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museum reopens in belgium. past the pressed. text that's coming up a little later. piling pressure on us president donald trump documents what new york had for the first time direct. to financial. during his bite house campaign robert miller's team is to spectate. that campaign contacted. the lawyer. as far back as twenty five dollars tables

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her. to both payments ation with. of individual. one is assume so prosecutors are painting the president the special counsel's moment about current confirmed public domain about failed attempts to build a trump tower. even as trump expounding about his proposed russian foreign policy. areas which might firstly miller writes current provided the special useful information. discreet to rush. to it investigate play virtue of his record executives during the campaign and. and useful information. with persons connected to the white house during the twenty seven eighteen time period. it's unclear what purpose during but it's striking cohen is also discussing trump's

first year. prosecutor well there's also submitted a. campaign manager. he was convicted for the ukrainian gov fraud and the food broke a plea agreement reached to provide information like a sentence this involves a redacted. as well in the good amount of for about pertinent to and district however agreements manifold told the government at different and. the events. on a form lot but with the trumpet. that he had reached the form of the russian collusion investigation if anything however taken in conjunction with this heavily redacted document that was filed earlier this week in conjunction with the investigation into a former security advisor michael flynn there's plenty of speculation she had her

town see al-jazeera washington. iran's president says that donald trump's decision to reimpose sanctions against his country is economic terrorism the oil and financial sanctions came into force a month ago after trump pulled out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal in may speaking at a conference on regional cooperation has on rouhani warned that western nations risk an influx of illegal drugs if the sanctions weaken iran. out of. those who imposed sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a deluge of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism. germany's ruling christian democratic union party has elected and a gret crime. to succeed angela merkel as its leader she's merkel's profit of one more than fifty one percent of the ballot following a second round of voting locals not seeking re-election but her successor could decide how long she stays on as chancellor

a protest march in malaysia's capital has turned into a rally of supporters of the government decided not to sign a un convention to eliminate racial discrimination allays switch on the largest ethnic group were worried that the convention could impact them as florence louis reports from quite a long. this rally with initially organized as a protest march to demonstrate against the government's decision to ratify a un convention to eliminate racial discrimination and the reason this backlash against this here in malaysia is because the majority race the malays who make up more than sixty percent of the population are concerned that this move to a. special privileges and threaten the position of islam as the main religion in this country the privileges granted to the malays and other indigenous groups give them advantages in a range of things from business to education to. affirmative action all of these

were put in place decades ago because the malays even though they were the main group considered economically disadvantaged compared to the chinese and indians the other two main races in this country and the government mindful of the backlash reversed its pledge to ratify the convention but this rally is still going ahead people here tell us they want to send a message to the government that they will object to anything that threatens the malays special privileges a point. that we've gone through and all that we now enjoy will be affected that is what we don't want the kind of this because there's already an agreement made long ago between the military and the chinese and it was in trying to into the constitution there's no need to change anything we already have human rights or equal rights in malaysia but this is also about politics it's rallies organized by the two largest opposition groups in the country one is an islamist group the other is i'm no fan of the module that had led to malaysia since independence for more than sixty years until its defeat in the general election in may the end of the day

it's also intended as a reminder to show the government and the supporters that they are still relevant and. that is december almost midwinter in the northern hemisphere still even for december doesn't seem right that the snow in the southern states of the united states. but there is one thing to know in november forty nine out of fifty states reported snow that in itself is quite unusual but no it's proper snow that was just a dusting that is have a look at where it all started out having had a cold outbreak we've seen snow already and rain various things but it's california took the brunt of what went on is on ip i can show you is it could well be i am stuck with one satellite picture so you have to listen to my words that california got floods of course over the fire and then the snow we see is turn away size but this is now winter warning this massive cloud which is been feeding balls of the gulf of mexico against cold that sits over the constant itself is going to hit so

