when and for you. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm not matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes at least thirty one people are dead after a fire breaks out at a hospital in south korea. that money is not going to them unless they ship

down and negotiate the u.s. president donald trump threatens to withdraw aid money to palestinians if they don't resume peace talks with israel. a new u.s. proposal to save millions of young immigrants from deports ation but it could come to high price plus. one talks about life in paris where the city is on flood alerts as the river continues to rise. we begin with breaking news a fire in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty one people dozens more have been injured at the same hospital in the southern city of the middle yang firefighters say one hundred patients were inside the hospital at the time kathy novak is live for us in seoul kathy what's the latest. well this is an ongoing

emergency rob the prime minister has issued an emergency order ordering the government agencies to direct all of the resources needed to this fire and rescue firefighting and rescue operation going on in the southern city of mir young as you say currently the death toll stands at least thirty one people killed in this fire and others being treated for injuries according to local media as you say about one hundred people were in the hospital when the fire broke out at around seven thirty am local time and of course we're told that there was a hospice adjacent to the hospital and understand that the about just under one hundred patients there have been evacuated the fire itself has been brought under control but of course the fear is that this death toll has been steadily rising throughout the past couple of hours and it's feared it will continue to rise questions around safety of course will be asked we don't know yet the calls of this

fire but it follows another fire that happened just about a month ago also in the south where twenty nine people died in a fitness club and at the time their safety concerns were raised about not enough emergency exits for example and cars blocking the exit path so as i say this is an ongoing emergency but at the moment we're told at least thirty one people have been killed in this fire that started in an emergency room in this hospital just favoring our friends very much from the. the u.s. president is insisting millions of dollars in american aid will be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel and the world economic forum in davos donald trump has said the controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel will not be changed palestinian leaders say a two state solution can only be achieved with east jerusalem as their future capital from davos our diplomatic editor james bates reports. that the

u.s. president seemed in upbeat mood as he arrived here. and prosperity between israelis and palestinians that seems further away than ever you might think that when you've alienated one side in a negotiation in this case the palestinians you might reach out to the thinking that flanked by use really prime minister benjamin netanyahu the author of the art of the deal showed that's not his way when they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great vice president to see them and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in. tremendous numbers numbers that nobody understands that money is on the table that money is not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace because i can tell you that israel does want to make peace and they're going to have to want to make peace or we're going to have

nothing to do with it. of course the reason the president pence on his visit was shunned by the palestinian president and heckled by palestinian members of the israeli parliament the knesset was the controversial u.s. decision made last year to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital something again praised downforce by prime minister netanyahu so this is the story. that will be for the remarkable. for generations to come we took jerusalem off the table so we don't talk about they never got pastures we took it off the table love to talk about. one point and you'll give actual points later on the negotiation if it ever takes place i don't know that it ever will take place that seems to be a complete misreading of the situation the president is suggesting that he's

removing the stumbling block of jerusalem from the negotiations in fact most believe he's making it an even more divisive issue previous us administrations knew the recognition card was one they needed to keep and not use to maintain leverage with the israelis a two state solution requires pressure on the israelis to give up illegal settlements they built on land that should form a palestinian nation. from the trumpet ministration israel seems to get only praise and never pressure james pays zero davus the us ambassador to the un nikki haley told a security council meeting that the palestinian leadership lacks the courage needed for a peace deal an accusation rejected by her palestinian counterpart kristensen the united nations. the united states and palestinians exchanged accusations during the security council's monthly debate on the middle east palestinian ambassador riyad

mansour spoke passionately about how his people had been demonized and humanize and accused of disrespect while the israelis were rewarded for building settlements on palestinian land he pointed out that jerusalem status according to previous international agreements should be decided in negotiations but the united states ambassador nicholas accused palestinian leadership of walking away from peace talks . and response to repeated this torsion of our position i am compelled to clarify further our position is not intended as this respect i repeat this respect and should not be translated as such by anyone in the contrary it is a position rooted in full respect for the law for the principles of justice and equity for the charter for this cancer for the assembly and for that that

