Live from studio fourteen here at headquarters and. Welcome to the news group. Takes the streets. To school but has to protest against the u. S. To see the. Capital the groups leader addressed the crowd saying the focus should be on the palestinian cause what does that tell exactly the reporter at the scene of the protest. Russian troops may be president. Of the country these troops meeting president ceasing his next stop will be turkey will have all the developments. In capital kiev as thousands marched to take the detention of former georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has become an Opposition Leader in ukraine and called for the impeachment of the president. And. Interface group is visiting israel but many say the trip is inappropriate saying behind cannot normalize relations with israel its one of the top part. Calls on our website at the moment we want to know what you think connected us to the hash tag a genius. So that youre with a news grid live on air and streaming online through Facebook Live at aljazeera dot com tens of thousands of protesters are rallying in lebanon against u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel gathering in response to a cool by hezbollah for mass demonstrations follows violent confrontations in beirut on sunday between protesters and Security Forces near the u. S. Embassy as well the leader Hassan Nasrallah has called for action after. The m. E. Sham and then i call out to the axis of resistance an old resistance factions now that we have done from fighting isis its time to go back to our main cools the palestinian case. Well of course one is out of order is joining us now from beirut has been monitoring the situation and say in a house and thats rather a very much preaching to his crowd to his base tell us more about what he had to say. Well yes tens of thousands of people filled the streets of the Southern Suburbs of beirut hezbollah stronghold this is their territory in a protest organized by hezbollah to show support to jerusalem and the palestinian cause now addressing the crowd telling them that the trumps decision was yet another u. S. Aggression against the palestinian cause and the aim really is to strip the palestinian of the right saying that protest action should continue in one way or another trumps the situation has served hezbollah why because from the beginning when when hezbollah was born three decades ago palestine really has been central to their cause but as of late it has been criticized for militarily intervening in syria for example at one point a few years ago it was portrayed as a Resistance Movement in the arab world but it lost a lot of popularity and legitimacy when it intervened in syria and its opponents accuse it of being a sectarian militias and serving irans interest so now hezbollah is saying we have won against i so that war is winding now down and now we have to concentrate on the palestinian cause our main cause and when he says the border is. Thats pretty significant is not. Well definitely yes hezbollah like i mentioned intervened in syria but it also has trainers and commanders in iraq and it has come under a lot of course of the criticism not just in the arab world but here in lebanon lebanon i witnessed a political crisis just a few weeks ago and and hezbollahs Regional Reach really its role outside of lebanons borders was a source of tension so in one way or another hezbollah hinting that it is going to end its intervention abroad but we have to point out he did call on resistance groups to come together to forge a struct to cheat but he didnt say what action they will take and that is significant because hes treading very carefully because if he decides to take any action then there could be domestic backlash because some in lebanon will say well has not the state and it cannot decide for itself it cannot declare war or decide to a peace with any country so trading very carefully but quite a few messages in his speech today but hezbollah trying again to show itself as a Resistance Movement that jerusalem is at the center of its cause there thanks very much indeed thats a picture in beirut then a hoarder reporting that there have been more confrontations between Palestinian Protesters and Israeli Forces in the old hard west Bank Holidays of them stretching in the palestinian territory the palestinian u. S. Decision on jerusalem is also being directed at the palestinian Political Leadership people are frustrated of the decades living under Israeli OccupationHoda Abdelhamid reports now from the occupied west bank. To apologize we dont seem to have it right now but we will come back to the little bit later. Meanwhile israels Prime Minister has urged europe to follow washingtons lead and recognize jerusalem his countrys capital Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking ahead of a meeting with e. U. Foreign ministers in brussels where hes facing pressure to restart middle east peace efforts i believe that all or most of the rippin countries will move the embassies to jerusalem recognize drew slim as israels capital and encourage robustly with us for security prosperity. And peace. We believe. That the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which are those as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is our considered position and we will continue to respect International Consensus on jerusalem until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to diet negotiations between the parties and we hope that the parties can gauge in many for direct negotiations with the support of the International Community or lets hear now from Dominic Casey who has more from brussels. It would appear to be trying to square a circle and the the view from the Israeli Government from listening your promise and netanyahu here for the first time for twenty two years received in the capital of the e. U. As it were with a cold real reception but with short shrift from the federica madine and indeed from the representation of the e. U. Here that know the e. U. Position very clearly its a two state solution and now is not the time to be talking about it and to seize and capitals being moved to jerusalem where as we just heard mr netanyahu believes this is the way ahead he thinks that this is the way that peace can be arrived at in the