on john hendren on the detroit river in the only floating postal code in the united states. who the rebels in yemen say they fired a cruise missile towards the united arab emirates the u.a.e. is obviously part of the saudi led coalition that's been fighting the movies in yemen since two thousand and fifteen while the group's television service says they were targeting the outback a nuclear reactor which is under construction in the west of the emirate well i would obviate self is the nine to who these claim all of this comes as fighting has intensified between the who these and their former allies the supporters of ousted president ali abdullah saleh solace party has issued a statement saying salah welcomes efforts to reconcile with the who these and his criticize what he calls the saudi aggression against yemen who the leader of that mallika who the had issued has accused the salah of trying to strike a deal with saudi arabia calling the move a coup against their fragile alliance well the group have been fighting the coalition forces since march two thousand and fifteen and

john hendren and. detroit. so let's have a recap of the headlines here on al-jazeera and the former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has called for talks between his supporters the hutu rebels and the saudi led coalition the arab alliance which ended the civil war in two thousand and fifteen is welcome relief at least forty people have been killed in the capital sana in the past few days in battles between the cooties and fighters loyal to. the pope francis has defended his statements in myanmar on the plight of the refugees saying he spoke in truth in private the pontiff faced criticism for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit and avoiding the word regime due to leaves in that. i mean. i was interested in my message getting through so i saw that in my speech if i'd use that word the door would have slammed shut but i describe the situation the riots that no one should be excluded citizenship to allow me in my private meetings to go further i was very very satisfied with the discussions i was

john hendren al-jazeera detroit. news view online you know way to go al jazeera dot com that's our website. i'm come all santamaria these are your headlines on al-jazeera the hope the rebels in yemen say they fired a cruise missile towards the united arab emirates u.a.e. that was denying its territories been targeted iran which has been backing the who is calling on the rebels and the ousted president ali abdullah saleh to reconcile after the former allies started fighting on women's day but democratic and republican politicians are warning u.s. president donald trump against his constant tweeting they say talking about the investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's election could land him in trouble want to translate his tweets attacks the f.b.i. calling it the worst in history. residents in the hundred capital tegucigalpa are preparing for more protests following a disputed presidential election. a week of violent clashes has left three people dead in fighting between opposition supporters and secur

john hendren al-jazeera detroit. and times take you through some of the headlines here now this year and now the rebels in yemen say they fired a missile towards the united arab emirates but i'll be denies the climate comes as fighting between former allied forces intensifies in yemen's capital. president ali abdullah saleh called for talks for all sides to end the war u.s. president trump says he never asked former f.b.i. director james comey to stop investigating his former national security advisor michael flynn admits he lied to the f.b.i. is investigating links between trump's team and russia during last year's elections . the us is pulled out of a u.n. pact designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants worldwide it says the global compact on migration is inconsistent with the u.s. sovereignty u.n. member states will gather in mexico monday to discuss the plan further doyle from the international organization for migration is disappointed trump administration has taken the step. the u.s. is the count

i'm john hendren in michigan where a major corporation is going out of its way to hire people with autism i'll tell you which one coming up. because some rather cold weather pushing in across a good part of the middle east over the next couple days little bits and pieces of cloud and rain for some possibly some snow over the high setting up towards the far north of the region just around the northeast an area. this that we have here towards the himalayas just pushing up towards pakistan south of that we can see temperatures in tehran struggling to get up into double figures aleppo around thirteen degrees celsius eighteen celsius there in beirut little cloud over a little as we go on into sunday temperatures just holding on around nineteen celsius here a letter thirty celsius jerusalem around sixteen degrees we're going on to the ten eleven degrees there for tehran are also if a couple plenty of sunshine coming through and that cool sunshine will call it stretching its way down across the region peninsula so temperatures here in doha twenty three twenty four degrees celsius but i want to g

here for him and other workers with autism the experiment in neurodiversity is paying off john hendren detroit. and a stake in a decade at a historic building in hong kong has finally won world heritage status the blue house faced a militia until the local community stepped in and fought a campaign to get it recognised by. reports from. its color means it's hard to miss but it's not just the brought lou that makes this building a stand out twentieth century shop front is one of the last examples of what's called tall cantonese style buildings with balconies is just one home and but what makes us unique and special is the community thanks to its central location in one of the city's trendy restaurant districts the sock known as the blue cross stuff i stimulation by developers but tenants. and conservation groups united against the plan and secured a government grant to protect and revamp the site we try to not just keep his sorry buildings in good shape and update it with more than. the center of excellence etc but also to hit the neighborhood alive the original architecture has been sa

