starting with the arab news. troops surge into afrin. talking about the deal that turkey may have done with russia. according to the arab news, a deal was struck between russia and turkey and if turkey stays within that 30 kilometre border zone, it will be fine for them to launch a ground assault and also based on the assumption that they will turn this territory over to the government of bashar al—assad afterwards. it is a bit interesting because it is conflicting with previous news at court into which he was condemning the attack and it also raised the question of why turkey is getting involved. there is quite a lot of involvement from turkey because of the kurdish group which is according to turkey, linked to the pkk which is not really well—received in turkey. the group itself, the ypg, is denying that. we will see the un security council talking about this later today. we have seen france, the us and other powers edging turkey to restrain its actions and ta ke turkey to restrain its actions and take care that they wouldn't be any ci

let's have a look at the arab news and this is about iran.t is unclear whether or not protest are continuing. the government affairs says they have quashed them, but actually the arab news says they are still continuing and it's very hard to get real information out of their because authorities have stamped down on the access people can get. but i guess the issue is what kind of long—term impact, if any, this week—long protest will have. of long—term impact, if any, this week-long protest will have. the last uprisings were in 2009 and were quashed pretty brutally and for most of the last 38 years you've seen very little resistance. the supreme leader, the revolutionary guides have had a pretty firm grip on the country. but young people will not be quelled, especially when you educate them and give them a sense that islam is the answer, especially your brand of sheer will slam. the irony is that —— shia islam. the previous leader were —— was quite supportive of uprisings in the rain —— places like egypt. people aren't seeing the benefits now o

the arab news reports on the warning from the international monetary fund to arab countries to urgently create more jobs or risk further economic protests. the top story in the daily telegraph: uk's former chief scientist says german car makers have "blood on their hands" for performing rigged experiments on monkeys and that this duplicity led to the deaths of thousands of britons. the metro takes a look at the reaction from women presenters over a report claiming there is no gender bias at the bbc. they're calling it the ‘farce‘ and the furious and the front page of the japan times has a story on how the japanese government is expected to approve basic research on growing human organs in animals — as well as producing human brain cells, eggs and sperm. with me is lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief of what investment fox news talking about the strength of donald trump. he does come across asa of donald trump. he does come across as a president who wants to be seen as strong, in control. very much so and critics will say fox news is a big supporter of mr trump's agenda we re big supporter

the arab news, and a big weekend for women in saudi arabia.lowed into football stadiums. they can drive themselves to the football stadiums. saudi arabia is following through on its mission to ease restrictions on women and participation of women in public life. this also comes after the crown prince came into office last july and he said from june this year, women will be allowed to drive so year, women will be allowed to drive so they could be driving themselves to one of these stadiums. they have made this cd ready to receive a women. i guessing it might be toilet facilities. and whether they will actually go. thank you very much for taking us through all of these stories and we will see you later. thank you for watching the briefing. from me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching. hi there. i'll be the first one to admit the weather has not been exciting in the last few days. take yesterday, many of us had cloud, mist and fog. just a few cloud breaks, the best of these in south—west england and wales and across western scotland.

the arab news reports on the warning from the international monetary fund to arab countries to urgentlyrther economic protests. the top story in the daily telegraph: uk's former chief scientist says german car makers have "blood on their hands" for performing rigged experiments on monkeys and that this duplicity led to the deaths of thousands of britons. the metro takes a look at the reaction from women presenters over a report claiming there is no gender bias at the bbc. they're calling it the ‘farce' and the furious and the front page of the japan times has a story on how the japanese government is expected to approve basic research on growing human organs in animals — as well as producing human brain cells, eggs and sperm.

