predilection for driving out those who don't parrot his view of the world rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington survivors of wednesday's school

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington well we've been speaking to bassam algo saying he's with the truman national security project she says honey is addition to the u.s. terror list comes as no surprise. this is not a very significant policy change on the part of the united states because for many years since the one nine hundred ninety s. hamas as an organization has been already recognized as a terrorist organization by the united states and so therefore simply saying that the leader now is being singled out for individual designation as a terrorist is not a huge difference although it will place individuals think sions on him as a person hamas has never been a party to the negotiating talks with the israelis it's always been with the palestinian authority we don't recognize hamas as a legitimate government and city and so it doesn't quite accomplish any political and national security space again it's just more a talking point added to the trump administration's rhetoric that he's supposedly fighting back at terrorism

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington but we've been speaking to saying who's with the truman national security project she says and he is addition to the u.s. terror and this comes as no surprise. this is not a very significant policy change on the part of the united states because for many years since the one nine hundred ninety s. hamas as an organization has been already recognized as a terrorist organization by the united states and so therefore simply saying that the leader now is being singled out for individual does and nation as a terrorist is not a huge difference although it will place individual sanctions on him as a person hamas has never been a party to the negotiating talks with the israelis it's always been with the palestinian authority we don't recognize hamas osa legitimate government and city and so it doesn't quite accomplish any political and national security space again it's just more a talking point added to the trump administration's rhetoric that he's supposedly fighting back on terrorism and to

al-jazeera washington now the un estimates that more than two hundred twenty million people currently undernourished and are facing hunger across the african continent the u.n. food and agricultural organization f.a.a. has been discussing ways to deal with the problem at its regional conference in sudan from where have a morgan now overfull. ministers government officials and other cultural experts from nearly all african countries gathered to address one of the continent's biggest challenges food insecurity all seem to have one goal in mind sustainable agriculture and food development and i'm very pleased to see. we are indeed a school in france with. you know our decision. build consensus take some time but after the changing constancy to help was move forward faster in the implementation. of what you have agreed. food insecurity has long been a challenge in africa the host country sudan once regarded as a bread basket has three point five million people facing hunger fear a sudanese learned of resources on of opportunities has so very good such a resources not sure resources which

but they insist their voices will be haired and they will not be ignored alan fischer al jazeera washington. there are reports that yet another member of traumas campaign team is likely to plead guilty as part of the f.b.i.'s investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election u.s. media is reporting that wrecking gates will plead guilty to fraud related charges within the next few days and october gates have pleaded not guilty he is also expected to testify against donald trump's former campaign chairman paul manifold who's facing charges from the investigation if the reports are true and gates would become the third person from donald trump's campaign to plead guilty. thousands of people in zimbabwe have paid tribute to morgan tsvangirai at a rally in the capital city of former opposition leader died from cancer last week and will be laid to rest on tuesday opposition members say they'll try to keep the party united despite divisions over the leadership. has more from harare. when morgan tsvangirai body arrived at the place opposition parties called freedom

denying the embassy move will affect any and all peace talks going forward rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. now special counsel robert miller whose investigation the alleged russian interference in the u.s. election has unsealed the latest charges against extra aide paul manifold it accuser's mother thought of secretly paying former senior european politicians to lobby on behalf of the cranium government in the in twenty twelve and twenty thirteen which then supported russia court papers say he wired more than two million euros to unnamed politicians. comes from campaign aide has changed his plea to guilty cases admission of conspiracy and lying to the inquiries investigate just means he'll be willing to cooperate and testify against other reports. thank you it's happened again another member of donald trump's twenty sixteen campaign walks into the courthouse and pleads guilty to a serious felony conspiring against the united states and line to investigators gates isn't a household name but it's believed he played an important role in the campaign and inauguration often seen right next to

