led by saudi arabia and the united arab and. aid agencies say millions are close to starvation it's estimated eighty five thousand children have died from malnutrition some hope the worst is over. god willing we will see a better future the end of the crisis and peace in the region in particular. i don't. expect that in twenty nineteen for yemen to stop and peace or political reconciliation. in the sun are to the north of to ease more devastation but here too among the destroyed buildings some optimism. and we hope the aggression will stop and the economy and life will improve so tied. back in who data not everyone is convinced the ceasefire will hold. decision is justin compay her we haven't seen any results yet reality in her data is contrary

to what we expected. at the dawn of a new year there are glimmers of hope for the people of yemen but no one can be sure how long that hope might last rob patterson. taliban fighters of killed at least twenty one afghan security personnel during several attacks on military posts in provence twenty six others have been injured. in just a few days provisional results of the democratic republic of congo's election to be released in the power to stop speculation about the internet has been cut off. but largely silent sunday's vote was hampered by delays complaints so interesting the violence. in contrast. we've not seen any government. shutdown but we're being told that part of the reason why happening is because of all this. being smeared online by people we have. a

national database and abuse to the right of the people that we are expecting. to be announced and it's been quite. a. presidential candidate. and he. held a press conference on monday and. that. and fair election there was no way the ruling party. declared you know what are you going to be what are you going to instruct. you and he said that

this will be a problem case into the people in this country many that are. potentially there could be valid and they're worried about that. the. president could have a worldwide. time during elections. hello winter content isn't it a fairly gentle light in this part of a shoes really colored in northeast of china and eastern russia siberia where it should be cold but the cold leagues out across the sea of japan it builds cloud so it's cloudy on the west coast of honshu but the snow inland occasionally on the

mountains lower level in our car there and you can see from the temperatures what that comes from how this is settled weather in the korean peninsula a good part of the walls in china settled and cold both by day and by night sometimes foggy and if you're lucky smoky used temps hang around freezing for example in beijing things have been worse and worse in beijing the not bad part of the moment but the system fog has been a thing for the south in china and to get to the coast more of a breezy things turn over this cloud of the tops that density reduced the likelihood of fog there hong kong's likelihood a bit of rain during other wednesday or thursday possibly both which new will move inland before the lines of the wind as the vietnamese coast where rain seems like to return to once more heavy rain in southern vietnam and cambodia because this tropical depression that spun up that is the wettest parts of southeast asia regular showers have produced flooding into these yes they will be around again is hard to say exactly where blood's say eastern java seems likely.

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welcome back you're watching old as there are hundreds a whole rama reminder of all top stories donald trump says the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria will happen slowly it's a backtrack from his a prompt announcement last month that all two thousand american troops we brought home immediately after defeating eisel. also a book written by two turkish journalists is offering new details about how saudi operatives planned the murder of journalist. the book contains previously unseen pictures of the same agency outside the saudi consuls residence with banks reportedly used to carry shushed these remains. a coalition and who the rebels are being accused of stealing and selling food aid meant for millions of starving yemenis the u.n. food agency is threatening to suspend aid shipments unless the left stops. in hong kong pro-democracy rallies on the first day of the year are common but this time activists say they're facing an unprecedented demand from the government organizers were told to prevent protesters from displaying not approach independent

symbols at the government's headquarters the civil human rights friends said it will come ply but described the demand as a threat to freedom of expression. to figure parliament is at the protest in hong kong and sent this update. this march happens every year but this year there seems to be more of an urgency than ever according to protesters they say it caps off a year on president removes again the hong kong freedom of expression on ponce autonomy and its human rights if we don't come out you take us to perhaps fall just for the same mistake then trying to. undo it could face to face and i feel i wouldn't want to build up the person i gave them what they like to but i do what little what he used to let the world to know that it's time for us to fight for democracy and in my case uprising try to win we still need to come out here to.