and the arab news reveals that the us has requested an emergency un security council meeting to discussouncil meeting to discuss the unrest in a run. it will be held later running today. when one people died in the practice. the independent has a story about a proposed lysate levy in the uk, british politicians want to introduce a 25p tax on every cup of coffee in an effort to tackle the disposable copy cup problem. the daily telegraph reports that facebook founder mark zuckerberg has promised to dedicate this you to fixing the social network. he has admitted that a barrage of scandals has meant that users have lost faith in the side. and finally, in the new york times, resident in bookish ema are using sport to try to rehabilitate their image after the devastating 2011 earthquake and an army which triggered a nuclear disaster —— the new york times. so let's begin. with me is broadcaster henry bonsu. starting with the metro. a not so veiled reference to one of the stories about trump in the white house, which supposedly says his daughter ivanka does reveal the people the truth behind th

and finally, arab news — a historic move is under way in saudi arabia.r the first time to attend football matches. with me is wall street journal‘s nina trentmann the donald trump decision to cancel his visit. we have had a treat within the hour saying he did not agree with moving the embassy in the first place. what do you make of his decision? he was offered a state visit just decision? he was offered a state visitjust under a year ago but this was a working visit. it was an interesting development. we have seen interesting development. we have seen all sorts of speculation around this. could it be he would be met with protests in the uk which could have been true because we have seen a lot of opposition since his plan became public that he would come to the uk this year. it seems now it is more about the un embassy being

actually seventeen years ago on this day that al jazeera dot net launched that is down to series arabic news website today is the point i'm trying to make we take another global state with the launch of al-jazeera in mandarin it is the first news website of its kind from an arabic news provider where not targeting the chinese population of one and a half billion people and tying in with the content which is already up on chinese social media platforms that way when we chat it is also can i say a fitting tribute to dr. who's on to beijing bureau chief he oversaw the project he said lee passed away last week the u.r.l. is chinese don't al-jazeera don't net it is up and running and online right now so get out there and help us spread the word. now a few of your comments just before we hit the breaks that she'd been a lot coming through particularly on iran north korea as well i did like this comment on facebook here north korea's toward the great lessons of the countries in the world especially the road countries or dictatorships if you don't want to be invited by america it's nuclear weapons t

police of appeasing quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men after they've tweeted a new year's message in arabic a new hollywood campaign against sexual harassment has just been launched and it has already raised thirteen of its targeted fifteen million dollars the time's up initiative has the backing of hundreds of actresses writers and directors the fund will be primarily used to support victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. much of the central us started the new year under a bone chilling cold that has led to at least two thefts and has broken century old records the national weather service has issued a wind chill advisory across a vast area in iowa the wind chill dropped to negative thirty five degrees celsius on monday. south korea has offered to hold talks with north korea on whether the north can send athletes to the winter olympics south korea's president. said that his country is ready to negotiate on letting north korea join next month's olympics hosted by the south but he stressed that north korea's nuclear issues will be a major point in any talks north kore

right wing alternative for germany party who castigated german police for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic however a new law against hate speech online puts every comment under the crosshairs even if tongue in cheek with more on this here is our correspondent on. how you doing there now what can you tell us about this mess it seems like it's maybe getting a little hour ahead. yes well governments are now trying to regulate content on the internet by pushing the online world to crackdown on hate speech extremism and of course the mysterious bots and trolls who somehow manage to elect presidents but so far their attempts have been largely unsuccessful for example germany's new online hate speech laws only came into force on monday and twitter had already banned a parody account after users reported it as hate speech under the law platforms have to delete violent or a slanderous content by a certain deadline or face a fine up to sixty million dollars over the first case so far right politician of the alternative for germany party had her twitter account briefly suspended after users flagged h

right wing alternative for germany party who castigated german police for publishing a new year's a greeting in arabic however a new law against hate speech online puts every comment under the crosshairs even if tongue in cheek it's more on this here is our correspondents america. well governments are now trying to regulate content on the internet by pushing the online world to crackdown on his speech extremism and of course the mysterious bots and trolls who somehow manage to elect presidents but so far there are attempts haven't exactly been successful for example in germany a new online hate speech laws only came into force on monday and twitter has already banned a parody account after users reported it as hate speech but under the law platforms have to delete violent or slanderous content by a certain deadline or face a fine up to sixteen million dollars well the first case a far right politician of the alternative for germany party had her twitter account briefly suspended after users fired her tweets as hate speech against muslims now that's after she lashed out against german police for puttin

