Transcripts For ALJAZ Newsgrid 20171208

Welcome to the news grid a day of rage in the occupied palestinian territories says u. S. President donald trump recognition of jerusalem as israels capital Israeli Soldiers have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets of protesters outside a mosque in occupied East Jerusalem bethlehem. And not confined to the palestinians alone protests are taking place across the three pictures from the different world capitals. Breakthrough after days of negotiations and the e. U. Have reached agreement challenge for any issue of trade two hundred thousand evacuated is nearly six thousand firefighters battle to hold the spread of wildfires along californias Pacific Coast the flames have been ferocious winds threatening tens of thousands of homes as millions of americans are warned to beware the toxic fumes. I have a hundred nigerian had taken matters into their own hands by such as social Media Campaign to tackle alleged abuse by a special and they say that they have all the latest about the mans neck nasution hash tag aging his great. Deal with the news grid live on air and streaming online through your Facebook Live in aljazeera dot com so palestinians are protesting in the occupied territories on what theyre calling a day of rage the angry at the u. S. President all the troops recognition of jerusalem as israels capital this was the scene in bethlehem where Israeli Soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets a protest over an occupied East Jerusalem Israeli Soldiers arrested several Palestinian Protesters at least ninety five people were injured of the inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli Forces and in ramallah in the occupied west bank how listing in protesters have been throwing stones and butting time has hundreds marched through the streets after friday prayers and in gods at least two people were killed and Dozens Injured of the confrontations with Israeli Security forces amass has called for an uprising lets now go to a cross on it but it smith whos standing by for us in gaza where those reports are coming through of two people having died but to tell us more. Nick weve got to just tighten up date on that we had one person killed earlier today the second person was resuscitated by electrical electrical shocks delivered to his chest hes in a sense still in a very serious condition but he just has some activity behind me but he has he is in a serious condition weve had another thirty six people injured as well in protest the protests in gaza were along the main gaza and Israel Border that most of it on the eastern side is a fence and of course that divides the palestinians from the israelis with the palestinians who have gone up that fence and theyve been throwing stones over it in the israelis have been using live fire in return firing tear gas and weve also had a couple of people injured by tear gas canisters or by inhaling to gas up in the north of gaza there is mainly concrete walls so very difficult for any conference confrontation that. Stones also been thrown over there as well there are confrontations still ongoing as you can see the night is forming now so it might calm down a little bit but certainly after prayers this afternoon many hundreds of mainly young palestinians going to the border areas to vent their frustration and anger at trumps declaration of recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel nic or thats a picture in the guards the forces join alan fischer whos standing by in west jerusalem and tell us whats happening there weve seen confrontations going on for several hours really. Yeah theres been some confrontations between protesters and between people commute to pray and between the police that been a couple of arrests certainly no serious injuries weve seen people here are undoubtedly billion angry at the decision of the United States i think i think you know we have been cheated they think that the International Community is telling the back of them by not being more strongly in the condemnation more strongly condemnation of this decision by donald trump and his administration in the United States and by and large people here have been relatively cool headed the temperatures are no dropping its getting dark and theyve certainly had the stories of the clashes in places in a row and East Jerusalem that had to but that the problems down in gaza as well but people here are approaching us perhaps slightly more pragmatically by not seeking confrontation. As we see with what we see the number of. The police pushing away people after they finished praying that they were loaded they didnt want to go immediately the police when give them any time to stop and do anything else just push them out and thats it probably as i thought of this violent as weve seen but certainly the anger and the frustration here is almost palpable. Thanks very much later alan fischer the. Occupied west jerusalem thanks a lot well while israel hailed the historic moment theres been widespread condemnation of President Trumps declaration as World Leaders gathered and gather at an emergency u. N. Security Council Meeting people across the globe took to the streets in solidarity with the Palestinian People to have a shell has this reporter abbi what happened. In leaders who called in their people to take to the streets on friday by midday protests had erupted around the world in indonesia the most populous Muslim Country demonstrators in the capital jakarta gathered in solidarity to denounce trumps decision. In calling on poor neighboring malaysia thousands of protesters help high cards with a clear message. Drucilla is not americas to give away. Earlier malaysias Prime Minister najib razak highlighted his governments a position to the u. S. President s decision what in Indian Occupied kashmir similar scenes of solidarity from a people who are also struggling for freedom. And the outrage against what many see as an affront on one of the walls holiest sites. In egypt thousands gathered at the main mosque in the capital cairo and students at the American University of cairo as well as other universities voiced their outrage to. Despite it being illegal to demonstrate home to what many see as local kratz a cruel peasant under threat that has sisi young egyptians still protested in another sign of just how unpopular chumps decision is the. Turks in istanbul protested