kid's long international consensus and the parameters of a peaceful solution we will not chase after a palestinian leadership that lacks what need what is needed to achieve peace. to get historic results we need courageous leaders history has provided such leaders in the past for the sake of the palestinian and israeli people we pray it does so again the united states is isolated in its position here at the u.n. even its closest allies in the security council the united kingdom and france voted in favor of a resolution calling on the u.s. to rescind its decision to move its embassy to jerusalem the u.s. veto that resolution will the u.s. plan to cut to delay around one hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians has been criticized by n.g.o.s and politicians in america and the middle east total funding has hogged from one point two billion dollars in two thousand and ten to six hundred million dollars recently it's divided into three categories financial

humanitarian and development aid that helps to keep schools open in jerusalem and offsets the cost of electricity in gaza more than a quarter of the budget of the un body for palestinian refugees is paid for by the us that helps to educate more than forty five thousand displaced palestinian children keeps medical clinics open and provides refugee assistance for programs for palestinians in syria and under a spokesman has called the us funding literally lifesaving mohamed of ice is a palestinian american political analyst who's joining us live now from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for your time i want to talk about how we got here and in a moment but it seems to an outsider that the palestinians are effectively boxed into the moment is the willingness on the part of the palestinians to make the next move towards talks. well the next move for the palestinians who would be better and the best if they do not move our stalks as long as mr trump and mr

netanyahu insist on changing the rules of the game so it is not the onus is not on the palestinians it is on the people who are trying to dictate to the palestinians what to accept and what not to accept what is palestinian and what's not jerusalem as a cube wide land palestine is a wide land the west bank gaza there is there are the palestinians of nine hundred forty eight who are refugees all around so why why should the palestinians give the dictates like this from people like mr graham who are never fails to offend people not just the palestinians or the muslims or the christians or did the pope but often they give an american leadership here in america so i don't think there is anything for the palestinians in the current administration and the administration and israel by the administration of bibi netanyahu who is also at various

settlements advance the occupying the occupation of palestinian lands and is killing palestinians as soldiers are killing but i said years with impunity so let me there is nothing for them and they forgive me for interrupting all that was your point is taken but if the palestinians do refuse to engage in talks then isn't there a very strong risk that the blame for a failure of talks of blame for not finding a process toward some sort of settlement or peace could be placed at the door of the palestinians. let me say that since one thousand nine hundred three the palestinians have negotiated with good faith with the israelis with the americans they thought the palestinians thought the americans were an honest broker and mr graham came and showed how dishonest the u.s. administration is in the middle east and they took the position that. east

jerusalem also is the capital of israel the eternal capital of the jewish people ignoring the palestinian people and one point four five billion muslims he disrespected both. and the vice president of the united states pence there's a respected all these people it's billions of people and now he's talking about the palestinians the suspect being the vice president when he went to pakistan respect him for what for all this plus let me let me say something about the money the money was almost and your report said one point two billion dollars but it kept going down and they kept pressuring the palestinians into surrendering land that their dignity and cooperating with the israelis and and the going and doing the dirty work of the israelis through the palestine i thought that the police force that was being paid from that money a little just doesn't have a very clear going to a so i'm again i apologize for and interrupting you but there

was a point that i wanted to raise in the event that the u.s. is no longer seen as the phrase has been used an honest broker in this process who would be acceptable to the palestinians as a broker who do you think would be acceptable in fact to both sides that would be a little bit a lot of this process or some sort of agreement to be reached that did not involve the u.s. . any honest broker under the auspices of the united nations the security council will be good but as long as america will take these positions unilateral positions in order to prejudge the negotiations there is no need for negotiations with the israelis or with the americans now and forever let's remember that and the palestinians should learn also from the democratic party in the united states of america who is the refusing to negotiate under the terms of this president because they know he lies he does not respect people he does not respect the rule of law he

does not respect anything and he tries to play things as if he is running it to see you know an atlantic city if you know one of his casinos was and atlantic city that failed this president is a failure is a failure in business most of the money he made it was through sowing people and threatening people so he should not be trusted his administration should not be what i said the palestinians should learn how to over the but from the american people and the democratic party in the united states bombers or was thank you very much for your time. thank donald trump is proposing a plan that could give citizenship to undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children it would mean one point eight million so-called dreamers would be protected from deporting into the country of their birth the white house says the proposal could attract enough votes to pass through the senate. all the time but ministration says the plan is designed to deter illegal migration making it easier

to remove people from the u.s. and improve national security it would create a twenty five billion dollars fund to build a wall along the border with mexico and enhanced security at other entry points people who entered as children without documents would be eligible for citizenship but the process would take ten to twelve years with requirements around educational work and quote moral character rules on sponsoring family members would be tightened country many illegal migrants can sponsor spouses siblings parents and children under the plan it will be limited to under-age children and spouses and the visa lottery system would end supporters say the law is random selection ensures diversity but the trumpet ministration says it's dangerous and must be shut down. this framework will fulfill the four agreed upon pillars securing the border and closing legal loopholes indian extended family chain migration cancelling the visa lottery and providing a permanent solution on dhaka after decades of n.a.a.

