what makes this moment this era we're living for so unique this is really an attack on truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding the distortion isn't what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important level wise to publish if you have a good cheap to be offensive will provoke that's about it as people do setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. u.s. democrats and republicans strike a stopgap deal to reopen the government three days into a shutdown. this

is live from london also coming up in the program angry scenes in the knesset says israeli palestinian politicians disrupt the u.s. vice president's speech and he announces the american embassy will move to jerusalem is and is next year. it's offensive in northern syria and says russia agreed to the operation. full football star george where sworn in as light as late as president promising to crack down on corruption crippling his country. so politicians in the united states have reached an agreement to end the federal shutdown which came into effect at midnight on friday night essential government services have been closed across the united states for three days senate since from donald trump's republican party and the opposition democrats have now struck

a temporary deal to restart government funding well the shutdown began when both parties failed to agree a budget in a rout over immigration the democrats are unhappy that the republicans are appealing a bill that prevents the children of illegal immigrants being deported let's go straight to capitol hill and he's following events at the seat of the u.s. government will help. tell us what is actually happening. well we're waiting for a final vote from the senate then it looks like that is going to pass the big hurdle was getting close which basically means we're going to stop talking about this we're going to vote they're still talking about it but soon they're going to vote and then it's going to go to the house where it is expected to pass the big question is donald trump president going to sign it he has really been all over the place during these negotiations sort of staying behind the scenes but we've never publicans could coming out and comparing negotiating with him to try to negotiate with jell-o. we believe that he made several deals at least two deals with the democrats about

those people who are brought to the country undocumented children that would allow them to stay in exchange for funding the border wall but after talking to his aides he apparently walked away from those both of those deals so it's a big question mark it's whether or not he's going to sign i can tell you what his advisors are telling him is that he has to because if he refuses to sign this compromise then all of this back and forth and that's really it's been tedious but it's been for three days the democrats republicans or democrats if the president didn't go along with the steel he would fully be blamed for this and i'm sure that's exactly what his aides are telling. so if the shutdown is indeed. how long is it how long does this agreement last and what happens next. three whole weeks the three weeks to come up with how to fund the entire u.s. government they haven't been able to do that for months they keep passing these continuing resolutions basically but they're just what they're doing now ok well funded for three more weeks well from

a different other month they say that they are going to negotiate this we are told that when it comes to those children who are brought to the country without documentation that if they come to an agreement on that comprehensive immigration reform package then they will have an up or down vote on that in the senate senate would be probably easy to pass it the house of representatives is going to be a much different thing so what this does is really nothing to. the uncertainty for federal workers for those people who are waiting to see if they're going to lose their jobs or be deported many to a country that they've never known. a lot of talk a lot of. compliments about compromise here on the hill but it doesn't really mean all that much just yet all right patty thanks very much indeed. reporting from capitol hill. the u.s. vice president has told israel's parliament that the united states will move its

embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of next year might pence made the announcement during a speech to israel's knesset switch gears briefly interrupted by protesting israeli palestinian politician. who is the first american vice president to address the knesset also praised donald trump for his decision to recognize jerusalem for all the united states recognized your nation one of ministration after another refused to recognize your capital but just last month president donald trump made history he righted a seventy year wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital . what i said now from harry forsett who has more from west jerusalem. well mike pence wasn't very far into the speech just a couple of lines the first as you noted given by u.s.

vice president to the israeli knesset the parliament here before there was a protest from israeli palestinian members of the knesset standing up some shouting jerusalem as the capital of palestine of course contradicting the u.s. position that it is the capital of israel which was the source of that process before they were taken out of the knesset and in some scuffles the scuffles out here in the or at least there was shouting matches out here in the corridor as well after the speech with one right wing israeli member of the knesset calling one of the israeli palestinians a terrorist saying he had no place inside this building as for the content of the speech itself it really did throw into sharp relief the competing realities really which are now being operated in by the united states and israel on one hand and the palestinian leadership on the other he was saying that the united states remained in favor of a two state solution if that was what both sides wanted that there would be no prejudging of any final status any final boundaries but that was really all that there was on offer for the palestinians who haven't entirely rejected the u.s.