that just maybe twenty eighteen won't be quite as bleak in so many places probably calling al-jazeera washington and the philippine president rodriguez eternity's one of the leaders he specifically criticized in the report his anti drugs campaign has resulted in thousands of killings by police offices it says the authorities that report to president deterred say having courage to summary executions meanwhile relatives of victims live in fear of reprisals if they speak out at the same time attacks against human rights defenders have increased since president detecting courage police to shoot anyone who was quote obstructing justice stephen root is a fellow in residence at the social weather stations that's a social research institute in the philippines and he says president deter paul this is a controversial but he remains popular. certainly the scope of the killings in the drug war has been accurately reflected in a number of international reports the philippine administration would on the other hand retort that their anti-crime. tactics are working and that's why they are serving the filipino p

denying the embassy move will affect any and all peace talks going forward rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. a lebanese man has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the death of a filipino maid in kuwait joanna demo fellas is body was found in a freezer more than a year after she was reported missing police arrested her former employer now their asses off in lebanon his wife is also a suspect but she remains at large them are fellas is death prompted the philippine government to ban new deployments of workers to kuwait and to repatriate hundreds of its nationals from their. special counsel robin miller who's investigating alleged russian interference in the us election has revealed the latest charges against extra aid for manifold he's accused of secretly paying unnamed european politicians in twenty twelve and twenty thirteen to lobby for ukraine's then government which was pretty much scare core papers say manifold also while the politicians more than two million euro's. now it comes as another campaign aide has changed his plea to guilty rick gates's admission of conspiracy an

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington. o'malley's sloan is a former federal prosecutor who specializes in government ethics she says the white house appears to be trying to destroying the public with the release of the memo i think they're getting increasingly frightened about what robert muller is up to there have been other stories this week about bob mueller honing in on the pattern of the administration in trying to engage in a cover up we saw stories about the president's spokesperson hope picks saying that e-mails would never come out and we saw that in a previous spokesperson mark carollo had resigned because of his concern about obstruction of justice so i think that the white house is has that's all going on a one sided so they'd much rather distract all of us with discussions about this memo which people who hadn't seen it said it would be one hundred times worse than watergate but yet as jim comey pointed out really there's nothing in it there's nothing new or particularly in lightning in it and so by the same

al-jazeera washington the syrian government as strikes targeting rebel held isn't good or have killed more than three hundred twenty people this week alone with at least thirteen people having been killed in the latest attack on thursday and a warning you may find some of these pictures distressing now the strikes targeted a local market in duma city that's in the on klav east of the capital damascus russia has denied any involvement in the air raids the kremlin says the situation in syria leaves much to be desired and the german chancellor angela merkel says she will try to influence russia to help end the violence in the center mrs merkel described it as a massacre the u.n. security council meanwhile is expected to vote on a resolution which would demand a ceasefire at diplomatic editor jane spays reports. the security council met to discuss the un's charter the governing document of the world organization a charter drawn up over seventy years ago gives the council the key role of maintaining peace and security a job it's miserably failed to do over the last seven years and syria as

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington aaron callers from the university of michigan he says the focus will shift now to death of the attorney general rod rodenstein who was involved in securing the warrants that were used to monitor a trump campaign aide brought rosenstein is you know his. grip on the administration on the investigation you know is certainly hurt by this because he's an appointee in theory president trump could get rid of him at any time and you know the memo was put out to show that when he had to extend the the plaza warrant on her page it kind of undermines the rationale in so you know i don't think that president trump is going after other more directly but rather those nine is the boss. robert muller and so i think he's probably most vulnerable in that if president from tries to insult somebody new ahead of the investigation so many more favorable for him that could eventually play well or in the crosshairs and so i think directly rosen saying would be most because he had to approve all those kinds o

denying the embassy move will affect any and all peace talks going forward rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington special counsel robert mueller who's investigating alleged russian interference in the u.s. election has unsealed the latest charges against former trump a poll manifolds but he's accused of secretly. paying unnamed european politicians to lobby for the previously prime moscow government in ukraine in twenty twelve and twenty thirteen cold papers say manifold also why the politicians more than two million euros night come. come paine eight has changed his plea to guilty rick gates's admission of conspiracy and lying to investigators means he's willing to cooperate and testify against others particle he has more. why do you think it's happened again another member of donald trump's twenty sixteen campaign walks into the courthouse and pleads guilty to a serious felony conspiring against the united states and line to investigators gates isn't a household name but it's believed he played an important role in the campaign and inauguration often seen right next to his boss like here prepar

