i didn't tina has an open arms policy towards migrants but the situation is not the same elsewhere as the time has come once again for latin america and the americans as a continent to continuing on or in the tradition of your r.t. of brother and sister hood in the sense that we would extend protection to all those who need it either if they come from venezuela nicaragua or the countries or the north of central america. music is a universal language and those venezuelans who make it have found a way to sustain themselves in argentina but they say they dream of the day they can again play their music back home. is having to see they are deciding. the leaders of russia are meeting in moscow on tuesday with the hope of repairing their frayed relationship president alexander lukashenko is accused russia of using

its oil and gas reserves to deepen its control of a bill in the park or takes a closer look at how russia ties have evolved over the years. when the soviet union crumbled rusher impellor roofs remained symbolic in strategic partners but in recent years and the g. supplies and economics of revealed where the wheel pounds of power. earlier this month live on russian state television president lukashenko interrupted president putin's bid flow as he outlined a new tax regime for russian oil imports the price hikes could cost about a russian economy billions of dollars they can't afford. for compensation rushes refused a heated exchange continued off camera tensions eventually subsided but in later interviews appears to suggest the tax hikes were deliberate to push the country further into russian control what has been upset about is and what he

perceives of a threat to serenity here of a challenge to sovereignty is how russia reacted to his demands for compensation there are basically one option you can pursue this is advanced integration is not the first time look at his question belarus is ties with russia was in georgia ukraine in the twenty fourteen anik sation of crimea have prompted the president to stand up for belorussian sovereignty. something that belarus is a part of the russian world and most rusher itself forget it belarus is a sovereign and independent state. it's a difficult dilemma for. how to be an independent state last remaining on the favorable terms with russia if you want to get up to do so you need to give something back the kind of a trade or if you don't want to get this you may be very independent but in this case economic wonder will disappear and maybe will face some kind of political

disaster or oil like it was in ukraine this is one way bellaver used to sweeten the relationship. in twenty seventeen russia staged joint military exercises code names meeting west a clear message for nato ukraine has since accused russia of using the exercises as a pretext to station troops in belarus the kremlin denies this one thing moscow is wary of though is the attraction of europe for many young belorussians is the only leader they've ever known it's led to pro e.u. anti-government protests but currently any challenge to look at those twenty four year leadership is quickly silenced. walking a geo political tightrope. even tried buying oil from venezuela to ease its dependency on russian supplies but right now nothing quite beats the help it gets some its old friend russia and the occasional outburst. left with little choice but

to keep calm and carry on. al-jazeera. still ahead on. in the. growing. just a few days after winning the world. business . it's going to get the.

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the german food industry is undergoing major change after the government government complained that many national foods are unhealthy that the station has been welcomed by health advocates but some are worried it will affect that the stink flavor of german crazy dominic casey explaining. christmas in germany means markets with mulled wine and many different things to eat. perhaps about forced is the order of the day or maybe something sweeter in any event for these people the emphasis is on enjoying the rich flavor of german food. for you german food is great you can't eat it every day but it's christmas so why not just say officially on you know there's a lot of variety in german cuisine you can eat healthily or unhealthily but you have a lot to choose from the year of much more standards for your food than we do in america so i'd say in your more focused on healthier wealthier things out there and

yet clearly the government is worried about what people are eating the agriculture minister so much so she wants radical cuts in what's on offer the government plan is to have the food industry lead the way ministers want companies to introduce twenty percent reductions in fact usage in foods a similar reduction must be brought in for salt content likewise for sugar which many people blame for rising levels of obesity all of these changes must be implemented no later than twenty twenty five the government says it has the backing of many large firms in the german food industry to cut salt sugar and fat content but what about the small of us like those at this christmas market. at this butcher store a wide variety of sausages and other meats from all over germany and to beyond is on offer made with the same recipes for j. . narrations. financial behavior is good because our ingredients are really specific and there are very few ways we can really change them obviously our

