questions and generally all freedom of expression and people you know are being targets of students teachers activists for their cause writes it's amazing all of them have been intimidated from number of people on the streets to protest and it's reached our doorstep sort of in which as a weird legs and attempts to contradict something and it's. trying to reassure allies the u.s. says it won't withdraw troops from syria until i saw his defeat it. i don't have them see can this is just in a live from doha also coming up. police in sudan fired tear gas and stun grenades as protests against president almost bashir to show no sign of ending. a little bit

. of. a bittersweet christmas for the russian orthodox church as it faces its biggest split in four centuries. and marking forty years since the fall of the camaro rouge we talked to cambodian still coming to terms with one of the country's darkest chapters. president trumps national security adviser says u.s. troops won't leave syria until i saw is defeated in the region john bolton is in israel where there's been concern about trump's abrupt announcement in december to withdraw forces bolton says there's no timetable for the pullout which was initially expected to take weeks he also said he doesn't want to take any military action against kurdish fighters in syria who've been backed by u.s. forces were going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw the to do

so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated it is not able to. revive itself and become a threat again and to make sure that the. defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured stephanie decker has more on this from west jerusalem. not much concrete came out of that press conference of course the two countries reiterating the incredible support for each other john bolton saying that the troop withdrawal would happen but not without ensuring that israel's offensive israel security was maintained this is of course going to be top of the agenda israel's main concerns inside syria is the presence of iranian backed militias is the presence of hezbollah and any potential weapons that can reach the group and

can threaten israel security now the israeli prime minister will be taking john bolton up to the occupied golan heights. and of course will be keen to show him the operation that israel has been undertaking there against tunnels that were dug by hezbollah also a message there in that press conference calling on the international community saying it was time for them to recognize the golden heights of course that israel occupied after the one nine hundred sixty seven war so syria and iran the threat of iran will be top of the agenda of course bolton looking to reassure israel that the troop withdrawal is not going to be a threat to israel's security of course the timing of that now very much up in the air i think no one really knows exactly how and when that is going to happen but democrats in the u.s. are warning president donald trump he'll face legal challenges if he tries to declare a national emergency to build his mexico border war from threaten the move if

congress doesn't approve the five point six billion dollars wanted to build it be in pos overfunding is led to a partial government shutdown now in its third week and it's left eight hundred thousand government workers without a. i can relate to your that's the big bold or the receiving it will make it just that they always do. they will make you just people understand exactly what's going on but many of those people won't be receiving a paycheck many of those people agree one hundred percent with what i'm doing the show is good tomorrow. and it could also go on for a long time to really depend on the democrat. who has more on this from washington talks continue here in washington trying to break this stalemate on this government shutdown but there is no indication that they need any agreement will be reached

before the weekend is over both sides are digging in president donald trump still demanding that he gets more than five billion dollars to build the border wall democrats saying they haven't changed their position they are saying they'll give the president some money less than five billion but not for the border wall just for general border security so this is where things stand at this point president donald trump himself even said he does not expect the talks late sunday to lead to any sort of agreement at all and he is still threatening to declare a national emergency that would enable him powers to perhaps go around the congress get other money to build the wall. but there are legal experts that say even if he was to declare a national emergency on the border many people say that it's unclear if that even would give him the money that he would need to move forward so it is really

a stalemate here in washington with no end in sight to this government shutdown. protesters are gathered in the mexican border city of tijuana ahead of a visit by president under his manuel lopez obrador. they're angry the government is ready to allow migrants seeking asylum in the united states to stay in the country while their papers are processed border cities are struggling to manage the thousands of central americans passing through on the way to the u.s. a police in sudan have used tear gas and stun grenades to stop anti-government protesters reaching the presidential palace it is the latest in continuing demonstrations against president obama bashir began nearly three weeks ago anger over rising food prices and government corruption of more calls for bashir to step down after nearly thirty years in power at least nineteen people have died since the unrest started with some rights groups putting the figure much i am here morgan

is in the capital hard to. anti-government protests are in its third week once again you've seen people marching out and streets demonstrating against the rule of president obama and bush are they saying that they want president obama to shoot to end his twenty one year rule and step down something he said he's not going to do so people are saying that they will not stop protesting and demonstrating in the streets and so the president gives into their demands now we've seen people being separated from the crowd in protest using live ammunition and tear gas something that has happened over and over again during the previous protests and certainly something that has happened today people have the police have been using tear gas and live in munitions to disperse protesters foreign governments have said that the police are using excessive force against protesters who are on armed making their demands known to the government and to the world now opposition figures of also come out and said that they understand why people are demonstrating in the streets and that they are lending their support to these people who are protesting and that they also want the president to step down and hand over power to an interim council it's not clear how that would happen but the thing is the president has said that

