city of san francisco to visit her dying son to a year long legal battle to get a visa seamus had been prevented from seeing him by a travel ban on people from yemen and four of the main muslim countries as well as north korea and venezuela the two a boy is an american citizen with a rare brain disorder the u.s. granted her of these off to a civil rights group took the case to court well the council on american islamic relations which helped shamus me they get a visa get a statement shortly after she arrived. the reality is that the waiver process is that sham. there's no transparency no meaning process and no right. back up through approved her shows that there was no issue with her case to begin with and that she should have been approved months ago. so let's be clear. if she wants her believe that this week was not an act of kindness on their part. the embassy and department of state had a legal obligation to adjudicate shamus waiver within a reasonable amount of time and make the ultimate application where john hendren joins us live now from san francisco airport in california john

the tables turned after half time, a seamus coleman own goal brought watford level.ute later, abdoulai doucoure gave them the lead. that wasn't the last of the drama though... gylfi sigurdsson had a penalty to make it 2—2. but ben foster kept his side in front. and just as watford were on the brink of their first win at goodison park, a 96th minute free—kick from lucas digne meant the points were shared. chelsea have suspended four people from attending matches while an investigation into the alleged racial abuse of manchester city forward raheem sterling takes place. the incident involving the 24—year—old occurred during city's 2—0 loss at stamford bridge on saturday. the club say they are "fully supporting" the police investigation and any evidence of racist behaviour will result in "severe sanctions, including bans". frank sinclair played for chelsea, and i spoke to him earlier. you can do as much as you can to try and protect the game, but outside of the game there is still a big problem in this situation. so i was very surprised by it, and what is good now is th

twenty three months after the trumpet ministration banned visas from yemen and six other countries seamus whelan has arrived this is the vehicle time for our family but we are blessed to be together the journey to san francisco began in war torn yemen and ends at this nearby hospital there her two year old son of dylan lies on life support with a degenerative brain disease and doctors say only days of life left but this is what a bill is father pleaded with the u.s. state department for twenty eight times i want his mother to be next to him while he was going through and because he was a lot like. bond with them with the mother although both only and abdullah haasan are american citizens the u.s. government granted shaimaa a waiver only on tuesday a day after her son appealed directly to the american people in a news conference the families lawyers say it did not have to take this long shame a they say was clearly eligible for a waiver there is a sham process and this basically shows that the issuance of our visa this week was not an act of kindness on their part. that embassy and apartme

the fall in the value of the pound has been a huge boost to seamus' business. 75% of his customers crossland's retail sales are driven by southern irish people, there's no doubt about it. we're one of the people that is quite happy there's been a vote to leave the european union. so much fluctuation with the currency, it's been very advantageous for us. each of these would have cost you 1 euro, 23, a couple of christmases ago. now that'sjust1 euro, ten. if you multiply that across a big family shop, spending hundreds of pounds, the savings add up. the washing powder, for me, is cheaper, right, you know. there's great bargains in that shop. and in the off—licence as well. while retailers across the uk have had a tough year, a steady stream of shoppers travelling across the border have given northern ireland shops a christmas bonus. colletta smith, bbc news, in newry. nearly 400 soldiers from the east of england will celebrate christmas in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. service men and women from the royal anglians and the colchester based parachute regiment are in afghanis

to see her dying son because of president trump's travel ban has received a waiver seamus whaley is technically banned from entering the u.s. because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries or has been appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son u.s. officials and representatives of the afghan taliban are meeting in the united arab emirates for three days of talks is its relieve the discussions are aimed at pushing for a six month cease fire and withdrawal of foreign troops in the future. chinese foreign manufacturer huawei has demanded the u.s. australia and other governments justify claims that the company is a security risk the firm's chief financial officer was arrested earlier this month in canada for allegedly violating u.s. sanctions on iran since then other governments have added further accusations those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story starts now. a ceasefire in yemen as well as home to millions of yemenis facing famine hope so it wants an end to almost four years of war caught all the chances of a lost and political settlement talk

a gesture of that in the book the enemy within by jeremy corbin's present communications adviser seamus milne. corbin unlike any labor leader i can remember addresses the derm miners go what is the importance of the end you have been mining it was the mining industry has been destroyed as a legacy of margaret that was the point of the end of the mine is go to the favorite to be the next british prime minister i think the point is the history because you know the. the miners were farming the labor. we've always had a socialist view the one nine hundred eighty five strike was based on keeping the right to work on social justice somebody able to go. do a day's work in a day's pay look after the family and improve not just. in the way that we lived but for those children the future generations so i think the histories they had i think jimmy recognizes the history of the of the mining unions and the coal mining industry as a whole and i genuinely think that it. a privilege to speak at the dead a minus. is always attended you know every time. i think it's important that we continue to remain