how high this will go if it's possible it could lead to the president himself patty klein al-jazeera washington well the u.s. has also confirmed that it will open its new embassy in jerusalem this may not so much earlier than expected palestinians have condemned the announcement also in jordan because the latest. news the u.s. embassy would move from tel aviv to jerusalem on may fourteenth ok not in a communique but in a tweet from israel's intelligence minister i would like to congratulate donald trump on his decision to transfer the u.s. embassy on israel's seventieth independence day no greater gift than that a short time later the u.s. president donald trump confirmed the news in a speech i was hit by more countries and more pressure and more people calling begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it. i said we have to do it it's the right thing to do it wasn't december trump announced he was moving the embassy to jerusalem. and he angered at those who said the u.s. was basically giving jerusalem to israel outside of final status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahm

patti klein al-jazeera washington. now the woman being presented as large of a putin's most high profile opposition rival has been in washington d.c. on a charm offensive because the news of chuck will run in march is presidential election she has been a figure in russia's pop culture since the only two thousands she had britons who reports. from a right wing think tank to the national press club but the message to send us on track brought to washington d.c. was exactly what many u.s. opponents of not in my putin would want to hear from a russian presidential candidate to embrace nato this is the right a goal for russia often called russia's paris hilton the well documented social life and reality t.v. shows her father was one of lattimer putin's mentors. but in twenty eleven she joined opposition protests and this since emerged as a government critic with millions of followers on social media however she's only polling around one percent since leaving opposition candidate alexina valmy was barred from running questions

remains to be seen just health far trouble go to bring meaningful reform heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. well in florida where last week's shooting took place deputy sheriffs who patrol school grounds have now been told to carry rifles the state is at the center of a big student mobilization against gun violence on tuesday thousands of them gathered outside the republican controlled legislature joined the state capital tallahassee to demand a change and a gala was also for. the survivors of last week's school shooting in parkland would not alone when they came to florida state capitol chants of no more guns and never again rang out as crowd swells. many of these students have spent the past few days attending funerals of form and classmates their determination to change u.s. gun laws is a rallying call for activists across the nation you sent thoughts and prayers as your remedy but refused to take action. well members of the legislature i am proud to announce i took your advice i have been praying. i've been praying for you. god. i'd bring you that you look in the mirror and figure out

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington. a confidential united nations report says north korea earned almost two hundred million dollars last year by violating un sanctions the report to a security council committee says north korea supplied weapons to syria and miramar and shipped coal to countries including russia and china the un sanctions banning such exports are designed to limit funding for north korea's nuclear program. the u.s. military is modernizing its nuclear weapons arsenal in response it says to concerns russia is expanding its capability the new pentagon strategy ends the obama era push to reduce america's stockpile defense secretary james mattis says the u.s. needs to see the world as it is not as it wishes it to be our defense department correspondent i think i am reports from washington d.c. . u.s. president donald trump never criticizes russian president vladimir putin but the pentagon is doing just that moscow retains a large stockpile of non-strategic nuclear weapons and continues to modernize those as

al-jazeera. above . i think that now i think it's terrible you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace. a controversial memo on the campaign in russia has released an across washington both sides claim vindication. hello i'm down this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up dozens of pakistani migrants are feared drowned after the boat capsized off the coast of libya. a new u.n. report lays out the real impact on the country's children. protests in kenya after another arrest over the marking operation of opposition leader. a memo criticizing the f.b.i.'s investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election has been released after being declassified by u.s. president donald trump it was written by republicans and says the f.b.i. and department of justice abused their power and showed bias when investigating the alleged ties between his campaign team and the kremlin well the f.b.i. had argued against its release saying it had grave concerns the document contain what it called material emissions a fact and a statement the agency's director christopher ray told staff he stood by them democrats say the members aimed at derailing the special

