and mar over the next two years i mean mars to allow the world to apply for citizenship the un refugee agency warned it is essential refugees only be returned voluntarily pope francis has begged forgiveness from catholics in chile who have abandoned their faith the pontiff made his remarks in a meeting with president michel bustling chile has the lowest approval rate for kept catholicism in all of south africa south america rather following a series of scandals involving pedophile priests. at least nine construction workers have been killed in colombia after half of an unfinished bridge collapsed the deck in a supporting tower tumbled nearly three hundred meters into a canyon near the capital but without the bridge was part of a major new highway due to open in march authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse. and danish prosecutors have charged the submarine builder peter madsen with murdering the swedish journalist tim wall her body was recovered from

to northern rakhine state that's simply not acceptable without the un refugee agency there is an equal partner and. able to say look you know the situation is not ready for these people to go back they're not protected then you know this this this agreement is not going to function it's not going to work you know the rohingya are talking about you know we need u.n. peacekeepers in northern rakhine state that's not going to happen but you know it gives you an idea of the gap where myanmar saying everything's ready they go back now in the running they're saying we're not going to go back with our peacekeepers you know that that shows that basically there is no agreement and as long as the people in those camps are not prepared to go back nothing's going to move on the ground to speaking of the humanitarian impact of all this have conditions in camps like to prolong and other camps and cox's bazaar in parts of bangladesh improved at all of late for the range of population i don't think what we appreciate what sort for international community has been awful minute we really appreciate bang

over the next two years mean mars to allow their were henschel to apply for citizenship the un refugee agency warned if essential refugees only be returned voluntarily. libya's coast guard has rescued around four hundred migrants stranded in several locations off its coast in the mediterranean sea they had placed distress calls after claiming to experience engine trouble libya as one of the key routes for middle eastern and african migrants trying to enter europe illegally. at least nine construction workers have been killed in colombia after half of an unfinished bridge collapsed the deck and a supporting tower tumbled nearly three hundred meters into a canyon near the capital but without the bridge was part of a major new highway due to open in march authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse. and a close call in southern california when a speeding car hit a road divider and took flight in front of a bus traveling in the opposite direction the occupants of the automobile escaped serious injury but their car wound up wedged in a second floor office. and were prominent leader of

froze some sixty five million dollars of its aid for the un refugee agency during the world economic forum in davos president trump threatened to cut off u.s. aid to the palestinians altogether unless they resume peace talks with israel the cut in funds could hit the most vulnerable palestinians across the region the un r w a provides them with basic care education health social services and food distribution emergency aid also supports palestinian refugees in war torn syria and in gaza the cut comes at a critical time for the organization and it's now urgently looking for a way to make up the shortfall. for earlier i spoke with christopher gunness the spokesman for the un agency supporting palestinian refugees i asked him if he expects european aid to come through. well we're certainly hoping because this is the worst financial crisis in under us history to say that city which has over five million registered refugees on its books is running on empty let's be very clear about the possible consequences of thirty thousand plus stuff are giving an education to half a million children i

agencies concerned has caused. several generations of refugees and their descendants live here under one roof in that they're all dollar refugee camp and all are registered with the un refugee agency you know get how if they cut aid what will happen to the palestinian people that this aid is really things that or he barely makes a living every other month he picks up the basic food ration for his small family he says it covers eighty percent of their needs a man looking at the if they reduce their aid if they reduce their support for this humanitarian organization it will be difficult and it will have serious consequences people will suffer from more poverty poverty will create violence and violence will create an explosion known for i want to confuse or more than half of the two million people living in gaza are dependent on support from iraq or other agencies. at the food distribution center in the shati refugee camp people are bracing themselves for an even harder time every three months they pick up their ration of oil lentils flour and other items. logo and in the stead of next morning if we don't receive our ration we might all just die my next one is due in t

