delicate and most finely balanced issues in crises within that relationship and the fact that it was members of mr trump's own party that were involved in sponsoring the resolution shows just how much this is an issue that has has brought concern from across all parts of the states it brings together humanitarian concerns and also strategic so i think it's a very serious issue for the president this is the policymakers in in the u.s. deciding that they have some agency they have a degree of influence although they haven't and ministration many have problems with on both sides of the house problems with the president but they've decided that they can do something to try and put an end to this this devastating humanitarian crisis in yemen and in doing this and sending such a strong rebuke to their own president there calling on all the other parliamentarians of the policymakers across across the west across europe to say look there is

a way that we can continue to put pressure on saudi arabia and the emirates to try and bring about an end to this devastating crisis when it comes after some progress on the final day of u.n. back talks in sweden between yemen's government and to the rebels both sides have agreed to a cease fire in the port city of a data which is the main route for food and medical aid into yemen who it also serves as an understanding between the two parties on the escalation in the city of there's another major centers of fighting for the road of talks is planned for the end of january you have reached an agreement on the day the port city which will see will really point of forces from the port and the system. and the establishment of a gun or it governor it wide cease fires. the u.n. will play a leading role in the ports and these will facilitate humanitarian access and the flow of goods to the civilian population and it will improve the living conditions

for millions of yemenis came on the floor of the editor in chief of the yemen postings urging caution until a political solution is found we were expecting a lot of breakthroughs they did not agree and if political our skill as the data are all that was agreed on is humanitarian to is in the army. to give us some authority which was not clear in detail what how much authority will happen for data what role that we will have when it comes to our. intelligence gathering and security wise so a lot of big hits in the deal but again are did happen and it's a good first step especially after a long three year start i do expect to be obstacle when the implementation does take place that expected it will be a little blood are a major obstacle because this is something new to the data and our but for it to happen is important and a great start is

a very important step. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour we'll have the former swedish prime minister carl bildt talking about kosovo's plans to build an army also. we'll be finding out why easing violence in iraq is making it harder for people to build a peaceful future. mexicans got the right chance to walk the halls of one place usually reserved only for their presidents and that support rockets into n.b.a. history has used to dominate le bron and the lakers santa will have that story and . a seven year old daughter molly girl has died in the u.s. border police custody immigration officer says she died from dehydration and shock eight hours after being detained it's not clear if she was given food and water when she arrived border police say they took every step to save her life but the

american civil liberties union is blaming what it calls a culture of cruelty. donald trump has spoken about building a border wall to stop undocumented immigration into the u.s. since his election campaign but previous administrations have already fortified parts of the frontier and smugglers admit this has made moving people hundreds into the u.s. more difficult. reports. stopping asylum seekers from crossing into the united states is one of the main campaign pledges of president trump. the t.n.t. one is a radio war that was first started under the administration believes that. it stretches from the pacific ocean to debone tents and into the valleys. this is the old wall the new part is higher the razor wire was put up about fifteen days ago so now with the arrival of the caravan they harden the border. to hire one was added

during the obama administration but asylum seekers are resilient and find new ways like through these water drainage pipes metal bars have been added on the american side but police say some just dug a hole and went in. seven hundred kilometers to the east and we are in nogales it lays on both sides of the border with arizona i hear the war is part of the daily life along with the sad stories of tragic crossings this part was built under george w. bush just an hour's drive away from the city and this is how the border looks like we haven't seen any patrol on our way here but anyone can just crawl underneath and on the other side you're in arizona the real challenge is to reach this area that. it was once the territory of the apache now it's under control of its choppers seen a low a cartel. is through here that javier takes asylum seekers on

a long trek through the mountains into de u.s. he's. be doing this job for more than twenty years. it's the same people on the other side they give us the green light to move but it has changed a lot before the journey took three to four hours and ten years later it was fifteen to twenty now we can take four or five days it's a big deter it used to be a straight line. these rugged mountains are used to smuggle drugs and people both are done in close coordination but not a decision time. could take leaves people trafficking is a business that involves many on both sides. you have bad guys on both sides are no border guards who kept migrants in their homes or put them in the cars and let them go i saw this happen so build one wall or two walls people will continue to cross and we will continue providing our service. a fortified