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington very often has a publicist and political commentator he joins us now from tel aviv and we appreciate your time considering the mood at the trump administration has made as a pertains to the israeli palestinian situation is this really a surprise. it's not a surprise and actually doesn't have a real effect on the ground because it's not that i was coming to the united states every few months to meet with people do come as considered to be a terrorist organization according to the u.s. and therefore it's more like a media statement a public statement it doesn't have a real serious effect on things on the ground however we need to know actually at that i was going to ask you that that obviously changes things for him specifically but does it really have a broader effect than that and if it doesn't then why do it i finger to the trumpet ministration would like to show that is fighting to income a season is still a terrorist organization hamas is not ready to work it now is the right of is

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington now as you mentioned at the european union pledging an extra fifty three million dollars in aid for palestinians following the u.s. decision to withhold funding he used foreign policy chief federica mockery made that announcement at a donors meeting in brussels after a un warning that gaza's economy is on the verge of collapse here is not saying baba with more from brussels. well just before the talks started here in brussels the e.u.'s foreign policy chief frederica moore greeny did say you're on the record but this meeting really came about as a result of president trump's recent announcement that the u.s. would recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and the angry reaction that provokes a not only among the palestinian leadership but in other countries in the region to know the e.u. is stressing the importance of keeping the u.s. on board as a crucial partner in the so-called peace process which has really been dormant for several years and that was something that was addressed in

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. the polish senate has approved a bill that would make it illegal to suggest poland was complicit in the nazi holocaust ever house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and the us israel accuses poland of trying to rewrite history if the bill is signed into law by the president some offenses could carry jail sentences of up to three years not just for show research of the past is not threatened in any way talking about the past and analyzing this past even the darkest shameful part of the polish past is not present in any way poland is a democratic state of law respecting the freedom of public debate respecting scientific research respecting the right to criticism. to silvano this law has a very wide scope of application it may also refer to the discussion about history which takes place in every country also in poland especially about the newest history about the times of the nazi occupation this public discussion should take place without any obstacles you cannot

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington. russian warplanes have renewed airstrikes in rebel held areas of province in syria at least seven people were killed when a car was who can aleppo the opposition in their lives have been bombarded for weeks by syrian government forces and their russian allies jets also targeted the rebel long clove of eastern of all the near the capital damascus government forces of besieged the area for five years now four hundred thousand syrians are trapped by the bombing by russian jets in the provinces supporting a major offensive by syrian government forces it's aimed at recapturing a strategically important road between the cities of aleppo and damascus troops have been fighting opposition groups for weeks there moving northwest trying to cut off a rebel supply line the road between aleppo and damascus connects some of the few remaining opposition held areas of syria at least two people have been killed the nineteen others injured in attacks on turkish towns near the border with syria. turkey

al jazeera washington so the u.k. now where knife crime by more than a fifth last year with a third of a offenses taking place in london the majority of those killed in the capital or black teenagers are you don't want to be for that report no father should have to visit the site of their son's murder but this is michael speight he doesn't know who stabbed to death his boy michael jr in a south london park the attack seems to have been random for months on the police appealed for information. is being tight lipped we're facing a barrier which is people think into their so that if they're open their mouths and says something they're going to be labelled as be maimed farmers are a smidge. just another london knife crime this robbery earlier this month on camera but no one will tell the police who this is the epidemic hundreds of knife crimes every week these some of the weapons used driven say the police by territorial gangs drugs and in london there's an ethnic dynamic i recognise that there's a disproportionate number

the problem for the trumpet ministration a mosque says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington now ghazi hamad is the deputy foreign minister of hamas he says palestinian leaders should come together to think of a new way forward without u.s. involvement. but we have experience of more than thirty years where the bush administration obama administration the clinton administration more than a twenty four years and i think we got the big zero from the american as media that i think this is a big lesson for the brits and our best to understand and to open his wise that american they are not honest and they are not accepted by the policy not do just only put the glasses of israel they just believe in the right of israel in existence security prosperity then never believe the palestinian national lies so i think now we have to change our strategy we have to first of all i think our prayer to know is to go back to the national unity the policy record simulation in order to have one started you when one vision and after that i think we can we can find different honest mediators who ca