as a potential broker given the declaration by donald trump in december the rest of the speech was full of religiosity perhaps tipping his hat to the evangelical christian base he has back in united states and full of real lockstep political support for the administration of benjamin netanyahu here in israel saying that whatever happened in the peace process united states would absolutely guarantee the security of israel that it would also guarantee that iran never got a nuclear weapon and he said that the united states was committing itself to moving its embassy from tel aviv to here in jerusalem by the end of twenty nineteen saying three times with great portent the jerusalem was the capital of israel it's getting rave reviews from israeli ministers who called who are calling it inspirational emotional even zionist as a palestinians they're saying that it just keeps further damage on the declaration that came from donald trump in december well palestinians have boycotted pence's visit to the region simmons's more now from bethlehem. the graffiti illustrates the

feeding of people on the occupied west bank here in bethlehem at a security checkpoint a short distance away you start to drive for about five kilometers and you'd be right where mike pence is right now it's a major occasion for the israelis but it's being boycotted by palestinians they feel that no way in any way whatsoever can they gauge with this whole visit they held a token protest here in bethlehem when pencil rived on sunday nights but now right now in manger square the biggest activity is taking down the christmas decorations pence said wanted to make this one of the focal points in his visit he wanted to spread a message that christians throughout the middle east should be treated with more dignity more recognition and should have more protection this clergyman is one of many saying that pence is a member of a sex they describe as christian zionists the saudi group that read the bible

a new way that actually. you know instead of focusing on liberation they focus on occupation they are interested in out of might get done. in war this is the pilgrims continue to arrive in bethlehem palestinians and christians right the way across the occupied west bank feel frustrated about this situation there is a subdued anger however there are calls from the palestinian leadership for demonstrations protests on choose day and also a call for a general strike but all the while the palestinian president is in brussels where the e.u. has reassured him it supports his ambition to have east jerusalem as palestine's capital mahmoud abbas has been holding talks with the e.u. foreign policy chief frederica morgan and european foreign ministers about says also as european union nations to recognize the state of palestine. here.

we pay all due respect to the positions of the european union we truly consider the e.u. as a partner in free and and therefore we call its member states to swiftly recognize the state of palestine and we confirm that there is no contradiction between recognition and the resumption of negotiations. turkish troops and the syrian rebel allies are closing in on kurdish forces as they fight secure key areas along the border turkey's operation to push out the syrian kurdish y p g is intensifying and president recipe insists it will succeed well the u.s. secretary of state says that america will help turkey establish a security zone in northwestern syria and that is a sign that washington is accepted in chris move seventy deca has this report. it's almost becoming routine shelling and heavy artillery fired by the turkish army into syria. the monday border new development with turkey opening

a new front in the ground offensive free syrian army fighters will now move towards africa and from the city. in this day the f.s.a. forces entered syria through turkey from its west and northern borders and after the airstrikes and heavy shelling helped pave the way in the first twenty four hours turkey says it is targeting y p g fighters a kurdish group it says is a terrorist organization which also happens to be america's strongest ally in fighting isis and in syria as ever complicated web of regional and international allegiances enter russia key to allowing turkey to operate in a free in something many already knew but the turkey's president admitted to on monday for the first time. also in we will handle it there's no stepping back from a free we discussed this with our russian friends we have an agreement with them. turkey's top military officials and intelligence chief for in moscow in the run up to the offensive russia had military personnel in africa in which it has now pulled out the people of africa and we've spoken to feel a sense of abandonment

a feeling of betrayal echoed in a news conference by the syrian democratic forces further east of a free in the group backed by the u.s. to fight eisel with the bulk of its fighters from the y. p.g. enough lots of turkey would not have dared to show our cities or villages or commit crimes against our children without russia violating their ethical obligation towards us and giving the green light to turkey to fly their jet fighters over offer in skies therefore russia is required to provide an explanation of the circumstances around the turkish aggression against our people an explanation may be hard to come by the politics of syria's war are being played out behind closed doors the war however is as active as. it's been really difficult to get information out of a free because the culms have been so bad but we have managed to speak to some sources who tell us that life inside the city of offering itself is pretty normal they say the y.p. g. is adamant that they are not going to give up the city or the region they do tell

