al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia michael flynn admitted his actions were wrong but said a senior member of trump's transition team had asked him to reach out to russia's ambassador to the u.s. he's not cooperating with the f.b.i. investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's u.s. election a white house correspondent can really help it reports. a ride to get federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security adviser to president donald trump pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution about israel as well as phone conversations flynn had before tribe was even sworn in as president with the former russian ambassador to the un

al-jazeera. m c h s and in london the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election he also tweeted that while he had to fire his national security adviser for lying to the vice president and the f.b.i. mike things actions well awful trump was asked about flynn's decision to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation as part of his plea deal what was. really so silly that absolutely with absolutely no solution so we're very happy we'll see what africa thank you all very much. meanwhile the u.s. senate has narrowly passed a bill for the biggest tax overhaul in decades paving the way for president donald trump's first big legislative victory the bill which passed by fifty one votes to forty nine seasons shop cutting corporation tax for the senate committee finding has warned it will add one trillion dollars to the budget deficit yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters an

goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in a system geared for profit one east at this time on al-jazeera. u.s. republicans are poised to hand president trump his first a major legislative victory with the final approval of sweeping tax reforms. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program zimbabwe's new president makes fixing the economy his number one priority in the state of the nation speech the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. sends a threatening e-mail to other u.n. member states one day before a major vote on children select. concerns of people. and we'll tell you why the e.u. is taking the young president that step of moving to suspend the poland's voting rights. the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in thirty years is about to become law with the u.s. house of representatives expected to give the bill its final approval. the tax cuts and jobs act is passed the senate approved a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill in the early hours of wednesday morning it will be a huge legislative victory for president trump and repeals part of

al-jazeera washington. now the u.s. senate's about to vote on a controversial tax bill these a live pictures coming from washington d.c. with senate as i've been discussing the proposals the senate's republican leadership is confident the measurable. critics say it aloud a trillion dollars to the u.s. budget deficit over the next decade president trump says the bill which includes a big cuts in corporate tax will boost economic growth the democrats now who oppose the bill say it would have a damaging impact on working families. in the wake of north korea's latest missile test hawaii has tested its nuclear warning sirens the u.s. is updating old civil defense plans and systems that date back to the cold war reports from los angeles. eerie wail of air raid sirens sounded across hole-y. on friday the first test of its civil defense warning system since the one nine hundred eighty official say they would give why one and a half million residents just thirteen minutes to take shelter the basic guidance again if you hear this

al-jazeera doha. take another look at the main headlines that making news here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has again says that there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the two thousand and sixteen presidential election leaving the white house earlier trump appeared unconcerned when asked about his former national security adviser mike flynn's cooperation with the f.b.i. investigation. what i think. you. should are doing. we really should so we're very happy we'll see what are for thank you all very much. the u.s. senate meanwhile has narrowly passed the bill for the biggest tax overhaul in decades paving the way for president trumps first the big legislative victory the bill which passed by fifty one votes to forty nine sees a sharp cut in corporation tax but a senate committee finding has warned it will add one trillion dollars to the budget deficit yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters and the who the rebels and the saudi led coalition at least forty people have been killed in the ca

are the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen election he tweeted that while he fired his national security adviser for lying to the f.b.i. michael flynn's actions were lawful flynn's pleaded guilty to making false statements about his contacts with russia yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters who the rebels and the saudi led coalition at least forty people have died in battles between forces loyal to salah and the who thing in the capital sana'a. the trumpet ministration has pulled the u.s. out of a united nations pacts meant to improve the handling of refugees and migrants un member states are gathering in mexico on monday for talks on the deal which is known as the global compact on migration the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley says the agreement is inconsistent with u.s. policies. pope francis has defended his silence in minam

al-jazeera. welcome back command of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president don't trump has outlined his new national security strategy labeling china and russia the primary threats to u.s. economic dominance he also promised to pursue policies that put america first the u.s. has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that would have required the president donald trump to rescind his declaration of jerusalem as israel's capital palestine has slammed the decision as unacceptable. and south africa's ruling party has chosen cyril ramaphosa to succeed president jacob zuma as a leader of the african national congress. a nail biting election in the indian state of gujarat as seen prime minister narendra modi hold on to power despite a stronger than usual challenge from the opposition congress party a loss would have been a major embarrassment for both modi and his ruling the heritage general to a party which has ruled the state for two decades j.v. ago pollen has more from the city comment about. people here say it was one of the most exciting election