middle east so i see you say very clear differences of opinions at least in so far as heads of government and heads of representation is a consent the one thought to point out here is that there are some e. U. Countries have already said that they are predisposed towards moving their embassies to jerusalem to what they would consider to be the israeli capital following on the example of the United States notably the Czech Republic saying theyll do it and indeed hungary as well so there are some e. U. Voices saying the sorts of things that mr netanyahu wants to hear but definitely not from voices here specifically in brussels well also that Media Conference been netanyahu talked about the importance of israels role in europe security Israeli Intelligence has prevented dozens of terrorist attacks many of them on european soil. And i think countless lives have been saved as a result of this cooperation and i believe that israel serves a very important security function. For the people of europe in ways that are not always understood but increasingly are appreciated by the relevant governments. Well been there has been turning to the bible to make his case for the jewish peoples claim over jerusalem he did this while in paris meeting president emmanuel mccord on sunday and again in brussels on monday and lets have a listen to what he had to say there is an effort to continually and you inform. And elsewhere to deny the money and connection of the jewish people to jews. You can read it in a very fine book its called the bible for three thousand years has been the capital of the jewish people from the time by king david well documented in the history of the bible ok lets get back to that short film that we want to show you promised in the u. S. Decision on jerusalem has also been directed at the palestinian Political Leadership his heart of the home he has witnessed every clash for the past three years as so many have erupted near the petrol station where he works he doesnt join in but understands the motivation especially after declare a shit over jerusalem. It was a real bad feeling for everyone its like an insult but i want to be able to do anything at all either has only been to do twice thats how often israel has granted him permission still like every palestinian he considers it the only capital for a future palestinian state this is the closest point to jerusalem many palestinians can reach even though the city is less than a half hours drive from this checkpoint but to go through it they need special permission from the israelis and thats very difficult to come by. Well cohen is from jerusalem he lived abroad for several years but decided to return home so his wife and children could get their residency twenty years later his daughter who is still waiting for hers. I dont have an id i dont have any proof that im a living human being i might not get my papers but im holding on to my rights best cant refute trumps decision he wont meet the american Vice President but what else can he do the Palestinian Authority has come under criticism for being too lenient it was established after the courts and many say it should be dissolved since the agreement has gone nowhere its easy to say throw it away its not something that you threw away this is an achievement the issue is you have to capitalise on it their issue is that you should not accept what. This or thought it to be when i say a Service Provider i dont want this orthodoxy to be asserted was provided only for the people that believe they can do that mahomets abound there has travelled far and wide but never set foot in the holy city despite repeatedly applying for a permit he thinks that palestinians now need new blood and the new vision we have a Resistance Movement in gaza the did nothing we have who believe in peace and the. Nothing for us thats mean we want to find a number of choices what is the tone and whos claim that he is leader for palestinians should find the choices perhaps for him as the latest cartoons express better than words how palestinians feel these days the Peace Process was a radius shipwreck. Trump killed it with the help of arab leaders who are a dimmer see of the United States and jerusalem was ultimate Christmas Present what up that have made aljazeera in the occupied west bank. Well lots of facebook interest on this you just say that derek is saying that a state the twenty seven years old claiming one of the oldest cities in the world has as its capital is a joke which leads us into our guest now who joins us from bethlehem is reverend miter wright whos a palestinian theologian and also welcome to the news grid miter benjamin as you know has been very vocal in claiming that the bible provides the provenance of israels claim of jerusalem does it i dont think so i think you have time when. It is contradicts human rights. But i do you call it divine right do you think that that defined by your minds eye. To me as if the you know just that its not the way we invited they think human rights in that the more divine right because otherwise you end up with ice. And. Fish in the juice and the bible says its the city where everyone should come together and this is why the church isnt the holding them for the last thirty years i think only it should be a city put to peace and religion and think. And nobody should be excluded i think what saddam just did was exploiting the muslims and the. Palestinians this just because of the trouble is a miter what happens is that there are all those and they number in the millions especially in the United States who are convinced about the about the literal truth of biblical prophecy id be actuated that its no big prophecy talking about the joys the peace talk about prophecy but actually they dont even call it the five it they just say what they think. Ok interesting how do you bridge the divide that because despite what you say there are still those who believe it and they number in the millions of say how do you bridge the divide between the kind of. You know who is saying and what the reality as you perceive it is on the ground. I think i think that its no way an act you wouldnt do if i didnt think you hindsight and then if i that should not be told that they did and the time maybe this would have been possible three thousand but its not possible to