come of the day he is with the guardian newspaper in london saeed antigovernment protests they are rare in iran but the country has nothing to day's worth of them what was the scale of this demonstration wave i mean this was quite unexpected nobody saw it coming you know it just started two days ago in march how the northeast of iran quickly in a matter of the day spread to other cities in the provinces mainly in western kenya shot for example an orphan rush i'm sorry in the sentry call as well and today for the first day it's continuing in tehran and it's even drawing a political dimension so as you mentioned there is a pro government rally program rally in tehran in august it is today at the same time anti-government protests are also continuing for different days in tehran as well. so you just mentioned these pro-government protests or protest maybe the wrong word for them in tehran how important are these for the government what is riding on the show of support they're getting. i mean. the demonstrations to rally for the pro regime rally that happened in tehran it was planned and mo

two thousand and five two years after saeed's death of leukemia saw a legendary concert by the west eastern divan orchestra in ramallah in the israeli occupied west bank. the arab and israeli musicians had to enter the territory separately first the arab members arrived via jordan. saudi. then under tight security the israelis who entered via jerusalem. would. see the impossible as much as it. finally that evening they were all reunited on the stage an incredible moment for the orchestra and the audience. the whole film the hero no it's why those who've is it the hope that we had back in two thousand and five is gone it that concert with the west east and yvonne orchestra in two thousand and five would be impossible today in twenty seventeen while they wouldn't allow us to come they wouldn't invite us because for part of the palestinian population that would be an act of normalization it was but i have to explain that the everywhere in the world normalization is something positive right through your blood pressure is too high so you take medication which normalizes the blood pressure of a n

two thousand and seventeen as part of the barenboim saeed academy and as especially for chamber music top musicians from all over the world are already lined up to play here and the first season is packed with stars one of the first being the georgian violinist. the fantastic rehearsal and of course the first question has to be what was it like playing in this amazing hall yeah it's quite amazing actually to be part of this the birth of a new space which is so special because from the one side you see if you feel the space. and the same time you feel that people are very close to you because you have the latest yeah no but i think i know it because the seats are quite close and i know that we will be surrounded by the all and i think there's even some more coming tonight the more seats are going to be even colors. and actually we decided to make a circle you will see that and because in a way the music will be in the middle and it's metrosexual of course the form of the of the hall and there is no clear direction so basically music is everywhere and it makes a big difference i think m

at the pier opened in march two thousand and seventeen as part of the barenboim saeed academy and is especially for chamber music top musicians from all over the world are already lined up to play here and the first season is packed with stars one of the first being the georgian violinist. it is a fantastic rehearsal and of course the first question has to be what was it like playing in this amazing hall yeah it's quite amazing actually to be part of this the birth of a new space which is so special because from the one side use you feel the space. and the same time you feel that people are very close you because you have the latest yeah no but i think i know it because the seats are quite close and i know that. we'll be surrounded by the. more coming tonight the more seats are going to be even closer. and actually we decided to make a circle you will see that and because in a way the music will be in the middle and it's metrosexual of course the formal day of the hall and there is no clear direction so basically music is everywhere and it makes a big difference i think music really

on the very day a full interview president was able to reassemble the government to prime minister saeed how he would have been plunged into a month long crisis following the shock resignation the fall of the visit to saudi arabia. preston i wouldn't refuse point blank to accept the resignation of the prime minister and through the diplomatic efforts of both the white house nearly see the palace i really come to lebanon and on this day officially rescinded the resignation. the coalition government then we assess lebanese to tallahassee and all conflicts between arab states however i ask press and i would if lebanon could really stay secure from the regional political ambitions of its neighbors one of the stumbling blocks to peace in lebanon. is to avoid lebanese community is getting drawn into the rivalry of regional powers such as saudi arabia and iran are you confident the lebanese people can stay apart from these regional rivalries. then you could be in and never mind certainly they can keep away from this but what's happening in syria is exceptional because syria is a neighboring cou

israel story that we did biblical prophecy does not mean you have to side with the aggressor that saeed and on syria both the usa and russia says mahmoud to withdraw their forces after confirming that assad can handle the situation singlehandedly he is not reliable for syria they do keep your thoughts coming to us all the stories that we're covering tweeters that a.j. english or facebook dot com slash news grid or indeed what's not plus one seven four five one triple one four nine and of course a.j. news grid is the hash tag. still ahead on news grid for our face but if you look at some new research on how much it costs to keep people in jail the largest prison system in the united states also on the program venezuela's president bans opponents from running in the country's two thousand and eighteen elections we'll take a look at the issue and what locals are saying. hello again but take a look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia germany looking fine i've seen a very warm this time of year marty there is zero tashkent two degrees but all fine around the cas