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al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has used his national security address to warn that america faces great power competition from russia and china in a major shift from his predecessor barack obama strategy no longer recognizes climate change as a security threat. we also face rival powers russia and china that seek to challenge american influence values and wealth we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries but in a manner that always protects our national interest the palestinian leadership has condemned the u.s. veto of a u.n. draft resolution on jerusalem it would have required president trump to rescind his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital all other members of the u.n. security council voted in favor of the resolution the fact that this veto is being done in defense of american sovereignty and in defense of america's role in the middle east peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us it should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the s

al jazeera. an ominous of a problem and the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump s threaten to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution opposing his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the body will hold a rare emergency special session on thursday at the request of arab and muslim countries. the white house and they've republican controlled congress is celebrating america's biggest tax reform bill in thirty years the controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax rates but critics say it would mainly benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans. the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised to see what he calls a radical economic transformation and his first address as party leader cimarron oppose as widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen evolve to rejuvenate the economy and stand about corruption people about country one. that lives up to its promise. and this mission they want to see that lives. ve

u.s. veto. my kind of al-jazeera united nations well joining us from washington is the executive director of the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights youssef and i had thanks very much for speaking to al-jazeera so we've seen the international condemnation from u.s. allies themselves but to what extent does this the session taken by president trump really isolates the united states well i think you know it's very clear now from the statements that we've heard from leaders around the world including american allies. the president of the united states stands alone i suppose with benjamin netanyahu along his side but but that's about it look there are many different states that have official diplomatic relations with israel none of them have their embassies in jerusalem precisely because of how important that city is how contested the issue is and how important it is that a neutral position remain in place on that issue until there is a negotiated agreement so for the country that is a stance of be acting as the mediator between israelis and palestinians to be the only country to put their embassy

al-jazeera well. hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia michael flynn admitted that his actions were wrong but said that a senior member of trump's transition team would ask him to reach out to russia's ambassador to the u.s. he's now cooperating with the f.b.i. investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's u.s. election a white house correspondent kimberly how could reports. a ride to that federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security advisor to president donald trump pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution about israel as well as phone conversations flynn had before trump was even sworn in as president with the former russian ambassado

the new african photography this time on the al-jazeera. u.s. republicans poised to hand president trump his first a major legislative victory with the final approval of sweeping tax reforms. are you watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program the zimbabwe's news new president makes fixing the economy the number one priority in his state of the nation speech the u.s. ambassador a sense of threatening e-mail to other u.n. member states one day before a major vote. by the e.u. is taking the unprecedented step of moving to suspend the poland's voting rights. this is the court rules that is officially a transport for minolta digital service what does it mean though for the right. thank you for joining us the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in thirty years is about to become law with the u.s. house of representatives expected to give the bill its final approval. the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. with the senate approved the one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill in the early hours of wednesday morning it will

al-jazeera. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. triumphant trump the u.s. president and chief his first major lead just it's a victory as call aggressive proves this bill allowing for the biggest overhaul of the tax system in thirty years. for them to limits on all this is sound as they were live from london also coming up alison ensconced with israeli security forces the u.s. warns fellow u.n. members that financial aid will be caught if they vote against tom's two was simply . poland's president signed into law controversial judicial reforms despite a threat from the e.u. to suspend this country's posting like it's. angry scenes in uganda spot of and opposition members suspended as the vote goes to to scrap the presidential age limit. we begin in the united states where president almost trungpa celebrating his lead just it's a victory which will allow for the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in thirty years earlier the u.s. house of representatives gave the one point five trillion dollars tax reform bill its final approval will now pass to presiden

