Welcome to the aljazeera news on live from our headquarters and. Coming up in the next sixty minutes Syrian Government and strikes kill people in eastern pooter ahead of u. N. Sponsored talks to find ways to end the war. On the opposition. The president. Vote counting continues. How the impending trial of the turkish trader is testing u. S. Turkey relations. And the tens of thousands of people evacuated and dozens of Flights Canceled as. Volcano against. A government artillery bombardment has killed nineteen people and a rebel held on klav of syrias capital damascus thats the second such attack in forty eight hours in eastern goto on sunday twenty three people were killed by shelling and russian airstrikes including several children well the attacks come at a key moment in the conflict a new round of u. N. Backed talks to begin on tuesday aimed at ending the six and a half year war Opposition Groups and government representatives are jews who meet in geneva but u. N. Officials have been unable to confirm that the government delegation is planning to travel a diplomatic head of the james bays reports. Peace. Was supposed to stop this bloodshed. But as weve seen many times before the timetable a failed diplomacy is actually. The people of syria. Parts of aleppo province. And the outskirts of damascus bombarded the Assad Government has been intensifying its onslaught in the days and hours before talks due to start a lot of envelopment assad didnt leave a single corner that hasnt been destroyed if you want to fight it dont target civilians instead take on the armed groups at the front lines god willing theyll teach you a lesson briefing the u. N. Security council in new york the man whos supposed to lead the talks on tuesday stefan de mistura condemned the violence he noted that the Syrian Government had perspire own its travel to geneva but he said they needed to attend naturally we hope and indeed expect that the government will be on its way shortly but to get in i dont break that into of commitment to prevent him putting when they met in thought you that meeting part of intense diplomacy in recent weeks the russians who turned things around on the battlefield for assad are supposed to bring the Syrian Government to the geneva table and the saudis created a new Opposition Group ing to go to the talks out are Key Players Like former leader riyadh his job in a figures closer to moscow some of which were previously even to write it as a sad stooges a number of western diplomats have told me theyre concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear its becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition james bays out jazeera geneva. Well meanwhile the u. S. Says its considering adjustments to how it gives military support to Kurdish Forces fighting eisel in Northern Syria turkey considers the kurdish syrian fighters known as y. P. To terrorists on friday the turkish government said u. S. President donald trump are told his counterpart rigid five everyone that supplies to the kurdish led groups would halt but the state department now says that such decisions on military support will be based on battlefield requirements well lets get more on all of this now were joined by rami cordie professor of journalism at American University of beirut and senior fellow at Harvard University and hes joining us live from boston mr corey always great to have you with us on aljazeera there was plenty to talk about lets start with that u. S. Kurdish turkish position is the u. S. Do you think going to keep supporting the kurds even though they have all but defeated eisel in the territories they were fighting them in. The track record of the United States and syria in the last six seven years is that it has not consistently done anything really well it keeps changing its policies a little bit here and there and sometimes dropping them we had a change in president ial leadership and policies adjusted a little bit that we have problems now with trump says something and then the state department of the fence Department Says Something Else so its hard to tell what the United States is going to do the what we know is that theyve gradually pulled out of the driver seat or they never really were in the drivers seat but they were hoping to drive events in syria about five six years ago and and now they have relinquished that to the russians they have a link with the kurdish groups in Northern Syria theyd like to keep that link its one of the few bits of leverage they have but its still not clear what theyre going to do with the track record that they have of recent years suggest that theyre probably going to gradually let the Syrian People to the extent that they can but more the russians the iranians and the turks define the future of syria has of course been sort of u. S. Uncertainty inconsistency theres also been turkeys priority and syria changing from supporting the opposition to trying to curb kurdish advances how detrimental has all of this been you know the change in the turkish position the u. S. Not doing as much as it had under the Obama Administration to the opposition and with russia who of course supports soviet very much in the drivers seat here. Well the opposition was never unified ever in the first place you had the isis group you had the National Group the coddling people you had a sham another group and then dozens and dozens of smaller islamist militant groups and other secular nationalist syrian Opposition Groups they never ever were together and one group even the. Jihad the ones were never unified and this is now even worse than ever because the americans have stopped supporting most of them and the gulf support has done a lot and the turks are supporting only the people that they want to keep the kurds out of Northern Syria or at least keep them away from turkey as much as possible so the opposition doesnt really exist as a as a clear unified military force on the ground there