the good is durban was replaced with a credible host city.blematic of the image problems coming with hosting major tournaments these days. especially the commonwealth games. for birmingham, the first global sports event to take place in the city. they have a plan to create a uk's largest permanent athletics stadium. it really will be a showcase for the diverse and youthful community of birmingham. interesting to see the legacy as well. we will hear from all those stakeholders tomorrow morning. the head of us soccer says north america will be the perfect place to host the world cup in 2026. the us, mexico and canada are putting together a bid — the deadline for which is march next year — to stage first edition of fifa's expanded 48—team tournament. america last hosted the tournment in 1994 which was the most attendence world cup ever. the bbc‘s sports news correspodent richard conway is in new york. not long now until we know who will host the 2026 world cup. here in the united states, they have dreams. dreams of recreating what they did backi

durban in south africa was initially due to host the games but was stripped of the event in march.e games are set to cost a billion dollars, which will make it the most expensive sports event in the uk since the london olympics in 2012. russia's hopes of sending for teams to the winter paralympics have been dealt a blow. the international paralympic committee dealt a blow. the international pa ralympic committee has dealt a blow. the international paralympic committee has decided to maintain their ban from last year after revelations of widespread doping be some russian athletes could compete as neutrals. —— doping. the final decision will be made next month to bite the international olympic committee has revealed 13 guidelines for uniforms. this is the proposed logo they will have to wear if they wish to compete. in krkic news, india have gone 1—0 compete. in krkic news, india have gone1—0 up compete. in krkic news, india have gone 1—0 up against sri lanka. —— cricket. they are hoping to add this to their list of victory is. india made 183. sri lanka were dismissed forjust 87 in t

but i'm prepared to look to this working group with grassley, durban, lake, different people with different points of view to come up with something that improves where we are, solves the daca problem. and what they can do that -- and the president is open to this as well, because we want to have a signature. we don't want to just spin our wheels i said to my colleagues we will spend time on that in january. judiciary committees wrap up the rush investigation -- sen. mcconnell: i would like to see them wrap it up when they finish. i trust senator burr and senator warner, too, to do our part. there are other people to do other things, but our part is the investigation or what ever recommendations they can make. notve even said -- it is for me to say when it is over. what i hope is at the end we have a bipartisan report. if it is purely partisan, i don't think anybody will give it any credibility. i hope those guys can stay together and tell us what happened and tell us what we can do to prevent it from happening again. -- two mar-a-lago over the holiday? sen. mcconnell: i'm going to a bowl g

as far afield as south africa ok lab stuttgart is now cooperating with the organization open data durban which tracks in around water quality there in many of south africa's cities traffic is posing the same environmental challenges as it does in stuttgart. in europe millions of tons of food end up in the rubbish every year much of it from restaurants and cafes that have not been able to sell everything at other startup wants to change that empty knows more that's right sharon too good to go has developed an app that helps restaurant owners to pass on leftovers before little money at the end of the day before they are tossed into the garbage another example a good one of doing your bit for the environment. did you know you can reduce food waste with an app. when restaurants and cafes call it a day they often have left as a food which they throw away. that's how every over one million tons of edibles end up in the garbage in gemini and learn. to stocked up to good to go wanted to do something about that. they developed an app designed to reduce food waste. with the ad customers can order

just signed a new deal with the top not that it matters to stick and has become by their price the durbanfans will be pleased to see the poachers stay. the day belonged to dortmund still this player christian put a stick that nearly commands us to. just nineteen years old captain america made it would. still go with his second win as dorman boss. it's safe to say julien not as mine was pleased. as i don't believe the better team won we had lots of good chances which is easy against don't miss i don't think they could have complained too much if they lost today in the strain they didn't deserve to win just like the last two times we played them but that's football and i don't. torment are too far to wonder a new coach there that has exacerbates runner for children and. that's really an obvious not the advance back it would have been rude to defeat his new club surely in. time to find a head things went in frankfurt's. his name is demanding go to dance the man responsible for best first time of the season in the last six years. have looked at brand new team and with a ten game on beaten run

little bit more action in the skies on the eastern side of south africa including johannesburg and durban by the time we get a saturday big cape town city enjoying big blue skies nineteen degrees. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when mess was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and going to run the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china at this time on a just. al-jazeera has swept every u.s. . overthrown and exiled their point i gotta say if you all don't dismiss let me tell you an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency he knows that the troops fish tanks and we take you know do you think he is seeking the lucrative case return of a president at this time on al-jazeera. pope francis celebrates a huge mass in bangladesh ahead of a much anticipated meeting w