police of appeasing quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men after they tweeted a new year message in arabic. a new hollywood campaign against sexual harassment has been launched and it is already raised thirteen of its targeted fifteen million dollars the time's up initiative has the backing of hundreds of actresses writers and directors the fund will be primarily used to support victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries south korea has offered to hold talks with north korea on whether the north can send athletes to the winter olympics of south korea's president moon j in says that his country is ready to negotiate in letting north korea join next month's pyung chang olympics hosted by the south but he stressed that north korea's nuclear issues will be a major point in any talks north korean leader kim jong un had raised the idea of joining the olympics in his new year speech in the same speech he also issued fresh threats of attacking the united states. let's get more now straight from seoul our correspondent josh smith is standing by with the very latest so josh could

right wing alternative for germany party who castigated german police for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic however a new a law against hate speech online puts every comment under the crosshairs even if tongue in cheek with more on this here is our correspondent american. well governments are now trying to regulate content on the internet by pushing the online world to crackdown on his speech extremism and of course the mysterious bots and trolls who somehow manage to elect presidents but so far there are attempts haven't exactly been successful for example in germany a new online hate speech laws only came into force on monday and twitter has already banned a parody account after users reported it as hate speech but under the law platforms have to delete violent or slanderous content by a certain deadline or face a fine up to sixteen million dollars well the first case a far right politician of the alternative for germany party had her twitter account briefly suspended after users flagged her tweets as hate speech against muslims now that's after she lashed out against german police for pu

people protest in the tunisian capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring. a new threat emerges for thousands of people who lost their homes to flooding in the democratic republic of congo. and twelve million tens of baby milk in eighty three countries the true scale of salmonella scandal begins to a much. new wave of attacks by syrian government forces and their russian allies is forcing thousands of syrians to leave their homes around one hundred twenty thousand civilians have been displaced in rebel held province in recent weeks but instead of finding safety many continue to face danger. no law no a lot of up well i don't really know what to do but i know the freedom. we're very clear that you know law. but look at what we're broke when al-jazeera crew was filming in a makeshift camp an adlib when an attack happened they tell us a missile hit very close to civilians it escaped earlier bombing attacks in the nearby hama countryside al jazeera correspondent milad father can be seen among men women and children desperately trying to find cover. well a spokesman fo

companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide job opportunities arabs of new year explored various types of ms-dos as their scope for entry. despite its ethnic diversity in asia seems to have successfully managed its racial problems and in turn it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and in a solid peace agreement in two thousand and nine. no both dragon and doing a sizable representation in the government and parliament to many troubled region proves into peace benefits nations. are. next in our series on what to expect to be some of the big stories of two thousand and eighteen we report from russia it's for pairing to host the football world cup in just over six months the event is a chance for russia to showcase itself in a positive light at a time when it's on the western sanctions and in the shadow of a sports doping scandal or a challenge reports from moscow. empty stadiums often have an atmosphere of expectation about them they need the roar of a crowd to bring them alive and moscow's luzhniki stadium fresh from a compl

year's eve beatrix one store where anted at police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic she said that they were trying to appease quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men. twitter swiftly deleted that post and also froze her account for most of new year's day a new german law requires social media to delete hate speech within twenty four hours or face fines of up to fifty million euros and we have team coverage let's bring in our political correspondent who is standing by in our parliamentary studios and we're also joined by marina strauss from our social media team welcome to both with you both of you and i'd like to begin first with mckayla. for those who don't know explain to us who beatrice fung store he is and what she means to the political scene here in germany. well she certainly is a leading and spoken figure in the far right i'll turn to but she's been a european m.p. since twenty fourteen and she joined the board to start i'm in parliament also together with the for the first time in the past elections were still to see a government being formed here in

companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide job opportunities arabs of new year explored various types of ms-dos as their scope for entry. despite its ethnic diversity asia seems to have successfully managed its racial problems and in turn it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and in a solid peace agreement in two thousand and nine now both dragon aabs enjoy a sizeable representation in the government and polymer to many east troubled region it proves into make peace benefits nations. are desirable. dozens of hollywood a listers including reese witherspoon and meryl streep have donated to a fund to help fight sexual harassment the time's up campaign was only set up two weeks ago but it has already received pledges of thirteen point eight million dollars it's intended to provide assistance of victims are able to fund their own legal actions. remind of top stories here at al-jazeera the u.s. has called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council to discuss the anti-government protests in iran the supreme leader of

new fighting. thousands protest in the capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring. a new threat for thousands of people who lost their homes to flooding in the democratic republic of congo. and i'm peter salmon in doha with all the news as liverpool bring of manchester city's twenty two game unbeaten english premier league run to end with a four three victory at anfield. hello welcome to the program we begin this news hour in syria where a new wave of attacks.

companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide job opportunities arabs of new year explored various types of ms-dos as their scope for entry. despite its ethnic diversity asia seems to have successfully managed its racial problems. and in turn it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and that in a solid peace agreement in two thousand and nine now both dragon aabs enjoy a sizeable representation in the government and polymer to many east troubled region it proves into make peace benefits nations. are dizzy. now it's been a lean tourist season on the indonesian island of bali due to an erupting volcano a seventy percent drop in visitor numbers has cut tourist revenue by a billion dollars the government's trying to woo people back a step back in their homes. inside the danger zone tourists are visiting bally's most famous temple the sucky life just seven kilometers from the crater of the erupting volcano and was off limits for the past three months the decision to reopen a tourist attraction shows the government's eagerness to lur

eve paper asterix from stalker scolded police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic asking whether they were trying to appease what she called barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men a tweet came as a new german law cracking down on on line hate speech came into full effect social media companies must now delete potentially criminal posts within twenty four hours or face fines of up to fifty eight million euros. new year's eve celebrations passed without serious incidents this year but two years ago hundreds of women reported being sexually attacked many of the perpetrators were migrants since then police in cologne have pushed the slogan respect they use social media to spread the word in many languages including arabic began to expunge voice a leading member of the far right alternative for germany party mom the action in a tweet and criticize the police do you think it is to appease the barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men twitter deleted the entry immediately. cologne whole east regard the tweet is. prosecutors are now assessing whether to charge one story

facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police was saying happy new year arabic. again says that people who express their anger at my group policies in germany are seeing their voices silenced online. this public policy of the german government and especially of the old parties is intended to help young men from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. you're watching off international i'll be back with more news after this short break. with the islamic state and its many confederates defeated or facing defeat in syria what is next for this war torn country what justification exists for the u.s. to maintain military forces that does w

in the chin is in capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring anger has risen over new austerity measures after year of rising prices. and the french dairy company accused of covering up contaminated baby milk says it will pay damages to families affected about twelve million ten's of the powdered milk are being recalled across eighty three countries future the risk of salmonella poisoning. now palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to address the p.l.o. central council meeting open shortly with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital dominating the agenda they announced them by washington in december has sparked protests across the muslim world palestinian groups hamas and islamic jihad have declined an invitation to observe but not take part in the meeting which is taking place in ramallah in the occupied west bank they say there is a lack of agreement on how to. respond to the u.s. decision when joined now by our senior political analyst moment bishops are even iced up exactly here when the u.n. general assembly made that vote rejecting chunk

the chin is the in capital to mark seven years since the revolution the spark the arab spring anger has risen over new austerity measures after a year of rising prices and the french dairy company accused of covering up contaminated baby milk says it will pay damages to families affected about twelve million tons of the powdered milk are being recalled across eighty three countries due to the risk of salmon or other ports. zambia's government is easing some emergency measures imposed to fight a cholera outbreak that's killed at least seventy two people but not in one suburb of the capital lusaka where there was rioting on friday is where the outbreak began the focal point for the government's anti cholera campaign mariana honda has more. a simple procedure to get against a killer disease in footy is one of the millions ambience being vaccinated in an intensive campaign to contain a cholera outbreak she's from a township on the outskirts of the capital lusaka with the outbreak began in late september she says she didn't his attempt to join the queue when we hear those making news. we feel so bad so now