al-jazeera. a comeback i'm so tatton in london with the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he will assert american dominance abroad by boosting the economy and spending hundreds of billions of dollars modernizing the u.s. military in a speech on national security in washington d.c. the president also neglected to describe climate change as a threat to the u.s. breaking with former president barack obama said the u.s. was facing new competition on the international stage from china and russia but would cooperate where possible we also face rival powers russia and china that seek to challenge american influence values and world. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries but in a manner that always protects our national interest but while we seek such opportunities of cooperation we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for our country like we have never stood up before the palestinian government has slammed as unacceptable the u.s. decision to veto a u.n. draft resolution that would have required preside

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security advisor has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia. michael flynn admitted his actions were wrong but said he was asked to do so by a senior member of trump's transition team. the un's launched a record appeal for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and natural disasters yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than twenty million people in need. and in honduras the army and police now have more powers to handle the rest triggered by the delayed i mean as one to result in the presidential election. when it has been declared even though ninety five percent of the ballots have been counted and over the delay has led to violence. now pope francis is on the final day of his trip to bangladesh he's been given a tour of a home named after mother theresa who he declared a saint in twenty sixteen he's holding meetings now with religious leaders and youth groups before h

al-jazeera. al-jazeera and for us. and i'm down in jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security advisor has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. .

al-jazeera. no silly joke really did absolutely. no solution the u.s. president doesn't come from a says physician coulier denying any links with russia during last year's election campaign. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. fighting intensifies between rival groups in yemen's capital sanaa with reports of at least forty dead. protests in germany as the far right party needs to choose its leaders and following their triumphant turnout in september's general election. the pope wraps up his asian tour and heads home to the vatican but that he achieved everything you want. thank you for joining us we begin the program in the united states where president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the two thousand and sixteen presidential election on leaving the white house on saturday trump appeared unfazed when asked about his former national security advisers decision to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation as part of this plea deal on fr

al jazeera dot com. time for a quick recap of the headlines here an al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia michael flynn admitted his actions were wrong but said he was asked to do so by a senior member of trump's transition team he will not cooperate with the f.b.i. probe into alleged russian meddling in last year's u.s. election the united nations has launched a record appeal for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and natural disasters yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than twenty eight million people in need the situation in yemen is atrocious the number of people in. population in twenty million is approaching twenty million seven or eight million of these people are right on the famine and starvation we need to get. the fuel to run the water systems can get the fuel to get the food around the country can get more commercial food as well as the aid food can get in. people in a rebel held on klav in syria'

now reminder of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is shortly expected to announce a controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move the american embassy there palestinian leaders in the occupied west bank and gaza are calling for three days of rage the status of jerusalem is central to the middle east peace process although it's been left unresolved in years of negotiations it was partitioned into east and west after world war two but israel has illegally occupied east jerusalem since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven world leaders have condemned the possible move the arab league will hold an emergency meeting on jerusalem on saturday to discuss the situation jordan's king abdullah says the rights of all really religious groups in jerusalem must be protected. there is no alternative to the stupid state solution and jerusalem is key to any peace agreement and it is key to the stability of the entire region. i did reemphasized to the us president just today in our concerns on the de

u.s. decision on jerusalem. still ahead on al-jazeera a high speed train derails in the u.s. state of washington. the language of a persecuted minority making the leap into the digital world. hello the rain and snow has been pounding parts of western europe you see it on the satellite picture here gradually sinking its way southwards this area of cloud gave some of us some very wintery conditions and he's dragging in some cooler air behind it as well as it works his way southward though it is breaking up a little bit so you can't really see it very clearly on the choose a chart it's this remnants down here over the northern parts of africa but behind it it certainly is cooler so eleven degrees is the maximum in madrid but at night will be dropping down to below freezing for the eastern parts of europe that's where we've got most of the wintery weather on tuesday by wednesday though it gradually begins to fizzle out so just this area of cloud really left with just one or two like to flurries of snow in fact as we head through the next day i'll say this in heavy downpours acros