are pockets of resistance there are pockets of well organized people here and there in different parts of syria but the russian iranian syrian hezbollah. Combination is gradually squeezing them and slowly as the Syrian Government writ regains control over land which is doing but more importantly over resources like water minerals and oil then the government will have a lot more power to bargain with people on the ground and reach some kind of accommodation so the opposition is pretty much. On its way out as far as we can tell now so how then does that bode for the next round of geneva talks with the opposition and the state that its in and the Syrian Government once again as weve seen in the past before negotiations attacking the opposition flagrantly violating these deescalation zones in eastern guta. The dilemma of the political and the moral dilemma is that the people who have used brute force have essentially come out on top in syria this often happens in military conflict specially when you have foreign powers who come in to help the local autocratic regime and theyve used tremendous force the russians and the Syrian Government and others against Opposition Groups and against civilians in syria so theyve retained the incumbency of the assad regime but syria is a country is shattered and its almost never going to go back to its certainly never going to go back to its old shape what it means in the short run is that the International Community doesnt exist as a credible integrated force that can check this kind of brutal military warfare in the service of political gains and if the regime and the people in syria get away with it then this will happen in other countries as well so this bodes very badly for the opposition and very badly for the syrian civilians as a whole unless there is a genuine transition in the governance system of syria that allows the majority of syrians to shape their own destiny theres an attempt to do that and the geneva talks theres no sign that any progress is being made and there are more signs that the russians are now going to launch their own process in sochi next month of january probably to create a what they call the Syrian National congress where they will essentially try to take over what geneva was supposed to do which is come up with a new constitution a new government system and eventually lead to calm and a system of government that everybody in syria can agree on the chances of that happening with credible syrian Opposition Groups is very slim so its more likely that this will be pretty much imposed. Well thats all right mr corey thank you very much for that im afraid that for all the time we have it we thank you as always for your analysis rami curry joining us live from boston thank you. But lets move on to other news now thirteen people have been killed and thirty eight ended in a Suicide Attack southeast of the iraqi capital baghdad that happened the a market in the in the hard won a area i feel has claimed responsibility and noncon has more from baghdad well Police Offices and telling us that all after the explosion took place a small improvised explosive device that a number of gunmen at least full they say fired from the roof tops of buildings adjacent to the market and thats where we saw a lot of those tests a place now we are hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for this is attacked now this will shock a number of people in baghdad i guess is going through a relative he read of car in the last major Suicide Attack like this that we saw a bombing that we saw was actually in may now that happiness you very small incidents outside of baghdad in the south with nothing in the south of baghdad story but nothing the scale of their star as i say i still have claimed responsibility for this its likely that they striking back because theyve suffered defeats in mosul in iraq in syria and also in the north in Anbar Province already in iraq. Now early results have given Opposition Leader a lead in the president ial election supporters. Have been celebrating after the announcement by the Electoral Court with more than seventy percent of the votes counted hes on forty five percent five points ahead of the incumbent president won. Both candidates have declared victory in the election but lets get more on this now with our correspondent money on the sanchez shes joining us live from the capital. We are wasting a long time. Here. And. The reason why so long. There are millions. To be counted. Here and to be included. Interesting that. In the official tally marianna because the opposition had been saying even before had closed that this election was rigged and that they would contest. You know their candidate is in the eye. And president was expected to win so just how much of an upset. When in the selection. Of. The favorite to win and get people. Who. Got by three percent. To be up there and most importantly he has brought down the number of homicides in a country that is and have been the murder of. Bring down the numbers. Thirty percent. Whatever one got. Who are in nearly forty percent. Anything that is. A lot more neat. Thank you very much for that thats money on the sanchez joining us live from the thank you. And clothing. Harry and american actress. Theyre engaged. Resignation but not everyones convinced. The first ashes test and by their management. And. Military general has. Denied to religious discrimination exists in his country the comments were made after a meeting with francis the head of the Catholic Church is on his first visit to myanmar and has been advised not to use the wood during discussions a military crackdown and. His force more than six hundred thousand to flee to neighboring. Scott hodler has more from yangon word coming out late on monday here the first day of the popes visit to myanmar that he met with the commander in chief general men now this is a meeting that was supposed to take place on thursday caught some