new year's eve beatrix launched ranted at police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic she said they were trying to appease muslims in germany twitter swiftly deleted that post and also froze or account for most of new year's day. when the winter olympics in korea just a month away south korea has offered to hold talks with the north on whether pyongyang can send its athletes to the games south korea's president moon j.n. says his country is ready to negotiate on letting north korea joint next month lympics hosted by the south but he stressed that north korea's nuclear threats would be a major point in any talks. let's go straight to saul now and reuters senior correspondent josh smith it's good to see you could this moment there's a lump it diplomacy signal some kind of breakthrough and actually reduce tensions well that's certainly what officials here in seoul are hoping this is because something that south korean president. has been pushing for some time he has proposed to the americans for example to delay a major joint springtime military. drills until after the ol

demonstrators demanding an end to new austerity measures and tax increases the violence has prompted fears of a fresh political crisis in the run up to the anniversary of twenty eleventh's arab spring uprising. we reject the new financial law it's what these protesters are telling the government but so far lawmakers aren't backing away from the measures. there were hopes the twenty eleven revolution would improve people's circumstances but many say change has materialized for them for straight up with fresh price increases for many goods and new taxes they've taken to the streets since monday. the small is starving us it's depriving us of our money. and it's marginalizing us. who are protesting peacefully here we're not trying to overthrow the government we want this unjust law to be scrapped. that's an easing government has already evolved not to back down on the austerity measures and tax increases it also accused the opposition of sticking violent protests. hundreds of protesters have so far been arrested. this is. really just the situation here in tunis in the capital city of tunisia has a loss to calm down the main rally this afternoon was peaceful as well be a few scuf

foreign ministry is denying a report by the united arab emirates state news agency that qatar a fighter jets have quoted intercepted and civilian aircraft the news outlets of the plane was on its way to bahrain follows a complaint bind hard to the united nations security council over two alleged violations of space by u.s. military planes in recent weeks tensions between cutoff and its neighbors have increased since june when the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain diplomatic and economic ties. the us president donald trump has denied accusations that he's racist he's been criticized for allegedly using vulgar language when describing haiti el salvador and several african nations during a recent white house meeting article he does more. the big conversation happening in washington and really across the country in the globe right now is president donald trump in fact a racist this is all coming about after a meeting where a bipartisan group of senators went to the white house and said they had to compromise on immigration reform the president reportedly bristled at it because he said i

tweet on new year's eve beatrix criticized police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year's greeting in arabic she said they were trying to appease quote barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men the law makers tweet came as a new german law aimed at cracking down on online hate speech came into full effect according to the new law social media companies must delete potentially criminal posts within twenty four hours or face fines of up to fifteen million euros. to speak about this further let's bring in our political correspondent rupert meter vault rupert it's good to see you for those of us who don't know a great deal about beatrix can you tell us who she is and what she means to the political scene here in germany. as you have already said beatrix from georgia is one of the leading figures of the extreme right populist party alternative for germany she serves them as a deputy nida here in the german parliament. she has quite some reputation for using provocative statements to gain media attention in two thousand and sixteen for instance at the height of the refugee crisis she called for ge

welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news arabs a whole rob a reminder of our top news story secessionist forces in yemen are reported to have taken control of the southern city of aden the reuters news agency says the forces which are backed by the united arab emirates have confined the government of president of the rebel woman sort of the to the presidential palace i. your jets are bombing our people that's the accusation from syrian opposition members who rose to disrupt the russian foreign minister speech in sochi moscow is hosting talks on syria's political future but it had a rocky start with main opposition groups on the kurds refusing to attend. also kenyan opposition leader raul has taken on other fishel oath he's calling himself the people's president and says victory in the twenty seven thousand vote was stolen from him the attorney general had warned that challenging the official president of the outer amounts to treason. is going to settle american as well colombia's government has suspended peace talks for the rebels after a series of bombings over the weekend seven more of

facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic again says people who express their anger migrant policies in germany are seeing their voices silenced online. the problem is you know the policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason the try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. french riot police or five tear gas or prison guards from europe's largest jail striking over dangerous working conditions including attacks on staff there were at latest incident at a different jail a. on corsica two guards were injured in a stabbing attack by an inmate who'd report

companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide job opportunities arabs of new year explored various types of ms-dos as their scope for entry. despite its ethnic diversity in asia seems to have successfully managed its racial problems. and it turned it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and it in a solid peace agreement in two thousand and nine. now both dragon aabs enjoy a sizable representation in the government and polymer to many east troubled region it proves into make peace benefits nations. are desirable. twenty eighteen is said to be a big year for russia and for football fans worldwide when the world cup kicks off in june the fourteenth the tournament opportunity for russians to reverse perceptions following the scandal of the doping of a limb pick at fleet center of a controversy such as russian denials of interference in the election of donald trump from moscow brought challenge looks at. empty stadiums often have an atmosphere of expectation about them they need the roar of a crowd to bring them in life and moskos

facebook and twitter account suspended of the she criticised the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic there's a bill good again says that people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany are seeing their voices silenced online. this problem is your policy of the german government and especially of the older higher this is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is been ignored and in the case of these book or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. experts from the world economic forum have named cyber crime data breaches as the biggest potential threats of this year according to their global risks report of two thousand and eighteen this could ultimately lead to the internet as we know it being b

muslim the hordes of men after the department tweeted a new year's greeting in arabic. there are states thinks about slapping further sanctions on iran office a deadly crackdown on protesters the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. also coming up the same money for the same work pioneering heisman becomes the first country to enshrine equal pay for men and women in law. never mind buying into the latest fashion trend how about just borrowing them instead we take a tour around a clothes life for you right here in germany. this is your business update on how the home free thanks for joining me now you think that u.s. companies would be entering the new year with a sense of the tax reform the rate of twenty one percent down from the previous thirty five percent but in the short term not all companies are coming out windows with some having to pay a steep tax bill focused including german company hired a back cement the american investment bank goldman sachs and the british commodity giant b.p. . the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico cost b.p. a

posts via dell and one store had criticized the police force for wishing followers online happy new year in arabic amongst other languages their party had finished third in circulation by the authorities by the police into the comments that these two ladies made around new year regarding as you say the tweets in arabic that were put out by the police office in cologne and it's vital being the co-leader of the alternative for germany party in the parliament ninety odd members colleagues of hers in in parliament with of which one is their tricks fahnestock and she's the one who initiated these comments referring to the decision by the police to tweet in arabic and using language which several hundred people have now complained about in addition to the complaint the police received in addition to the complaint the police are investigating looking at the specific language the tricks from stalking use the interesting point to make here is that on new year's day a new law came into effect which governs what can and cannot be said online as well as in broadcast format in the written media and between peo

new fighting. thousands protest in the capital to mark seven years since the revolution that sparked the arab spring. a new threat in the thousands of people who lost their homes to flooding in the democratic republic of congo. and i'm peter salmon in doha with all the baseball to news as liverpool bring of manchester city's twenty two game unbeaten english premier league. with a four three victory at anfield. hello welcome to the program we begin this news hour in syria where a new wave of attacks by syrian government forces and their russian allies is forcing thousands of syrians to leave their homes around one hundred twenty thousand civilians have been displaced in rebel held province in recent weeks but instead of finding safety they continue to face danger. no law no law on top. of their own no the freedom. that if you know law. an al-jazeera crew is filming in a makeshift camp in a live when an attack happened they tell us a missile hit very close to civilians it escaped earlier bombing attacks in the nearby how country side al-jazeera correspondent maillard father can be seen among men women

arab spring. has been rising over new austerity measures after a year of increasing prices. palestine's president mahmoud abbas has told the p.l.o. central council that palestinian authority will never accept washington's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital but all the palestinian factions including hamas and islamic jihad have declined an invitation to the event citing disagreement over the response to trump's policy and a french dairy company accused of covering up contaminated baby milk says it will pay damages to families affected twelve million tins of the powdered milk a being recalled across eighty three countries due to the risk of sounding nella poisoning. say with our top stories that set for myself in the team here in london witness is coming up next stay with us. china has a serious shortage of women and a lot of lonely men. one on one used meets those desperately seeking any way they can at this time on al-jazeera. i've got. nothing that mom we don't know not the record we. know that it could. not go so they told. his. cousin steering room it's a

