we're going to go back to our top story now the swearing in of the new brazilian president jaya both an hour in purcell and our correspondent john heilemann who is that the president made quite a lot of strong promises but how likely is it to be able to back them up. we heard a little earlier there one promise about corruption that he's going to wipe out corruption the brazilian political class was embroiled really in a political scandal that was the biggest ever in latin america so he's got a big job on his hands that his new justice minister interesting lee is the key judge who put about quite a lot of prosecutions including that of the brazilian ex-president in that scandal so he's definitely put in charge a figure who has got a reputation for that he also made a promise that he was going to crack down on crime he's been doing that for quite a while really his strategy to do that seems to be making it easier for people to

get firearms and also giving police in brazil more of a license to kill they really kill quite a lot of people each year actually thousands of people so and it doesn't seem to have brought down the crime rate so far so a lot of people are questioning whether he's got the right strategies to be able to follow through on those big promises that he's making he also spoke of overcoming division and discrimination but he was quite outspoken especially against minorities during his election campaign do you think people are going to believe him when he's coming out with these conciliatory phrases. i think in a word no those people who have doubted that and who've been against him probably won't believe that especially as he finished his addresses to the public off to quite a conciliatory address to congress he went out and spoke to his supporters they

congregated and he finished by sort of holding up the brazilian flag and saying this brazilian flag will never turn red that's the color of the workers' party here ruled in brazil from two thousand and three to two thousand and sixteen and then he said if we have to stop it. blood will stop that flag from being red will keep it the colors it is so after talking about the commitment to democracy remember this is someone who in the past has said he's got an affinity with the military dictatorships of the past he rather undermined it by making those sort of comments at the end he's also made comments in the past about homosexuals he's make comments that women black people in brazil have deemed offensive so this is a man for those against him they say well how can a man with this intolerance be the president for those of for him they see him as a plain speaker someone who tells it as he sees who tells it as the majority of

people in brazil would speak themselves warts and all and that's something that they love him for good to talk to john john when they're speaking to us from france and the. still to come on this hour of news from london western leaders appeal to the diaz's government to restore internet access after elections there. and a new path in the new year north korean leader kim jong un warns of an alternative plan on denuclearization. and the rockets launched into the new year peter will have a box on sport coming up. the united nations is accusing both sides in the war in yemen of stealing and selling food aid meant for millions of starving people the u.n. food agencies threatening to suspend aid shipments unless affect stocks the world food program says about two thirds of relief supplies delivered to areas controlled

by the rebels is being taken is societally press also saw documents suggesting that aid tended for families in ties is being stolen by armed units working with the saudi amorality coalition davidoff from the world food program says attempts to investigate the fast have 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. well the fate of the yemeni port city of her data is at the center of a un backed cease fire agreements between the her and pro-government forces the un has accused both sides of failing to honor the terms of the deal which calls for

all sides to withdraw matheson takes a look at the fragile truce. rare smiles in the yemeni port city of hiding on the streets cautious optimism about the un brokered cease fire which appeared to be holding in the closing days of december. during the almost four year conflict in yemen data and the people who live here have been bombed and shot out. as opposing sides of the battle to control the city the port of her data is yemen's lifeline where most food imports equipment or medical supplies arrive desperately needed by hospitals like this one in the city of ties in western yemen which patients including fired one hundred rely on to survive. i'm from a marker and there's no renal dialysis the most important thing is my treatment without it die. much of tel use has been destroyed as have many other parts of

yemen at least sixty thousand yemenis are reported killed in fighting nationwide between warring factions including who the rebels and pro-government forces backed by a coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab and its. 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 intelligence i don't. expect that in twenty nineteen for yemen the war will stop and peace or political reconciliation i read. 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 we are

so tired. back in her data not everyone is convinced the ceasefire will hold. decision is justin called paper we haven't seen any results yet reality in his 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 odyssey. pressure is mounting on sudan's president bashir to resolve the growing political crisis after opposition parties join course for him to step down one of the passes announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet off the weeks of antigovernment street protests ever morgan has more from the capital. thousands have been demonstrating in sudan demanding president almighty bashir step down now twenty two different opposition parties are also calling on the president to resign. the government needs to end

