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Youre watching the news hour live from headquarters and. Coming up in the next sixty minutes white house Officials Say President Trump will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel on wednesday and intends to move the u. S. Embassy there the u. N. Security council asks all parties in yemens war to work towards a durable cease fire fueled by strong winds California Wildfires forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and some families from argentina close a chapter in the one nine hundred eighty two fault war our forensic investigation allowed them to bring the remains of their loved ones oh. Hello we begin this news hour with breaking news President Donald Trump will announce on wednesday that the u. S. Will recognize jerusalem as israels capital and has plans to relocate the m. Merican embassy there white house officials confirmed the news in a briefing well earlier trump called arab leaders to inform them of his intentions the saudi king says it will inflame the feelings of muslims while the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is warning of dangerous consequences. Our position the position of the present public this is very clear and if. The American Embassy is going to be moved to the jerusalem this is against International Law and this is this would be unacceptable for our son. If this happened it would complicate things it would put an obstacle to the Peace Process maybe it would be the end of the Peace Process. But backed out from this. Plan Shihab Rattansi explains. Well thats beautiful at the white house there was no sense of the International Uproar thats been caused by Donald Trumps forthcoming speech announcing the u. S. Is recognition of jerusalem as israels capital this is a Campaign Promise to keep trump financial danas like Las Vegas Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his right wing evangelical base whom the president needs now move them ever as his popularity ratings plummet throughout the day the president briefed the regional leaders which led to this question at the state Department Briefing im wondering if you can say that the that hes gotten the support of anyone for any decision that he might make so again im not going to characterize those conversations minutes later the White House Press secretary was similarly callie about the decision im not going to get ahead of the president s remarks that hell make tomorrow to say other than israel which thinks that this move is twenty two years overdue that all of the feedback hes been getting from World Leaders is overwhelmingly negative so no again he spoke with five leaders thats hardly indicative of everybody across the globe mr president the fifth fleet of the president called was the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu israeli politicians have welcomed crumbs to susan jerusalem the israeli mayor of the city so that the embassy move could take two minutes by switching the sign on the current u. S. Consulate in west jerusalem Administration Officials who didnt want publicly to be named later said that was not going to happen more about building a new embassy would take at least three to four years to the question of whether that means of this decision could be reversed if president doesnt stay on for a second term the officials insisted once the process of planning and you embassy begins it would reach its conclusion they also said the president was simply affirming what they called quote reality both historical and modern that connect to the state of israel to the city they argued issues of sovereignty would not change i was. Said that not moving the Embassy Since it was required by congress in one thousand nine hundred five had not made any difference to the Peace Process but trumpet ministration was still committed to a two state solution they said if thats what both parties wanted but with reports over the weekend that the president s middle east envoy is pushing a saudi backed plan that gives israel full control of all of jerusalem it appears that drums announcement on wednesday will be in keeping with the direction of his administrations emerging middle east policy and well bring in she had now hes joining us from washington so what was speculation a few hours ago she had has now been confirmed. I think what we had that background briefing that has changed things somewhat throughout the day we had the sense that this might be part of some monster plan some middle eastern master plan hatched by Jared Kirshner the saudis the administration perhaps plying that pressure on the palestinians to succumb to the u. S. Says the u. S. Is will but then we had that background briefing it was interesting about that was how at pains the three officials and three Administration Officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity were to suggest there wasnt really a plan and that nothings actually going to change that actually dog trouble does continue signing these six month waivers preventing or ensuring that the embassy doesnt move from tel aviv to jerusalem simply they said because its a logistical problem and an embassy takes at least three or four years the London Embassy took eight years to move from Grosvenor Square to its location where its moving next year we just cant do it theres security Security Problems and as far as the trouble ministration is concerned they said all these issues of sovereignty over its final status issues on the status of East Jerusalem theyre still exactly the same they said so what does this mean so then were left with is this just some easy way for donald trump at least domestically to appeal to that far right wing core