the tables turned after half—time, a seamus coleman own goal brought watford level.n't the last of the lead. that wasn't the last of the drama, though. ziga then had a penalty to make it 2—2, but ben foster kept his side in front, and just as watford were on the brink of their first just as watford were on the brink of theirfirst win at just as watford were on the brink of their first win at goodison park on a 96th minute freekick from lucas digne meant the points were shed. —— shed. the second after we control, those moments we have to be strong in this type of moments when you play against him is doing what they did. and after, we had to keep playing on our way, faster if you can, and we didn't do that in the second half. it is difficult to accept, again, because i think during the game, in the second half, we have dominated the game. we have scored two goals, and after that, to concede in the last minutes the second goal, it was tough to accept. but we continue the same, in the same way, with the same attitude, looking at the victory —— looking for the victory in

twenty three months after the trumpet ministration banned visas from yemen and six other countries seamus whelan has arrived this is the vehicle time for our family but we are blessed to be together the journey to san francisco began in war torn yemen and ends at this nearby hospital there her two year old son of dylan lies on life support with a degenerative brain disease and doctors say only days of life left but this is what a bill is father pleaded with the u.s. state department for twenty eight times i want his mother to be next to him while he was going through it and because he was a lot like. bond with them with the mother although both only and abdullah haasan are american citizens the u.s. government granted shaimaa a waiver only on tuesday a day after her son appealed directly to the american people in a news conference the family's lawyers say it did not have to take this long cheema they say was clearly eligible for a waiver there is a sham process and this basically shows that the issuance of our visa this week was not an act of kindness on their part. that embassy and apart

that i'm busy a department of state how to legal obligation to adjudicate seamus one hundred one within a reasonable amount of time and they failed on my application. over food prices and sudan have pushed the government to declare a state of emergency in the northern state of river nile. demonstrators set the headquarters of the ruling party on fire or tests have been gaining momentum in sudan this week with inflation now at over sixty percent most sudanese say living conditions are getting worse and they are experiencing food and fuel shortages. those are the headlines to keep it on al jazeera much more to come inside story is next. adored by millions the stones most famous critics him arrived as prime minister on the blades of the national center for a show. now one hundred days into his leadership people. whether delivering on promises would be as easy in practice as it was in theory right now the nation is more true. people are disappointed with the drama in minus one hundred days on al-jazeera. is the cold war really over lattimer putin warns new missiles could be built after dona

running out of time we're calling for the department of state to issue a muslim ban waiver to allow seamus will of the wife of a u.s. citizen the mother of a u.s. citizen to hold her child one last time until allow her to mourn with dignity and a direct plea made by a grieving father my wife's economy every day wanted to kiss and elder son. who. for the one most hang. time times are in me now please help us to my family together in the stark odds facing a mother who wants to join a husband and dying son statistics reveal only two percent top requests for a waiver succeed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. china is marking forty years since its economy opened up to the rest of the wild president xi jinping hailed its achievements and growing influence on global affairs but the anniversary coincides with a major trade dispute with the u.s. both sides agreed to a ninety day true sally this month to allow for negotiations aimed at ending the standoff the u.s. accuses china of unfair trade practices which beijing denies adrian brown joins us live now from beijing a dream we've been hearing from

twenty three months after the trumpet ministration band visas from yemen and six other countries seamus whelan has arrived this is the vehicle time for our family but we are blessed to be together. the journey to san francisco began in war torn yemen and ends at this nearby hospital there her two year old son of dillard lies on life support with a degenerative brain disease and doctors say only days of life left but this is what a bill is father pleaded with the u.s. state department for twenty eight times i want his mother to be next to him while he was going through it and because he was a lot like. bond with them with the mother although both only and abdullah haasan are american citizens the u.s. government granted shaimaa a waiver only on tuesday a day after her son appealed directly to the american people in a news conference the families lawyers say it did not have to take this long shame of a say was clearly eligible for a waiver the use of the shower process and this basically shows that the issuance of our visa this week was not an act of kindness on their part. that embassy a

to meet her dying son because a present on a tramp's travel ban has received a waiver seamus whaley is technically banned from entering the u.s. yet to travel restrictions on multi muslim countries imposed by the trial but ministration has been ted appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son the two year old is on a life support machine in california. and u.s. friends and donald trump has backed down on his demand for five million dollars for a border wall in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown funding for several federal government agencies expires on friday failure to agree on a budget could see hundreds of thousands of government work ascend tell without paychecks before christmas mike hanna has this update from washington well a week ago president trump said he would be proud to shutdown the government should he not get the five billion dollars for his border wall in the budget however he now appears to be retreating from this rather extreme position in the creation saw that they are other avenues for raising the funds being explored this

