from cool brisk northern fjords. to the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia. kind of the new years being blown in pretty viciously with gail warnings wind and rain in those new europe and actually gale warnings and snow and rain down in the southeast particularly in greece and turkey now temperature wise are all above freezing for the most part the high ground of of turkey in the eastern side of europe is getting close to freezing but basically the atlantic air is succeeding in bringing warms to spain and portugal read tools for times of british isles of all that and all the cuts in but it's all blowing up against what was a fairly cold block says a spell of snow significant snow to come followed by rain and snow likely in greece and turkey to with sunder storms bringing rain also bore likely to run you over night the snow you see is closest to ensure more than half me just seems likely in the alps and rundowns was the balkans and then the cold blast comes off that will get colder still single figures and a bit of a breeze but that will feel more like winter without

a six in london with down to twelve madrid i say down to so pretty good as bad approach to the most significant weather probably the persistent stuff with this here spinning sunday storms wind and rain through crete greece and turkey it's also affecting the coasts of tunisia and will do so for libya for the next i think day and a half. the weather sponsored by cattle and nice. lead on line i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was a rush of adrenaline will be felt this is the moment that we have been waiting for this is a dialogue the government has coal face and an eagle protest i will stop the police to disperse the crowds everyone has a voice people voted for lots of different reasons what's different types of bricks and join the global conversation on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera i'm still running a reminder of our top stories u.s. media reporting president donald trump has agreed to give a four month timeframe for withdrawal of all american troops from syria trump had initially said that all two thousand troops would leave within thirty days. a book written by two turkish journalist details the planning of the murder of drugs. by saudi operatives the book also contains previously unseen pictures of the same agents outside saudi console's residence with bags reportedly used to carry his remains. an annual new year's day pro-democracy rally is underway in the home home

protesters say the autonomy and special freedoms enjoyed in the city are being threatened by beijing's growing influence. north korean leader kim jong un has rung in the new year with an offer to have bald face to face talks with president trump in thirty minutes each kim said he's willing to meet the u.s. president at any time but he warned that pyongyang may see what he called a new path if washington doesn't keep its promises but macbride has the latest from seoul. even before the north korean leader spoke it was clear this was going to be a new year's speech in a different tone a softer look for a softer message kim jong un spoke of into korean relations entering a completely new phase the escalating tensions building trust. in last year's speech kim emphasized north korea's nuclear arsenal this year there was a different pledge. that in was in our parties our governments and my resolve for

complete denuclearization remain unchanged we have proclaims that we will no longer make nuclear weapons and will not use them or spread them and we have also taken various practical measures already kim jong un stressed is a game of carrying forward the momentum from twenty eighteen into twenty nineteen it seems to confirm his intended historic visit to south korea is still a long track it's a prospect that divides people here including thousands of north korean defectors. rehearsing for an end of year concert pianist kim plays a piece of music that is popular in both the north and south. when he defected sixteen years ago he couldn't have imagined the north korean leader might one day visit the south when the phone call i got excited made me think if he comes the day that i return home i may come sooner. but now i think one of the reasons for his

visit is to sustain his regime so i don't think we're going to see any unification the mood of optimism was also template when it came to relations with the u.s. kim says he wants to meet with president donald trump again but had this warning our money if the united states continues to break its promises and misjudges our patience by unilaterally demanding certain things and pushes ahead with sanctions and pressure against our republic then we have to seek another way to protect our country's sovereignty and interest under stablished p. some stability on the korean peninsula. twenty nineteen clearly holds the prospect of further improvements in relations but with the ever present risk of the process stalling or even going in reverse public bride al jazeera so. stay in asia bangladesh as prime minister sheikh hasina has dismissed calls for a new vote being declared the winner in sunday's election the opposition has

rejected the results or queues in the government of vote rigging police said he says one thousand people in fact have been killed in election related violence trials traffic has more from dhaka. bangladeshis ruling party planning is still hanging by the thousands in this darkened neighborhood. opposition candidates and their supporters tell us when they try to hang their banners many were threatened beaten by pro-government supporters and often detained by the police. people are nervous to comment about the election all those we spoke to in public at least said they accepted the result was none of it's normal someone when someone loses i'm a poor man what can i do. after prime minister sheikh hasina is a wame leake party won more than ninety percent of the contested two hundred ninety eight seats there is anger and fear among the opposition and its supporters that has seen him who was already served three terms says the vote was free and fair.