us however that from the border going to just the people who live there many have moved further into because of turkey's relentless shelling and that is something that we've been hearing here intensively throughout the day. there's been a steady stream of minute she hardware heading to the border turkey says it will not stop its offensive until it is pushed the wipe away from its borders further complicating syria's almost seven year long war stephanie decker zero on the turkey syria border. so tell me on the program plans to reply trademark injured to mean more or delayed concerns over how safe they would be a gathering momentum but. i'm robert bryden and avoid problems with the solar panels that are helping china floats to the top of the green on the jury.

hello there we've seen yet more snow falling across parts of europe is the out so we've got most of the wintery weather this is what it looks like in switzerland at the moment some places are reporting up to four meters of fresh snow now the latest system built as yet more wintry weather it was this one that's working its way eastwards but it is breaking up now so i think on tuesday there won't be a great deal of new snow instead where you notice all the temperatures a beginning to rise it's a recovery eight degrees is the maximum and force in london will get to around thirteen for the northwestern parts of europe there still rather unsettled here then with what the next weather system working its way in there for wednesday bringing its heavy rain for spain and portugal actually really quite warm at the moment particularly in the southeastern parts of spain unlike the eastern parts of europe a very very cold moscow is a maximum temperature just getting to minus six degrees now the southeastern parts of europe a see them pretty stormy weather recently and that's gradually edging its way eastwards it's here of a techie their own choose day so quite

a few showers following it as well and they're likely to stick around for tuesday for wednesday to the northern portions of africa here we could see one or two showers some of them could be role the shop particularly of wednesday meanwhile for the west quite quiet haver back there getting to seventeen degrees and forcing out is eighteen. al jazeera explores prominent figures of the twentieth century and how rivalries influenced the course of history steve jobs a much better marketer will be apple just like real bad stuff bill made software what it is today will change the world to high tech visionaries breakthroughs inspired the digital revolution jobs and gates face to face at this time on al-jazeera.

but again a reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera democratic and republican senators have things to deal to temporarily end the u.s. government shutdown which began with knowledge on friday. u.s. vice president might pence's being heckled by israeli palestinian goal make history in a speech to the israeli knesset where he announces america will move its embassy to jerusalem next year. and take the president insists his military will take control of the turkish held enclave of affray and in northern syria if it battles the area with artillery cross and ground forces. at least seven people have been killed in yemen after an asteroid hit a building which doubled as a home in

a medical center five others were injured in the attack in the northern province of saddam it's believed the strikes occurred out by the saudi led coalition. meanwhile saudi arabia has promised to donate one and a half billion dollars in aid to yemen of the un's humanitarian appeal it's a war continues the situation is deteriorating in areas controlled by the saudi backed government and in the southern port city of aden secessionist say that they want to overthrow the internationally recognized government but you have aid as this report. from. the u.n. says three billion dollars will be needed if yemeni children to stop eating out of dumpsters. not many will also be used to provide health sanitation and basic necessities to eleven million people desperate for humanitarian aid. half of the three billion has been promised by saudi arabia as it continues to carry out attacks in yemen. it's targeting who think rebels but rights groups say most of

those dying are civilians it's not just to be directly because of the conflict itself as those people. and the villages in the towns where they haven't been even access. or access medical facilities and die for the preventable diseases face the children the conflict in yemen is complicated the column in the port city of aden deceptively hides a political storm brewing between opposing parties supported by the same coalition u.a.e. backed said in the session it's threatening the saudi backed an internationally recognized government. this is session is to have fought for control of air and sea ports now sudden forces led by the man appointed by president the governor of aden have announced the beginning of the process to overthrow the government. if you do we reject the deployment of any northern forces to the south while we appreciate their military role and the necessity of forming northern resistance

