Any links with russia during last years Election Campaign off to his former National Security adviser agrees to cooperate with the f. B. I. Investigation. Began on suits this is al jazeera long from london also coming up. Intensifies between rival groups in yemens capital sanaa with the ports of at least forty dead. New faces of the far right in germany who could be set for keep calm and she rolls on that i think im just no room at the end as the west Bank Christmas tree is switched on. The u. S. President on which im puzzled gain insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and. Russia during the twenty sixteen president ial election he also tweeted that why he fired his National Security adviser for lying to the Vice President and the f. B. I. Mike finns actions were a little full on saturday was asked about finns decision to cooperate with the f b i investigate this part of the plea deal. Has admitted he had lied about contacting the Russian Ambassador last december and said he was directed to do so by a Senior Member of trumps Transition Team reported to be son in law and charged this was chunks responds what i think joe joe joe killer joe says it absolutely with absolutely no clue so were very happy well see what happens thank you all very much. A National Security reporter with newsweek has more on where this leaves President Trump we dont have clear evidence of collusion specifically what it appears that the special counsel is looking into when it comes to obstruction of justice is the aftereffect what happened during the transition period and how the Administration Responded to this investigation and in fact this would be the beginning of that process of determining whether obstruction of justice occurred and that would be the most obvious charge that could bring down trump if it could be proven him demonstrating dolly that the f. B. I. Had indeed done this interview with flynn and that flynn had lied in the interview in advance of his firing and then his request to jim comi that he dropped the investigation into flynn is at the very least a demonstration of motive. Meanwhile the u. S. Senate has approved one of president thomas main legislative goals the largest tax cuts in more than. The bill slashes taxes for corporations along with the wealthy and gives more modest relief to most of the american taxpayers but a Senate Committee has warned it will add one trillion dollars to the budget deficit as the details after last minute changes to appease some holdouts the tax bill passed by the narrowest of margins user fifty one in the nays are forty nine. All republicans with one exception voted for the bill which their leader hailed as a tonic for the u. S. Economy we have an opportunity now to make america more competitive and to keep jobs from being shipped off shore and provide substantial relief to the middle class but democrats called it a bonanza for multinational corporations and the ultra rich while adding more than a trillion dollars to the u. S. Debt there is a trail of broken promise broken promises to working families and a mad dash to pass this bill and the American People understand this is the position fire of continuing attacks on Medicare Medicaid and social security. Most economists have been skeptical that the tax cuts will generate enough growth to make up for the loss in government revenue as the republicans have promised Public Opinion polls show that voters largely oppose the bill based on doubt it will amount to a net gain for most households but its passage would be the biggest republican legislative achievement since donald trump became president we got no democrat help but i think thats going to cost him very big in the election because basically they voted against tax cuts and i dont think politically its good to vote against tax cuts the senate and house which already passed its own versions of tax cuts must still agree on bridging the differences but trump said he looked forward to signing a final bill before Christmas Tom ackerman aljazeera washington the former yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh house cold for a joint ceasefire between his supporters and with the rebels and the Saudi Led Coalition at least forty people have been killed in sanaa over the posse days in fighting between the two some nice house. Gunshots reverberate through the ransack streets of yemens capital sanaa the civil strife that has brought misery to millions of people now the countrys former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is calling for dialogue with the Saudi Led Coalition forces. They need to lift the blockade and open the airports and allow food and medicine into the country we will open a new page for them for dialogue what is happening in yemen is enough. Sellers one time ally who. Has accused him of deliberately creating un rest to create divisions amongst the anti Saudi Led Coalition bloc who think he says his groups focus was always to protect yemens internal Security Guard hospitals and mosques and the local machine tell every militia that your actions are suspicious and we have. Nothing good for you youre not heroes youre not you are not good people when. The mosque when he attacks where you are then where you are then defending or doing anything you are nothing but arriving but analysts think outside pressure may have influence shift and allegiance. Yemen was already struggling before the war now the u. N. Calls it the largest humanitarian crisis in the world of its twenty five Million People twenty million rely on humanitarian assistance i think