the election commission says that it will investigate allegations of voter fraud but the main opposition alliance that has rejected this election and he's demanding that another one be held says that the election commission has been corrupted by the ruling party and there is mounting evidence of voter for. mohammed. is a member of the bangladesh nationalist party he says his party polling station observers were arrested or prevented from entering by ruling party supporters. we have lost all faith in the election commission we don't believe they will stick to their words. this photograph shows one of three c.c.t.v. cameras that we found taped over at a polling station in dhaka coffee come on as a journalist he says he was attacked by a group of men after he tried to film them attacking a man outside

a polling station we can not verify whether his attackers were pro-government or opposition supporters. wanted this attack has scared me but i have to work in target with these vests i depend on journalism for my family prime minister has seen or says she has faith in the election commission. their election commission has every right to investigate if they feel they need to yes they can do it they've done in the past two. election commission says it will investigate allegations of voter fraud but has announced already that it believes the election was free and fair chance trap al-jazeera. parts of the game the first two are under a state of emergency as the government attempts to deal with increasing violence thirteen provinces battling rebels have been placed under tight security the decision was made after ten policemen were killed in an ambush near the border with

mali the officers were attacked while heading to a school that's thought to have been burnt by an armed group stay on the african continent sudan's president omar al bashir has ordered a commission of inquiry into nationwide protests that began nearly two weeks ago it a look at how police responded to the demonstrations which have killed at least nineteen people it comes as security forces again used tear gas and life fire to disperse crowds in the capital khartoum dozens of protesters were arrested calling on bashir to end his twenty nine year old despite his promises to implement economic reforms have a morgan has more from car too. today is the thirteenth day of protests people once again marched out into the streets protesting president bush's twenty nine year rule there once again called for him to step down and hand over the government to an interim government until elections are held but the president has seemed very defiant over the past few days and he still seemed defiant today yesterday he met with the chief of police and he told them to use less force with the protesters

amnesty international says thirty seven people have been killed at least and dozens and dozens have been injured and even more have been arrested but in today's protests police once again used tear gas and live ammunition now the president also addressed the nation on the eve of the country's sixty third anniversary independence anniversary and he said he wants to pave the way for negotiations with the people who are protesting. but how to get into we shall enter into a new era where unity is reinforced and harmony is maintained in the whole country all with the aim to face the challenges and threats hovering above our head and here i renew the call to the honorable sudanese people in and outside of sudan to come together and stand united to parade on the good and not the evil we will join hands to denounce violence ciro away from wars to engage in dialogue is the only means to resolve differences now for him to negotiate with the people protesting would be very hard that's because the people who are marching on to street don't have a certain body that is basically guiding them the opposition has come out and it's

supported to those people who are out in the streets because they see that these people have a legitimate reason to demand that president step down but then the thing is it's very hard for the president to try to negotiate with a body that is not controlled by anyone at the moment and people are saying that they will continue to protest they will continue to demonstrate on the streets they will continue to make their demands heard but the president is saying that his very defiant he's not going to step down he's going to try to introduce economic reforms he's going to try to improve the economy something that the people out in the streets marching said that they have heard over and over again and they're not ready to see after twenty nine years of president obama was here israel so at the moment saddam is still at a crossroad protesters demanding that a president step down and president i wish you very defined saying that he will improve the situation but he's not going to step down and it's not clear where the situation would lead to in terms of. the european union has called for the release of a problem human rights activist in bahrain whose prison sentence for speaking out against saudi arabia has been upheld by

a top court along the same court in the united arab emirates a poll the sentence against it was the two reports. ahmed months who are in the united arab emirates and the bill raja in bahrain will now be spending years in prison for criticizing their government's policies on social media was a prominent opposition figure during behind's protest movement during the arab spring he's been in and out of prison for this activism and his tweets on monday the supreme court upheld a five year jail term for a tweet deemed offensive to the state wars bring hatred destruction and horrors he tweeted as the saudi u.a.e. led coalition began bombing yemen in twenty fifteen the bahraini court agreed he disseminated what he calls false news in a time of war and offended the foreign country rights groups say the timing of the verdict is important. then. i mean the reason why they chose to have it during the holy days in the west where they

are expecting the minimum in the midst of attention devoted. to peace advocate. that he won he wants to remain silent. decided to bomb the children yemen he stated war will only bring misery i would never bring solutions for those that we may be aided. by the present amnesty international calls the verdict shameful one that exposes behinds justice system as a complete farce it along with a coalition of human rights groups had also campaigned for the u.a.e. to release the activist ahmed monsoor but an appeals court in abu dhabi upheld a ten year jail sentence on monday months or two had spent time in prison in twenty eleven and accused of insulting the rulers by calling for democratic elections in the united arab emirates this time he was charged with publishing what the