almost as soon as the us president finished his speech on wednesday and thousands amassed again on friday their anger is clear through slim is not just the red line for palestinians but for millions around the world. The protesters in other countries were allowed to express themselves freely. Palestinians living under Israeli Occupation were attacked by Israeli Soldiers when they tried to make their voices heard. In the illegally occupied west bank tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets were fired at protesters who fended off the assault with stones and pebbles israels claim to jerusalem is based on a belief they can back more than two thousand years that god granted it to jews and large reason has been under israeli control since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven the United Nations considers israels presence there illegal International Law states the city is an arab one which israel has no rights over the anger expressed worldwide is because of what is perceived as an attempt by donald trump to legitimize israels elite. Occupation. Well as you can imagine theres lots of reaction official reaction worldwide to trumps decision the arab in the wider muslim world including a number of u. S. Allies theyre all speaking out turkey has come out the strongest threatening to cut diplomatic ties with israel european leaders join the google chorus of voices denouncing trump french german and british leaders all say it will be unhelpful for the Peace Process and stressed that the status of jerusalem needs to be negotiated in the context of a two state solution in canada the Prime Minister that Justin Trudeau he fell short of condemnation but did make it clear that the Canadian Embassy will stay put for russia signaling a willingness to follow suit and says that trumps announcement threaten security in the middle east in fact russias ambassador to israel said that the kremlin considers west jerusalem as israels capital and he suggested that the possibility of russia moving its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem could happen once a peace deal once a peace deal is reached between israelis the israelis and the palestinians and the Czech Republic and the philippines support they support trumps decoration and are interested in moving the embassies to jerusalem meanwhile there are doubts over a planned visit to palestine later this month by the us Vice President might pence and thats all for a Senior Member of the Ruling Fatah Party said he was no longer welcome hence is expected to meet the Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas during the trip and the white house says that cancelling the meeting would be counterproductive lets get more as we can speak in jordan our correspondent he joins us from the white house in washington d. C. So rose what about this trip is it going to happen. Next the trip is going to happen the White House Position is that by declaring jerusalem the capital of israel the administration is in effect not just recognizing the facts on the ground but that its also removing an impediment to try to get the two state solution the process of negotiating peace between the israelis and the palestinians back on track officials arent adding anything more than that but they have been insisting in the past couple of days that this was really a side issue that was an impediment and that this really does in their view free up the possibility of actually resolving the question of what your borders are which country or entity should have control over which parts of its territory all of those things can now actually be discussed without having to deal with the question of where the capital of israel actually is located near a global condemnation that weve been hearing about just talking about it imagine the white house anticipated that that would happen. It was anticipated that this would happen but the Administration Says that after our robust internal discussion that it believes that after twenty two years of the Jerusalem Embassy at being on the books that it was time for the u. S. Government to actually make good on a law that was passed overwhelmingly by both houses of congress and so this is something that hasnt generated much controversy here in the u. S. Beyond the concerns about whether the u. S. Has given up its mediator role in the mideast Peace Process but they do believe that this is actually going to create more space to actually try to help broker peace talks whether or not that actually happens remains to be seen because so far despite this announcement the administration has not put forward exactly what its plans are for trying to get the israelis and the palestinians to agree on a final peace accord or a road thanks very much at the picture from washington d. C. Speaking in paris just a short while ago the u. S. Actor state Rex Tillerson said that the move was not intended to prejudge the outcome of future peace talks between israel and the palestinians lets listen to what he had to say with respect to the rest of jerusalem the president indicated a statement that his decision to recognize him as the capital of israel in his direction to the state department to begin the process of moving the embassy did not indicate any final status for jerusalem and in fact he was i think very clear that the final status of jerusalem is a matter that would be left including the borders would be left to the parties to negotiate and decide. Well lets take this on there joining me on skype from chicago is allie aboon even who is a cofounder of electronic intifada and the author of the battle for justice in palestine ali welcome to the program at this announcement i believe you just heard that announcement from Rex Tillerson emphasizing that the nuts and does not indicate the final status of jerusalem or its boundaries will that emphasis reemphasis if you like go any way to reducing tensions no i mean you have to consider that what the trumpet ministration has done was simply follow the logic of all previous administrations which have adopted all of israels positions as their own i cant think of any occasion where the us offered a socalled peace plan or an idea that wasnt coordinated and agreed in advance by israel and i think its time for anyone who still harbors the delusion that there is a Peace Process let alone one brokered by the United States to wake up and start to ask