border added personnel a new technology has slowed the movement of asylum seekers over the past two decades it will take the border in a war to stop it all together. along the mexican us border. because of as parliament has voted to turn its four thousand strong defense force into a regular army the country says it has the right to raise an army for self-defense they bring serbia says it violates international agreements to end the war in the late one nine hundred ninety s. serbia never recognized kosovo's independence the army would pose a threat to kosovo serbian dominated north yell a not do sign has the latest from belgrade. kosovo's parliament approved the first read of the draft laws on october and during the process cause of a serbian minority remains opposed to the creation of course of the army a position shared by belgrade which denies course of his existence as the state

alexander who treated the president of serbia said he did not understand how anyone in the world could approve the creation of course it was army or turn a blind eye to something as he said entirely in a collision with all international documents he added serbia will not be the war drums but won't allow anyone to humiliate the serbs in cos or vida superior alleges their army is main purpose would be to ethnically cleanse course of a serbian dominated north a claim strongly denied by prishtina prime minister of course it would almost had it in i said the tree laws have a want us to protect the territorial integrity of course of all and to protect the citizens of all communities in course of syria the deputies begged by belgrade which does not recognize course there was independence have blocked any such a move in the past saying creation of a national army required a change to the constitution and the u.s. led nato alliance which has four thousand troops in the balkan country has also in

the past urged course of zero knowledge to create a national army unless the constitution was amended with the support of the say a minority but three laws promoted by the cost of a government and paralyzed by a parliamentary vote other grated the mandate of the domestic also a security force skinner said to transform into an army something which the government said by thursday needs to make changes to the constitution for serbia has warned that the army buildup threatens peace in the region possible declared independence from serbia in two thousand and eight decades before the nato air strikes ended a two year war that killed ten thousand people united states. sun most of the west recognize cause of it as a dependent but serbia and its allies russia and china do not. let's bring in the former prime minister of sweden carl bildt in stockholm via skype a was not active media to join the balkans conflict in the one nine hundred ninety

s. serving as both the e.u. and the un special envoy to the region mr bill good to have you with us on al-jazeera so what's your reaction to this news coming out of persist treat pristina that the army or the defense force will now be enlarged to an army. where loaded or not on paper which is fairly a it's a fairly symbolic it's going to take quite some time to transform the person the person security force it to something that can be called an army but of course it is a political scene and i know that the secretary and the old it's ill timed regretted it because there is a risk that it really lead to further. increase in tension in the region and to a certain extent the course so it is it's a mood that short term no question about that is going to raise tensions and create problems in the region countries like sweden and many across europe did recognize kosovo and therefore one would perhaps assume that the position of many european

capitals will be that they have every right as a sovereign nation to for whatever defense force they wish to have and as you've mentioned it could be a flashpoint in the balkans how do you walk that line in terms of trying to support a nation that isn't recognised officially as a member of the united nations and yet sweden for example is a member of the e.u. does. yes of course we we do recognize the independence of course of what we've done but from the very beginning but there are a couple of caveats that are important it is still a fragile region i think's important that the course for authorities are mindful of the priorities that they should have in building as they society as they excite it you know moving towards. we conciliation in the region primarily the talks with serbia that are at the very critical time at some point in time yes they would

probably need an army. but. to see this as the number one priority now i think that is somewhat difficult and clearly the both may need to has been an advice he gave this particular move forward that particular reason we do see a build up attention are understand the serb deputies left the course of a parliament on the decision and we see the. president of serbia go into the border is back to being troops we've seen other signs of being raised tensions this is a time when there should be concerted international efforts to reduce tensions in the region and i hope those efforts really come now we'll see what certainly does happen for the moment called bill thanks so much for joining us from stockholm so. let's cross over to brussels where the british prime minister is speaking to me to call regarding her meeting with the european council and e.u. leaders over the brics that plan and let's see whether she has any answers

statement we have had yet from the european union that is their intention for the backstop never to be necessary that is their intention to ensure that if it were necessary it was only temporary and it's their intention to work quickly with us quickly once we've seen the that the deal being agreed that we are in parliamentary terms that they will then work with us quickly to ensure that we start those negotiations for the future partnerships the key to. all of this the crucial thing in this relationship is what our future partnership with the e.u. is going to be that will be the sustainable in jurong relationship we have with the in the future when we no longer remember and that is very clear from the e.u. today and from the conclusions they gave last night they want to get on with that they want to get that partnership into place just as we do is let me have some so i can say yes. lynne davis from the sun prime minister yes or no