government considers false information on social media as well as calling for another activist to be released these latest rulings highlight the dangers and difficulties activists space in the gulf region and or schapelle al-jazeera. and separately a women's rights activist in egypt has had her prison sentence upheld on similar charges a month after he was sentenced to two years in jail for posting a video on facebook criticizing egyptian authorities for failing to tackle sexual harassment you was charged with spreading false news undermining national security and publishing an indecent video of the city international has campaigned very release and has called on sunday's ruling an outrageous injustice britain is stepping up its patrols of the english channel with a recent surge in the number of migrants making the crossing from france twelve people including a child with the latest arrivals they were detained on a beach in kent on the english coast yes

democratic senator elizabeth warren has taken an important step towards entering the twenty twenty presidential race she's forming an exploratory committee to raise money before formally launching a presidential bid forward has been one of president donald trump's this is critics she's released a video promising to protect the middle class against what she calls the excesses of wall street a thing that's likely to feature prominently in her campaign america's middle class is under attack how do we get here billionaires and big corporations decided they wanted more of the pie and they enlisted politicians to cut a much fairer swines the crippled union so know when to start we're going to turn the key to. dismantle the financial rules meant to keep us safe after the great depression and cut their own taxes so they paid less than their secretaries in janitors it's time to write the rules for them and why after wall street i asked

our economy in two thousand and eight hour after classroom to go to washington and come from the broken system head on. police in japan's campbell tokyo have launched a terrorism investigation after a man drove a car into a crowd celebrating the new year at least eight people were injured and police say it was a deliberate act it happened on one of the city's most famous streets in the fashion district of her gentle just after midnight a suspect believed to be the driver has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. from pogo to london cities around the world will be ushering in twenty nineteen with spectacular fireworks displays barbara google has been watching the politics. i was. about one hundred thousand people lined the banks of the river thames in london to watch the celebrations. thousands packed the seans elisei in the french capital

to watch the fireworks display at the arctic triomphe there was heavy security deployment after the recent best protests. bad weather didn't deter crowds from gathering in the greek capital athens for a dazzling display of the acropolis i. people partied into the new year and the indian capital need delhi but the celebration started thousands of kilometers away in all can tub or a new scene and thousands of people watched brightly colored file extruding into the night sky city authorities say the share what the sky tower standing three hundred twenty eight meters tall is the highest fireworks display in the southern hemisphere. a couple of hours later it was the turn of a strain is not just city sydney i. despite thunderstorms on monday more than

a million people were at the waterfront watching eight and a half tons of fireworks go off the biggest display the city has ever seen. but. this was the scene in central pyongyang the north korean capital where the crowds got not just by a works but a laser and dance show. and hong kong mixed it up with local and western melodies accompanying. the big bangs. the beaches in rio de janeiro were packed the sky lit up. and not to be outdone tobias powell x. x. played it over the world's tallest building the bashfully. barbara and get her out of syria.

you're watching are just there i'm so robin these are all top news stories u.s. media are reporting that president trump has agreed to give a four month timeframe for the withdrawal of all american troops from syria trump had initially said that all two thousand troops would leave within thirty days. a book written by two turkish journalist details the planning of the murder of market by saudi operatives the book also contains previously unseen pictures of the same agents on side the saudi consuls residence with bangs reportedly used to carry his remains. the entire team didn't go to the consulates have but five of them when directly to the consul's house to prepare and receive the bags the pictures confirm this fact years or later turkey wants to investigate this properly it happened on diplomatic grounds and that means a forceful entry to investigate would create a crisis for turkey and even if evidence were to be found it would be considered

illegal and current does not want that. the saudi coalition and who the rebels in yemen are both being accused of stealing food aid the un food agency is threatening to suspend aid shipments unless more is done to stop corruption world food program says about two thirds of a delivered to the control strongholds has been stolen by armed groups. own goals new year's day pro-democracy rally is an annual event but this year activists say they're facing a president to demand government officials have told organizers to prevent protesters from displaying pro independence symbols outside the government's headquarters the civil human rights front says it will comply but describe the demand as a threat to freedom of expression at least five people are being killed and dozens more missing after heavy rain triggered a landslide in indonesia the mud buried thirty houses in the village of resi in west java seasonal rains of course landslides and widespread flooding in recent days north korean leader kim jong un has said that he's willing to have more face

to face talks with u.s. president donald trump but he warned that pyongyang may see what he called a new path if washington doesn't keep its promises about the more news in half an hour next on al-jazeera it's the stream to stay with us i mean every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories to join you've been listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most on al-jazeera. building up there. either.