methods evolved over hundreds of years and clearly we adapt advances in new technology but there's only but so many ways she can make a salami for example there isn't really much wriggle room we're looking at how we make our products clearly seasonal markets like these are not where most people buy their food the major supermarket chains will be at the forefront of the changes but with a deadline far into the next decade the flavor of german food isn't going to change anytime soon dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. it's going to peter now in the sport thank you barbara the n.b.a. is taking over on christmas day five games in total headlined by le bron james versus steph curry and the golden state warriors in the league's biggest rivalry it's not going to be a repeat of the n.b.a. finals this time the defending champions will take on james who will be wearing an l.a. lakers jersey james along with these cleveland cavaliers side have played against

the warriors in the last four n.b.a. finals but tuesday marks the first time a brand will face golden state as the lakers play in the regular season the warriors are currently second in the western conference while the lakers soth as i mentioned earlier five games in total beginning with mo walky who are playing in their first christmas game since nine hundred seventy seven they will be at the new york knicks then in a rematch of christmas twenty seventeen the used in rocket space the oklahoma city thunder philadelphia meet historic rivals boston portland and utah around up the christmas day actually. well the n.b.a. will be in action on christmas day the english premier league weren't but football fans can look forward to a whole host of boxing day fixtures league leaders liverpool will face newcastle on wednesday and while the reds are well placed to end a twenty eight year old wait for the title manager you're going club says he could make a move in next month's transfer window. coming. monstrous number

of games still it's really. important we're always going to react but as long as we can react it's all good. something dramatically change and we have to really to look that's all. and i would say we will not do anything couple of at the door of champions river plate have returned home to a celebration from a fanzine when outsiders river beat local rivals barca juniors in the final of south america's biggest club competition earlier this month that match was controversially moved to madrid following an attack on blockers bus near rivers monumental stadium there was no sign of trouble this time as fans celebrated the team who paraded through the stadium in an open test a last minute it's the greatest love that we have it unites is an exciting scene a way that we can't explain you feel that closeness with the club and you want to participate in everything they do. to lift the rivers party it's a sensation of adrenaline to be at the stadium and it will forever be in my memory

now there's just one week left in twenty eighteen before the new year begins sportswriter telford vice takes a look back at some of the big events from the last year including australia's cricket ball tampering scandal serena williams as u.s. open tennis final meltdown and the excitement in the heavyweight boxing division. no i was no fan of the coastal putting us on the street when we knew once to see that been issued by us to watch him fire questions you know both of the but you know when you have these three it does evoke memories of early bird is there a bullet it's just i'm not saying anything as great as those fighters but they just grip the imagination and you know you've got a kid and you want to be glad to take them to meet their parents and i think joshua and you're going to be roving man mythos in theory running around that's just fantastic and some in the middle of all that is the answer rather and it's just burning whether you're a boxing fan not you've kind of got to watch he's going to mean that to me just to

a full when it's ninety thousand people that's ridiculous on the one hand i have brought some of the with the people who know if you like of people to get your power wanted to hit you you simply cannot go on either an occasion like that you know and having what the crowd or part of it is he's he then says that's all stop booing and that's what you've been donald trump in a dress you can't read the problem and then you know then vote about it but on the other hand. you don't have to be very clever to work out that women sports stars and woman of color particularly just get a raw deal or whatever happens and wherever they're going whatever their plate so i think there was good and bad of both sides of that if you're the sport as a whole was was amazed at how the australians over reacted to the whole situation overreacted and also how made it we're you know everything australian cricket that it was going emma you didn't know your guys were the most unpleasant team to play

against and i think that being part of the world's reaction to all the australians they still seem to be reading you know from from what they've taken as a personal assault it seems to me that they think cricket defines them in the world and that these three boats these men that are going in particular encountered bankrupt or somewhere robbed them of their national identity walls with their national or her identity in the world and somebody needs to fill the all of these it's ok calm down. two time world champion gabriel marina has arrived home in brazil to a hero's welcome hundreds of fans turned up in the city of. to cheer for the surfing superstar as he showed off his trophy on top of the fire truck the twenty five year old won the twenty three title claiming a final victory at the billabong pipe masters he made history in twenty four soon as the first brazilian to ever win a world surfing title and is now the main cities place in the history books by winning a second crown and that's all the sport for now back to barbara in london peter

