and independence. the monitoring mission comes a day after the un security council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of observers today 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 the war 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. al-jazeera the u.s. senate has adjourned until thursday meaning there will be no immediate end to the partial shutdown of the us government is the third one this year and means that eight hundred thousand workers won't be paid at a christmas stalemate seven trumps demands more than five billion dollars to fund

his mexican border wall john hendren has been following events in washington d.c. . the two sides seem far apart in the government shutdown president trump met with republican leaders in the white house if he is negotiating with democrats he is not doing it at that meeting and the senate came into session and a bit of senate theater the republican leader mitch mcconnell came out in a red christmas sweater saying he hoped that they could wrap up business and everybody could go on to their christmas holiday but that does not seem likely to happen terribly soon and that is because democrats know the president does not have the votes in the u.s. senate in order to pass his five billion dollars in border wall funding that he wants for the southern border you need a supermajority in the senate in order to pass legislation like that and he simply does not yet have the votes so the two sides remain at an impasse and chuck schumer the democratic leader told the president speaking on the floor of the senate if you

want to open the government you must abandon the wall and he went on to say the wall will come not today not next week not next year so it does seem like the two sides are far apart that monday and tuesday are holidays the full impact of the government shutdown probably will not be felt until wednesday and of course democrats may simply wait until january third that is when democrats take over control of the u.s. house of representatives and at that time they believe that they can definitively stop funding for the president's wall so the democrats believe time is on their side time for a short break here not just when we come back. a double suicide attack in somalia killed fifteen people we have the latest on the investigation. and on the streets of ramallah we find out why this anger about politics as well as the brutality of these radio more of that stay with us.

hello again we're here cross north america we are watching one weather system finally make its way out here towards the canadian maritimes now this system brought a lot of flooding as well as snow to the higher elevations we are going to sing wed better weather conditions here along the eastern seaboard as we go towards sunday clear conditions for new york a little bit cooler those six degrees there down towards atlanta maybe a few spotty clouds in your forecast but it is still the west that skin to see back to back storms over the next few days from sunday as well as into monday and that means more snow across parts of the cascades down towards los angeles twenty two degrees is your forecast high well we did see that funnel system on the east coast really cause problems there across parts of cuba bring some very heavy rain and flooding now that front is going to continue to lay out become stationary we can see some rain out of that front over the next few days but to the north have enough

finally going to be clearing out and partly cloudy conditions you temps are there about twenty four maybe getting a few more clouds by the time we get towards monday and then very quickly as we go towards south america we are seeing some very heavy rains across parts of southern brazil and that's going to continue of the next few days so rio de janeiro thirty two degrees with thunderstorms in your forecast but looking much better down here towards one is that is it is going to be partly cloudy and temperatures dry at about twenty eight degrees. the latest news as the franks yellows that the failure will continue not only in july but into next week with detailed coverage plastic love criticism of capitalist economics a fifty six billion dollar i am after all for argentina from around the world these are the victims of one of the world's most forgotten conflicts and without agent

help they could become a lost generation. welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on the al-jazeera said the indian copely in the nation coast killing at least forty three people and struck care as long as some of the straight between two of the country's biggest islands a local disaster management agency says six hundred people were injured. the top u.s. official in the fight against isolette quits have a president donald trump's sudden decision to pull troops from syria departure follows the resignation of u.s. defense secretary james mattis. and the u.s.

government remains past a shutdown off the politicians failed to break an impasse on budget spending the senate has now been adjourned until. now it's been two years since al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein was arrested in egypt he hasn't been charged with any crime his imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release got to look as reports. for two years saying has been locked inside an egyptian prison his right to trial denied his legal rights reject it the al-jazeera journalist food recall. oh in two thousand and sixteen to visit his family after he landed he was questioned and detained he's been in solitary confinement ever since without being formally charged he suffered a broken arm and was refused proper medical treatment egyptian prosecutors accuse the qatar based journalism broadcasting what it describes as false news and of receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he strongly denies the

allegations and so does al jazeera echoing international outrage the u.n. has been calling for his release rights groups have reported an unparalleled crackdown on adoption journalists since the military deposed the first democratically elected president mohamed morsi in two thousand and thirteen the suppression has increased under former general now president of delta tal sisi the committee to protect journalists says at least twenty media workers are being held in egyptian prisons. hussein's detention has breached egypt's own penal code since he's been held without trial for more than eighteen months the maximum period allowed for anyone being investigated for a crime who should have either been released or taken to court neither has happened two years in his family and others are left waiting for justice katia lopez civilian al-jazeera. nicaragua's government has raided and shut down a t.v.