al-jazeera washington so ahead on al-jazeera. government sends out a call bring your money to the island the tragedy from hurricane marie makes it a great place to end best plus. the both. the candidates for president are off and running in egypt but many question whether the election will be legitimate. and find out what has these south korean limpid fans in a nationwide craze details coming up in schools. from a fresh breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. some good spells of sunshine into southern areas of china over the next few days still a little on the gray side to sas today here on kong around twenty two degrees think of cloud outbreaks of rain into the central areas i was slop back towards the southwest as we go on through sunday a bit brighter skies coming back in hong kong at around twenty four celsius at this stage with good spells of sunshine sunshine the showers meanwhile across southeast asia big downpours there into malaysia still have the flooding rains continuing across a good part of indonesi

involvement in the us election is just the beginning and not the end of investigation mike hanna al-jazeera washington. is executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research he joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with something the indictments reveal that russia's direct efforts on behalf of donald trump began much earlier parts were even more expensive than anyone had previously understood are you surprised at that revelation. i'm surprised at the expenditure level especially at the end of the campaign we're talking more than a million dollars a month that's pretty significant money and that's a pretty significant number of russians working very hard on social media on behalf of donald trump from same petersburg in the indictment so the indictment itself is a complex part of a much larger investigation for instance i mean it has nothing to do with the hacking of the clinton the national democratic committee e-mails that has nothing about the funneling of national rifle association money into any of the campaigns i mean how important is it th

al-jazeera washington. a summit in kenya is focusing on how aid agencies can regain public trust after a string of sex scandals donations to oxfam have fallen following the sacking of workers who used prostitutes in haiti and united nations peacekeepers have been sent home from south sudan after being accused of sexually abusing women catherine soy has more from nairobi. this is a summit that brings together key players in the humanitarian sector and one of the main talking points is finding the reason a lot of fun sign about dawn of the deep particularly when it comes to funding as some of the countries that have experienced long and protracted conflict the summit also comes at a time when some aid workers from some humanitarian organizations like oxfam have been accused of sexual abuse in countries that they're operating in countries where that have some of the most vulnerable people this is something that the united nations a some don't the communities are very worried about what's behind us here of tole

details of its middle east plan including what it's likely to be released kimberly health al-jazeera washington. still ahead for this hour the head of oxfam apologizes as the aid agency is rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct. ollywood blockbuster with a difference fans line up to see the new black panther movie which is changing the silver screen with its nearly all black cost. and a record breaking ice skater and a fictional bear the winter olympics joe will explain all in sports. hello febreze often the coldest months of winter in the northern hemisphere particularly europe but that's not proving the case of the moment this arc of cloud that you see here being pushed in that direction is being pushed by atlantic when they don't it's never that cold so this result to the well is not like oh ten degrees not an eighteen past admittedly where you still got cold residual high ground like the out there will be snow forty thirty three in vienna as a cold pressure of air in here i think is a whole lot moves eastwards that's exactly what happened snow is going to fall for a time misty and hard

election is just the beginning and not the end of robert muller's investigation mike hanna al-jazeera washington. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov dismissed the indictments at a conference in munich. mr foreign minister i just wondered what your reaction is to the indictments were published yesterday the united states that show us one point two five million dollars a month of russian taxpayers' money being spent in trying to influence the american election do you think that was do you see a good return on that investment it's a. i have no response you can publish anything and we have seen those indictments and i've also read the statements from the homeland security adviser in the u.s. who denied the reports that any country to influence the election results the same was said by mike pence either here or maybe in another european capital so until we have the facts everything else is just blather aurore chalons has more on the reaction from moscow. russian response so far has essentially amplified a sense of incredulity incredulity that thirteen people could of influence the voting of more