rue what a mellow start to the stream today hi i'm femi oke a family could be here in the stream today we are joined by musician songwriter my mova you said she's an artist with soul would be fine out about her work music had her inspiration of course live on al-jazeera and of course on you tube so be sure to send us your comments your questions i'll do my best sabrine them into the show my really yousif describes herself as a musical here she's also known by her station and move fresh yousif has bared her own soul while displaying the talents of a highly versatile singer songwriter and rapper in several independently released album she sings about experiences including single motherhood black hair politics and her own identity as a native american and african american woman use of slater's work is showcased in.

a twenty seven team collaboration with d.j. dummy drawing inspiration from issues like the standing rock protests and donald trump's treatment of women tracks and wanted to be abused take on modern day realities with classic soul and r. and d. style we want to welcome i mean a use of to the stream i really know well. if we get anything wrong well we know. you have a unique backstory i guarantee no one else has a back story like yours to prove it i'm going to show our audience some pictures of you let's start with this one here have a look on my laptop this is stunning i'm going to show a picture of your grandmother and your mother this is where your musical inspiration the musical education started would you explain because a lot of people we look at these pictures don't say what. tell us all off. i learned to sing at home with my mother and my grandmother in the kitchen

a lot of times people were x. my mother was a vocal coach to train them to sing and they think that she's going to you know set up at a piano and teach them notes and she'll make them come you know shop corn and pick greens and because we're a traditional people singing is. like breathing is like praying it is a part of what you do as as a person as a part of the community you know as a. social have you come feel the song breathe the song do chores you know it's a part of life a living part of expression when i was a small girl i would always see my mother my grandmother people would call them and they would travel all around. people to take pain out of their bodies to sing into their bodies in you know later on you may look at it doctors use the vibration of sound to move matter inside of bodies and they were doing this with their voices you know not educated in the western sense but they knew the power of sound and vibration so that's kind of how i started both my parents i mean my parents and my

grandparents that aren't converted to islam but my grandmother was a choir director from chicago so you know that we were muslim she was still teach me gospel songs. spiritual from slavery and she would teach me traditional native songs. that we had to really learn after the freedom of religion act was passed for native americans that was until the seventy's we couldn't practice our culture into the seventy's so you know a lot of the culture that was lost because of indian boarding schools and natives being forced to forget who we were we had to go back and read learn those things so by the time i was born you know my grandmother was just starting to really learn the language because we could even talk about it you could even talk about being indian people she was mexican you know and. you know mexicans are indigenous to that's why you see so many similarities from the southern tribes coming in. imaginary border you know their vision this is well and so people didn't

know that she was choctaw and so later on she went back to learn the traditional ways and she was able to teach that i mean you talk about community muslim community afro american community african-american community and also of course the native american community in addition to all of that you're from not too far away from here baltimore and there's also that community there coming out on twitter in a for one person here grandma raised personally she has a hometown favorite powerful vocals edgy and good lyrics and message one of my favorite bands not only supports her artistry but contributed to her name that would be the roots from philadelphia the colors of her hair and the sounds were an overall great experience and i would love to see more so a couple of people mentioned your name i know you've been singing professionally since like seventeen but then they move fresh came a little bit later talk to us about that history black but you know my good friend black are from the roots they were the first group that i like toward internationally with i have my own band but that's the first support

internationally with and i feel like it's going to really suffer like i just came i playfully on stage where it's like a lot of people have a hard time saying my main you know and my mom called me whatever and it just i feel like he just said it one night like introducing these you will do friends you know it was like a joke and then we just kept it kind of kept happening and. i think it was. my web designer who was like why don't we get the euro move fresh because it might be hard for people to spell your name and it just kind of stuck every time i would say it people would remember it and then. i'm at the airport of people who. hear me the first song you're going to perform for us it's called impact tell us what do we need to know about that before we hear it everyone acts about this song. so this song is actually in the local it's a language the important thing about the lakota they. they held on so their culture i feel like

a lot longer than some of the eastern tribes who were kind of forced to assimilate because. of the in the building the close contact with europeans they were forced to assimilate earlier and lost a lot more of our culture. the fierce warriors you know and this story and it's talks about the american indian wars and about the women who waved their shells when for the husband the come to come back from war hoping that they were victorious and my mom sing the song to me when i when i was a baby you know and it is a song that has become a lullaby for us not to forget the commitment to our people in the struggle that we fought so still be here the rights of being exists and she's a sing it to me as a baby and. you want to sing it for us now i am. going to perform that song and she gets ready for a valid but when you take a look at this tweet on my laptop this is from all some austin that's his handle austin says her music is spiritual inspirational and uplifting the ancestral song

she starts out with is so profound and poetry is superb she is a spiritual being maximizing the human experience thank you my munaf for your voice and for your talent and i will take it away. it's. she. she.

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