date so we should actually but i think that books insults you might like them that much and i dont and actually when the the whole in five man if you look at it and i read them extensively on this if you look at the bible and find it difficult that actor when you see if youve been when ive been listening to the show by the by and i think the bible this way you would find actually that thats right i took the five then went live think and they vetted similar context like the palestinians today did so the pipe it speaks a lot a lot i like language and not the language of the holy bible actually was kind so. Just saying that i just. Hope you find. Very interesting very very interesting to hear reverend appreciate very much reverend miter talking to us from bethlehem thank you. Ok now our colleagues its a plus to recap the recent protests in jerusalem and the violence between police and demonstrators start with this image of a fourteen year old thats gone viral having to. The writers have even been using the web it really is quite frightening for the people who are standing here watching these horses racing towards the. New because of the threat of. Never give up nothing to make them look at the. Time. I was. Storys been trying for two days in a row right its slipping behind into this conversation with whats going on in israel a bahraini Interfaith Group is visiting israel as a what theyre saying is a gesture of tolerance and coexistence thats according to the countrys state agency but many say that the trip is a sign of normalization of ties between the two countries and that did not go well with many people especially in gaza palestinians protested against the groups visit to israel and meeting local officials there theyre also criticizing the timing right after trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem now the visit by twenty four delegates from the group theyre called this is behind and theyve also stirred an uproar on social media using the hash tag an arabic hash tag behaving resist normalization twitter users mostly from behaving are opposing the trip by using that hash tag this user here said its disappointing how were trying to be friendly with the enemy we should have a strong word against there against this with the arabic hash tag there when you have miriam here she says im a beheading any citizen and i condemn the visit of the bahamian delegation to israel and urge my government to take a firm stance against normalization with the Israeli Occupation but the group said in a statement that quote it does not represent any official entity from behind but the visit is rather a private initiative they went on to say quote the initiative by this is beheading is based on the principles of tolerance and coexistence and approach embraced by the kingdom of bahrain and a feature of it society and aims to visit islamic christian jewish and other holy sites across the world. Now this is behind includes behind me citizens and residents from Foreign Countries including the americas and british nationals as well as other religions like buddhists christians hindus jews and of course muslims now we want to know what you think of this visit is the group helping or hurting the relationship relationship between the two countries you can get in touch with us as always with our hash tag right there hash tag a. J. News get nick i mean excellent thanks very much i have highlighted this before this feature and on easter islam there really is a very good way to get on top of just what the situation is in jerusalem and why it matters so much you just go to al jazeera dot com and youll find this video explain or can just draw it out a bit entitled why is jerusalem always on edge and it describes everything thats going on and and what all the tensions and what all the issues are and who claims what three minutes long its well worth a look so you do get your thoughts coming into us here at aljazeera about this and all the stories that were covering tweet us at a. J. English short facebook dot com slash a. J. News grid or indeed of course whats app a set plus the answer for five one triple one four nine and of course a. J. News grid is the crash tike right russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria he held unannounced holds with his ally the syrian president Bashar Al Assad during a visit to him and a base in the tukey a province putin also stopped in egypt where he met with president hu will sisi entails time was. At a military base in western syria a visit by Vladimir Putin its the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by Senior Officers and warmly embraced by president Bashar Al Assad. Putins forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen when the Syrian Government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced a partial pullout of his soldiers from syria. You dont know much about but he goes to the general command i give the sort of russias military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this. Putin also pledged to continue to support syrias military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met with president bill fattah elsisi the leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years has purchased billions of dollars worth of Russian Military hardware and has approved a Draft Agreement to allow russian jets to use Egyptian Military bases putin and c. C. Also signed a deal under clear power bickering ties between russia and egypt the second largest recipient of u. S. Military aid after israel could potentially strain relations between cairo and washington but is yet another sign of putins attempts to grow russias influence across the middle east is also part of his. His way actually to express himself and to exhibit now helps project power in the middle east. By visiting total u. S. Allies not talking here about egypt what about about to and to actually has been closing and has been has been drawing closer to russia over the boss couple of he has so hes trying to make he was. That difficult relationship that u. S. Allies are having with their International Patent in order to at present a project his influence in the region whatever the case its clear of putins interest and influence in the region appears to be expanding in p. S. Had aljazeera. Ok well lets bring in our guest now