hello i'm rob matheson in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says millions of dollars in american aid will be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel palestinian leaders insist a two state solution cannot be achieved if the u.s. continues to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel from davos our diplomatic editor james baker reports. all right the u.s. president seemed in upbeat mood as he arrived here. and prosperity between israelis and palestinians that seems further away than ever you might think that when you've alienated one side in a negotiation in this case the palestinians you might reach out to the link you very much flanked by he is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu the author of the art of the deal showed that's not his way where they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great vice president to see them and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in support tremendous numbers numbers that nobody understands that money is on the table that money is not going to

people have been killed on monday night taking the total during five days of unrest to twenty three rob matheson has more. gunshots in the city of persia on monday night. demonstrators defying a government social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across a row. on of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for people here i mean john the car i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood. and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult i have a daughter in. the high prices it really put me under pressure at home iran's leaders s

have been killed iran's revolutionary guard it declared on wednesday that the un rest was over rob matheson reports. on a rainy and state t.v. pictures of government supporters filling city streets condemning protests and to dance during the day and. it's basically people who are believing that with so what's happening is against that he jeem and they want to support the regime by saying this is a revolutionary g.m. and we are in favor of it. the t.v. pictures of these days pro-government rallies are a contrast to coverage of demonstrations against iran's leadership which began last thursday. the government has shut down some social media platform. but pictures have been posted showing damaged cars burning buildings and chanting crowds. protests about unemployment and iran's economy which has been struggling after years of sanctions have grown to include demands for greater freedoms hundreds of people have been arrested the u.s. is demanding an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council if the arraigning dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days

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president hassan rouhani is calling for calm and warns anyone breaking the law will be confronted rob matheson as more. gunshots in the city of birth and on monday night.

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hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes afghan special forces battle gunmen inside a five star hotel in kabul at least fifteen people are reported to have been killed or injured. turkey says it started an offensive against kurdish positions inside syria. deep political divisions in the u.s. what a stalemate between republicans and democrats forces our government shutdown plus. as women take to the streets to mock president trump's first year in office we take a detailed look at his turbulent twelve months. gunmen have stronger five star hotel in afghanistan's capital and taken hostages the afghan interior ministry says special forces are battling attackers at the intercontinental hotel it comes just days after the u.s. embassy warned of possible strikes against high profile targets let's speak to jennifer glad she's in kabul for us jennifer what's the latest there. rob we know that special forces continue to clear that hotel they've been going floor by floor this siege has been going on for more than six hours now a terrifying sat

president hassan rouhani is calling for calm and warns anyone breaking the law will be confronted rob matheson as more. gunshots in the city of persia on monday night. demonstrators defy a government social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across iran of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for people here may change on the part i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family. the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihoods. and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home iran

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. the shutdown of iraq got a lot worse from all. the work. today would be a good. u.s. senators prepared to vote on a bill to end the government shutdown. turkey's president promises to crush kurdish fighters as his military continues its air and ground operation in northern syria. at least six people die in anti-government protests in democratic republic of congo . and tensions rise as tens of thousands of refugees are set to be repatriated to me i'm from bangladesh. oh two hundred g.m.t. and the clock is ticking for senators in the us is the struggle to end the funding crisis that's kept the government shutdown for two days in the coming hours the republican controlled senate is expected to hold a vote to try to break the deadlock money for federal agencies has been cut off since saturday after the senate failed to pass a funding bill and that's affecting a range of departments including passports and visas services immigration is the heart of the dispute democrats won funding tied to

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes turkey's president promises to crush kurdish fighters as military continues its air and ground operation in northern syria. to shut down but don't get a lot more from all. a lot work. today would be a good day to end u.s. senators hold talks in a bid to end the government shutdown. more than a million people gather as pope francis holds a final boss in peru ending his controversial tour of latin america. fighting between police and i'm t. government protesters in democratic republic of congo has killed at least six people. the u.s. is urging turkey to use restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria turkey soldiers have entered the on klav awfully in part of assault to drive out kurdish people's protection units or why p.g. turkey's president is vying to crush the group which he views as a terrorist organization stephanie decker reports. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday tu

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes in afghanistan after a taliban suicide bomber uses an ambulance to get through kabul's green zone killing at least ninety five people. a nation divided protesters in honduras clashed with police as the president is sworn in for a second time. syria's eastern ghouta bombed just hours after a fragile cease fire comes into effect. it's not only the financial markets that are booming i'm rob the bride at the biggest market in traditional chinese medicine that's going through them with. the taliban says it was behind a bomb attack in afghanistan's capital that killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty others the explosives were hidden in an ambulance that allowed the bomber to get through security in the city's green zone it's the most heavily protected area in couple it was the second successful taliban attack in a week on targets in the city despite high security jennifer glass reports. another day of carnage on the streets of kabul this time the bomb was in an ambulanc