do things for the right color to show the future generations that we have tried even if we fail we're not going to fail and to hong kong it's like it's a boat it's sinking fast behind me in the wrong wrong wrong way independents group that been bad for marching to the government headquarters so instead they're going to veer off from the rest of the protesters to the hong kong police headquarters that's just about one hundred meters away from this position where they used to be a political group but didn't claim to have a plan out there were banned from running from office and from even exactly how difficult a co-op blinking goldstone on the low blow job seekers see that only hong kong independence can secure a true democracy and freedom of speech for hong kong in this way hong kong people can be our own masters. and somehow down begins another year in defiance protesters here say they want to pad their right to freedom of expression they want more

accountability and they want real democracy but most importantly they want more of a say in how their city is run. reallocations of attacks on journalists during the recently concluded bangladesh elections is there is time to chantrey spoke to a veteran journalist who says he was beaten by several men while attempting to cover some of those polls. is a senior political reporter who works for a big language newspaper. says he was attacked while trying to film near a polling station on election day have to be hospitalized and almost lost his eyesight. to hear. a group of million rushed towards me while i was filming started beating me snatched my mobile phone away there were seven or eight of them it was impossible for me to resist them i started bleeding and at some stage i became senseless. the threat of violence was not the only thing that made it

difficult for journalists to cover voting on sunday restrictive election commission rules created a sense of fear and anxiety about reporting in general according to come out on level. one or two measures were relaxed later like travelling by motorbikes and entering the polling centers but the original rules and guidelines issued by the election commission made journalists anxious about their safety. is concerned about his safety but determined to continue his work as a journalist despite the attack each. of those this is the first time in my media career despite identifying myself as a journalist and also having my press card on me that i was still attacked i have to carry on my work with a degree of fear this is the fact there is no denying it. all political parties have denied any involvement in attacks on the press. dhaka

japanese police are launched a terrorism investigation after a man drove a minivan into a crowd celebrating the new year in downtown tokyo at least nine people were injured police say they had a large tank full of kerosene in the vehicle suggesting the twenty one year old says suspect planned to settle fire he was arrested at scenes. brazil's new foreign president will be sworn in data on choose states john bolton all right is a divisive figure whose praise the country's past been a treatise on holy books what his presidency could mean for the rest of the world. this covers more than half of brazil the amazon rain forest it's known as the sloan's storing billions of tons of the planet's carbon dioxide. it was already being cut back but now brazil's incoming president wants to see it opened up to the business go through. with people that leave it with. if we need to we're going to propose democratically to congress change the laws of the environmental policies

don't disrupt brazil's development. it's not just the environment john abell sinatra's election is part of a new global wave of populist conservative leaders. and maddow the victory of balsa narrow as a victory for the ultra right which is beginning to be a real force in the world brazil is very strategic one of the most important countries in latin america it has this relationship now with the u.s. and other countries like austria turkey and the philippines zero zero zero but the relationship will scenarios most interested in is with this money they share a love of social media and the distrust of the press but also not ows even been nicknamed the trumpet the tropics between them they now rule over the two largest economies in the americas it's an abrupt about face from the left this governments of brazil's recent past history polystyrene you looks pretty quiet now but it felt

some of the biggest tremors of change hundreds of thousands of people marched against a corruption scandal during brazil's political class but together with problems with the economy and specially crime many people fed up and ready to take a chance on an absolute outlier diable sonata. analysts say there's danger he could eventually had to another global trend strongmen undermining democracies he has a fondness for brazil's authoritarian past well i'm in favor of torture and the people are in favor of that too. but doesn't lose him points for many here who see it is just plain speaking they'll judge him instead on how he acts to tackle brazil's many problems john home and. so paolo north korean leader kim jong un has rung in twenty nineteen with an offer of more talks with president trump but he warned his country may seek what he called a new path if the u.s.

doesn't keep its promises but macbride reports 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. and in last year's speech kim emphasized north korea's nuclear arsenal this year there was a different pledge. 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 a north korean leader might one day visit the south. or i got excited made me think if he comes the day that i return home i may come soon. 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 and the mood of optimism was also tempered when it came to relations with the u.s. kim says he wants to meet with president donald trump again but had this warning. 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 stablish peace and stability on the korean peninsula . twenty nine teen 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. so away from the politics let's take a look at how the world celebrates the new year barbara and go report on the highlights i 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 opera triomphe there was heavy security deployment after the recent vest 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 oakland harbor a new zealand thousands of people watched brightly colored file extracting 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 and 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 fireworks but a laser and dance show. if you. and hong kong mixed it up with local and western melodies accompanying the big bang . i the beaches in rio de janeiro were packed as the sky lit up. and not to be outdone tobias fireworks exploded over the world's tallest building the bashfully. barbara and i pad our series. and it wouldn't be new year's day without these scenes in rows of very brave people are jumping and diving into the freezing waters of the type of river the tradition started in one nine hundred forty six when an unemployed lifeguard took the plunge to advertise his skills will be treated like that in the canal behind my house for new yeah i'll tell you how it