he's not going to step down he did offer some kind of economic concessions he said that he was going to improve the living wages for civil workers and he's going to increase their salaries he also promised that he was going to look into the matters of the protesters and how they were being handled by the police amnesty international says at least thirty seven people have been killed that was within the first week of the protests and opposition figures have been saying more and more people have been killed since then it's not clear yet how if people have died but we do know is that eleven munition and tear gas has been used to disperse protesters and that people have been arrested demonstrations in the streets it's not clear where this would go and how it would end the government says that they're going to try to ease the situation for them people are saying that they will continue to protest so sudan seems to be in for a long haul between the government and the protesters. the christian orthodox church of ukraine has formally split from its leadership in russia as a homage and june reports now the decision reflects the deepening tensions between moscow and kiev. oh over the fourth all of you the first the leader

of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow forfeit your modes of on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of the pippin the the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox church is his most watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting

stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law in november saying it feared a full scale invasion after russia captured three of its vessels in the current straight up to muslim the us says if a fish the ship and the toll most for us is actually another act of proclaiming ukraine's independence it will complete the assertion of independence of the ukrainian state strengthen religious freedom and enter confessional peace it will strengthen the rights and freedoms of citizens. in moscow political analysts say this is as much about politics as it is about religion. over church but if the religion is built on the bus and the crane is working you know for both the positions of moscow but there. under the law and where on to the independence of ukraine and orthodox and over ukrainian state from russian influence in general of course the split has been largely

boycotted by ukraine's largest orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow and the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow u.s. president donald trump says he hopes a new round of talks with china can bring an end to the trade war between the two countries the talks begin on monday during a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs which expires in march it all started early last year when the u.s. put levies on a number of chinese products it said the u.s. was getting a bad deal china retaliated and that led to a series of tit for tat tariffs hikes that's helped to spark the volatility on the

global markets as uncertainty grows over what will happen next between the world's two largest economies i know tang is a political analyst specializing in china he says even a temporary deal could stop the long term effects of the towers. well they'd like to see some sort of deal be had even if it's a temporary one that takes people through a few years both the u.s. and china are suffering under this current trade sanctions and if it continues it will only get worse but if you start looking at what's happening in the u.s. the volatility on the markets the long term effects of this i think you'll find that both are suffering this idea that somehow the u.s. came out on top because of the last jobs report. is not really an indicator of what's going to be happening about twelve months down the road when a lot of the pipeline a lot of the uncertainty comes to bear because people are not investing as much as

they were and they're not ordering new machine tools and things like this because they don't know what's going to happen and that's going to have an effect a still ahead on edge in a diversity takes center stage in los angeles as stands gather for the golden globe awards plus. a disappearing sound of the desert is given a lifeline with some help from the internet. hello again welcome back we're here across united states we are watching a system that is developing quite quickly here across the southwest over the next day or so that's going to be moving up here towards the northeast and for chicago that means some very messy weather for you here on monday rain down towards the south across the mississippi up here towards the north it is going to be snow and

that snow is going to make its way across the great lakes also ontario canada parts of quebec you could be seeing some very heavy snow as well as we go towards tuesday it's could be boston and new york that sees the messy weather but out here towards the west we are going to be watching another system coming in off the pacific and this one is going to bring quite a bit of rain as well as some very windy conditions across much of the west coast where here across the caribbean we did see one front pushing through parts of cuba over the last day this those clouds right there so have venison showers and some thunderstorms now looking at some much better weather as that front begins to dissolve but down here across parts of the yucatan it is still going to be quite wet over the next few days so for king kuhn rainy conditions for you over the next day and into tuesday we do expect to see kingston partly cloudy day for you with thirty degrees over here toward center domingo it is going to be twenty nine for rain across much of panama is going to linger so temperature for panama city about thirty two degrees in your forecast over the next day.

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hello again you're watching edges in a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. national security adviser says his troops won't leave syria until i saw is defeated in the region john bolton was speaking in israel where there's been concern after president strums abrupt decision in december to pull out troops. police in sudan a fired tear gas and stun grenades to stop protesters marching towards the presidential palace in five two people are angry about rising food prices and government corruption protests has been going on for almost three weeks. a delegation of u.s. officials arrived in china for talks aimed at resolving their trade war comes in the middle of a ninety day truce on imposing. which expires in march. has opened the country's largest church and mosque on the eve of coptic christmas celebrations it's being seen as a gesture of tolerance in the majority muslim country which has suffered

