Saudi arabia wants us against moving its embassy in israel. Saying it will hurt the Peace Process and heighten tensions in the region and. Fail to reach an agreement that. The killing of yemens ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh revels has plunged the war torn country and to chaos the two sides had been allies until just a few days ago but this time switching sides led to the end of a man who had been president for thirty three years and navigate shifting alliances for decades and has more of. A sudden. Most powerful rebel say they killed president. During an attack on his convoy. His remains were packed on the back of a pickup truck in a televised statement the leader of the said salo was involved in a conspiracy with the Saudi Led Coalition to take over well. What are the reasons behind this transfer to the other side suddenly you talk to the aggressors against your own people salah had been an alliance with the iranian backed for more than two years together they controlled the capital sanaa and fought against the Saudi Led Coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by months or hadi but this partnership with the collapse last week sparking major confrontations between salis forces. And the rebels after days of running street battles salah announced he was ready for dialogue with the Saudi Led Coalition if it ended its blockade of yemen sports and airports and allowed for more humanitarian aid yemen is already a failed state its a state where there is no Central Government the institutions of failed most of the structures of failed the economy has failed the war has further destructive it destroyed the entire country so i think in the in the short run we are in for a lot more violence. And the who pushed out how these government in january two thousand and fifteen and set up their own administration prompting the saudi led campaign against them since then the country has been split between the rebels in the north ministration in the south and forces loyal to solid inviting began among the former allies its part fears of a new front in the war a war which has already killed nearly ten thousand people pushed yemen to the brink of mass starvation and triggered what the United Nations has called the worlds worst humanitarian crisis and there have been multiple investigations about the atrocities being committed in yemen all parties are guilty whether its the whole thing whether its the Saudi Led Coalition and you know the u. K. And the u. S. Are largely complicit in this war. As well through the billions and billions of dollars worth of arms sales to the saudis. As yemens president saleh ruled for more than three decades until he was forced to resign during the arab spring uprising but he was able to remain in the country and continue to wield enormous power behind the scenes its not yet clear what his death will mean for the fighting on the ground or yemens future. Aljazeera. Or yemens internationally recognized president hosni yemenis to rise up against what the forces. And i call upon all of you with an open heart and a strong will to turn a new page and to get rid of such a nightmare lets put our hands together to end the control of these criminal gangs and to build a new united yemen fighting escalated in recent hours with reports of airstrikes by the Saudi Led Coalition on the president ial palace in samara attacks also said to be blocking many straights humanitarian operations including flights to and from the capital have been suspended the u. N. Is calling for a pause in fighting to help civilians course the violence it is paramount that civilians are protected that the wounded or for to say facts as to medical care and that all sides facilitate life saving humanitarian access we remind all parties. The we remind all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of International Humanitarian law may constitute work crimes the International Committee of the red cross says at least one hundred twenty five people have been killed and over the past week two hundred forty have been engineered and thats putting extra pressure on yemens struggling medical facilities many of which have been damaged or destroyed by fighting. The clashes were ongoing the entire night until the morning if someone stepped out into the street or fled they would have a bullet hit them in the head chest or body. He was injured this morning at eight a. M. When he went out for his shop around them bullets hit the wall and then struck his hand. Professor of Political Science at the City University of new york and she says its only going to get worse on the ground in yemen especially fighting groups have been. Jockey for power. Well this is again one of the Big Questions we have in some ways its the Million Dollar question which is is there someone now in the north not someone outside not not his son who might be brought in but is there anyone in the north now that could actually bring forces together and provide some kind of leadership we dont have reason to believe that he had extensive militias supporting him he certainly did have some but who they seem to have much more militia strength and so the who are these are going to be weakened in this regard but then the sollie factions without solid as a leader and the very large number of bureaucrats that really wanted to move in and take control of the government we dont know who theyre going to rally behind if theres someone in the north or if theyre looking for someone else to come in haps. Eldest son off meds perhaps not but we really dont know who that person would be that could put those people together i think theyre going to see increased violence unfortunately in the capital city very fearful that youll see a lot of revenge killings going on i think the call for a pause to evacuate civilians is absolutely essential but im not sure that were going to see that and i think well see an escalation of violence at least in the short term and i dont see this being a positive thing for yemen in the medium term either. The developments in yemen have taken the spotlight away from all the regional issues that the Gulf Cooperation Council and kuwait is the first to see solid since a solid lead group cut ties with catherine june and the talks could define the future of the bloc jamal reports from kuwait. Foreign ministers of the six countries arrived in kuwait on monday ahead of the groups thirty eight and will summit its the first time senior ministers have met since the Member States pose a blockade back in june saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates have cultural treaties weve got it. Barakat to the citizens from entering their countries and closed off their territorial waters and earth space to their neighbor for six months now its a crisis that struck at the very core of the Gulf Corporation council