dielman beach in support of a planned offensive by turkish forces in recent days turkey has been massing troops at its border and even sent tanks rolling into territories syria that it holds sway over turkey considers the kurdish why p.g. fighters who control members terrorists. turkey's main problems with groups it considers terrorists finding a foothold in territory to administer inside syria i'm talking of the so-called terror corridor the p y g m p y d kurdish organizations but there is also the issue of syrian refugees turkey believes there is a great need to end the conflict in syria so the refugees can return the moment of a complete withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria has opened the gates crumble by regional powers such as turkey and iran to aggressively pursue the interest of the city feeling abandoned by the united states congress why premier fighters up got a deal with the syrian regime and invited its forces to protect them against the

problem talk itself without food now when cut is held territory from syria remains the missing plug in assad's plan to reclaim the whole of syria is just a matter of time. before his concert. mohamed atta was. united nations is accusing both sides in the war in yemen of stealing and selling food aid meant for millions of starving people the un food agency is threatening to suspend aid shipments unless that fast stops the world food program says about two thirds of relief supplies delivered to areas controlled by the rebels is being taken he says here to press also so documents suggesting that aid intended for families in ties is being stolen by armed units working with the saudi and iraqi coalition davidoff from the world food program says attempts to investigate the fast has been hampered by rebel forces. we're extremely concerned by

what we've discovered in the course of our inquiries we noticed in recent months there were increasing volumes of food for sale in the markets in the capital sanaa this obviously happens occasionally in war zones where people are desperate and they will sell food to meet other essential needs such as health and education but what we have been noticing it looked like a systematic. misuse of relief of food relief it would indeed seem to be taking place on both sides however. today most of our investigations have been on the. hooty side in the capital sanaa. and that is where we have discovered most problems because we've been.

effectively prevented from carrying out all the monitoring we would like where abuse and diversion of food aid is taking place that it means it's not reaching those who desperately need it for its survival so for us it's not really an option to say nothing and to do nothing. still to come western leaders appealed to the de osses government to restore internet access after elections there and the last of the celebrations ringing in the new year in the western hemisphere. al if you don't die from space middle or when do you sometimes pick up the fog if you see moving cloud like this using one as not much going on this bit rain coming out is even snow in the middle of china but the most significant i think he's

coming back on focus with this north easterly breeze the winter breeze there which might bring showers into hong kong up to for jan and grondahl a bit further inland as well shifting what fog has been sitting there the terminations this breeze is unfortunately vietnam so once again it's wet on the coast of vietnam for the next day or so especially for the southeast same sort of problem in india there you can see it by satellite this is passing close to a few showers in the farm that was but some freight going to answer new delhi down towards west bengal this persistent for worse by the hand by ninety's cold and of course is quite dirty air and there's no change in the forecast center was our best chance to by day doesn't really represent what feels like it's not like good for the finals of course no showers even sri lanka while passing light showers maybe beyond that it is the dry time the year and that's true serbian peninsula now has a possibility of a shout out as mass of gray cloud is pushed from further north but that's disappearing as well temps are rising slowly in places like bahrain and qatar.

rewind returns the care bring your people back to life from start with brand new updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries there has been a number of forms put in price since the program was filmed rewind begins with mohammed at the time when i was in libya i was the top of the clubs and. like any other student i was very fortunate to be awarded a local scholarship rewind on al-jazeera.

welcome back reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera right wing hardliner jai ableson hour i will shortly be sworn in as the new president of brazil in the capital brasilia u.s. president donald trump says he won't rush to pull troops out of syria after coming under intense pressure from allies and senior figures in his republican party and the united nations is accusing both sides in the war in yemen of stealing and selling food aid for millions of starving people. korean leader kim jong un has appealed to the u.s. president and his new he is address to the nation and the thirty minute speech came said he's willing to meet with donald trump any time but he warned his country may seek what he called a new path if washington doesn't keep his promises to pause so. 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 the last year's speech kim emphasized north korea's nuclear arsenal this year there was a different pledge you know not 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 a north korean leader might one day visit the south. or i got excited me think if he comes the day that i did turn 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 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 how might be 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 p. instability 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. japanese police are questioning a man who deliberately drove a minivan into a crowd celebrating the new year in the capital tokyo at least nine people were injured they say they found a large tank full of kerosene and a vehicle suggesting the twenty one year old suspect planned to say fire he was arrested at the same british police say they're treating a stabbing attack in manchester as a terrorist incident three people were injured at one of the city's railway stations on new year's eve the sexes are questioning a suspect and searching the property. western nations are urging the democratic republic of congo to restore internet access cut off after sunday's presidential election voters will have to wait several days for the results the government cuts internet services on monday afternoon as well as mobile phone texting some radio