a string of attacks on christians the. mosque in cairo can accommodate over fifteen thousand worshippers american network c.b.s. has broadcast an interview with the egyptian president despite a request by cairo not to air the program during the sixty minutes program told scott paley egypt was engaged in military cooperation with israel in the sinai he also denied human rights abuses. has more from washington. well that question about whether or not egypt and israel were cooperating in the sinai to root out i still came later in the interview and as you know a year or so ago the egyptian military denied that there was any cooperation between those two countries to root out i saw but when scott pelley put the question to president el-sisi here's what he had to say you say sure the air force sometimes needs to cross to the israeli side and that's why we have a wide range of coordination with israel as

a disorderly people seek ways it's been estimated there are about a thousand terrorists in sinai with more than a billion dollars in u.s. military to every year why haven't you wipe them out with him is it up to stuff that would let him and why hasn't the u.s. eliminated the terrorists in afghanistan after seventeen years and spending a trillion dollars and president will see if he was also asked about political prisoners in egypt scott pelley asked him about sixty thousand or so political prisoners and he asked him where he came up with that number president el-sisi said where did you come up with that number he said there are no political prisoners or prisoners of opinion in egypt what he did say though is whenever a minority tries to impose extremist ideology the government intervenes at least thirty people have died in a mine collapse in afghanistan several others may be trapped it happened in the

north east in province of but it's believed a landslide caused the tunnel in the gold mine to cave in. and celebrations are being held in cambodia to mark forty years since the fall of the brutal command ridged command rouge regime in cambodia it is estimated around two million people were killed under their rule january seventh is known as victory over genocide day or simply nation day scott highly reports from prompt. cambodian father and son reflecting on the darkest of times for this nation as it marks forty years since the fall of the camaro rouge seen by many here as a rebirth for the country. at sixty eight is lucky during the four years the camaro rouge ruled cambodia from one thousand nine hundred five to seventy nine almost one in five people died that's nearly two million from either execution starvation or disease lisa says he still has to feed his family and was tortured

when he was caught. and i am thankful for what happened and you know what has happened it's the end my family from starvation. but at least the i don't feel that we had the freedom from the floor and we lost that authority to the vietnamese but some feel that regardless of the deep emotional and physical scars from the camaro rouge regime those four years need to be remembered through education and memorials like at one of the infamous killing fields just outside the non-parent and it's. so it's it is very hard even though you want to change it but we cannot change so in that it would be need to. transform or move forward almost seventy percent of cambodia population is under the age of thirty born at least ten years after the fall of the camaro rues now most of them feel as though this country's dark period shouldn't and cannot be

forgotten but that the government and the nation must not dwell on the past. lee's son any met was born after the camaro rouge regime he now has a son all three generations are hoping for more on a. normal congo and i know i make an effort today for the next generation with my son to help them have much more than i did try not to compare things in the past too much because even in my time things have changed so much. the only surviving senior camaro rouge leaders were found guilty of genocide just two months ago by war crimes tribunals. while the brutal regime came to an end thanks to a vietnamese led invasion the government underlines the need for independence conflict of the forty years ago was a mistake a foreign interference it was a mistake a cold war so that's why to prevent to have. a new young state i think so going to be and dignity and independent is a must and it's

a cambodian tradition to release birds to shed bad luck as the people here feel lucky the chapter of oppression and genocide is behind them and many still are hoping for more more freedom and more opportunity scott either al jazeera phnom penh. or the u.s. military says an al qaeda operative accused of planning the bombing of an american warship has died in an air strike in yemen and says the attack will demand but that we in the matter but governor it on tuesday seventeen sailors died when a small boat with explosives blew a hole in the side of the u.s.s. cole an addon in october two thousand a british prime minister has warned her critics they're putting democracy at risk if they can't unite behind her brags a deal and will vote on teresa mayes withdrawal agreement next week and they said backing her deal is the only way to on of the referendum results and protect the

economy she warned u.k. will be in unchartered territory if parliament doesn't approve the agreement. the european union's make clear that this is the deal that is on the table there are further assurances we're seeking from them in relation to the specific issues and concerns that members of parliament have but i think when m.p.'s come to look at this vote when they come to consider what they're doing they need to think of the three things that i think they need to ask themselves first of all does this deal deliver on the referendum does it bring back control of our borders laws and money yes it does does it protect our jobs and security yes it does does it provide certainty for businesses and citizens for the future and yes it does of film and television stars are gathered for the seventy thick seventy sixth annual golden globe awards the first event of the award season the knights turned out well for lady gaga she's just won a prize for co-writing the song shallow from the film a star is born she's also up

for an acting award host on sandra oh has also picked up a prize for best t.v. drama actress for killing. a mike sargent is the chief film critic with w.b. ai radio in new york he's also the co-president of black film critics circle he joins us via skype now from new york thanks very much for being with us so the big theme going into these awards was diversity do you think that was reflected tonight well i definitely think it was reflected but i think the golden globes has the their. television as well and there are definitely a lot more to people of color in television that have been shown as yet and is this. kind of the shape of things to come do you think. well i think it is the shape of things to come i think the fact that gina ching

