♪ >>> the outgoing defense secretary forced to depart two months early.he president frustrated by the critical resignation letter from jim mattis. >> it is possible the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. >>> it is day three of the christmas government shutdown. the sides remain far apart on the president's demand to fund the border wall. >>> and this, the treasury secretary trying to reassure investors after the worst week for stocks in a decade. what steve mnuchin told the world about his conversation with the heads of big banks. >>> and did the president cross the line venting to the acting attorney general about implicating him in the michael cohen case? welcome to "early start." i'm joe johns. happy christmas eve. >>> i'm christine romans. it is monday, december 24th. we begin with the defense secretary james mattis forced out of his job two months earlier than planned. he an announnounced his resigna thursday. the departure triggered by the president's decision to withdrawal troops from syria. mick mulvaney defended the decis

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israeli defense forces say soldiers were thrown into a number of palestinians who were hurling rocks during the raid on nearby properties they used to live ammunition i mean ition rubber bullets and tear gas israeli forces i get to comment more on the instance but launched an investigation my father opened up to r.t. about his son's death. israelis claim that they have been investigating the three soldiers who shot him but i have no idea if the investigation will continue is a big loss to everyone but he was special and different all his brothers he was my right arm and help me with everything i want to repeat that the israeli army has full responsibility for the death of my son. a young afghan father of a football a football star lionel messi is now receiving threats from the taliban the group confronted a seven year old because he posed for a photo with mrs jersey but it's not with the holy koran the boy's family now fears for his life. that was pushed the other cats was it was its distance it was. it is. michelle it is a good it is more of the toilet destructors. my eyes once agai

me an israeli defense forces say the soldiers were responding to a number of palestinians who were hurling rocks during a raid on nearby properties they used live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas yet to comment further on the incident but they say they have launched an investigation israel regularly raids the west bank detaining suspects last year over a thousand palestinians were arrested and twenty eight killed here are some previous cases. of. mohammed's father explained further about his son's death. israelis claim that they have been investigating the three soldiers who shot him but i have no idea if the investigation will continue. he's a big loss to everyone he was special and different all his brothers he was my right arm and help me with everything i want to repeat that the israeli army bears full responsibility for the death of my son. young boy and devoted father football star lionel messi has been forced to flee his home for the second time after threats from the taliban the group confronted this thousand year old when he went viral for his homemade messy shirt made from

because of as parliament has voted to turn its four thousand strong defense force into a regular army the country says it has the right to raise an army for self-defense they bring serbia says it violates international agreements to end the war in the late one nine hundred ninety s. serbia never recognized kosovo's independence the army would pose a threat to kosovo serbian dominated north yell a not do sign has the latest from belgrade. kosovo's parliament approved the first read of the draft laws on october and during the process cause of a serbian minority remains opposed to the creation of course of the army a position shared by belgrade which denies course of his existence as the state alexander who treated the president of serbia said he did not understand how anyone in the world could approve the creation of course it was army or turn a blind eye to something as he said entirely in a collision with all international documents he added serbia will not be the war drums but won't allow anyone to humiliate the serbs in cos or vida superior alleges their army is main purpose would b

israeli defense forces say soldiers were responding to dozens of palestinians who were hurling rocks they used in riot dispersal means and life why are they yet to comment further on the incident but say they have launched an investigation israel regularly raged the west bank searching for suspects wanted for terror attacks or illegal weapons possession last year over a thousand palestinians were arrested and twenty eight killed here are some previous cases. mohammed's father has been devastated by the killing of his son and opened up to us about his loss and who he thought was to blame. the israelis claim that they have been investigating the three soldiers who shot him but i have no idea if the investigation will continue is a big loss to everyone he was special and different all his brothers he was my right arm and help me with everything i want to repeat that the israeli army has full responsibility for the death of my son. you can comment on and share all stories by following us on social media we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines. i've been saying the

on saturday's really defense forces blew up the family home of the palestinian had been convicted of killing an israeli soldier israeli prime minister also would be legalisation of thousands of homes in palestinian territories and also an increase in the i.d.f. presence there well earlier my colleague neither a cheetah spoke with the palestinian partition stuff to go to about this and he says israel is using excessive force how can further escalation of violence in ramallah be avoided in your opinion it can only be avoided if the israeli army gets out of our cities and if they remove the brigades because of the stop the attacks of the settlers on our civilian population that's the first step but then the second step should be immediate initiation of a process of ending occupation and there's been no apparent progress if we look at the last six months of the day of rage protests. is an idea to change strategy perhaps the palestinians have changed the strategy the palestinians have adopted the nonviolent resistance and the marches that are taking place in peaceful nonviolent all forms

