Zero im fully back to this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. North koreas growing capabilities replug a direct threat to our security and the security of the entire world stock warnings about north korea at a special session of the u. N. Security Council Demonstrations against the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem turned deadly at least four palestinians are killed by Israeli Forces in gaza and the west bank also this hour south africas ruling party prepares to replace jacob zuma as party leader but the a. N. C. Is not united on who should be the next president and three months and two hurricanes thousands of Puerto Ricans remain in the dock and still waiting for help from washington. Thank you for joining Us North Korea has defiantly defended its Ballistic Missile program at the United Nations Security Council the Public Session was called after pyongyang test said what is believe. To be smallest advance into continental Ballistic Missile in november but the meeting which was attended by the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson failed to come up with any new steps to curb north koreas actions my cannery for some the United Nations. The red scarf the reflection of the chilly weather outside and little warmth displayed in the chain the towards north korea was representative listened to condemnation from spica off to speak with what appeared to be studied. The situation on the Korean Peninsula is the most thems and dangerous peace and security issue in the world today publicly at least the council has been united in imposing an extensive series of sanctions but the u. S. Secretary of state questions the commitment of russia and china continuing to allow north korean laborers to toil in slave like conditions inside russia in exchange for wages used to fund to clear weapons programs calls into questions russias dedication as a partner for peace similarly as chinese crude all flows to north korean refineries the United States questions chinas commitment to solving an issue that has serious implications for the security of its own citizens. These charges rejected by china and russia which insisted that the ongoing joint military exercises by the u. S. And south korea made any dialogue all but impossible in music you should mean it was the only two months of quiet by north korea and said by washington with unprecedented military exercises and the listing on a tariff funding list that leads us to question the sincerity of statements that there is a preference for a peaceful solution to the crisis were going to schools with. And with all eyes on him the north korean representative the period nervous his hands shaking but also unapologetic arguing that his country has a sovereign right to protect itself against what he called us aggression our position of the nuclear fuel and rewards of individuals to third with defense even meijers up with the present. And the right of resistance and development from the us the meeting ended with agreement on the desirability of dialogue but division as to how to achieve it the u. S. Adamant that there has to be a unilateral freeze on Nuclear Testing by north korea before any talks can be possible. By can a aljazeera United Nations joining us now a c. One crew who is a political analysts and publisher of the korea expose high skype from seoul in south korea very good to have you with us again on aljazeera earlier this week Rex Tillerson offered unconditional dialogue with north korea knowledge he says north korea must earn its way back to the negotiations all the u. S. And south korea on the same page right now as far as what to do with north korea. Well i think its quite clear that there are differences emerging between these two allies the u. S. Has maintained unfortunately it would not really consider dialogue with north korea illness north korea for so seriousness and giving up its nuclear arms. South korea believes that there should not be any kind of aggression toward north korea at this stage did it is very important to continue to try and pursue dialogue and peaceful means to as will result in this situation so in fact a visit to president when jane to china rather is painting in china at the moment really goes to indicate that there are these differences between the u. S. And south korea and south korea needs to cultivate other allies in trying to solve the situation i asked how much do you think these differences this lack of a clear position from the americans especially undermines fs to engage with north korea well actually its on one hand its difficult to say what the american position is because there is this disagreement were seeing on one hand between the state department and the white house and also weve seen that even this stirred tillerson has hardened this was a sense instead remark about wanting to or style. This is something that is really going to be difficult for south korea to accept because were also hearing more and more from washington this view that perhaps military option is something that is very feasible in solving the prices and soul has maintained time and again that this cannot happen which is precisely why south koreas turning to an ally such as china to try and counter the american position if military option is not an option for the South Koreans when you consider that diplomacy isnt working in reining in north Koreas Nuclear ambitions or sanctions havent worked even one of the options and that. Well thats it thats the mainstream account of whats happening many people insisted dialogue as an aunt really brought any fruition but in fact what we so backing the two thousands is that there was this very strong cooperation between korea and china and even russia in calling for peaceful resolution and this is what we so very successfully displayed at the Six Party Talks were in north korea in theory agreed to give up its Nuclear Weapons in return for normalization of relations economic assistance and other concessions what has worked in the past so unfortunately that process has been do rail since day and now were back to sussed out how do we did it how do we get back to that process then we had rex ellison at the u. N. Called on russia and china to cut their economic pipeline to north korea do you think china can be convinced and how