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington yet of oppenheimer is an israeli political commentator he thinks the u.s. sanctions against him merely symbolic. finger to the trumpet ministration would like to show that these fighting till income mercies is still a terrorist organization hamas is not ready to work with now is the right of israel to exist and hamas does not going to put down its weapon in continued to. not just in its soldiers but those stories where leaders civilians so therefore i think that their world can hope to treat comest like a real partner for peace i want to remind the nia to our fact was also considered to be a terrorist but once our fire declared that he recognized the right of israel to exist and he would like to stop negotiation peacefully with these well in the united states then the declaration to change and he became a partner not a terrorist so the ball is in the hamas hands. twenty eight russian athletes have had their lifetime bans from elliptic sports overturned just over a week out from the wi

east the problem for the trumpet ministration a ma says it won't be deterred rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well let's put this into context for you on december the sixth donald trump unilaterally declared jerusalem as israel's capital that sparked protest for weeks across palestine and in several parts of the world on december the thirteenth the palestinian president mahmoud abbas formally rejected america's role as a mediator in any future israeli palestinian talks and a few weeks after that the u.s. froze more than half of its planned aid to the u.n. agency under a law which has been a lifeline for millions of palestinians across the region and now the u.s. is designating the leader of hamas and a key palestinian political group with the armed wing as a global terrorist it's not in sanctions on this melania who threatened a political uprising or into fatah against israel a day after trump's decision on jerusalem ghazi hamad is the deputy foreign minister of hamas joins me now from our gaza studio good to have you with us on al-jazeera even your colleagues within the senior cabinet are s

hope that just maybe twenty eighteen won't be quite as bleak in so many places paddy called al-jazeera washington. well let's get more on this now we're joined by melanie o'brien sing the next in international law at the university of western australia and she's joining us on skype from perth very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so first what do you make of what the report says about the fact that it begins the so very long report and really highlights and condemns what's happened there. there are things your record is going on is the most important and mark just crisis that we have. we have nearly a million g.'s encompasses not in bangladesh no more and with hundreds of thousands of refugees from your other country such a major so it's absolutely and the reason that it's bombed now is because there has been such and they. are what more i mean we did recently even though actually the violence has been going on for decades. report on the report talks about the same thing that you know you have in the past which is that we are what we're seeing in myanmar is not new to the country because th

hope the just maybe twenty eighteen won't be quite as bleak in so many places paddy calling al-jazeera washington african refugees in israel's hot detention center have gone on hunger strike protesting the imprisonment of seven eritreans who have refused to leave the country. and then the first to be jailed under a new deportation skein many of the thirty seven thousand african refugees in israel have been given three months to take up a cash offer to leave for rwanda face indefinite jail time but a smith has more from the detention center in israel southern negev desert so israel has started to carry out its threat to jail what it calls illegal african infiltrators who refuse the offer of cash in a one way ticket to a third african country and seven eritreans been taken from the detention center behind me to the jail just on the other side of the road and bodies the fate that awaits thirty seven thousand of the african migrants if they refuse this offer of caution one way ticket home many of the people we spoke to here mainly from eritrea and sudan say they will not take this offer and they are

affected sixty seven percent of turks have an unfavorable view of americans roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. to encourage our correspondent jamal el sheil such as well they're going to normalize relations how are they going to do it well i mean starting with nice words i suppose that's what came out of their press conference they both tried to underline that during relationship the important relationship the strong alliance between the true but they didn't really give us any details exactly of how they're going to strengthen or how they're going to bolster that said relationship there was very little in that respects aside from rex tillerson and his counterparts talking about the mechanism that was being set up in order to agree and work together i mean the the rhetoric that came out is very promising in that you know you we heard things like working together in terms of syria we had things about collaboration we heard the talk about the need to. share information and all of that respects but and agreeing on how they view this future of syria as an independent unified free and democratic st