in action by congress it's time we work together to solve this issue once and for all ok hydrogels cossar is joining me live now from washington d.c. heidi immigration was the central issue that led to the u.s. shut down just under a week ago how is it being received. right and this proposal is already hitting many hurdles immigration advocates themselves have already come out against this plan saying that proposal to limit the family based migration is simply unacceptable since one nine hundred sixty five family unity has been one of the pillars of u.s. immigration policy with this change though the white house emphasizes that spouses and young children may still qualify to be sponsored but parents and siblings would no longer and this would signify a fundamental shift in the values of the u.s. immigration system democrats have said they will not support that some republicans

have already applauded this plan from the white house but even from the right there is some resistance we saw the headline from the very conservative breitbart website when this plan was announced calling donald trump amnesty dawn for this proposal that would essentially legalize about one point eight million dreamers rob thanks very much indeed i want to bring in bruce fein he's a constitutional lawyer who's the former u.s. associate deputy attorney general who's joining us from washington d.c. good to have you back on this what's your reaction to this. well i think it has the ingredients of some kind of compromise the attraction for the democrats is the one point eight million would be largely democrat voters you need to have citizenship to vote in the united states even if you have a green card you can't and with regard to the other elements of the program that they would oppose in isolation the wall the ending of family unification as the

primary determinant of immigration in the diversity visa remember that even if these are changed now they can always be changed again and if the democrats get control of the congress in november they could go in repeal what they had simply non-plussed with the republicans earlier and i do think that the democrats felt that they got burned in the earlier round with the budget in the shutdown for one day in holding up the budget for the dockets was just seven hundred thousand here they're going from seven hundred thousand to one point eight million now of course the knish lead they're going to balk at it that's how all negotiations go but i think that this does have the ingredients of an agreement before the february eighth deadline for a new budget deal comes forth but i want to underscore none of these changes that are being proposed are necessarily there in perpetuity and certainly there is a chance that the democrats could get control of congress they only are one and one

vote short in the senate in the house is very much up for grabs i'd like your help in clarifying one thing i have a very brief look at the kind of outline of this seems to show preference for younger immigrants the very people who are the top of ministration is accused of being threats to the security for example or a threat to u.s. jobs as opposed to the older members of families that they would sponsor why do you think there is that focus. well i think it's the younger members there and they are the ones who are our future entrepreneurs you know almost two thirds of our billionaires on silicon valley are immigrant and children come and if they're given the opportunity here they're highly motivated and many of them are valedictorians in our school they're graduating at the top of the class in many enter the military and have medals and i think they are the ones who could have

a real spur to the economy remember also the united states is an aging population and as in some other countries the social security burden rises as you have more old people and fewer young people paying into the system for giving oppressions to young people in the few partially offset that bulge in the aging population and make social security more secure always good to get your view on this bruce fein thank you very much indeed thank you plenty more ahead in the news including the u.k. comes under pressure to cancel a visit by saudi arabia's crown prince. another step closer to doomsday scientists issue a dire warning than harsh humans are destroying the earth. and in sports simona halep such suffering is truly an open. was not the bulls but i mean for first title .