do you think we get back to to what you were just talking about that process that was initiated a few years ago well i think based on what we have seen from china certainly were not going to see such strong sanctions as americas hoping for unfortunately many people are now saying that its perhaps time for us to just accept a go of korea is a Nuclear Power and by conceding this perhaps we can open better conditions for a dialogue and in fact north korea has insisted time and again but its holding for his Regime Security says that it is developing nuclear arms he will do to defend this so of course there are many people who say we should not trust that was shown by at least admitting that north korea has this capability and then recognizing that war is something that most people in the region do not want them may be the right step towards starting this conversation. Thank you very much as. Yes thank you so much for your time thank you for speaking to us see one cool political analyst joining us there from the south korean capital seoul. In other world news Israeli Forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man in the latest wave of protests across the occupied territories and more than one hundred eighty people were injured in fridays demonstrations against Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital have a faucet reports on the days developments from occupied East Jerusalem. On the outskirts of ramallah in the occupied west bank Israeli Forces are filmed confronting a palestinian man before shooting him three times the last as he sat on the street as they approach the troops appear to see something and move quickly away the man was apparently wearing a suicide bomb belt its unclear whether it was a genuine device or a fake Israeli Police say he had just stabbed a member of its border force paramedics took him away. There were further clashes after friday prayers in gaza as palestinians again protested against the u. S. President s recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the cross border confrontation bringing more palestinian deaths. Earlier tens of thousands had taken to the strips main north south road to march in protest. There was she the Palestinian People are expressing that they reject strums decision and they are holding on to all of jerusalem as the historical capital of the Palestinian People. At the heart of occupied East Jerusalem tens of thousands prayed then protested at the al aqsa mosque. Through the old city and i had damascus gate exit Israeli Forces waiting for them they barricaded off the square preventing a repeat of last fridays protests where hundreds gathered on the steps still some tried to stay here and chant but most were pushed quickly away Israeli Forces have been trying to prevent a repeat of the protests that took place after friday prayers here in the square outside damascus gate last week theyve barricaded off there was a group of largely middle aged and some elderly women to be no chance in for some time theyre now being forcefully clear. Several arrests were made in these limited scuffles again the protests much smaller here than in gaza and the occupied west bank looking for the slim with a legend to see how far public or out in the locks a mosque compound and here at the mosque is gate but the occupation has a large force as well as private and undercover units Israeli Forces are certainly doing all they can to quell this reaction to the trump declaration but the anger is deeply felt and the protests go on harry will set out his era ok parties to say they were also violent confrontations between Palestinian Protesters and Israeli Forces along the israeli gaza border alan fisher was at the demonstration the ambulances evidenced by all afternoon ready to treat the injured and the wounded and there have been a number of them you can see the clashes that been going on down close to the border about two hundred meters from where im standing the thick smoke is no just clearing thats tires that were set alight to stop the israelis targeting people on this side of the border and this scene has been repeated in seven sports across the gaza strip. Weve seen the palestinians throw stones over the border the israelis well they have used bullets and they have used tear gas weve seen several volleys of tear gas come into this field people had to be treated for both for the gunshots and for the tear gas in fact the man i saw being carried into an ambulance at a bullet wound to the neck i suspect he will be in a critical condition. We saw a massive rally in gaza how us a call for a million man rally in one street the length of gaza north to south fifty five kilometers long and thousands and thousands of people attended out we saw them from hamas and fatah from a number of political groups and organizations. This bill heidi here said that that prove that donald trump had united the palestinians over such a controversial decision to see that jerusalem was israels capital were expecting the clashes to go on for some time into the night as well and just now i can feel and taste the tear gas which is being fired thats why people are moving away you can actually taste the tear gas is beginning to bear my eyes with i think were going to move back as well. As embassy and it is a cofounder of Zaytuna College and a lecturer at the university of california in berkeley he thinks a palestinian leaders need to go beyond street protests and come together with a specific plan to fight trans decision. I do believe palestinian activism and engagement across the globe has made a qualitative shift change in how palestine is seen i dont want to say that the protests by itself will make a transform ation what we need is a political decision little more polite zation using all or collective Civil Society agencies both inside balanced and outside to make this decision the trunk has made something that will bring about some fundamental change to how palestine is more clear that within the broader global this gets me into what the Palestinian Housing and employment in the p. L. O. I would invite them to join the b. D. S. When the boycott in the us and Sanction Movement in a better real way and robust way to actually utilize or effect their work across the world to try to put more pressure on israel rather than