well what can be done and i think some people are starting to do that and i noticed for example that bob carr the former foreign minister of australia seems to have woken up he tweeted that its time to push for that if the trump netanyahu plan is indeed apartheid which it looks like then the well has to push for equal rights for everyone between the jordan river of the sea so we need clarity at this moment not mock Peace Process delusions and babble but the trouble is that nobody is going to come to any kind of agreement if we go down that route of a well what why not why do you say that. Well given that it has difficulty i think given the difficulty in getting to the point that were at where there is as you say there is basically there is no Peace Process that did not in the premises that you suggest it was the hope that it wouldnt know that thats conventional wisdom which has got to stop for decades the the reason we are where we are is because the so called International Community has never done anything to hold israel accountable they wring their hands just like the europeans do theyve issued more of their handwringing statements about settlements and about a two state solution well boost their trade and aid with israel thats never going to get you to the peace they slap sanctions on russia within weeks if not days of russia declaring it had an excruciating here weve had fifty years have been really colonization and supplement of the west bank and all the europeans and the americans and now the arab states could do is reward israel with better ties and its time for accountability that should come from governments in the form of sanctions on israel at the very least over it settlements and its actions in jerusalem and if they dont want to put sanctions on israel then decent people around the world who love peace and justice should be supporting with every fiber boycott divestment and sanctions on israel ok we know were going to get the drugs theyre going to jump in there because we couldnt clear running out of time just talking about accountability what is the position that the Palestinian Authority now finds itself in say about that credibility and do you think it should stay intact as it is. Well they lost credibility years ago because the only strategy has to be back to has been to bet on an american and a mediator which is indistinguishable from israel so you know if that if you put all that x. Is not basket you end up where the crowd is then you dont start years which is just barking and the statements of doing nothing typing for accountability its time for a Global Movement to hold israel accountable and to make it pay a price for roots as a regime of apartheid occupation and settler colonialism and that is happening whether governments want to join our people are responding to that. I would be very great to get your perspective on this appreciate that very much as speaking to us from chicago there thanks very much indeed just before we move on to a lot of interest online of course facebook as you can imagine let me just give you a couple christopher from the United States says this is so tragic i dont understand why the president does this stuff im afraid hes no president at all then seana on facebook its an unfair world i dont know why america gets involved with other countries stop being the police force of the world she says ok well later theres the Un Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss exactly this trumps declaration it was called at the request of eight countries opposed to his announcement and the u. N. Secretary general and senate could terrorism says that the status of jerusalem must be resolved through direct Israeli Palestinian talks lets speak to mike hanna whos at the United Nations in new york so mike just give us the agenda whats going to happen here and what we can expect. Well the Security Council session proceedings began half an hour earlier this morning to allow for this meeting to take place it has been doing some other business over the last hour or so but we are expecting that within the next hour the your emergency session on the status of jerusalem will commence now a number of nations have called for this to happen weve heard from the ambassador to sweden whos made very clear what is the general un position on this matter he says that the u. N. Has given jerusalem special legal and political status which the Security Council has called upon International Community to respect he says the council needs to address this issue with great urgency thats the general u. N. Position now the Security Council will begin this discussion on the status of jerusalem likely to reaffirm the majority position however there has been no resolution circulated as yet one may come up but of course one must remember that the u. S. Is a permanent member of the Security Council as such it could exercise or indeed would exercise the veto should any resolution be put forward so what we are going to have here is a venting of anger perhaps frustration perhaps and an absolutely definitive statement from the majority of members of the Security Council as to exactly how the u. N. Views the status of jerusalem and that is as an International Entity whose future will only be decided at the end of some kind of negotiation process or a mike i will follow events be back with you just as soon as the people start speaking there or to the u. N. Security council its mike hanna at the u. N. In new york. So you see whats happening online to heal the u. S. Evangelical Christian Community supports me they do but its important to note that while jerusalem has been such a contentious issue for muslims and jews is also significant for christians and the New York Times is reporting that trumps decision came after persistent prodding by the evangelical voters pro israel organizations and some of his biggest donors now well were seeing a growing conversation about the evangelical community in the southern belles of the u. S. They are now a key support base for the trumpet ministration people are also talking about this in canada in germany australia the u. K. As well as brazil now lets go through a couple between so weve seen in the last twenty four hours paula says shes a florida mega Mega Church Pastor she welcomed the move saying that the president fulfilled a Campaign Promise and historian Diana Butler Bass added some context of this she