's general funding the state department says the latest action relates to a pledge it had withdrawn it's not a cut and so it could be reversed at some point those words are lost on this family in poverty and struggling to make ends meet and drew simmons al-jazeera jenna's own refugee camp in the occupied west bank. still ahead on the news. we visit his flashy new terminal. hoping to have all those in.

now london's great wouldn't is getting a bright make over landmarks in the city have been adorned with lights and installations as part of the four day doomy air festival the works of dozens of british an international artists are also big display in some of the capital's best known buildings china reports. a tunnel of triangles lighting up london's dark when tonight. a line of. weaving through the streets this is london's lumiere festival a chance to see the city in

a different light for four nights only with the capital as their canvas some of the fifty artists have transformed it by conic buildings with large scale projections westminster abbey with its martyrs painted in glorious technicolor that the original architects could only have dreamed of audiences have to wrap up warm but organizers say it's a chance to change into something other than a screen i'll check the company that i run that produced the event it's really dedicated to creating moment in people's lives that are away from screens you know whether that's a phone or tablet or a computer or tele you read all of those things you can be anywhere you can meet anyone you like but actually it's not real the free festival hopes to more than a million visitors at a time of year when most stay at home some of the works into active and addictive like this sculpture called control trolls.

the more playful ones like impulse get adults a chance to play in a public street like children once did leicester square is overrun with nocturnal animals a reminder that we share this city with others that we don't always see we tend to be very self centered and actually we're part of a much broader picture and everything is connected artists and scientists collaborated for this piece cosmic scope a chance for viewers to contemplate our universe to be quite a kind of oldest equal total statement about the history of our understanding of the cosmos and the cosmos itself and our place importantly within it and what it means to think about the universe in terms of one's own individual existence some of the pieces do pose a question like this one water by dutch artists the idea is that we are underwater after the effects of choir. change and rising sea levels have taken their toll and it is eerily surreal yourself even further you can take out your phone download the

soundtrack that goes with it and plug in your headphones. illuminating spaces that people would normally pass by without a thought do me a is a rare chance to see london in a new light al-jazeera. let's get all the day's news that we're down day. thanks so much julie while australian open organizers have been defending their decision not to suspend play after a second straight day of extreme heat in melbourne top players including never djokovic say conditions are right on the limits with on court surface temperatures of close to seventy degrees being recorded so how mark reports. when does hot weather become dangerous for athletes is the question again being asked by players than organizers that the australian open. temperatures have been hitting forty degrees centigrade in melbourne croatia's petra markets there she had to take painkillers after the reflected heat from the playing surface gave her blisters.

corny had her blood pressure checked during her loss against marty the french player wants the events extreme weather rule to be reviewed playing in this condition is of course very dangerous for the health of the players. the limits of not playing the matches is really high it's like it needs to be a five degrees in and. i think this limits should be a little bit lower torment officials admit the conditions are tough they came close to suspending play button for the safeguards in place are appropriate tournament director craig tiley thing these are professional athletes we are at the end of the day an outdoor event we want to stay in outdoor event as long as possible but at the same time ensuring that the health and well being of players is taken care of. britain's haven't had to endure three and a half hour match in the heat of the day i bet he one is much against nick especially ashley and fields dealing with the conditions it's part of being an

elite athlete i mean if people do start to become ill then it won't be a concern but it was from. just getting through. the weather has a knock the world number one out of his stride right feel the darkest opted to play in the lead with t. shirt throughout the tournament a smart move he then to the last sixteen playing tennis every bit as hot as the weather so al-jazeera hong pioneered curiosity's all sides through to the fourth round after beating his childhood hero french manager will for song of the seventeenth see defeating song in four sets his best performance in melbourne was forced by his words of the chaos hoping to become the first australian men's champion i could see i knew it was in to be incredibly tough match very nervous going out there to. mean obviously for who they are in the fourth quarter of getting ready for a few mentally. some of his whole you know got