evangelical base who by the way might be a little downcast at the moment because the old trouble in the Republican Party have just indorsed an alleged child molester fred Alabama Senate seat so this is you know theyre not that happy necessarily right now and here they were doing very happy by all these all these headlines theyve been generated over the course of tuesday for a long held promises by several president ial candidates which never never come to fruition to be honest its very difficult to tell right now what this means whether its part of a big plan whether its just for domestic consumption but we do now have to brace ourselves and we know the embassies and u. S. Military installations around the world all bracing themselves for the consequences ok as he had thank you for that update from washington. Well news of the possible move has angered palestinians in the occupied west bank dozens of protesters gathered outside the church of the nativity in bethlehem and you can see there them setting fires to posters with Donald Trumps image well as youve been hearing there has been strong global condemnation and concern about the intended move so at least a dozen leaders an organization have said theyre against it as it would destabilize the middle east and contravenes International Law so here is just a few of many of the voices you hear them now that have been speaking out. Mr trump jerusalem is a red line for muslims. We will follow the struggle to the very last moment with determination and we could even go right up to cutting our diplomatic relations with israel go. Away must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of jerusalem as the future capital of the states so that the aspiration of both parties can be fulfilled. Well. The council of ministers rejects this step and expresses its utmost concern regarding this step as well as the moving of the American Embassy to jerusalem to the Iraqi Government walls of the consequences of this decision on the stability of the area and the world you can order the rights of palestinians and the arab and muslim world and other religions. That are indications that the United States in the coming days and recognize disagree with famous capital by the be without consulting with europe we all know what far reaching consequences a step would have germanys position on the shooter means unchanged the solution the dissolution problem can only be found to direct negotiations between the two parties. Well the u. S. Congress in one nine hundred ninety five approved whats known as the Jerusalem Embassy act it declared that jerusalem should be recognized as israels capital and that the u. S. Embassy would be established there by may nine hundred ninety nine the act mandated sharp cuts in funding for the state department if the deadline wasnt met but Congress Also allowed the white house to delay the move for six months at a time on National Security grounds that waiver has been invoked since the one nine hundred ninety s. By president s clinton bush and obama and Donald Trumps already done it once during his presidency lets bring in Hillary Mann Leverett says shes a c. E. O. Of strategic thats a Political Risk consultancy and shes also a former state Department Official joining us from washington d. C. Thanks for talking to al jazeera so this is what we know right now trump will be announcing on wednesday that the u. S. Is recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and that the u. S. Embassy will be moving there however he will sign another six month waiver to keep the embassy in tel aviv for the time being what is the strategy behind that announcing jerusalem as the capital but then signing a waiver to delay the move by six months. Well were not certain exactly what the strategy is the administer the white house has been pretty effective in keeping keeping their deliberations secret and not letting them leak one of the more effective uses of their of the of the of that kind of strategy ive seen in a long time if we give them the benefit of the doubt that they actually do have a strategy and one that is rooted in trumps socalled principles especially what hes written about in his book the art of the deal he may be trying to generate a crisis in order to create opportunity if the socalled Peace Process or the pursuit of a priest process by gerrard cushion or were actually going anywhere if there was any credible hope for an actual Peace Process being launched by Jared Kushner they wouldnt be doing Something Like this thats so inflammatory so incendiary about jerusalem it says to me that that process that jared cowen has been working on now since trump was elected is going nowhere and they have decided to create to generate a crisis in order to create some opportunity to give themselves at least six months because trump will wave the sign the waivers of the embassy doesnt have to move now it gives them at least six months and its renewable it gives them more and more time to put forward their whatever plan they may have and probably to force it on the palestinians where they otherwise would not be susceptible to such a deal so it sounds like youre saying here that this is part of a larger middle east plan rather than this could be something to do with domestic consumption. I think so i think that trump is often underestimated as someone who either doesnt understand International Dynamics doesnt understand political dynamics and frankly doesnt even understand u. S. Interests to me that has been a mistake that u. S. And International Elites have me thats a mistake that they have made since trump announced his candidacy i think there is more seriousness to his intent and he has succeeded over and over again here my concern is that he does have a strategy and that jerad cushion or in particular has a strategy and he has discussed it until four a. M. Were told with the Saudi Crown Prince mohamed bin some on and it involves. Basically giving jerusalem designating jerusalem to israel and leaving the palestinians with the crumbs of various neighborhoods around jerusalem thats just part of what we in fact are in that report so i write for days or they have referred to as the capital of for the for the palestinians but let me just ask you the now the state department is warning that american embassies worldwide warning them to heighten security ahead of this possible announcement on wednesday and weve seen International Condemnation as well from from World Leaders i mean how concerning is all of this for you. Its certainly concerning to me as an american as an analyst as someone who studies the middle east who cares about u. S. Interests in the middle east its now much its much more unsafe for an american to walk anywhere in the middle east than when i started working on these issues a couple of decades ago so it concerns me as an american i think the strategy though out of the white house is very intentional i think they are trying to generate a crisis a crisis on several levels that they can then come and and put out the fire in a sense with their with their plan that otherwise would be unacceptable to the parties a plan that gives israel that cedes israel in its entirety seeds through some in its entirety to israel is something that the arab and muslim world would never accept on its own but generating this kind of crisis i think they see the white house sees it as an important way to push their plan forward all right Hillary Mann Leverett we thank you for joining us on aljazeera for the u. N. Security council has appealed to all sides in yemen to recommit to a un led political process to end the conflict its warning the country faces a catastrophic famine and close to a million cases of cholera councils pushing for unhindered humanitarian access in particular. To provide safe rapid. And sustained. And humanitarian access to the populations. Affected governorates. And. Most importantly. And some. The member of the Security Council full sized to uphold their obligations under International Humanitarian law. The president says he will launch a campaign against the movement that killed his father. Has called for revenge meanwhile thousands of healthy is gathered for a show of strength in the capital some. Reports. The killing of. Has plunged yemen into even more uncertainty the ousted president dominant Political Force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by hooty fighters on monday salah had been in an alliance with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years and his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital sanaa. 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 the mean the head chest or body. On tuesday thousands of who the supporters filled the streets of sanaa celebrating what they called the end of the crisis but yemens challenges are far from over the Saudi Led Coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by up to rubble months or heidi has said it will still strike rebel targets and how to use urging yemenis to rise against the who these ladies. And i call upon all of you with an open heart and a strong will to turn the 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. So other than 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 who the rebels in the north adis administration in the south and forces. Loyal to saleh. His death could mark a turning point and the conflict getting worse a conflict 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 we are mired all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of International Humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes. A former military officer became president of north yemen in one thousand nine hundred Seventy Eight after a coup and in one nine hundred ninety when the north and south reunited he was elected as the first president of the newly unified country he was ousted in two thousand and twelve during the arab spring uprising that managed to stay in the country and wielded considerable power behind the scenes saleh once like in his involvement in yemeni politics is dancing on the head of snakes and while its not yet clear who will succeed him or what his death will mean for the fighting on the ground or the future of yemen one thing appears certain is nearly three year war is unlikely to come to an end anytime soon. Aljazeera. Heres whats coming off on the aljazeera news hour. In the latest of her series on Nuclear Power as the military rivalry between india and pakistan is in the spotlight. Im joined all of the for the fun trust in greece where theyre searching for and finding young refugees stowed away aboard these trucks trying to board ferries bound for it so they. Can sport know russia the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics but the door is open for individual athletes to compete as neutrals will have more for you in sports. For a foreign minister has told the leaders that the bloc remains crucial to regional stability cats are on kuwait where the only gulf nations with sense heads of state to the summit in kuwait city others were represented by ministers or deputy Prime Ministers this is the first summit after saudi arabia of a hurricane and the u. A. E. Imposed a blockade on qatar in June Mohammad june reports. While the announcement that this years Gulf Cooperation Council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwaits emir. And his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the Current Situation in the region required the Councils Members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off divisions were very much on display. First the United Arab Emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g. C. C. Then saudi arabia the u. A. E. And decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has. To turn up. And therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that theyre just wanted to have this. Just to show that theyre actually still exist and the summit is going to take place but nothing else is going to happen which is a really disappointing in that case. In the end a summit that is usually slated for two days ended after only a few hours kuwaits emir said his country will continue mediating in the dispute for just so were going to crucially. Recent months of saying a lot of trouble and the wisdom of my brothers of the leaders of the gulf countries managed to calm things down and now meeting today will lead us to continue playing the role that will live up to the aspirations of our people in order to have certain mechanisms to sort out disputes with guarantees that will allow everyone to abide by these rules. Added that the gulf has faced painful and negative developments over the past six months due to the rift it. Six months to the day says the beginning of the blockade against companies some here in kuwait say the fact that representatives of all member countries actually showed up means that this summit should ultimately be considered a success others however say that todays developments call into question. An institution which at its core is meant to highlight regional unity will be able to survive much longer how much of the weight. Of the lebanese Prime Minister assad how do you he has withdrawn his resignation after talks with opposition leaders how do you the shocking announcement to step down while visiting riyadh last month raised fears regional powers were once again using lebanon as a proxy battleground so the arabia is a key backer of his Political Party how do you he says that his government affirmed its commitment to staying out of free general conflicts aljazeera is demanding the release of its journalist Mahmud Hussein who has been in an egyptian prison for more than eleven months hossain is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny hossain has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested on december the twentieth while visiting family. A trial playing out in new york is being watched carefully in turkey thats where a banker accused of helping to launder money for iran is from and wrapping up his testimony on tuesday was a gold trader whose level of corruption allegations against turkeys top leadership christian salumi reports. For nearly a week journalists from turkey along with businessmen and students have been pouring into the federal court in manhattan so have opponents of the turkish government wanting to hear for themselves allegations of widespread corruption back home. We are upset and concerned these trials should have actually been held in turkey reza rob a turkish iranian gold trader testified that turkeys current president recip thai air to one authorized the scheme to launder iranian money in turkish banks in violation of u. S. Sanctions saurabh also said he paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to this man former qana ministers offer child similar charges were raised by investigators in turkey four years ago but later dropped and labeled politically motivated by the government. Well its times it feels as if the turkish government is on trial here in new york the man actually facing charges as a turkish banker member at a con until his lawyers described him as a career Civil Servant someone who never took a bribe and was merely following the orders of those above him in a country where iran is considered a friend not a foe. President of turkey has accused the u. S. Court of attempting to undermine his government by using evidence fabricated by supporters of the tool of glenn the self exiled turkish religious leader whom they blame for orchestrating an attempted coup last year and it was. Planned over the. Air to want even launched his own investigation of the us prosecutors who deny the claim one of the big arguments that the turkish government has made repeatedly is that this current case in the United States is an extension of a Corruption Case in turkey in two thousand and thirteen that was subsequently dismissed. Also testified that he bribed his way out of the two thousand and thirteen turkish corruption investigation and then went straight back to laundering money until his attorneys say the gold trader will say anything to get a lighter sentence very big bad news for. The same time so powerful in turkey so. You know hes made. You know supporting him. Here does the legations here or they hear. Progovernment angles. Thats why some Court Observers worry that a conviction of attilla in the u. S. Could mean a further crackdown on political dissent in turkey christian salumi al jazeera new york hundreds of argentinean soldiers who were buried anonymously on the disputed Falkland Islands have been identified relatives now the chance to bring the remains of their loved ones home there is a bow reports from one us airways not among all my sister brother a lot of though was nineteen years old when he went to war and was killed. That was thirty five years ago and not a man has traveled from the remote north of argentina to the capital to find out whether her brothers remains have been positively identified. I am very anxious them very upset because im not sure whether they have found him my mother died a few