goes like. you're watching after their arms the whole run a reminder of our top stories donald trump says the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria will happen slowly it's a backtrack from his abrupt announcement last month that all two thousand american troops will be brought home immediately after defeating eisel i did your castro has more from washington d.c. . new four month withdrawal timeline comes after trump visited u.s. troops stationed in iraq and also met with his political ally republican lindsey graham a senator after over the weekend who attempted to convince the president to reconsider this withdrawal and so there's still some possibility we know there are voices in the administration who would rather see u.s.

troops stay in syria not just the sort of. extended withdrawal but at the very least these four months is what commanders on the ground have asked trump reportedly and it will give u.s. forces time to plan a less hasty withdrawal a book written by two turkish journalists is offering new details about how the operatives planned the murder of journalist to mark a short story the book also contains previously unseen pictures of the same age and some inside the saudi consuls residence with banks reportedly used to carry the show she's remains the coalition and who the rebels are being accused of stealing and selling food aid but for millions of starving yemenis the u.n. through the agency is threatening to suspend aid shipments unless the third stop. taliban fighters have killed at least twenty one afghan security personnel during several times on military posts in suffolk pool province twenty six others have

been injured and north korean leader kim jong un says he's willing to have more talks with president trump but he warned his country may seek a new path if the u.s. doesn't keep its promises that was the news since that story follows here to stay with us of al-jazeera. new clues into them a journalist al-jazeera has obtained video showing the saudi hit team carrying bags suspected of containing these remains into the saudi consuls residence but how significant is this and what will take the next this is inside story.

welcome to the program. it was a that calls shock around the world just moments after jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on the second of october he was. his body was never found. a video that shows members of the saudi hit team carrying bags suspected to have his body inside will bring in our guests and just a moment but first this report from paul. it's been three months since the murder of. and his body still hasn't been found but this video could throw more light on the sequence of events after he was killed. the pictures appear to show members of the saudi hit team carrying bags thought to contain his remains into the saudi

consul general residence you can't believe these things happen in embassies or consul generals things but but of course they are control of all they are that controllable in that they are saudi property saudi land the local police can't really do very much about it and of course they wouldn't imagine for one minute the ex were actually listening to what was down on inside the saudi journalist entered the consulate hoping to pick up documents that would allow him to start a new life with his fiance he never came out alive saudi arabia blamed his death on rogue agents but turkey's president says it was a premeditated murder orchestrated by riad these pictures only add another layer of complexity to the investigation now we have direct evidence showing members of the killing team unloading body bags or black bags of some sort

so it leaves the impression. body ended up at the consular. residence and that's where the investigation should focus not what happened today a few weeks after hushovd disappearance a team of turkish investigators found traces of acid during a search of the saudi consuls residence the office of turkey's attorney general has told al jazeera that chemicals were used to dispose of casualties body and now a new book is revealing more details of the killing. diplomatic atrocity the dark secrets of the murder was written by three reporters from turkey's daily sub newspaper it names to previously an identified members of the saudi hit squad as well as their links to the royal family also audio recordings which allegedly prove that the crime was premeditated and information on his show g.'s reported refusal

to text message his son in riyadh and tell him not to worry if he didn't hear from him for a while as a fuller picture of the killing emerges the pressure continues to grow on saudi arabia last week the king reshuffled his cabinet hoping to deflect international criticism but the saudi side would hope that this recent cabinet reshuffle puts an end to this case relieve saudi arabia from pressure by the turks and the international community looking for some answers the new details are also likely to add to growing calls that saudi arabia names and indicts those behind jamal killing paul chatterjee on al-jazeera. well let's bring in our panel now and joining us from istanbul via skype shaman

politics of the daily newspaper in belgrade toby kaplan and sascha human rights lawyer and co-founder of seven international justice chambers and all of us got from taunton in the u.k. bob forma intelligence officer and security analyst if i will welcome to all of you to the program let's start with these rather chilling picture says these black bags being carried into the residence of the consul general all days of these the biggest clue guess as to what happened to jamal khashoggi body. well these banks were also mentioned in the book as well that you mentioned the diplomatic extras does beck's show us that cause of you was actually dismembered and was carried from the council building to the council general's house to building that site however we don't know where it went from that where what happened to the by the