an organization that was set up to unify the three greats of trade corporation and the Free Movement of people for months now kuwait has been leading mediation efforts while carters emir has agreed to sit down and discuss differences with his counterparts kuwaits call for dialogue has not been accepted by the blockading countries thats why this treaty summit is so important many analysts had believed the organizations future would be in doubt if it didnt take place now that it is the focus is on whether the blockading countries will be represented by their heads of state or by junior ministers instead the fact that they mirror i mean on the king solomon but they are going to the meeting and the fact that the for the first time it would be both with the two for them to sit together and to discuss something directly i think it was a positive development already the fact that they stand during your obese and instead of the foreign minister i think would be signaling going in the wrong direction but its not only the blockade on qatar thats for turning the g. C. C. The war on yemen is proving to be a major challenge for the Saudi Led Coalition which continues to spend millions of dollars while the yemeni people continue to suffer meanwhile unemployment in saudi arabia and across the region particularly among young people is on the rise and g. C. C. Member economies are slowing down this is one of the most important summits in the g. C. C. Is history it has the potential of paving the way for relations to be mended and a solution found to a crisis that has torn up the very fabric of the Gulf Cooperation Council but it also has the potential of further damaging what is arguably the only source of stability in an extremely well a tile and unstable region demolishor yeah just iraq kuwait. Lets move on to other news now the u. S. Supreme court will allow the trumpet ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban on till an appeal against it is heard the ruling extends the band of people from six muslim majority countries plus in venezuela and north korea Shihab Rattansi has more from washington d. C. This is a big victory for the Trump Administration oral arguments with you should begin this week all due to begin this week in two federal appeals courts on the third incarnation of the travel ban but and injunction a partial injunction been placed on the travel ban that injunction said those with a bonafide relationship with the United States that is with close family relations or business or education ties to the u. S. Should not be affected by the travel ban while its working its way through the courts and conceivably ending up at the Supreme Court the Supreme Court however has decided there is no need for that injunction thats particularly significant because the wording that was used for this injunction was from the Supreme Courts adjudication of the second travel ban it was a Supreme Court who said that those with a bonafide relationship should not be affected by the second troubled by what it was working its way through the courts it appears though that now a majority of justices dont feel that its necessary well its clear that they dont feel its necessary for the third travel ban which suggests perhaps and this is where the speculation comes in that well the third travel ban ends up at the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and majority of justice is no longer have the objections they once did with the other incarnations of the band thats very good news for the companies for. 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Now across much of the middle east we have got some clouds some rain some sleet the snow in our forecast again it is going to be coming in off the turkish mountains he comes out of area a cloud thinking the eastern side of the mediterranean so cloud over here is to go through the next day or so eventually pushing down across syria lebanon jordan skies for some but look at the rain thats there across the mountains jan returning to snow as we go into the middle part of the week and the cloud to make its way across iraq towards that western side of iraq be surprised if you see a few spots of rain coming in here east that generally fine and dry with plenty of sunshine as is the case too across much of the Arabian Peninsula just around the southern sections of the gulf you might just catch i want to show is i suspect it will stay far in try temperatures typically getting up to around twenty five or twenty six degrees light winds it will feel pleasant as we go through the next few days but the presence here across the good parts of Southern Africa but the eastern cape seeing some big downpours as we go through tuesday on into weather stay the rain still very much in place a little further north woods and east was some showers there up towards towards the congo basin joining up the weather we have crossed hearts of africa for much of the gulf of guinea is dry but wet to the west. Indulge your five senses. Documentaries. Stories yemens president has been killed by his former allies the rebels. Played a pivotal role in the civil. Law as a battleground. The International Committee of the red cross estimates at least a hundred and twenty five people have been killed in the past week the u. S. Supreme court. Heard. And. French president of the latest to want to possible recognition of jerusalem as israels capital during a conversation. That jerusalem status must be decided in peace talks between israelis and palestinians saudi arabia is also awaited its a basket of the u. S. Says the move could heighten tensions in the region and other arab states have warned president against moving the embassy from tel aviv israel claims as its capital but thats not recognized by International Law or. Has more. Changing the status of this consulate here in jerusalem to an embassy was one of the key campaign pledges as far as Donald TrumpsForeign Policy went during his president ial campaign it has though butted up against the realities of the political situation here as he also tries to implement tries to come up with a peace plan that would be suitable to both sides his key man on this jared cushion his son in law said on sunday that the americans understood the palestinian red lines that President Trump was examining all the facts before he made a decision on whether to move the embassy from tel aviv to here but now we have this other potential major obstacle as far as the palestinians are concerned an announcement on wednesday which could see the United States whatever the status of this consulate in the short term recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said that that would threaten the entire Peace Process but not as an issue. I dont think that this will happen the arab and muslim world should stand against him. But when trump says Something