says decades of conservative evangelicals have been longing for this recognition they believe its necessary to regain control of the temple mount and this uses says that it serves as a distraction to the domestic issues happening in the u. S. Right now saying it gives people what they think is a valid defense when trump is called anti sematic and very interestingly here is a new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and they show that the percentage of white evangelical protestants who approve of trumps job as president and february it was ranked to Seventy Eight percent but now in december its moved down to just sixty one but again its still relatively high and this report indicates eighty two percent of white evangelicals believe the god gave the land of israel to the jewish people compared with just forty percent of American Jews who believe the same now not everybody is convinced though pastor bob roberts asked if a single evangel could pastor. And the United States called any evangelical palestinian passer in the west bank to ask about their thoughts he went as far as to say that colonial christianity still lives so what do you think about the sending your forces in the hash tag aging is great or message me directly im not ready to mohamad. Thank you very much indeed i just want to direct you to something which will just tell you everything you could possibly need to know about the situation is in there we go should be coming up any second. Everything you need to know about the issue of jerusalem but you must watch it because it will just reveal. All the tensions that there are at school by jerusalem is on edge and if you search for it its been made by our web colleagues al jazeera dot com three minute video and you will be very well briefed on everything thats going on why its true so im always on the edge of a good look at that. Of course overall a very important story we want to keep your thoughts coming in head tweets a. J. English facebook dot com slash a. J. News grid or of course just whats app us at plus one seven four five zero one triple one four nine and of course a. J. News grid is the hash tag ok the u. K. And the e. U. Have reached a deal on the first stage of bricks and it goes ations following months that look it allows the talks to move on to the next phase on trade negotiations had stalled over Citizens Rights elf to break that the u. K. Socalled divorce payment and the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland the foka has this report. As dawn broke in brussels broke with its a breakthrough on brakes it british Prime Minister to reserve bank and breaks it secretary david davis negotiated through the night to finalize the beginning of the divorce deal with the e. U. The commission has just formally decided to recommend to dupion concert that sufficient progress has no been made on the street terms of evils getting to this point has required gave and take on both sides friday was the last possible day for a deal to be done so the European Council caput pass and then vote next week both sides admitted they made last minute compromises to meet the deadline weve been working extremely hard this week and as you will see it hasnt been easy for either side. That meeting on monday ended in deadlock the Sticking Point was what will become of the only land border between the Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland which is in the e. U. The republic wanted guarantees it will remain open with no return to a socalled hard border with border guards. The Government Coalition partners in Northern Ireland the Democratic Unionist Party vetoed an earlier version of the deal and forced her back to the drawing board the result in Northern Ireland we will guarantee there will be no heart border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to pursue the constitutional and economic integrity of the United Kingdom even though its only stage one of negotiations e. U. Citizens living in britain and british citizens residing in europe did get some certainty about their future the deal weve struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million e. U. Citizens living in the u. K. And of a million u. K. Citizens living in the they will be able to go on living their lives as before its been eight months since may signed article fifty which triggered britains departure from the European Union fifteen months remain to decide the details of the divorce i will always be set a boat is the vote but no we must start looking for the future good future in rich United Kingdom. A close friend and fellow talks now enter the second phase to focus on trade and security with many jobs potentially at risk people on both sides of the English Channel a hope in the break up is a couple needs barca aljazeera london. Progress at last and broke that well for all facebook views weve got the story behind it people its the worlds most expensive painting story come on the newsgroup will bring you the latest on the Lebanon Support Group meeting in paris to focus on crisis talks there and Rex Tillerson made an appeal to saudi arabia it would be comfortable to be. Scolding down and stirring a little unsettling cross parts of middle east over the next couple of days fair bit a cloud not just pushing out of the black sea caspian sea easing over towards afghanistan might see a few a few flurries the snow over the hard gravel to further north up towards is back to stop the most it will stay fine and fly fourteen celsius in kabul twenty six celsius therefore karate may well be looking at highs of around twelve degrees in aleppo and about eighty celsius in beirut getting up to around fourteen Fifteen Degrees over the next couple days clout welcome to the valley of cloud starting to was a live event as we go on through sunday elsewhere shipping a lousy financial on just so you want to shower just creeping towards southern parts of pakistan no sign of any real rank coming into the Arabian Peninsula on the cool side over the next day i also use a twenty three twenty four celsius here and maybe time to just get the jumpers out but elsewhere as you can see generally settled and sunny if a little on the the coolest side then meanwhile a fair amount of sunshine but a fair amount of showers too into Southern Africa to say some lobby shall is just coming into northern parts of missouri bake into tads in there but to the south of that