its very clear that he maybe wants to but one of his family members and power to share power with the current legitimate government so i think maybe it seems to me that they might be a collaboration between regional powers. And maybe the legitimate government to somehow overthrow the houthi is first and then have a sort of serious political talk the Saudi Led Coalition imposed a blockade on all of yemens ports and the last month of the fired a missile that may have targeted riyadh as a result Seventy Eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine the country is also suffering from a cholera epidemic which aid workers predict could hit one million sufferers by the end of the year now the conflict between salah supporters and hoofy forces could mean more hardship for the people of yemen. As their pizza sells free is a research are at the chance of house think tank he says the situation in yemen is likely to get worse before any deal may be reached. What seller said today was in effect that he is splitting from his coalition with the who theses with this this rebel group that took over son in september of two thousand and fourteen and hes telling the coalition lets have a ceasefire you guys dont get involved in this right now ill take care of business here in sun ill get rid of the who these and then we can work on a deal and what were hearing is that this is been worked out through back channels previous to to whats happened over the last few days and that there is a deal in principle that people are willing to partake in i think its almost certain that things are going to get worse before they get better what were hearing is that the gunmen have been pushed out of key positions and some theyre regrouping theyre massing forces on the outskirts of the capital youve got the various tribal groups who sits around the capital getting ready to fight with with so looks like things are going to get pretty serious in around in the coming days and the question again then becomes how will the Saudi Led Coalition respond how will their allies on the ground respond and for now what seems to be happening is theyre not launching airstrikes and theyre not pushing on any of the front lines it seems theyre going to let this play out in sanaa and theyre going to see who comes out on top. Seventeen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria after two female suicide bombers attacked a market its like happened in the town if you want to state where the bomb is is said to have detonated explosives as a Food Distribution center by a local charity including dozens of others injuring dozens of other us ask me just has more from the capital ive been. Rescue workers say out of the forty seven injured some of sustained serious injuries and there is likelihood that the death figure will rise from the seventeen that has been reported so far tuesday bombers suspected suicide bombers launched the attack at a busy market in butte and. Was largely spared but not completely spared by boko haram attacks but surrounding towns and villages have been attacked on several occasions by boko haram although boko haram do not claim responsibility for this attack Officials Say it bears the hallmarks of the signs of program attacks weve seen how they have increasingly over the last two or three months targeted soft places or other crowded places like places of worship markets and even schools in the latest attacks weve seen how they have killed more than fifty people in a mosque in the town of movie in northeastern nigeria when there were gathering for Early Morning prayers and so far there is no claim of responsibility and one important thing to note is that over the last two months or so we havent heard much from. Claiming responsibility is one Security Source is telling me that it could possibly be because of the intensified military action in the northeast of nigeria targeting book or oppositions and hideouts in the northeast ahead of the Syrian Government delegation says there can be no progress in the current round of geneva talks as long as the opposition keeps demanding that president Bashar Al Assad steps down a government delegation is now in damascus and has yet to decide if it will return to geneva when they get on tuesday diplomatic editor james baines reports from geneva. The syrian delegation leaving the talks in geneva its not clear if theyll return their chief negotiator expressing irritation at comments by the opposition side who are still stressing assad must go the language was cocky it is possible politically speaking his position is perhaps surprising his russian allies since their intervention in the war in twenty fifteen have turned things around for assad on the battlefield and in recent months president putin has also been in the driving seat diplomatically reaching understandings with two countries that had led the campaign against assad turkey and saudi arabia it held an important meeting last month in riyadh in a major reorganization prominent opposition figures quit their posts as members of another group with close links to moscow and derided by some as a sad stooges were admitted to the geneva delegation theres also been an important change of emphasis by the un at previous rounds of talks special envoy stefan de mistura as main aim was a Transitional Government it is clear the political transition is the mother of all ages he was working to the exact wording of his predecessor special envoy the former secretary general kofi annan who drew up the geneva communique which was signed by the International Community in