eastwards you can't see it here but the syn line of cloud here goes through kentucky. and tennessee and then it goes on towards north and south carolina we are thinking be about that amount of snow falling quite possibly in north carolina then the cross the border into south carolina money even touched georgia you don't get our snow very often the rain to the science of it of course beef falling sometimes through freezing it is actually an ice warning after parts of georgia as well and misery that design of it so you've got the potential for floods all the way from texas the cross towards northern florida more first georgia then the snow belt in the middle and ice the north and that is all going to happen tonight and then probably during part of tomorrow but the snow itself kristie keep falling even in south carolina the day after just the lack of charles will do better to more. technology just love it now a controversial museum focusing on belgium's colonial past is reopening after being

closed for a year the events being overshadowed by demands from former colonies like the democratic republic of congo that it return some artifacts the reports. for more than a century this opulent museum outside brussels was a symbol of belgium's colonial past it was created by king leopold the second with wealth amassed from his kingdom's plunder of congo its exhibits portrayed africans as savage and primitive hundreds of congolese people were put on display in a human zoo but there was no mention of the fact that millions of people were enslaved or killed by their oppressors off until twenty years ago belgium didn't have any critical reflector ryssdal on your past and nobody really questioned about how did google is really perceive it and if you talk to the release of the period i'm in they'll talk about your profession about the way they were three and so when go to visit this museum they'll start reflecting well maybe the colonial system

wasn't all that good. king leopold presented belgium's colonise ation of congo as a humanitarian mission but that was far from the brutal reality congolese artist mam panny hopes his work will force people to reflect on history or the maasdam or priscilla process it is thinking together about the past the present and making sure what happened never happens again and to end stereotypes and to colonize the image of central africa with pierre kompany came to belgium as a refugee from congo in one thousand nine hundred seventy five he's now the country's first black man he son vincent plays for belgium's national football team he says the museum could be a cultural bridge or you know from out his museum would be a different color both congo and belgian would better understand the mistakes made in the future that awaits us. while those behind the reopening of this museum hope

that it will help belgians confront their colonial past some critics say it's a missed opportunity that a greater gesture would have been to return some of the looted artworks and objects to congo so much. but these are not mere outworks they represent our ancestors so if my ancestors i'm closing the museum frozen in time then they are dead so i don't want to celebrate in this cemetery perhaps i would visit in the future if we start returning the works state museums across europe have come under increasing pressure from campaign is to return objects taken from africa they say it would address some past injustices but also force people in former colonial powers like belgium to know and confront a history that for too long has been ignored. al-jazeera brussels belgium where are rapidly approaching the midway point in this news out coming up in the second half of the program what south korea is doing to deal with air pollution

that's blowing in from china. the world's biggest oil producers disregard u.s. pressure to slash their output. and it's for the dutch football team doesn't quite live up to its neighbors excelsior is because six bill peter has the rest of the day's action at around twenty minutes. in countries like mine people have been killed. we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public interest. this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis came to britain for be all to help the past bombs do. rumsfeld was meeting saddam isn't that interesting. shadow coming soon the lights are on. and there's nowhere to hide is the easiest way to solve this to allow u.n.

observers who you invited into the country early this year to finish the job i haven't said it's a right wing conspiracy or anybody's conspiracy straight talking deep. i think we're going to see some kind of sea change in the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia we have an obligation there's a journalistic integrity and then it was betrayed totally upfront own al-jazeera. hello again adrian from again here in doha with the news out from al-jazeera our top stories this hour french police are using pastels and tear gas in scuffles with

protesters in paris hundreds of people have been detained as the so-called yellow vest anti government movement protests for the fourth weekend. one of the latest sticking points to emerge from the third day of talks in sweden to end the war in yemen is a transitional government the rebels believe that it would work if it includes all of the evans political parties however government because he says are resisting that idea. documents released by u.s. prosecutors have for the first time directly linked donald trump to financial crimes committed during his twenty sixteen presidential campaign it's also been revealed that a russian who offered political synergy with that campaign reached out to trump's former lawyer as far back as twenty fifty. let's go back down to the situation in france let's go live to paris officers dominic cain is that dominick this of course a nationwide protest movement the focal point being paris where once again there's