news station comes a week after similar operations at non-governmental organizations and a newspaper the director of the one hundred percent news channel need more appeared in court accused of terrorism president daniel ortega has been accused of silencing his critics to control anti-government protests which more than three hundred people died since april. at least fifteen people have been killed in two car bombs in somalia's capital mogadishu the country's intelligence agency says those behind the attacks have not been arrested is poor today for. the first car bomb exploded at a military checkpoint soldiers and civilians among the dead. moments later there was a 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 of course one look at me 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 on. the side i was walking to my workplace and suddenly there was a huge explosion there was smoke everywhere and people were screaming there were bodies all over the place the next time i was conscious i was at the hospital my leg was broken and i also lost my hand i was working to feed my five children and their only breadwinner what was my crime to deserve this who is going to feed my children now the. police say government officials had been travelling in the area earlier in the day now the road is covered with charred cars and debris. today up in mogadishu somalia and. international. somali but in. the area and. mogadishu's offered 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 but it was forced from mogadishu in two thousand and eleven. thousands of somalis many of them civilians have died in the decade long battle between al shabaab and government forces cultured verging on al-jazeera. so that his government says at least ten people have been killed and dozens more injured during four days of protests against the rising cost of food and fuel a state of emergency has now been declared in some cities has he been morgan feel. this is one of the main markets in battery north of the sudanese capital how to shop is hearsay all the produce for sale have one thing in common. prices are high tomatoes used to cost seven pounds and now it costs forty pounds or less everything

is expensive the prices have been going up and there are so many things you can buy and then there is the bread crisis. the bread prices sparked protests around the country when the government announced its plan to raise the price of a loaf from wanted a nice pound to three there were demonstrations the government reacted by announcing a state of emergency in some cities curfews in others and it tried to block social media platforms including facebook twitter and what's happened dozens of people have been arrested. the protesters are not just frustrated at the rising cost of bread in the past year inflation has risen to almost seventy percent in january the dollar was worth thirty. now it's almost worth if this isn't nice pounds which means higher market prices and people have to queue at banks to get their cash which with inflation barely cover their knee. the government has been using live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the crowds this is they're trying to solve the economic crisis but won't tolerate protesters damaging public property but.

the government did acknowledge there is a crisis we did not tonight and we are working on resolving these issues when it comes to economic crises these things are not magically resolved overnight it takes time there are more than one party involved more than just one factor or another. president omar al bashir has ruled for almost thirty years he's been reelected several times most recently in twenty fifteen when most opposition parties boycotted the vote now some opposition groups are calling for a change in the way the country's government eat. his lunch we need a new type of for regime a new system a new leadership the issue here is not who's ruling sudan but how to govern this nation first we need a new recipe for peace we need a national transitional unity government real consultations when it comes to the constitution. to protest on a scale not seen before dear time as president sudanese people seem to have lost

patience and want to see an improvement in their living conditions sooner rather than later morgan down to zero how to. protest as and police officers have clashed during more demonstrations in the french capital paris against president and his government fighting broke out in one area when protesters started throwing missiles one policeman to got a gun to disperse the crowd that had the opposite effect the officers were surrounded and forced to flee on motorbikes the so-called protest began. over five weeks ago against plans to increase the tax on fuel puzzles which were later spread going to smith was with the protesters in the french company. this has been on hold a protest march nonstop through the street. from owning right on. the day they've been. to follow them all the way as police try to look very through . peaceful happen a couple of more come in stations where they all of us protesters have wanted it to

be peaceful and they try to make sure that everybody has stayed on the right side of the law there are about a thousand people left at this time of the day number similar to last week and many people here that we've spoken to not a troll interested in the concessions present manual from how to make they say they don't go far enough that too little too late and they will keep protesting right into the new year thousands of people in serbia have taken part in anti-government protests for a third consecutive weekend. they accuse president alexander of becoming increasingly old fogie tarion last week opposition politician who coasted on of it was attacked with his supporters accusing the government of intimidation. of former british politician paddy ashdown who was a leading figure in the buzzed in peace process has died after a short battle with cancer he was seventy seven ashdown served as the un's eye representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two