months ago waiting for this we need to know and be able to give him a proper burial we need to know whether they have found him in. Argentina and the United Kingdom went to war when argentine troops invaded the british controlled. Which the argentines called. During the two months of fighting two hundred fifty five british troops and nearly six hundred fifty argentine soldiers were killed about twenty percent of the soldiers killed in that war where and identified buried in graves marked only by a simple message i didnt only known to god according to a report by the International Committee of the red cross out of one hundred twenty one graves eighty eight of them were clearly identified the relatives of those who were killed during the war were brought here to this building where they are informed whether their loved ones were among those identified you know hit on their body that has been working identifying victims in war zones for decades he says working on the islands was not easy. It was a complex process that took a very long time but the red cross form the team that involved experts with different specialties from all around the world working on the islands was difficult because of the conditions there but it was successful. What made possible the identification process was an agreement between the u. K. And argentina with the assistance of the red cross. This agreement was based on humanitarian law and its an umbrella that unites all verses aside from the conflict that exists between countries that we will have to resolve but also shows that when the end benefits everyone the objectives can be achieved it. On tuesday not a model mesa was told that her brother a lot of the was among those identified shes now hoping to eventually return her brother to the disputed islands where he was killed to be buried in a grave with a stone that will bear his name. Still ahead on the aljazeera news hour for the first time the European Union releases a blacklist of International Tax havens and englands cricketers chase an unlikely victory in the second ashes test against australia peter will tell you more and support. From the Clear Blue Sky of a tow home. To the fresh autumn breeze in the city a few. 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Will recognize jerusalem as israels capital and has plans to relocate the American Embassy there white house officials confirmed the news in a briefing earlier trump called arab leaders to inform them of his intention. U. N. Security council of his appeal to all sides in yemen to recommit to a un led political process to end the conflict its warning the country faces catastrophic famine and close to a million cases of cholera the Security Council is also calling for unhindered humanitarian access to the Gulf Cooperation Council summit that was supposed to last two days has ended after only one its the first time members got together since saudi arabia the hurricane and the u. A. E. Imposed the blockade on qatar in june walk away its foreign minister says the bloc remains crucial to regional stability only kuwait and qatar said heads of states to attend. Refugees in greece risking their lives to answer other parts of europe say theyre determined to keep trying to make their dangerous journey author already say about a thousand a day try to stow away on board ships abound for italy john hall has this exclusive report from the port of petrus in greece on the dangerous reality of human smuggling. The sea crossing from greece to italy can take days and this is no way to do it hidden in airless Cargo Containers or clinging to wheel arches just inches from certain death all those people are trying to. Hide under attack or inside the cargo its very dangerous for the lights and for them its. For life and. For all the hundreds perhaps thousands of times that like these try to stop these trucks the success rate is infinitely small for all the effort for all the risk involved it is a largely due time act. Like i was on the carpark oh you got three guys out theres another driver inform me that they were immigrants around so all i want you to already found three guys on board your truck in a socalled underneath and found three guys. In the past year after the borders of europe were closed to refugees the greek port Authorities Say theyve seen a four fold increase in the numbers perhaps a thousand a day trying to stow away aboard ships bound for italy. Most are discovered with a simple search. Those better hidden detective using x. Ray. But most of them myself. The few lucky enough to actually board a vessel will face similar searches by the italian authorities at the other end. But theres no deterring them in most cases theyll be released to return and try again. From the shower has made dozens of attempts. To his companion describes being beaten by the police. Why you are coming here. Yeah. He fights me and he kicked you and he beat you with a stick yeah stick. Pretty. He shows us a bruised and swollen ankle. In just a few hours weve watched more men than we can count in this mad dash to freedom and what they imagine is a better life somewhere else. But nothing prepares us for what happens next his face close to the tarmac its alie the man we met earlier from our. I was a doctor here. Yeah yeah i was a doctor a doctor who says his life was threatened by the taliban whose journey by air to iraq road to turkey and buy food to greece has brought him here he really has no choice but to try again jonah at the port of greece all European Union finance ministers have revealed a blacklist of International Tax havens blacklist of countries may no longer be used. For Financial Operations the seventeen jurisdictions the e. U. Says are