we asked professor of political sociology dr saeed sadik whether he thought the shia militias would follow through on their threat against u.s. forces in iraq they don't think that this group is able to really attack highly. american force justice that and i don't think it will be translated because they know that american will respond. more. aggressive way if this happens. but you have to also take into consideration that there is a war proxy war inside they are between iran and the united states and also has links to iran and iran feels that this is a prime where you can was all this muslim anger again is and i think states that such operations can take place even if it can live. troubled. european leaders and the un were also quick to voice their concerns calling washington's step radical. that you this is you hold that this is a regrettable decision which france does not approve of and which contradicts international law and un security council resolutions recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel does not calm a conflict rather it fuels it even more it's in everyone's interest th

the alleged driver, saeed noori, has been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder and one count ofofficials have been suspended after a huge fire killed at least 1a people in mumbai. most of the victims were young women at a birthday party. 0ne politician has described the building that has upmarket cafes and bars as a ‘death trap'. the fire at the kamala mills compound in mumbai, is reported to have started in a restaurant and spread quickly. twenty—one people are being treated in hospital. the bbc‘s sanjoy majumder reports. the fire broke out on a rooftop restaurant in a popular commercial district in the heart of mumbai. within minutes, it spread — first to a bar next door, and then through the entire building. most of the victims were women attending a party at the bar. the bbc‘s gujarati service editor, ankurjain, was at the restaurant when the fire broke out. there was a stampede, and everybody was trying to just rush out. in less than three minutes after the fire started, the whole of the area was engulfed in fire, and before anyone, including us, could reach the staircase,

wonder he's off to rule a city of corpses more i guess you have from mosul iraq we spoke to mohammed saeed collier and coordinator with the salaam for democracy and human rights group he warns that high civilian casualties are inevitable as the coalition made indiscriminate use of weaponry in densely populated civilian areas. the last reports by the un in a has addressed six thousand they were killed by a terrorist group by isis they're let alone by the numbers by the coalition groups especially against civilians because as you can stand most of them are terrorist groups who were hiding within the civilians houses or to consider. not doubt. their weapons are being used by the coalition especially by the u.s. army is does not discriminate between civilians or terrorist or by civilians or the isis because they used. a number of weapons but there's not. such a terrorist as you stand this is it a terrorist groups not an army where that clearly indicated the targets of the weapon they were used by the u.s. usually is used on a wide areas and also if you use if you look at the morsel as a city i

the alleged driver, saeed noori, has been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder and one count of, transgender people will be allowed to enlist in the us armed forces for the first time. the policy set under president 0bama's administration will come into force after president trump's transgender ban was defeated by the courts. the trump administration says it won't appeal the ruling made by two federal courts. the un's cultural and educational agency says israel has formally announced it will give up its membership of the organisation on sunday. it follows a decision by the united states to withdraw from unesco as well. both countries were unhappy with a series of unesco resolutions, one of which referred to israel as the occupying power injerusalem. israel has nine cultural sites on the unesco world heritage list. the white house has congratulated liberia on its presidential election. in a statement, it describes the country's first democratic transition in more than 70 years as a "major milestone". liberia's elections board has officially certified former international football

and elsewhere but especially in those two capitals is to stay saeed for saudi arabia for instance do they want to be the custody of the two holy mosques and me abandon our of the third holy place in jerusalem in our locks and i think that is a hard question and one that i think would put them in a position which would be deeply uncomfortable and hopefully they would come up with the right answer and if those positions are made clear in the next couple of days then i think that will impact the decision of the president ok hussein in riyadh wriggle room involve. choreography choreography involves people have they got the wrong person involved in this jarrett point number one because of all the flynn stuff that we were discussing yesterday here on inside story but also point number two he has a back story he has a very warm longstanding relationship with benjamin netanyahu and on top of that he's been having these off the radar conversations in riyadh that is not going to please people like mr barghouti the palestinians in the occupied territories which as we know the illegal and it's m