and support for the fighters who retold get from ice all rosalind jordan al-jazeera washington. now world leaders all coming together in germany to discuss global security policy pile the agenda will be the gulf crisis on western relations with russia. has will from munich this is one of the top international security conferences in the world security officials and experts will debate for three days wide range of issues like the war of words between the united states of america and north korea over young's nuclear program the mounting tension between israel and iran and the growing rivalry between saudi arabia and iran over syria yemen and iraq but also the ok it imposed by saudi arabia and it's all eyes on qatar this conference comes against the backdrop of what many experts believe to be signs of the decline of the wells in liberal order. they basically say that the building blocks of the political order that prevailed for the last forty years which was based on respect for you were riots economic freedoms multilateral institutions like united nations and the and nato are unde

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington ok let's bring in our fresher in washington d.c. for a more kind of reaction is there on both sides of the house to this. well as you would expect in this town at this time it is very partisan and there are republicans who believe this shows that there was bias from the very early stages of the russian inquiry and therefore robert miller should have clear does this by the end of the day and democrats who suggest that there is nothing new in this but merely as kimberly said a collection of republican talking points but there's two interesting voices that we should pay attention to here first of all there is john mccain remember he was a republican presidential candidate he said that it was wrong of anyone to undermine the justice department and the f.b.i. and essentially all this does is embolden vladimir putin's russia and then trigo to you know in the back of your mind you'll be thinking i knew that name from somewhere trigo he was the republican congressman who organized the number

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington ok let's bring in our first year in washington d.c. as we heard kelly mention there this was promised to be a big thing but it doesn't seem to have delivered what's being said about this memo and who singing it. well at this time in this time as you would expect the reaction has been very polarized very partisan and the republicans who like donald trump are saying this proves that the militant bears the geisha was flawed from the start there was a political element to it this was about democrats settling scores and trying to win an election that they should never have lost the democrats are saying this is merely a republican talking points there is no substantial substance to their allegations they have taken a forty page fice a document boiled it down into four pages and left syrian facts and context but there are two interesting things to note first of all john mccain who was a republican presidential candidate has said that he thinks if you start attacking the f.b.i. and the justic

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al-jazeera. israel attacks gaza what the airstrikes after four of its soldiers are hurt and a border bomb explosion. ever shall carry this is al jazeera life also coming up moscow and washington trade accusations after thirteen russians are indicted over alleged meddling and the u.s. presidential election. i really kind of question whether or not they should have it. makes feelings as a gun show goes ahead in florida an hour's drive from a high school where seventeen people are shot dead on wednesday. and we'll hear from the indigenous kenyan forest communities who say they're being forced off their ancestral lands. four israeli soldiers have been wounded two of them seriously and an explosion along the gaza border israel's military blame some mosques carried out air strikes on a number of sites in the southern gaza strip ensuring two people the border area has been seen rather an increase in violence since the president's decision to recognize israel's capital but the future today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we were responding appropriately i send my wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. that has more from us for a song. israel has carried out what i

al-jazeera. four israeli soldiers are injured by an explosion along the gaza border israel hits back with airstrikes. on cell raman this is al-jazeera these are all top stories moscow and washington trade barbs after thirteen russians are indicted accused of meddling in the election that brought donald trump to power. i really kind of question whether or not they should or should not have it mixed feelings as a gun show goes ahead in florida an hour's drive from where seventeen people were shot dead at a high school on wednesday. and we'll hear from the indigenous kenyan forest communities who say they're being forced off their ancestral lands. welcome to the program four israeli soldiers have been wounded two seriously during explosion along the gaza border now israel's military has been quick to blame hamas has responded by launching airstrikes against a number of sites in the southern gaza strip palestinian security sources say there are two injuries on their side of the border area has seen an increase in violence as president trumps a session to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital of the future today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we were responding appro