afterwards so we are not sure. what's happened exactly to the kushal here but we know that he was dismembered and carried from one building to the adder and yes until now this might be the biggest proof that shows us. some clues about what happened to casually at the counseling building in the stump so clearly they almost for up as many questions as perhaps they are answered these pictures could they change the course of turkey's investigation said the team now the prosecutor's office now go and get a search warrant to search the residence again well there's no way that they're going to be able to search show the embassy property without the consent of the saudis so they can get a search warrant if they still can't search unless the saudis consent the embassy and its grounds are sovereign territory belongs to saudi arabia not to turkey so to me if we look at it then from from

a legal angle is there any way to circumvent that saw as bob says is the saudi consul general zod residents would now off limits for the turks investigation. well certainly and the common though was made is quite right it is it is covered by diplomatic immunity of course there are all different levels of diplomatic immunity depending upon the mission in question obviously for the consulate general's residence and the consulate mission it has a different level of diplomatic immunity to what a member c. does and is covered by different international legislation but it's quite right that if the saudis don't want to play ball if they don't want to cooperate it's going to make it incredibly difficult if not impossible for the turkish authorities to get into a warrant a search warrant and to those premises the other issue that we have is this is

a matter that took place some time ago. it is highly unlikely that that that any search those premises would yield any positive results of this stage but what we do have a number of identified individuals carrying black bags out of the consulate taking them to the consul general. premises where we've already heard the chemical such as acid have already previously been identified. and if those individuals are connected directly to mohammed bin salim on as we believe they they are then of course that does change the picture although it effectively clarifies information that we already have that he was murdered that this was not a rogue operation and it is highly likely that it reaches the highest elements of the saudi royal family ok well look a little bit more about the investigation or later in this discussion and the role that these sort of pictures could play in that same i'm just interested to get an

idea as to why turkey has released these particular pictures now is a continuation is that of this trip leaking of information that we've been seeing the past three months. well actually it does informations as i said earlier was also included in the book as well and turkey is conducting gives him an investigation but also trying to give chance to be out to reveal itself however so far we haven't seen any corporation attempts for him decide yet of us so turkey is releasing its information leaked by leaked and trying to. show that the case is still continue despite the time. despite it has been quiet the time since the murder has been committed so it's not on and it's not an attempt to you know sag investigation but on the contrary they are trying to show that the

investigations the continues and turkey has information and. days is still a chance to reveal what happened and lights in the crime itself. but at this stage when we've seen hassani has reacted so far to all the revelations that we've seen it's already working is that this continuous release of bits of information here and there is not making the saudis come forward and say ok yes we'll reveal everything to you no charge it hasn't and it won't bother is no reason in the world why the saudis would want to reveal everything we we're having a bit of a maybe a semantical issue the saudis are claiming it's a rogue operation and people are listening to that saying well maybe in the wasn't behind it why just one could define a rogue operation as anything that took place with the blessing of the king. now

one thing that we haven't done yet or i have not seen done yet the disputed allegation allegation would be a complete and detailed timeline of events starting with when they first knew could show you was going to the embassy when the murder team was put on alert when they flew into turkey when they flew back i think if we put the timing together in a sequence where all of the events took place relative to each other it would be stream lee clear this was not a rogue operation it was planned and it was executed with central control and that's not the definition of a rogue operation ok david do agree with that do you think if everything is laid out in a chronological fashion then it would be a much clearer link from the murder to the saudi crown prince absolutely i think that's exactly what's needed is a complete timeline of events i think it's

a very sensible approach to looking in terms of determining who is responsible and how far this goes and clearly if you are to look back and you are able to establish a chain of events whether it leads directly to mohammed bin solomon or some other person senior official within within this the saudi authorities it will establish responsibility i think is also just to just to comment briefly on the previous point was you know whether this release of information by the turkish authorities is helpful or whether it's going to change anything i don't think it's helpful and i don't think it will change anything i completely agree with both speakers that it's not it's it it's not compelling the saudi authorities to do anything and they're not going to not in their interest to cooperate and it's not in the interest to to disclose that information so we have to have a very clear.