forces to fight in the north. aden is the defacto capital of the hardy government but president hardy has been based in saudi arabia due to security concerns his prime minister ahmed been governor has struggled to control in southern yemen despite support from saudi arabia the u.s. gives logistical guidance at the saudi military headquarters in riyadh as well as selling them weapons russia also wants a role in yemen but there's concern based on other middle eastern conflicts it would tilt in favor of the iran backed hutu rebels russia insists it just wants peace. in the complicated chessboard of war babies are dying of hunger yemenis just wanted to end regardless of who can make that happen. as their former football star george ware has been sworn in as liberia's new president where succeeds in a world peace prize winner ellen johnson sirleaf in the country's first peaceful transition of power since one thousand nine hundred four hundred interest has more

now from monrovia. after three attempts. the prospect of my paris france. where he took the office on his side and experience part of what he does look at your research your life with the finest of his legacy in the business . and the money as expected of him in his inaugural speech he also demanded billions to. take the country to the races he particularly the french international organizations and for their. various trying to mention the united states of america and mentioned the european union the african union the regional project you know a community of west african states a single girl china particularly a friend beginning to get a start one china policy is here to build a development of this idea and china he also charges complex

aspirational pages today and in the words of a president of the not to states that's what i think can do for my country that i'm trying to get us all a lot is expected of george weah but many analysts believe that the next six months will determine which direction is taking liberia and its peaceful successor a former south african health official is apologize for the deaths of one hundred forty three mentally disabled patients the curd under her tenure the patients died of hunger and neglect to be moved to privately run care facilities more than fifty are still missing and as tanya page reports now from johannesburg the families want to. was. was the families of the one hundred and forty three mentally disabled patients who died under this woman's watch burst into song when she entered the room.

the song to. donny much longer was the top prevention health official when more than a thousand patients from a facility called life is to do many we're moving into an re just at care facilities because she thought they needed to be reintegrated into society and to save money many of the case centers were ill equipped despite other witnesses testimony to the contrary she insists she was never warned lives were at risk. i want to apologize for the loss of life during the implementation of the project i know that line life loss is too many and i know that those last two cannot bring them together but for what it's with i sincerely apologize for the apology was hard to hear for christine new model the how for parties didn't say with they had moved her sister to and after a month of searching by the time she did find her it was far too late it had looked like she had died a long time ago. literally her skin was dark and there was almost no

skin it was mostly full. so for me the only question that out but is that she had been in the. fight and. the causes of death of many of the victims point to neglect malnutrition pneumonia and dehydration. once had been shopped probably a scale that involves some of the country's closure of honorable citizens who were at the mercy of a government that. they want to answer and just police are investigating and provincial government promises the tragedy will not be repeated in a number of areas the protocols were not properly followed and that the police is where also not followed so we are doing everything to him so that now we follow all the policies and protocols. that the families say they want raised until those

responsible are sent to jail that the deaths of one hundred and forty three people demands nothing less tanya page al-jazeera johannesburg. vigeland ash is delay plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled violence including mass killings and rape in process was jus to begin on tuesday the list verifying the details of people to be sent back is still incomplete more than six hundred eighty thousand have crossed the border to bangladesh since the crackdown began last august child stratford has more. for five years and his wife should jeter it doesn't matter whether the stance of the myanmar bangladeshi government's repack creation plan has been delayed they say they would not have agreed to return to myanmar anyway and. if we do here at least we get a feel if we are killed amir more there is no federal data just burnt.

we must be recognised as a hinge we want to houses rebuilt and freedom of movement if they kill us and meanwhile they just burn the bodies that even three children into the fire some as young as my son. by the day says the list it is compiled of the names of more than a million refugees has not yet been submitted to the myanmar government vehicle plan would then involve verifying the names of each refugee on that list before giving it back to bangladesh all sorts who will then ask refugees if they want to return the religion had their citizenship withdrawn in what was then burma thirty five years ago the myanmar government considers them illegal immigrants. aid agencies say meum are soldiers and armed gangs killed thousands of men women and children in recent months a situation described by the un as ethnic cleansing the me i'm a government has denied the claim and any independent investigation and says temporary shelters are