over the next two years we have now says it will allow the hindu to apply for citizenship the un refugee agency has warned that it's essential that refugees only be returned voluntarily. danish prosecutors have charged the submarine builder peter madsen with the murder of the swedish journalist kim wall a body was recovered from the baltic sea after mountain submarine sank last august and says she died in an accident police later raise the submarine which they believe he scuttled to destroy evidence. and construction workers were killed in colombia when a half finished a bridge collapsed the deck and a supporting tower tumbled nearly three hundred meters into a canyon near the capital bogota the bridge was part of a major new highway due to open in march of arches are investigating the cause of the collapse. pope francis is holding his first public a mass in front of hundreds of thousands in the chilean capital santiago its first official visit to the country amid a child sexual abuse scandal that has cast a cloud of the trip just before the mass pope francis begged forgiveness for what he call

two years we in march says that it will allow the britain judge to apply for citizenship the un refugee agency warned that it is essential that refugees only be returned voluntarily. when european union leaders have weighed in on a new british debate on whether to hold a second breaks at referendum saying that britain would be welcome to stay in the e.u. and we're addressing parliament and straw spring today european commission president john paul younger and the european council president oliver thomas said that if the country changed its mind britain was welcome to stay mr toes referenced a comment made by the u.k.'s breaks it minister david davis about the reversibility of the twenty sixteen referendum it. wasn't it's david davis. if that democracy can not change its mind it's just to be a democracy we haled a continent haven't had a change of heart our hearts are still open. thank heavens don't tell us there let's go now to our correspondent max often he is standing by in stross burg good evening to you max donald tusk saying the door is still open just just like our hearts how has britain

froze some sixty five million dollars of its aid for the un refugee agency during the world economic forum in davos president trump threatened to cut off u.s. aid to the palestinians altogether unless they resume peace talks with israel the cut in funds could hit the most vulnerable palestinians across the region the un r w a provides them with basic care education health social services and food distribution emergency aid also supports palestinian refugees in war torn syria and in gaza the cut comes at a critical time for the organization and it's now urgently looking for a way to make up the shortfall. in soccer news bonus league a club or c. a dortmund have agreed to sell star striker p.-r. america obama to arsenal of the english premier league for a reported sixty four million euros on international has netted twenty one goals in twenty four games the season for dortmund with his natural born in sticking from a goal and flamboyant character upon my own was one of the biggest true superstars but the old better has long wanted to make a move away from doors. thanks for watching t w

return to their homes the spot them being an unsafe areas that's according to a new report by the un refugee agency and it says more than thirteen thousand families have been forced back to dangerous sones those who return face the whole host of problems from tribal conflicts to booby traps left by fleeing islamic state fighters the report also says at least fourteen people have been killed as a result of these forced returns we spoke to refugees in a camp about their fears of going back home. we moved to this camp three years ago we don't want to return to our home yet we are afraid of tribes our houses are destroyed we have no place to live the fields with it houses a looted in the wise a torn out of the bulls and there's lots of booby traps five days ago our neighbors there started a fire to warm some water something went off and now they kids are in hospital is so scary. the idea there are very few people from a villa. returned home is nothing left newman the truth why doesn't work we may return in the future when the area season from living. the level of destruction in most of the areas which

froze some sixty five million dollars of its aid for the un refugee agency during the world economic forum in davos president trump threatened to cut off u.s. aid to the palestinians altogether unless they resume peace talks with israel the cut in funds could hit the most vulnerable palestinians across the region the un r w a provides them with basic care education health social services and food distribution emergency aid also supports palestinian refugees in war torn syria and in gaza the cut comes at a critical time for the organization and it's now urgently looking for a way to make up the shortfall. in brussels are covering the e.u. foreign ministers talks for us today hi gary they are meeting also to talk about this financial crisis facing the u.n. agency does that mean that there's going to be more cash from europe. the european union the u.s. and saudi arabia other key donors for that u.n. agency and so europeans take that financial crisis the u.n. agency now finds itself in very seriously and that's one of the reasons why frederica mimo greeny the chief foreign policy chief

in the united nations relief and works agency for refugees must become a thing of the past. in . the un relief and work agency is a special body created specifically to help palestinian refugees this includes those who lost their homes or livelihoods in the one hundred forty eight conflict and their descendants as well also those who suffered in the israeli palestinian conflict of nine hundred sixty seven the united states and the european commission have been the largest individual donors providing more than a third of all the funding of the un relief and works agency serves over five million people in the gaza strip alone one point three million out of a population of one point nine to be palestinian refugees the agency provides them with education medical support infrastructure and maintenance and according to israel's prime minister the lion's share of those being served by the relief and work agency don't actually need its help while those that do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead but the relief and work agency's spokesman told us that one country alone cannot rule on

