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one of the wildest arabian nights -- actually the only arabian night i had. >>> it's thursday, february>> announcer: from abc news thisworld >> youidn't actually say drop the beats when you were there, you? >> yes,ow they pushed of the country.e >>s a questionable thing as well. coming up but we're going to start this half hour with it republicans and democrats in the senate they're hashing out a deal after months of bickering. >> the senate is vote today in favor of the bill which calls for an extra $300,000 military spending. >> and president trump is backing the plan after calling for a government shut down but its fate in the house remains here's abc despite president trump' down they achieved something washington hasn't seen i a bipartisanagreement fund the >> this is the bipartisanship. >> i on the >> disaster andief infrastructure. what it doesn't include fupding the president and the president's border wall. for a shut down if he didn't get e>> wit have a country. so would i shut it down over this issue? yes yes. >> reporter: the president now endorsing the senate deal that make

when, when the country's neighbors on the arabian peninsula are so very rich. countries like saudi arabia. >> some important perspective. hol williams, thank you. >> mike pence left on a five day trip to asia, focused on ratcheting up pressure on north korea's repressive regime. among his stops, the opening ceremonies of the winter olympics 50 miles from the dmz. ben tracy is in the host city, pyeongchang. >> reporter: they have been holding drills for months simulating everything from a hostage situation to shooting down a drone about to drop explosives on an olympic venue. the chief of police told us a terrorist attack by drone is the biggest concern. in all 21 olympic venues and facilities are being closely monitored at this command center. the 60,000 person olympic security force is about twice that deployed during the summer olympics in rio. that force includes south korean marines who have been testing their tolerance for the cold and snow found in the mountains of pyongyang. this is what is known as the joint security area of the dmz, where north and sou

one of the wildest arabian nights -- actually the only arabian night i had. >> that's definitely going>>> it's thursday, february 8th. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >> you didn't actually say drop the beat while you were there, did you? >> yeah, and somehow they allowed me out of the country or may pushed me out of the country. that is the issue. >> that is a questionable thing as well. >>> part two on the desert nights coming up. but, we're going start this half hour with the republicans and democrats in the senate. they're coming together, trying to hash out a sweeping budget agreement after months of partisan bickering. >> the senate is expected to vote today in favor of the bill which calls for an extra $300 billion in military and domestic spending. >> you see a lot of pictures from the capitol last night. and president trump is now backing the plan after calling for a government shutdown, but its fate in the house remains uncertain. here's abc's jonathan carl. >> reporter: despite president trump's threat of a shutdown, they achieved something washington

after teething problems, qatar the link between mecca and medina across the arabian desert should arabianening in march. spanish built trains will be covering the 270 miles between the two holy cities in about two hours. helen is looking forward to christmas — the place, not the day. christmas island, a beautiful coral atoll in the heart of the world's biggest ocean, is the only isle in the republic of kiribati who has an international air link. it's a stop on the way between honolulu and fiji. there are many ways to reach honolulu from the uk with a single change of planes at a mainland us airport, but you will need to make sure you are there at noon on a tuesday when the only flight of the week takes off for the three—hour flight south to christmas island. next, kelly is seeking a different kind of island escape. the hebrides, the islands off the west coast of scotland comprise raw, elemental landscapes with a dramatic seashore punctuated by pretty ports and superb beaches. agreed, the weather is not always clement and the mediterranean is rather more warm than the north atlantic, but w

. >> reporter: the saudi arabian government invited us to yemen to show us their version of the war there. these fighters are taking us to the front line, which is at the top ofhthis mountain range. for nearly three years saudi arabia has been backing these yemeni government soldiers. [gunfire] fighting a brutal war against houthi rebels who have seized swaths of land. they killed this houthi gunman two months ago, they told us. yemeni general nasser al dhaibany told us saudi air strikes are helping him win back these barren hills, and the saudis are supported in this war by the u.s. [gunfire] houthi positions are less than a mile away. have you lost family members? have you lost friends? both sides in this fight are accused of war crimes, but with weapons subplied by the u.s., saudi arabia is capable of much greater damage. the saudi-led coalition has hit weddings, markets, and schools with air strikes according to a u.n. report, and aid groups say a saudi blockade has contributed to starvation and a deadly cholera outbreak. thousands have died. >> we are not part of the famine or the fo