is generally fine im try. A daring road trip across west africa on a mission to redefine a continent too often misrepresented. The weapon of choice digital cameras. It was sold wasnt all that the new african photography takes all the rainy season all this quest for that even as story of creative governor of the invisible ball business this time on aljazeera escaping a war. Finding a new identity. And confronting the reality of racism in religion and the struggle to be accepted. Aljazeera tells the story of what its like to be lebanese and call australia home. Once upon a time in punchbowl at this time on aljazeera. Carlos a look at whats. Happening the attention that al jazeera dot com whats trending you can feel the list that. Scores of palestinians had histories and protests rage also the second in less than that a. J. Plus on why injuries were matters that i was talking about really bad in fact pretty well all the way down the list you got stories related to the treatment story over in yemen there are right decisions in the streets right. Now Southern California is battling for wildfires around los angeles one person has died and others are being treated in hospital the fata destroyed five hundred sixty square kilometers of land in a force more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes and then shuffle reports now from los angeles. Southern california where wildfires continue to blaze and with new dangers now north of san diego this fire blew up into a ten square kilometer blaze in a matter of just hours destroying dozens of homes in a Retirement Community and killing dozens of race horses at a Training Stables the fire forced thousands of evacuations and closed a state highway its a two hundred fifty kilometer stretch of bone dry coastal canyons blasted by hot dry winds from inland its amazing to watch the magnitude of the winds and the fire storms and how fast things change step to really have to be alert i think everybody has done a great job the largest and most destructive fire in the region remains this one in Ventura County now measuring more than four hundred square kilometers and growing with no sign of full containment at least four hundred thirty homes and buildings have been lost here that number certain to grow when the flames finally die out and people can fully assess the damage the air quality in l. A. Rarely good is so bad now that schools across the region have closed until the skies clear and people in many areas have been warned to stay inside to avoid breathing the spreading smoke fire chief say shifting winds will be a threat in coming days as the hot santa ana winds continue to torment californians bespeaks out and right now he joins us live from film law in the state of california its hard to describe just how terrible this is these wildfires spreading with such haste just give us the latest impression of what the situation is or. Well i want to tell you a mic were on the eastern flank of what they call the thomas fire this is by far the biggest of the major fires burning in Southern California figure forty kilometers end to end from this eastern edge of this fire all the way to the west this one is by far the biggest of the fires that are a concern down here thousands of people evacuated on this end of the fire overnight this is an area of avocado farms and ranches in the unincorporated area of Ventura County many people now have been asked or told to leave their homes many more of the evacuation orders from Ventura County from Los Angeles County have been lifted and people are getting more of a chance to go back to their homes at this point our ever san diego far to the south of that county has also been declared a disaster area by jerry brown the governor of california that is of major concern today there were injuries there were a dozen or more homes destroyed there some race horses killed as i mentioned and that is a concern what they call the law fire burning near san diego firefighters across the region have gotten a bit of a break over the last twenty four hours the winds have not been as high as predicted the fire behavior has abated somewhat and they have been able to make some progress on some of the smaller blazes that have been burning that wind expected to be to stay reasonably or relatively calm over the next thirty six or forty eight hours but weather forecasters are also warning that thats no guarantee that it wont whip up and that the hot santa anas from the inland areas of this state wont suddenly gust and blow and cause more problems theyre most concerned about spotting behavior on some of these fires if they get a little bit of a wind gust forty fifty kilometers an hour these things can spot throw embers. Miles ahead and caused problems far beyond whats considered the immediate boundary of the fire this fire the thomas fire in Ventura County figure its about fifty thousand hectares at this point everybody just waiting and wondering what the wind and the fire behavior is going to do over the next couple of days and out in the region does see. Like this periods of time but on this scale how precedented will notice this. Yeah this is a pretty large scale i mean wildfires winter wildfires fanned by these santa ana winds out of the interior nothing new certainly for Southern California but this is on a pretty extreme pretty extreme scale were talking one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred thousand total hectares burned Something Like that so this is something that is really rather extreme and the fire behavior early in the week was absolutely uncontrollable simply ripping through neighborhoods across a large swath of Southern California and there was nothing the firefighters could do absolutely nothing that wouldnt have risked life and limb whats amazing is that in all of this we have one fate ality just one at this point which is an extraordinary extraordinary statistic people here been told just to be ready to pack up and get out of the moments notice and that has happened to thousands of people in Southern California this past week no doubt will happen the more in coming days as well this is this is unprecedented down here in terms of the scale and its not expected to end anytime soon out and thanks very much and data back with you as things develop there lets hope that they get on top of the situation allan shuffler reporting and i mentioned the santa ana winds the