seeing seeing the p. D. S. As something that they negotiate away with israel or the United States has six point five magnitude earthquake in indonesia on the most populous island of java has killed at least two people and damaged several towns and cities the quake struck late friday night local time java is home to almost one hundred fifty Million People and sits in the ring of fire where lodged number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions of care. Plenty more ahead on this news hour including. Very sad when you look at. How theyve done that is really really great friend or foe us present donald trump steps up his criticism of the f. B. I. Plus a controversial law that allows mexicos military to help the fight against drugs is passed by congress but still meets the president s signature and in sports tottenham plan to stop the runaway e. P. L. Leaders on saturday but that peter will have more sports. The u. S. President has addressed new graduates of the federal bureau of investigations in his speech at the National Academy donald trump said he is a true friend of the f. B. I. A stock contrast to months of attacks against the Agency Committee hawk it has more from washington. After months of disparaging americas Top Law Enforcement Agency donald trump told an audience of newly graduated f. B. I. Agents with me as your president Americas Police will have a true friend and loyal champion in the white house but two weeks earlier on social media the u. S. President criticized the f. B. I. Saying its reputation is in tatters his criticism is largely fueled by his belief the f. B. I. Did not charge his twenty sixteen president ial opponent Hillary Clinton with misuse of classified information which she used a private email server will secretary of state but many believe his attacks are driven by a desire to discredit the agency vesta gating his campaigns alleged ties to russia during the election he should resign immediately tonight i have filed the resolution to have bob dole recused himself recently many to. Supporters have been calling for a special prosecutor Robert Muller the man in charge of the russia probe to be fired they point to a newly released batch of Text Messages from two f. B. I. Agents as evidence the f. B. I. Officials worked on the clinton investigation. And the probe into whether trumps twenty sixteen campaign colluded with russia in the messages turned over to congress by the department of justice and agents show preference toward clinton winning the white house and refer to trump repeatedly as an idiot this is not just political opinions this is just gusting on accountable bias and theres no way that could not affect a persons work the agents have been removed or are no longer investigating russian meddling or potential obstruction of justice by trump speaking recently on capitol hill the Deputy Attorney general told lawmakers theres nothing inappropriate about f. B. I. Officials Holding Political opinions so long as it doesnt affect their work trump disagrees it is very sad when you look at those documents and. How theyve done that is really really very the Deputy Attorney general has resisted any calls to fire Robert Mueller has said that there is no person Better Qualified to lead the investigation can really help get aljazeera washington. A Russian Court has sentenced a former economy minister to eight years in prison alexei or you care was found guilty of corruption for accepting a two Million Dollars bribe from the state oil giant Rosneft Sonia Gago has more from moscow but. He was once russias economy minister now alexy all you can have is an ex politician with a conviction for bribery and his fall from grace has been a stark reminder that not even government officials can escape the unpredictable nature of the countrys Justice System was sent to prison for eight years and fined for accepting a two Million Dollars bribe. The sentence which was announced today is a representation of the supremacy of the law and the inevitability of punishment for any individual who violates the law irrespective of their position it was last november when problems began during a meeting with the c. E. O. Of russias main state oil company he was presented with a heavy bag he was arrested shortly after and accused of accepting a cash bribe of two Million Dollars said he believed that the back contained bottles of wine and accused of setting him up the case has generated a lot of interest in just how much influence mr putins inner circle has for example mr surgeon is not only the head of russias oil giant was near these headquarters situated just over there but hes also a long time close ally of mr putin the direct line to the kremlin and apparently not about to cross such an oar summoned as a witness in the case four times but he failed to show up saying he was an able because of work commitments a legal irregularity but not one not seem to bother the president. As far as i understand it i have of course paid some attention because i saw the public reaction to it and there was no violation of law in that case and according to invest in. There was enough material gathered reading test at least by section himself but i agree with you that searching could have come to the court whats bad about it he would repeat everything that he said during the preliminary investigation and questioning the target the staunch should be such a high ranking official this is a signal to Civil Servants in russia are all trolls or rules or informal rules no longer work in the way he can feel secure mr all you can i have says he intends to appeal against the verdict he had maintained his innocence throughout the trial but this case also exposed the infighting in russias elites as well as the strength of putins allies. Moscow a turkish banker accused of prodding to help iran evade u. S. Sanctions has taken the witness stand in a new york court. Denies being involved in a scheme to launder iranian money was an executive at a launch state owned turkish bank that prosecutors say is at the center of the plant he also denies he conspired with turkey to reign in gold trader raises a rob who pleaded guilty to a similar charges now to south africa where the governing African National congress is meeting to choose a successor to president jacob zuma as party leader