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against the government it's not clear if both sides will be on the same streets at the same time rob matheson al-jazeera. if he or his government has announced it will release all political prisoners and close in a tourist prison camp in a surprise move charges against many who are facing prosecution will also be dropped this follows increased pressure on the government to end its crackdown on opposition voices stephanie decker reports. theo p. has been under pressure domestically and on the international stage there have been anti-government protests since two thousand and fifteen they continue to pose a serious challenge to the ruling party the decision to release all political prisoners will be welcomed by many peons some warn it may not lead to major changes in policy. but the go on the idea many implicit in the prime minister of egypt realizes that. it will continue to be a. political junkie and that it is still stuck to a political dialogue in order to avoid really the international community needs to be really. only eleven of the society. the protests of the past two years of call for

republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al jazeera. is a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center and an associate at the harvard kennedy school project. there at the protests are a backlash against iran's economic problems. clearly the slogans are and to regimes they target all factions of the republic or factions of the establishment this time around so we have a lot of you know activism on the streets people from different different social strata especially the lower middle classes going in or out on the streets and we are facing have put a repression from the regime side as well so this is something that is that we have to watch i'm not surprised given if you have been objectively following the socio economic indicators in iran where you see a huge portion of the population perhaps you know people are talking about half of the population living around the poverty line and who have not been benefiting from either the reformist politics or the rani presidencies politic economic policies neither from the conservative s

republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson. israeli parliament has approved a bill making it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem to the palestinians under a future peace deal two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory if the deals agreed before it would have required a simple majority comes less than a month after u.s. president donald trump recognized the city as israel's capital i'm a gem jhoom has more from west jerusalem. at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members or full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote comes on the heels of another contentious vote vote that happened on sunday this was a vote by the central committee of the likud party they voted to annex larg

republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson algis in. south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday the unification ministry said the talks would mainly focused on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics in the south it follows kim jong un's new dress which struck a more friendly tone toward seoul south korean president lee j. in the said resolving the standoff over pyongyang's nuclear program is still a top priority. the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north korea's nuclear program so the foreign ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the international community regarding this. florence slowly has more from seoul. south korean officials have made it clear that the talks that they're proposing to be held on january ninth focus on north korea sending their athletes to take part in the upcoming winter olympics and paralympics as well as on improving into career relations the last time

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republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al jazeera. eric randolph is the deputy bureau chief for the news agency france press he joins us via skype from toronto taking the time to speak to us what can you tell us about the situation there in teheran why you are and elsewhere in the country well for now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that it's very difficult for us to report remember that i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can do and sharon we know there's a heavy police presence around is actually not been the focus of much of the at rest unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine it's mostly been out in the provinces we had only just got to protest the last few nights but it does seem to slightly calmer as far as we can talk now. and in terms of the response of police we've had about a c.g. militia and others who else on the streets how would you describe the response of government forces to what is happening sure so far they haven't unleashed the revolutionary guards

hello i'm rob matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. and russia clash of the u.n. security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel on klav of duma. the first member of donald trump's cabinet is questioned over a possible collusion between the u.s. president's campaign and russia. and the love story of a cleaning woman and an amphibian humanoid lead to the oscar nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery t

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republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson algis in south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday the unification ministries of the talks will mainly focus on north korea's taking part in the forthcoming winter olympics in the south it follows kim jong un's new year's address which struck a more friendly tone towards seoul south korea's president when jean said resolving the standoff with the only ends nuclear program was a priority. and the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north korea's nuclear program so the foreign ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the international community regarding this nigeria's military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the group because now managed to escape they were found close to the northeastern border with chad the military says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who are being kept in forced labor camps. palestinians are condemning a n

i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera if the opiate has freed an opposition leader as part of a mass release of prisoners jailed over anti-government protests in twenty fifteen minute ago dino was released with more than four hundred other people within a has always denied violating the law his release is part of a government drive for national reconciliation. at least twelve people have been killed in twin suicide attacks in the geria the bombers targeted a market on the outskirts of the city of my dog at least forty eight people were injured and could do an estate in northern nigeria a gunman killed two police officers the white house chief of staff has reportedly said president donald trump's campaign promises on immigration where an informed us media is reporting john kerry made the comments while discussing immigration with democratic politicians on capitol hill democrats want guarantees undocumented immigrants will be protected before they back a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown tanks have gathered on the turkish side of the border with syria and qata