youre a bomb and who is let me tell you hes a fellow Russia InternationalAffairs Council can joins us right now so you return us what you think about this and whats president putin is doing in this what he does the rounds in this whistle stop tour what was his motivation. What log one more button is on the road show in the middle east now all because i believe hes about to be well he announced his ambition to run for reelection as the president and this is certainly creates specific background for his you know for his bid to be reelected and Vladimir Putin is. To host the his annual press conference on december fourteenth and certainly his tour in the middle east is this you know his final steps to convince the russian public that Vladimir Putin is a strong leader and he needs to be reelected as the president of the Russian Federation syria you see was the. Was a symbol of russias come back to the to the global arena as this you know powerful state. That is capable of you know of acting on a par with the United States and he needed to complete that round in syria and he needed to say that finally we have defeated the sonic state and finally we can proclaim victory in syria so that i think is part of his you know that was the main argument right so that syria is also in egypt and also going to turkey what do you see what does he want from these three countries and what can they get from him. Well both turkey and egypt are crucial states for russias attempts to to to bring the opposite the Syrian Opposition and the Syrian Government together in geneva and austin and now were hearing about sochi and certainly both egypt and turkey can play a role there any gun is in touch with well lets say turkey has a has a lot of influence on some rebel groups in syria. Sisi proved to be quite useful in you know on in negotiating a cease fire in syria so he is trying to rally as much support as he can for his for his ambition to to reach the political agreement for the Syrian Crisis because as far as syria is considered russia started its intervention back in two thousand and fifteen will he think that he achieved everything that he wanted to do. Well one report was very clear about that he said that now we have not fully defeated terrorism in syria but we have managed to you know to to lead to the demise of these comics state that is at least partially achieve these goals he has certainly managed to to stabilize the Syrian Government now nobody is saying about overthrowing assad anymore so that that is probably the biggest achievement in syria so far ok youre a bomb and we appreciate that thank you very much indeed for your expertise let me just point to this putins involvement in syria has been controversial so to. Grip on power here is a view that his full fix three must be rejected and if you just scroll down as couple of quotes the second one is worth reading if the world remains united in the stance that syria deserves better than this syria deserves better than a sad and better than terrorism i hope we will get the ending we deserve ok lets move on we can see whats happening around the world these are pictures actually from new york where there was a bomb was discovered in a pipe bomb in a subway i believe and weve also got a standing by were going to speaking to him a little bit later about venezuela but now lets go to sue turton in london with more of the days news. Thanks think place in new york have arrested a man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway near times square the man who has been identified as twenty seven year old. Was injured in the blast which happens around seven twenty in the morning local time three other people suffered minor injuries new yorks mass says the suspect was believed to have acted alone lets be clear as new yorkers our lives revolve around the subways when we hear of an attack on the subway is incredibly on settling. And lets be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve is ultimate goals. Thank god our First Responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe. Krista salumi is live for us in manhattan chris and what more can you tell us from that Emergency Response people giving us that press conference. Will soothe that attack happened about three hours ago which was in the height of the morning commute here here in new york city you can see behind me that we have very much an active Crime Scene Investigation still going on this is the area of new york that is just south of times square a very busy area the streets completely blocked off normally it would be full of traffic and commuters going to and from work. Not only are we near times square were also dear the Port Authority which is a major hog for bus traffic in new york. Thats right behind me and below me is the times square subway station so this is a major hub in manhattan almost every major subway goes through underneath here and it was in the subway tunnels below that twenty seven year old a coyote set off this explosive device which police are describing as a primitive sort of bomb they believe it malfunctioned he was injured but survived the attack three other people as you said had minor injuries they do believe he acted alone he did give a statement to police theyre not discussing that at this time they were asked if he made any statements alleging affiliation to isel are any other group theyre not commenting on that right now only to say that they do believe it is an attempted terror attack but thankfully one that did not succeed in any meaningful way again only the three bystanders suffering minor injuries in that blast police will have a major presence around the city today out transit hubs other subway stations to keep an eye out as they further investigate this man and possible connections of course new york. Used to these kinds of attacks if you can say anyone gets used to these sorts of things we just had a major attack over a month ago in which. Eight people were killed so its disturbing for people here but people moving about their way on the back to work in the city as what else can we do thank you kristen the latest there from new york. The philippine president is seeking to extend washoe law across parts of the country until the end of next year rodriguez a turtle a says is needed to fight armed groups in the southern