the u.s. is urging turkey to stay focused on defeating isolate in syria i'm not get distracted by itself aeration against kurdish forces near its border turkey's president powder one met a military leaders at the operations come on the center of the border on thursday turkey launched the operation to clear the area of u.s. backed kurdish fighters sees as a threat to its security. particularly in a free operations turkish operations inferring in all operations in a frame that have the effect of inducing friction into the equation of making it hard to focus on why we are in syria which is the defeat of isis in the afraid israel rally or a negative thing well turkey's operation enough rain has also triggered contriver see in germany where the government has postponed a decision on upgrading military tanks supplied to ankara turkey is using german made leopards two tanks in its offensive in northern syria that has been pushing for upgrades to protect them from mines that's fueled the debate in germany about

berlin's approval of arms exports chancellor angela merkel's caretaker government says it won't consider the request until a new coalition deal has been signed. but miss prime minister theresa may is under pressure to withdraw an invitation to the saudi crown prince over his country's military action in yemen crown prince mohammed bin solomon is due to visit london within weeks groups including stop the war on the out of organization for human rights in the u.k. want me to cancel his visit saudi led coalition intervened in yemen civil war in twenty fifteen stephen bell is the spokesman for the campaign to block the saudi's visit and a member of the palestinian solidarity campaign he says crown prince mohammed bin solvent is responsible for the world's worst humanitarian crisis. we are calling upon the hugo government to withdraw the invitation. in

view it is not acceptable to lay out the red carpet for someone who is responsible for what the u.n. says the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today the fact that the most recent u.n. report indicated poppy never million women accused or risk all cholera famine and the blockade of the country destruction of infrastructure all this means it's not suitable through but someone who is the prime responsibility for the continuation of the war opinion polls have indicated over sixty percent opposed continuing military for arming of the saudi regime this is i would say broadly reflected in parliament insofar as are all the major parties apart from the guard. and d.p. contingent are against the continuing to support the saudi.

war efforts so we think that public opinion is broadly on our side but it's necessary to organize to bring political opinion into line weeks of heavy rainfall in france or cause widespread flooding in the country's north and east rescue workers have evacuated people from their homes paris says on flood electors have ever seen as rising fast the city's mayor is blaming climate change for recent spells of extreme weather that has a better reports. stranded restaurants and submerged bridges as the river seine in paris continues to rise its pedestrianised banks have disappeared usually bustling with cyclists and now a no go zone and the city is on flood alert. catholic and we have overcome for some hate whites into floods going over six majors one in spring and the other in winter it is clearly

a question of paris adapting to climate change usual. the city council has put in place special measures river traffic has been stopped only emergency boats are allowed and ten pre-flood barriers are being installed paris's world famous museums are also playing safe the louve has closed a wing and is moving some works to higher ground for some people here the swollen river has become something of a tourist attraction for more than one hundred fifty years parisians have used this statue as a gauge now normally the water level is around two meters and the fields of the statue are visible but as the water rises the whole body disappears now city officials here in paris say they expect the water level to be above six meters in the next few days come a visit almost every year every other year and we've never seen the river y.p.s. and we live right down there and we've heard about the statue most of. my work in

offices nearby and we've taken precautions in case there's a flood and power cuts over the past century the same has risen in paris several times but it's not safe to float since one thousand nine hundred ten when flooding turned the city into a french venice flood prevention has improved since then but experts say it's not enough a major flood in paris could hit the whole country it could go between a three to saute billion euros in terms of the direct and damages but also discord have consequences are the macroeconomic level because paris in the region represents one sort of the natural so it can have impact on growth under the drug market are on public finance to. the rising water is the result of weeks of heavy rain in france forecasters say drier weather is on the way people here hope it will be just in time to prevent paris's historic center from becoming swamped natasha buckler al-jazeera paris still ahead on al-jazeera

a reason for celebration or shame australia's national day attracts controversy. plus we look at beijing's plan to clean up the city that's leaving fossils homeless . and sport the young afghanistan cricketers who are on a world cup in new zealand. from cool brisk news in few weeks. to the warm trying to ease of southeast asia. and i will just come south it's been snowing in shanghai a rare event is probably not going to repeat it on friday but it will be code a max of a nice three degrees you feel a bit of a chill in hong kong as well i think but the snow is going to stay in landing and chart vertical expand fifty bit further north come saturday as temperatures start to try and recover in hong kong and to

a small degree in shanghai as well but that's proper winter as it should be proper big rain in the wet season is still falling in indonesia in java and in bali was recently in both ones been flooding but in malaysia has been a much dryer if we do and you saw from the satellite picture and the forecast see showers a long way north this time of year in the gulf of thailand a hint that maybe even in bangkok rare ones occasional ones but they shouldn't really be that late january though they are we've recently seen thunderstorms in delhi proper snow for you and him a share pradesh is going away now is still on the ground its how to stir up the air to some degree dark it may be not that helpful it did cause closure of many roads which is to be expected and they're probably now open to be honest but the fact he was there at all meant that the air quality has been improved to some degree new delhi but it's still cold hard to see at night. the weather sponsored by cats own and he's. rio has big plans to turn its largest favelas