the a. N. C. Has led the country since the end of apartheid but as tanya page reports from johannesburg the party once led by Nelson Mandela is now far from united. Unprecedented in fighting has the build up to this highly anticipated conference African National Congress Members have taken their disputes about which president ial candidate their delegates should vote for into the courts across the country the policies never seemed more divided but the amcs secretary general says it will emerge stronger. Broke referred to as google the unit is god the unit. Is the unit of the board of. Jacob zuma is presidency has been divisive and mobbed by corruption allegations that have threatened to drag him into court the a. N. C. Lost political control of three major cities during the zuma controversy. Many south african see this contest as a battle for the heart of the a. N. C. Will the party continue in the mold of president jacob zuma by electing his preferred candidate or will it make a break with the past and choose a rival. His favorite candidate in courses. May be able to protect him from legal action involving corruption allegations the other front runner is current d. P. T. President ceramic poser regardless of who comes out on top is likely to be replaced as president before the general election due in two thousand and nineteen. The president will have to go earlier next year my sense is that the First Quarter of next year he will have to go. The question is how will he go if its communism or when there might throw a big fellow party for the president to go it was a wince there might frogmarched the president out of the Union Building either way the president is going to have to call the polls im a dispensation is being forged now the question is how different will it be from his most College Child maybe politics. It isnt just the top job thats up for grabs so are dozens of positions in the n cs hierarchy within the next few days that could be either a major realignment in the oldest Liberation Movement on the african continent or more of the same time you page out has a right to have a. Role gandhi is formally taking over from his mother as the president of indias Main Opposition Party the congo. As had been losing ground over the past three years after being defeated by Prime Minister Narendra Modis b j p in National Polls but in the past few months gandhis talk talk of a political revival with an Aggressive Campaign in Regional Elections in modis home state did he go pal and reports. You could say politics isnt as blood his great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was indias first Prime Minister its grandmother in their gandhi was indias first and only female Prime Minister and when she was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred forty his father rajiv gandhi became the countrys youngest ever leader now raul gandhi is hoping to follow in their footsteps and first succeeding his mother sagna as president of the Congress Party i think the choice of the party is in essence coming out of his sort of composing because within the Congress Party itself. Many leaders who we accepted by all sections within the party so the whole was the only person around the entire party as early but raul gandhis dynastic journey into politics has been on the easy one and he was general secretary of the Congress Party ten years ago and the pushed for a revamp and more transparency. But it was often hard to pin down his political leanings he was accused of flitting from cost to costs and seemed reluctant to take responsibility when asked to join the government analysts say he was always in his mothers shadow and his efforts in authority were never truly recognized four years ago raul gandhi became Vice President of the party and chief campaigner for the general election but poor results and ten years of Congress Rule the Congress Party suffered a humiliating defeat to the b j p led by now Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi was no longer perceived era parents and instead often ridiculed for political mistakes or gaffes in his speeches but his popularity has been revived over the past few months. The media glare capturing a savvy politician connecting with voters regardless of background cost or class or campaigning for the state election and good. An Election Campaign said to be his coming of age as a politician raul gandhi has become the public face of the Congress Party in the battle for control of good government. If his party can wrestle power from the ruling by the party in the home states of Prime Minister Narendra Modi few would doubt gandhi is worthy of wearing the crown of the Congress Party many say its fitting that are all gandhis first big test as Congress Leader isnt good its grandfather was from here and good roth was a congress governed state when his father rajiv gandhi and his grandmother in their gandhi were Prime Ministers of india give a go pollen are just there a good drug. Scene ahead on aljazeera moving forwards breck said negotiations enter a new stage will tell you whats next the National Criminal court orders a warlord from the democratic republic of congo to pay reparations to former child soldiers and gold phase set to is set for an important vote change that effectively excludes t. V. Viewers at home peta will tell you what its all about in sports to stay focused. By the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. To the first snowfall on a winters day. Hello its getting colder in the northeast monsoons attacking you you dont really want cloud to get it just feels great unpleasant but thats how its going to be through eastern china way back to the vagaries border on saturday the drier open air comes through with Colder Weather shanghai five come sunday and the all those in hong kong are in particular to be quite a big drop to the temperature and the feel of things but the cause of that injected more should bring the cloud is this tropical spin here Tropical Storm in the central philippines second day just to the east is given about three hundred plus millimeters in the last twenty four hours its going to probably the same to give again the next two days as it moves slowly west so the central islands but it means that if youre showers in his immediate vicinity youre to get out into