days ♪ arabian nights ♪ arabian days >>> of course aladen because we're kicking off the first leg ofdventure to the arabian peninsula. i heard you got to play in style? dubai? >> arab emirates invited us for the most exclusive and expensive commercial flying experience, ever. >> reporter: the world's largest airline. a double decker and emirates has more of these big boys than any other airline in the world. its first class suite often rated among the top in the industry and today -- i get a sneak peek of what it's like to climb these stairs and enter into first class heaven. >> is that a $2,000 bottle of hennie? >> reporter: albeit, temporary. each of the private first class suites is 82 inches long. the round trip to dubai will cost you about $28,000. you are the best "world news now" anchor since t.j. holmes. yes, you are. two different amenities kits. the ladies, the mens. but after getting a sneak peek before the flight, i know my place. i'll take my place in the back. the entire lower floor of the emirates is economy seats. those aren't too bad. knowing how these segments go, d

has been able to achieve fighting terrorist groups like in the arabian peninsula with some of the groups that has talked about has been speaking about these groups have actually played a major role in pushing out of key areas. since the war began at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed the economy crippled and millions face famine and disease the u.n. says nearly all twenty five million people need some form of humanitarian assistance with close to half of the population and acute need of support as the fighting is about to enter its fourth year if you have much hope of improvement any time soon. al-jazeera time for a short break here now just when we come back the u.k.'s opposition leader changes course as he outlines his present policies plus. reviving an industry crippled by civil war the first tunnel film made in four decades hits the screen in the state. welcome back as we look at weather across central and southern parts of china and taiwan gerri looking fine through much of choosing quite a strong southerly flow but we have got this area of rain and that is likely to stand

let's talk about saudi arabian stocks. the best monthly performance in years.esistance level was broken, that could signal further gains. -- felipe, what was driving that performance? >> saudi has catch up to do. january was a good month. the index was going up more than 5%. had the indexwe trading at such levels was in july of last year. what we do know is that investors see some of the concerns that were mentioned. including the crackdown on corruption, how far this could go. this is seen as behind us. drivers are getting investors to look forward when it comes to stocks. the potential addition when it comes to emerging markets. sees this happening the first half of this year. combination of not as much bad news with potential good news. this is on a year to date basis. materials are making a bit of a comeback compared to the performance in 2017. what is going to be the next catalyst you were watching out for, outside of the traditional thinking of markets unlocking? filipe: there is a lot of optimism that there can be quite a significant growth in witholio i

now to some of the other stories making news around the world arabians are waiting to learn the fate of sixty five people on a crashed airliner the flight had started in toronto and was bound for the southern city of us suge search and rescue team suspended operations until daybreak due to blizzard conditions in the mountains where the plane is believed to have come down . the seventeen year old german national known only as linda w. has been sentenced to six years in prison by an iraqi court she was found guilty of membership in the so-called islamic state her case made international headlines after she was arrested by iraqi forces in mosul last summer. in ukraine's capital kiev several thousand protesters have called for the impeachment of president petro poroshenko the protesters included supporters of former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili who was deported from ukraine earlier this week saakashvili was previously a governor of ukraine's a desert region and a persian go ally but he then became one of his greatest critics. mourners in the city of prophet have attended the funer

the small arabian gulf nation is the target of a blockade from its neighbors and historically closest allies. saudi arabia the united arab emirates. and egypt have cut diplomatic trade and travel links with qatar. they close their airspace to cut that he. and others only land border was closed by saudi arabia on local be that in order to get the other thought if you have both i mean i would not only that but of one lead out with the mother made out well look here. with the loved ones that i have defended i've never . heard of one but as someone i know that go well it's all of what i was out there got from one of the russian pop try and his living driving trucks loaded with building materials across the region's borders the crossings were relatively trouble free until early june two thousand and seventeen. with the build up. and for the other driver. of time. for the going to vary from the very best to know live it on a very. good hour said. i love mom but it reported. revenue from a lot of people never i don't know what i was growing up without a little. russian move to qatar from nep