been trouble what's happening there in the rest of the country today. well as you say the focal point in this city adrian but certainly protests taking place around the country and it's understood that around thirty one thousand protesters are taking to the streets of france today to make their point wearing these it is shown to raise their anger to demonstrate their anger at the government at the sorts of policies that mr karr and his administration have been suggesting have been implementing trying to prevent any violence by those thirty one thousand people there are eighty one thousand members of the forces of law and order on the streets of france as i say trying to keep the situation calm trying to pacify the protests trying to avoid a repetition of the violent scenes that have been taking place in paris not far away from where i'm talking to you from right now they don't want to repetition of those scenes nor do they want a reputation a repetition of the sort of violence that's been taking place in fraud so over the last days and weeks that's something they were very keen to avoid hence the fact

that there are so many police officers and other members of the security services on the streets of france today as i say eighty one thousand outside paris trying to pacify the situation and eyes things stand there around thirty one thousand protesters in cities up and down this country right now on the streets dominick the government has abandoned its plans to raise the price of fuel based attacks that it was going to add to the price of fuel the demonstrators of course they want that was their original posting why are they continuing what is it they want. seems to be an irony here doesn't there adrian that the posse of mr met called call that could be come on the republican marching as it were on the on the rise but in fact at the moment it seems that they should because marching against mr macro and

his party there's a deep sense of unease is a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the president not because policies with. his government people just feel detached from the sort of government he has they look at the sort of policies he's proposed and they believe well that's not the those are not the policies we thought that he would bring in that he would usher in when he won not election when he became president when his party won an absolute majority in parliament just over a year ago people expected different policies now and they had not being provided with those policies then when they see the prices of everyday consumable items going up and no end in sight then they then their anger comes out the point also to make is that the great french society does have this phenomenon of anger against the government it does come out sporadically periodic early certainly in the last twenty years in the last fifty years there have been moments when there have been general strikes in the mid ninety's the share of government nearly was nearly

toppled brain with the knowledge to pay as it was called the government's right wing agenda to reform welfare and to reform the tax code well that fell apart in part because of protests such as the ones we're seeing now although then those protests were violent and of course those were the more historical bent will remember the main one hundred sixty eight demonstrations which very nearly toppled the government then and which brought about real social reform so we need to see these protests through the prism of that kind of idea that french society has grown accustomed to governments that want to bring in reforms which society doesn't like and then the society members of society rebelling against that government don't have many thanks do down to zero make a that lived in paris and seventy people have been arrested in belgium as yellow vest protests spread outside of frogs police used pepper spray against demonstrators who tried to break into european union buildings protesters there

according to the resignation of belgians prime minister shall we show. an executive of the chinese tech. twal way will remain in custody in canada for the weekend prosecutions and seeking long one shows extradition to the u.s. which accuses her of breaching sanctions on iran the arrest has left economists wondering if the trade truce between america and china will hold kristen salumi reports. among china's business elite among ones who is considered royalty the daughter of the founder of telecom giant hallway a company's c.f.o. and possible heir to the throne but to the united states mom is a wanted criminal the charge confirmed in a canadian court on friday fraud specifically using an unofficial weiwei subsidiary to do business with iran in violation of u.s. sanctions china's foreign ministry has condemned her arrests and demanded the evidence. she do what i can tell you is that not the canada nor the u.s.

has provided any evidence to china that the person of the case is violated the laws of the two countries until now. canadian prosecutors acting on behalf of the u.s. argued against freeing man on bail saying her wealth made her an extreme flight risk while her lawyer said she'd never do anything to embarrass her family or her country in court filings the united states argued that mung was likely to flee to china if released on bail the united states believes that one way officials have been avoiding travel to the united states since april of two thousand and seventeen when they became aware of the investigation and furthermore that they had been moving u.s. based employees out of the country who could have been called to testify in the case that's why when they became aware of her travel to canada on november twenty ninth they requested her extradition. mom's arrest comes amid mounting trade tensions between the u.s. and china and news of her arrest rattled investors the dow closed down more than