indonesia or particularly sudden sumatra or jobber to pick up the majority of showers the next day or so was this thing is still spinning so thats majority of the wet weather the northeast monsoon does give a few showers as you well know in tamil nadu and sometimes carol theres not much going on the moment in fact it is so quiet that cold has become yet again an issue virtually throughout india but in northern india in particular very unhealthy too hazardous. The weather sponsored by cats on a race. To. The pages of physics is unspeakable man compiled testimonies of victims of the congolese mustnt. As this intimate evidence finds its way to International Courts the Central African republic is plunged into further. And intricate tan of a people and a nation crippled by recent history. Alfred come to africa to talk seems to be time on aljazeera. Aljazeera is Award Winning programs to take you on a journey around the globe and. Expose analysis. Its all about whos in charge who controls the resources and documentaries that will tell the neurons its a Technology Story its a business story its a social story and its a political story all wrapped into one its unpredictable television that truly inspired us only oh now just you. Welcome back youre watching the news hour on aljazeera a reminder our top stories north korea has defied be defended its Ballistic Missile program at the u. N. Security Council Session was called after pyongyang tested what is believed to be a small said dance intercontinental Ballistic Missile last month but the u. N. Meeting failed to come up with any new steps on how to curb north koreas actions oh oh Israeli Forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man during the latest wave of protests. Across the occupied territories and gaza more than one hundred eighty people were injured in fridays demonstrations against Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and the u. S. President has addressed the new f. B. I. Graduates in his speech at the National Academy donald trump said he is a true friend of the agency a strong contrast to months of attacks against the bureau. Fortune rico is still struggling to recover nearly three months after hurricanes and then maria slammed into the island in september thousands of people are still without power its estimated the island suffered as much as ninety five billion dollars in damage is still very forty people remain frustrated by the slow recovery where to reconsider each Hurricane Season theyre at the mercy of nature but three months after him and then maria boxer the islands theyre also learning theyre at the mercy of u. S. Government officials to help revive life as the new its an emotional me see only we want my mother to live the house was destroyed she hasnt many years left and we want to live decently is that too much to ask. From the beginning puerto rican officials have been asking for a more robust response from the trumpet ministration the island is american territory and its three point four million residents are american citizens but many have complained that not only do they feel like second class citizens they feel forgotten. During a visit earlier this month the new york governor said one third of where to rican are still in the dark most have to boil water before using it and one thousand remain in shelters the federal government should be ashamed of itself in the way theyve handled this puerto rico has not gotten the care and the attention that they deserve the administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency or fema says a series of disasters from harry can harvey in texas to wildfires in california have burned through its budget and burned out its staff in puerto rico obviously its the power its an antiquated power system that were rapidly trying to figure out day in and day out on how to get in there the complexities of it being an island and the logistical complexities you know adds to it the goal is to not only rebuild the electrical grid but make it better able to withstand the hurricanes that are expected to become more frequent due to Climate Change this period of recovery is excruciating for so many however you can see i cry for what happened for what we lost. The island has also lost thousands of residents who have relocated to the mainland the exit is combined with the countrys poverty and debt burden could make the puerto rico of the future a very different place on the silver aljazeera. Well im very pleased to welcome to the program now Kenneth Mccann takei is the former Lieutenant Governor and secretary of state of puerto rico he joins us from las vegas very good to have you with us sir its now what three months since Hurricane Maria and a hit for it to recall the recoveries proving to be very complicated question because we heard as a u. S. Territory but its region like any other state when it comes to Disaster Relief is it not why do you think the response the federal response to these disasters have been so slow well theoretically were supposed to be treated as equals when disaster strikes but that is not really the case. Texas has gotten more a faster florida has gotten more aid faster the were getting in puerto rico even though fema officials were been around for a while recognize that this is probably the biggest Natural Disaster that the u. S. Has ever confronted since fever was created so we are in dire straits yes we have certain areas were doing very well one hundred percent of the hospitals are back in operation diety three percent of what water but we still are stuck at around sixty five percent in Power Generation in that reserve theres still a long ways to go you have for close to one hundred days because we cant think only of berea so people lost power would pass by two weeks before maria and i have been without power for one hundred days and that really puts us in third world type situation some officials in washington have said the snow response is due to the complexities the fact that puerto rico is an island its not like texas or any other u. S. State do you think its just down to that or are they out of functions here. No i think theyre just not devoting all the resources they have to the boat for example the Us Army Corps of engineers in charge of helping. Bring back up the power system during the month