mindanao Region Military rule was first imposed in the area in may to stop an uprising by eisel supporters in raleigh city on sunday demonstrators took to the streets to protest against what they call a looming dictatorship. Bangladesh and maam are working on a plan to send hundreds of thousands of range of refugees back to me amar but the u. N. And Rights Groups say the plan is flawed because it doesnt guarantee their protection when they return and as a trial stratford met one elderly refugee who is fed violence in maam are four times over the last seven decades this time he says he will not return up to salaam says he is over one hundred years old his wife will stuff a big im going to the shelter in the code to prolong refugee camp he says the first time he fled violence in what was then burma was when the british were fighting the japanese during World War Two but he has fled military crackdowns on the ranger three times since then in one nine hundred Seventy Eight one thousand nine hundred ninety two and two and a half months ago and this time he says he wont go back. I feel bad for my home but im afraid to go back because they could you know like he says theres no point in sending us back to me a moment because there is no Security Force there. Rights groups say the ranger have suffered systematic atrocities by the myanmar army in recent months hundreds of range of villages have been destroyed and burned to the ground the un says women have been gang raped by myanmar soldiers. Its estimated that hundreds of ranger men women and children have been killed up but the bangladeshi and myanmar government so already working on a plan to send Bank Hundreds of thousands of refugees to me and. They say it will be voluntary and he aimed to start in two months so what would the range of refugees go back to inside me and the myanmar government doesnt recognise them as an ethnic group if we do their citizenship in one thousand nine hundred eighty two giving them limited access to education and health care and making them vulnerable to arbitrary arrest at the un says how can a people go back to a country in which they are still vulnerable to the kind of violence and persecution from which they fled. The un says the root causes of persecution such as lack of citizenship must be addressed first. May suffer more violence one of the things we need to really underscores that we shouldnt rush into this condition for return need to be addressed and were Clear Conditions today in myanmar are not right for refugees to go home of the salaam says his village like many others was burned down by the Myanmar Military he has no way to go back to a woman or not they will not allow a single ranger to live there he says they will slaughter a school please dont send this bank as bait for the a monster. The fear of a man who has fled for his life time and time again chance transferred onto syria could you problem with camp bangladesh. That set from a finance grade now back to neck and say we see you later thanks very much indeed couple of thoughts coming to us on facebook a lot of interest and stories of becoming the first on all the stories weve been handling here first of all saeed who says this is on the bible in israel story that we did biblical prophecy does not mean you have to side with the aggressor that saeed and on syria both the usa and russia says mahmoud to withdraw their forces after confirming that assad can handle the situation singlehandedly he is not reliable for syria they do keep your thoughts coming to us all the stories that were covering tweeters that a. J. English or facebook dot com slash news grid or indeed whats not plus one seven four five one triple one four nine and of course a. J. News grid is the hash tag. Still ahead on news grid for our face but if you look at some new research on how much it costs to keep people in jail the largest prison system in the United States also on the program venezuelas president bans opponents from running in the countrys two thousand and eighteen elections well take a look at the issue and what locals are saying. Hello again but take a look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia germany looking fine ive seen a very warm this time of year marty there is zero tashkent two degrees but all fine around the caspian sea ten degrees for baquba and tehran these aside the mediterranean to plenty of sunshine decent day in beirut it twenty three degrees dropping by slightly as we head on through into wednesday stage kuwait city coming in at nineteen degrees and weve had quite a brisk wind blowing down through the gulf over the last few days still there a little bit on choose day but its on its way out so as we head on into wednesday will find those winds really much lighter and it will feel warmer twenty five degrees or some ice from here on for abu dhabi elsewhere were looking at a slightly warmer conditions for mark as usual a maximum of thirty two degrees and twenty eight in medina across into southern portions of africa plenty of showers across angola through zambia and into zimbabwe and mozambique so thats expect to continue through tuesday but lusaka hunter ari seen some heavy downpours but further towards the south fine across much of the mid be a fine across the bulk of south africa is one of two showers towards the eastern cape and then through into wednesday cooling off as a breeze picks up for cape town highs of eighteen and we could just see wanted to share a threatening johannesburg highs here of twenty four. Going green bacteria in a bar a tree in super heated gas escaping from boca in iceland this is really the fault of innovation in the throat what happened to experiments both exploring and been affected by fear because how cancer the impacts of Climate Change the science of capturing called the new thing made sap on the scientific on the back of im a tailwind and why does have the potential. Of a good start on all jazeera. With a big breaking news story it can be chaotic and frantic behind the scenes. People shouting instructions in your ear youre trying to provide the best most accurate observations information as quickly as you can. Its when you come off on things simply to realize youve witnessed history in the making. What is trending it out is there dot com what is grabbing the interest you can