pacts like this could also have to pass intense antitrust scrutiny before they become a reality john hendren al-jazeera. and let's take you through some of the headlines now there is no end in sight for millions of syrians who suffered years of turmoil after the latest round of geneva talks failed to bring about any hopes of peace all sides are blaming each other for the lack of progress this leaves many syrians continuing to live either under siege or in camps protests are planned around the globe on friday against the u.s. president's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the outrage over donald trump's order to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem hasn't died down since the announcement last week a five year inquiry in australia shows major institutions of failed to protect tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused the royal commission has been investigating abuse in catholic churches schools and sports clubs in australia over the past ninety years prime minister malcolm turnbull said the investigation had exposed a national tragedy i want to t

john hendren al-jazeera detroit. little knowledge and direction the website al jazeera dot com is the address all the stories we're covering right there lots of comment and analysis. all right just time for a recap of headlines here on out there and the ousted yemeni president ali abdullah saleh has called for talks between his supporters the rebels and the saudi led coalition the arab alliance which ended the civil war in two thousand and fifteen has welcomed the move at least forty people have been killed in the capital sana the past few days in battles between the two thieves and fighters loyal to use. syrian government strikes have targeted several cities and towns in damascus province at least six people were killed in arbonne well two others died and her rest are also being attacked in eastern guta which has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand and thirteen about four hundred thousand civilians are believed to be trapped that pope francis has defended his statements in min moller on the plight

john hendren al-jazeera detroit. all right sports fans pete is here to bring us up to speed thank you very much we'll start with golf tiger woods has all but faded from contention in he's come back to admit in the bahamas woods is playing competitively for the first time in ten months since having a fall back surgery back in april the fourteen time major champion began round three of the hero world challenge just five shots off the lead but he failed to handle the blustery conditions at the albany golf club bogeying four of the first seven holes on saturday the end of the day with a five over par round of seventy five leaving him ten shots behind leader charlie hoffman of the u.s. the american coped best with the weather one of only five under par rounds and he will take a five short lead over justin rose and jordan speed into the final round yeah it was it was a rough start to me. whatever i did write up in a bad spot and whatever i did wrong was really wrong. i just couldn't get a turn or turned around and gone the

regulators john hendren has will. in a move that would reshape the entertainment industry large parts of what belonged to twenty first century fox would become the property of disney we're getting credit quality content we're getting global reach we're getting access to new technologies and we're also getting great talents there while there is risk associated with this whether you look at the price or whether you look at the regulatory side or whether you look at the complexity of integrating companies the size that risk was well worth taking on the marriage of fox in the mouse is priced at fifty two billion dollars but it still needs the approval of any trust regulators in an e-mail to disney employees chairman and c.e.o. bob iger called it a historic move forward for us one that reflects a rapidly evolving media landscape brands from rupert murdoch's fox empire included in the deal or twentieth century fox film and television sky b s b the national geographic channel's the f.x. network's star india and its streaming

john hendren al-jazeera detroit. and that is a news hour back with more news for you in just a few moments. right . for years japanese have gone into countries lush course for what they call. green or forest baby thirteen years ago dr ching lee was one of the first to conduct research on forest bathing he concluded that the essential oils the trees produce to protect themselves from germs and bugs can boost the human immune system what a lot of find aside or essential oil is found in the forests my research has shown that far as trying to size reduces stress hormones and relaxes us in the future the time may come when doctors prescribe a forest instead of medicine the world's largest humanitarian crisis millions caught up in civil war all jazeera world examines the roots of the conflict in yemen and the complex history that drew a country into perpetual time. today a unique field that separation on. the north and the south these dualisms are a part of history. yemen the north south divide this time.

the filmon says it's a beginning john hendren al-jazeera rockford illinois. back in july french president emanuel last call said he wanted to see no more homeless people sleeping rough by the end of the year but that hasn't happened in the capital alone that's around thirty thousand homeless people both refugees and locals and according to charities the problem is getting worse not in barber reports from paris he's been homeless for five years and he's still only twenty three tony doesn't want to show his face but he's happy to explain why despite the dangers he generally spends his days begging and his nights sleeping on the streets and not in a state funded emergency shelter. recently someone stole my tent then when i was sleeping on a mattress someone kicked me in the head so they could grab the bag my head was resting on so life on the street is very hard but in those emergency shelters you also get attacked you get lots of drunkards and even if you don't look for trouble you find it it's not safe there. the debate about how to deal with one hundred forty