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hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes seeking reelection egypt's president ends speculation and says he's going to run for a second term. a member of a cult of the royal family accuses saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of creating the gulf crisis to seize doha's wealth. a race against time in the u.s. as senators try to prevent a looming government shutdown. pope francis makes a plea to protect the amazon and its people during his trip to peru. egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has announced he will run for a second that actions are scheduled to take place in march says he rose to power in twenty fourteen after leading the military and i was doing his predecessor. reports . the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president obama has put down his sisi has made it official and us that it got a lot of out info to collect you might have been today as a to members of the sausage moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for ou

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republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al jazeera. and joining me now in the studio is l.a. karen my he is she's a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations thanks very much for coming in to al jazeera we're hearing there is a growing presence of place and of the passage the volunteer force on the streets do you think a violent crackdown is inevitable. well what we've seen over the last few days is that the protests are moving from being quite a peaceful street protests to having more radical slogans and more radical measures . purportedly footage being released of government buildings and properties being set on fire and so the more violent behavior there is on the ground from both sides the more likely there is that's going to be tougher security measures in place going forward what did you make of the comments of the supreme leader how many said today that foreign enemies are responsible for this on just well i think a lot of people had predicted that this would feature as part of any statement t

republican guard is threatening to stop the demonstrations but there are still calls for more protests rob matheson al jazeera. ok let's drill down into the issues there for you to learn a judge is a visiting fellow at the brookings doha center an associate at the harvard kennedy school iran project only for two and a jet this is not regime collapse but equally on the other end of the question i guess it is not a small isolated incident so how do we label this what we describe it as being well i mean those are with no doubt the most politicized demonstrations we have had in iran for a very long time and clearly the slogans are and to regime so they target all factions of the republic all factions of the establishment and the regime change is such a loaded term because it was misused by a lot of imperialist projects in the past so but what is clear is that people are not happy with the current regime in iran what does it tell us about the leadership and who's driving this because i mean in a sense would be better if the demonstrations had just fizzled and died away because now the government obvious

hello i'm rob matheson in doha with a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the abuse gyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run in the presidential election this march sami on them was seen as the main challenger to president. thousands of people are fleeing fighting in the northern syrian region of africa and as a turkish military offensive enters its fifth day the exodus comes as the un security council met on the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria russia has called for a new inquiry into who's to blame for the attacks a move the u.s. has branded a distraction when russia does not like the facts they try and distract the conversation that's because the facts come back over and over again to the truth russia wants to hide that the assad regime continues to use chemical weapons against its own people at least twenty seven people have been killed when a car bomb exploded in libya last in the eastern city of benghazi killed worshipers who were leaving a mosque after evening prayers a second car bomb exploded just half an hour later

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.s. asks turkey not to take military action in a kurdish controlled district in northern syria. new treaty for a new era britain and france to sign a border agreement and pledge to uphold their historic ties up to bragg's it. pope francis arrives in peru for the second leg of his south america tour. major storm blows through europe killing at least seven people and causing travel disruption. the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to take military action in africa in northern syria turkish forces are massing on the border and they're threatening to attack the kurdish why p.g. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u.s. elsewhere in syria. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort we want everyone there to keep their eye i'll go back to something i said we were talking about iraq in the referendum to keep their eye on the ball and the focus needs to be on isis so we don't want them to gauge and

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes u.s. president donald trump threatens to withdraw aid money to palestinians if they don't resume peace talks with israel. duckies president vows to continue military operations against a kurdish group in northern syria but the pentagon warns that could hurt the fight against eisold plus the new talks about light in paris where the city is on flood alerts as the riverside continues to rise and a scientific breakthrough meet the songs on ha ha the world's first clothed monkeys . the u.s. president is insisting millions of dollars in american aid is going to be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel and the world economic forum in davos donald trump has said the controversial decision to recognize to roussillon as the capital of israel would not be changed palestinian leaders say a two state solution can only be achieved with east jerusalem as their future capital on the diplomatic editor james pays reports. to the u.s. president seemed an upbeat mood to see arrived h

and i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a race against time in the u.s. the senators try to prevent a looming government shutdown. a member of a cult of oil family accuses saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of creating the gulf crisis to seize doha's wealth. seeking reelection egypt's president and the speculation and says he's going to run for a second term. pope francis makes a plea to protect the amazon and its people during his trip to peru. well the countdown is on in the u.s. where the senate has just a few hours to prevent a government shutdown but still there's no deal the senate's a late night vote to decide on the way forward politicians must agree on a bill by midnight on friday to keep government agencies funded for the next month earlier donald trump met top democrats in a bid to win their support but significant areas of disagreement remain white house correspondent kelly holcomb reports. a planned trip to florida to mark donald trump's first anniversary in office has been canceled at least for now instead america's republi