services are also being jammed the election to replace joseph kabila was marred by violence and complaints of the rigging more now from catherine story in the capital . we've not seen any government statement about this internet shutdown but we're being told a part of the reason why it happening is because of all the goal being shared online by people we have spoken to an official of amnesty international who say that this is an abuse of the rights of the people and we are expecting preliminary results to be announced on the take it's been quite quiet particularly in the capital kinshasa where i am people when you think of all those who called back to several presidential candidate at least the main ones are saying that they're confident that he the election is fair and they're going to win so a model should carry the ruling process candidates as well saying well we're. going

to contend for you i held a press conference on monday and faced that tally there indicating that what you do is in the lead i did speak with our presidential candidate and he said that in a fair election there is no way the ruling party. should diary and when i asked him if he is declared really i want to you will be what are you going to structure your supporters to do and he said that this will be a provocation to the people in this is a big concern to make me that i've been talking to they say that the election contest that then potentially there could be violence and they're worried about that rescue us a found a ten month old child alive in the rubble of a russian apartment block a partially collapsed in a gas explosion east of moscow on new year's eve infant is in critical condition for has been taken to hospital and ski crews are braving subzero temperatures to try to find dozens of people they say are still trapped in the wreckage as many as forty people are reported missing from an investigation has been opened into the

designs. thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have been on the streets of hong kong holding their annual rally but this year activists say the government implemented an unprecedented ban on pro independence. was a poor protest. 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 of one president moves against hong kong's freedom of expression on consulate taught to me and its human rights if we don't talk about true justice perhaps faulty just for the same respect than trying to. do it for the face to face that i feel i wouldn't want to go over the person i gave them for they like to look at a white little one 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 belittle and we still need to come 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 is like it's a boat it's sinking fast behind me in the wrong wrong a growing independence 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 just about one hundred meters away from this position heard from earlier today has to be able to go through but in twenty eight miles per hour they were banned from running from office and from even exhausting how do i let a co-op boykin goldstone handle the load of secrecy that only hong kong independence can secure a true democracy and freedom of speech for hong kong this way hong kong people can be our own masters. and salman khan begins another year in defiance protesters here say they want to defend 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. at least five p. hope people have been killed and dozens of others are missing off the heavy rain caused a landslide in indonesia thirty houses in the village of sin r.s.m. me in west java seasonal rains of course main many landslides and widespread flooding in recent days. at least sixty eight people are now known to have been killed by a storm that swept through the philippines on saturday about one hundred ninety thousand people have been affected by landslides out of flooding several provinces have declared an official state of calamity the trees up emergency funds from the government. a book written by two turkish journalists is attempting to shed new light on the planning of the murder of jamal khashoggi it includes details about the

preparations made by the saudi operatives in the hours before the killing in istanbul in october the book also contains previously unseen pictures of the same agents outside the saudi council's residence with bags reportedly used to carry crucial just remains. of the entire team didn't go to the consulates of but five of them went directly to the consul's house to prepare and receive the backs the pictures confirm this fact will kill us all you know 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 a legal does not want that. and nasa spacecraft has become the new year with a flyby of the most distant world ever explored if you're wondering how far that is six point four billion kilometers from the earth now says new horizon flew past

ultimate to live roughly half past midnight the spacecraft is the same one that made history in two thousand and fifteen by capturing the first close up views of pluto. spectacular fireworks displays have ult illuminated skies all over the world marking the arrival of the new year from sydney's opera house to rear its copacabana beach millions of people turned out for celebrations ringing in twenty nineteen. takes a look at the highlights. 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 yellow vest protests. bad weather didn't deter crowds

from gathering in the greek capital athens for a dazzling display with the acropolis. people partied into the new year in the indian capital new delhi. but the celebration started thousands of kilometers away in all can top or a new zealand thousands of people watched brightly colored fireworks shooting into the night sky city authorities say the share what the sky tower standing three hundred twenty eight me to stool is the highest fireworks display in the southern hemisphere. a couple of hours later it was the turn of a strain as largest city sydney. 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.