of november there were pulling resources for recall i dont know where to but they were leaving for rico and you know if you had doubled the crews of puerto rico doubled the shipment of needed parts to puerto rico that instead of taking a month to do so that you would do it in two weeks you know thats simple math and what we need is really more resources all the time in puerto rico dillard job gets done and our governor your congressman jennifer goals are as you know have to work three times as hard as any other congress will with your governor would have to work to make sure that the appropriations are bait now colors as well as next week soo appropriate more money lets see how much the appropriate some of said the solution for point to recon long term would be to separate from the u. S. And become a sovereign state would you agree with that. Lead at all i mean in the last a referendum which is only it was only four months ago statehood got ninety seven percent of the vote what part of the eighty seven do people not understand the knives or the seven. Very good to get your thoughts on this thank you very much for speaking about it as a mother in a democracy numbers count they do they do thank you very much for your time sir Kenneth Mccain talking as a former Lieutenant Governor and secretary of state for puerto rico he was joining us on aljazeera from las vegas thank you for your time we appreciate it. The winner of sundays president ial Runoff Election in chile could be determined by a far right Political Party its leader won a surprising eight percent of the votes in the first round and is now supporting conservative candidate and former president Sebastian Pinera a lot america its in the sea and human reports from santiago. Its Early Morning as. That prepares to get in the saddle and the. Hope this finance director of an upscale Real Estate Company is passionate about chilean rodeo and its as traditional as his political views. But that represents what many see as the reemergence of a hard line conservative faction. A segment of chileans who voted for this man in last months first round president ial election close in the new cast when a surprising eight percent of votes guarded as an extreme right winger he boasted that former military dictator Augusto Pinochet would have voted for him while hes still alive you know bill young i voted for the man who best represented mean for example social values im against abortion and same sex marriage i dont think same sex couples should be allowed to adopt children. Cast has asked supporters to back center right president ial candidates of us. In sundays highly competitive runoff but at what price a former president assured al jazeera that hes made no deals with the hardliners who consider him to a liberal democracy. I have received jose antonio cast support with no conditions i wont swing further right or left but many have their doubts this is santiagos Business Center its nickname sounds cotton after manhattan what are you like in most developed countries where the rich and powerful are more or less split politically here in chile ninety percent of the business. Elite is conservative and wields a huge amount of political influence. Many of them like cast want to reduce corporate taxes and reverse social reforms that are the hallmark of the current left wing government. Which raises the question of what role the new right could play in the next government if a billionaire businessman returns to the president ial palace to see a new manager see that sent down. Mexicos congress has approved a controversial security law despite objections from the un and human Rights Groups it allows the military to take over Police Functions in the long running war against drug cartels critics fear it will encourage abuses but as money and are reports that lost the president s seal of approval. Mexico will close out two thousand and seventeen as its most violent year on record peace was staggering murder rate mexican lawmakers are pushing for a new and whats become a Controversial National security law one that would normalize military presence across the country senator. Says this action however drastic is desperately needed to curb back the violence in. The list. Is that the number one commitment and mix in government is to guarantee security to the population and maintain their personal safety and this is what we intend to do in the green cheery and security lol. Other mexican lawmakers like senator one catalyst a middle hicks dont agree with this is sussman because it goes against human rights it does not give Legal Certainty and also there are many issues from Civil Society than being resolved. One such issue is a general lack of confidence in state and federal Police Forces the proposed legislation could result in less funding and less training for local law enforcement. However the bill has faced widespread criticisms in mexico you learned a motown is one of those voices her son went missing eight years ago six members of the military were eventually charged in connection with his disappearance now so the city must i mean. Were still afraid the people are still afraid there are still kidnappings by the military we dont feel safer because of the militarization would pose a danger to the population. Over the years mexican military forces have been implicated in a number of murders and disappearances last year mounting allegations of Human Rights Violations prompted the head of mexicos armed forces to publicly apologize. Most lawmakers in mexico will agree that rising levels of violence must be met with new policies but critics say the current proposal normalizes a military presence on city streets instead of assessing the impact of more than ten years of failed security strategy. Mexico city. Protests have taken place across major cities in bolivia against president evo morales is planning to run for a fourth term if he wins the twenty nine thousand election six more years. Has more from the eastern city of santa clause. Theres still more than two years to go until president ial elections in bolivia but campaigning has begun both for president they have this and against him hes saying that bolivian democracy is under threat they say. President morales has changed the constitution to stay in power no matter whats against