durban in south africa was initially due to host but was stripped of the event in march.llion dollars, which will make it the most expensive sports event in britain since the london 2012 olympics. holders manchester united have been knocked out of the english league cup by second tier bristol city who scored late for a 2—1win. after a goalless first half joe bryan got the home side off the mark before zlatan ibrahimovic equalised. but korey smith in the third minute of injury time grabbed the winner that takes bristol through to a semi final with manchester city. while alvaro morata late goal earned chelsea a 2—1win over bournemouth and a semi final against arsenal. bayern munich are through to the quarter—finals of the german cup after knocking out the holders borussia dortmund. jerome boateng headed bayern in front after only 12 minutes. they've won the trophy a record 18 times and just before the break, robert lewandowski set up thomas mueller, who made it 2—nil to the home side. late in the second—half, dortmund's ukrainian international andriy yarmolenko pulled one b

birmingham beat liverpool to be the candidate after original choice durban was stripped of the choiceotivation. —— paton. people like heather painting, it is added motivation. -- paton. to compete here in 2022 is a massive goal of mine. organisers insist the games will transform venues like this and help regenerate this part of birmingham with the athletes‘ village creating 1000 homes. 11 days of sporting action will cost three quarters of £1 billion to stage, the most expensive sport events to be held in britain since london 2012, and a quarter of that total has to be raised by local authorities. the huge cost overruns at london‘s olympic stadium have cast a shadow over the record, and hotel tax with visitors paying a small fee is now being considered. opinion is very mixed about it, some people are excited about the event coming, it‘s good news for birmingham, others are worried about the effect on council services which are not at a great standard at the moment, and also concerned about the disruption in the local community. how will you go about making sure it represents good valu

this morning she confirmed birmingham will host the 2022 games that had initially been given to durbanl difficulties. birmingham beat liverpool to get vital government backing but despite interest from victoria in candad and kuala lumpur, they were the only city to make an official bid. it is something the city has wanted and needed for many yea rs. city has wanted and needed for many years. ona city has wanted and needed for many years. on a global stage there will be 70 different nations and territories here, an extraordinary opportunity for the city and broader region to showcase itself to the world and develop all sorts of new links with the commonwealth at an appointed time when we will be leaving europe and the relationships with our commonwealth partners will be so much more important. the city will follow manchester in 2002 and glasgow in 2014 as previous uk hosts for the games. the legacy they hope to leave goes beyond the world class sports venues that they have to provide. here is a brilliant opportunity to not only inspire young people to really ta ke not only inspire young

and our country, we are reminded of our comrade‘s council when he delivered his political report in durban1 when he said "we did not tear ourselves apart because of lack of progress at times, we were always ready to accept our mistakes and to correct them. " a leading supporter of brexit has said the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected 2 year transition period after britain's withdrawal in march 2019. jacob rees mogg, made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move to the next phase of brexit discussions in the new year. they also suggested the uk would continue to participate in the single market and remain under thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice during any transition phase. the date when the uk leaves the eu march 29 2019 is now likely not to be set in law. a short time ago i spoke with our political correspondent tom barton. he began by explaining the source of jacob rees mogg's frustrations. this was published by the european council after that summit that theresa may attended earlier in the week. now, i'm sure you will remember back in sep

the course of saturday for the eastern cape but it does move away as we head on into sunday said durban will see it brightening up cape town should be dry and fine for the north sunshine in when took temperatures there of thirty five degrees and across much of central africa the weather's looking fine there because still see one or two showers troubling the prevail. welcome back reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera israeli tanks and aircraft to find on targets in gaza him response to rockets fired into israel israel's aerial defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip a third hit a building in the country's south. nine people have been killed after gunmen stormed a christian church just south of the egyptian capital and south africa's top court says the country's parliament fell to hold president jacob zuma accountable over allegations of corruption. liberia's vice president joseph rocca house congratulated his rival george weah on winning the west african nations presidency former world footballer of the year where comfortably won two states runoff muhamm

and here is where we're going to see some of the heaviest outbreaks of rain so for jo'burg and for durban it is looking pretty wet and expect some thunderstorms around as well towards the west is quite different for us here forcing cape town we're looking at twenty eight degrees and those temperatures will even be rising as we head into thursday which should make it to thirty. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the message is a simplistic you have been trained good logical rational crazy monster and misinformation is rife dismissal and denial of well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back you're with al-jazeera peter hart your headlines president donald trump will announce on whedon's day the u.s. will officially recognized the resulin as israel's capital and has plans to relocate to the american embassy there white house officials confirmed the news in a briefing. arab leaders are calling for