thank you very much for that and that is it for this news hour member you can find out much more on everything that we've been covering on our website the address there it is al jazeera dot com of course our top story there the aftermath of that tsunami that struck. on saturday of course you can stay out with us i'm going to be back in just a few minutes with more of today's. in the first episode of science in a golden age i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval islam in that period in the field only takes. professor jim. brings the

brilliance of a pause to. last point credible with the real all we've done is block out the mud from the roof and then allow it to come through this old. one of science and go into marriage. an army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems. smoke from the massive wildfires now blankets much of northern california leading to some of the worst air quality in the world but with more than twelve thousand structures lost in the wildfires concerns remain about long term accommodations jobs and medical care. local officials say there isn't enough housing stock available. they wanted for two

three million homes with a weapon that was six billion in commission. there is no ending more because there's always a small cobble of people from really really good business. in assonance we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function more shadow on al-jazeera. the. searching for survivors finding more bodies three hundred seventy three people now confirmed dead in indonesia tsunami. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up

shifting alliances with the u.s. pulling out of syria kurdish forces are turning to russia but so is there any turkey u.s. stocks suffer a further for president trump blames the federal reserve while others blame him and we're live in bethlehem's manger square where it is now christmas day and mass is under way. hello thank you for joining us rescuers in indonesia are stepping up their efforts to find survivors and recover the bodies of those killed in saturday's tsunami at least three hundred seventy three people have died and thousands more have been injured when huge waves struck without warning late on saturday and experts say that underwater eruptions could trigger yet more tsunamis in the coming days and thomas is in part the klang province. listen carefully over the milly's of.

a regular blue. that's not hidden in the gloom forty seven kilometers out to sea and i. mean it's still erupting. for months but on sunday the eruptions triggered an underwater landslide that caused the tsunami that led to this hotel's law into the sea front here some workers the guests the wave coming and ran on that because not like the usual beef it was a huge leave before one dog and it was just rolling and rolling off. at this. two children swept out of their ground floor rooms as they slept one of their bodies was found in the swimming pool after the tsunami it retreated across the road and he showed us her damaged house she support meters above normal see that all here yet the water powered into her home and into her shop next door.

after no money the shop's gone too so i've got no income i don't know what i'm going to do. the main road through two hundred grand has been cleared of debris but what remains of the stephanie villa hotel has not twenty nine people are known to have died here seven more a missing the water did a pretty good demolition job here but what it left behind those men are now clearing completely fearing and in some ways hoping they find some of the bodies of the missing insides people are nervous along this coast watching the sea for signs that another wave could come not knowing which rumble means they should run andrew thomas al jazeera pundit line into the. well as the cleanup begins questions are being asked about such a large tsunami could happen without any warning in the museum president

a joke or we dawdle has visited the affected area to see the devastation for himself he's promised the country will be better equipped for future natural disasters bribe reports from the new district on the west coast of java. the. indonesian president djoko we don't go visiting the tsunami affected area prone to earthquakes his country deals on a regular basis with their disastrous consequences using detection equipment to warn of tsunamis ahead of time on this occasion the president appeared to admit something went wrong. i think in the new budget year of twenty. the nineteen early january over the replacement of broken equipment or old ones which can no longer be used. the landslide of the undersea volcano made it harder to detect than a regular earthquake and happening at night many people had no idea the wave was on

its way to strike them. this couple only realized it when the water started surging through the small food store they operate near the beach that had i think there was no warning at all even a tsunami warning when it suddenly happened. husband believes the government should invest in better monitoring equipment but i hope the government can use new technology because you're afraid there's going to be a voice in the future. living in such close proximity to a rumbling giant people here want that solution to come sooner rather than later and the experts seem to agree it's highly likely that there will be more tsunami generated by submarine landslides in the question is when is that going to happen we don't know are they going to be bigger ones we don't know what warning do you have well it's an active volcano and that's the essentially the warning. longer