john hendren reports. in a move that would reshape the entertainment industry large parts of what belonged to twenty first century fox would become the property of disney we're getting credit quality content we're getting global reach we're getting access to new technologies and we're also getting great talent there while there is risk associated with this whether you look at the price or whether you look at the regulatory side or whether you look at the complexity of integrating companies the size that risk was well worth taking on the marriage of fox in the mouse is priced at fifty two billion dollars but it still needs the approval of any trust regulators in an e-mail to disney employees chairman and c.e.o. bob iger called it a historic move forward for us one that reflects a rapidly evolving media landscape brands from rupert murdoch's fox empire included in the deal or twentieth century fox film and television sky b s b the national geographic channels the f.x. networks star india and its streaming se

pacts like this could also have to pass intense antitrust scrutiny before they become a reality john hendren al-jazeera have a sports. thank you very much we'll begin with football and brazil's most popular club have been upstaged at home in the final of the cup a suit amerikana they were beaten by arjun tyneside independent entity at the famous american our stadium and his home and now reports the. flamingo have an estimated fanbase of dirty three million people worldwide but just sixty three thousand could pack into radio d.j. narrows famous maracana stadium for the final of south america's second biggest club competition tensions were high before the game as they face argentinian side independently at a two hundred ten thousand travelling fans from one side i was not the sound of the us they call us racists but flamengo fans were inciting violence telling us you were going to die you have to run and they don't think anything of it i don't like this atmosphere and football football is a sport if you go to other countries up north this wouldn't happen it only happens in south america. indep

eric spillman says it's a beginning john hendren al-jazeera rockford illinois. when i think a short break now but still to come on al-jazeera in sports that is the oldest invitational i stalk a trophy is the side and they could be a sign of who will fight for gold at the winter olympics and as two thousand and seventeen draws to an end we look back at the events and stories that captured the world's attention over the past year. in the most unlikely place. to talk about a new one. to set out to challenge perceptions of africa. and bring photography to these communities. a story of hope. in the face of adversity. the new african photography. congolese treat. at this time how he does it. spawning six continents across the globe. al-jazeera as correspondents live and bring the stories they tell of the. i could never know unless you. were at the mercy of the russian camp for palestine. i'll just see right through doing world news. ok it's time to get the sports news now here santa. thank you very much balboa mantissa cities where called eighteen game winning run has

eric spillman says it's a beginning john hendren al-jazeera rockford illinois. now mountain is hoping to climb mount everest on their own have had their ambitions dashed government leaders in the pool have banned sight of attempts to try to reduce the number of deaths on the walls highest peak and a record breaking bad is underway on k two that's the world's second highest mountain on the border between china and pakistan chawla ballasts reports a team of poland's best climb is in pakistan reach take on k two in winter it's one of the last great feats lift and mountaineering and we all have been under supervision of college we have. had a doctor so we may. shake how we are and what we can improve. k. two is the second highest mountain in the world but it beats mt everest in danger and difficulty only three hundred six people have reached its peak compared to four thousand on mt everest it's in and tori is for hurricane strength winds its steep slopes and i see a saint for every four people that summit k two one dies. the team has been preparing for two years and

john hendren al jazeera detroit. that's it for me for this news hour back with more news that stay with us. 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 around 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. a new poll ranks mexico city is the pull off worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend you're very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse now marianna uses a new service it's called loud drive it's for women passages only and run by women drivers pull for some extra features like a pani

or go to the movies anymore that why the story to come after this from john hendren . in a move that would reshape the entertainment industry large parts of what belong to twenty first century fox would become the property of disney we're getting credit quality content we're getting global reach we're getting access to new technologies we're also getting great talent there while there is risk associated with this whether you look at the price or whether you look at the regulatory side or whether you look at the complexity of integrating companies this size that risk was well worth taking on the marriage of fox and the mouse is priced at fifty two billion dollars but it still needs the approval of any trust regulators in an e-mail to disney employees chairman and c.e.o. bob iger called it a historic move forward for us one that reflects a rapidly evolving media landscape brands from rupert murdoch's fox empire included in the deal or twentieth century fox film and television sky b s b the national geographic channels the f.x. networks star india and its streaming servic

john hendren al jazeera detroit. still to come here on al-jazeera we need the lebanese basketball player who isn't letting is this ability to get in the way of his competitive sports or his demands for equality and ben stokes makes his return to cricket but things didn't go as he would have liked all the details coming up in sports. the new era in television news. it doesn't say that it's a toss to do things in secret that are on the list we had actual victims who had so much torture detention and saying this was the cause of my arrest if you could. just stay there what we did. i got this conviction that everyone has a deep reservoir of thomas going to if you can give them the opportunity and wonderful things start to look at the actual distance there's at least twenty thousand for him to refugees who live here we badly need at this moment leadership until president hosni mubarak has resigned donald trump is going to be the next president retaliation with the other guy go back she's very kind of gas on us to believe