into southern portions of africa where we've got to some rain on the eastern side of south africa durban could see some showers at times cape town dry for much of the day weather wise across northern parts of way through into zambia lots of the risk of showers begins through in towards angola where the conditions jiri not looking too bad across the eastern side of madagascar and then to reverse should see a high of twenty eight and twenty the high into up and. they live in a country plagued by poverty for india's billionaires life is all about glamour luxury and pristine. wonder when east meets the new maharajah at this time on al-jazeera it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion. dollars of debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government real. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera sebastian pinera set to return to chile's presidential palace off a decisive victory in sunday's runoff election with almost all the votes counted the conservative billionaire has around fifty four

the woman harare just nineteen degrees plenty of sunshine across parts of south africa that would durban coming in at twenty seven degrees celsius and that fine weather continues to head on through into thursday showers across angola further south fine across much in the maybe thirty three the high in winter. welcome back remind of the top stories here on al-jazeera polls are closed in under an hour in liberia's presidential runoff election which will see its first democratic transition of power in seventy three years bruce former president alberto fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his heart after being pardoned for corruption and crimes against humanity. and the kremlin says it is investigating whether calls by the russian opposition leader alexei know valorie to boycott next year's election breaks a law. about a storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines has been downgraded while it was on route to vietnam typhoon tembin fell to make landfall mekong delta where hundreds of thousands of people were moved from their homes but ex

we head across into southern parts of africa we've got some showers affecting the eastern cape so durban the chance of the all share otherwise looking largely fine across much of the country much of botswana through into namibia fine but again heavy showers affect in zambia but zimbabwe should be dry and harare will see plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the upper twenty's for central parts of africa showers across parts of the congo and towards gabon otherwise fine for west africa sunny and i cry in ghana with high seer of thirty one. the with sponsored body counts on these. twenty seventeen has been full of stories that have changed the global political landscape and al-jazeera has been there to cover them all to. join us as we look back at some of our most memorable interviews of the year the special edition of talk to al-jazeera at this time. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now funerals have been held for those killed in a church attack in cairo at least nine people died and many more were wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshippers and police eisel has

and here is where we're going to see some of the heaviest outbreaks of rain so for joe back and for durban it is looking pretty wet and expect some funded storms around as well towards the west is quite different for us here forcing cape town we're looking at twenty eight degrees and those temperatures will even be rising as we head into thursday which should make it to thirty. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on sac no evil person just wakes up in the morning and says i want to scour the world of darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back you're with al-jazeera reminded of the main news of far today the us president donald trump will announce on weapons day that the united states will officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and

birmingham was originally going to apply for the 2026 commonwealth games and it was only when durbanat the city came in to take over. the commonwealth games needed birmingham as much as birmingham and the west midlands need the commonwealth games. it's a city that often gets overlooked and is perhaps disparaged, but what they really wa nt is perhaps disparaged, but what they really want to use this as an opportunity for is to focus attention on a region that is really growing at the moment. the car park in leicester where the body of king richard iii was unearthed five years ago has been designated as a site of national archaeological importance. king richard was buried in a medievalfriary on the site in 11185, after his death at the battle of bosworth. his body wasn't discovered until 2012. he has now been reburied at leicester cathedral. nick higham has this report. 2012, and archaeologists from leicester university mark out a council car park in the centre of the city, just where someone's spray—painted the letter r on the tarmac. then they start digging on the site of what was on

we head across into southern parts of africa we've got some showers affecting the eastern cape so durban the chance of the odd shower otherwise looking largely fine across much of the country much of botswana through into namibia fine but again heavy showers affect in zambia but zimbabwe should be dry and harare will see plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the upper twenty's for central parts of africa showers across parts of the congo towards gabon otherwise fine for west africa sunny and i cry in ghana with highs here of thirty one. watching. the top stories right now generals have been health for those killed in a church attack in cairo at least nine people were killed many more wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshipers and police eisel has claimed responsibility israeli security forces have opened fire protests in gaza in the occupied west bank injuring at least fifty people there protesting against u.s. recognition of truth the capital of israel four of the injured are in serious condition thousands of people in the pakistani city of rawalpindi have also rallied against the