in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories that's it for me for this news hour i'm rob matheson thanks very much for being with me. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join a sunset there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera and monday put it world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries haven't truly been able to escape the your. personal stories of lebanese villages

hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. celebrations in ethiopia after the release of an opposition leader and hundreds of other prisoners as part of a government amnesty. uniting for the olympics longtime rivals north and south korea plan to form a team for next month's games and have their athletes march together. pope francis wades into a centuries old conflict in chile calling for unity in the struggle for indigenous rights. will take a dive to a one of a kind cave in mexico that could help shed some light on the mayan civilization. if he has freed an opposition leader as part of a mass release of prisoners who were jailed over anti-government protests in twenty fifteen minute ago to now was released with more than four hundred others good and always denied violating the law is release is part of a government drive for national reconciliation paul brennan has more. america dina is a hero to his supporters and thousands of excited well wishers called a god of honor to restore his convoy to nine miles from the detention c

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes egypt's former military chief of staff calls office campaign for president after being detained by the army has be seen as the only potential threat to the reelection of abdel fattah el-sisi. the u.s. and russia clash at the u.n. security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel enclave of duma. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he will seek reelection in april if he's selected as a candidate by the ruling socialist. and fantasy drama the shape of water leaves the oscar race with thirteen nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on has been seen as a significant rival to president. but he's now called off his campaign homage on june has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes u.s. government shutdown comes to an end as president donald trump signs the funding bill. anger in the knesset uproar over the u.s. vice president's reassertion of jerusalem as the capital of israel. turkey intensifies its military operation in northwest syria and opens a new front in the town of a free in. iran from the football pitch to the political playground george weah was sworn in as liberia's new president. has read a u.s. government shutdown has ended after politicians approved a bill to extend federal funding president trump has now signed the bill into law but the immigration dispute at the center of the crisis is still far from resolved democrats agreed to back the bill allowing government funding to continue until february the eighth in return republicans gave assurances of a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u.s. as children also known as dreamers president donald trump has tweeted that democrats had come to their senses he also s

and i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes stolen from their families right injure refugee girls and now being targeted by human traffickers. calls for an immediate cease fire in yemen's port city of aden after separatists seized government buildings during a day of deadly fighting. turkish forces take control of a key mountain in syria's african region as that offensive against kurdish fighters enters a second week. wrestled to the ground and taken into custody russia's opposition leader was detained for several hours during rallies against vladimir putin. there injured persecution military crackdowns and a hollowing journey out of me and dog now rights groups say rockin joe refugees are being increasingly targeted by human traffickers camps in bangladesh the situation is getting worse because hundreds of thousands of new refugees. right this is the most recent crackdown began in august from quote a refugee camp in southern bangladesh charles stratford has this exclusive report. oh my darling daughter she cries she asks me when we talk o

hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next to sixty minutes where inside syria where turkey's operation against kurdish fighters could bring two nato powers into direct military conflict. but america first does not mean america alone u.s. president donald trump declares america open for business but insists trade must be fair. under pressure to step down congolese president joseph kabila denies claims a violent crackdowns on protesters. bowing to pressure the entire u.s. gymnastics board plans to resign in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal involving a former team doctor. president roger tie up our donors warning that turkey's operation against kurdish fighters in syria could be extended to the border with iraq al jazeera has traveled with the turkish army as it can. news its offensive to sweep fighters from the region the move risks a possible confrontation with the kurdish y p g militia it's a group backed by the united states and nato ally stephanie decker and our cameraman general by seal have this report from the city us of us. as we enter syri

against the government it's not clear if both sides will be on the same streets at the same time rob matheson al-jazeera. is here because government has announced it will release all political prisoners and close in the toy prison camp and surprisingly if charges against many who are facing prosecution will also be dropped stephanie decker reports. theo p. has been under pressure domestically and on the international stage there have been anti-government protests since two thousand and fifteen they continue to pose a serious challenge to the ruling party the decision to release all political prisoners will be welcomed by many peons some warn it may not lead to major changes in policy. that. go on the idea of the prime minister. realizes that it should be going to continue to. political junkie and that it is still stuck to a political dialogue in order to avoid really being sidelined by the international community. used to be easily. only level of the society. the protests of the past few years of call for political and economic changes. iranian i'm hardly agents of lead vocal opposition to th