the this was the scene in central pyongyang the north korean capital where the crowds got not just fireworks but a laser and dance show. the. and hong kong mixed it up with local and western melodies accompanying the big bangs ah 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 bush khalifa barbara and sara. let's give you a current of mine and other top stories here on al-jazeera right wing hardliner also an hour i will shortly be sworn in as brazil's new presidents the sixty three

year old former army captain won the election by a wide margin back in october and he's promising a big changes for last and america's largest nation john holmes is in the capital brasilia for us. well a lot of analysis here is saying that both so now is a sort of hard right populous leader he's obviously not alone he's a member of a sort of global wave that's come about recently but he's probably the only leader that fits exactly that profile right now in latin america and the the feeling is that brazil such a big country it's the biggest economy in south america it's also the most populous country in south america that might serve as a sort of front runner for other countries to follow suit. u.s. president donald trump says he won't rush to pull troops out of syria after coming under intense pressure from allies and senior figures in the republican party last month trouble for broccoli announced that all two thousand american troops will be

brought home immediately the united nations is accusing both sides in the war in yemen of stealing and selling food aid and for millions of starving people the un food agency is threatening to suspend aid shipments unless the theft by both the hoofy rebels and saudi u.a.e. coalition stops north korean leader kim jong un has said he's willing to meet u.s. president donald trump is any time line but it is annual address to the nation can also warned his country may seek what he calls a new path if washington doesn't keep his promises japanese police are questioning a man who deliberately drove a minivan into crowds celebrating the new year in the capital tokyo at least nine people were injured he was arrested at the scene and police say they found a large tank full of kerosene inside the vehicle. western nations are urging the democratic republic of congo to restore internet access cut off after sunday's presidential election the election to replace jessica below was marred by violence

and complaints of vote rigging. those are the headlines more news coming up in just under half an hour's time but stay with us talked to al jazeera with pakistani president ari is next. the. pakistan believe an increasingly important goal in the world. geopolitical dynamics as the only predominantly muslim country with nuclear weapons but with a new government with an economy in crisis the new state overcome its into challenges. the relations with its neighbor india are at yet another no but after

four wars in seven decades some confidence building measures but are they ready to settle their differences like a sunday school so than ever to its neighbor china. and beijing have started a sixty two billion dollars from agreement as part of china's global belt and bold initiative both countries deny any military aspect to their ties but how is this relationship impacting pakistan's other important relationship with the united states president. asked pakistan for help to find peace in afghanistan but after decades of numerous failure and an imminent regrowth and pakistan take over the region and security. in islamabad pakistan says geo political strategic location gives it a lot of opportunities but also challenges is pakistan's new leadership meeting that we will find out as the president obviously republican. talks to others there . the president of islamic

republic of pakistan thank you very much for talking to others there this is a new journey that you've embarked upon a journey with the pakistan tehreek e insaf with you as the head of state peoples man in the presidency the world is wanting to know what is this new pakistan that you are going to create i think what has happened with my coming into the presidency is that we have brought people's ideas we brought the feeling of the people of pakistan to the office and the prime minister of this country brought the feelings of pakistan to his office the urgency the need for urgent pakistan has been is very important i think what we need to do in pakistan is what they would promise to speed them up with the new realities which we saw when we have come into government which resort to face them to modify our direction to improve our directions to give stability to pakistan to do to

fulfill the commitment with the government the constitution of pakistan makes with its people let's talk about the change in progress that your party has been promising and it's been elected upon you embarked upon a very ambitious hundred day plan which many thought was over promising and in the last hundred days the economy is not in tremendous shape there has been thousands of jobs a vigil being lost the indicators at the national assembly in terms of legislature haven't really moved a lot so you talk about this progress but how confident are you that given the hundred days you haven't been able to achieve as much as you hope that you will i may not agree with you because the hundred days were. really a selection of direction in hundred days you wouldn't believe at them but in hundred days used to certain says there has to be a bit in hundred days you will not be able to bring legislation because this isn't

is not a project which is a bill cannot be written in hundred days and passed in the assembly in one hundred days a number of economic policies had to be handed in one hundred days we would just. looking at the condition of the economy which was artificially in fact is to lay people the indicator for example has been the dollar to people already of the whatever rated it was available at but in reality it was much worse in reality what was happening because of the high. rupee dollar parity our exports were dwindling a lot of things were happening so i think in the three months or in the four months since my government has taken over i think they're coming to the whole thing is coming to terms with the reality of what was really happening and what was delivered over it and what people thought was happening and what was not actually happening so what is happening is corruption there's a big message going on that you can take money out of pakistan in informal manner

which is illegal there are a lot of illegality as you mentioned that in karate for example people are out of a job why because illegal structures are being demolished but why did the legal structures come up because for the last fifty years you were free to encroach on government land or encroach on any any land on the road and build structures and that became the law because lawyers what people should see on the street rather than love it is on paper so the law on the street was that you can do a lot of illegalities and run away with it one day reality check had to be done that was that was exactly what i was going to come towards and you highlighted that that now it is the time for a reality check that you come into power and you realize the situation was not as you expected it was wouldn't it have been better to provide alternatives first before the demolition let me surprise you. i think what has been done as far as