see the stories weve been covering one man in custody after the explosion in central manhattan flat in a pigeon ordering to be getting the tool from syria is the story down here number six is saudi saudi least you can cinemark a step to being free to explore that aljazeera dot com. Thousands of people marched through the ukrainian capital of kiev to protest against the detention of former georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili its like its really became an Opposition Leader in ukraine and has been calling for the impeachment of president Petro Poroshenko he was arrested on friday following a dramatic stand off where he clambered on to the roof of a car to avoid police and was freed from a police van by his supporters lets look at how successful he became an Opposition Leader in ukraine he came to power in georgia joining the socalled rose revolution in two thousand and three but he ended up fighting a war with russia that eventually forced him to escape to ukraine its former University Friend and ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko granted him citizenship and portioned also appointed him to rule the adesa region back in two thousand and fifteen this off the Russian Troops annexed nearby crimea but it didnt take long before the two political allies fell out and since the split second. Billy has been stripped of ukrainian citizens citizenship and started leading opposition rallies against person or the former georgian president is now stateless and faces extradition to his home country to face corruption allegations which he denies or they would stand as a correspondent for dodge of l a in kiev and he says that sec is really is also not wanted back in georgia hes become a focal point one of many focal points but given the political environment right now in ukraine whatever opposition there is it tends to gather around whats whats available there were these large demonstrations on sunday these were some of the largest that weve seen since the revolution in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen and there are obviously its hard to say for the majority but a large number a good number of the people there were out because they were protesting the detention of mississauga surely but hes been detained here in ukraine under charges of abetting a criminal organization the organization that allegedly is connected to the former president Viktor Yanukovych the chances of extradition its difficult to say because if when asked to say that where mr saakashvili ends up ends up causing a lot of trouble and theres some speculation that the georgians actually really dont want to see him back there that he once he comes back in the country could be a focus or a focal point for opposition and opposition protests in georgia so it is a bit of a hot potato i guess you could say and well see what happens today because as we speak his bail trial is taking place and will determine in what capacity he will remain under arrest in ukraine. Well the latest on the story in a news section on al jazeera dot com and also if you go on to this books here and click on the top story that leads you to this episode of inside story focusing on ukraine as ukraines struggle about corruption and power and they use the circus for himself in it midst of arrest so thats well worth a watch now women who have publicly accused president u. S. President donald trump of Sexual Harassment and assault to getting together for the first time to speak out about their experiences are expected to call for a congressional investigation or meanwhile three Democratic Senators calling for trump to step down over the Sexual Harassment allegations more than a dozen women accused trump of Sexual Misconduct jury in the Election Campaign in the past few months allegations against men in powerful positions have forced a number of resignations the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley says those who have accused the president should be. How do you think people should assess the accusers of the president well i mean you know the same thing as women who accuse anyone should be heard they should be heard and they should be dealt with and i think we heard from them prior to the election and i think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated in any way they have every right to speak out the speech can be how could he joins us from the white house and can be very interesting listening to nikki haley that speaking her mind and one imagines how that has gone down in the building behind you. Well the white houses pointing out in a statement that theyve released to the media that in fact this is been addressed in the campaign before the American Voters judge the president based on those allegations which emerged and decided that he was still fit for the white house but these women who we pointed out did first make these claims on the campaign trail or taking a second pass at it given the fact that as you talked about in the intro there there is a changing climate here in the United States weve seen a whole host of celebrities members of Congress Business leaders stepping down because of Sexual Harassment allegations so there is this effort in addition to calling for the congressional investigation to to potentially get the president to be forced to resign so thats the motivation here but the white house is saying once again as we heard in the campaign trail by Truck Campaign associates the this is viewed as false claims totally disputed in most cases by eyewitness accounts and also to theres a an element of the white house believes that is saying that the timing of this is politically motivated calling this absurdity you know when it comes to political motivations there is a very important vote coming up in the u. S. State of alabama Southern State highly contested where the president is campaigning on behalf of a very controversial candidate roy moore who has also faced similar accusations so there certainly is a bit of a reference there in the white house statement perhaps to that case as well right and what about the school for congressional hearing. Well certainly this is something that has been percolating here in the United States for some time and is now gaining traction not only are these women speaking out as we are talking right now but