disputed by palestinians and israelis and neighboring countries jordan and lebanon it is not the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. that helps palestinians living in camps news of the cuts to the agencies funding started to emerge as a news conference by the un secretary general was underway in new york it's clear antonio could terrorists was not given advance notice by washington. i mean i've been in close contact with. what you are saying now i was not yet informed so no no official no i mean at all there might be something that i do not know because i mean it's impossible to accompany zings by the minute. until i was informed there was no official notification of the position but it might have happened. there is a political as well as humanitarian dimension to this president trump has said he hopes to get the deal of the century between the israelis and the palestinians and yet this announcement hot on the heels of his recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital has alienated one side making efforts to get the peace process back on track harder than ever james al-jazeera at the united nations and

the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees says reduced u.s. ssistance will threaten regional security follows an announcement by the trumpet ministration that it will withhold heart of the financial aid that it allocated to the un agency. or christopher gunness is the chief spokesman for he says the organization has always been neutral. we defend to the hilt our neutral role do you really think that under would have had access war zones in the battlefields of syria in places like aleppo if there was any question about the new transit seat the fact is that there are standards if you shall a team which we rigorously uphold. bangladesh has agreed to repatriate six hundred fifty thousand range of refugees back to neighboring me and within two years both countries agreed to set up temporary camps a short term housing for the hundreds of thousands of fled a military crackdown in manama state those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the street station that's what. facing the reality growing up when did you realize that you w

the un relief and works agency for palestinian refugees says reduced u.s. ssistance will threaten regional security follows an announcement by the trumpet ministration that it will withhold half of the financial aid it had allocated to the un agency. this is not aimed at punishing anyone the united states government and the trumpet ministration believe that there should be more so-called burden sharing to go around two u.s. navy officers are facing possible homicide charges of a deadly ship collisions which killed seventeen sailors both officers commanded navy destroyers in the pacific ocean one collided with a philippine container ship in june and the other struck a merchant ship singapore in august and the french president is calling on the u.k. to do more about refugees and migrants trying to make it to britain via kalai emanuel mccraw who has met some of them in the port city says he would discuss the issue with the british prime minister to resign may on thursday thousands of people were a victim from a company as a jungle. before it was demolished last

share of those it serves don't actually need its help while those that do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead but the relief agencies spokesman told us that one country alone cannot rule on this matter. anyone who want to date or. he must. do. to continue to continue our. there will be no change. two thousand and sixteen three years. if you in the human. race. meanwhile several humanitarian organizations in palestine have said they're ready to reject us aid this in the wake of trump's decision to recognize to rumors israel's capital and we spoke to the director of one local and. we will come any. assistance from any organization or the states but. consideration we are to take any political conditions so if. american administration would like to use this financial assistance as a tool for the political reasons and. the because. it's definitely we refuse that. google engineer who was fired over his controversial diversity memo is now suing the tech giant for alleged discrimination lawsuit alleges the company mistreated employees for their conservative political views male gender and rac

share of those served don't actually need the help of all those that do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead across the palestinian and palestinian administration those classed as refugees represent a significant share of the population the u.n. really found work i didn't say he says with phoning investment states struggling to provide basic necessities to those in need. well the more they say they're like the cutting of us the nations to the u.n. are w.h.o. budget will weaken the agency's ability to provide a minimum level of services to the palestinian people which means that the us as everyone understands which is to disavow the rights of refugees and push towards the end of this whole agency. meanwhile several humanize howry and organizations in palestine have said that ready to reject u.s. aid and the wake of trans decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital we spoke to the director of one local n.g.o.s. we will come. assistance from any organization or the states but dick in your consideration you detect any political conditions so if. american administration would like