accusations in ukraine and started a hunger strike in an effort to clear his name peter shop al jazeera. u.s. president all trunk has declared a federal emergency in california where the worst. still raging president has promised additional government help to rebuild child homeless six wildfires are burning in the state's south forcing two hundred thousand people to flee their homes. from los angeles. well the fire fight continues on many fronts here in southern california and everything is going to depend on the weather firefighters and residents tired of all the flames in so many areas got a bit of a break over the last twenty four hours the winds calm down a little bit firefighters were able to divert resources from structure protection for protecting neighborhoods and actually attack the fire and they have made progress on many fronts on these many fires however what happens in the next forty eight hours is going to determine fire behavior the national weather service does have a red flag warning up there saying that there is a potential at least for very high winds through the end of th

al-jazeera world. good to have you with us on al-jazeera and these are our top stories u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that watch and favor of a draw the united nations resolution opposing has decision to recognize as israel's capital. the white house in the republican controlled congress has celebrated america's biggest tax reform bill in thirty years the controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax cuts but critics say it will mainly benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans and the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised to pursue what he calls radical economic transformation and his first address as party leader. is expected to become president often actions in two thousand and nineteen. now it's been a thousand days since the conflict and yemen began the palace struggle between the what these shia rebel and president are bevel mentored harvey backed by a file the lead coalition has turned into a regional confrontation thousands of people have been killed and millions are on the br

al-jazeera well this time. in mind of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election after his former national security adviser mike flynn agreed to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation emmons former president ali abdullah saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters and the rebels and the saudi led coalition . thousands of people are rallying against a far right alternative for germany party who have just elected the new leadership in this city. pope francis has wrapped up his asia tour after meeting where hanjour refugees in bangladesh it was a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with members of the muslim minority who have fled violence and persecution in the final day of his visit visit says a hospital in dhaka run by the order of mother theresa child structure because i am was never going to be easy to put from such a trip to a country to take us in a few a macuser ethnic cleansing reaching myanmar's leaders off to

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al jazeera. at least three people have been killed after a u.s. passenger train derailed onto a motorway it happened in washington state during rush hour thirteen of the trains fourteen carriages fell off the tracks the amtrak train was carrying seventy seven passengers and seven crew south sudan's rival factions are meeting in ethiopia for another round of talks to end the four year long civil war that comes a day after fighting broke out between government forces and fighters loyal to the opposition even morgan reports from juba after more than a year of fighting south sudan's rival factions are finally meeting the aim is to revive a peace agreement that was signed in ten to fifteen here we have to agree on a comprehensive peace agreement and how to implement it you have to to revise some of the. provisions were not were not able to implement and tried to implement these and see what difficulties does not to implement. the original peace agreement was signed to end the war which started in december twenty fifth that was after south sudan's presi

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top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. president donald trump appears to be forging ahead with his plan to shift the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem from tel aviv that's despite warnings from members of his own administration and several arab leaders palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the move will have dangerous consequences if the u.n. security council those appeal to all sides in yemen to recommit to a un led political process to end the conflict it's warning the country faces a catastrophic famine and close to a million cases of cholera these security council is also calling for unhindered humanitarian access. kuwait's foreign minister has told the leaders that the bloc remains crucial to regional stability and cats are on kuwait where the only gulf nations would sent heads of state to the summit in kuwait city others were represented by ministers or by deputy prime ministers this is the first summit after saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. imposed a blockade on cats are in june june reports. while the annou

al-jazeera dot com. dot com. a second of a look at the main headlines making news here on al-jazeera u.s.president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixth presidential election trump was asked about life in this decision to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation as part of his plea deal what was the job growth illusion go forward with absolutely with absolutely no clue so we're very happy we'll see what happens thank you all very much the u.s. senate has now really approved one of president chalmers legislative goals the largest tax cuts in world in thirty years the bill slashes taxes for corporations along with the wealthy and give small modest relief to most of the american taxpayers but a senate committee committee has warned it will one trillion dollars to the budget deficit yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters who threw rebels on the saudi coalition at least forty people have been killed in the capital over the past few days seventeen people have been