great piece on aljazeera dot com by meteorologist rob mccallum a explaining whats going on with those winds which have made the situation worse coming in off the desert there and explains how temperatures rise year by year in the western u. S. And and while farms are increasing is on and also alluded to there and also news of the very latest situation you can find online as well. Ok frances president of mental macro has called on foreign powers to stop interfering in politics in lebanon hes hosting a meeting on the issue in paris lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri. He withdrew his resignation on choosing a month after he made the surprise announcement to step down while in saudi arabia you search your state Rex Tillerson was also attending the meeting in paris lets hear now from across the tasha butler who joins us from paris at the time to tell us more about whats being said well the u. S. Secretary of state rice has met with the French Foreign minister joy they said they had a pretty frank discussion they talked about many issues where they have a common position such as north korea and what they called the fight against terror they also talked about things they dont agree on france has condemned the u. S. Is decision to move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem now earlier the two men were also asked a meeting which was really aimed at trying to strengthen lebannon the lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri was there and the real message that came out of that meeting was that lebanons sovereignty must be respected by those within the country and outside of the country and theres no doubt to that message was really aimed at iran and saudi arabia who are seen as increasingly meddling in lebanese Domestic Affairs well Rex Tillerson also sent a message to riyadh he said that saudi arabia need to be more measured when it comes to the region. I think with respect to saudi arabias engagement with qatar how theyre handling the yemen a war that theyre engaged in the lebanon situation i think we would encourage them to be a bit more measured and a bit more thoughtful in those actions to i think fully consider the consequences i think weve been clear when it comes to yemen we have called for and President Trump himself called for this week a complete end to the blockade of yemen a reopening of all the ports to not just humanitarian assistance but commercial delivery as well because about eighty percent of the food comes in on commercial shipments we are asking that saudi arabia allow that access i think goes to lebanon things have worked out in a very positive way perhaps even more positive than before because there have been very strong statements of affirmation about the future of lebanon which can only be helpful well that was so name International Show of support for Prime Minister saad hariri as the the jetsam its Prime Minister over lebanon and also promises were made by those that this may saying that there should be more done supposed to lebanons institutions economy and his military to make it less vulnerable to outside forces the touch of thanks very much indeed thats a picture from person to the reporting russias foreign minister says that north korea wants direct talks with the United States second lavrov post on the message to us at your state Rex Tillerson in vienna on thursday and it follows the notes latest launch of a missile which it says can hit anywhere in america and threats of Nuclear Retaliation by donald trump the u. S. And south korea are wrapping up a week of military exercises bill yang has long called for an end to those joint drills. That is something that foreign minister lavrov said took place as a part of a conversation i dont have anything on that particular part of the conversation and i cannot confirm if that came up in the secretarys conversation with mr lavrov i will say though as a general matter the issue of direct talks with north korea is not on the table in till theyre willing to denuclearize it is something that russia has said it agrees with it is something that china has that it is agrees with and many other nations around the world as well the d. P. R. K. Is not showing any interest in sitting down and having any kind of serious conversations when they continue to fire off Ballistic Missiles period or on its own or from cuffy mubarak has the latest from seoul. This apparent message from north korea relayed through the Russian Foreign minister to the United States follows two high level visits to north korea the first by a chinese and boy and the second just this week by the u. N. Political affairs chief that was the first visit to north korea of a senior u. N. Official in six years now as far as south korea is concerned the government here says it wants to maintain sanctions and pressure against north korea to bring the government to the negotiating table south korea says the offer for intercourse talks remains open but that north korea has not been responding to that invitation one south korean government minister has suggested that could be because north korea only wants to speak directly to the United States but we heard from the u. S. State Department Spokeswoman that the u. S. Believes that north korea is showing no signs of being willing to sit down and have a serious conversation as long as it continues to fire off a list of missiles before the most recent launch of an i. C. B. M. It had been more than two months since north korea had tested a missile or a nuclear bomb now in the wake of this latest launch it seems the timing is tricky and the United States is refusing to have any talks directly with north korea its good talking to point you in the direction of film made by the veteran journalist john pilger how the United States may well be on the road to war with china its in two parts the first part of the talk there the scroll down your for in the second part of this map which shows a buildup of u. S. Presence in the region as i say the second part has done a very very interesting. Nigerias lawmakers are launching an investigation into possible brutality by a special police unit accused of widespread human rights abuses decision follows a public outcry by thousands of nigerians on line lets go straight to reveal who can take us with the children thanks nic now nigerians have taken a stand against a police unit known as the special anti