the lion's share of those don't actually need the help while those to do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead across the palestinian administration those classed as refugees represent a significant share of the population and the un relief and works agency says with folding investments it is struggling to provide basic necessities to those in need . when with age they're like the cutting of us the nations to the un r w a s budget will weaken the agency's ability to provide a minimum level of services to the palestinian people which means that the masses everyone understands wishes to disavow the rights of refugees and push towards the end of this holy jussi. meanwhile several humanitarian organizations in palestine have said they are ready to reject us aid but this in the wake of chum's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and we spoke to the director of one local and. we will. any. any political conditions. american administration would like to use. as a tool. differently if you. google engineer who was. is suing the. discrimination his lawsuit alleges the company. pol

share of those it serves don't actually need its help while those to do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead the u.n. relief and work agency says with folding investments and struggling to provide basic necessities to those in need. when with age they're like the cutting of us the nations to the u.n. are w.a.'s budget will weaken the agency's ability to provide a minimum level of services to the palestinian people which means that the us as everyone understands wishes to disavow the rights of refugees and push towards the end of this holy church meanwhile several humanitarian organizations in palestine have said they are ready to reject us aid this in the wake of chum's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital i we spoke to the director of one local n.g.o.s. we will come any. assistance from any organization or the states but dick in your consideration we reject any political conditions so if. american administration would like to use this financial assistance as a tool for the political reasons and. the bill to. get its definitely we were if you is that. a former google e

and the democratic republic of congo according to the un's refugee agency around five hundred forty five thousand five hundred people have left. even more six hundred thousand have been internally displaced. from the air the row in the northern part of the central african republic looks pretty peaceful but what we're seeing is actually a refugee camp housing around thirty thousand people some of them from the city itself. i'm half of those in the camp are children. many have been badly traumatized by lucy blush. she's twelve from a village about ninety kilometers away. i who she was forced to flee when her home was attacked by rebels. who didn't have a family to live with other people from my village i'm just. a teacher from the village tells us that her mother was taken by the rebels lucy hasn't heard from her since everyone else in her family is dead. stories like lucy's are not uncommon. but lucky man loved one morning they came to our village they had really big guns and started shooting at everything in sight they even killed children i ran away with my family and came to this camp

return to their homes despite these being in unsafe areas that's according to a new report by the un refugee agency it says more than thirteen thousand families were forced to come back to dangerous zones and those who returned faced a number of problems from tribal conflicts to booby traps left by fleeing islamic state fighters the report also says at least fourteen returning is have been killed i spoke to people in a refugee camp still waiting to return home. we are going to move to this camp three years ago we don't want to return to our home yes we are afraid of tribes houses are destroyed we have no place to live but the fields without houses the looted in the wires the torn out of the walls there's lots of booby traps and five days ago our neighbors there started a fire to warm some water but something went off and now the kids are in hospital she so scary again. there are very few people from our village returned home there's nothing left there no electricity no water supply doesn't work we may return in the future but only when the area will be suitable for living. two point six million int

care of myself where i can protect myself i was soon as the deportation plan appeared at the un refugee agency reminding israel about its duty to protect those who need it we invited two guests to debate the issue. and not refugees they're criminals who crossed the border illegally and they've done quite a long way they didn't want to stay in egypt for example for some reason they crossed for via so done via egypt they came to use rail they're not refuges not asylum seekers they want to benefit from our reach from a merciful society they are looking for rescue in their spirit didn't do anything possible to save their lives some of them of course behaved fine and they've made it here that the government of thieves the world pays each one of them thirty five hundred dollars puts them in the nature of the environment whatever they are from or close to there i think israel must be admired and praised by everybody by doing so how we face the problem so-called problem of some city seven thousand asylum seekers refugees who lift part of them have children here they should stay here they have to stay

tons of homes just by these areas being deemed unsafe that's according to a new report by the un refugee agency and it says more than thirteen thousand families were forced to come back to dangerous zones and those who returned faced a number of problems from tribal conflicts to booby traps left by fleeing islamic state fight has the report also says at least fourteen knees have being killed and we spoke to people in and want to refugee camp about the famous overtightening home . you know we moved to this camp three years ago and we don't want to return to our home yes we're afraid of trying a house is destroyed we have no place to live that's the fields with it houses the looted even the ones are torn out of the bills and there's lots of booby traps five days ago our neighbors there started to find a woman some water something went off and now they kids are in hospital is so scary . there are very few people in my village returned home there's nothing left no electricity the water supply doesn't work we may return in the future but only when the area season from living. two point six million i