into spectacles. but inside the favelas. has big plans of his own. building since the age of twelve listen trained yet skilled architect has as good a chance as any at seeing his vision come to light. the federal role and the master plan are the concluding part of rebel architecture at this time on al-jazeera one of the really special things that working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging vividly but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mandate is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour a fire in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty one people dozens more were injured in the southern city of milwaukee and the fires thought started in an emergency room on the first floor. u.s. president donald trump says millions of dollars in american aid will be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel palestinian leaders insist a two state solution cannot be achieved if the u.s. continues to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. on the toms proposing a plan that could give citizenship to nearly two million undocumented immigrants

brought to the u.s. his children it would also create a fund to finance a wall along the border with mexico. ok more now on donald trump's announcement that palestinians won't get u.s. aid unless they work towards peace with israel palestinian ambassador to the u.n. in riyadh months or has told al-jazeera that palestinians have lost faith in the trumpet ministration. well the see when when the president and nikki haley say that jerusalem is of the table and there are tacking on a war and with holding money against this humanitarian organization which means that they are saying refugees are of the table then they left nothing on the table there is nothing left and if there is nothing left and they are totally in the camp of the israelis then they lost their capacity to be the mediator between us and there is the very least and to be the only one that is cast through the end of the process that is why we are saying we want

a collective process from the international community to play a positive impartial role between us and the israelis that that can lead to the end of the israeli occupation that happen on the fourth of june one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and to the end dependence of the state of palestine with east jerusalem as its capital and therefore to save the two state solution in australia celebrations have begun to mark the anniversary of british settlement back in seven hundred eighty eight millions are expected to attend australia day ceremonies and parties but others are boycotting the festivities because of the association with colonialism thomas reports an increasingly politicize national day from setting. australia day january the twenty six marks the dates when the first british settlers arrived in seven hundred eighty eight to set up a colony in what would become sydney every year millions come out to celebrate life

in what's often called the lucky country survey suggests most don't know why their national day when it is last year one local council in western australia moved its events to a different date it did so because many aboriginal people say the twenty sixth of january is the anniversary of an invasion which is led to the massacres of indigenous australians and injustice that continues today the twenty sixth of january represents a day of mourning and the death the misery in the suffering of aboriginal people the mayor of fremantle council who initiated the move of events to january twenty eighth was painted in traditional colors as a sign of appreciation not that you can't think of a better day than general twenty six so hard to think of a worse one what we want to do is offer people a choice another alternative that we hope was more inclusive and actually more unifying around what it really means the biggest rally in fremantle it turns out

was the start of a trend since last year more councils in australia have said that this year cancel australia day events or move their dates and actually to the debate has grown a statue of captain cook the explorer who found australia for the british was recently defaced with change the date graffiti some prominent australians are calling for change including a former tennis star you know why the twenty six when they stay is so painful for these people having seen that i just have to i just have to support them but in sydney on wednesday at a debate about changing the most argued against the twenty sixth of january seven. it is a significant time in our history most of those people like myself are of mixed heritage and those who claim to be offended would not even exist if it wasn't for that particular day others say that marking australia day on a controversial date is good because it means as an annual catalyst for debate each

year the high profile controversy means more people learn about their country's history that leads to a third option keep the date but change the nature and name of the day use the morning of january twenty sixth for commemoration to reflect on the suffering colonialization meant for indigenous australians then only in the afternoon change the mood to celebrate what australia has become well under thomas is that an australia day protest rally in sydney he's with me now andrew i know that this has been a topic of debate in australia for for a very long time but now we seem to be seeing a lot more action as well. there's a lot of momentum behind the process of uncovering australia day on the process now for a few years here and it was a minority interest just five years ago now it is very much mainstream in the media in australia and more broadly events like this one that you often park in sydney