they seek to purify the religion from what they say is the corrupt influence of the current saudi arabian died. >> this group of radicals took over very abruptly, very suddenly and very quickly islam's holiest site. >> saudi officials rush tanks and troops to mecca surrounding the shrine. eyewitnesses say as many as 10,000 pilgrims are still inside the grand mosque, and sniper fire was heard all day in mecca. >> broadcasts from iran today blame the united states for the assault on the grand mosque in mecca, the muslim holy city in saudi arabia. those broadcasts were heard in islamabad where a mob stormed the american embassy, killed a marine guard and trapped about 100 americans in the embassy. >> the mob was screaming "kill the american dogs" in islamabad. this is the third major event in the muslim world in the last 24 hours. >> in tehran this morning, millions of people are shouting "death to the shah, death to carter." that is followed by the cry "god is great." >> these groups are very hard to dissuade. these people believe that god is on their side. that is a very powerful form of d

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula remains the propaganda hub. al qaeda touts usama bin laden's son as a new leader. recruiting more fighters in syria. affiliates in africa remain stronger than isis in somalia and east africa. >> responding to the revelations, deputy press secretary revealed the communications director -- >> isis fighters have nowhere to go. the u.n. is warning nations for possible influx of jihadists trying to eat influence trying to influence. >> chris: fbi informant says russia routed millions of dollars to the u.s. in an effort to buy influence with the obama administration and with bill and hillary clinton. catherine herridge explains. >> fox news confirms an fbi informant who has not gone public spent four hours once answer questions from staffers on the senate as well as house oversight and intelligence committees. their focus is an obama administration deal that allowed a russian nuclear energy agent to gain a controlling stake in uranium one. canadian-based company with mining interest in the western u.s. >> early 2010,

. >> because of the distance to tehran from the arabian sea, a raid to rescue the american hostages islikely. >> how much longer can you go on doing this? >> we are ready to go on until martyrdom. martyrs are alive in islam. martyrs do not die. martyrs are not destroyed. >> so the bullets do not really kill? >> the bullets do not kill the rights of the people. >> terrorism was suddenly moving from what had once been almost entirely a secular, politically ideological movement to something that now is motivated or fueled by religious fervor. >> in mecca, men described as religious deviants are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. >> 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a muslim sect. they seek to purify the religion from what they say is the corrupt influence of the current saudi arabian government. dozens are said to have died. >> this group of radical sunni fanatics took over, very abruptly, very suddenly, and very quickly, islam's holiest site. >> saudi officials rushed tanks and troops to mecca surrounding the

in both the red sea and the gulf of aden and into the arabian gulf. enter a very close partnership with our partners. we have three combined maritime taskforces that are led out of the naval headquarters and bothering that include different nations. when i look at nations on our team and others i think ours are very strong and it's a key way to maintain our influence and pursue our interests. >> last year, the u.s. naval office of intelligence pointed out some challenges with placing a mindset that would put at risk commercial vessels, give me your perspective that only on what that threat is, we see shooting at u.s. ships what's your perspective on what were doing looking to counter that potential threat. we know that strategically important. >> we maintain mine sweeping capabilities in the gulf and have for a number of years. some of our partners like the emirates and saudi arabia have good capability in this regard. one thing we do is work to optimize their capabilities. get them to use their capabilities and using some of our experience to help th

chp officers say he was spotted on a white arabian horse last night, and said the 29-year-old had a blood alcohol level that was double the legal limit. the horse is not hurt and is back home with the family. >>> north korea may be willing to hold diplomatic talks with the u.s. and south korea. president trump's daughter, ivanka sat in the same box as a senior member of the north korean government. and south korean president, moon jae-in. during the ceremony, moon's office announced pyongyang says it's willing to sit down, and discuss its nuclear program with the u.s. >>> bay area families and veterans got a chance to go to a shooting range today. >> it's all part of a program aimed at helping people who may be going through a tough time. >> reporter: this morning, alameda county law enforcers shared their firearms training range with some military brothers in arms. >> today, veterans and their families were able to come out to alameda sheriff's department, and participate in a shooting. >> reporter: the event is part of a program called ranger road, started by former army ranger, makayla