i asked seamus if it would bother him. he was fine. i totally get the concerns from the community groups. many of whom are my friends. i spend time with them. i think that the mitigating circumstances here actually, one of the biggest ones is the fact that on the hill there will be a dog park. the people don't use the hill now. it is informally used as a dog park. some do not pick up after the dogs. it is used for dogs. no one uses it. the dogs are not concerned about the shadows. the dogs will use the hill. that is the greatest impact of the shadow. it is a strong mitigating factor. normally i am not in favour of shadows on the park. the biggest shadow is the dog park and the other area the entrance to the park and nobody spends time in that area. the other area, the northeast corner is all shaded. but in the afternoons. that does not affect playing basketball. additional housing is very important. as architect i am in support. i think in this specific shadow, it is very acceptable because of the dog park which is the greatest shadow.

running out of time we're calling for the department of state to issue a muslim ban waiver to allow seamus will of the wife of a u.s. citizen the mother of a u.s. citizen to hold her child one last time until allow her to mourn with dignity and a direct plea made by a grieving father my wife's economy every day wanted to kiss another son. who. for the one most hang. time. times are in me now please help us to my family together again the stark odds facing a mother who wants to join a husband and dying son statistics reveal only two percent top requests for a waiver succeed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. now rusher is being accused of using every social media platform to blur the lines between fact and fiction to help donald trump win the white house in twenty sixteen two reports released by the senate intelligence committee and giving a much bigger picture of moscow's this information campaigns which the study is war on a still going on our official reports. if you can think of a social media platform there's a strong chance the russians used it to try to influence the twenty sixteen u.

seamus arrived at san francisco international airport last night. husband has been in the bay area getting treatment for their 2-year-old son abdallah who likely only has a few more days to leave. ali hassan and abdallah are naturalized u.s. citizens. they flew into the bay area in august to get treatment a lot benioff children's hospital in oakland. he has a rare brain condition. she is a yemeni national and was not able to get a visa because of president's travel ban. >>> a san francisco police officer faces charges in connection with a bank robbery, and it's not the first time he's been in trouble. officers arrested rain daugherty. he is accused of taking $9,000 from the east west bank last week. he is suspended without pay. he is accused of sending racist messages back in 2011. dsciplinary proceedings are still ongoing in the first case. >>> new developments in the ghost ship case. a new judge will preside over the trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire case. trina thompson will likely oversee the case against the defendants derrick almena and

to see her dying son because the president travel ban has received a waiver seamus is technically banned from entering the u.s. because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries. has been the appeal of the state department so she could see her son the two year old is currently on life support at a california hospital those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after out of their investigations that you can see what i thought. al jazeera is on the cover of has infiltrated generation identity. it's one of europe's fastest growing far right movements in part one of the g.i. leading illegal and promotes street violence as a political tool if you like sickle the issue of the future of the. generation identity calls for really migration where no one european immigrants and their families all send back to their supposed country of origin a reporter was about to discover a plan by senior national front figures to secretly adopt these policies. that you know that's not that's then walked in your back i don't really want even to add up . oh god. this year's national front

american citizen with a rare brain disorder from the council on american islamic relations which helped seamuse get a visa get a statement shortly after she arrived. the reality is that the waiver process. there's no transparency no meaning. and no right. to her there was no case to begin with and that she should have been approved months ago. so let's be clear. if she went. was not an act of kindness on their part. the embassy and department of state had a legal obligation to adjudicate same plane or one within a reasonable amount of time and. the u.s. senate has passed a funding bill to keep the government running at least until the eighth of february the temper legislation was approved to avoid a complete federal shutdown after a deadlock of a donald trump's plans for a border war with mexico trump has previously refused to sign the bill if it didn't include five billion dollars for the war. chicago's archbishop has apologized for the catholic church's failure to address accusations of child sex abuse by its clergy the latest revelations of a cover up involved five hundred priests. in the u

home to seamus third and spite an own goal in stoppage time the japanese side are through to the last four three three was three two was the final score. vietnam has won the southeast asian cup they beat malaysia one nail in the final second leg and had noise on saturday noon and ducks scored the only goal of the game in the six minute to give vietnam a three two aggregate when it's their first regional championship victory in ten years. mexico's canelo alvarez says he wants to make history when he steps into the ring later on saturday to face britain's rocking fielding the super middleweight title held by feeling is on the line in new york and victory would mean a championship in a third weight division for canelo both fighters made weight on friday and spike canelo giving away height weight and reach a heavy favorite to when. you put it on the bottom real city glory history and legacy jurgen to be the very important things to me i don't care what the critics think about how easy this title you to be will because i know what's in front of me and i'm prepared to make history so little