which is if you like a study day event on australia day for people who don't like australia day being on the twenty sixth of january this is a protest of people who want to change the date on the mob to come here and wound through the streets of sydney and have thousands of people on it but that idea i mentioned there in that report that you keep the date but change the nature of the day make it more about commemoration and remember it's been celebration was put forward by clayton simpson who i'm joined by from the aboriginal youth for human rights straight not clayton it's a controversial view is not changing the dates but changing fundamentally the nature of the day you know you know no one's arguing that january twenty sixth is a very significant date just writing history and what not two hundred thirty years we've been commemorating at that as the date of the it means the road. right now where we're saying for the for things for the good ideas that aboriginal leaders

have been marking it as a date of the. day of mourning in the morning we attend our own service since. we learn about the good the bad and the ugly. we commemorate out of all of the people. so we keep the date but we affectively change the meaning of the narrative of what to anywhere twenty six main all people who call this place home but at the moment he's a minority approach to australia day aboriginal people vicious people largely yes some of the white settlers and other immigrants to australia but you want official change don't you at the top well that's right it's all about being more we feel if we go forward with this. proposal would be more connected to the place we call home here. here in australia we commemorate twenty fifth that is in fact the day that the. rainfall just got to believe in global one and.

that's what we did in the morning they commemorate you know what do. we do it but all these wars took place i have a scene where we're talking about we remember the war that took place on an alley and here. like you thank you very very much that is the minority view most people i the six in one camp all the and the people who want to change the dates even like this community the majority but it is slowly changing the debate here is growing under thanks very much me i'm always accused a former u.s. diplomat who quit an international advisory panel on the hinge a crisis of pursuing his own agenda bill richardson resigned from the group as it was making its first trip to russia in state saying he doesn't want to be part of a whitewash a military crackdown in the region has forced more than seven hundred thousand people to flee to bangladesh which has since decision to quit followed an argument with me a modest leader. over the trial of two reuters journalists i was very unhappy

and distressed right downtown through she reaction to my plea that this issue of reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act that this was not my charter as a member of the advisory board and the very heated exchange that we had i don't want to be part of a whitewash and i felt it's best that i resign immediately. i mean mars military has been accused of using gang rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against the range of rights groups say the attacks occurred during the recent crackdown in iraq and state in which as many as seven thousand people are thought of being killed charles strafford reports from quote

a poll on the refugee camp in bangladesh the sisters fifteen and seventeen years old say me and my army soldiers tied them to trees and gang raped them the eldest says a sister lost consciousness with the second man began to prove her lies are. beyond me surrounded our house she says my sister and i were in the bathroom the soldiers burst in and drank this outside seven men raped me she says passers by found them unconscious and still tied to the trees. it was difficult to walk she says but they helped us it took us fifteen days to walk to the bangladesh border. rights groups say that the myanmar army used gang rape as part of its ethnic cleansing campaign that killed thousands of people and destroyed their homes in rakhine state they also say that myanmar's case highlights massive floors in the

international criminal justice system and there are questions being asked as to whether the interests of powerful countries like china could jeopardize myanmar ever fully being called to account gathering evidence in myanmar is almost impossible at the moment. the myanmar government has banned the un's top human rights investigator from entering the country mia my has made a very big mistake in banning myself. finding mission and other investigative teams to going in because this is exactly what the world needs to to see and hear from. firsthand reports from persons like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding

treaty the rome statute and we is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port. the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers look the front door behind them and set their home on fire. al-jazeera alone refugee camp one with the. people fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo reporting a surge in killings rapes and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says violence has voice forced more than ten thousand people into neighboring

uganda since the beginning of december malcolm webb reports from a refugee transit camp in uganda. rebecca salama says many of her neighbors have been killed or raped in recent weeks armed groups keep attacking her village in the democratic republic of congo that's why she's walked here to neighboring uganda with her family met by ugandan soldiers near the border. when you go to pick your crops or go to the forest for firewood if you're a man they kill you and if you're a woman they will rape you that's why we came here. along with other new arrivals rebecca continues her journey in a u.n. truck u.n. says more than ten thousand people of arrived here in the last month seeing a spike in violence at home and everyone we spoke to says they don't know which armed groups attacking them or why they say the fighters carry guns wear uniforms