the only infrastructure challenge the country is facing members of the south african national defense force were called up to help restore the crumbling sewage works in the south of johannesburg soldiers there are working around the clock to get the fifty year old sewage system up and running after a decade of neglect and vandalism that disposes of sewage and recycles drinking water for several me. again south african's this unit that is functional because it's a local. operation and maintenance if they were maintained from their first time they installed them they wouldn't be in a situation they are now it's a poor governance basically you know it all it's up to what government if their leadership must see to it that people deaths up alternate doing that supposed to do i think wouldn't be in a situation where. you know like they say if you start thought that the it. many are blaming south africa's woes on the scandal plagued tenure of former president jacob zuma. cars whizzing autonomy asli underground at speeds of up to two hundred forty kilometers per hour that's a lawn musk's a dream de

robert shelmon is the he formally was on the board of directors for the friends of the israel defense force they are the forces they are the biggest international donor to the i.d.f. you know just last year i think it. seventy two million dollars they donated but according to lucy brown who's an ex employee of tommy robinson told me robinson was receiving ten thousand pounds per month from robert showman as a showman fellow so here we see a connection you know another interesting connection to tommy between tommy robson israel is of course middle east forum and you know director of middle east for a gentleman called greg roman a former employee of the israeli foreign ministry and the israeli defense ministry and middle east forum of course funded. legal fees and also the free tommy campaign protests which of course had people chasing police down the street wednesday is another silent march for grand lots of news about toxic soil and other elements but the papers and the media particularly fascinated by the pulling activities of a group of people on november the fifth what did you make of th

the japanese self-defense forces moved three ships out to the area roughly 200 miles off the japaneseoast. they have 15 aircraft. the u.s. navy's 7th fleet has moved a reconnaissance plane to search for the missing marines. it has been about 14 hours since the planes collided. it happened 2:00 a.m. local time. we don't know the cause of this and the marines say the weather conditions will be contributing factors. just imagine after the collision, you had these marines floating, potentially out at sea for hours and hours. this is really a race against time. >> at 5:16 p.m. in hong kong. ivan, thank you. >>> a house democrat seeking an investigation as north carolina is looking into election fraud in the congressing race there. it is looking into the operations of republican mark harris. totals showed harris ahead of mccready by 9 905 votes. drew griffin has more. >> reporter: we are learning this criminal investigation has been going for nearly a year. it focuses not only on perhaps voter fraud, but on the campaign financing behind it. at the center of it is a man named dallas who was

the only infrastructure challenge the country is facing members of the south african national defense force were called up to help restore the crumbling sewage works in the vod south of johannesburg soldiers there are working around the clock to get the fifty year old sewage system up and running after a decade of neglect and vandalism that disposes of sewage and recycles drinking water for several million south africans this unit such dysfunctional because it's a local. operation and maintenance if they were maintained from to first time they installed them they wouldn't be in a situation they are now it's a situation where. you know like they say if you start thought that. many are blaming south africa's woes on the scandal plagued tenure of former president jacob zuma. cars whizzing autonomy asli underground at speeds of up to two hundred forty kilometers per hour that's the lawn musk's dream despite the slow start his vision is now a step closer to reality with the unveiling of his one point eight kilometer tunnel south of los angeles. so you can have as many channels as you want and i'

the only infrastructure challenge the country is facing members of the south african national defense force were called up to help restore the crumbling sewage works in the vat south of johannesburg soldiers there are working around the clock to get the fifty year old sewage system up and running after a decade of neglect and vandalism that disposes of sewage and recycles drinking water for several million south africans this unit such dysfunctional because it's a local. operation and maintenance if they were maintained from their first time they installed them there would have been a situation they are now it's a poor governance basically you know it all leads up to work government if their leadership must see to it the people desk up automate doing that supposed to do i think wouldn't be in this situation where. you know like they say if you start thought that. many are blaming south africa's woes on the scandal plagued tenure of former president jacob zuma. cars whizzing autonomy asli undergrad. and at speeds of up to two hundred forty kilometers per hour that's a lawn musk's dream despi