five hundred points for the week racing games for the year but experts say the case is not about training i think it's very much sanctions issue and the desire to make sure that people know that we aren't kidding when the u.s. imposes sanctions nevertheless it could complicate trade relations as the two countries attempt to work out their differences kristen salumi al jazeera as you're watching kristen's reports the reuters news agency is reporting that china's foreign ministry has summoned canada's ambassador to issue a strong protest over the arrest of the weiwei executive china's foreign ministry says the arrest was extremely nasty and that canada should immediately recent release or there will be quote consequences now a new law passed by japan's parliament will see the world's third largest economy

buck tradition accept more foreign workers the contentious legislation will open doors to the elite three hundred fifty thousand outsiders it's designed to make up for japan's shrinking and aging workforce the measure will be in effect for around five years starting in april. activists are planning to march through the city in poland that is hosting a two week climate summit that amount of action from governments against climate change some countries like south korea fighting to reduce pollution even though much of it comes from outside the country. explains. wearing masks to filter out the fire dust has become the norm for people in south korea especially during the winter of the world health organization says the daily average standard for all to find that can be loud and damaging his twenty five micrograms per cubic meter out here in south korea in november we've seen that

number hit as high as five times or more of that daily average standard. the city does enjoy the occasional blue skies but just days after china turned on its public heating systems in november that blanket of air drifted across the yellow sea to the korean peninsula and the air pollution numbers in seoul were in the red again. when the air quality gets worse an advisory warning is enforced forcing businesses and construction sites set in mid air pollutants to stop and also battling big and aids diesel vehicles from entering the city. eight hundred of these special vehicles are also dispatched to suck up dust off the streets over the past twelve months they removed sixteen point five tons of it equivalent to pollutants generated by over thirty six thousand diesel sealed cars. but despite such efforts to calm domestic root causes pollution still blankets the skies and enjoying to

report with not shows that one third of souls find dust travels from china even during seasons with relatively low pollution pushing the south korean government to seek for closer cooperation with china to curb air pollution. in the country. to reinforce cooperation with foreign cities we've been hosting an international forum to improve air quality in northeast asia in particular we signed an agreement with beijing and have been conducting joint policy studies to improve their quality time as lowered as targets and how much winter emissions should be cut down compared with the stricter measures imposed last year analysts say that time i may be reassessing its priorities while it's in the middle of a trade war with the united states by focusing more on economic growth than fighting air pollution which means south korea's air problems this winter i likely to get worse. oil prices have risen after producers agreed to cut their output the

so-called opec plus grouping agreed to reduce output by just over one million barrels a day old bread and reports from vienna. for more than forty years opec controlled the global oil industry the group's near monopoly keeping a tight rein on supply and on prices the events of this week in vienna shows those days are truly over despite consensus that a cut in production is needed to stop a slide in the oil price thursday's gathering of just the opec member states failed to agree to tell the numbers and so on friday is the meeting expanded to include not opec members all eyes were on alexander novak the russian energy minister. was after thorough analysis which we have been conducting of the market situation will be ready to come to an understanding on how to take corporation further. the final figures opec members will reduce output by eight hundred thousand barrels a day the non opec countries will hold back

a further four hundred thousand barrels iran libya and venezuela will be exempted the prospect of cutting one point two million barrels a day was enough to push brant crude above sixty three dollars from below fifty nine dollars the previous day go back to the supply demand we believe that there are substantial. volumes out there as a result of releasing this great capacity to you to be. with you and we hope that we will come to an agreement where all. producers will contribute with. equal cuts across the board there was significant transparency and who was going to be doing that so for example the saudi government laid out their path to basically removing about the russian government also gave us in their window about what their with options would be so i think the statement was actually more transparent than expected i think it actually is a more robust product than we extracted in the last couple days but what happens here in vienna is only part of the picture the united states is now the world's

biggest crude oil producer now really eclipsing russia and with saudi arabia in third the fact is opec no longer calls the shots this is been a hard fought compromise deal and the fact it's been so difficult time for size is the limits now of opec effectiveness and there are still question marks as to how long the deal done here will actually last paul brennan al-jazeera vienna. the space x. dragon cargo craft stocked with the international space station it's carrying thousands of kilograms of supplies as well as materials and equipment to support more than two hundred fifty scientific investigations it will remain attached to the space station for the next five weeks before.