Like this he should take responsibility for the consequences this is not just the palestinians this will spill over to other countries thats very much the reaction coming from the palestinian leadership as well that this would not just threaten the Peace Process also it would threaten stability in the wider middle east privately palestinian officials are also talking about this potentially being an opportunity a way to break with the United States before any trump plan is announced and reset the nature of the relationship between the u. S. And the palestinians but if that is the case it doesnt seem to be an opportunity that theyre really welcoming given how hard Mahmoud Abbas and his team are working to try and head off this decision before it happens there have been all sorts of bilateral contacts with other powers in the region youre in a zation islamic conference the arab league there is a huge effort to stop donald trump from making the. Announcement on wednesday now all eyes on washington to see what happens and what the consequences of it might be. Now britain and the European Union said theyre confident about reaching an agreement on the terms of their socalled divorce so despite failing to reach a deal on monday the main Sticking Point in the breadth of talk is what the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland would look like bonamy phillips reports. The day began full of hope when to resume a drug lord your god went into talks the brussels rumor mill had it that a brecht that deal was about to be announced. But when they emerged after several hours there was no deal just two leaders putting a brave face on a disappointing day and im still confident that we can reach sufficient progress sufficient progress before the european cultural to fifteen of december this is for the failure. Of the very strong im very confident that we reach an agreement because of history on a couple of issues some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we will conclude this positively. Its the border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland part of the u. K. Which is emerged as the problem in recent weeks the republic wants guarantees it will remain open with no return to a socalled hard border but if the british really are intent on leaving the Customs Union and the Single Market as well as the e. U. Itself then how will they meet irish demands terrorism a has been negotiating on two fronts on the one hand shes been hammering out a deal with it in new twenty seven countries in brussels but shes also had to talk to politicians here in westminster she needs to be sure that a majority of m. P. s will support any deal that she brings back. The Prime Minister called to ignore a small party from Northern Ireland who give her that majority in parliament these unionists are opposed to concessions on the irish border which they fear could undermine Northern Irelands future in the United Kingdom. We have been very clear Northern Ireland must leave the European Union in the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates Northern Ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u. K. When the. You know they still believe breaks it can be stopped that seems unlikely but the faltering negotiations on the governments weak position mean that almost eighteen months after the u. K. Voted to leave you not much about the future is clear to me phillips aljazeera westminster. Now thousands of people have been protesting across scotland one year after spain Supreme Court refused to grant bail to four process session leaders accused of sedition they took to the streets as campaigning got underway for the regions election on the twenty first of december question on his former Vice President already on home care does says he was refused bail just stop him from running in the hall madrid says this that was an attempt to find a democratic way out of the crisis sparked by october secession referendum. Or catalonia as former leader whos to hear if hell be extradited from belgium has opened a Campaign Rally via video address. Urged voters to view the election as a second part of the referendum has a government held two months ago. But you see. If there is something they are afraid of if there is something that makes their legs cheek it is that all december twenty first we have the kind of people who want this country to go forward we should vote all together for catalonia we should not get a good result we should win the organization of american states says that cant be certain about the Election Results and on durance citing irregularities errors and systematic problems there have been widespread protests over the delay in announcing the winner with opposition challenges how it will not saying the results have been manipulated he was living and nationally after the vote on the twenty sixth of november but the latest count has president on orlando and landers out front by just over one percent. A model of apollo has moved from the capital to. The political crisis in honduras persists despite an announcement by the National Elections commission that a special recount of over one thousand ballots in this hotly contested president ial election had concluded election observers from the European Union announced early monday that that process is unfinished. Only bro says he some finished we cannot say if they just that and confirm but we want to guarantee that these procedures meet the conditions of transparency and opposition leaders including president ial candidates and other than that i continue to denounce what they call the fraudulent electoral process going as far as claiming victory in the president ial elections already now all of this traffic this heavy vehicle traffic that you see behind me these are people rushing to get home ahead of that strict six p. M. Curfew that still in effect now the curfew how does help calm things down here in the city. And the rest of the country but it also suspends a number of Constitutional Rights for honduran citizens and the concern in the back of every persons mind here is that violence could start up once again now the uns Political Affairs chief is traveling to north korea Jeffrey Feltman is the first senior u. N. Official to visit pyongyang and six here it is or tensions in the region escalated last week all over north after north korea said its latest Ballistic Missile test placed the u. S. Mainland within reach kathy novak has more from seoul. Well this is the first visit of a senior u. N. Official in about six years and when Jeffrey Feltman addressed the emergency meeting of the u. N. Security Council Following north koreas latest i. C. B. M. Launch he emphasized the need for a political solution to the problem on the Korean Peninsula his visit follows a visit by a chinese and boy last month who visited pyongyang and