thousand and six at the in the country rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the ninety's before that he led the liberal democrat party in the u.k. . large crowds have taken part in the funerals of four palestinians killed on friday by the israeli army mourners gathered in gaza for the burial of the men were killed during weekly protests against the israeli and egyptian blockade of the territory among the victims were sixteen year old mohammed joshua palestinians have demonstrated at the border every friday since march. palestinians living in the occupied west bank say they are increasingly frustrated and helpless a greater israeli military presence criticism of their own political leaders is adding to the gloom 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 its outage an already pessimistic atmosphere. needed is that the palestinian authority stop security coordination with the israelis stop working together we don't benefit anything where a lost people in the situation has become very bad every time i come to the misery 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 indicate 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. he 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 p.r. 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 beast but you know everybody knows other side is very strong very strong every time we come a closer to make it because then they stop it we have some risks accuse all the time they have excuses our view 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. christmas has come out early in gaza with the lighting of the first communal treat hundreds of palestinian christians attended the lighting ceremony after israeli authorities allowed similar festivities in the west bank and jerusalem is the first time such a large celebrations been held previously christians in gaza would only celebrate in church.

part time for a creature of the headlines here this hour at least forty three people have died after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia it struck air is the only sundra straight between two of the country's biggest islands the local disaster management agency says six hundred people were injured well john gelfand is with the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies he says people had no warning there was a great deal of tectonic activity earthquake activity there. so we're going to trigger you know to be on this image of the guys were all over the. it is expressed in the salutes so this is. very annoying because. if the morning so there was a forty two weeks here in the region you know under half a metre to

a metre so this could have been much worse but top u.s. official in the fight against isis has quit of a president trump sudden decision to pull troops out of syria brett mcgurk departure follows the resignation of the us defense secretary james mattis. and the us government remains possibly shut down not the politicians failed to break an impasse on budget spending as a result of a standoff and funding for president trumps planned mexico border war if the senate's not been adjourned until thursday. a group of protesters attacked police officers during demonstrations in the french capital hours fighting bipap and protests that started trying objects at the offices the policemen were surrounded and forced to flee on their motorbikes so-called yellow vests protest began at a five weeks ago against plans to increase fuel taxes for late spring after. a un team was landed in yemen to observe the departure of saudi amorality backed government forces and who the fight has been the key port city of the data the two sides agreed to

a ceasefire in the port city during talks in sweden. and fifteen people have been killed in two in somalia's capital mogadishu and. the country's intelligence agency says those behind the attacks have been arrested. all right so those were the headlines the news continues here after talked about is it that i thought this conviction that everyone has a deep reservoir of ton of ability and if you can give them the opportunity wonderful things start to happen sometimes the simplest seditions author missed and packed for. you. the main things that sets out zero apart from other news organizations is that a lot of our reporting is about real people but about ideas or politicians or what they may want to do but how policy and how events affect real people if they felt a. little more complicated don't put it off and if this is not an act of creation and i'm going i'd look for walking. down like my family's status

and wealth has benefited from their choice to enslave. some other soul spa even scared to speak out as a surprise thing. this job isn't just about what's on a script or a piece of paper it's about what is happening right now. well you see. in february heads of state top ranking government and military officials and leaders of international organizations traditionally gather in germany the movers and shakers of the global geopolitical seed meet at the munich security conference to debate defense and foreign policy issues. in two thousand and thirteen then u.s. vice president joe biden said munich is the place to go to hear a bold policies announced new ideas and approaches tested old partnerships real and new ones born. with changing political dynamics among world leaders this and

similar meetings and now taking on extra importance. that you wouldn't. want to put together if she needed all we see in him does it is needed. but how bad are the prospects for managing global tensions and trouble spots. what risks and opportunities lie ahead in two thousand and nine he will find out more from wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference as he talks to al-jazeera. chairman of the munich security conference thanks so much for talking to al-jazeera pleasure to be here it seems looking at recent developments from the rise of the trump presidency the rise of nationalism in europe brags it is the transatlantic alliance collapsing from within. not really is it weakening that well it has

a problem. but quite frankly i can't think of a decade when the transatlantic alliance didn't have a problem of this or that sort but this is different there aren't problem is a little more severe than earlier problems because the current problem tends to go to the heart of the matter to the reliability of this. trans-atlantic community so it's not just about severity right this is for the first time perhaps that you since world war two you have to look with some skepticism or doubt or cautiousness towards the support from the u.s. well yes and no. i think you need to make if you were to be you know precise you want to make a distinction between let's let's say the tweets and the