ball right now and the police have picked up explosives clearly from iranian or you are picking up a arabian missiles or you have explosives in the red sea, you can see iran isu ran -- where or in theducing fight. when syria, which has made no -- has not hidden at all, made no excuse for what they are with natogside iran, providing throughput ford weapons, -- throughput for weapons. they have an absolute right to defend themselves, they do not have to wait until their citizens are dying from that attack to address that issue. israel has an absolute right to defend itself and that is what i think happened yesterday. >> so you are all ok to go off ?he record here announcer: c-span's washington journal, live for every day with news and policy issues that impact you. we take a look at the weekend in washington with reuters white house correspondent and the usa today washington correspondent. focusing on efforts to lower ofg prices with the founder patients for affordable drugs. c-span's "washington journal," tomorrow morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> next weekend, the c-span cities tour

three week sultan march walking three hundred fifty eight kilometers to the village of dandy on the arabian sea where he defied the british sultan of lead by lifting and auctioning off just full of salt. he and his followers were arrested but it was a victory for the man who churchill contemptuously called the half naked for. coverage of the march captured the world's attention. gandhi had an innate sense of symbolism and mass communication. the more this seems like a contradiction to a paradoxical for a man who came across as an ascetic as someone who renounced worldly things in search of spiritual salvation. but he was a great politician and a great communicator us. said. gandhi's weapons with civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance the british countered with truncheons. colonial repression was often brutal presence. gandhi was jailed seven times for a total of forty years he's part of. a times serving nine years. from the beginning to the end the struggle for independence was led by the indian national congress party. gandhi was its guiding light. its chief organizer. the two men sh

comparing it to nazi germany you criticize the iran nuclear deal so in quote its unleashed a dangerous arabian target. you want aggression and shipped. and it will compress the entire world the nuclear agreement with iran has brought the countdown has begun the countdown to a new reagan nuclear arsenal little more than a decade in the sanction relief that they do provided has not moderated iran has not made them more moderate internally and it's not made a more moderate externally contract it's unleashed a dangerous iranian terror in a region and beyond netanyahu has never been a fan of the way new nuclear deal that was signed back in two thousand and fifteen and on multiple times over the years he has caught iran a great danger well of course talking about a deal in which to run signed off to limit its uranium enrichment in response for financial sweetness i think this deal is a bad. deal now what we hear today from the israeli prime minister is again urging the international community to slap more sanctions on tehran he has called the country the greatest threat to the world and he drew the

law and international ethics and values talking about the security a regional architecture for the arabian gulf. while sending missiles to the who thiis and sending terrorists to attack other countries and supplying weapons of explosives to terrorists. is a contradiction with all due respect to the iranians so as to understand that the reason it is subject to sanctions is because of its behavior not because we don't like them we like them we have great respect for iran its history its people but we do not. we cannot afford to put up with the when the revolution penetrant supports the reasonableness sanction for terrorism is because it supports terrorism. we didn't sanction them the international community did the reason. for violating ballistic missiles accords. it's because it does and the reason they're going to sanction. on human rights violations is because it does so there has to be a fundamental change in the right regime it would have for iran to be treated like a normal country and that's what we're looking for and so we will continue to push back against. it all areas we can with

lyse doucet has traveled with saudi and yeme government forces to the front line.se high above the arabian peninsula just off the coast of yemen, saudi arabia and its allies have ruled these skies since the war began. and they control the seas below. these shipping lanes of vital -- a vital gateway for the world's energy supplies. and a smuggling routoo, for ilcit goods. among them, the saudis say, weapons its archrival iran supplies to houthi fighters. we arrived on board assembly -- a saudi warship inspecting vessels in the port. it is in houthi hands, so saudis are on the lookout for suspicious vessels.t e captain, -- for the captain, his mission is a crucial front line in the war. your operational rules are to treat all vessels as suspicious. >> yes. hse: even humanitarian ones. the naval blocka been lifted for now. food andni obstructing fuel from yemein desperate need. but this war grindsn, and on army,ound, it is yemen's troops, and tresmen who are battling houthi fighters from advancing slowly on hostile terrain mountain by mountain. seizing strategic heights on approach to the cap

starvation certainly in the north where huge numbers of civilians are the program that the saudi arabians have announced is designed to assist those areas of yemen that are already under the control of saudi allies if you will and so it's benefiting its own civilians and the opposition the houdinis they still are being denied a civil union in that area the minimum humanitarian aid needed to avoid starvation well for more on this story let's speak to eric ecan barry who's an advocacy associate at yemen peace project his life from washington thank you so much for your time so what do you make of saudi arabia promoting this new multibillion dollar aids plan for yemen is this a genuine campaign to help the people of yemen or rather an attempt by saudi arabia to improve its image after the international pressure it's been on. yeah i think all you need to know about the plan is that the day after it was announced oxfam norwegian refugee council save the children came out and said that we were not consulted on this plan even though that they bear a major international humanitarian organizations

at iran comparing it to nazi germany criticize the iran nuclear deal saying quote it's a dangerous arabian target. which. he wants aggression will be shipped. and it will compress. the nuclear agreement with iran has brought the countdown has begun the countdown. more than. the sanctions relief do provided it's not moderated. it's not made the more moderate. and it's not more moderate extremely. it's a louche a dangerous during interrogation in a region and beyond netanyahu has never been a fan of the iranian nuclear deal that was signed back in two thousand and fifteen and on multiple times over the years he has called iran a great danger well of course talking about a deal in which to run signed off to limit its uranium enrichment in response for financial sweeteners i think this do is a bad. deal now what we hear today from the israeli prime minister is again urging the international community to slap more sanctions on tehran he has called the country the greatest threat to the world and he drew the parallel between the nineteen thirty eight munich agreement that failed in its attempt t

arabian relationship historically is the kind of aggression interference you know really all that new when you look at the u.s. relationship with iran. well no and in fact that's one thing i try to emphasize in my book. if you go back to nine hundred fifty three in their audience remember this very well the cia's very first. date i was in iran the cia overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of iran mohammad moses deck installed installed the shah of iran a king we then helped i should say the cia helped the shah set up his security services called the sock train the sava could not see type torture techniques and helped the shah rule iran until the islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine. through very repressive tactics again this is something very much in the memories of the iranian people and something that i think americans need to consider when we think about iran and how the iranian government and the iranian people perceive our government. one of the things that that sort of has come up now is that washington the mainstream media really quick to pave the w

chinese government saudi arabian the u.a.e. pushing their war in yemen through their funded think tanks like the middle east institute all these things should concern us at least as much. as alleged russian attempts to. involve itself in the in the last year or so large were also rather sorry to interrupt i mean do you think the timing of this is coming sudan plumbing considering these indictments were released right after the f.b.i. issued a statement on its failure to investigate the florida shitter. i think that is probably coincidence. you know i don't have any reason to think otherwise things these are both things that needed to happen and. the. they have been on the same day well ok. the it would have been worse for the f.b.i. if they immediately yesterday that they missed the tip on a florida shooter because no one strike the afternoon of the three a weekend that's not generally considered to be a great time to release new score it's a great time to release news if you want to bury it in there and also the document claim

a luxury saudi arabian hotel that served as a detention centre for dozens of princes and top officialshe five—star ritz—carlton in riyadh was taken over following an anti—corruption drive, headed by crown prince mohammed bin salman. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, says she had to make painful concessions to secure a coalition deal with the country's social democrats. hitting back at critics who say she sold out to stay in power, she told german television that handing over the finance ministry to the spd, had been hard, but there had been no real choice. reports from syria say at least a dozen people have been killed in renewed attacks on a besieged, rebel held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists in the eastern ghouta region said there were airstrikes on two towns. syrian state media said government forces had responded to rebel mortar fire that had landed in the centre of the capital. new york prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company, alleging that the studio failed to protect staff from harvey weinstein. mr weinstein has been accused by more tha

through tranquil arabian can you. deny it seems in finnish. how i think know them parts of the middle east may well see a little more clout over the next couple of days it should be largely dry the levant say in that clash just spilling in from the mediterranean times it may be thick enough for a few spots if i but nothing much to speak of the temperatures in beirut spiked added around twenty three degrees the much of iran it should be settled it should be sunny or tehran getting up to around eleven south just a little bit of wintry weather just around the the high ground there for afghanistan maybe a little bit of rain sleet and snow a couple it around four or five celsius over the next couple of days temps just getting up into the low twenty's at this stage as we go on through our sunday not just the cloud is pushing its way further southward so it will cloud over a little across the right in peninsula over the next day or two twenty six twenty seven in riyadh react picking up to around thirty one degrees as we go on through sunday and even

central parts of turkey will run in the full cost for the year and right in the forecast to a crusty arabian peninsula which i believe over the east as i said no the process saudi arabia gusty winds pushing through his some very wet weather we are going to see some flooding inevitably that rain will make its way down across costs are as you go on through saturday push for the south was across the u.a.e. as we go i wanted to sunday by disguise behind but looking very wet for the u.a.e. . welcome back with al-jazeera a look at the day's top stories now as new waves of bomb strike syria's east and the u.n. security council is struggling to reach agreement on a resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire that. nigerian officials have apologized for misleading parents of schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram in yobe a state on monday dozens of girls are still missing despite the military claiming they've been rescued. and u.s. president donald trump has announced what he's calling the largest ever set of sanctions on north korea a target pyongyang shipping and trading companies. all in our stori

it it should be the dry time the year and it looks like it still will be as carry on west to the arabian peninsula and he attempts have been surprisingly high recently as being quite human around the gulf morning fog has been around certainly in doha as full cross of twenty eight is hari is the twenty eight of riyadh above normal but it keeps going up doha's max on sunday is quite surprising thirty. for the congolese the journey took. all aboard that means unimaginable hardship i prefer to lie down because they might get the thing to chance in life and live on a dangerous journey through the jungle i fell onto the rails and nearly died. of children eat go to school and live because of the training risking it all the democratic republic of congo at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back for a second quick look at our top stories as world leaders gather for a security conference in munich the emir of qatar calls for collective action to achieve stability in the middle east. turkey and the united states say they've agreed to normalize relations despite tensions over u.s. support for the kurd

continue as we head through into saturday highs of thirty one expected in crotch in pakistan here in the arabian peninsula because some cloud across northern parts the region into saudi arabia and that will add slightly further towards the south as we can progressive but again temperature twenty seven degrees it's way above average for this time of year across many of the gulf states and likely to remain that way twenty eight degrees pretty impressive here or the later in the day will find more in the way of clothes coming down sunshine turn a little bit hazy with us or temperature we will complain too much because she will see fine weather with highs here of thirty three. airborne vehicles harvesting every pick you take every click you make click to do everything all the way. but it's time to work for what. we believe that the deep sleep was the first civilian to. create. the engineers at this time of year. a quick look at the top stories cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as south africa's president a day off the embattled leader of zuma resigned is promising to fight corruption and to revitali

through triangle the arabian can you. deny. and if that means going to. hello there we're seeing yet more snow over parts of europe recently it's been spain where we've seen a lot of wintery weather but now these pictures are from croatia where some places of had up to a meter of snow that's an awful lot of wintry weather and it has given us a problem on the roads causing quite a bit of disruption that now that system is gradually edging its way eastwards in the worst of the snow is now over parts of russia so during the day today then this is where we're expecting a lot of wintry weather moscow zero as a maximum temperature fairly mild for us and there is going to be a lot of snow around to the trailing leg of that system that still works its way down across parts of greece and all across here they could be some or all the heavy outbreaks of rain at times meanwhile for the western parts of europe no snow here for the northwest but it's not warm six as a maximum in london and that drops further as we head through into monday this time only for a look at p

till then he was going to buy social media was he was out there and he has the day the california arabian standard oil company struck oil in commercial quantities in saudi arabia money from that saudi oil is today used to purchase u.k. weapons threatening millions in yemen. from north korea to syria's president donald trump's foreign policy is literally all over the map north korea says it is open to direct talks with washington only to be met with preconditions in syria peace is within view but this is not what the trump administration wants. more of my guide to financial survival this is on. my shoes by professional scallywags to earn money. that's right. clearly not accountable. to the. destabilizing global economy you need to protect yourself and get in for. your. headlines on. russian efforts to introduce a humanitarian corridor or a serious eastern ghouta criticize. the state making accusations some of us are those in the liberation. to look for the very first time the existence of so cold. in the country. the belgian government faces a backlash over plans to make it easier for the

far as the weather is concerned sunshine and seventeen degrees expected in beirut so here in the arabian peninsula we just get the backend about a frontal system so certainly more in the way of cloud coming down that could be the old shower but i think for the most part dry certainly here in qatar think will get away with it dry but between sea. they and monday when that front goes through we'll find temperatures edging back slightly i mean thirty degrees crazy temperatures this time of year twenty six is still above average and find around the rest of the gulf states mecca coming in at thirty two degrees celsius heading down into southern portions of africa we've had some really heavy rain across the eastern cape still some showers here some showers effect in zimbabwe and samba still some heavy downpours in the eastern side of madagascar but it should be fine and when talk with highs here thirty one. while the british take. the world's course. to something. from the streets and roads of mon people and investigates the injustice is globalized. and how different countries response to thos

possibly a few spots of rain there secure way but i think it should stay as is the case across the arabian peninsula so that cloud extends its way down northern sections off the golf fondant dry temperatures typically getting up into the low twenty's over the next few days meanwhile it does stay dry across the western side of africa but shallow as a further east will. on one of the top stories. for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine within the next few months. world powers at the u.n. security council to back the process. one of syria's last rebel held areas has been on the heavy bombardment by government and russian forces hundred people have died since sunday. and in the north of syria president says his soldiers forced the syrian government to leave the kurdish controlled area soon after they arrived. to capture the area within days from the. let's get more now on our top story the palestinian president's new plan for peace with israel as. the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the joins us live from the cattery capital so what did

pushing across pakistan with some patchy rain across more northern areas so let's across into the arabian peninsula and we've got a weather system just moving south was across the region so cloud is going to be somewhat variable over the next couple of days so certain sure in the course of friday here in qatar it should be fairly bright highs of twenty seven in doha but i think we'll find more the way of cloud spilling down as we head on through into the latter part of the weekend and across the levant we've still got some rain effect in northern parts of iraq. the benefit of people. who witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera syrian government bombs continue to fall on the rebel held this strict of eastern food nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday the u.n. secretary general on a good pair just called for the immediate suspensions of attacks on saying civilians there are living in hell on earth student activists from the florida high school where seventeen people were killed last week are rally

twenty five but it will cloud over here later on indeed to be cloud feeding its way down through the arabian peninsula during the course of the weekend but then they should be through friday it should be fine in riyadh twenty seven similar temperatures here in doha there could well still be some poor visibility because of dust or rather fluctuation more proper sun coming up from the south but temperatures into how likely to reach twenty eight degrees in software before eventually just starts to cloud over a little bit process sunshine turning slightly hazy into southern portions of africa we've still got some heavy showers affecting the east coast of madagascar and some heavy rain at times for parts of way and through toward sambir so wet one possibly into soccer coming southward through much of botswana should be fine and fine in cape town highs twenty two. airborne vehicles harvesting every pic you take every click you make click to everything all the waves. but this time to walk the walk. with blanket on the deep sleep was the first civilian. creators. of the engineers at this time jazeer

about twenty six degrees and then for crouch in pakistan twenty nine or so moving on then to the arabian peninsula we have got a frontal system just affecting northern areas so we're going to see a bit of a change in wind direction and temperatures over the course of sunday monday said thirty degrees are way above what it should be for this time the already has been a strange winter a very warm winter as we head on into monday we'll see the wind picking up from the northwest so temperatures undergo a significant drop high seer expected to reach twenty six. while the rich take. the world's poor must to survive. on the streets and roads of my own people and investigates the injustice is globalized. and how different countries responds to those at the very bottom of society. at this time on al-jazeera. quick look at the day's top stories now russia's foreign minister has dismissed the indictment of thirteen russian citizens for interfering in the u.s. election speaking at a security conference in munich sergey lavrov said there are no facts to back up the claims. the man convicted of the ra

sanctions which from the us point of view would be going on since nine hundred seventy nine in the arabian revolution and much more recently of course other western countries have joined in because of the very specific rules on aircraft components and entire aircraft and so therefore you have fleets of aircraft in iran and as a man airlines flies it's the only airline in the world that still flies commercially the boeing seven two seven try jet this is an aircraft which hasn't even been made for over thirty four years and so you've got effectively a block on components of. the new aircraft which is simply left iranian aviation pretty much as it was let's say round about nine hundred eighty but very sadly has had some effect on safety standards moving to the u.s. now where wednesday's mass shooting at a school in florida continues to dominate the agenda the blame game extended to the role of the f.b.i. and whether the agency was fit for purpose on friday the f.b.i. admitted agents had failed to investigate a tip off about the nineteen year old gunman nicholas cruz who bought the gun used in

three weeks all to march walking three hundred fifty eight kilometers to the village of dandy on the arabian sea where he defined the british self monopolies by lifting and auctioning off just for the songs. he and his followers were arrested but it was a victory for the man who churchill contemptuously called the half naked for. coverage of the march captured the world's attention. and he had an innate sense of symbolism and mass communication. in them on there seems like a contradiction paradoxical for a man who came across as an ascetic someone who renounced worldly things in search of spiritual salvation. but he was a great politician and a great communicator. gandhi's weapons with civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance the british countered with truncheons. colonial repression was often brutal prison. gandhi was jailed seven times for a total of. eight times serving nine years. from the beginning to the end the struggle for independence was led by the indian national congress party. gandhi was a guiding light nearing its chief organizer. the two men shared a deep bond even if they

the cloud then pushing over towards afghanistan that cloud still there across northern parts of the arabian peninsula body to see a little bit of right developing here and cause hours to go on into the weekend first i should be lousy dry friday again largely dry think it's in the sack they and someday we may see a few spots of right developing have ascended to the north of that anyway where you see this cloud you could see a little bit that weather south of that it stays dry warm and sunny so dry woman sunny into the western side of south africa eastern areas still seeing more shop showers with the tempest picking up to thirty three celsius and been more heavy downpours to zimbabwe and zambia. i am doing this for the benefit of people. so they see the importance of there are guys. who witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. but the back to algis their arms a whole rob a reminder of our top news stories people affected by gun violence in the u.s. have urged president donald trump to improve gun laws during a meeting at the white house truck told them he support

more particularly east coast of sri lanka i think the risk the risk of the odd shower here in the arabian peninsula we're likely to see some rain moving down from the north about time before virtually nothing this winter but a cloudy a picture through tuesday for dough how with the chance of some showers fine for twenty six but rather gulf states generally still more cloud i think as we head through wednesday the risk of showers spreading props to abu dhabi and here are expected to see a top temperature of twenty six degrees celsius. on counting the cost how corrupt is your country transparency international has the latest global rankings but it's what makes history by launching a crypto currency can south africa plug a hole in its finances as cape town faces a water shortage counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. our minds of our top stories here on al-jazeera russia's president has ordered a cease fire and serious. and a humanitarian corridor so civilians can be at least twenty three people were killed on monday in the rebel held on despite u.n. resolution calling for a nationwid

through tranquil in the arabian. and if the gondola. hello again across much of southern and central china the weather conditions are looking somewhat better during the course of friday we lost all the rain which be in effect in this area temperatures but average for the time of year so fairly bright into vietnam we've got some heavy showers here not looking particularly want just nineteen degrees celsius and as we head into saturday it's more of a southerly flow expected but then you start to see some rain developing across the central parts of china up towards the river valley elsewhere across into china looking too bad for laos and the amount with highs of thirty four expected in young gone into southeastern parts of asia for the philippines weather conditions to be looking good at the moment staying that way through the course of friday so heavy showers likely if the borneo kuching seen some fairly big downpours but it should improve as we head through into saturday shares for java and bali and if you shout out through the mill a po