izing that the the u.s. envoy in the fight against syria has chosen to resign then off to president trump decision does does this send the message that people in his administration can be undercut at any point. yes exactly and i think that's why the very president who said he loves the generals and the generals love him now has basically got rid of all the generals that wear that are around them whether it's mcmaster kelly not this and others so and then that they he's really ending up with that much of generals are on him those who for many in the establishment you know saw them as the sobering influence on the president now a president that's left with the likes of john bolton who is seen as you know quite an extremist if you will in his approach to syria iran iraq and so on and so forth

but really you know when we talk about isis when we talk about defeating i so there's a number of things that we cannot just forget one it was additionally the american intervention in afghanistan that on especially in iraq that created the likes of iso add another stew the american intervention in syria while it raised hopes whether seventy broke a lot of hearts in the end the thing through the empowerment of a set supported by russia and iran and so on so forth so also interventions where they are especially american but also other foreign interventions in the region have led to the rise of the so-called jihad this or the radical islamists and and the likes of al qaida and i sold so to fight then i had to fight isis and to defeat i so without looking at the greater picture of the greater context of what is happening in syria and that of the you know bashar al assad in the way he's been supported by the iran and moscow and what's happening in iraq or what happened at

the same the same thing for afghanistan america has a huge responsibility for that eyes advice and it does have a huge responsibility for the defeat of isolated but that does not just happen on tactical bases and through tactical decisions the same interventions that were self-serving from the in the bush administration are the same self-serving decisions not now made by president trump so the question is not. tickell it's not just what that with we would throw to morrow or reenter intervene that they after the question is what drives those decisions and should america remain implicated militarily in the global middle east and if not how should it would droege tactically o.-port shouldn't stickley selectively or should be done responsibly with different. stakeholders indonesian outside the region the question of seat of course is a key one what happened between person trump and president to do on what did they agree on is there really something to look forward toward in terms of the future of

syria or has it had been abandoned once again of course the kurds as well in the way they would abandon the us as your previous guest talked about contractual agreement but we know again and again the kurds are supported their hopes are raised and then they are left broken so the kurds like it or not whether you think the picket cares and the people idea of terrorist or otherwise but the courts are left once again betrayed once again by those who claim to support them so does trump have a has a global strategy for the global middle east or for syria iraq and for the defeat of us on the long term it doesn't seem so it seems like he's making his decisions just based on the last person he spoke to and in this case it was president of the one who did to speak to you as always moderate in a senior political analyst in london. a plenty more ahead on news out

a state of emergency and more school closures in sudan where anger is growing rising food prices. feeling helpless and frustrated palestinians in the occupied west bank say there are more israeli soldiers on the streets. and napoli do their best to keep the pressure on italian leaders eventis action i'm sorry are coming out later in school. told us the ahead but first donald trump is also dealing with the fallout from another u.s. government shutdown the third one this year the political stalemate follows his refusal to back down on funding for his board of war democrats say they will not pay for it the deadlock leaves a quarter of the government unfunded over the christmas holidays eight hundred thousand federal workers will work without pay or go on unpaid leave the shutdown

triggered a sell off on markets around the world stocks on wall street closed friday with the biggest weekly fall in a decade for more on this let's go to john hendren in washington so john millions of americans been waking up to this news now when does the reality set in for for so many of them those federal employees and people want to visit the national parks and so on. well it might not hit for a few days we're in the weekend it's now here and then monday is christmas eve tuesday is christmas eve probably won't really show its full effect until about wednesday and that would be the first day when the government would be fully open again but you're right at those national parks there will be probably rangers not there may be no amenities there and then of course if you have if you're waiting for a tax refund or you're buying a home a lot of those things could be delayed the good news for people who want to see the