people off guard because this word came out late on monday that was originally described as a rest day for the pope now. The general posted and statement on his Facebook Page say they met for about fifteen minutes now he said also in that meeting he got across the idea he said to the pope that there wasnt religious discrimination in the country but that it can press office said that the discussed several issues and that the pope got across to the general that there is great responsibility for the authorities here in myanmar during this transition period no theres no word from either side if the range issue was brought up now obviously thats a very sensitive topic during the popes visit here now on tuesday the pope will travel to naples or the capital where hell meet with the civilian leader and other members of the government and other members of the religious affiliations now itll be interesting to see how those meetings go and if theyll be any mention of or hinted but this first high level meeting that the pope had unexpected high level meeting the pope had with the commander in chief of the military no mention of a hinge of but well see if that changes when the pope goes the neighborhood or on tuesday. Now the turkish go try to charge conspiring to evade u. S. Sanctions against iran will not go on trial in new york this week it has dropped out of sight in the two months leading up to his shadow trial that prompted turkeys Prime Minister to suggest hes reached a play date and when the u. S. Authorities kabataan say has more from washington. President. Of turkey has repeatedly trying to get this trial scrapped lobbying then Vice President joe biden and twenty sixteen and President Trump in september of this year he maintains of this is a politically motivated prosecution intended to discredit and ultimately overthrow his government on behalf of her two and islamic cleric who lives in pennsylvania to learn. These steps are purely political i hope well get a chance to discuss this issue the United States needs to revise this decision there are very peculiar smells coming from this issue. But draw prosecutors have dismissed that contention and in Court Filings say they anticipate that the evidence introduced at trial will show that the turkish government and banking officials were integra to the sanctions evasion scheme razors arab is among several turkish men charged with operating a billion dollar Money Laundering scheme to evade u. S. Sanctions against iran only two of the accused are in u. S. Custody however there is widespread speculation that zurab has flipped and is not cooperating with the prosecution he was abruptly released from prison in early november his whereabouts publicly unknown Authorities Say he remains in federal custody and thats led to speculation that he entered the Witness Protection Program there is another strand to this case the special counsel Robert Muller looking into alleged russian meddling in last years president ial election is examining former Trump National security adviser Michael Flynns under a cloud lobbying for the turkish government its been alleged that flynn was offered large sums of money at the very least and lobby the trumpet ministration for the extradition of good if not kidnapping himself and transport the cleric to ankara hes also alleged to have been asked to get this legal case dropped now there are questions as to whether i will be able to provide any further information about turkish lobbying of u. S. Government officials like flynn if there and can provide documented evidence that would be a huge break in the fine investigation. But also possibly and i think this is the most. Interesting angle to the case is a potential criminal investigation of the president of turkey for violating irene sic iran sanctions. That could be. Guardian released with turkey describing this case asthma attack on the country the trial is seen as yet another blow to u. S. Talk of relations already under strain. A senior hamas official says the group will not give up its weapons which is a key demand of a survival palestinian faction fath that as part of their reconciliation deal under the agreement brokered by egypt hamas is due to hand over the administration of gaza to the Palestinian Authority on friday malcolm webb has more from gaza. A senior hamas official told journalists that i must believe in the reconciliation reconciliation between palestines two main Political Parties fatah and hamas as well as twelve other political factions its being brokered by egypt and its meant to lead to the handover on friday of the administration of the gaza strip from hamas to the Palestinian Authority but one of the Big Questions surrounding it is whats going to happen to the weapons and the armed wing of hamas and some of the other factions here going to least ten thousand fighters and many weapons here. During a press conference to senior hamas official said this was not a discussion he said that if the u. S. Or any other government tried to pressure hamas into disarming or taking any such action that it would not work yesterday a factor official had said that the reconciliation progress was going way too slowly because if i must said only five percent of what was meant to be achieved had been achieved i must official refuted that he said it is going ahead he said that regarding the reconciliation there is no turning back now. Now the Un Security Council has observed a moment of silence for the victims of egypts mosque attack more than three hundred people were killed in north sinai last week after gunmen stormed a city mosque worshippers had gathered for friday prayers the attack. Its the worst an agent small town has strayed. To and evasion now authorities on the island of body have expanded the Evacuation Order from the immediate area surrounding mont algo ball kaina it is a rumbling as people smoke up to three thousand meters into the sky mohamed reports it could