not cooperating on tax matters including barbados as well as well as president has called his countrys inclusion on the list unfair. In south africa and in the north. But her reign and the United Arab Emirates south korea macau and mongolia are also made the list and along with Pacific Islands such as the Marshall Islands and American Samoa were alex cobb is the chief executive of International Tax Justice Network and he doesnt believe that the e. U. Has judged all countries on the list fairly the e. U. In the same way that the e. C. The operate is much better at looking at nonmembers than looking at it self but even with that construed couldve played a level Playing Field to everyone else and instead what is done really is picked on the smaller weaker state you know its isolated countries like libya mongolia which you know may have a bit of work to do in terms of their tax transparency and regulations but the idea that theyre a threat to the text revenues of the European Union is ridiculous it could have been a step in the right direction if theyd been seen to do something that could be built on them i think that having a sense that any sanctions that they want him to use would be illegitimate at it stands i think its clear that they havent treated individual countries for early in the side of the European Union and as such it wouldnt be legitimate to impose sanctions at this time thats why what were calling for is an International Convention in which countries at different income levels come together and agree what the appropriate minimum standards would be on they tow Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss Global Security challenges the talks are being held against the backdrop i think critically strain ties between turkey and other members of the alliance from istanbul said of course work the reports. Turkey provides the second biggest military force to nato off there the United States but behind the smiles and handshakes its membership of the alliance is under strain during a recent military drill in norway a technician depicted turkeys rebuke former leader like him on attitude and president rejected as enemies putting their pictures on target practice poster nato secretary general he stoltenberg has apologized to encourage twice stating the incident was the result of an individuals action and did not reflect the views of the alliance the technician has been fired an investigation is underway. Or may was are its. Just. Lets me know and. We have. Turkey assumed the responsibility of protecting the southeastern border of the alliance during the cold war and over the decades it has provided Crisis Management and peacekeeping missions. But the war across the border in syria has brought new security challenges for turkey the u. S. Decision to cooperate with Kurdish Forces on the ground has led to purchase russian s four hundred missiles which are incompatible with nato technology if the turkish government say is washington has provided at least four thousand trucks off weapons to the wipe e. G. The Syrian Branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party that turkey lists as a terrorist group in the near future you might find nonstate actors acquiring such capabilities and probably the Church Authorities regard it as an urgent issue but im sure that in the long run were going to acquire western systems in order to be compatible with nato with our nato. Defense and nato assets. Turkey insists it needs to be able to defend itself and different priorities for each nato countries seem to be the reason for destroying political relations and mutual accusations turkey even with the warning from the alliance but the spike the war of words among the politicians many seem to be happy under the nato umbrella. You cant only trust russia there are many other countries in nato. It is not in our interests to withdrawal from nato if we do it could be our loss in article five of nato founding pretty members agreed that an attack against one state is an attack against the moment. A stumble. While on sunday this years Nobel Peace Prize will be handed to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons or icann in the days leading up to the ceremony and were looking at the Nuclear Status off a number of countries pakistan and india have been better rivals since the split that created two separate nations in one nine hundred forty seven and the conflict what nuclear in the one nine hundred seventy s. When both countries tested atomic bombs same as the reports from islamabad. The might of pakistans military on display we kind of hardware any potential aggressor would have to face including short range Tactical Nuclear missiles for use in battlefield situations more likely to be used in a simmering in conflict than traditional Nuclear Weapons observers worry they mean pakistan as part of its defensive strategy may someday strike first and as India Pakistan and neighboring china rush to modernize their Nuclear Arsenals this is the kind of celebration of the tools of war that could be the beginning of a Second Nuclear arms race this one in asia. So for just paul is an expert on Pakistans Nuclear program he says smaller countries have learned their Nuclear Lessons from bigger ones im. Going to use the Nuclear Weapons against north korea because north korea has a Nuclear Weapon Nuclear Weapon is the tension for preventing the nuclear blackmail for preventing a Nuclear Strike edition to it if the state is using the force multiplier be to get between the india and pakistan in a conventional us you know definitely nuclear the very useful pakistan began developing its Nuclear Program largely because it did not enjoy the promise of support from