everton went ahead through richarlison before watford fought back through a seamus coleman own goal andof stoppage time. the second half, we didn't control. these moments, you have to be strong in these types of moments when you play against teams doing what they did, we have to keep playing in alloway, faster if you can. we needed that in the second half. chelsea say they've suspended four people from attending matches while an investigation into the alleged racist abuse of raheem sterling takes place. the incident allegedly occurred during city's defeat at stamford bridge at the weekend where sterling said he "had to laugh" when he heard the remarks because he expects "no better." that is a direct quote from him. england have named an unchanged test squad to tour the west indies after their win in sri lanka. they'll play three tests in the west indies starting next month, but they'll need to take their new found confidence as england have won only one test series there since 1968. jess varnish will call british cycling's former chief medic dr richard freeman to give evidence to a trib

from yemen is set to fly to california after being granted a visa to see her dying two year old son seamus we left had been barred from visiting the u.s. because of donald trump span and citizens from six muslim majority countries including yemen her son is an american citizen and suffers from a rare genetic brain condition john hendren traveled to oakland california to talk to the boy's father. here in a california hospital the u.s. travel ban his left a two year old motherless as a rare brain disorder carries him into the final days of his life his second day in and the u.s. took him to the hospital and they were shocked how skinny you were as they were us were those doctors and the nurse. when they were seen and like this all time this is what's happening back in yemen like his father an american citizen is among the youngest immigrants to suffer from the american travel ban since he arrived in the u.s. in october of dollars you many mother has been unable to see him because of the trumpet ministrations ban on travelers from yemen and six other mostly muslim nations on tuesday the u.s.

running out of time we're calling for the department of state to issue a muslim ban waiver to allow seamus willow the wife of a u.s. citizen the mother of a u.s. citizen to hold her child one last time until allow her to mourn with dignity and a direct plea made by a grieving father my wife's economy reading wanted to kiss another son. for the one most hang. time in. terms of i mean now please help us to my family together you. the stark odds facing a mother who wants to join a husband and dying son statistics reveal only two percent top requests for a waiver succeed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. or china's president are celebrating the fortieth anniversary of free market reforms or transform the country from one of the world's poorest to the second largest economy she promised to open up even more but a few details he didn't refer directly to the trade standoff with the u.s. but made a veiled reference to not being dictated to adrian brown reports now from beijing in one nine hundred seventy eight the overall impression of china was one of backwardness and extreme poverty with workers

everton went ahead through richarlison, before watford fought back through a seamus coleman own—goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time. chelsea say they have suspended four people from attending matches while an investigation into the alleged abuse of raheem sterling takes place. the incident allegedly occurred during city's defeat at stamford bridge at the weekend, where sterling said he had to laugh when he heard the remarks, because he expects no better. 0ne one of the options that has been talked about is that if a player he is abused they can tell the referee and walk off the pitch, but during a match like that at such a competitive level, is that something a player would feel comfortable doing? and he has been going through it for quite sometime. last night we heard that rahim sterling came to the england manager and asked why he was being targeted. it is something that has been going on for a long time. another thing in the same conversation was the suggestion that what needs to happen is that the people in the stands me to say something. if you are next to someone hurling

seamus was greeted by dozens of supporters in san francisco. travel ban prevented her from flying to the u.s. but tuesday, she was granted a visa to come see her son abdullah who suffers from a degenerative brain disorder. the father, usa citizen who lives in california, brought him to the u.s. in october for his treatment. >> this is a difficult time for our family, but we are blessed to be together. i ask you to respect our privacy as we go through with our son again. >> the mother's visa will reportedly allow her to remain in the u.s. with her husband and begin a path toward american citizenship. >>> ahead, promising new research shows how it may be possible to turn back time on cognitive decline in older americans. but >>> good thursday morning to you. a dense fog advisory in effect for the santa clara valley and the san francisco shoreline until 8:00 a.m. due to the thick fog out there. visibility a quarter mile and less. we are looking at dry, cloudy conditions for the day. a weak cold front pushes in for showers for the north bay this ev

everton went ahead through richarlison before watford fought back through a seamus coleman own goal androl. we have to be strong in these moments when we play against teams doing what they did. we have to keep playing our way, faster if you can and we didn‘t do that in the second half. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. so many questions, not least from the politicians themselves. i‘m joined now by georgina wright, an independent brexit analyst and professor anand menon, from the think—tank the uk in a changing europe, who is also a professor of european politics and foreign affairs at kings college london. the first question is from noel mcallister who asked what they would get cross—party support that would respect the result to leave the eu. the house of commons is very divided on what the uk wants out of this. there are options on the table, one is the deal that the uk government has reached with the eu and the other option, the norway model which would be closely around to the eu, closely integrated to the single market. but it is unclear and unt