lead to a major eruption at any moment thats what indonesian officials are saying about the volcano on the island of bali now a gong has been rumbling and spewing ash into the atmosphere since the weekend on monday a Mass Evacuation was ordered and the danger zone was expanded on the possibility of a large eruption is very high some indications show they will indeed be an eruption since yesterday the eruption that happened has been accompanied by the sound of explosions and vibrations that can be heard and felt within a distance of twelve kilometers. Indonesian Officials Say they will continue to search all the villages in the area and force residents to evacuate if need be. Until now based on incoming reports that eruptions and trim is continuous and the love is filling the crater the lava will flow down the slopes after the crater is full. Balis International Airport was closed hundreds of flights were canceled and tens of thousands of travelers were stranded after tests indicated ash had reached its airspace with. Everything and we can get like make. Bali is the top Tourist Destination in indonesia and plays host to millions of visitors each year the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three when more than one thousand people were killed mohamed and does it now volcanologists rafa go to says he expects more explosive activity at. Month ago actually reawakened about two months ago and where we observed a lot of earthquakes happening inside a volcano telling us that magma is moving or molten rock american was moving inside the volcano towards the surface with them saw the first of eruptions a few days ago and the first eruptions were actually what we call free arctic eruptions meaning it was just steam eruptions from heat up water inside the volcano by the hot magma the last eruption or explosion yesterday seem to have been on a different kind does seem to have been fresh moten rock or magma involved in that explosion so what were seeing here at the moment is sort of the beginning or the likely beginning of an eruption which of course could have more explosions in the near future and potentially also a more intensified explosive activity. Doesnt bob when our new president anderson my god what is expected to form his cabinet this week all eyes on whether hell break with the past and name a broad based government or select god forgets from Robert Mugabe is there out of a toss of reports from harare. Nearly two weeks is the military takeover zimbabwes Security Forces say the situation is getting back to normal the police who havent been seen on the streets of our area for days. But now that means doing joint patrols with soldiers to try and maintain law and order Law Enforcement agents are already receiving reports of looting and illegal occupation of other peoples property but security firms in houses. Its criminal. And it will be made by people of the law the announcement comes days after innocence and i got what the new president urged citizens not to take matters into their own hands by punishing allies of the former president Robert Mugabe there are reports that Robert Mugabe and his wife grace have been given immunity from prosecution the police wont say how many of mugabes allies have been arrested so far the most high profile is a gracious the former finance minister hes accused of corruption going back at least ten years and. Some say selective punishment could be a sign not much is going to change under the new administration we might have had one person removed but. Remains in place so for me the more things change the more they remain the same and you know if im against you and i think you are challenging me. You become fair game human rights abuses the high court recently ruled the military takeover which eventually saw Robert Mugabe resign was lawful zimbabweans who were tired of having macabre as their leader for thirty seven years have welcomed the courts decision. But others werent allowing the army to legitimize taking over the functions of the state sets a dangerous precedent. Still ahead on the bulletin. Was. Protesters in pakistan when their weeks long battle against the government forcing the law minister to resign. The intense bidding war between america and setting to be home to Alison Stewart head. And a former Long Distance champion shares on thousands of us combat red flags they had the strings and ethiopia details coming up with journalist paul. Hello mark im back as we look at weather conditions across the americas you see a lot of snow across eastern parts of canada weve got rosie mild out there pushing up from the south towards the eastern seaboard so new york and washington looking quite pleasant and the same goes as we had on through into wednesday as temperatures continuing to rise in these areas we had more heavy rain and snow coming in the Pineapple Express with snow over the rockies down into water Sierra Nevada as we head on into wednesday and see its next frontal system pushing into water Pacific Northwest for later in the day coming through as it should be largely dry in los angeles with highs of twenty four degrees into central parts of america and the caribbean for the islands the scattered showers still fairly wet at times across parts of the bahamas but still some sunshine likely in between times moving through into wednesday jamaica should be generally dry and fine weve seen some very heavy showers affecting panama and costa rica there still there coming in off the caribbean on the trade winds otherwise for the north is looking fine across the yucatan peninsula and mexico city with temperatures there twenty two degrees as you move into south america here weve got heavy showers for parts of ecuador through into peru and also bolivia further south fine weather conditions in santiago in chile final bonus areas but Rio De Janeiro here would like to see further shower activity. A year on from the election which should washington both the