countries that already had Nuclear Arsenals for the next generation its as important today as it was in one nine hundred seventy one when the Program Began it is very critical for pakistans security and we cannot deny the five and that is how we are present in the whole that is how we are important for the grant is why the country was. Strategically important and secondly our new really important survival. For foremost concerns of course. Because if we secure. Life then then we have to think about other things at stake we cannot think about other things for pakistans future leaders the Nuclear Weapons program may be a deterrent against the existential threat that is posed by india but for pakistans future of followers regular working men and women their biggest concern is not india its feeding their families. This human rights campaigner and father of five says the prevailing fear of india is exaggerated and tensions will never come to nuclear blows you know youre probably going to. This is drama this is propaganda whenever politicians come to power they create drama to get money out of their countries there is nothing indian people live in peshawar or you should look in india at how many pakistanis live in india what i wish for is an International Committee to be formed to address this issue and put an end to all this drama. His wife is an educator and says continuously committing resources to weapons of war makes it nearly impossible to create the space needed for dialogue. Guns and these weapons are not the solution for the country all for progress what we should do is give more attention to education and what have a funds are going towards terrorism and bombs we should put these towards education. Everyone we spoke to said south asia without the need for Nuclear Deterrence is a good idea but no one thought they would see it in their lifetimes and while having Nuclear Weapons and using them are two Different Things some worry so many in one place would lead to Nuclear Bombs being used as more than just political tools. Zero islam about thousands of people have been forced from their homes in Southern California by wildfires fueled by winds of fullness to hundred kilometers an hour more than one hundred fifty structure have been destroyed with many more at risk allan fessor reports it really isnt for the extent of the fires in Southern California can be best seen at night found by one hundred kilometer an hour winds that tailing through the countryside thousands have left their homes many under mandatory evacuation orders the fire is pushing quickly towards the city of ventura we are making sure we are out ahead of the fire making sure we have evacuated in advance of the fire and were basically leapfrogging our engines doing structure defense as a fire proceeds. More than five hundred firefighters walk through the night doing what they could to bring the flames under control but more than one hundred fifty structures have gone many more are under threat. The very nerve wracking to see a fire up on the canyon headed your way just i mean just. You ready and just dont wait. The fires are causing huge Power Outages more than a quarter of a Million People in the area no have no electricity officials one of the pace of the flames telling locals get out while you can you must abide by these evacuation notices we saw the disasters on the losses that happened up north in sonoma and this is a fast very dangerous moving fire in a towbar california suffered its most destructive wildfire in history forty three people died theres no indication how this latest fire started alan fischer ill just leave it. A full recount or a runoff a proposal from on an opposition leader. To end the stalemate over and they all four days have failed to declare an official winner sparking violent protests and a nighttime curfew. Reports. After more than a week since the president ial elections in honduras a winner has yet to be named prolonging a political crisis a nationwide curfew remains in effect but across the country protests continue well into the night hours. In the latest turn of events hundreds of elite Police Forces known as cobras have announced they will no longer be obeying orders to enforce the ten day curfew one officer told reporters they are rebelling. Our people are sovereign and we are in their service furthermore we cannot be confronting and crushing their rights the ongoing demonstrations continue to call for a hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the National Elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. Demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant Economic Impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and Food Shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. They can see god but still ahead on the news of the russian olympic teams banned from the next Winter Olympics for doping offenses well have the. Details for you coming up in sport. Time for the sports news yes peter. Thank you very much the International Olympic committee have announced that russian athletes will be permitted to compete at februarys a winter Olympic Games in pyongyang but only under a neutral flag the russian Olympic Committee has been suspended the decision was made at a meeting of the i. O. C. Executive board in lower than where a russian delegation and argued the case in twenty fifteen the World Antidoping Agency first accused russia of a state sponsored durbin program particularly at the twenty fourteen Winter Olympics in sochi the i. O. C. Zone commission has already disqualified the results of twenty five russian athletes from those games the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport. The report includes in particular