u.s. can have no future role in middle east negotiations. hello i'm citizen this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a blow for trump in the u.s. the democrats win the u.s. senate seat of alabama for the first time in twenty five years. tory m.p.'s rebel on a key bricks it vote inflicting any feats on terrorism anti-government. at least one hundred twenty people have been injured in violent confrontations across the occupied palestinian territories it comes as muslim leaders staged an extraordinary summit in istanbul to discuss u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel a draft communique from the summit named east jerusalem the capital of a future palestinian state countering chum's declaration in bethlehem in the occupied west bank israeli forces trying to disperse palestinian protesters by firing tear gas on them demonstrators threw stones and but tires in the street a checkpoint between the city and jerusalem fighting has also broken out in the city of ramallah palestinians rallying in the streets had to take cover from

people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the conversation at this time on al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump has accused china of. north korea by not cutting off oil supplies to the u.s. treasury images that appear to show chinese ships transferring north korean vessels china denies the accusations. liberia's election commission says former football star george wears one the presidential runoff where defeated vice president vice president. will take over from. next month. and a new york apartment fire killed at least twelve people including a one year old baby four others were critically injured more than one hundred seventy five in the bronx neighborhood and the cause of the blaze is unclear. the greek government has been struggling with a weak economy and unemployment's now it's having to find jobs for nearly a arrived refugees the problem has been made worse because some e.u. nations have refused to resettle some of them but one group thinks refugees could help grow creases economy as well as leave reports. language class for this group of refugees in northern gree

again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia michael flynn admitted that his actions were wrong but said that he was asked to do so by a senior member of trump's transition team. the u.s. has launched a record appeal for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and natural disasters yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than twenty million people in need. and pope francis has asked a group of ranger refugees in bangladesh for forgiveness for the world's indifference to their plight it was the first time that the pontiff accused the top ranger on his trip to asia he'd been advised not to me and earlier in the week to avoid inflaming tensions. top story the investigation into ties between president trump and russia michael flynn is the first member of the trumpet ministrations so far to be charged a spot. well as inquiry in october a former campaign aide georg

and i'm daryn jordan with the top stories here on the al jazeera u.s. president donald trump has outlined his national security strategy identifying russia and china as competing great powers he's promising hundreds of billions of dollars to modernize the military and the u.s. power abroad our white house correspondent kimberly hall get reports from washington. populism has been a hallmark of his presidency and donald trump again struck that note as he announced his strategy for u.s. national security is an approach he says began when voters rejected the security policies of his predecessors on january twentieth two thousand and seventeen i stood on the steps of the capitol to herald the day the people became the rulers of their nation again in a rambling and often disjointed address skim through the substance of his plan including highlighting a desire to pursue an almost cold war like mindset identifying.

welcome back remind of the top stories here and al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump the former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the f.b.i. about the extent of his russian contacts michael flynn says a trump official directed him to get in touch with the russian ambassador in december twenty sixth. pope francis has for the first time used the word to refer to me. he made the comments of refugees in. the united nations as a record appeal for more than twenty two billion dollars to help victims of conflict and humanitarian crises around the world yemen is the world's worst crisis with more than twenty two million people in. zimbabwe's new president. has named a host of military figures to his new cabinet but no opposition politicians are included dashing hopes for an inclusive government the soldier who announced the military takeover on the national broadcaster has been named foreign minister the head of the war veterans chris much banga has been handed the ministry and from information patrick chinamasa returns

al-jazeera. and again the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has passed a bill to overhaul the tax system the first major changes in more than three decades it's a political victory for president of these administration won the support of republicans who've been holding out on friday no democrat voted for the bill. through the rebels said least forty people have died in clashes between their fighters and forces loyal to yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh in the capital sana the two sides have been allies in their fight against the saudi led coalition and government forces but they've been fighting in the past four days for control of some. u.s. president on trying to form a national security adviser michael flynn has admitted to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia flynn says a senior member of trump's transition team asked him to reach out to russia's ambassador to the u.s. . speculation is now turning to who might be implicated next in the investigation to go ahead has been gauging reaction on capitol hill when r