however the un refugee agency has expressed reservations about the plans, saying that any return to myanmarand the safety of those going back had to be ensured. more in a moment. pope francis has been to visit a women's jail in santiago on the second day of his visit to chile. the women inside the sanjoaquin prison are mostly mothers who are on drugs trafficking charges. the trip has been overshadowed by multiple accusations of child sexual abuse against nearly eighty members of the chilean clergy. earlier, pope francis said he feels "pain and shame" over the scandal. meteorologists in russia have confirmed that moscow has had its darkest december on record. they say the sun shone for just six minutes during the whole month, compared to a december average of 18 hours. the scientists put the gloom down to warmer—than—normal weather generating cloud cover. simone biles has been the latest to come forward saying she was sexually abused by the team doctor. in an emotional statement, the star of last yea r‘s emotional statement, the star of last year's rio games said she would not let nasser ste

the simple suggestion that the funds of the un would be gradually transferred to support the un refugee agency which has clear criteria real refugee status and this position was also presented to the u.s. . now for nearly seventy years. when russia has been a lifeline to the palestinians who say that without a basic access to services like education health care sanitation would simply vanish and leave hundreds of thousands of children even more vulnerable than they are today he was also concerned about his latest move i'm going to mine is the ability of the united nations to respond in the future if and when there is a flare up in violence. thanks. paula still to come on r.t. international chinese media outlets could suffer the same fate as altie america and be forced to read just a foreign agents go the details for you after this short break. is iran must going to fit in to steve jobs kids by coming up with innovative products you know the electronic gadgets market is a little bit different in the car business because the car business is you know you kind of bound by the highway system and yo

earlier this month the us administration fro some sixty five million dollars of its aid for the un refugee agency during the world economic forum in davos president trump threatened to cut off u.s. aids to the palestinians altogether it is seen as an apparent punishment of the palestinian leadership for harshly criticizing the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the cut in funds risks to effect the most palestinians across the region for which provides basic care education health social services and basic food distribution in addition emergency aid supports palestinian refugees in war torn syria or in gaza they cut comes at a critical time for the organization and it's no urgently looking for a way to make up the difference. or you foreign ministers are meeting in brussels today to talk about funding crisis for palestinians earlier i spoke with christopher gunness he's a spokesman for the u.n. agency supporting the refugees i asked him if he expects that european aid to come through. well we're certainly hoping because this is the worst financial crisis in under its hist

the simple suggestion that the funds of the un would be gradually transferred to support the un refugee agency which has clear criteria to support real refugee status and this position was also presented to the us. now for nearly seventy years in what has been a lifeline to palestinians without it most of them would not have access to basic necessities like health care education and sanitation this decision also effects tens of thousands of vulnerable palestinian children and it also undermines the agency's ability to respond and provide aid in the future should there be another flare up of violence between israel and the palestinians. i was artie's middle east correspondent paula thanks those details paula now we're going to be bringing you morning stories off of this story break so do stay with us . join me every thursday on the alex i will be sure and i'll be speaking together for the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you then. is iran must going to fit in to steve jobs is coming up with innovative products you know the electronic gadgets market is a little bit differ

over the next two years i mean mars to allow that will hinge or to apply for citizenship the un refugee agency is warning it is essential the refugees only be returned voluntarily. libya's coast guard has rescued around four hundred migrants stranded in several locations off its coast in the mediterranean sea they have placed distress calls after claiming to experience engine trouble libya is one of the key routes for middle eastern and african migrants trying to enter europe illegally pope francis has arrived in chile for what promises to be a difficult first visit the pontiff has come under fire from chileans outraged over a priest sex abuse scandal that controversy and the catholic church's position on social issues have pushed many chileans to abandon their fate. she lay in police had to yank this protester down from an overhang gross sign. elsewhere a crowd of activists for gay and transgender rights also demonstrators. this is the pope's twenty second overseas trip but it's here on his native continent that he's met the most hostility yet at just thirty six percent trust in the catholic