twenty twelve the communique which was later re indorsed by a Security Council resolution called for a transitional governing body agreed by Mutual Consent that last bit is important as the opposition has in the past said it would never consent to a sad being part of a transition. Whats changed is that demas store has now drawn up a list of twelve principles that he says will guide the negotiations in the future can i also get clarification that you are still seeking to form a transitional governing body with full executive power agreed by Mutual Consent the twelve. Principal points when you will be reading them and you will because the defense fund we hope to produce this if their common understanding are completely constantly inspired by the geneva communique and twenty two fifty four but special envoys read them and they dont you have not read them by read a version of that and old version wait and you would think i waited and hours are after that exchange thema store a published his twelve principles nowhere in here is there any mention of a transitional governing body of former leader of the opposition as told out just the whole process has been compromised western diplomats say de mistura is changing the rules of the game and that his plan now is very russian flavored jamesburg zero geneva. Much more to come including well im in the capital of hunger a square protests have been taking place following last sundays controversial election and why the Worlds LargestNuclear Stockpile is showing no signs of reducing is out so. However the weather remains very disturbed across eastern parts of australia as record breaking down poles still in the process of pulling away from victoria lots of cloud there up the east side of the country or tied in with this area of low pressure some of these parts say well over two hundred millimeters of rain twenty four hour span and of course we had some of those showers affecting the cricket in adelaide cargo out the old shower fred latest to go on through the next few days that may well help england. As we go on through sunday you know be a tad warmer as we go on into monday hopefully a little bit dry but the showers cling on the cost side of the country a little bit about whether its coming into western parts of australia meanwhile we want to see a little bit of writing tools western parts of new zealand but weve got High Pressure in charge dry little bit of cloud down towards the southwestern corner temperatures very quite nicely said getting up into the mid twentys over the next few days so some pleasant warm sunshine coming through for most but you can see a little bit of cloud there just pushing into the fall south of the country with the possibility of some sunny a chance of rain into northern parts of japan as we go on through sunday snow into the far north colder tucking in behind across the Korean Peninsula where temperatures struggling to reach freezing. The fact. Morning place on the planet money could soon be lost. With an International Team of scientists is determined not to happen without intervention of the big i would say here to about now its a race against time to try to be sure. Thank you crisis thats in the national. Techno this time on all jazeera. The top story. U. S. President. After his National Security advisor mike flynn agreed to cooperate with the f. B. I. Investigation yemens president ali abdullah. Joint between his supporters on the rebels. Coalition. And the head of the Syrian Government delegation no progress in the current round of geneva talks as long as the opposition keeps demanding president Bashar Al Assad to step down. Security forces. Given extra powers to stop violence that followed last sundays disputed president ial election. With dozens more injured in protests and nighttime curfew has now been imposed for the next ten days almost a week after the election a clear winner. Is narrowly ahead of opposition candidate. Whos climbing electoral fraud and called his supporters to the street the curfew appears to have some support. But in the end it was a good measure i think it was a very wise decision for the well being of all insurance. They need to resolve the situation as soon as possible we hunger and continue like fear i think the curfew is good because that way there will not be any more crisis almost respect the curfew because really what is happening in the country is a terrible crisis. Is life for us in the capital take. Are you seeing it coming down guessing maybe because of the still more security powers theyve given the the offices on the streets or indeed because of the curfew. Its certainly is a completely different scene on the streets of the city of god like compared especially to the last twenty four hours when we saw those riots broke break out we saw demonstrations clashing with Security Forces in fact if you can see behind me theres still a line of military personnel lined up checking peoples bags as they come and go there are preparing for that long you that in many ways i think most people here would agree has has certainly helped calm down the situation people here are anxious for an official statement from the National Elections commission its been six days now since the general election and there still has not been a decision from from the commission so in response to that violence as we mentioned weve seen the military announce that curfew for six oclock they say that its going to last for ten days and along with it comes a suspension to see to certain has that you and its certain rights afforded to one hundred citizens and anyone thats caught outside of their homes has that six oclock hour are subject to arrest now the concern that most people have here in the city if they go seek out the concern that people have across the country is that as the Elections Commission continues to stall there could be a resurgence of violence that just like the ones that weve seen over the course of the last couple of days especially a further down the line we hear an announcement that the incoming president one orlando don this is the clear the victor then most people would agree that there would definitely be a resurgence of violence and then well we have someone who is from the Opposition Alliance to sort while ago and he was saying they havent managed to get any more discussions with the Election Commission to try is this a stunt that storming whats going to. Come out and carry on with the counts and give as a result. Well thats thats certainly the big question here that delaying its been a painful delay for the people of the people of honduras of anything like you said the process has stalled weve heard from the Opposition Leader side of the net and who has denounced alleged irregularities within the electoral process and hes gone so far as accuse the incumbent president one of lender of nine days of electoral fraud so the concern as we move forward is that while there is a call on the right now in the city and were not seeing the images and the scenes of violence and looting that weve seen over the course of the last few days that certainly could continue especially considering that when Opposition Leaders out of the strata has been appearing before Television Cameras he continues to call for demonstrations continuing to call for people to take to the streets in protest of the of the current government so again things are calm now but demonstrations are scheduled already for tomorrow sunday there is a march scheduled to happen here in the city and there is no way to know exactly when a final decision is going to be announced going to get your update that manuel speaking to us from the hunder in capital. Thousands of people have rallied against a far right alternative for Germany Party which has elected its new leadership and hand over the anti migrant and to islam party when i was one hundred seats in parliament in septembers election is scaring up to be the opposition against chancellor Angela Merkels yet to be formed government i like helen has more from however. As the day began police fired Water Cannons at protesters trying to block the streets at least one protester and several police were injured thousands tried to stop delegates from attending the first conference of the far right party since it won more than ninety seats in the german election we are ashamed that their lives do you want. And. Still be in our town and. There is a fight in germany against. The nazis. Because you know what. Right opinions. And thats. Not good inside the dispute was not with the leftist protesters but within the party itself a leadership battle between extreme nationalists and a more moderate of the f. T. Was locked in a stalemate forcing parliamentary leader alexander galland to step in and share power with Current Party head voice in. Hes probably ok. But i think we can Work Together very well i didnt intend to do this you know that i didnt want to run for a chairmanship but a situation came up which was i dont want to say i love straightening for the party but which was dangerous the question now is whether the party can contain ideological differences and appeal to the wider electorate all of this matters because chancellor Angela Merkel is running out of options to form a Coalition Government if germany is forced to go back to the polls i have seen could be strengthened further but if she forms a Central Coalition the social democrats are expected the i. A. F. Team will become the biggest opposition voices can follow but for germany this has consequences for all political rhetoric for the way we debate in public and for the way for the tone that ive the sets and social media especially once the bastion of stability in europe its now a messy time in german politics. Aljazeera had over. Egyptian president ial hopeful are much a fake has arrived in cairo after being arrested and deported from the United Arab Emirates has been based in the u. A. E. Since losing to the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi in egypts twenty twelve president ial elections the former government minister. Announced last week he plans to run for president in twenty eighteen. Aljazeera is taking an indepth look at the state of Nuclear Weapons and the push for nonproliferation russia has the largest stockpile of Nuclear Weapons and theres concern the country isnt in a rush to reduce its arsenal but which owns reports. Of all the Nuclear States in the world russia has the most weapons roughly seven thousand Strategic Nuclear warheads one thousand five hundred are on missiles ready to be fired from military bases four thousand five hundred stockpiles two thousand five hundred retired waiting to be dismantled its a major reduction from the cold war years forty thousand new have been amassed by the time the soviet union was nearing collapse but the agreements which produced such significant disarmament are under strain the United States unilaterally withdrew from the n. C. Ballistic missile treaty in two thousand and two and recently washington and moscow have accused each other of violating another cornerstone agreements of the nuclear age the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty when Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signs their names in one thousand nine hundred seventy they outlawed all land based missiles that could strike targets between five hundred and five thousand five hundred kilometers. But russia and the u. S. Both say each others Cruise Missile systems such as russias caliber class here have been given secret updates so they dont comply with the i. N. F. Treaty. But he may putin says russia has only been developing air and sea based intermediate range missiles weapons which the u. S. Has long held a superior advantage. We believe that we have only balanced out a situation if someone does not like it and wishes to withdraw from the treaty for example our American Partners our response will be immediate i would like to repeat this warning immediate and reciprocal this nonproliferation analyst says such talks sets a dangerous precedent. Nations with. Nuclear arsenals. And. So its a message doesnt actually that all other nations other nations should have their own nuclear build. In other words russia and the United States have a special responsibility not to less a new Global Nuclear arms race to spiral out of control rory chalons how to zero moscow. Now with just over three weeks to go until Christmas Day the lights on in the place where the story began more than two thousand years ago bethlehems manger square has been to mark the start of the festivities its a season of celebrations enjoyed by palestinians of various faiths as well as tourists are a force that has more from bethlehem. Thousands of homes manger. In the hour by twenty seven this of course is an event about much more than that its about the start of the Christmas Season the lighting of the Christmas Tree but politics arent far away in america talking about how it is besieged on all sides by illegal israeli settlements Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority rami also here and talking about an issue high on the agenda in the news the possibility the likelihood even the United States is going to recognize to the capital of israel. If america declares true slim as the capital of israel or move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem the whole region will be plunged into further instability and it will destroy any chance of peace the palestinian Prime Minister went on to light the Christmas Tree making the point that there had to be space optimism and happiness even in such circumstances and there is a good deal of that on display here tonight the december season the Christmas Season is vitally important here for the tourist numbers for the economy and of the four thousand beds that there are here no tells all of them are booked out for the whole of december that is a scene thats been seen across the occupied west bank where tourist numbers are significant so there is some optimism here at officially the start of the Christmas Season. Dont forget theres much more content to read and watch on our website just go to aljazeera dot com. Dot com. A second of a look at the main headlines making news here on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixth president ial election trump was asked about life in this decision to cooperate with the f. B. I. Investigation as part of his plea deal what was the job growth illusion go forward with absolutely with absolutely no clue so were very happy well see what happens thank you all very much the u. S. Senate has now really approved one of president chalmers legislative goals the largest tax cuts in world in thirty years the bill slashes taxes for corporations along with the wealthy and give small modest relief to most of the american taxpayers but a Senate Committee committee has warned it will one trillion dollars to the budget deficit yemens former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for a joint ceasefire between his supporters who threw rebels on the Saudi Coalition at least forty people have been killed in the capital over the past few days seventeen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria off to two female suicide bombers attacked to markets its hard to place in the town of bew in borno state no group has claimed responsibility for the group is active in the area. The head of the Syrian Government delegation says that can be no progress in the current round of geneva talks as long as the opposition keeps demanding president bashar assad steps down the government delegation has now returned to damascus to decide whether it will go back to geneva when they go. Germanys far right party has elected its new joint leaders as its congress in the city of hand over thousands of people of rather the gates the party who will be the official opposition if chancellor Angela Merkel goes into coalition with the social democrats Security Forces in honduras are being given extra powers to stop the violence thats followed last sundays disputed president ial election six days on and the clear winner is yet to emerge from the vote. Of the head nice but stay with us next its techno with a story of the conservation of an endangered species. Facing the reality its a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a train of this to go through which we can bring of the ecosystem to bear getting to the heart of the matter i dont think we needed to walk some of my previous shoes just to hear their story on talk to aljazeera at this time. This is the fact this morning. On the planet one that could soon be lost. With an International Team of scientists is determined not to let that happen