republican and democratic parties are struggling to adjust to a polarized electorate it really is an identity crisis you just run against drugs or do you literally stake out a set of positions that offer us a clear alternative not just a truck but to the politics that gave you the truck pulled lines examines the Shifting Sands of american politics life of the party this time on al jazeera. Al jazeera as Award Winning programs take you on a journey around the globe. Expert analysis. Its all about whos in charge who controls the resources and documentaries that will in your eyes its a Technology Story its a business story its a social story and its a political story all wrapped into one its unpredictable television that truly inspired us only on aljazeera. Its good to have you with us on the. Top stories Syrian Government jets have had a rebel held damascus. Began and tuesday. In the president ial election with more than seventy percent of the votes counted. Forty five percent five points ahead of the incumbent president. As both candidates victory. And a volcano on the indonesian island of bali. Up to three thousand meters into the sky authorities have expanded the danger zone and ordered more evacuations from the area surrounding mount. International airport has been closed and hundreds of Flights Canceled. Now protesters in pakistan have officially ended this at a near the capital islamabad ofter the law minister gave into their demands and resigned they wanted. To step down the would of a parliamentary vote which they described as blasphemous the same bus ravi reports from islamic bob. After more than three weeks this sit in has turned into a celebration. Supporters of pakistans blasphemy laws were able to force the government into giving in to their demands not only has the federal law minister step down but the government of pakistan muslim youth noon has also agreed to investigate itself. A crowd of just thousand cities of millions to a standstill here by choking a main artery in and out of the capital city and this really is becoming a common way and all too common a way of achieving any kind of power here in pakistan by being a Destructive Force on the streets and effectively laying siege to islamabad and then making political demands but the threat of force leaders of this fringe group have been bolstered by their newfound influence on the countrys Political Affairs pakistan was great on the basis of the belief that there is no god but allah and mohammed is the messenger of allah we know that for seventy years food has been committed against their religion so now we should place religion on the throne. The man at the center of all this a one time preacher at a mosque in lahore he was removed by that citys governing religious body for his hardline views hes built his support base by being a staunch advocate for the countrys blasphemy laws hes even run for a seat in parliament so whats next for this fledgling Political Party asked the crowd and the answer is more or less stay the same. They are the latest whatever guidelines they give us we will follow accordingly Going Forward whatever our leaders tell us to do we are completely out the. Paramilitary units were on standby to prevent any more unrest and while protest leaders agreed to end their sit in hours later people here were still not ready to leave and more demonstrators were arriving. Its the kind of do or die loyalty that. Parties campaigned for decades to achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next years elections as in basra islam about. By germany now which chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with the social democrats in an effort to form a government despite her Party Winning the most seats in septembers election merkel hasnt been able to form a Coalition Government dominic cain reports from berlin for the past two months martin short his position had been unequivocal defeat as badly as his party suffered in september meant opposition was the only thing they could enter into in this parliament but with changing times so his opinion has changed the failure of the Jamaica Coalition talks thrust his party back into the limelight could they consider talking during americas government Government Party could they consider four more years in government until now apparently not but after a statement to reporters just a short his opinion has changed so im going to get discussions lead to helping to form a government in whatever form our Party Members will be able to vote on that the coming days and weeks will demand much from all those involved in our party in the media and the public were entering into discussions with outcome is not known no options are off the table. The point to make here is the danger that faces the social democrats because they were widely perceived to have lost voters in the last election precisely because of their membership of a grand coalition with Angela Merkel how might they look upon another grand coalition and then from the conservative point of view angle merkel says she is now prepared for another grand coalition but the big imponderable what will the voters make of this what will they make of yet more grand Coalition Given the fact that both parties were punished at the polls the last time voters got their chance to express their opinions the french president is expected to outline plans for an approach to african nations on a four day trip that starts and putting in a fast so frances relationship with its former colonies is far from easy its often been accused of propping up dictators to benefit its own economic interests there are hopes that a man on that car will change that as the back of the ports from paris. When emanuel mcconnell condemned frances colonial past during the president ial Campaign Many voters understood it to mean that he wanted a new relationship with africa to end sixty years of french influence over its former colonies a self interest was the guiding principle. Is part of french history it was a crime it was a crime against humanity it was barbarous its part of the perfectly must face up to former president Jacques Chirac embodied the neo colonial approach that became known as far south lake he used the French Military to prop up all thora tarion leaders if they were deemed to be friends of france Nicolas Sarkozy had little time for africa in a controversial speech in dhaka he said africans had failed to enter the history books. It was under Francois Hollande that the syal region became a new frontier in what he called frances fight against terror. France has no desire to remain here in mali because it must be the mali and themselves and africans who ensure the security the independence and sovereignty of mali thats how i believe relations between france and africa must be so far indicated that he wants to take a different approach to africa that he wants to build a relationship thats based more on equality than historical ties but just how easy that will be remains unclear. But i call has had some false starts he was criticized for saying africa was being held by women having too many children and for a plan to place french Immigration Processing Centers in some african countries. The way he is approaching africa its new he chose to go to burkina faso a country which had a democratic revolution recently hes going to a university to address young people and hell have a question and answer session with the students thats something were not seen before as he begins a four day tour of west africa has chosen to set out his vision for a new chapter in french african relations at a university in capital on tuesday he says Young Africans carry the hopes of tomorrow it does for his youngest president he may be well placed to convince them that he means what he says with aljazeera paris. Defense minister is facing questions on a controversial seventy nine Million Dollars arms deal with saudi arabia thats now on hold the dispute my pose a threat to the less one government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has more from athens. The government is fighting for its political life because if the defense minister is found to be leaving questions unanswered regarding his conduct conduct if there should be Something Like a vote of confidence in the government then the entire Ruling Coalition comprising the left wing cities and the Minority Coalition partner led by the defense minister the independent greeks party would have to rally and bring all of their votes to bear in order to. Get mr come and us through any censure motion or the government through any no confidence motion and that is because only together can they form a mij majority in the three hundred seat legislature and remain in power but the fact is that the defense minister has left gaps in his responses to the accusations he hasnt fully addressed why the government was trying to sell three hundred thousand tank shells to the saudis through a middleman because the saudis apparently were only interested in one hundred thousand tank shells and he hasnt addressed why a middleman was being used at all given that greek law prohibits this the implication as far as the conservative opposition is concerned is that mr commandoes was intending to offload the difference of two hundred thousand shells through the middleman to buyers on the black market with a value of approximately one hundred fifty Million Dollars and that implies that he himself or his party or the government may have stood to gain from kickbacks or bribes from such a sale one opposition m. P. Called the entire affair a sad dark and disgraceful matter for the government and for greece. Now cyber monday is the time of year when Online Shoppers in the u. S. Take advantage of discounts on everything from gaming consols to big screen t. V. s and people are spending big black friday and thanksgiving online sales have surged to a record high of seven point nine billion dollars Analysts Expect cyber monday to drive six point six billion an Internet Sales making it the largest u. S. Online shopping day in history well online giant amazon is doing so well that its now looking to open a Second Headquarters hundreds of cities are competing for the five billion dollars prize newark is one of the frontrunners but not everyone there is convinced of the benefits says gabriel and hes owned over ports. And old abandoned baseball stadium whats become a symbol of a city in decline but in the city of newark there are signs that things are changing what is this going to be. This is going to be a very large make you broader well have a. Housing unit. In newark a revival with the Development Boom in recent years we believe that the north time has come and we wanted to be part of it but now the city located just fifteen kilometers from new york is thought to be a top contender for the Second Headquarters of the retail giant amazon the city is treating it like it was beating to host the olympics we are that mad so we have the infrastructure you know we have the people we have the diversity newark is not alone in wanting to become the host city for amazon Second Headquarters more than two hundred thirty cities are making bid they are all over the country and range from big cities like boston chicago denver and los angeles to small cities like wilmington delaware population seventy one thousand amazon has promised to invest five billion dollars in the local economy to the winning city and i said the Second Headquarters could bring fifty thousand new jobs in its bid to moue or amazon here to newark the city and state are offering the company huge financial incentives primarily between five and seven billion dollars in tax breaks critics say the plan is built on a flawed theory called trickle down economics so idea that reducing taxes on business will stimulate Economic Growth for the poor trickle down doesnt really trickle down to