met with senior officials though did not have a meeting with the leader kim jong un and russia also so. And a team of lawmakers who according to Russian Media reported that pyongyang is not willing to disarm and that it does not want nuclear war but is prepared for it if threatened by the United States now we know that russia and china are both pushing for a freeze for freeze option that would see north korea agreeing to freeze its Nuclear Development in exchange for the United States and south agreed korea agreeing to stop military exercises that often anger north korea but those a joint exercises are continuing this week they kicked off joint air drills here on the Korean Peninsula just yesterday and north korea once again reacted extremely angrily saying that with these exercises the United States is pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. On sunday the c. S. Nobel peace prize will be awarded to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons or ikat in the days leading up to the ceremony and aljazeera will be looking at the nucleus status of a number of countries the us is the only country to have used nuclear bomb and war america dropped Nuclear Bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki in japan killing millions of people in my nine hundred forty five the historys first victims of a nuclear badly u. S. Citizens caught in the radiation field of a test bomb in new mexico how does your cost of reports from albuquerque. My father had oral cancer he had Prostate Cancer my brother gilberte her Thyroid Cancer the list of names and cancers goes on and on my aunt had Breast Cancer another aunt had lymphoma and lung cancer twenty three people from one family alone my daughter eugenia had Thyroid Cancer and a tumor in her ovary. A repeated history of sickness in the new mexican desert where on july sixteenth one thousand nine hundred forty five the Us Government tested the worlds First Nuclear bomb a blinding light turned the still dark dawn into day the blast converted the desert sands into greener radioactive glass which you can still find here at ground zero today at the time ranchers reported that white ash falling from the sky covering their wells their gardens their livestock for days unknowing children believing it was snow caught the poison on their bodies and inside their mouths Daryl Gilmore was seventeen years old and driving past the site on the day of the test. My arms and face and. All or the quick i had a bad saw a member years later he developed skin cancer on much of his upper body he continues to battle the cancer among the last living survivors of what was officially known as the trinity test theyre just waiting for the rest of us to run out of people who are ready to die for. From the reserves to the. Theres not many left though the incidence of cancer in the four counties surrounding the test site is greater than the National Average but a formal government study on the Health Impact to nearby residents is still pending seventy two years after the blast sickened survivors say they were never warned and later forgotten they counted on us to be unsophisticated and an educated and ignorant in a knowing of what they were doing right now or backyards most people here are of native american and hispanic descent they were among the countrys poorest citizens at the time of the nuclear test and remain so today they received no government apology or compensation left to bury their dead in poverty. And justice has been that they ignore the medical records of children born after the blast or the most devastating oval unexplained birth defects and feared genetic mutations i have a son and two grandsons i know that i have passed on the genetics for Years Congress has promised to look into the matter but has yet to take action people here though say the evidence is clear that in the us as march toward Nuclear Dominance they were sacrificed. Castro aljazeera albuquerque new mexico. And next the series will be looking at the rivalry between Nuclear Neighbors india and pakistan. Have been developing new military technology to gain strategic advantage in the region since they split into two countries in one thousand forty seven you can see that story may fell on aljazeera. And mentors in the u. S. Have fallen also against President Donald Trump over the dramatic reduction of two Historic National monuments and uta the decision will see the grand is National Monument shrink by nearly ninety percent and the Grand Staircase escalante by half of the say this will destroy important archaeological and Cultural Resources in the area and include of native american artifacts. And again as a problem in the headlines on aljazeera yemens ousted president has been killed by his former allies in the hope the rebels. Havent for more than three decades played a pivotal role in the civil war well the u. N. Has described the streets of santa as a battleground as fighting an air strikes intensify the International Committee of the red cross estimates at least one hundred twenty five people have been killed in the past week humanitarian operations including flights to and from the capital being suspended the u. N. Is calling for a pause in fighting on tuesday to help civilians caught in the violence. It is paramount that civilians are protected that the wounded or ford its a fact system medical care and that all sides facilitate life saving humanitarian access we remind all parties. We remind all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of International Humanitarian law may constitute war crimes. The u. S. Supreme court will allow the trump of ministration to fully enforce its controversial travel ban on till an appeal is heard the ruling extends the banned people from six muslim majority countries and also to venezuela and to north korea. The french president is the latest to warn against Donald Trumps possible recognition of jerusalem as israels capital during a phone conversation with jerusalem status must be decided in peace talks between israelis and palestinians the russian and the European Union say theyre confident about reaching an agreement on the terms of this socalled divorce bill soon despite failing to reach a deal on monday the main Sticking Point and talks is what the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland will look like thousands of people have been protesting across catalonia after spain Supreme Court refused to grant bail to four procession leaders accused of sedition former Vice President or anyone who says he was refused bail to stop him from running in the regions election later this month thats on the twenty first of december right those are the headlines on aljazeera do stay with us counting the cost is coming up next thank you very much for watching. News has. 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