we're looking at thirty to invent all the cape town we're looking at around twenty three is a maximum durban is likely to see more in the way of cloud there and the old shower . i'm back with al jazeera other top stories aid workers have started evacuating critically ill patients from a besieged suburb of syria's capital damascus but at least eighteen people have died while waiting france's president has called on saudi arabia to completely lift its blockade on yemen so aid can be delivered to millions of people on the brink of starvation and the government and pro russian rebels have completed a major prisoner swap in the war torn east of the country. and other stories we're following closely the philippine government to setting up hundreds of shelters for some of the thousands of people displaced by fighting and flooding in the city the army we took the area from fighters linked to i said in october after a five month siege only for tropical storm tembin to sweep through the city of mcbride reports from. for people displaced by the more are we fighting life in a muddy camp with open drains

birmingham beat liverpool to be britain‘s candidate after the original choice durban was stripped of. so, now, to compete here in 2022 is a massive goal of mine. 0rganisers insist the games will transform venues like this and help regenerate this part of birmingham with the athletes‘ village creating 1000 homes. the 11 days of sporting action will cost £750 million to stage, it‘s the most expensive sports event to be held in britain since london 2012, and a quarter of that total has to be raised by local authorities. the huge cost overruns at london‘s olympic stadium have cast a shadow over the games‘ legacy record and a hotel tax, with visitors paying a small fee, a first for britain, is now being considered to help raise money for birmingham 2022. 0pinion is very mixed about it, some people are excited about the event coming, it‘s good news for birmingham. others are very concerned about the effect on council services which are not at a great standard at the moment, and also concerned about the disruption in the local community. how will you go about making sure it represents good

through towards mozambique but further south is looking largely dry and fine should be a decent day in durban with highs here of twenty seven. you are making. whether online made us response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminal or if you join us on sat. in the morning. is a dialogue could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the conversation at this time on al-jazeera. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera polls have closed in liberia presidential vote but turnout has been low voters were choosing between the former footballer george where and the current vice president joseph walk by. former president mori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians from the bottom of his heart after being pardoned for corruption and crimes against humanity and the kremlin says it's investigating with a cause by the russian opposition leader alexei never alley to boy call to next year's election break the law. a powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the philippines

last day or say that system just pushing its way a little bit further north was there for tuesday durban will eventually see things begin to dry out. from london on the top stories here now syria south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. has announced cyril ramaphosa will succeed president jacob zuma as its party leader . the u.n. security council is getting ready to vote on a draft resolution rejecting the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and u.s. president on trump is set to lay out his national security strategy in a speech in washington d.c. centered around his american first campaign slogan. an amtrak passenger train has come off the tracks over a major highway in washington state the train had just left tacoma around fifty kilometers south of seattle when a carriage final for bridge to interstate five it's unclear if there are any injuries or what caused the derailment. in britain a man has been arrested after he drove a car at an air force base checkpoint used by u.s. service personnel nobody was injured in the incident which took place at our f. noland hole

wet weather as we head through the next few days so some sharp showers then stretching down towards durban again on monday and on choose day the rain turns heavier so for many of us in the eastern parts of south africa it does look quite wet. now reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera fighting continues in yemen as the for the rebels say they fired a cruise missile towards the u.a.e. abu dhabi has denied the claim the u.s. president donald trump says he did not ask former f.b.i. director james comey to stop investigating former national security adviser michael flynn flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and syrian government there are strikes have killed at least eight people in damascus profits. and security forces have restored calm after days of violence following the disputed presidential election there the electoral commission is yet to the clear winner with the president one orlando at nine days ahead of opposition candidate salvador nasrallah three people have died during opposition protests the latest was a nineteen year old woman with this is say she was shot by

little bit more action in the skies on the eastern side of south africa including johannesburg and durban by the time we get to saturday but cape town still enjoying big blue skies nineteen degrees. the weather sponsored by cattle race. you are making very pointed remarks when they're on line the u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on say you know you will first just makes up of it in the morning and say i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing a bilson is detention camps the plan has been drawn up a joint e.u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries. a day it's been set for the planned

little bit more action in the skies on the eastern side of south africa including johannesburg and durban by the time we get a saturday but cape town still enjoying big blue skies nineteen degrees. defying my disability on al-jazeera well this time. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse and its detention camps the plan has been drawn up at a joint e.u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries. francis is leading a huge mass for about one hundred thousand cabinets and bangladesh is the first pope to visit the mainly muslim nation in more than three decades and also meet ranger refugees in the capital dhaka. and a day it's been set for the planned abdication of japan's emperor akihito he'll step down on the thirtieth of april twenty ninth teen he's had heart surgery and will be succeeded by his elder son the crown prince now ito the applications of first by japanese monarch i