wanted more herschel ali wrote one it's a sandro one and i think it's great i think that what needs to happen is not only do they need to be acknowledged for their work but we need to see for opportunities and the more men of color are getting opportunities to direct hollywood films but not women of any color that's still a huge disparity there i believe it's changing but i think it's inch by inch and it's only because of you know the outcry and the oscar so white and the fact that social media has forced institutions to change because news can travel so fast and gay you know public wheat. and the golden globes are often a kind of indicator of of who could win the oscars or who had a big big run is in the oscars so given what's happened tonight whoa looking ahead to the oscars what do you see happening next. well you know it's interesting

because i think you know there's been some backlash over a film green book but i think hershel was great it also for want to golden globe for best screenplay and i think it's the theme of that film this is something that you know is needed now and i think i think diversity i think hollywood wants to embrace diversity i think they would like to i think you know it's going to start behind the scenes really i think people like regina king in her her acceptance speech talked about how now that she has a little power you know she's won a number awards three emmys and what not when she produces she's going to make sure fifty percent of the behind the camera a women and that's what it's going to take so i think this is what's happening with the golden globes is going to spill into the office but i think it's the industry in general that's starting to shift but i think the go go is a pretty good predictor of what what's may win at the oscars good to speak with you mike sargent thanks for being with us ok. great also docs christians

are celebrating christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem many occupied west bank both blacks in an eastern orthodox pilgrims hold their christmas midnight mass at the church the place of worship is set to be built over a grotto where christians believe jesus was born. a centuries old musical tradition is being kept alive in mauritania with some help from modern technology involves the use of an instrument only played by women nicholas reports from the outskirts of the capital. it is an invitation no man can refuse. in this conservative region of mauritania men dance for women. and women play for men at the heart of this tradition is this instrument the dean more than

a harp it's also a drum. and produces note that do not exist in western music. only women can play it it's a tradition passed on from mothers to daughters since the thirteenth century. when i see. it gives me joy i give them rhythm and the time they dance to my beat and the men love it. and that's mitt and her daughter for a tour grio a cast of musical storytellers and poet they mostly sing praises to god and their absolute love for the divine at the heart of this is the already. this is the traditional garb. and they're about to teach me the downs that goes with the. so i do. how do we do it.

it's called. the feel good song when that's played during weddings it's one song that. you invented. because in fact less and less people are playing the r d the idea here is to find ways to continue this edition. on this journey is. the jimi hendrix of the art instead of seeing modern music and the internet as a threat to the tradition she uses it to spread her music. nora and her band are preparing to tour europe in the united states. despite it

i'm afraid that if we stop using the name and we favor other instruments there now way of life is great and storyteller will also disappear and that's what's at stake it's to save our culture. but dean cannot disappear for this unmistakable this is just the sound of an instrument. that the voice of the desert. because hawk al-jazeera. this is actually that's going to round up of the top stories the u.s. national security advisor says troops won't leave syria until i saw its defeated in the region john bolton was speaking in israel to address concern over president's abrupt decision in december to pull out troops. we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw or to do so from northeast syria in

a way that make sure that isis is defeated is not able to. revive itself and become a threat again and make sure that the. defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured police in sudan are fired tear gas and stun grenades to stop protesters marching towards the presidential palace in khartoum people are angry about rising food prices devalued currency and government corruption the protests and going on for almost three weeks. democrats in the u.s. are warning president trump he'll face legal challenges if he tries to declare national emergency in order to build his mexico border war trump threaten the move if congress doesn't approve five point six billion dollars to build it the impasse over funding has led to a partial government shutdown which is in its third week

a delegation of u.s. officials has arrived in china for talks aimed at resolving their trade war the u.s. president is optimistic about the new round of negotiations both sides agreed to a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs which will expire in march ukraine's also talks christian church has officially split from its leadership with russia a move that has angered moscow a decree granting the ukrainian orthodox church independence was handed over in the turkish city of istanbul the film and television stars are gathered for the seventy sixth annual golden globe awards the first event of the award season lady gaga was an early winner for co-writing the song shallow from the film stars born she's also up for an acting award host sandra oh as also picked up a prize for best t.v. drama actress for killing eve those are the headlines rewind is next.

and the war on terror begins with but it does not in there no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of saddam hussein and this is a regime that has something to hide they have prepared a significant propaganda machine and guess what not one w m d shite was found in iraq since one thousand nine hundred ninety one iraq a deadly deception on al-jazeera. and welcome to this week's for.