illegal structures etc is concerned is only five percent of what is possible so this is one to five steps to go so after five steps i think a reality check again with what we are doing and providing all. minute assessment of things that humanitarian part is important but first the messages toward the this. cannot accept illegal activities or illegal structures any of it this is the government which has gone after major leaders across the political spectrum and that has been the quam of the opposition saying that this is selective justice it accuses your government of carrying out vendettas against political opponents using the national accountability bureau is the tool how do you counter that narrative in your leaders aren't arrested and their leaders are arrested and they come out on the streets and see that they're being victimized the nab lawyers very specific it is political influence in corruption about politically influenced people

who has been in government the majority has been have been other parties then the president. therefore for it to be fair it has to question the nab law has to question those were been in government but the figures are short shocking as far as the corruption with the corruption has been done and i feel i'm surprised by the fact that people some of the people are still defending what the kind of practices let's talk about are if i will be as the president of pakistan your disability and commander in chief of the armed forces. but this rule is considered to be a ceremonial one what is going to be different in the pakistan that you will bring is the rule of leadership i did defining with causes i have taken up an initiative which is called pakistan the presidential initiative on artificial intelligence i believe that the world is seeing you very fast i believe the internet of things

that are just around the corner into this internet of industrial things are surrounded corner people have described it as the fourth in the civilization which is around the corner and i want pakistan to be there in the beginning jump onto the train right now because the economy as is being predicted of the. fourth industrial revolution is going to be estimated as three point five trillion dollars by two thousand and twenty three and i don't want to miss the boat. is looking for this government has promised. jobs. promised houses and all that can happen only when pakistan starts walking with the pace of the world rather than a slow march behind the word so what does this mean there's a proactive the president mean pakistan is going back towards a presidential system of government. i believe i believe that the president

should be supporting all the good causes i believe that the woman the laws of inheritance poor in pakistan present day pakistan i believe that what is the spirit the my religion provides to woman is not being given by the culture of our people so i believe to increase their space within the realms of the region. women need employment woman need public spaces and public to be able to move around i think that is not at the level of which we want to be we want women in leadership positions what are conservation for example is. the very important thing is faced with global warming there are precedents in the world who deny global warming are you very of them this thing we all are. this is not a. deny global warming he wants to prepare his country to face it let's move to words that president that you just mentioned the relationship between your country

and their government that you represent with the president you just mentioned is not on the best of terms in fact let me read out the cia is assessment for twenty eight thousand by the director of national intelligence daniel quotes and quote park sudden will continue to threaten u.s. interests by deploying new nuclear weapons capabilities maintaining tights to militants restricting town and counterterrorism cooperation growing closer to china militant groups supported by islam about will continue to take advantage of safe haven in pakistan to plan and conduct attacks in india and afghanistan including against u.s. interests so you have this poor narrative you know this is military again this related to is being used or has been use historically any country against with any superpower would have wanted to do it great so what will you do two hundred look at the fact that the responsible nuclear state like pakistan where pakistan did not develop its nuclear weapons india exploded

a nuclear device in seventy four then pakistan ensured its own security by developing the enrichment of uranium and then developing a nuclear weapon then india jumped in and exploded nuclear devices nine hundred ninety eight and pakistan did it afterwards what is the sponsibility is that does not have the security you need for securing yourself does the us and. only the other countries have. the right to develop weapons which can destroy the world five hundred times over imagine the logic and then. any superpower can i just buy a good sign and said no you don't have the right to defend yourself. we have the right to defend ourselves i think pakistan has been a very responsible nuclear state but at the same time when you mention the fact about terrorism around we have been we have faced terrorism and i let me make a statement which is a very important statement and going going to your challenge that the pakistan army

and the pakistan armed forces are the most experienced in the world the world should have listened to them the world should have learned from them the world can still learn from them they have registered terrorism have stop terrorism on our borders and best of our borders you see there is total chaos and turmoil and i hold many powers responsible for that look at what i found look at syria only a few days ago mr trump quoted somebody and said that the was not the business of the united states to be doing redeem changes in areas now once it has been said what is the responsibly future in the future of the of those countries those who think it was not their right to come in and do it and today they're ready to accept it shouldn't we be talking about what reparations should humanitarian operations in those areas and the figure was on human. life has been very aptly selected in the lockerbie disaster you know it's well.