they've been giving lots of thunder and lightning as well that system is gradually easing though so durban will still catch one or two showers i think on choose day but for joe back it should be dry instead most of the wet weather will stay it towards the north stretching all the way across towards madagascar and until then a review where he can expect some showers. on counting the cost the gulf cooperation council although there's not much cooperation these days with the reasons being affected by a pause in economic relations also the shocking numbers on the plastic economy o.-m. g. twenty five years since the world's first texts and counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera al-jazeera this is the opportunity to understand a very different way where there before something happens and we don't leave. you with al-jazeera here in doha your headlines the russian president vladimir putin has ordered the withdrawal of some troops from syria after two years of fighting he made the announcement during a surprise trip to a syrian air base putin also went to egypt and turkey where he joined the

downpours on the eastern side south of possibly almost certainly involving johannesburg and down towards durban west of that in cape town in particular looking lovely a breeze coming off the land says twenty eight to such degrees in cape town where i look quite showery and up in. amount of top stories here on ars era the second day of the annual gulf cooperation council summit has ended in kuwait city with a new the heads of state from qatar and kuwait in attendance. u.s. president all trump has informed the palestinian president and jordanian king of his intention to move the israeli u.s. embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv a spokesman of president mahmoud abbas says he warned that such a move would have dangerous consequences. lebanese promised assad and hariri is withdrawn his resignation drawing a line under a month long political crisis triggered by his shock announcement in riyadh. the funeral of ousted yemeni president ali abdullah saleh in santa has been postponed meanwhile his former allies who killed him on monday have been holding a celebration rally in the capital of un is urging cal

had some heavy rain across more eastern parts of south africa that remains a threat certainly for durban sure in the course of friday but it should be fine in cape town and pretty warm at twenty seven. a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera at least one hundred eight palestinians have been driven in violent protests across the occupied territories after u.s. president donald trump formally recognized jerusalem as israel's capital on wednesday the leader of hamas which dominates the gaza strip has called for a day of rage in response to the move. and the turkey's president is on his story today a visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state for sixty five years but old this feud saw overshadowing the state visit. the u.s. senator al franken has announced his resignation after repeated accusations of sexual harassment but democratic senator for the state of minnesota has lost the support of many of his party colleagues as a series of allegations from women have emerged franken who was a well known comedian before entering politics still denied the many of the allegations

through towards mozambique but further south is looking largely dry and fine should be a decent day in durban with high sierra of twenty seven. welcome back recapping our top stories for you so far today the government in the philippines says it's setting up more than six hundred temporary shelters for people displaced by the conflict in the city of murali the army read so clear from separatist fighters in october for a five month siege around we was also battered by tropical storm tembin last week. the counting is underway in liberia's presidential runoff between the former footballer george weah and the current vice president joseph despite a low turnout the process is expected to produce the first democratic transition of power there in more than seven decades and the russian president vladimir putin has been nominated for a fourth term in office was running as an independent candidate but he's backed by the pro kremlin united russia party he's expected to win the vote comfortably shuttles take place in march of next year. was twenty seventeen comes to an end we're looking back at some of

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seven degrees celsius with present sunshine coming through a sunny twenty seven on the cost of a durban over the next sunday's picture what it was there in the botswana up towards zambia should be fine and dry there for zimbabwe over the next day or so want to see showers a possibility into madagascar but the cloud just draping its way out of the congo basin with some lively showers on the cost was there some showers to into cameroon and the possibility of want to showers from liberia. the weather sponsored by cateye place. shooting people are not sure to burn themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem are you worried that this conflict could erupt into an outright open war that the city's general security sure the people who pay the price clearly their writeup unprejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate absent at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here this hour u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixth election he tweeted that

twenty four degrees will be the maximum a cape town fair amount of sunshine to be found here but for durban more cloud will be squeezing out the shower temperature for twenty seven. welcome back reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera at least forty people have been killed in a suicide attack on a shia cultural center and news agency in afghanistan's capital kabul children are increasingly being used both as targets and weapons of war according to unicef it says the suffering of children in conflict zones has reached shocking levels and the u.n. says sixty eight yemeni civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the saudi led coalition on choose day thank you did fourteen people from the same family. the u.s. embassy in ankara says it's lifted always strictures on visa services and being a mother. it says turkey has met all assurances that local us embassy staff won't be detained or arrested the us stopped issuing visas in turkey after two stealth members were detained at the u.s. consulate in istanbul during a state of emergency in ankara turkey has responded by lifting the re