the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing to land in damascus and beirut syrian air defense forces shot down fourteen of the sixteen for syrian guided bombs while the remaining two hit a military depo injuring three soldiers israel says its own defense system intercepted an anti aircraft missile fired from syria stephanie decker has been following developments from west jerusalem. russia's accused israel of a gross violation of syria's sovereignty it also says that israeli aircraft in danger to civilian aircraft one of them that was coming into land in beirut airport and the other one in damascus this is according to a foreign ministry statement what we understand is that israeli aircraft fired from lebanese airspace is according to syrian state television targeting a weapons warehouse west of damascus now israel will act has acted extensively throughout the war when it believes either hezbollah is going to be receiving weapons shipments or any clue of. weapons capabilities to go to hezbollah we haven't had any official reaction we've reached out to the foreign ministry and the pri

president russia typer to want to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington support of syrian defense forces allied with kurdish fighters for the strained relations between washington and ankara turkey and iran have promised to work closely in syria after the us pull out the turkish president or one threatened to strike why p.g. targets in northern syria has this report from ankara. when he ran for president.

military and japan's self-defense forces. trying to find -- the latest we know is five missing marines from the in-air collision which took place 2:00 a.m. local time 200 miles off the coast of japan over the pacific ocean. we just learned from the u.s. ambassador to tokyo that this occurred during an air-to-air refuelling operation during what the marines described as routine operations. so what you have happening right now is a kc-130 hercules from the u.s. marines and f-18a hornet conducting the operation where they refuel with the hose while flying. it is quite something to see. now at this point, two marines have been rescued. one who has been described in good condition thanks to the japanese military who rescued him or her. a second, we don't know the current status of that individual. the u.s. ambassador has thanked the japanese self-defense forces for what they have done. take a listen to what that diplomat had to say. >> i would like to say my heart goes out to the families and colleagues of the marines that are inv

tired her don't want to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington support of the syrian defense forces allied with kurdish fighters had strained relations between washington and ankara. the lower house of the u.s. congress has just approved a spending bill which includes more than five billion dollars for president trump's proposed border wall with mexico it now needs to get at least sixty votes in the one hundred member senate to pass but it's not yet clear if that will happen a temporary funding bill must be signed by midnight on friday to avoid a government shutdown the presidential election in the d.r. c. has seen delayed until december the thirty of the vote had been shuttle to sunday the president of the electoral commission said violence and logistical issues meant his staff could not be ready on time the u.s. has charged two chinese nationals with involvement in a massive hacking campaign the justice department says the suspects are linked to the chinese government says they targeted at least forty five u.s. organizations including the american navy and nasa the pair are also a

the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing to land in damascus and beirut syrian air defense forces shot down fourteen of the sixteen percent guided bombs while the remaining two hit a military depo injuring three soldiers israel says its own defense system intercepted an anti-aircraft missile fired from syria stephanie decker has been following developments from west jerusalem. russia's accused israel of a gross violation of syria's sovereignty it also says that israeli aircraft in danger to civilian aircraft one of them that was coming into land in beirut airport and the other one in damascus this is according to a foreign ministry statement what we understand is that israeli aircraft fired from lebanese airspace is according to syrian state television targeting a weapons warehouse west of damascus now israel will act has acted extensively throughout the war when it believes either hezbollah is going to be receiving weapons shipments or any clue of. weapons capabilities to go to hezbollah we haven't had any official reaction we've reached out to the foreign ministry and the prime

sixteen jets started strikes as two planes were preparing to land in damascus and beirut syrian air defense forces shot down fourteen of the sixteen precision guided bombs while the remaining two hit a military depo injuring three soldiers israel says its own defense system intercepted and anti-aircraft missile fired from syria. u.s. customs and border protection says it will carry out medical checks on every child in its custody after a second guatemalan child died it scared eight year old philippe gomez and on zero died on christmas day after being in hospitalized for a second time within twenty four hours his death happened on the same day that a seven year old guatemalan girl was buried after also dying while in u.s. custody earlier this month to save us from under their next up its witness more news for you after that i for now. oh. the other heroes among nothing. being. in love might have very. little to do i was going down the mountain. passes. on a quarterly planning show you. should believe him you've. heard. seen. this is where the ferry. website called china's largest social media. one