would you be prepared to see britain treat until he all reals from march next year when we leave the european union we will be well as you know we're making government is making no deal preparations we've stepped up there's no job preparations we'll be talking further about preparations my position has been very clear i believe it's better to leave with a deal with a good deal and i believe the deal we have is a good deal now take a couple more jason. thank you from the situation goes from the daily mail. you look like you've had a falling week. what's been worse. that something happened this week jason. well i've heard reports. you should believe everything the reason that what was thought it was a bit more difficult has it been the malcontents at home or is it being the uber bullies over here and have you ever felt like just throwing your phone in the bay and moving to a remote island and letting someone and sort this mess out. throughout all of his

life being clear that there is a job to be done here and it's a job to be done because it's a job for delivering on the votes of the british people in the referendum i think that is absolutely important i think it is our duty as a government and as a parliament to do that and i never said it was going to be easy it's all negotiations like this are always trials the rule is difficult times and if you get close to the you know the. very end then that can get even more difficult because you're absolutely sorting out the last the last details of something but this is what drives me to can carry on doing this and making sure we deliver is that this is what's right for the british people and this is what we're going to see out of this is not just us outside the able to cite the advantages that gives us and building that brighter future for britain. is going to take one from isabel here

from strike yes. so it's austria has the presidency currently so i thought it was appropriate to ask for thank you and from the ouster of president just wanted to ask you what was your impression about the role of the presidency and the crew steering to hold talks to reach an agreement between the united kingdom's and . teen union or chancellor kurt has been very helpful in the positive approach that he has taken to the negotiations of this deal and to wanting to make sure that both sides actually come out of this with a good deal i think the austrian president he managed the austrian presidency extremely well it's been a very good presidency i think we've seen this in the way he's been able to move forward on a number of state r.c.a.'s and so as i say he's been very positive in the sport that he has given to ensuring that we get a good deal a good presidency thank you. but of course cross over now

to chair the whole who's also been listening in to what reason may the british prime minister had to say there in brussels certainly jonah has to be said that she's been trying to put a positive spin on meetings but from what i could hear not much has really been achieved. no i mean i think. this point it's quite difficult to figure out what is an act. really going on because the two sides the e.u. and the british are telling rather different stories about the events of the last twenty four hours or so to resume a those who say definitely putting a positive spin on events of the media this morning have been full of stories about how she was rebuffed how last night anything with the un you twenty seven was disastrous occasionally which they've been a guy on their promises to her she said in response to those reports that no

further clarification is forthcoming no fall could that further concessions are going to be made on this issue of the backstops he said look there is work still to be done she implied to have much of the warmer responses from the e.u. leaders in private she had lots of conversations with them during the course of the morning further clarification is possible in the coming days and much work to be done in the coming days with the vote on the withdrawal agreement sched jewel in the parliament written by january the twenty first we will be working expeditiously she said over the coming days to receive further assurances that the british m.p.'s need to resign may's point of view at this point is that the deal that is still on the game is still on the situation as she believed it was arriving here in brussels and still all that language has been included in the conclusion the document was sort last night that she considers to be very positive and that they will go away now and work on more legally binding language that might somehow satisfy the

dissenters in the british parliament that it's quite hard to see anything more concrete definite decide that because no one is giving any definite assurances on the e.u. side there is talk about a no confirmation of a further summit in january mr yong the european commission president said go away how back and tell us what you actually want and so the situation now does appear as if to resume a has left with very little tangible and concrete in hand. that even he will certainly find out what the fallout is both in brussels and in london through the day for the moment jonah thank you. but stay in europe because the french city has transferred has reopened its christmas market two days after a gunman killed three people police and soldiers have been deployed to secure the saudis the suspected attacker sharif check out was shot dead on thursday night after a two day manhunt and smith reports. the strasbourg at christmas market gunman's time on the run ended in his hometown just three kilometers from where he committed

his last the most violent crime of a life spent as a criminal shirish account was spotted by a police patrol when they tried to arrest him he shot at them they shot back killing him was my thoughts are with the victims the injured with those close to them and my thoughts are with strasburg and france wounded by this attack my thoughts are also with the security forces who are totally engaged ladies and gentleman i am proud more. police appeared to be closing in on chick out when swat teams raided locations in southeastern strasbourg earlier on thursday the twenty nine year old had served jail sentences in germany in france for a string of thefts and violent crimes one of chicago's last victims was waiting outside a restaurant for his family seemingly chosen at random in the wrong place at the wrong time she lucky getting the son the husband of a friend of mine was in his restaurant his wife and he's someone to the toilet but