the working class or to low income people so i think people in newark to be really concerned and so. People are while we had a dont understand that thats not good to me but others see opportunity and point because a lot of people need just one city like so many others in north america looking for amazon to make another delivery a boost to their local economy gabriel resigned oh aljazeera newark new jersey but to no way no way reindeer herd as a calling for the state on the Railway Company to take action after more than one hundred reindeer were killed by freight trains in the past four days sixty five of the animals were killed on saturday and in a remote area of the far north theyre migrating from the mountains to the coast road which often takes them across the train tracks britains prince harry and his fiance us actress Megan Markham have given their First Television interview following the official announcement of their engagement to shop reports. Prince harry and Meghan Markle together outside Londons Kensington palace the thirty six year old actress brings a touch of the twenty First Century to britains royal family shes an american who describes herself as mixed race which came under scrutiny in Media Coverage of their relationship and some of the scrutiny and you ended up making a very Public Statement about it some of that scrutiny was centered around your ethnicity. When you realize that or to think. Of course its disheartening you know its. Its a shame that that is the climate in this world to focus that much on that or that that would be discriminatory in that sense but i think you know the end of the day im really just proud of who i am and where i come from and we have never put any focus on that weve just focused on who we are as a couple and so when you take all those extra layers away and all of that noise. I think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together and to know all the rest of that out. It was in september two thousand and sixteen that they made their first public appearance a sports event for wounded veterans later prince harry was incensed by the press coverage of their relationship his Office Issued an unprecedented rebuke his girlfriend Meghan Markle has been subjected to a wave of abuse and harassment a smear on the front page of a National Newspaper the racial undertones of comment pieces and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls this is not a game it is her life and his prince harry whos fifth in line to the throne so permission from the queen to marry this is a royal family that from the top that means with the times and sage to say to its members and harrys a modern going hes a guy hes grown up in the modern world he wants to do things his way hes not bound by tradition hes following his heart as opposed to any form of protocol that people think he should marry the worlds media had set up outside Kensington Palace but on the streets of london news of the engagement was greeted with a mixture of delight and disinterest there were actually there right time to get married when you think. So much of her interests. Dont you. Think but well done. Missing gauge and speaks volumes about how the royal family history. And an american actress of mixed race will become a duchess unthinkable even a few years ago to shop aljazeera in london. We have the sports news still ahead on the news hour and love is in the air at a marathon and the omani does it show it will have more on that story off the break. Now business may be booming for lebanon and all of the growers but their livelihoods are coming under increasing threat from Climate Change across the mediterranean searing samas an unpredictable winter is a caution all of you as much as a first reports from southern lebanon. Its a tradition almost as ancient as the civilizations that first settled these hills for thousands of years all of those have been hand picked across southern lebanon much like they are today the fruit is a staple in mediterranean kitchens and all of oil is a crucial ingredient. Lebanese farmers typically press oil at their own small batch facilities its a complex process that sees the all the fruit washed pitted ground into a paste and then pressed into a golden oil the family has been in the business for as long as anyone can remember he says he cant imagine doing anything else wasnt the same going with a going on of all is very nutritious and has so many benefits even god spoke about it in one of the verses in the koran only of all it is medicine it is the greatest of all these. Modernization has made pressing all of us into oil less labor intensive and more lucrative but in recent years farmers have been struggling to keep up with demand all of Oil Production is becoming increasingly Risky Business cross the mediterranean the land the birds according to the environmentalists Climate Change is leading three pieces for you. From Southern Europe to north africa to the levant hotter than average summers and cold winters have seen harvest shrink according to forecasters at the international of council mediterranean Oil Production has declined by around twenty percent when compared to averages from the decade between two thousand and two thousand and ten delivering a major setback to the billion dollar industry and as the region supply becomes increasingly unpredictable some boss players have started looking elsewhere for future sources of all of oil including california australia and new zealand something producers in lebanon say could destroy their ancient way of life. We are very worried about the import of all of this on all of oil from abroad we must be able to export our own harvest i only hope our industry works to keep these markets open for us because our oil is of the best quality growing Global Demand for all of oil as a food and Health Product is also putting pressure on the mainly mediterranean base apply ors to produce even more but with all of harvest