and joining me live to discuss the hearing further is dr saeed sheikh is a professor of political sociology a very good evening to you we've heard it really in a nutshell that the u.s. ambassador is effectively threatened members of the general assembly with financial repercussions if they don't give the u.s. the backing that they want what do you make of that. well they are reminding everybody in the middle east of the image of the ugly american in the fifty's and the sixty's the image of the cowboy the image of the bully someone who is threatening if you don't do this he will do that again this. is not only in or threatening the nations that would vote according to international law and principle he was also threatening the united nation that we will not pay you again it's a exaggeration to believe that the united states is the biggest contributor to do an organization and it's specialized in station other countries are contributing even more than america so if the americans are saying if the united nations does not be what you want the do not accept their dictates then they will suspend

the alleged driver, saeed noori, has been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder and one count ofover a week to go before egypt's coptic community marks christmas on the orthodox calendar, there's been an attack against christian targets. nine people died in two attacks south of cairo, according to the interior ministry. seven people, including a policeman, died when a gunman tried to storm a church, but was intercepted and arrested by police. he had earlier killed two people. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attack. the bbc‘s hanan razek reports. just two days ahead of the new year and another attack on the christian community in egypt. a friday mass was being held inside a church in southern cairo. but then, it was fear and shock as gunfire was heard outside. translation: the ones who were sitting here got hit and they went into that shop and he died too, and his daughter got shot in here. the man from the restaurant there, his daughter was going to a lesson. she was leaving the church and got hit in the hand. and there was an elderly lady coming out of church to s

has a ten million dollars bounty on saeed who was released from house arrest in the come on hi there has more from. crowden gathered. their saudi air force for the palestinian cause the product didn't ambassador do. you know why stage to address crowds that come from all four corners of the country all pakistani people from all walks of life have strongly reject it trumps decision of jerusalem as their capital pakistan is the only country in the muslim world has officially condemned and rejected this decision and brought resolution in their parliament against the irresponsible act there is a dream to then burn a cross on a flower make were. there for many from the project on defense. and rooting out. the leader of the modern art program for their stuff for good this was a good deal got to make to receive the news rails coppertone we cannot tolerate this at any cost we are trying to awake all the muslim community and to unite them and we want to send a strong message to trump that muslims won't accept it in any shape they're going to thereby support for the for i lived in them god yea

australian city of melbourne has been charged with eighteen counts of attempted murder the court says saeed newry an afghan refugee carried out the attack on a busy road crossing injuring eighteen people the motive is still under investigation it's claimed he has a history of drug abuse and mental problems. still ahead on al-jazeera delays for refugees waiting to reunite with their families in germany. i'm joined a home in brazil were proposed change the constitution pretty radical women's rights to an abortion under any circumstances. welcome back now across southeastern parts of asia the main area of concern obviously is our tropical storm tembin now tembin was a given a lot of rain across southern parts of the philippines it's still nothing more than a tropical storm it's not reached typhoon status that will do so as it moves further across the south china sea sustainment about one hundred ten k.m.'s is a difficult thing here is the wind out of the direction rather that is moving towards the west and it's going at quite a pace nineteen kilometers per hour now that will eventually take it

australian city of melbourne has been charged with eighteen counts of attempted murder the court says saeed nuri an afghan refugee carried out the attack on a busy road crossing injuring eighteen people the motive is still under investigation it's claimed he has a history of drug abuse and mental problems. to brazil where abortion is illegal but exceptions are made in the case of rape or if the pregnancy endangers the mother's life and now a congressional committee has voted in favor of constitutional change that could remove those options as john holeman reports it would leave brazil with one of the most active abortion laws in south america. emilia she suffered a double hora first rape and then discovering the child she carried who's missing part of its brain. in her country brazil abortion is illegal but exceptions made. for extreme brain damage danger to the mother to life and in the case of sexual violence. to follow that men emilia could terminate her pregnancy legally in a public health facility when i was really glad i found this place i was desperate i didn't know what to do here i

three day mourning period for the saddam forces and it could just break out any time but right now saeed are mourning while the who are celebrating in the same place same day and this might cause more tension and more problems as the day goes on in the past there were checkpoints every four to five hundred meters by now there every two hundred meters every checkpoint had two or three forces now there's only seven or eight to every checkpoint so they are very very on a high. security alert inside out especially on the march happens later today so there is tanks everywhere in the streets there is are checkpoints with high artillery on them till last night most of the hospitals were closed in sanaa because of the the clashes in the streets so those who were injured had a very hard time trying to get medical attention because they were closed due to the classes that were happening this morning they were able to get some attention in hospitals because of the quiet night that there was no street clashes so. seven eight hours of being late not getting medical attention has caused more death tol