the mali palatial of the entered open laboratory of the olympic winter games in sochi two thousand and fourteen. The i. O. C. Executive board after following grosss has issued proportional sanctions for these systemic manipulation while protecting clean athletes. Due process to which every individual and every organisation is entitled to and which was not available to the i. O. C. Prior to the Olympic Games a real two thousand and sixty. S. And has laid myself. I am a feeling very sorry for all the clean athletes from all in overseas who are suffering from this money polish. We have agreed with the i. O. C. Years leitz commission that for the re a location of medals we will do our best to organize ceremonies for athletes during the olympic winter games two thousand and eighteen to try to dry to make up for the moments they have missed on the finish line or on the podium. So how did we get to this point well after russia only won three gold medals at the twenty ten Winter Olympics in vancouver it was decided they could not suffer similar embarrassment on home to cheat and first a state sponsored doping program came into being russia won a record thirty three medals in searching twenty fourteen but the countrys anti doping Laboratory Director at the time grigori rod chain cough has been the chief whistleblower he alleges the country ran a Systematic Program of doping where urine samples were switched to avoid detection the World Antidoping Agency or wada brought in canadian sports Lawyer Richard Mclaren to investigate them clare a report concluded one thousand russian athletes benefited from the system between twenty twelve and twenty fifteen before tuesday the i. O. C. Had already stripped eleven of the thirty three russian such a medalist of their prizes tuesdays action was based on the findings of an i. O. C. Commission formed in july twenty sixth scene and as a result they will be no team russia in pyongyang but they will be russian athletes competing under a neutral banner our Sports Correspondent leigh willing has more this was a nightmare scenario for the International Olympic committee and its president thomas barkeep called this i warn unprecedented attack on the taggerty of the Olympic Games but the question was what was he going to do about it when the report i backed before the report he knew that russia would be done and he knew that such a the games that i go to russia in twenty four they had been poisoned so that in between that proverbial rock and a hard place coming out with the olympic athlete from russia the our not an ideal solution and only one pays many people but i will feel its the best i can do that there wont be that russian like there wont be that russian anthem a humiliation for Russia Vladimir Putin thinks that this is a form of humiliation but actually there is something so perhaps the relationship. When the i. O. C. And russia that so precious to the i. O. C. Because its not been a total humiliation there will still be russians in pyongyang when they win the gold they will now arm them but we know that theyre russian but they will have to prove their claim before they get to south korea theyve been runners up in the Champions League in two of the last four seasons but id let it go madrid have been eliminated in this Seasons Group stage Diego Simeone you seem able to defeat chelsea at Stamford Bridge it didnt matter anyway because a roma beat a color bug and as a result the syriac Club Progress along with the english champions in other games blunders Legal Leaders by in munich and paris st germain were already through before by an b. P. s three three one barcelona had already booked this spot and they too know when eliminates sporting lisbon it also helped you venters to progress after the city are close but defeated olympiacos two nil majesty united sealed top spot in group a with a win over c. S. K. A moscow basel three england are still in with a fighting chance in a second ashes test against australia in adelaide their bowlers skate australia for just one hundred thirty eight in a second innings fast bowler James Anderson finding its rhythm at last with five wickets for forty three runs the home side still held an intimidating lead of three hundred fifty three but inland chipped away at that captain joe root is unbeaten on sixty seven with his team leading a further one hundred Seventy Eight runs with six wickets in hand for what seemed an unlikely victory at the start of the days play. The grueling merit of under saddam has come to an end with emphatic victories for the mens and womens favorite this was the first time the marathon the. Being run in peru and stage six was the shortest of all the stages at just nineteen point six kilometers still that is not easy when youre running through the desert overall manes leader. Of morocco went on to take a third consecutive victory in marathon the sadlers win one county sahara triumphs as well on the womens side and Natalie Moore clare was a victorious you wouldnt usually associate the color bronze with you saying bolt but to mark the jamaicans retirement from sprinting he has been honored with a giant bronze statue in his countrys capital kingston but unlike so many of his race victories things didnt quite to plan at the unveiling the sheet covering the statue refused to come off at first but a little bit of help from the jamaican Prime Minister the eight foot sculpture of dancing his trademark pose was eventually revealed its one hundred and two hundred metre sprint and one of the spikes in august with eight olympic gold medals and eleven world titles and thats all the sport for me another update coming up again later. 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