accusations in ukraine and a started a hunger strike in an effort to clear his name peter shop al jazeera. u.s. president donald trump has declared a federal emergency in california where the was bushfires in years a still raging president has promised additional government help to rebuild charred homes six wildfires are burning in the state's south forcing two hundred thousand people to flee their homes some though are returning to charred ruins of more on this let's speak to allan show in los angeles and allan what do we know about what he has about weather conditions there are there fears that things could get worse still. absolutely that's what we're all looking at here is weather conditions what's going to happen in the next thirty six or forty eight hours unfortunately the national weather service is saying that they're expecting that winds will pick up through the weekend all the way through to sunday night in some cases predicting winds as high as eighty or ninety kilometers an hour and again those are winds blowing out of the desert interior of southern california they're very common

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every u.s. . thanks bank where bank bank this is al jazeera i'm doubting you navigate it with check on your world headlines at least a hundred palestinians have been injured in violent protests across the occupied territories the angry scenes were sparked by the u.s. president donald trump formally recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital thank you.

al-jazeera at this time. i know i'm maryam namazie in london here's a round up of your top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with the russian ambassador michael flynn was charged as part of the investigation into allegations the trunk campaign colluded with russia during the elections in two thousand and sixteen our white house correspondent kimberly how get reports. arriving at federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security adviser to president donald trump pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution about israel as well as phone conversations flynn had before trump was even sworn in as president with the former russian ambassador to the united states surrogate kiss lee ak flynn is said to have suggested to kiss lee ak sanctions put

al-jazeera. and richelle carey and holly's are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is accusing china of violating u.n. sanctions against north korea by continuing to sell oil to pyongyang the satellite images appear to show chinese ships transferring cargo to north korean vessels china has denied the accusations. liberia's election commission says former football star george way out has won the presidential runoff where defeated vice president joseph will take over from ellen johnson sirleaf next month joe has more from the capital monrovia. victory in the presidential race is attributed mainly to his support please with the confused youth walk up to six the polls some of the population who grew up in want to. the success against appeals to many in what is one of the world's poorest countries demonstrators have returned to the streets of prue's capital limit to protest against the pardon granted to former president to the mori he was freed on health grounds on sunday all serving a twenty five year prison sentence for corruption and crimes agai

al-jazeera. secretary of state breaks to listen says the u.s. is ready for talks with north korea without conditions but what about his boss donald trump. run fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead a controversial u.s. senate race between a man accused of sexual misconduct and endorsed by donald trump and and little known democratic counties for tell you why it's important to us french president in one year mccool warns the international community time is running out to save the world from climate change and israeli palestinian sproat test in tel aviv against donald trump's official recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. thank you for joining as the u.s. secretary of state says one. shinton is ready to hold talks with north korea without preconditions rex tillerson says donald trump endorses this position though the two have voiced opposing views recently the us president had tweeted in october that negotiating was a waste of time meanwhile north korean state television says its leader kim jong un is aiming to mak

u.s. veto mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. let's get reaction now from pakistan come on the joins us from islamabad and understand it's been quick to come from the pakistani government what are they been saying well absolutely although the decision came late night project on time the foreign office issued a statement within minutes of that announcement saying that it expects strong all petition and condemnation of the u.s. move to legitimize. moving the embassy to. the fed it known to have done saying that this was a violation of international law and that despite pleas from the international community not to do so the americans have gone ahead anyway so strong condemnation and that swift condemnation from pakistan as far as the u.s. moves its concern about reaction from the streets protests planned for today. well this is one issue on which everybody is your knight kate whether it's the take part gave the religious parties dav which strong condemnation of the u.s. move relations with the united states that are already straine