also to they have been speaking out on Morning Television chat show here in the United States trying to get traction for the hashtag me to movement were increasingly women are coming forward telling their stories and certainly that again is what the white house is a living to in terms of political motivations because in addition these women are also appearing in a film that was released last month that is put forward funded by a left leaning political or Progressive Group so certainly there are deep divisions in the United States this is no exception of that except that the difference now compared to the campaign trail is that a lot of resignations have occurred many hoping that the president may do the same could be thanks very much indeed can we hope that reporting that venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro says that open session policies which boycotted local elections a barred from taking part in next years president ial vote find his way to hold its first municipal elections since two thousand and thirteen on sunday at three of the four main opposition parties boycotts of the votes and said that the electoral system is biased president ial elections scheduled for next year to speak now to douglas women who joins us from caracas and done this consolidates position didnt. Very much so which i think has come as a surprise to many venezuelans many of those viewing the situation in venezuela when they could not make crises going on in the country at the moment rampant inflation through the medicines a short even banknotes a very gas yet Nicolas Maduro and his supporters have pretty much swept the board in the municipal elections they won more than three hundred of the three hundred thirty five seats up for grabs right across the country there obviously reasons for that as you mentioned the boycott by some of the main opposition parties many tens of thousands of venezuelans have left the country to escape the economic turmoil many of them opponents of Nicolas Maduro and also many voting for local politicians to guarantee that they will get government funding because what often happens is when opposition candidates win local elections they dont get the funding they need for basics like rubbish collection like sewage supplies that kind of things although they may oppose Nicolas Maduro they may well vote for his candidates in local election but still a surprise nonetheless he is consolidating his hold on power also the very fact that he has said those candidates cannot opposition candidates who boycotted the elections will not now be able to take part in the political process they have responded and said they will continue to march they will continue to oppose Nicolas Maduro that he is not acting within the law or in banning them from the political process to a great deal of conflict a very polarized country politically so i think a great deal more complex to come in the months and months ahead despite nicolas. Apparent grip on power thanks very much they dont reporting that we have a very good resource here a lot about this crisis has been going on for some time as daniel says will keep on going and if you scroll down you can see dates back gives you all the latest happenings but if you go back a week by week all the way to the top here you have the very latest you can easily get to see. Happening in venezuela. Ok so in the sport certain foot will draw a bit yeah how spain last sixteen of the Champions League it has happened is the most watched and most lucrative competition in Club Football and one game in the last sixteen of this seasons Champions League underlines its blockbuster a pale two time defending champions around which would have been drawn supply parry sound man ronaldo and co getting this tough time after only finishing second in their qualifying group while reale of won the title twelve times in all pearce she had invested massively in new players including of course neymar to try and win this trophy for a first time would play to two years ago designs and go against them since then in the strengthening of their d. N. A. Every summer a the same but overly with players so i feel there are really very strong evidence for men to feel the matches will take place of its beginning in the second week of february chelsea will renew their rivalry with five time when is barcelona the last time they met was in twenty twelve chelsea warned that on their way to winning the title ukrainian side shuts out the next play roma by munich make thirty turkish champions but shipped us the draw so what they wanted to buy a wish clubs a record five progressed from the group stage spurs were handed a tough time against its current champions eventis man city or pipe Basel Liverpool take on porto and man united draw against sylvia lets talk now to our Sports Correspondent leigh wellings late one standout side of course could this be p. S. G. Do you think. I think i really need it to be the year when you look at how they pride in the group stage they were irresistible and now theyve got neymar and there is a thought just the thoughts that neymar at some stage produce christiane are going out are i was all of our guidance from when our last week hes not willing to give up his ground round would want to give up there is champions to arsenal right could be the first team since bon munich in the seventys to win three Champions League in a row but it does feel that p. S. G. Should be pushing them really hard because theyve got the money Manchester City have got the money and theyll be laughing they have got balls all when pearce geometry would have to play each other but this whole thing of name of us is rinaldo of p. S. G. Just knocking on the door but round which would still be in the kings of the moment barcelona into the mix too of course they have to play chose who is really difficult going for them i think is a fantastic draw and i think its going to be an intriguing question over those two legs in the last sixteen lay five english teams in a draw of course is the financial power of the premier league finally kicking in do you think. Or its been a big problem for the premier league actually because of its power that is what english clubs focus on everything seems to revolve around it i mean if you go back couple of decades or more the f. A. Cup was the big thing that people how to focus on it was the big event of the year not just the biggest events in football in england but of course the premier league now the Champions League should be the big one but its not always the case that scrap for the premier league takes priority but at the case of leicester they were doing really well in the Champions League in such way narry because they werent doing well in the prairie lake but theyre not going to get this season the english teams pollock as much of the city as a good at the moment to see if they can go over the why but theres a lot of quality in the top five or six and thats why weve seen five clubs qualifying for the first time its over were going to knock out stages theyre really going to be up against it with their opponents now so lets see how many english clubs are in the code of ours and see if one of them can actually win it and leave just tell us about shots of donetsk a still a club face is a real challenge every time they play at home so to speak and theyve got a fairly interesting manager as well. They were in power for the sake of the one a lot of new fans after they managed to qualify for the last sixteen he came into the press conference of course dressed as zero he vowed hed do it he did do it you know why victory over magic the city we shouldnt go overboard with that city were already comfortably throw but it was still a really good win for them to reach the last sixteen considering the circumstances having to place are far from the netsky in kharkiv because of the situation the conflict in Eastern Ukraine its a real achievement for them they have be environment in these competitions before and actually they will fancy their chances theyll get tame shakhtar donetsk and i dont think theyre picking up the fans or have an eye and see if they can actually make their way any further in this tournament lee wellings as ever thanks so much free time lee well some mind games going on already between players and clubs and is being played out on social media barcelonas official account its waiting this one out in english weve had some great times as Stamford Bridge havent we asked a lot of pictures from two thousand and nine when iniesta score the late winner as chelsea were beaten in that game you ventus player cloudier mark looking forward to taking on tottenham ready for this london calling says the midfielder uva were runners up last season and this really interesting from bush sending a direct message to bind munich the turkish team saying ask see my werner about as the leipzig striker had to put in air plugs when he played in the sheets as earlier on this season because he said the crowd was so loud or bines official us account replying dont worry it will bring the noise so or good stuff and just finally joining a proud list of footballers to have statues that only bear a passing resemblance to their actual features is one Diego Maradonas some look at this one is visiting india at the moments in this is the statue that seemed to become a permanent fixture in calcutta. At least hes saying the funny side of it is also having a park named after him in the city it apparently captures the moments in his team on the nine hundred eighty six world countdown for the new let us know what you think about that so anything else you can get in such a visit the hash tag a. J. News great or and the r. Underscore sports plenty more for me and in the eight hundred g. M. T. News hour but for now lets go about singing and thanks very much to the spectacular statue the great hoodie ok during its long depression greece is witness the fastest growth in Solar Energy Use in the developed world off to spain meaning that greece will meet its emissions targets under the paris Climate Change accord and now the government wants to build on that success is preparing a law that will make it easier for apartment blocks to install solar panels on their rooftops johnson reports now from lover you. Greeces Solar Revolution came from the countryside forty two thousand homes like this one turns their power bills into checks from the Power Company by selling electricity back to the grid to pensioners are you know plus an extra nine thousand dollars a year have made a difference they dont know its my pension all over again without it wed be printing our pennies in this economy it means i can help my children my daughters in school my son is unemployed my wife doesnt have a pension over five years household installed three hundred and seventy five megawatts of generating capacity equivalent to a midsized power station and thats not counting farmers who turned over their land to larger Scale Production or industrial installations in solar and wind power both of which greece has in abundance but the government cost this revolution in twenty fourteen strapped for cash it cuts the rate at which the grid bought power from homes from fifty five cents per kilowatt hour to under twelve cents the twenty fourteen law effectively removed households from the Renewable Energy market until then more than four thousand homes would install solar panels on their rooftops each year but in that year the number fell to just sixty three and it has never recovered a new bill now aims to bring the Solar Revolution to the cities where more than half the population lives by encouraging groups of five or more homeowners to install solar panels but the twenty fourteen rate cut still haunts people like. Whose proceeds fell by half. Things that im not sure whether the broken promises of the past make it possible for investors to go forward today were talking about an investment of about seventy thousand dollars the bill quotes a guarantee Purchase Price but theres also a clause allowing the environment minister to change that price can someone trust that after an entire solar economy collapsed because of a law greece still depends on fossil fuels for two thirds of its electricity thats because its power stations been imported oil and lignite coal its only abundant native fuel but lignite use has hovered in the past ten years while renewables have doubled to thirty percent of the Electricity Supply if policy is consistent greeks have shown they will reach for the sun jumps at all plus aljazeera love you. 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