labeled by the us and the un as a terrorist group us currently has a ten million dollars bounty on saeed side was released from house arrest in november. a fourth member of a family that's become a symbol of palestinian resistance has been detained she was picked up during a protest after a military court extended the detention of sixteen year old i had to mimi her mother and cousin the teenager was filmed kicking and slapping israeli soldiers earlier this month she's accused of assault and incitement her father mother and brothers have all been repeatedly arrested for their opposition to israel's decades long occupation force it has more the often military court in the occupied west bank. we're inside the off a military prison compound inside which are the prefab buildings which make up the military court rooms here and we spent the last few hours inside one of those listening to arguments in a case which is gripped palestinians and israelis for very different reasons it's a case of i had to meet her cousin or and her mother mary man they've been in custody since december the nineteenth

richard sharing the stage with hafiz saeed who's accused of planning the attacks both men were at a rally against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. egypt's former president mohamed morsy has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary for his speech me he made while in office morsi has been tried in several cases after he was deposed following mass protests and a military coup in two thousand and thirteen he's already serving a twenty year sentence in another case on charges of inciting attacks on protesters in two thousand and twelve the top appeals court in september up held a separate to twenty five year term on charges of harming national security by leaking state documents to cut the. saudi state t.v. has run the first pictures of a high profile prince who was detained for more than three weeks well they've been abdullah was arrested as part of a purge by crown prince mohammed bin sol man who says he's targeting corruption well the prince was freed in recent days after agreeing to pay a financial settlement with a is the son of t

mastermind of the mumbai attacks palestinian envoy abu ali was pictured sharing a stage with hafiz saeed he was accused of planning the two thousand and eight attack the pair were at a rally criticizing u.s. president donald trump his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital is much more to come here on the al-jazeera news hour celebrating a milestone birthday with a surge in the polls we look at the changing fortunes of french president emmanuel mccrone zimbabweans look ahead to elections in twenty eighteen after a turbulent year that saw longtime leader robert mugabe forced from power and roger federer begins the season with a quick clean sweep out the hopman cup details coming up with peter and sports. footage has emerged from syria showing children being rescued from the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta following airstrikes rescuers are saying carrying two babies from a ruined building aid agencies this week evacuated twenty nine critically ill people including children from eastern guta as part of a deal with the syrian government they say the siege imposed by government

india the god of the ring on friday was organized by a conservative political alliance linked to hafiz saeed whom india suspects is the mastermind of the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks the palestinian ambassador to pakistan the attended and was seen joining hands with protest leaders in a show of solidarity india says it will take up the ambassador's appearance with the palestinian authorities happy mon jacob is an associate professor of diplomacy and disarmament studied. versity that's in new delhi and he says india's reaction is understandable. in diplomacy and politics it is very book and who you are seen with whose invitations you accept and who you get photographed are with the very fact that. a student about the choice to go do it idly and he knew beforehand who who he was going to be with this was no secret and he went there and photographed with. it his record on those i think is has not gone down when he voted with you to leave it where he understand it would isms and secondly india or sort of looks at the whole put us demian issue to the some of. the outward and with the i w

a speech in china stage with hafiz saeed is accused of planning the attacks both men were at a rally against u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. u.s. defense secretary james mattis is defending washington support of the solving that coalition fighting who revels in yemen matters says the u.s. is working with the sale of the alliance to limit civilian casualties as. advising on military tactics his comments follow un condemnation of the coalition's bombing campaign which has killed more than one hundred civilians in just ten days while elizabeth kendall is a senior research fellow with pembroke college at the university of oxford and she says the u.s. state that a significant because that acknowledges problems with the on go and coalition campaign. it makes great sense for matters to come out now at a time when its national pressure is growing against the saudi led coalition in saudi arabia to say that the u.s. is going to do its utmost to limit civilian casualties now his words were actually in the context of being quite defensive of the u.s. role what of course many p

we can speak now to caroline — along with saleh saeed the chief executive of the disaster emergency committeetal sana. i wonder caroline if we can start with you, if you could tell our audience about the kind of conditions that people there are facing. well, as you mentioned, yemen is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis. the country has been brought to its knees by conflict. you heard a little bit of the fighting there before, you know, and some of our colleagues left, but many people still remain there and that's something that families and children have had to live through now for two—and—a—half, or more yea rs. now for two—and—a—half, or more years. constant fighting, air strikes, shelling, that's put children at risk on top of a blockade, collapse of basic services like health care and water and sanitation that mean every day there are children, more than 130 children starving to death or dying of disease because of the humanitarian crisis, directly as a result of this war. and when you were there, what we re war. and when you were there, what were your efforts focussed on in particul