he's dead. she can't spread panic in central strasburg on tuesday evening as he ran through the streets shooting some people with a handgun and slashing others with a knife. france remains on its highest level of security alert one thousand eight hundred members of the security forces have been deployed to patrol christmas markets across the country to try and prevent or discourage further attacks for three days sharif's account managed to hold out in an area he grew up in the southeastern suburbs of strasbourg his name was on a list of people who might have been a security risk to the french state but there are twenty six thousand other names on that list and impossible for the police to keep tabs on all of those people all of the time burnet smith al-jazeera strasbourg israeli forces have arrested forty palestinians in the occupied west bank it says thirty seven of them are members of hamas including three senior leaders one suspect is accused of throwing

a rock and injuring a soldier now the raids follow escalating violence across the occupied west bank on wednesday two palestinians who were accused of being attackers were killed on thursday two israeli soldiers were shot dead near ramallah the suspect to skate on area is under military law natasha going to as will. most of the entry points into ramallah are now open after an hours long complete closure of ramallah on thursday that created complete havoc on the roads as you can see there is an increased presence of israeli soldiers on the outskirts of ramallah and at the checkpoints this is the typical quiet of a morning before friday prayers this afternoon hamas and fatah are calling palestinians to the center of cities and to the checkpoints for what's been described as a day of rage since wednesday and israeli baby boy has died after his mother was

shot and delivered prematurely for palestinian suspects were shot and killed and two israeli soldiers were also killed experts believe the series of attacks this week have been coordinated by the armed group hamas. has praised the killing of the soldiers and has said that one of the shooting suspects was a member of the in president mahmoud abbas has condemned the violence but he's also said that the stalled peace talks over all the ongoing israeli raids in the west bank and settlers calls for his assassination have created an unstable atmosphere conducive to this violence now the west bank and israel do have mutual interest in keeping the call i'm here in the west bank they often cooperate on security measures some analysts are saying that is really security forces for their part by focusing so intently on hamas in the gaza strip lost their focus here on the west

bank that allowed hamas to strengthen and plots egypt has stepped in to us on thursday the country sent a delegation of intelligence service members to meet with president mahmoud abbas to quote help restore calm and stability to the region. police in jordan are four demonstrators in the latest protest against new income tax laws and high youth unemployment offices fired tear gas to disperse around a thousand people there the prime minister's office in amman jordanians have been demonstrating since parliament approved legislation last month critics say taxes for low income families will rise. in the united nations as condemn soldiers in the democratic republic of congo for using excessive force against opposition rallies a teenager was shot dead in the central kansas reason on a tense region on thursday and fire destroyed thousands of voting machines and electoral material inside

a warehouse in the capital kinshasa here and says it's received reports of security forces have been heavy handed at opposition rallies five people were shot dead earlier in the week voters go to the polls on december the twenty third. because cheaters that the u.n. climate conference in poland are trying to finalize the rules for a landmark agreement to combat climate change but many issues remain undecided at the event in quetta feature which with heated discussions between rich and poor nations delegates from nearly two hundred countries on a deadline to produce a so-called rulebook based on the twenty fifteen paris agreement the deal aims to limit the global temperature rise to below two degrees from twenty twenty that clark now has more for us from each over to you nick. so yeah thanks very much we're now at a decisive phase of these talks as negotiators wrangle over the my new shah and the

complexities of the rulebook for this paris agreement there has been plenty of stalemate. is back in town again he was here at the start of the told he was here on wednesday went off to sweden to talk about yemeni issues and now he's come back in the game to try and g.e. things along which hopefully he has i have a copy of the draft text right here described by one observer as flimsy and incoherent but i am told that it has enough in it to as they say operationalize the paris agreement but still a lot of work to do on it not least on the old thorny issue of loss and damage this this battle between developed and developing nations on who should from top basically for climate change let's speak now to jennifer morgan who's head of greenpeace jet professional how do you assess the situation right now i think we are at it completely critical stage because we have this big text but it's not

there yet it's not strong enough in order to send the signal we need out of this meeting so now that you have to get everybody together the presidency has to figure out how to get a consensus out of here that is strong enough to answer the demands of the science but get everybody on board and demands of the sons is a big issue here right now it always is but particularly this time around because of the whole i.p.c.c. report you know the one talking about how we heading for three degrees celsius and how certain oil producers like the united states and russia and saudi arabia are of course didn't want to recognize in the text yeah this is a huge issue here because it's so clear from that report that just a half a degree celsius makes a massive difference to hundreds of millions of people around the world so that report needs to be front and center and it needs to actually be up. launching pad for countries to be increasing their ambition we need more ambition countries need

to say we're going to do more because we get but the scientists are telling us right and when you say more how much more way it's something like forty five percent by twenty thirty is that what the i.p.c.c. tells countries is that name need to have their emissions in the next decade and then have them again so we need a transformation you know the good thing about that report as well is that transformation comes with lots of benefits cleaner air better health more energy access but it's obviously from a political perspective quite a challenge just because it comes at a huge financial cost to disney and i don't see it that way i think the cost from the impacts themselves are billions and billions of dollars and now with the dropping cost of renewable energy and energy efficiency countries can actually it's cheaper to go with renewables than with coal or with fossil so it's really about politics and the role of corporate interests and trying to hold on to the past but

we need to move into the future or gay very briefly in about thirty seconds if you would this issue of loss and damage in thirty seconds. it is it is vital here to get this sort of though it is vital i mean think about it if your home has been destroyed by climate change that's been created by wealthy countries who pays for that should you as a poor country have to pay for it or should the polluters and that's what's going on here in the in that to be your agenda for leaving the things very much indeed no doubt we will talk again before this is all over but thanks very much in the meantime it was all juju ends tonight at six o'clock is definitely going to go into tomorrow's sun today some people place their bets about sunday we really hope not but so hopefully there will be a conclusion tomorrow thanks very much that clock that you got to reach a potent. after iraq i was several projects all trying to help your cd women become more independent by teaching them new skills but funding is being reduced as the threat from i saw appears to diminish roberson reports from near the congo refugee camp in the hook in the kurdish region of northern iraq. philos father says weaving

a new future for her family which was ripped apart four years ago when i saw fighters swept through her hometown of sin john. i lost my eldest son who was the sunshine of my life i still remember him every time i was a meet other woman at the camp he was killed on the night he was about to get married. how often. when i was always finally pushed out of synch. five remaining children eventually made their way to a refugee camp and conquer in the kurdish region of northern iraq. i used to cry all the time inside the tent i didn't have food to feed my children we barely had anything at all felos now works at a carpet factory nearby she's never woven anything before. but her newly learned skills provide an income using the woman is said to be the backbone of their

families but they isolate attacks in twenty fourteen shattered many of those families and destroyed tens of thousands of lives for lose like many of the women at this center lost her husband and several relatives the organizers of projects like this one hope that they will help the women to regain the confidence of become more independent and work towards a more peaceful future. yes it is true that still many of the women are still suffering what we need is a lot of support from the local authorities and from around the world the women still have a long road ahead but you can see hope spreading among them. this center is home to several projects run by local and global aid. agencies. but as the threat from eisel diminishes it seems the world's interest is fading too that we share the world is no longer paying much attention to our suffering but we shall be asking for our rights until we draw our last breath we want to ensure

a bright future for our children and generations to come. the future may be brighter now for filosa and her family but there are many other years it is who are still struggling to survive rob matheson al-jazeera the hook the kurdish region of northern iraq the presidential palace in mexico is usually off limits but the new leader is changing this dress model lopez obrador has opened the residence to the public but it is there is job home and join the talk in mexico city. the presidential residence los pinos has always been shrouded in secrecy sealed off toward mary mexicans last week that suddenly changed the new president and raise money for lopez obrador opened the gates since then crowds have been swarming in to take a look at the imposing buildings and to even roam around the president's private office. excellent it's excellent a privilege for all mexicans to go in here enjoying the wonders we were all missing

out on because it was always close palatial tiles these cabins and look tree conference rooms with all the fittings of the beyond of alaska is was taking full advantage for a fifty birthday photo session the all important can see on us the way. this is ours really we built this with our own money so it feels good that they've opened the doors. the new president says most people's will become a cult true center you live instead ms own house it's part of his of spirity drive which is also seeing him selling the presidential plane and traveling to his inauguration in his own boat so i can jet to epifanio who traveled from two hours away to visit thorley approves it it will be going always to come to you that's why the next in people made the change because of so much corruption and poverty officials enjoyed the best planes the best shoes for their children while the poor in the hills walk barefoot but his wife rosa isn't so sure about opening up those

people's heads.