al-jazeera . israel air strikes after four of its soldiers or hurt and order a bomb explosion. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. in washington trade accusations after thirteen russians are indicted over alleged meddling in the u.s. presidential election. are really kind of course in whether or not they should vote for about have it mixed feelings as a gun show goes ahead in florida an hour's drive from a high school or seventeen people were shot dead on wednesday. a decision that is taking the bang out of a cherished chinese tradition. four israeli soldiers have been wounded two of them seriously in an explosion along the gaza border israel's military blame some mosques and it's carried out airstrikes on a number of sites in the southern gaza strip injuring two people the border area asin increase in violence since the u.s. president's decision to recognize true islam as israel's capital. thank you for today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we were spahn the pro personally i send my wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. the has more or less stress on israel has carried out what it calls a large scale atta

from what many believe is a white house effort to derail the justice process kimberly held at al-jazeera washington five out of washington and i was told as you'd expect opinion on this memo is follow along partisan lines the democrats have written a rebuttal memo is that going to be released what might it say. well the top republican in the house. paul ryan has said that he'd be willing to allow the release of that memo but that of course is also subject to declassification by the president ultimately it would be his decision to allow it to go ahead with or without redactions the democrats as we've said has said that this was such an incomplete and cherry picked accounting of the actual the actual court proceedings which allowed this kind of unmasking and surveillance of a former campaign adviser that once the public was would be allowed to see all of the underlying facts then it would be clear that this was just a red herring and just meant to distract i think the real question here now is what the implications are for the moeller investigation the president was asked point blank yesterday are yo

from the white house to capitol hill she average hands the al-jazeera washington. and that's it for me rob matheson for this news our i'll be back in a public. place finisher. march on al-jazeera. with all potential challengers out of the way egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi is poised for a second time in power. a series of short passing stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds as president putin dominates the russian political scene his reelection becomes more apparent we assess what direction russia might take. with media trends consummate changing listening post analyzes how the news has been covered. and as more people around the world struggle to find clean drinking water leaders and researchers gather in brazil to address a critical issue in march on al-jazeera facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time. have any ci

details of its middle east plan including what it's likely to be released can really help get al-jazeera washington. a military helicopter surveying the aftermath of a magnitude seven point two earthquake in mexico has crashed killing two people the u.s. geological survey says the quite epicenter was just south of. the state of. almost a million homes across four states without power. brazil's president michel tema has ordered the military to take charge of security in rio de janeiro as the violence threatens to spiral out of control it is the first time the army has taken such roles as the end of military dictatorship in the line nine hundred eighty s. jodhaa silva reports. it's become a common sight in rio de janeiro heavily armed soldiers patrolling the city's most impoverished neighborhoods but now brazil's president michel tamar is taking it a step further or could even do that is that. organized crime almost took control in rio de janeiro state least it's a cancer that is spreading through the country and threatens the tranquility of our people that's why we decided to we see the decree for f

i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. in washington accusations after thirteen russians are indicted there for alleged meddling in the u.s. presidential election. are really kind of course and whether or not they should have it. goes ahead in florida from a high school were seventeen people were shot dead on wednesday. and we'll hear from the indigenous kenyan forest communities who say they're being forced off their ancestral lands. for certainly soldiers have been wounded two of them seriously in an exploration along the border israel's military planes hamas carried out air strikes on a number of sites in the southern gaza strip entering two people the border area has seen an increase in violence since the u.s. president's decision recognized as israel's capital for today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we were responding appropriately i send my wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. israel has carried out what it calls a large scale attack on hamas targets within gaza this is in response to what happened earlier

that he wrote on an inquiry which continues to divide washington and the country alan fischer al-jazeera washington let's hear now from a serious white house correspondent kimberly how could his life for us in washington so kimberly the president has been tweeting in the early morning there in washington making these accusations against the leadership of the f.b.i. what are we to make of that. well i think what we're to make of it is that essentially the president is doubling down on his accusations against the department of justice and the f.b.i. currently run by his political appointees so it really is remarkable that the president is going up in direct defiance against those that he put in place to run those intelligence and justice agencies that's the first thing of note but the second thing that's really significant in all of this is that essentially the president is really running a risk that this could backfire in terms of the level of expectation that is now out there it may not have the explosive impact of the president is hoping for when ultimately this is released you heard and alan fish