and speak languages from all over congo and neighboring rwanda since it's not safe at home this refugee transit camps the better option sought and covered with the new arrivals first have to line up here and get their feet braid is in fact and and everyone is made to come over here and wash their hands as well after the journey. must be ties them to made to go through this but they can't manage it necessary then everyone has to queue up here for a medical check in the end. rebecca's baby twins kelvin and carol they are right then to find a severely malnourished. he says she hasn't been able to harvest her crops for weeks and hasn't produced enough breastmilk u.n. officials say these kinds of problems a typical among those arriving at the transit camp before they can be assisted and taken to long term refugee settlements most of believe me that i learned of it

because when you talk to them to work for a long distance we also are cases where we've been and condemned of being sexually . or maybe it's cold here specially at night thank you it will help keep the attackers family warm till they can build a new home her husband in israel can never go back. we've heard that here is peaceful we're still on the way though we're optimistic that everything will be better and not like congo. a new life starts with spending the night on the floor of this shelter. they say for here but it will be weeks before things get any easier. malcolm web al-jazeera transit camp uganda venezuela is expelling the ambassador from spain a day after the european union imposed sanctions on the government leaders spain supported economic measures and travel bans on seven senior officials who are accused of human rights abuses and breaching the rule of law president nicolas

maduro his government says spain is meddling in its affairs diplomats from canada and brazil were expelled in december on similar grounds got alone is parliament is to choose its new regional leader on tuesday but the only candidate on the ballot is colace push the mom who was in a self-imposed exile in brussels the former catalan president left spain in the towbar after his government declared independence in a referendum ruled illegal by madrid. three people have died and ten others have been injured in a train derailment in northern italy the train was packed with hundreds of commuters heading to work and milan rescuers climbed through the sides of fallen carriages to reach passengers trapped inside the rail operator believes a broken track may have contributed to the accident. a symbolic doomsday clock which represents how close humanity is to destroying the planet is the nearest it's been to signaling the end of the world since in one thousand nine hundred fifty three the clock was moved forward by thirty seconds on thursday by

the bulletin of atomic scientists because of mounting concern over the nuclear war and climate change the last time the clock was at two minutes to midnight was when the u.s. and the soviet union were testing hydrogen bombs richard some of l. as a member of the science and security board at the bulletin of the atomic scientist he says it's more important than ever to educate the public on the scale of threats we face. one of our main motivations and even having that in going to the trouble of going every year is to motivate people to be concerned to learn about these issues and to make it move on to the importance we see a lack of will. so for example us russian relations deteriorated was no ongoing high level talks of the nuclear arms control between us and russia the two countries which between the kind of almost all of the nuclear weapons in the world and i think it's this lack of strong international action that concerns us

and that's very much junior and climate change as well beijing will demolish thousands of what it calls illegal structures they see here in an effort to spruce up the city and the operation was ordered after a fire in november but thousands of low paid by group workers are set to lose their homes in the process as a dam brown reports. well the owners of this business a pet shop packing up and moving out they have to close their business by friday there are fifty other businesses in this condemned neighborhood they also all have to close by friday the owner of one other business we spoke to said that they've been offered no compensation they simply be told to leave this area by friday now of course last december we saw really the beginnings of this demolition campaign and this followed a fire in a warehouse which had been converted into a legal apartments and that gave the government the excuse it deeded to really

intensify this campaign of demolitions now on wednesday the mayor of beijing announced an ambitious plan to demolish some forty million square meters of illegal structures here in beijing that's almost thirty eight square kilometers now the government has a number of reasons for wanting to do this right now it wants to beautify beijing but it also wants to reduce the population of this city but the people who are being affected hundreds of thousands of them are migrant workers these are people from poor regions of china who come to the city to do the jobs that ordinary beijing has don't want to do they work in shops they clean homes they actors deliveryman so there is going to be an economic price to pay for all of this but it appears to be an economic price that the government is prepared to pay in terms of higher wages and of course the disruption that is going to calls in the weeks

months and years ahead. still ahead an al-jazeera in sports rory mcilroy turns out the age of the by desert classic and he's here with that story.

this time for the sports here's andy. thank you very much your fourth member of the usa gymnastics board has resigned after former team doctor larry nasser was sentenced to up to one hundred and seventy five years in prison for abusing young female athletes the u.s.