he's stepping down so president from a defense chief with views more closely aligned to his own it comes a day after mr trump announced he was withdrawing u.s. forces from syria mike hanna has more now from washington clearly the president trumps unilateral decision to withdraw troops from syria probably the final straw for the secretary of defense this resignation letter coming the day after president trump unilaterally without consulting the defense department withdrew or announced a withdrawal of troops from syria but there's been many differences between president trump and the secretary of defense though james mattis has taken pains not to express any of his reservations public publicly at any particular stage in his resignation letter he says as well because you have the right to a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position clearly james mattis making very clear that he and president trump are at different odds on so many different elements that he can no longer stay on as secretary of defense but certainly there's very much a blow to the

as a result of this summits the huge aspiration of the soviet single currency nato style dolph defense force in the railway network connecting member states that were once on the agenda of meetings like these seem like distant memories now instead it would appear that simply being able to hold such a summit is seen by saudi arabia and others as an achievement in an over itself. just you know who eats. the saudi u.a.e. coalition fighting in yemen says it's issued seventeen permits for ships with food and fuel to enter ports their aid is desperately needed in a country which the un has described as facing the wild west humanitarian crisis twenty million people don't have enough food or in parties met in sweden for the fourth day of un led talks with little progress on a political solution to end the conflict in the coming days u.s. senate as well votes on a resolution to withdraw america's support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition republican senator rand paul says u.s. involvement in yemen can only have a negative impact. i think that when we're dealing with arms that no personal financial dealing

try a burger one to attack kurdish fighters in the region washington supporters of the syrian defense forces allied with kurdish fighters have strained relations between washington and i'm crying. promised to work more closely together on the conflict in syria after the u.s. made that announcement for american troops out of the turkish president mr threatened to strike white p.g. targets in northern syria as this report from ankara. when iran's president began his visit to turkey there was an unexpected announcement from the white house donald trump ordered u.s. troops stationed in north east syria to leave. neither has done well heidi or turkey's president or the gun commented on the u.s. president's tweet instead they stressed their cooperation in the so-called asked to negotiate the track talks led by russia. was. there are many steps that turkey and iran can take together to stop the fighting in the region and to establish peace will deepen our cooperation and consultations with iran on regional issues in this direction sudhir about. syria is very important to us and its destiny is in th

gulf defense force and the railway network connecting member states that were once on the agenda of meetings like these seem like this the memory is now instead it would appear that simply being able to hold such a summit is seen by saudi arabia and others as an achievement in and of itself. who waits beside the coalition finding in yemen says it's issued seventeen permits for ships with food and fuel to and to its ports they'd is desperately needed in a country which the u.n. has described as facing the worst world humanitarian crisis twenty million people don't have enough food and more in parties met in sweden for the fourth day of u.s. led talks with little progress on the political solution to end the conflict well in the coming days u.s. senators will vote on a resolution to withdraw american support to the saudi u.a.e. coalition republican senator rand paul says u.s. involvement in yemen can only have a negative effect i think that when we're dealing with arms that no personal financial dealings should have anything to do the decision and really not even the finances of the country i

that three so when soldiers have been injured we have heard from the israeli side the israeli defense forces the israeli army has issued a statement in which it says it can manage to launch its defense missile systems and that they intercepted at least one rocket that was fired from the syrian side now all of this is hot on the heels of the american president donald trump announcing that he was withdrawing american troops from syria you might remember that just two days ago the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that would godless of whether or not the united states withdraws israel would continue to act and act false of lee in syria. the decision to withdraw two thousand u.s. troops from syria will not change our consistent policy we will continue to act against iran's attempts to stop which military presence in syria and if the need arises through even expand operations there certainly tensions between israel and syria are escalating. the u.s. congress has expressed concern over a new cooperation deal between the associated press and chinese news agency xinhua it's worried chin

defense secretary james mattis quits a day after president donald trump says he's pulling american forcesout of syria. blown down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. america and its many allies know what china's doing washington charges two chinese nationals accusing them of a massive talking operation denied by china. a shake up in saudi arabia's intelligence service off the murder of journalist. agents. and we hit the slopes into with hopes that ski help bring tourists to one of central ages poorest countries. in a sector of defense james mattis has resigned citing differences was president trump he said he's stepping down so the president can have a defense chief with views closer to his own when it comes a day off a trump announced u.s. troops withdrawal from syria michael reports from washington d.c. . thank you he is the real deal is the real deal the president trump initially surrounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was