the will of the people or they are not. In the movie and. We have a two ran a government which is manipulating our democracy they found a way for the president to stand for fourth time even though last year we voted the people voted for him not to be able to stand again. President has changed the constitution so allow him to stand for a fourth term in office he says that his work is not done but the people need him but they want him and hes likely to the clear his candidacy at a huge rally in his home city of course on saturday. The believe you know economy is thriving and president is popular although not as popular as he once was what is certain is that the Libyan Society is increasingly polarized those who support and those who were bitterly against with two years of campaigning still to go there are likely to be very long and very bitter. E. U. Leaders have given the go ahead for breaks it talks to move on to the next stage of negotiations they say theyre now focused on trade after making enough progress on Citizens Rights the irish border and how much a u. K. Has to pay to leave the European Union is in brussels where hes been following the negotiations she left early job it hasnt been easy but europes leaders say its time to Start Talking about the future relationship with britain after it leaves the e. U. And twenty nineteen but dont expect any dramatic early progress at the slow time for you twenty seven preparations. Through contacts with the u. K. To get moral clarity on the vision. On that basis we should. Start negotiations next year none of the other e. U. Twenty seven countries wanted breaks it still hope that it can be reversed somehow but they all want a final agreement and so the talks do go on but if on brets it there is unanimity on the other issues the e. U. Remains badly divided. On Migration Europe is a continent divided poland the Czech Republic slovakia and hungry will not accept the bodice refugee quotas that the e. U. Agreed back in twenty fifteen the talks went on into the early hours to no avail do you think you should hold off either politically it was a type of political close calm but good news is that we agreed on the socalled external issues of migration protecting our borders and stopping the migrants outside them the bad news is that we still disagree on resettlement and immigration there are still many large forces who dont want to stop migration but want to bring my goods into europe and afterwards distribute them on a compulsory basis. Other leaders are furious not least the one who risked her political future by admitting close to a million refugees to her country in twenty fifty. Two it is a democracy i made very clear that im not satisfied with the fact that the rules we have are not working solidarity cannot just apply externally but also must be internal on this we have lots of work to do the positions have not changed plan to continue to work on this until june of next year. All they can agree on for now is to spend more money securing europes borders keeping refugees out at this summit some of the most difficult issues confronting the continent were discussed but ultimately deferred battery phillips aljazeera brussels. Austria is on course to have a far right party in government in a coalition with conservatives the anti Immigration Freedom Party has racial deal with the larger people spotty two months after parliamentary elections thirty one year old Sebastian Curtis who leads the conservatives won those elections and will now become europes youngest cedar. Or warlord in the democratic republic of congo has been ordered to pay ten Million Dollars in compensation to child soldiers Thomas Lubanga was convicted of war crimes five years ago but the criminal court has only not put a price on it says under symonds reports Thomas Lubanga was jailed for fourteen years at the interNational Criminal court in twenty twelve convicted of abducting children and forcing them to join his militia with a fourteen year jail sentence came a ruling that lou bangle was personally liable for compensating his victims has taken five years to put some sort of value on the trauma and suffering along with the loss of childhoods and education. The judges identified four hundred twenty five child victims all under fifteen years old but the presiding judge said there were hundreds possibly thousands of additional victims many of the girls were forced repeatedly to have sex with their captors and faced stigmatise ation and rejection when they finally returned home but lou banga says he has no money at all so how will his victims get compensation but were looking at huge numbers so money will always be a shortfall and what will be important is what kind of support what kind of reparations are we giving with these collective recreations that will be the main issue to look at and it needs to be can stay can take shelley and adapted it needs to be based on what the skilled are in their communities some of them who are adults now what they need now this is the type of collective Compensation Plan and here a Rehabilitation Center for form of child soldiers the independent trust fund for victims which will administer i. C. C. Reparations wants to go much further than this project it has a three year plan that would include schooling for all ages along with medical and psychological treatment its meant to be funded by one a quarter Million Dollars set aside in the low banga case but its likely the i. C. C. Will be looking to its Member States for much of the funding and lou bangar may appeal against the compensation award his lawyer says his client is becoming a scapegoat for all child soldiers and drew simmons aljazeera. For the first time space x. The private American Aerospace company has successfully launched a recycled rocket for a nasa resupply mission the falcon rocket was carrying every furbish capsule as well filled with congo for the International Space station its a step forward for space x. Which has been aiming to lower the cost of space flights still ahead in sports the worlds best know borders are fine tuning their preparations for the Winter Olympics peter ill tell you how theyre getting along its course just in this. Busy just by Violent Crime and drugs. Confronted by reeses and integration. Or are out to syria traces the