al-jazeera at this time. hello there i'm julie donald in london the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. states of alabama is voting in a closely fought senate race which is turned into a test of president donald trump influence republican candidate who arrived by horse to cast his ballot in the city of gallant he's been accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls when he was in his thirty's allegations that have overshadowed the campaign endorsed more but many other republicans have shunned. the democratic candidate doug jones who voted already or is all going to pull off an upset in the traditionally republican state patty bill hayden has more now from birmingham alabama. doing a little bit of a tour of birmingham alabama voting stations this is our second one this is a slightly more fluid area of borough of birmingham earlier we are in a predominately african-american church and in both locations the judges here tell me the turnout is much more brisk and consistent than they have seen in past elections now do want to do too much progress to katie when it comes to what that coul

they remind tonight of those headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. state of alabama is voting in a closely fall senate race which is turned into a test the president donald trump's influence public in candidate boy moore arrived by horse to cast his ballot in the city of gal and he's hoping to beat democratic come candidate doug jones despite facing accusations of sexual misconduct against teenage girls when he was in his thirty's some has endorsed more even though many other republicans have shunned him. french president manuel mccall has delivered a rallying cry to world leaders to do more to fight climate change it told a global summit in paris they are losing the battle mccall is trying to rejuvenate a collective effort against climate change which was weakened earlier this year when president trump who the us out of the paris climate accord. we're not going fast enough if we carry along this paul we've committed to limiting the temperature rise to one point five centigrade would have been two or three or three point five centigrade it's so forth

al-jazeera. and i again i'm laura kyle and these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft u.n. resolution against his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the general assembly will hold a rare emergency specials that later on thursday at the request of arab and muslim countries like hanna reports. security council staff pose with the secretary general for an annual photograph is called then it's business as usual in the chamber like most other member states those represented here unwilling to comment publicly on the extraordinary letters sent by u.s. ambassador nikki haley ambassador did you receive the letter from hillary about the years many letters and the majority view apparently summed up by one representative who was willing to comment on our position in this case has been very clear we had the opportunity to express ourselves in the security council so so that's our very strong and prince principled position sweden was one of the fourteen council

now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft u.n. resolution against his the seizure and to recognize jerusalem as israel's. the u.s. house of representatives has given final approval to the biggest overhaul of the u.s. tax system in thirty years it gives trump the first that major legislative victory of his presidency and poland's president says he will sign you was increasing the government's powers over the courts in defiance of the european union's threat to suspend its vote rights. me and maher has blocked an independent un investigator from visiting the country for the rest of her tenure the un special rapporteur for me and young he was due to visit in january to assess the state of human rights the un has accused troops of ethnic cleansing and possible elements of genocide against the lease says she's disappointed by the me and maher government's decision saying there must be something terrible happening in iraq well

al-jazeera spans governors approved the use of a u.s. military land based missile interceptor system it's in response to north koreans. rates and follows pyongyang's no inch of two missiles over japan this year and a vendor knows korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in japanese waters the government says the new weapons system will take years to become operational the winter olympic games in south korea are just over fifty days away and security is a major concern after north korea tested another intercontinental ballistic missile just last month the u.s. and south korean marines have been conducting military drills designed to enhance comeback rate in this and freezing conditions casanova reports on pyong chang. at first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponent's hats rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. but there is a very serious side to these games p

still to come here on al-jazeera in the u.s. pressure saudi arabia to lift its blockade and open the yemen's ports for much needed aid. from relenting when towering flames in southern california hundreds of thousands flee multiple devastating finds. holloway will have somali weather making its way into western process europe over the next day i'll say it's a temporary thing byelaws the majority of the weather is coming from the north always a cold direction that arctic blast making its way down across the british isles across that western saddle scandinavia and feeding well down into central parts of europe and you can see this cold front behind that that's why we've got the real cold air in place but where by in europe it's looking pretty chilly at the trees but not just five celsius there for london and paris single figures down into central pozen even down into thirty degrees the best we could hope for no woman than around nine sesa some snow on the other side of the adriatic as so pushing further is that sets him free feed o