police of appeasing quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men after police tweeted a new year's message in arabic. while saudi arabia says its ban on women behind the wheel will be lifted in june the majority sunni country is under strict sharia law and is the last country in the world where women are forbidden from driving instead they have to employ chauffeurs or ask their male relatives to drive. the women sit in the back and do young boy is in the driving seat to saudi made videos like these making fun of the country's ban on female drivers fifteen thousands of times to one it was a good gag it soon to be out of date. as of next you retire not i hushed me will be allowed to drive a car. and she's already lining up a perfect right. car shopping has become a popular holby for wealthy saudi women. you just want to be free with the car you can get your groceries every stuff every shop you don't need to to to wait for somebody to take you to do is small things you know your daily life thing when you go to my office come back to my office to my home you know. i'm free the car dealer says a lot of s

an arab american and another way you've tried to use your comedy is you've tried to normalise the perceptions of muslims when many are really seeking to demonise them. in 2003, you co—founded the newer the world to showcase the talents of arab americans right across the entertainment industry. do you feel that arabs or muslims in the entertainment industry are also getting a raw deal? yeah. i mean, starting off with arabs, right, because arab and muslim isn't synonymous. arabs were trailblazers in american comedy. we have danny thomas, jamie far. we were these great comedic figures. post 911 we became caricatures of terrorists and nothing more and so that was something i was really concerned about shifting and giving arabs the opportunity to be seen on screen as something other than a taxi driver or terrorist. but also being a person of colour is a challenge and arab is considered a person of colour, so you have to break through that barrier. but... i was going to say, couldn't it be an advantage? one arab actor said recently that when he complained about being depicted as a terrorist and saying that this was racial profiling he was told, you're lucky and you can use your ethnicit

police of appeasing quote barbaric gang raping muslim words of men after they tweeted a new year message in arabic. all this week d w in the start of the new year will be giving you a preview of what to expect from top global players and twenty eight hundred today we're focusing on germany number one on the agenda for all the machall trying to form a new government it is now more than one hundred days germans went to the polls and september's elections and beginning on january the seventh all americans conservatives will start exploratory tour talks with the social democrats but even if they are successful it could take months before any new government is actually in place. each day a new record is broken here in berlin never before has it taken so long falling an election to build a new government. and in the middle of it all chancellor. or at the moment interesting chancellor. if decisions are being made in parliament she has to search for allies so far she has not been able to find a fix coalition partner it looks like no one wants to form a coalition with the chancellor on the other hand doesn

her facebook twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police saying happy new year in arabic bill she again says people who express their anger at my current policies in germany are seeing their voices foil and so on line. the problem is your policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason a german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason the try to silence critics of the german government's asylum policy. drug related crimes are becoming so bad on parts of the paris metro train drivers are reportedly refusing to stop at certain stations that's according to a letter written by a union which represents the metro and bus network in the capital are to. jump on board to find out i

we're talking about egypt, jordan, qatar, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. the new measures now require air carriers to divulge who is sending the package, where it was sent from, what's in it and where the package may have made stops before it was placed on the final u.s.-bound flight. that information gives tsa and customs officials some added tools to identify potential explosive. one official told cbs news is somebody is spending $500 to ship a $100 printer that is easily purchased in the united states, it should raise some instant suspicion. egyptair, royal jordanian, qatar, saudi, already serve the u.s. from those five countries. they'll now all be required to comply with this new order. recall back in february of 2016 a somali air carrier managed to land successfully after a laptop bomb blew up after take-off. that bomb had passed through an x-ray machine. the blast left a hole in the airbus as it sucked the bomber out of the plane, his body was later discovered on the ground. forewarning of what could possibly be to come, melissa. >> melissa: those seem like