olympic committee says the entire eighteen person panel should now quits on wednesday nasa pleaded guilty to ten counts of sexual assault with testimony being heard from more than one hundred and fifty victims of the gnostics governing body in the u.s. has been criticised for failing to protect its athletes well earlier i spoke to the u.s. force it's an example of pope who says judge aqualina decision could be a turning point in the country's social history she slammed the gavel and said his time is up and i think that her actions. and the way she addressed him and looked directly into the soul of a monster and said this is over and cindy sentencing him to forty to one hundred seventy five years in prison on top of the sixty years he was sorry he's set to serve for child pornography court cases was an iconic moment not only for usa gymnastics not only for sports but in our culture for the silence that's been

covered up by not only individuals but institutions around this country and around the world we really didn't begin talking about it and some of the sentencing and that shows what's wrong in our culture is that when one person is silent it leads to a culture of silence and we should be talking about this matter where else is going on is that not just usa gymnastics we also have usa swimming head being told that he should be fired in a letter to usa swimming in relation to not adequately addressing sexual abuse of assault allegations being made against usa swimming so there is so much more here to uncover and we're not really talking about enough as we should and i think that we should talk about this more. there will be a first time when if the women's australian open title on saturday carranza snacky and simona halep will meet in the final whoever wins will also be claiming their first grand slam trophy tatiana sanchez reports. topped the mono hull it

had never reached an australian open final before but this was to be her day. the romanian german former world number one angele khabar on thursday after a lengthy battle to go one set told hallet stormed ahead taking the first of five games in the deciding fed cup before back but couldn't outdo the world number one who showed like ten to five to terminations saving to match point. about paying off giving her a six three six nine seven when. i was in this position in french open so maybe i can make a better match i can make us. make it more relaxed and making like a normal match i don't want to think about the result piers i did the during this

tournament and was a great feeling going on court just to fight for the both for the games and not for the match just step by step it was just a battle at the end and it's just one or two points which decides the match and for me yeah i mean i get everything and this is what i will tell myself. she'll faith another former world number one caroline both the iraqi who's also three to have first australian open final if the danish second the dominated for much of her match again merton both the ak evo vive the late third by her twenty two year old belgian opponent to clinch the match six three seven five i i think i was here in the same finals two thousand and eleven i was serving for the match against lena and i had a match point and i lost it and i was there for him right out there today but you know i just tried to just try and stay calm and i was lucky to get going to win of

america he has yet to win a grand slam title and this is just the that grand slam final for the twenty seven year old i tatiana out of there in the men's draw is also reached his first ever australian open final knocking out britain's call edmund at the end was aiming to become just the fourth british man to reach a grand slam final since the open era began in icing sixty eight of the crowd here straight sets went to hell face either or federer or chong in sunday's final but really good i mean today was just a little bit different tensity than in the measures rough in that match i lifted my game a lot and the energy was really good on the court and i think overall i'm feeling really good at things like that this goes thanks to my guys. making me work hard and i think i use a great team over here now i have the two days off so it's going to be

a nice one and something manchester united manager jerry say marino has signed a one year contract extension with the club now tied to united until twenty twenty the fifty four year old won a couple trophies during his first season in charge and said in a statement he felt he was the right manager for this great club for the foreseeable future. jimmy donaldson has a one shot lead after the first round of the dubai desert classic the washington carded a ten on a par round of sixty two rory mcilroy return to form also continuing after a three month injury layoff the former world number one finished third in abu dhabi last week and he's well placed on seven under. the rise and rise of afghanistan as a global cricketing force has continued at the under nineteen world cup afghanistan here beating host new zealand by say one hundred c. runs to reach the semifinals last year the country senior team was granted full test status as well this under nineteen thing next faced australia as they puts

away in a first world sites that is always sport for not more lighter. and jane that is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories that's it for me for this news hour i'm rob matheson thanks very much for being with me. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join a sunset there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera and monday put it

world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries haven't truly been able to escape the your. personal stories of lebanese villages on the border with israel the blue line runs through this period their daily struggles and the moment when they go get emergency forces stop us when we go there they're sure that i wouldn't survive and peaceful protests do reason in the place of the interior means defiance and resistance that at this new time it's means nothing at night and freedom life on the edge of cross border tension lebannon living on the blue line at this time on al jazeera. as witchcraft is sorcery

killing spreads across up a new guinea when used exposes shocking human rights abuses. of the specific nations darkstar one when used at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you. at. the hospital in south korea. and this is.