syria so this does seem part and parcel of the bigger picture we have heard from the israeli defense forces the i.d.f. and they saying however that israeli missile defenses intercepted and aircraft missiles that were launched from syria so what we're hearing on the israeli side is that they activated a missile defense system in response to syrian missile fire so both sides there giving a slightly different take on what happened the israeli saying that there were no injuries and no reports of damage at the same time israel does have a policy of not confirming nor denying any kind of strikes it carries out in syria although it is widely believed that in particularly recent months it has carried out quite a number and these generally target either his bailout or you ran both of whom are on the supporting side of the syrian president bashar al assad. course from reporting from tolliver frank. was the one and a half million people have already signed an online petition that demands to sue france over climate in the action piles fresh problems of the french president who has tried to put kate fur

with this right there is the force that were used for rock and there is or it was the syrian defense forces primarily made up of their careers why p.g. they have no interest in holding territory to keep i suspect coming back especially with a y p g has been attacked where early one west of euphrates aspirin was a magnet for them who wanted to leave iraq and there are sewer syria exactly right there is an isis resurgence in syria we never built the sunni force the whole spirit for that crucial step in terms of uncertain seas only territory once clear to the terrorists we have not built a city for support rocker and their resort they're likely to vote american your regime here or isis it's an isis will now have the ability to continue to plan it terror attacks external the syria against not only europe but they hope the plan to start the united states is what what would you say to those critics of donald trump when they say this they say if you lose your top military man if you lose your top general and one of your top diplomats in the same week that means your foreign policy territory is a m

defense secretary james mattis quits the day after president trump says he's pulling american forcesout of syria. jordan this is live from doha also coming up the u.s. inches closer to a government shutdown. of a president border war with mexico. has been broken and we will do everything within our power to find those responsible. as the u.k. . and a major security of the drones are detected. and we hit the slopes into stop with hopes that skiing can help bring tourists to one of. the friends james mattis has resigned citing differences with president trump he said he's stepping down so the president going to have a defense chief with views closer to his own comes a day off the prompt announced u.s. troops withdrawal from syria reports from washington d.c. . thank you is here is the real deal is the real deal think the president trump initially surrounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of

that other weaponry being in active use by the country's armed forces four years old already under a multi-billion contract the country's defense minister has come to the airfield to personally great the russian pilots. our armed forces have improved their combat readiness we are constantly working to raise our game and show that we have a modern military capable of defending the country in russia and venezuela have already conducted numerous joint military drills and later this week on wednesday these two white swans are expected to leave to the air as part of yet another russian venezuelan military training also leap into business today trees a may shoes off way to european leaders a day after she infuriated the u.k. parliament perspiring that crucial vote we'll tell you all about it when we come back. you know world big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the tr

by the country's armed forces for years already under. the country's defense minister to the airfield. the russian pilots. our armed forces have improved their combat readiness we are constantly working to raise our game and ensure that we have a modern military capable of defending the country russia and venezuela have already. joined the military drills and later this week on wednesday the white ones are expected to be here as part of yet another russian venezuelan military training . you know one. of the live pictures in from. the capital of christmas but silent at the moment because there's been a deadly shooting there in the city a strasberg on the german border the police confirm one person is killed now the injured numbers going up to nine in the last few minutes the gunman still on the run as well as christmas market was to have millions of visitors every year or so close to christmas but eric early on lockdown including the new age q in the city video is appearing online some of. the possible witnesses to what happened here's what we can show you. the

reports that israel is responsible for those we have heard from the israeli side the israeli defense forces the israeli army has issued a statement in which it says it managed to launch its defense missile systems and that they intercepted at least one rocket that was fired from the syrian side now there were explosions that were heard over cities in northern israel in the israeli side saying however that no one was injured and that there were no reports to property or any kind of damage now all of this is hot on the heels of the american president donald trump announcing that he was withdrawing american troops from syria you might remember that just two days ago the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that would godless of whether or not the united states withdraws israel would continue to act and act full civilly in syria take a listen. to at the bar and the decision to withdraw two thousand u.s. troops from syria will not change our consistent policy we will continue to act against iran's attempts to stop with the military presence in syria and if the need arises we will even