robbery squad also known as saas and the unit was created to fight a Violent Crime including on drug free and kidnapping but its been accused of extrajudicial killings corruption and why its wide scale Human Rights Violations now on saturday a user person this tweet saying that he saw a sars Office Issues a boy in the head and that tweet was shared widely and then others started sharing their stories with many using the hash tag and saw as thousands of nigerians have been sharing stories of their interactions with the police units and the allegations of abuse now stories of being attacked the talking about being threatened even killed by these offices now on instagram the hash tag n saws is being used to share videos like these and in many cases sars members dont wear uniforms but carry loaded weapons while conducting these raids that because of this many nigerians say that they cant tell who is a robber and who is a Police Officer Amnesty International says the detainees are being subjected to various methods of torture and ill treatment methods which include severe beating hanging starvation and shooting detainees in the legs as well as of mock executions and threats of execution in order to extract information and socalled confessions. Now aside from the abuse many are focusing on the corruption saying that saw is should actually stand for special advanced robbery squad many prominent musicians and entertainers saying that theyve been harassed for driving nice cars having a nice phones or an expensive jewelry or sunglasses now arctic who was nigerias v. P. On the present obasanjo and he has one of the most popular posts online right now saying that the op are trying to harassment of young nigerians by police should be protecting them has no place in Democratic Society and the nigerian priests initially pushed back on this and this campaign saying that the reforms are the answer and provided a hotline for people to submit their complaints instead now the members of the public think that the campaign is an unfair and thats the nigerian Police Officers are doing their job with diligence and they dont choose day the Inspector General of the Police Ordered an investigation into this allegation and also for the reorganization of the force now nigerias parliaments have approved this probe and may nigerians are now saying that this campaign is seen as a victory for online activism and the country so we want to hear from you and get your thoughts on the situation we do get a lot of us out of nigeria so get in touch with us using the hash tag news great or message me directly i met him ahmed thank. You would be very interested and also people watching in afghanistan as well as many other places around the world for our facebook audience paris grocery story being shut down for what its off. To. Join us with some sports news at the golden. Boy with the best. Is. My. A study has found that fifty eight percent of people with autism unemployed with many more underemployed but a number of major corporations all finding that autistic workers bring many valuable skills to the office table john hendren story from motor city in detroit. When you have autism finding work is a challenge finding satisfying work often just doesnt have those i guess worth while ford microsoft Walgreens Drug stores and as a p germanys largest Software Maker are all hiring workers with autism they call it neuro diversity like all workers kevin roach says he has his limitations the most. Is when theres something unexpected. That comes out that i dont feel entirely prepared for and that can be really overwhelming for me where i just i dont know whats going on im gaining too much information in one time but he and other autistic workers also bring advantages other employees lech generally speaking people with autism have a much greater ability to sustain intense concentration on something so if they are in a job concentrating on something that theyre passionate about the concentration level is likely to be much more significant than a person without autism the vast majority of people with autism are unemployed so employment programs help them by putting food on the table but they also help taxpayers at large by taking people off of public assistance and giving them a chance to contribute to society Kirsten Queen proposed the program at ford after her brother was diagnosed with autism they asked us to look for roles that require a great deal of focus and attention to detail and great Organizational Skills he had another job. It was it paid me nowhere near the value here for him and other workers with autism the experiment in neuro diversity is paying off john hendren aljazeera detroit. Ok lets show you what they were talking about what was border they said thank you so much nick well heres according to himself the worlds best footballer and its happened five times and i could probably guess is this man christiane i ran out where he was awarded the first the equaling a record held by is a great rival league not messi at least homan as it sometimes appears as though christiane i read out oh its as comfortable on a red carpet as a football pitch such is the extent of his trophy cabinet the ballon dor is the oldest and most prestigious award of the world best player and for a fifth time it was in renowned those hands ronald off once he was going to circle so no. Of course i feel happy its a great moment in my career or on drugs this is something that i. Looking forward every year every season so im glad that last year we did amazing this is a. Must see them right now to help draw madrid win the Champions League and their First League Title since two thousand and twelve hes tied barcelona starlee now messi with five titles since two thousand and nine the journalists of france football magazine along with National Team colleges and captains have voted for one of them as we know every year but whats left now over now though. What division are still of the motivation you not to really. Christiane or to play with with up in years so i think the main war dudes be enjoyed enjoy myself thanks it caps what they give the Christiana Rinaldo who welcomes three babies into the world as well and a trophy wasnt the only thing rinaldo and his girlfriend and time with either a father of four and now or five times than not all women are least homan aljazeera. Or some people have been questioning how much interest