its real and stop times that we need to form a provisional council and a transitional government that will run this new stage to prepare us for the new elections. the opposition groups say they will submit a memo with their demands to the president on wednesday in a further set back for the government and the opposition party has announced it's withdrawing from the cabinet will. we realize the consequences of the current events and we are proud of our historic stand being in the thick of it therefore we decided within our political bureau to withdraw any representation we have in any official post. the crisis started two weeks ago with protest in the city of overbred shortages and rising prices that's quickly spread to other parts of the country and turned into demonstrations calling on president and bashir to end his twenty nine year old amnesty international says at least thirty seven people have been killed as police responded with tear gas and live ammunition the

president has promised to cut costs and improve economy but that has not stopped the protests this is a growing call formerly bashir and his ruling party to step down the president seems determined to continue his term until elections scheduled for twenty twenty elections that he's not eligible to stand in unless a dance constitution is amended more demonstrations are planned in the coming days but some analysts say that likely won't change the president's position. on the continuation of protests in cities including khartoum doesn't mean it's a people's revolution yet there are many factors that are needed to make this a popular revolution and the sudanese president knows that this time there are factors missing to make demands that he step down effective so things can change down the road. a memo may not force the president to resign like the opposition ones but with more protests planned and a defined president to denser it ahead may not be easy people morgan al-jazeera the

two. 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 have also been general election to replace joseph kabila was mobbed by violence and complaints of rigging more now from coffin sori in the capital kinshasa. we've not seen any government statement about this internet shutdown but we're being told that part of the reason why it happening is because of all the parents all the work 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 although through called back

several presidential candidates at least the main ones are saying that they're confident that he the election is fair that they are going to remain so a model should carry the ruling process candidate as well saying well he wants a full on as a contender. i held a press conference on monday and face that tally there indicating that by you look in the lead i did speak to that presidential candidate and he said that in a fair election there is no way the ruling party. should diary and we are in the clear when i want to you will be what are you going to instruct your supporters to do and he said that this will be a provoke ation to the people and this is a big concern to many that have been talking to they say that the election it can happen that then potentially there could be violence and they're worried about that . 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 they found a large tank full of kerosene in the vehicle suggesting the twenty one year old suspect planned to set it on fire he was arrested the same or. just police say they're treating a stabbing attack in manchester as a terrorist incidents three people were injured at one of the city's railway stations on new year's eve design has a questioning a suspect and searching a prophesy. north korean leader kim jong un has appealed to the u.s. president in his new year's address to the nation and the thirty minutes said he's willing to meet with donald trump at any time but he warns his country may seek what he called a new path if washington doesn't keep its promises bribe reports and 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 you will point out 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 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 when the phone call i got excited made me think if he comes the day that i had it done 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 a unification and a mood of optimism was also tempered when it came to relations with the us 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. peace and 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 robin

fried al-jazeera sells. we have much more on this al-jazeera news hour including pro-democracy activists in hong kong say they're facing new precious from beijing a new book reveals the planning behind the murder of jamal khashoggi in turkey and three time grand slam champion andy murray returns to the trend of the many months of injury problems he too will be able to tell you how he fads and sports. howlers win tessa's snow on the way it should be no great surprise but been fairly mild recently all this cloud tipping down from the north came in from the atlantic so it's been nice in spain and portugal temperatures in there are figures that will probably continue for another twenty four hours they would have a single figures as a normally brings the breeze brings six down to london seven to paris but keep

twelve in madrid obviously the white is snow and that's briggs it could be significant in the surrounding at three austria and two lower land in poland germany better routes ukraine as for the balkans as well this sweeping coat isn't subzero but it might well feel it with the strength of the wind it comes up against a developing storm in the g. and so huge amounts of rain seemed likely in greece and turkey with snow to top it off this is more of a winter scene than we've seen for a week or so temps in the low single figures but all the action of course apart from in europe is down in the water and that's rainy and it does still affect north africa the breeze itself is keeping things cool from algiers to benghazi and then there's the rain we know what's happening in turkey it will throw rain into lebanon and syria and briefly across iraq as well then the next system winds is up for thursday keeping things just shy of most of libya but still quite a strong winter for.

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feel inferior to the audience across the globe. welcome back reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera brazil's new farai president is sworn in promising to come but crime and corruption in latin america's largest nation 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 meant for millions of starving people. 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 symbols diego was out the protests. this march happens every year but this year there seems to be more of an urgency that however according to protesters they have software yaro on president moves against hong kong three democrats right now on ponce autonomy and its human rights we don't know about you just perhaps falsely just heard the same sex make better under the old i knew it before the face to face and i will i will you don't need to go over the person i gave it more than i did but i do what good for you and let the world you know that this time last why do you want democracy and in my case uprising try to belittle we still need to come up here to. do things for the right cold to show the future generations that we

have tried even if we fail we're not going to fail and the hong kong is like it's a boat it's sinking fast behind me in the wrong wrong wrong way independents who bet 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 very everything has to be a political good but it was a flat out they were banned from running from off it and from even it wasn't so how did i let it all go up boykin goldstone all the loads of secrecy 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 southbound begets another year in defiance protesters here say they want to ban the right to freedom of expression they want more accountability and they want real democracy but most importantly they want more of the other cities right. at least five people have been killed and dozens of others

are missing after heavy rain caused a landslide in indonesia the mulberry thirty houses in the village of santa resume in west java seasonal rains have caused many landslides and widespread flooding in recent days. at least sixty eight people on their own and have been killed by a storm that swept through the philippines on saturday about one hundred ninety thousand people have been affected by landslides and flooding several provinces have declared an official state of calamity we should resent the emergency funds from the government. a book released by two turkish journalists sheds new light on the planning of the murder of jamal khashoggi it includes details on the preparations made before khashoggi was killed and contains a previously unseen pitches

a saudi agents with banks reportedly carrying his remains say monk has the latest from istanbul. diplomatic up trustee the dark secrets of the ship to murder the title of the first book to be written on the murder of saudi journalist a mouthful. the authors conducted a series of interviews a turkish official. to find out what happened before and after the journalists killing going to stumble nearly three months ago. the book says' the case is the first of its kind a month secret service assess the nation's worldwide people we've talked in istanbul said they want to know more about what happened it's really good growth and that's what we're waiting for a result whoever is responsible for this murder must be brought to justice because it happened in our country. investigative journalist fairhope in new wrote the book with documents and footage gathered by his colleagues from turkey sabbat daily newspaper kushal geo to make it a good thing the primary sources told us that the hit squad had discussed the plan

one hour before her show she was killed first they'd offered to take him to riyadh and if he doesn't accept they'd kill him they knew he wouldn't accept they plan to wrap his body parts in plastic bags then carried out in luggage this new video was released by the team behind the book on monday it shows senior saudi agents name does a tiger team sent to kill has to come so late unloading luggage and bags from when and taking them inside the consul general is residence just a few hundred meters from the crime scene the others have concluded his remains are like this still there inside a well saudi arabia had allowed turkish office also take a sample from the well but consistent at night requests to empty it and conduct the search the book reveals more interesting details for instance on saudi friends of experts solid how to break who is set to have dismembered touchup his body after his killing in how often our using an autopsy saw to reach a douche to a credible sources are claiming letter begun his family enjoy the villa and pool in

jeddah now far from riyadh i don't think the saudis would punish such committed servants because i don't think they have many our sources also confirm that one of the hit men saba stanny died in a suspicious car accident in saudi arabia maybe he was leaning toward talking but the author sources say the crime was committed in istanbul because the saudi. wanted to show turkey is no longer safe for opponents of corrupt governments in order to finish the investigation and file possible indictments it is necessary to know the location of remains many people here in turkey strongly believe this diplomatic residence in istanbul that long to saudi consul general is aware the journalist remains were broach turkish authorities now how the right to ask for another search of the compound ever quest that is likely to be denied by saudi arabia soon anchor solo al-jazeera a stumble and jamal khashoggi and other journalists who were killed engines and

jailed in twenty eight thousand have been honored during rainy new year's celebrations in new york organizers want to highlight how treacherous last year was for members of the media as i hope for the year ahead gabriel is on the reports. it's one of the focal points of new year's celebrations around the world this year joining blue york's mayor bill de blasio at midnight for the traditional lowering of the crystal ball in times square several prominent journalists had an event that was not just about welcoming two thousand and nineteen but also recognizing how dangerous two thousand and eighteen was for the profession which is journalists are facing jail in me and manuel for the people who were pretty shocked by all of that a bang those recognized was the committee to protect journalists an organization that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists around the world . they say two hundred fifty one journalists were imprisoned during two thousand

and eighteen but another fifty three journalists were killed in targeted attacks including washington post columnist jamal khashoggi who was murdered and dismembered by saudi government agents soon after he entered saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul he was especially in the thoughts of those at times square you know it's been a pretty tough year i think that's one of the reasons that we're the honoree journalists around the world and in this country as well have struggled and i want to see a new year a year in which journalists are able to work more freely without threats and do their political work independently so prominent had attacks on the media ban in two thousand and eighteen the time magazine named khashoggi as one of its persons of the year we didn't do anything wrong the others all journalists including two reuters reporters jailed in me and maher for reporting on atrocities against the

roof in jail. and staff at a local us newspaper in maryland who survived a mass shooting that claimed the lives of five of their colleagues you are the enemy of the people just sit down please trumps frequent attacks on the media have also come under the spotlight in october the committee to protect journalists called on president trump to dial back the rhetoric this after a trump supporter from florida sent more than a dozen bombs to critics of the president two of which went to the c.n.n. offices here in new york there's been a lot of hostility towards the press to me i think that my challenge for new york city to celebrate the things that we've got a closely time square is named after a newspaper and i think this is a tie to say like the importance of freedom the president is a journalist and that's celebrate when writing for new years and say that's had twenty nine hundred b.n. a year. back in journalism and everywhere. as

a ball drop the times square celebration but also remember all the journalists killed or imprisoned wouldn't get the chance to see it because of their truth telling reporting which made the target people do how does either york rescuers have found a ten month old child alive in the rubble of a russian apartment block the partially collapsed in a gas explosion east of moscow on new year's eve the infant is in critical condition and has been taken to hospital rescue crews are braving subzero temperatures to try to find dozens of people they fear are still trapped in the wreckage as many as forty people are reported missing. the french government has responded to the yellow vest protests by offering billions in concessions and x.x.l. aerated plans to tax higher earning tech giants companies like google apple facebook

and amazon will be challenged with the so-called g a as a tax starting in the new year the measures are expected to raise five hundred seventy million dollars for france twenty nineteen. the new year has been ushered in with a remarkable achievement for space exploration now says the new horizon spacecraft successfully flew past the ultimate tooley space rock i did joe castro as the details. its name means a place beyond the known world and ultimate tooley shown in this artist's rendering is just that an object most likely a rock more than six and a half billion kilometers from the sun because it's so far from the sun and the sunlight is so weak out there temperatures are down near absolute zero and as a result of that chemical reactions. are socially frozen. so the object is in such a deep freeze that it's perfectly preserved from its original formation essentially

a dinosaur from the beginning of our solar system frozen in time scientists didn't even know it existed until the hubble space telescope spotted ultimate hooley four and a half years ago it's beyond pluto in the kiper belt at the edge of our solar system until now ultimate tool e has been seen as nothing but a speck of light shaped like a long dated potato. it's taken nasa as new horizons spacecraft nearly thirteen years to get this close within thirty five hundred kilometers of the object. and though the fly over happened at exactly five thirty three g.m.t. the scientific team that celebrated the moment like a second new year at the applied physics lab of johns hopkins university has to wait longer before the big payoff of high resolution photos and data is delivered those signals are now traversing space and will begin arriving in the next few days

everything that we're going to learn about ultimate from its composition to its geology to how it was originally a symbol whether has satellites and atmosphere of those kinds of things are going to teach us about the original formation conditions of objects in the solar system tuesday morning brought a promising sign we have to help the spacecraft. we just copters the most distant fly by a phone home message from the new horizon to tell scientists to successfully survive the fly by. the ready. to help piece in the wait here's the mission's own theme music written by astrophysicist and new horizons team member brian may also the lead guitarist of the band queen. is ultimately one long rock or two that are touching does it have ice or craters the answers will be clues to understanding the origins of our solar system. castro

al-jazeera washington i. still to come on the news hour rising rents force the closure of one of new york's most famous bars and after an eighteen month doping bond a friend's son is back in the english premier league pizza has his reaction coming up. bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with the smoking alternative known as vapor i enjoy the taste of it and not the harmful effects of what's called the does between two thousand and thirteen in two thousand and fourteen a lonely start tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison ysaye versus conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think they're both interest takes no fun at all.