corporations all finding that autistic workers bring many valuable skills to the office table john hendren story from motor city in detroit. when you have autism finding work is a challenge finding satisfying work often just doesn't have those i guess worth while ford microsoft walgreen's drug stores and as a p germany's largest software maker are all hiring workers with autism they call it neuro diversity like all workers kevin roach says he has his limitations the most. is when there's something unexpected. that comes out that i don't feel entirely prepared for and that can be really overwhelming for me where i just i don't know what's going on i'm gaining too much information in one time but he and other autistic workers also bring advantages other employees lech generally speaking people with autism have a much greater ability to sustain intense concentration on something so if they are in a job concentrating on something that they're passionate about the concentration level is likely to be much more significant than a person without autism the vast majority of people with autism are u

pay here for him and other workers with autism the experiment in a neurodiversity is paying off john hendren detroit. southern california is battling for wildfires around los angeles one person has died more than two hundred thousand people have been forced to leave the island shuffle reports from los angeles. southern california where wildfires continue to blaze and with new dangers now north of san diego this fire blew up into a ten square kilometer blaze in a matter of just hours destroying dozens of homes in a retirement community and killing dozens of race horses at a training stables the fire forced thousands of evacuations and closed a state highway it's a two hundred fifty kilometer stretch of bone dry coastal canyons blasted by hot dry winds from inland it's amazing to watch the magnitude of the winds and the fire storms and how. fast things change septa really have to be alert i think everybody's done a great job the largest and most destructive fire in the region remains this one in ventura county now measuring more than four hundred square kilometers and growing with no sign of f

pacts like this could also have to pass intense antitrust scrutiny before they become a reality john hendren al-jazeera. you're watching or just their arms the whole robin these are all top stories the united states has presented what it calls undeniable evidence that iran is violating u.n. resolutions and supplying weapons to fighters in yemen and the turnaround calls the allegations unfounded and irresponsible saudi arabia is demanding the u.n. security council hole to iran accountable the syrian government and the opposition are blaming each other after the eighth round of talks in geneva aimed at ending the war finished without any progress the u.n. special envoy for syria called it a missed opportunity peru's president says a lot resigned over a corruption scandal involving brazilian construction giant bracht this follows revelations that the company transferred nearly five million dollars of the company's assets into the account of pedre public kaczynski and he says he was not directly involved in their operations when the transactions took place but legislators from bruised two larges

eric spillman says it's a beginning john hendren al-jazeera rockford illinois. she hasn't yet decided whether to defend the title of the australian open despite making an encouraging return to the tennis court the twenty three time grand slam winner has played her first match since becoming a mother four months ago. she isn't the first player to return to the court after having a baby the non have done so quite as quickly as serena williams and have competitive outings and still to elect an m.p. who was born in that kemba the thirty six year old to come one of the nissans of women's tennis he lay in a supply. serina drop the first set today she has brought on garris when appetite the match unfolded showed she might be back to have beth before. moments of rustiness like they can be forgiven to mean if last match was the australian open final almost twelve months ago and us a panko isn't the world number seven for nothing the twenty year old said before the match she was excited to play against the idol for the first time but there were no signs of nerves as she c

says it's a beginning john hendren zero rockford illinois. the fourth pot of all series looking ahead to two thousand and eighteen we examine the future of syria two thousand and seventeen was a good year for president assad with his forces recapturing large swathes of territory from the opposition but while the conflict appears to be winding down in some areas the prospects of genuine peace still seems far away reports from beirut . syrians in search of safety there may be less violence because of russian brokered local cease fires but there are still active frontlines in some areas of the country over the past year the opposition lost sizable territory and the syrian government with the backing of russia and iran have also recaptured areas from. the government is stronger than it has been since.

john hendren al jazeera detroit. disabled people in lebanon demanding fire a treatment saying last protecting them. sunday is the worldwide day of persons with disabilities and raising awareness of disabled people's rights and reports. says the best word to describe him would be competitive. several times a week he comes to this basketball court in central beirut to practice drills he's part of a wheelchair basketball league and also takes part in marathons over the years yousif has won dozens of medals and trophies and says his disability which combines into a wheelchair has never stopped him from succeeding. i have challenged my disability and i have challenged this society l. even i ask every person with a disability to fight and face these obstacles because if we don't fight we will die use of his part of the lebanese welfare association for the handicapped that campaigns for the rights of disabled people according to government statistics around four hundred thousand lebanese live with disabilities and although