after the dead brief from this an army has been cleared away the fears of people living here will linger many of the people who used to live down here at sea level are now in temporary accommodation on higher ground whether they'll return here depends in part on whether they'll be able to confidently predict what that sea will do next rob a bride al-jazeera and your district in tunisia. u.s. military officials are heading to turkey to meet their turkish counterparts later this week and they'll be discussing the surprise u.s. announcement on withdrawal from syria where u.s. forces have been backing kurdish y.p. g. forces in their battle against eisel turkish president better than one says turkey will not give up the fight against eisel syria their. rules why are we in

syria to restore freedom to our brothers kurds and turks not just to eradicate the cherished organizations and not to leave syria and iraq in the grips of beisel we will not leave the arabs in syria under the injustice of the units of the p.k. k. we will not leave our brothers at the mercy of these terrorist organizations well they know how to. turkey's border with syria and has more now on the complexity of the battle for power inside the war torn country. it's thirty percent of syria's territory that can tip the balance of power the north east was america's own of influence in this divided country it will soon pull out its forces abandoning longtime allies to wipe e.g. the syrian kurdish are group. truck decision force. not only to see if. there's. a closer relationship with russia.

under the syrian government. the y.p. g. dominated syrian democratic forces is reaching out to the syrian government and russia the main power broker in syria to prevent a possible turkish military offensive or takeover of territory the us has said it is going to coordinate its pull out with turkey a signal that turkish troops or its local allies will move in there is a new relationship between the nato allies after years of disagreement over syria but the warming of ties is testing russian turkish cooperation u.s. withdrawal from from syria and that puts at risk relations between russia and turkey because if that is states and turkey managed to reach the deal on syrian

kurds in some way or another that puts at risk. russia turkey. agreements on it or russia's plans on friday was it also. it's not clear how turkey will further behave itself in austin the format. russia turkey and iran have been closely working together on syria within what is known as the last in a format over the years the us has repeatedly tried to pull away from that alliance if the u.s. hands over the area to turkey it will not be good for iran so now turkey will be on a collision course with iran. the u.s. decision to withdraw could result in shifting partnerships and a cease fire deal in syria's opposition controlled northwestern province of idlib could be in jeopardy that deal was the result of russian turkish cooperation despite opposition from the syrian government turkey wanted to prevent military action that could destabilize its security and create

a massive refugee crisis now russian diplomats tell us it will be hard to constrain syrian president bashar assad from launching an offensive if turkey takes territory in the north east. the bargaining has begun. to southern turkey. and meanwhile in a further unexpected foreign policy comment president trump said saudi arabia will be stepping in to support syria following the u.s. military pull out this is what he tweeted saudi arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild syria instead of the united states see isn't it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a great country the us that is five thousand miles away thank you to saudi. well for more let's speak to rob reynolds in washington d.c. it's worth mentioning that we haven't actually had any kind of official comment

from saudi arabia regarding president trump's tweet what do you make of it what kind of reaction has it had within the united states itself. well this is a kind of a holiday evening in the united states so congress is not around the usual people who mediately make comments about this kind of tweet from the white house are not available but we've got no response from the state department or the white house or as you mentioned from saudi arabia from any saudi government officials but this is. part of a pattern that the president trump has exhibited of complaining on the one hand about the amount of money that the united states spends on military expenditures or broad blaming nato allies and countries like south korea for not paying their fair share and on the other hand boasting when he is able to claim that he's saved the

united states a lot of money and this seems to be a case of the latter the unanswered questions are many. they include. how much money and does he think saudi arabia is going to put forward. how will that money be spent. who will receive the money and we just heard from zain a holder there about the complexities within syria so it's not as easy as handing money to a central government and say here this is for rebuilding your country because of the fraught situation there so there are just a great number of. questions to be answered and as you mentioned this is of course coming on the heels of a storm of criticism here in the united states and many concerns expressed abroad as well about the president's decision abruptly to pull u.s. troops out of syria and the subsequent resignation in protest.