action on the ground the action on the ground as far as u.s. participation in nato is concerned as far as the u.s. presence military presence in europe is concerned things are fine in fact. i would go as far as saying that the trumpet ministration is doing a better job being present in europe than the obama administration in the last eight years before drum so it's not all bad what is this you so even with all the tweets the u.s. president was surprised many people in the western alliance for his praise for russia's president well there is there of where korea you know we were just going to say you would still say that's a better that's that's the downside that is where. doubts have been created about the reliability of the united states as

a major ally in this trans-atlantic community. but again let's make sure that we understand that there is. a clear commitment by the united states in the military feel that the united states has not the certain europe but you are right at the political level some of the words spoken some of the tweets tweeted have created uncertainties in the minds of many europeans that's bad is it just about what we hear from some of the leaders whether it's in the u.s. or leaders of some of the rising forces on the right in europe or is it also about the changing mood of the masses some segments of the masses in the west now see the political elites business of the as perhaps a bigger problem than russia for example they see the press as the enemy of the people more than external actors. does western defense

policy has it caught up with that does it still speak for the mind of the masses on security and defense issues my view would be that there is still a very wide ranging. agreement among elites in western europe european nato members and the united states about what needs to be done in a way you know we are joined at the hip in a number of areas there is no way for western europe to for example to defend itself when you think about nuclear weapons because the american nuclear umbrella has been the instrument of protection for all these many many many non-nuclear weapons countries in western europe who are members of nato and you have no doubt that will continue. well i have no doubt that there is no practical reachable

doable alternative to the us all the same thing well there since there is no alternative we have to do our best in order to make sure it will continue to exist and will continue to work but my my point is is are we at a point where europeans have to think of a backup plan a plan b. well i've always been if you don't want an alternative i've always thought that we should of course continue to look for as much. strategic sovereignty independence as is possible absolutely and for example in the non-nuclear field of defense in conventional defense we it's our own fault we europeans are totally dependent also on our big partner on the on the other side of the atlantic we could create if we spend a little more money if we spend our our defense euro more efficiently we could be

far more effective and efficient we could carry a significantly larger share of the difference burden if we did all that so that's our you know that's an hour to do list and that's possible when addition though to carry perhaps more of a burden when it comes to military budgets is there a need for the elites in the west to start dealing with some of the concerns of the middle classes which of from that perspective haven't been addressed appropriately by the current order here's an interesting fact i came across children in some us communities now have a shorter life expectancy than their parents for the first time since the end of world war two it begs the question can the current order prevail whether we're talking of security and defense without the needs of some of the western middle classes to be addressed all our welfare all our social expenditures all our

accumulated wealth all our employment is worth nothing if we don't have security just imagine another war we are as we speak having a war in the heart of europe. let's call a spade a spade what's going on in ukraine is a war we have ten thousand people dead now since twenty four fourteen. and please don't tell me that this is not something that we europeans we in the transatlantic community need to worry about so as a precondition for making life better for the kids in america and for for creating a stable and safe future for all of us the first precondition is to make sure our security arrangements work do you think that external actors like russia have succeeded in making connections with internal access in the us which are opposed to

the transatlantic alliance modern technology the internet social media have created in our creating as we speak a totally new fabric of communication and of political relationships is that challenging for the current is generally established me that challenge technology everybody and believe me it's not only challenging for us what may be russia is trying to do or to prevent in western societies i think the one who is. who is fearing this the most is president putin himself. he needs to be fearful of the virus of western democratic freedom entering russian social life and he and he had to first he got a first impression of this when he ran for reelection in twenty twenty

a lever and when all of a sudden in urban in large cities in russia people went to the streets wow that had never happened before so you know the virus of global communication of fake news of manipulation of news it works in all directions it does little communication like that always have to be a virus could not this technology open up better understanding and global cooperation well if we were in a cooperative mood as we promised to be in one thousand nine hundred when we signed the charter of paris and when we all agreed including the soviet union at the time that we would respect our borders and. and honor territorial integrity yes sure absolutely of course from the russian perspective they would make the argument that actually it was the western side that didn't keep its word in not expanding further eastwards after the collapse of the berlin wall well there was never such

a promise look i mean i negotiated on behalf of germany with my american bridge and many other colleagues the nato russia founding act and we negotiated for the better part of an entire year never once in one thousand nine hundred eighty five ninety six never once did the russian federation raise in these negotiations the accusation that we should actually not even need to negotiate because we had promised never to expand it to russia negotiate it with us in good faith the more delany's of nato enlargement therefore it is just simply a piece of fake news if we're being told today that at some point in the past somebody promised to somebody that nato would an expanded just not true will the rise of european nationalism perhaps undermine a more integrated european defense and.