a couple of you know i mean it was it was surreal out there today. twenty fourteen year cycling champion martin church all side through to the fourth round in melbourne challenged how to work out of an american run harrison seven six six three seven six the crowd will play ten seed problem curran i will stand next. in the women's draw number two seed caroline wozniacki is into the last sixteen after almost been knocked out in the second round the dane had a much easier time in a match against k.q. persons of the netherlands the former world number one when he did straight sets was yacking so when a grand slam title. close to being out and there was no stay still feeling like i'm still alive earth will have you know an opportunity and today i walked out and i thought i started better in my matches so playing on better and she played well today served i think well and. yeah i'm just happy to be through. the reigning

french open champion elaine oster penco is out the latvian limited supply and caught sight of a stone your concert rights a little three said sure mate cos was in a bar in the us state. football legend pele is recovering in hospital after collapsing through exhaustion on thursday and adviser to pele told brazilian maybe about the seventy seven year old who used the walking frame here at a recent events in his home country had also pulled out of a planned trip to the united kingdom on doctor's advice. manchester united manager joe is a marine your has confirmed the club is in sort of asked about signing strike alexy sanchez the chilean will be out of contract at the end of the season. not confident but also a lot. of your political. unconfident think you. just relax and. we defeated you then i was not there with the feeling that it can

it can stay. but also with the feeling that. it can move in the few moves i think good i would chose theo walcott hoping to kickstart his club an international career following a twenty eight million dollar move from austin see everton the forward hasn't played for his country in serious joining up with former england boss somehow advice. that with the manager seems to get the best of players especially with first coming in and just the plans for the future the club and i felt like i won't be part of our fantastic history and i want to make the history present and i want the club to push on and you know try and reach the levels that enough feel like you can with the players particularly are coming in. belgians thomas peters has a one shot lead at the halfway point in the abu dhabi championship a does he want to record for points on as ryder cup debut in twenty six the it's seven birdies to reach twelve on the park house of big names on the shoulder after

a poor first round world number one dustin johnson is back in consentual after a round of sixty four and rory mcilroy is just three shots off the pace the four time major winner is back from injury after three months out of the. year very satisfying you know i've done quite a bit of work on the you know over the offseason and worked a little bit on my swing and a couple little tweaks here and there and you know they seem to paid off already you know and a couple little swing thoughts that i still have but it's it's nice to see that the work that i've put in on the range can translate on the golf course and you know that's been a great thing to see for me over the last two days full time overall world cup champion lindsey vonn just missed out on another race when the american losing her momentum in this world cup of ensign it's only been one of her skis kicks up in the air but she still managed to finish second after missing the twenty fourteen olympics through injury that's when he turned a limping champion is set to return to the winter games in pune chair next month

another skiing great signed off her career in some style about same events medalist julia mancuso completing her final professional run dressed as wonder woman the thirty three year old mistress of qualifying for next month's winter games but will retire as the most successful american female skeer in the olympic history. ok let's get back to you julie in london andy thank you now sports fans heading to south korea for next month's winter olympics can look forward to the terminal which just opened at inchon international airport it can handle eighty million passengers a year and it will everything what way to stick to acting captain nowak because it . this is the brand new terminal. incheon international airport the main gate way for people arriving here in south korea travelers are testing out technology that's been introduced to make their experience more efficient and a bit more fun as in any airport there are plenty of places to grab

a coffee but for something a little different why not order a latte from the robot arista for those who may want a workout after hours of sitting on a plane there are a selection of active games at the digital gym and to take the flying experience to the next level strap in for some virtual reality based jumping. for hummer option passengers can sit in the indoor garden and take in a musical performance or experience some examples of traditional korean culture before boarding their flights travelers can come and check out some of the artworks on display this interactive piece has taken traditional works and digitally enhanced them to be projected on the curved screens. just one of a number of installations scattered around the terminal this new addition to the airport will help cater to all of the visitors who will be coming to south korea

for the winter olympics the olympic organizing committee estimates almost four hundred thousand foreigners will travel here for the winter games. we can find that much more about the stories we're following on our website you can head to. al-jazeera dot com that is that for me and the team here for this news hour marrable with you in just a sec with much more seize it. am . in two thousand and eight al-jazeera documented

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