end of a government shutdown is that the congress is in session the house gavel the session open and then immediately went into recess in the senate there are some statements being made by the leaders of both parties and those statements don't suggest that there's been a lot of common ground found in the last twenty four hours chuck schumer the democratic leader speaking directly to president trump said if you want to open the government you must abandon the wall he goes on to say you will get the wall not today not next week not next year president trump says that he is meeting on border security over lunch at the white house with a group presumably of legislators but it does not sound like either side is really coming together on that and the president simply doesn't have the vote right now in either house in order to make this happen and it's been suggested john that. to do

this such as this this decision was it was a turnaround from the president because initially said he would he would he would sign the spending bill without the border wall and then he came back and said he wouldn't and reports said that it was because of many people like talk radio hosts and so on who are very much in line with his america policy and building that border wall said that he was that he was selling them out basically if that's the case why would he do that why is he so beholden to that part of his base. well he's always had a popularity of about one third or a little more than that of americans a majority of republicans but a minority overall of americans and he really can't afford to lose that base and what was happening was that people who really supported him people like rush limbaugh and colter conservative commentators who have a lot of influence among that base were being really critical and coulter called

the president gutless and so he doubled down on that border policy demanded it knowing that he didn't have the votes actually did get a passage in the house but it is questionable as to whether that would go forward now in the senate you need a supermajority even though the republicans control that he doesn't have that and the democrats know that if they just keep this government shutdown till january third they will own control the house of representatives and that means they can shut this entire program down the wall so they think they've got a winning argument here the president doesn't seem to be moving but the democrats feel that time is on their side all right john hendren live for us there in washington thanks don. a u.n. team has landed in yemen to observe the departure of fighters in a day to the port city the entry point for most food aid that goes into the country and has endured years of war need as more. arriving in aden the head of

a united nations monitoring mission patrick command is a retired dutch general with experience in some of the world's worst conflicts the t r c sri lanka and cambodia other members of the un team touched down in yemen's capital sanaa the group will be heading to the strategic port city of today where they're tasked with monitoring a fragile cease fire and overseeing the vital reopening of the port a gateway for food and aid supplies into a country where millions of people are in desperate need of both. the general for sure has an expertise in this domain and we know that he will meet with the other side very soon and after that god willing the mission of the observers and had data will start. it had a her life is returning to the city streets the ceasefire between saudi u.a.e. backed government forces and hutu rebels is seen as the first significant breakthrough in peace efforts since the war started in twenty fourteen and. we look

forward to the ceasefire we hope it's going to be observed not only here but nationwide. and. we hope the saudi led coalition will learn a lesson after four years of war we haven't halted all retreated even if forty years pass we will never budge or abandon our basic principles of dignity freedom and independence. the monitoring mission comes a day after the un security council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of observers to data following negotiations in sweden the warring sides also agree to a prisoner swap of some sixteen thousand detainees. the u.n. calls yemen the world's worst humanitarian disaster has killed an estimated sixty thousand people as many as eighty five thousand children may have starved to death because. it's hope that by bringing stability to her day to. the rest of

this ravaged country by eventually follow. at least fifteen people have been killed in two car bomb attacks in somalia's capital the injured reportedly include the deputy mayor for security and a member of parliament one of the explosions targeted a security checkpoint near the presidential palace kucha lopez hotel young reports . the first car bomb exploded at a military checkpoint soldiers and civilians among the dead. moments later the second explosion also a car bomb bodies were scattered on the street just a few hundred meters from the somali presidential residence in mogadishu and the crowd was going to i was at the scene of the attack at first i saw a vehicle driving back and forth and we tried to stop people walking here and there and then with in the blink of an eye the vehicle exploded causing havoc. police say government officials have been travelling in the area earlier in the day now the

road is covered with charred cars and debris we know explosion today up in mogadishu somali capital and the first explosion was your suicide bomber and targeted a security checkpoint. in the national theater near mogadishu somalia but it eventually and then got local crucially the station in the area and it is a very good employees. mogadishu afghan targeted by the al qaeda linked group al-shabaab its members want to dislodge the government and impose islamic law the group maintains a foothold in some regions of somalia that was forced mogadishu in two thousand and eleven. thousands of somalis have died in this divisive decade long battle many of them civilians katia llopis the young al-jazeera at least ten people have been killed in sudan after days of protests against the rising cost of food and fuel schools and universities are closed in at least five states the cities of our car

and get out of the state of white now under emergency rule in place is that seventy percent among the highest in the world morgan has the latest from khartoum. it's therefore a process here in sudan and today it's in the southern state of south kordofan where people have burned down the headquarters of the national ruling party the national congress party and they made it very clear again once again that they want the government to do it they want the ruling party to go that they've had enough of the economic crisis this year earlier this year in january the dollar was thirty sudanese pounds two dollars but today it's about sixty said in response to a dollar and for many people that makes market prices higher and affordable to them now people have come out and protested and over the past few days we've seen people in the streets being basically facing brutal excessive force by the from from the security forces people have been shot dead so far dozens have been injured even dozens more have been arrested and rights groups such as amnesty have called out on

to the to the police and to the security forces and told them not to use excessive force against the protesters surprisingly the government of that came out and said that they do not want to use excessive force and that the government the protesters have the right to air out their frustration to air out with they feel like is basically the grievances against the government is against the government but they also said this morning that they will not tolerate people vandalizing stuff that they're not going to hurt people burning down buildings and burn it burning down properties a state of emergency has been declared in several parts of the country and curfews has been declared in many cities and schools and universities have been shut down indefinitely nearly nationwide making it very hard for people to congregate and what the government is trying to make sure is that people do not gather together to protest but because this is day four it doesn't seem like this problem is going to go away anytime soon unless the government tries to introduce some kind of reforms that would ease the people ease that ease them there surance of people and make them feel like yes something is being done to so that they can be able to go on with their daily lives and afford basic commodities which at the moment many find an affordable. a four million ballot papers arrive in the democratic republic of

congo in the capital to replace those destroyed by fire it also wrecked more than eight thousand voting machines forcing a delay to the presidential legislative and provincial election catherine reports from kinshasa. the campaign season as chaotic as it was is officially over and presidential candidates have agreed to wait until the thirtieth for the selection but the question many people are asking now is a week of any not told from mission to put everything together to be able to conduct a fairly credible election we've heard from the president of seventy that's electoral commission saying that one of the biggest problems they're facing is the crisis in kinshasa a warehouse burned down last week destroying most of the polluting materials from the what to be used in the capital city some of the materials are still getting in and they have to be deployed to different parts of the country and this is

a country with the very poor infrastructure so it's a logistical nightmare just getting this materials to where they're supposed to be the government has with all help financial and logistical help from the u.n. and other countries as well so this some people are saying another is another problem it's going to be interesting to see how this week plays out the president of the electoral commission saying be patient give us time we're trying to do everything we can to make sure that we have an election that is fairly small but a lot of people with talked to really saying that this election given all the circumstances might just end up being another symbolic election still ahead on our visitor we speak to the guatemalan family whose american dream ended in tragedy but although i'm not giving up. i don't watch anything else my wife watches other to.

anil's just so that you can have conversations with other people but i only get information from you to. south koreans tend to a news source for news. and later as paul a will explain why this hair cut has caused anger among sports fans most of the world. hello again and welcome back to well let's start this hour here across parts of the nevada we have seen some choir days and that's going to continue over the next few days that's some good news there but the temperatures are a little bit cooler take a look at these temperatures here on sunday tehran is going to only get to about nine degrees there not too many clouds on the forecast map but coup at nine in kuwait city winds are coming out of the northwest so we don't think you're going to get above twenty if that and as we go towards monday pretty much the same forecast

for you there well here across the gulf we are looking at some a big cooler conditions for the overnights and of course the daytime highs only getting to about twenty two here in doha as we go over towards abu dhabi though maybe a few clouds in your forecast here on sunday but looking a little bit better as we go towards monday most got a nice day if you are twenty four and is looking quite nice also at about twenty seven degrees well down here across parts of the southern reaches of africa we had some clouds down here along the southeastern part of africa making their way towards durban a few showers could be a problem there but we are watching a psych load here in the indian ocean that is going to bring some very heavy rain possibly to mauritius not making landfall there but we will be watching as it passes towards the east as we go towards monday afternoon some war heavy rain across parts of madagascar with a temperature of about twenty eight degrees. medieval western society was a feudal society. and assume most of pope ended his speech

some people stood up and so will sit down at the entrance to the city was who refuse they kill people in the streets in their houses and in. the crusades an arab perspective the sold one shot at this time on. a war which produced one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world they will take shots even when they should not i believe that sometimes what the saudis have been doing. the story behind the deadly attack by the saudi led coalition forces on a school bus in yemen which killed forty children. yemen the solder. on al-jazeera.

well again you're watching al-jazeera minder of our top stories this hour the top u.s. official in the fight against isis has quit over president donald trump's decision to pull troops from syria brett mcgurk departure follows the resignation of defense secretary james mattis who had also opposed the withdrawal. partial shutdown of the us federal government has begun off the politicians failed to end their deadlock over spending trumped refused to back down on funding for his border war forcing congress to adjourn without a budget deal. the head of the u.n. team monitoring a cease fire in the port city of a day that has arrived in yemen on friday the security council voted to send

observers to oversee the truce between the rebels and the saudi and the rotty backed yemeni government. hundreds of people have taken part in funerals the funerals of four palestinians killed on friday by the israeli army warners gathered in gaza for the burial of the men who were killed in weekly protests against the israeli and egyptian blockade of the territory things have demonstrated at the border every friday since march. and palestinians say they are increasingly frustrated and helpless living in the occupied west bank they add it is made worse by a greater israeli military presence there as well as their own leaders stephanie decker reports from ramallah. it's been especially tense few weeks in the occupied west bank palestinian shootings in israeli incursions have killed people on both sides palestinians tell us they had not seen this amount of israeli soldiers on the streets of ramallah in years ramallah is the seat of power for the ruling

palestinian authority and supposedly under full palestinian security control it's outage an already pessimistic atmosphere. what's needed is that the palestinian authority stop security coordination with the israelis stop working together we don't benefit anything people in this situation has become very bad every time i come to. it's so hard to reach checkpoints all over the roads the traffic is a nightmare we hope that the world will do something to change this political situation a recent poll across the occupied west bank and gaza indicates that almost two thirds of palestinians want the resignation of president mahmoud abbas and overflows it increase in support for half particularly off of the escalation here in the west bank and also in gaza and the poll also suggests that the idea of an armed intifada as opposition to the occupation is gaining support that's moving away from diplomatic negotiations. carried out the survey he says the palestinian

authority president mahmoud abbas are facing increasing questions about their credibility the lack of palestinian unity between the rival political groups fatah and hamas is a major issue significant. for the lack of progress on the reunification efforts most of the public today blames the two to one the blame is being placed on the boss on the rob a ban on hamas this is a significant change from the past in the past most of the blame was being put on hamas most people here say that if palestinians were united they would be stronger to deal with israel everybody hoping for beast but you know everybody knows other side is very strong very strong every time we come a closer to make abuse then they stop it we have some six accusers all the time they have excuses our people they are ready for peace but the other side are not ready you see the smile is seventy six years old and has lived in the ramallah all

his life. in the palestinian authority to is controlled by israel just like us they should be a sovereign palestinian state every time the israeli want to raid the towns they go in they go out they do what they want. as another year draws to an end palestinians say they seem to be moving further and further away from their hopes of one day achieving their own sovereign state stephanie decker al-jazeera in the occupied west bank. of thousands of people are protesting for a third saturday against the governments in serbia they're demanding policy changes and they're accusing president aleksander of becoming increasingly or thora terry and last week opposition politician stefan of each was attacked with his supporters accusing the government of intimidation scam more now from mark. joins us live now from belgrade to mark what is expected there today.

yeah some more than twenty thousand people gathered tonight in belgrade to protest against the government especially against the president alexander who to cheer in the queues ruling progressive party they gather mainly in front of the serbian public service right here television of serbia to say they want to free freedom of press they want to be. national television that's why they stand five minutes in front of the building. no. doubt. you are. the message to the serbian came into power in two thousand and twelve here in serbia these protests started three weeks ago in belgrade because of the attack of the opposition leader board stay fun of each. protest was stopped with

a bloody shirt because of the ball because the fun of it was bloody after that attack police arrested some of the people contact him but they demand to know who organized that attack because they think it's all of the atmosphere which was created by the serbian president alexander who his party and their top was three days in serbia is the atmosphere of violence because nobody can say anything especially on national media as and as we're saying mark and this is the third sad . how much momentum is there for this how much longer is unlikely to continue. nobody knows the moment they said they will gather again and next saturday maybe all saw off the new years because on the seventh of january all the dogs christmas here everybody will celebrate that and the question is the momentum that is now

here for the brought this will continue to be. also. president today said that he's not he doesn't want to be about this brought this day can gather in belgrade and in any city. they are peaceful. remember. to years ago when he was elected president under the days of protest. the power or ruling party here. that's what's on the election because here in serbia in the last six years we've had three times the general election and on every election this progressive party of serbia which is led by alexander would get more than fifty percent of the vote saw the organizers of this protest. more and more people will come. to.

the days and that the protest will spread all around. belgrade. appears to be tightening its grip on a region that has long opposed the government. in the east has its own culture and languages and people there say they're ignored by those in power in the capital in the latest in a series from inside. stratford reports from korea where the army was sent in after protests earlier this year. it takes fifteen hours to get to the town of cork the capital of the semi autonomous gorno but action region in eastern tells you to stand the broken road winds its way through the premier mountains bordering afghanistan the people here have long complained their demands for better infrastructure jobs and respect for their distinct culture or ignored by central

government the mountains about it seanna provided a natural defense against all those who tried to impose their wealth already on this region for centuries the chinese the russians the british all have struggled to control a people with a distinct culture a distinct identity and recent protests here in horror suggests that the government into sunday is facing similar challenges even today the majority of going about actions approximately two hundred seventy thousand population. in september there were demonstrations against what protesters say has been gears of neglect and intimidation by the predominantly sunni muslim government. unemployment is estimated to be around fifty percent there are no major industries which could offer jobs. president and iraq on whose rooms as you can stand for more than twenty five years has fanned opposition parties imprisoned political leaders and

journalists and crushed any independent media across the country he's also criticized local leaders often described as warlords as well as regional government officials for what he sees as their failure to crack down on drug smuggling from afghanistan it's a national and seen all cults exegesis say corrupt officials are involved. tons of heroin and opium a smuggled across the border every year. this government mind refused to let us interview anyone on the streets and wanted names of anyone we had trying to talk to . we contacted one person by telephone and recorded disk on the sation. you know.

unleased say president is aware of the risks of a crackdown in gorno box on a region that accounts for almost hauffe of to. but. the people of that action are easy to mobilize it's a conservative society it's enough to just call someone a brother to him to them bring a thousand five hundred people from his village to support your thirty's no it is a risk of crossing a line that's what president rahmani scared of president sent to me into the region in two thousand and twelve off the bottom intelligence chief was stabbed to death around fifty armed men civilians and soldiers were killed in the fighting that followed the risk of renewed violence is testing the government again one that critics say has to be year is relied on its intelligence services police and army

to silence dissent. zero hawg tajikistan. still ahead on al-jazeera when we come back one of the biggest grudge matches in boxing just got more personal tell you why in sports is there. i mean the dish every weekly news cycle brings a silly simple breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump to tell the truth the eyes of the world's channelise that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most to embed is a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. with

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