there still is in the barn door after faye for us footballs world governing body split from france football magazine to create their own awards called the best also won by ronaldo earlier on this year because a lot of people do still care about the bow on the wall this map shows tweets being made globally using either the hash tag island or simply the world word renowned though and combined we saw around seven hundred fifty thousand tweets globally most coming from france where of course the awards were handed out followed by the United States as well so for a sample of what people were talking about in those tweets this from arguably the best player of all time pele congratulations to christiane out christiane on winning this years ballon dor i would love to have played in the same side as you are an elder himself could never be accused of a shortage of confidence heres a quote from his interview with the magazine france football which organizes those awards i dont see anyone better than me no player does things that i cannot do myself but i see things others cant do this no more complete player than may i am the best player in history in the good and the bad moments they go thats his opinion of himself many of i would still argue that leno messi has the edge this from football analyst steve agree in twenty years ronaldo will be considered like a modern day a ruthless scoring machine. Messy there will be remembered as an entertainer who did the impossible on a weekly basis and never has been or will be a comparison between the two hash tag messy well let us know what you think on twitter and they are underscore sport the hash tag is. Coming up for me in the eighteen hundred g. M. C. News hour but for now lets get back to nic. Very much i will thank you but a former president of argentina whos been accused of treason says that she is the victim of political persecution Christina Kirschner has been indicted for covering up alleged iranian involvement in a bomb attack twenty three years ago eighty five people were killed in the bombing of a jewish center. From the. Thousands gathered in front of the president ial palace to protest against what they claim is political persecution a federal judge issued deen died men for treason against former argentinean president Cristina Fernandez and called for her arrest. Said the current administration. Is trying to stop dissent if they get out there no mas. These measures for their degree the argentine Justice Branch and indicate that the government and the president is the top and true person who is responsible for a political and Judicial Organisation to persecute the a position four years ago argentina signed a memorandum with the iranian government that would allow argentina forwards to interrogate iranian officials suspected of being part of a terrorist attack against a Jewish Community center in one thousand nine hundred ninety four that killed eighty five people but prosecutor i read attorney man who was investigating the attack named the administrations real motive was to do business with data and. In january two thousand and fifteen nice man was found dead in his home shot in the head a day before he was scheduled to testify before congress against the former president on what he believed was her commitment to leave the interpol red alerts against iranian officials. Congressman while the world says that what is happening now is the result of years of impunity if they want the memorandum is a disaster because it has been proved that it was written in secrecy nobody in the Foreign Ministry participated in the draft we have almost five hundred pages that say that an illicit was committed the only ways to investigate it you investigate these days you persecute and if you dont there isnt punitive argentina as a society will have to find the middle point between the search for the truth through justice. Kirschner and some members of her administration have been the focus of several high profile cases with arrests and demands seen center right. Defeated her candidate danielle is surely even though Christina Kirshner left office two years ago she continues to be a very popular figure in argentina in fact she was elected senator for tolbert legislative elections would grounds for the Community People here are saying that if we stand up pressure is arrested they will take to the streets until she is released. Argentinas legislator has entered a period of judicial recess until march but can be convened for urgent Matters Commission a detention would certainly excessive aid that deep divisions that already exist in argentina even more. With that thats it for the news grid or all the latest from the u. N. Security council coming up in the coming hours but keep in touch with also the newsgroup on social media has tried and it is a. J. News great all the other ways for that right the facebook master but its up at the box well see you back here at studio forty fifteen g. M. T. Inside. Just talking to joke about ill talk the most about shooting people that are not must try to shoot themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem but you worry that this conflict could erupt into a right open war that societys general securities where the people who pay the price clearly their writeup been prejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on aljazeera. I remember the first time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the General Assembly of the United Nations because it was so many nationalities. Just different places but its one that gives us that gives us the ability to identify with one side of the world but we can understand what its like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for aljazeera. On counting the cost the Gulf Cooperation Council although theres not much cooperation these days we look at all the regions being affected by a cause in economic relations also the shocking numbers on the Plastic Economy o. M. G. Twenty five years since the worlds first texts and counting the cost at this time on aljazeera. This month the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons will receive the Nobel Peace Prize but was the real threat in a series of special reports aljazeera examines the state of Nuclear Proliferation around the world. A day of rage in the occupied palestinian territories of u. S. President trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital