germany's arjen ban has inaugurated a high speed rail link between berlin and munich and it saves travelers a third of the time making flying seem almost tedious at a time when many domestic flights here in germany are becoming more expensive the real group is on course to make the journey even more of a money spinner. the time has finally come after twenty seven years of planning and construction the new berlin munich route is ready for action german chancellor angela merkel was on board she left her autograph on the hull of the sprinter before she began the superspeed experience. her fellow passengers were excited by the ride. your felt very comfortable and we have been very excited. and we took a picture it was fourteen minutes past to two o'clock and to be reached three hundred and fun kilometers yeah it's good you look outside the window and you fingo you go one hundred one hundred fifty and then you look on the screen and it's three hundred kilometers per hour and so that's the most. that the impress me you just did it didn't feel good to speak it's a day full of symbolism the road co

the arjen time government insists there is nothing to hide and we. he has not lost hope that his son will come home alive. going to wrap up this half hour of al-jazeera with news of some live pictures coming to us out of california because the u.s. president will trump has not declared an emergency in california and ordered additional aid to be sent to the region of six wildfires continue to sweep across the southern part of california the fast spreading fires are forced more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes of the past five days with lames of being fanned by strong dry winds. welcome of just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from doha your headlines the u.s. is isolated following a u.n. meeting of the president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital world leaders condemned the unilateral move at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council earlier israeli forces killed two palestinian protesters in gaza more than seven hundred others were injured across the occupied territories on friday in pro

veto mike hanna arjen sierra united nations. well u.s. president dan trump has been talking about yemen too he's called on saudi arabia to end its blockade immediately is a portion of his statement he said i have directed officials in my administration to call the leadership of the kingdom of saudi arabia to request they completely allow fuel water and medicine to reach the yemeni people who desperately need it the u.s. has backed the saudi led coalition in its fight against two three rebel since two thousand and fifteen thousands of people have died in the war there thousands more are facing starvation and famine in the crown prince of abu dhabi is met with the son of yemen slain alstad president ali abdullah saleh mohammed desired offered his condolences to the has been under house arrest in the u.a.e. since his father made an alliance with the hope these in two thousand and fourteen the u.a.e. is part of the saudi low coalition that joined the yemen war in two thousand and fifteen to expel the hoa fees from santa who fighters killed ea

the arjen time government insists there is nothing to hide and we. he has not lost hope that his son will come home alive. and one of. us president donald trump has declared an emergency in california and pledged additional aid to six wildfires continue to seep across the southern part of the state the fires of force more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes over the past five days all of the software reports from one of the worst hit areas ventura county. when the wind dies down the helicopter crews go up here taking advantage of morning call to attack the thomas fire northwest of l.a. the largest of the fires burning in southern california it's now ten percent contained but still growing and a slight break in the weather has helped firefighters in some areas and the fight ahead is all about how hard the wind blows and how dry the hills are there's three factors that influence fire behavior fuel weather and topographic. weather is a huge factor it's the most variable factor that fire for wildland firefighters face across the region

the arjen time government insists there is nothing to hide and we. he has not lost hope that his son will come home alive. just want to take a moment to show you some live pictures from paris france today bidding farewell to its biggest rock star a country honoring johnny holiday with an exceptional funeral procession down the shores of the say. the rock star known as the french elvis died this week he was seventy four as you can see from the screens right now i mean you do best with a few minutes ago we saw cars and the hearse traveling down the the shots of the say there but. here those pictures now i can show you those i know they go. but as you saw from the pictures we were showing if you ever see go up to seven hundred bikers. are right following. johnny hallyday is. from the art trio of down the shores of the say. so they go france bidding farewell. to johnny halliday has died at the age of seventy four. by the time state capture is well known in south africa it's used to describe the undue influence that some businesses are exerting on the gov

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the arjen time government insists there is nothing to hide and we. he has not lost hope that his son will come home alive. delegates from an alliance of the world's sunniest countries are meeting in india to probe the use of solar energy international solar alliance or s a was launched in twenty fifteen is made up of one hundred twenty one countries that receive sunshine for around three hundred days per year i mean to raise more than one trillion dollars worth of investment for renewable energy projects by twenty thirty thirty nine members have already signed up to a framework agreement which would commit themselves to expanding their use a cell a power well ira now how gauche is the chief executive officer of the council on energy and fire ants and water he says that the cost of solar power will be reduced if countries work together in twenty ten india had less than eighteen megawatts of solar power installed that's when we announced that we would have twenty thousand megawatts of solar power in twenty fifteen we raise that ambition to one hundred