into southern portions of africa where we've got to some rain on the eastern side of south africa durban could see some showers at times dry for much of the day weather wise across northern parts of way through into zambia others of the risk of showers begins through in towards angola where the conditions gerry not looking too bad across the eastern side of madagascar and answer in reverse should see a high of twenty eight and twenty the high interruption. the weather sponsored by cats on race. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage with every day but the message is a simplistic you have no frame and good logical rational person crazy monster and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here al-jazeera sebastian pinera set to return to chile as presidential palace for a decisive victory in sunday's runoff election almost all the votes cou

now to south africa the weather is fairly benign there are showers at the eastern cape and beyond durban because you could be caught by some warm sunny johannesburg and also in most of botswana the big pall of cloud to the south of that from angola through zambia toward southern towns near this is the line where showers could be persistent pretty heavy. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. rushing out to syria let's take a look at the top stories right now a new report by unicef warns that children in conflict zones all around the world are under attack on a shocking scale the report highlights the deaths of children over the past year in afghanistan child suicide bombers linked to boko rom and at least five thousand killed or injured in the war in yemen aid workers have started vaccinating critically ill patients from eastern. in syria's capital damascus last month the u.n. call for five hundred people in need of urgent medical care be allowed to leave only twenty nine cases have been given approval and at least eighteen people died while waiting. result

as well that system is gradually easing though so durban will still catch one or two showers i think on choose day but for joe back it should be dry instead most of the wet weather will stay a towards the north stretching all the way across towards madagascar and. where he can expect some showers. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. you are making very pointed remarks whether on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up over the morning and says i want to scour the world of darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back you're with alex is here a top story so far today the russian president vladimir putin has ordered the withdrawal of some forces from syria after two years of fighting he made the announcement during a surprise visit to a syrian air base person also into egypt and turkey w

as we head across into southern parts of africa we've got some showers affecting the eastern cape durban the chance of the odd shower otherwise looking largely fine across much of the country much of botswana through into namibia fine but again heavy showers affecting some beer but zimbabwe should be dry and harare will see plenty of sunshine in temperatures in the upper twenty's for central parts of africa showers across parts of the congo towards gabon otherwise fine for west africa sunny and i cry in ghana with high seer of thirty one. january. african heads of state and government. for the state of the african union. seventeen minutes returned with brand new episodes updating some of the best documentaries from over the years the biggest names in politics in business will meet in the swiss alps for the world economic forum what will be talk of the agenda. engages in rigorous debate cutting through the headlines. and in a week of special coverage will be gauging reaction from around the world to america's most controversial president of modern times january. on counting the cost. we'l

perhaps on monday the first day of the new year and twenty nine degrees will beat them up from there in durban now as we're in this part of the world let's have a little more going on to the other side of madagascar because we've also got this blob of cloud here now it's not very organized at the moment but it does look like it's beginning to pull itself together and form into something slightly more sinister so it looks like it's developing into a tropical feature probably a tropical storm and it's working its way towards the northeastern parts of madagascar now it's moving pretty slowly and i don't think it's going to reach the coast for another three days or say but between now and then there's a lot of heavy rain to come for the eastern parts of madagascar lots of wet weather and then as we head through wednesday and thursday we'll see that storm hit and even more flooding will occur. thanks seth so has hair on al-jazeera everybody wants or. building trust to reduce crime in american city where police officers live in the middle of the neighborhood they patrol plus i'm to see a new man on

senator dick durban, illinois, still speaking.'s listen in. >> watching c-span that night, i came to the floor when we finally were given the senate tax bill. it was about 500 pages long and as i was going through it on page 257, i looked at it and i thought what is this? there was a page in the middle of the tax bill with all sorts of scribbled handwriting which was absolutely impossible to read. now remember this is a tax code -- >> if you're just sort of following this this afternoon, they took the vote, but then somebody noticed that there were some procedural problems and senate rules problems with the final version that was voted on. so they had to scrap that. now they're back at it again tonight debating. there may be changes. the vote is expected to be close, but republicans are confident that they will be able to muscle the bill through. it would be president trump's first major legislative victory. cbs reporter weigia jiang is at the capitol now where republicans are already celebrating this. a done deal? >> reporter: no

they've been giving lots of thunder and lightning as well that system is gradually easing though so durban will still catch one or two showers i think on choose day but for joe back it should be dry instead most of the wet weather will stay it towards the north stretching all the way across towards madagascar and until then a revive where you can expect some showers. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up the over the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online was about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. sealing the deal turkey says it will buy the votes a different system from.