continuing to decline because of the regions changing climate its hard to see how theyll be able to do that indias tired aljazeera arab saline in southern lebanon. Now. Thanks very much what indians cricket is have found themselves one down in the ashes series against australia and now theyve also been grounded by the management the team lost the first test match to australia by ten wickets in brisbane but whats really infuriated the english cricket board is the behavior of what k. K. Put johnny best its a head butted australian batsman Cameron Bancroft in a ball in public last month i got into a very amicable conversation me with johnny and. You know yeah like. Just just graded me with. Yeah just ahead the kind of things i was expecting and she acted on it wasnt there was a big grating of choice that always i was expecting and obviously yet at the time on me he said sorry you know if im a person he was just really weird you know what to say im not you know it was so i ran in and i certainly didnt expect it coming you know as i said you know the handshake or high gloss on the way that we did dain something that i probably would have would have expected more than a head. As i said like there was certainly nothing in the leashes to daddys action and i just took it is. What i know jonny bairstow. You know he says a lot of people very different later to myself as and when i know theres a corridor oh yeah my head yeah he far and. Forehead. Italian football giants ac milan have sacks their coach. A pole start to the season milan seven time european champions but have struggled in the last few days new chinese investors were hoping to boost the club by spending two hundred thirty three Million Dollars during the preseason transfer window on new play is but one teller has been shown the door with the club lying seventh in setia eleven points outside of the qualifying position. Former milan midfielder gennaro good to sew will take over. Well if milan fans thought their team was doing badly how about the team at the bottom of benevento who have just slumped to a fourteenth Straight Defeat they lost one nil to atlanta on monday is the worst start to a campaign by any team in europes top five leagues compare that to the n. F. L. Zz Cleveland Browns who have lost eleven straight this season not to mention losing fifteen out of sixteen last year but it is not as bad as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who lost twenty six in a row nine hundred seventy six and seventy seven a years to forget for fans of the buccaneers and they might be one of the m. B. A. s top teams right now but back in twenty ten eleven the Cleveland Cavaliers were also on the wrong end of a defeat twenty six straight times while relegation seems a real possibility for benevento one club in brazil went down and their fans were furious pontificator were trailing three two on sunday in a Brazilian League game which would result in their relegation in the supporters invaded the pitch now they were angry at the clubs plight not to mention their team was actually leading two nil earlier in this game the match was eventually abandoned after police said they cannot guarantee the safety of the players. When you think of countries that dominate Long Distance running ethiopia immediately springs to mind but the country is currently facing a slump in form having won just a single gold medal at last years olympics in rio judging by these pictures though that slump wont last long thousands turned out on the streets of artists of a for the ten kilometer great ethiopia run as well as those running for fun many up and coming out its also took part something which delighted the events founder former ten thousand meter world and the limbic champion Haile Gebrselassie who is now president of the ethiopian athletics federation. That if you want. You know you go to. Bed. Stepping it up a notch and some hardcore runners have been taking part in the coldest and most isolated running race in the world the Antarctic Ice marathon fifty five competitors bundled up in warm weather gave around forty two kilometers in minus thirty degrees celsius battling strong headwinds along the way the winner of the mens race was denmarks Frankie Hansen who finished in three hours thirty seven minutes and forty six seconds the womens when it was american kelly mclay who finished an hour and nineteen minutes behind all fifty five runners completed the rice. Finally love is in the air at the desert marathon british couple greg and Rosemary Downing chose to take part in the race to celebrate their recent wedding that are strangers to extreme Long Distance running having completed the two hundred fifty one kilometer marathon to saul in morocco last year the desert marathon covers one hundred sixty five kilometers of a six day. We did the math and as of the last year and then we went with thank you but we should aim for a honeymoon and we thought that doing another race by that would be a good thing today and the state like a very nice race and its always sport for now more later and thats the news alan thank you for watching. My pleasure. A new poll ranks mexico city is the pull for 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 youre very pretty and young you feel onsite threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets was no money on a uses a new service its called loud drive its for women passages only and drawn by women drivers pull for some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven monitoring of drive is the fact. This morning hopeless on the planet and one that could soon be lost forever with an International Team of scientists is the time and not to let that happen without intervention to give the big i would say to a vast now its a race against time to try and find a species i think crisis thats in the masses the plan theyve all extinction tagg know at this time on aljazeera. Syrian government is trying to mind people in east