ready for the refugees it allows to return the idea of asking range of refugees many of whom have seen their family members killed and their homes destroyed if they want to voluntarily return to me and ma now has been described by aid agencies and rights groups as a farce the united nations says the basic conditions which made the ranger so vulnerable to decades of persecution and violence inside myanmar remain the same the united nations refugee agency says three things are vital in any future repatriation process and the first thing is we need to see the citizenship issue legal status resolved in myanmar the critical issue and the second thing is they need to be able to go back in conditions that are safe and secure number three they need to be able to go back to a home to a village that's going to reconstruct a place to live the bangladesh government says it's vital any repatriation process

is voluntary and safe but western governments say the range of security cannot be guaranteed and the u.n. special report on human rights banned from entering myanmar says those responsible for the killing and destruction must be called to account until fire says his father was hacked to death by a gang of men as he tried to flee their village he doubts anyone will ever be punished for that chance strafford al jazeera couponing refused camp bangladesh. the oil spill from a sunken iranian tanker in the east china sea has tripled in size the all slick has expanded to three hundred thirty two square kilometers inside a week scientists of one of a massive environmental catastrophe the tanker senshi was carrying one million barrels of oil when it collided with another ship earlier this month the vessel

burned for eight days before frenchies. china invests more each year into wind hydro and solar power than any other country as world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases it's launched an ambitious plan to replace carbon with renewable energy that plan includes the largest floating solar farm on earth bride went along to see if they float in the winter sunshine shimmering islands silently generating enough power for a small city on the shore new sections of solar panels all bolted together and then floated out to join the others. the lake they occupy was formed by the collapse of a disused coal mine underground that would otherwise go to waste to design these sections like this especially for this area they were and you no matter how much have a lot of flow. in the water helps cool the panels and keeps them free of dust to

make them more efficient. and hoyt like other provinces is experiencing an unusual isa be a winter. if it's the result of climate change it's a reminder that a country which is built its prosperity on coal must look to renewable energy for its future with its demand for energy china is still burning about half the world's coal but that is fast changing the government has promised to spend three hundred sixty billion dollars on clean energy by twenty twenty and the difference is clear to see quite literally. beijing and other cities in northern china have been enjoying blue skies this winter largely because of a restriction on coal burning it's a controversial policy that's left many people shivering without enough alternative energy sources but it's given a glimpse of a smoke free future without coal. back in the coal mine and power station

can be seen beyond the solar panels. jew twenty year in used to work there but says the soul of farm pays him twice as much and he's happy to work above ground. is about what my son also works in the industry it's got a job putting panels on people's roofs. part of a huge workforce that will eventually number in the millions finding a cleaner life in green energy mcbride al-jazeera and whole province china. deployed in the direction our website al jazeera dot com is the address all the stories that we're covering right there a including plenty of comment and analysis to. so the let's have a recap of top stories here on out there and democratic senate says to reach

a deal with republicans to end a government shutdown but only until february eighth non-essential federal services across the united states currently close to both policies failed to agree a budget in a row of immigration the democrats are unhappy that president double trumps policy is repeating a bill that prevents the children of illegal immigrants being deported the u.s. vice president has told israel's parliament for the united states will move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of next year mike pence made the announcement during a speech to israel's knesset which was initially interrupted by protesting israeli palestinian politicians at assen in officials have reacted angrily to the announcement saying it was a gift to extremists for all the united states recognized your nation one administration after another refused to recognize your capital but just last month president donald trump made history he righted

a seventy year wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital . palestine president mahmoud abbas refused to meet smite pence he's instead in brussels with the european union's foreign policy chief has reassured him the block is firmly committed to a two state solution with east jerusalem as the palestinian capital of. the european union to recognize the state of palestine. takis president insists his military will take control of the kurdish held enclave of afrin in northern syria as a back to sea area with out to every aircraft and ground forces the operation to push syrian kurdish y p g fighters will now talk of towns as and meant beach the white b.g. is a u.s. allied group that considers terrorists. former football star george where has

replaced africa's first female head of state as liberia's new president he's been sworn in off to winning a landslide against vice president joseph ok in december way succeeds the bell peace prize winner johnson sirleaf there's a headline stay with us up next it's history. anthony ok and you're in the street and i'm. like yeah. i think you. are. and former.