history of first generation lebanese australians. Exploring the conflicts. And the struggle for acceptance. Once upon a time in punchbowl at this time on aljazeera. After fifty years of occupation and un condemnation of illegal israeli settlements. Of im from carry out and i want to preserve the safety of the village ive clashed several times with suckers on these lands aljazeera world tells the story of a palestinian village thats struggling to survive and the growing threats to the residents desperate to preserve their homes village under occupation at this time. Time for sports his peter thank you very much madge is the city youre currently on a record breaking fifteen match winning streak in the English Premier League but manager Pep Guardiola has played down the idea that they could go the entire season without losing a match city go into the clash with top of heart upon saturday with an eleven point lead at the top of the standings but despite the side success guardiola has ruled out a repeat of arsenals unbeaten season in two thousand and four which led to them being labelled the invincibles that belongs to us and thank you for missing our center in two thousand. Were going to the group. Today is completely different densities a lot of games that is going to have so now what happens is the no exceptions so hes opponents tottenham have enjoyed a good run of form of late to winning on their last three outings in all competitions but even if you approach it seen as side were to inflict a first league defeat of the season on thirty theyd still be fifteen points behind them in the standings i thin we are going to play for me. The best team. Today in europe normally in england in this in because its in. The best form and of course which is so exciting you must challenge is this type of challenge that you want always to do to have the pull suited to two tough there are seven premier league games in total on saturday third place chelsea host southampton Surprise Team of the season burnley are currently in sixth place in the table and they travel to brighton while arsenal will be looking to make a point on the top six when they play struggling newcastle. The fee for world cup is some six months away and one of its previous winners and biggest names spain are potentially in danger of missing out the Spanish Football Federation are preparing for president ial elections this month but people are unhappy at the spanish Governments National Sports Council making contact with the Football Federation over the lection fever has a very low tolerance for political meddling in their sport and spains place at russia twenty eighteen could come up for debate. Gulf is introducing an important rule change that will prevent television views from calling in to report violations back in april Lexi Thompson was penalized four strokes off the view was spotted an infringement it all came ultimately cost to the chance to win that tournament earlier i spoke to thomas paygo hes the senior director of the rules of golf at the u. S. Golf association he says its all about simplifying the game started back in the early the late eightys youd have situations where players would be on the golf course playing that they were unsure that they breached a rule we dont have referees following every group so the referees had no idea that a player had breached the rule but somebody at home saw it and when you have a game that you have a field of players all playing against each other really at a fairness the committee has to go back in and out that penalties at the end of the tournaments you can compare scores across the field so again it was unintentional but its something thats been happening for several decades christine was really and uncomfortable trend where this was happening more and more and you know you can you can. Have you can see that as a result of technology at the at home your experience continued to increase people were able to see things at home that frankly you couldnt see on the golf course and so weve announced a number of changes over the last year and the changes this week where weve said no more of your call ins is really the next step and it was leadership of our organizations coming together and saying we need to eliminate these distractions and really ensure that the plane of the competition the outcome of the competition is put back in the hands of the players and those responsible for running the event golf is such a great game i mean its a game thats enjoyed by millions of players throughout the world at all levels and we all play by a single set of rules so when youre playing the game youre expected to know the rules and what were finding is that over time as we had gone in and revised rules they had really become way too complex and so back in march we announced what we call a rule Modernization Initiative where were going to go in and were going to simplify the rules were going to make them easier to understand and easier to apply for golfers everywhere. Just ten days after russia was banned from the upcoming winter games for state sponsored doping a russian athlete has controversially claimed the european skeleton title in november russias elenor nicotine was stripped of her bronze medal from sochi and received a lifetime ban from the International Olympic committee but skeletons governing body have allowed me to continue competing leading to her victory in ins brooke on friday shes one of twenty two russians appealing their i. O. C. Bans through the court of arbitration for sport only clean russian athletes can compete at the upcoming Winter Olympics as neutrals. The Winter Sports season really is in full swing ahead of young chang twenty eighteen and for one their fleet days double the preparations ahead is building to become the first athlete to compete in both snowboarding and skiing at the olympics well the czech snowboarding form continued to impress on friday as she won a parallel giant slalom world cup event in italy despite very foggy conditions to contend with on the slopes beat salina youre in the final of her second victory you know as many days she now leads the german by nearly one thousand points in the world Cup Standings that means competition was won by austrias alexander pioneer. I feel great he was a great race a really enjoyed every run. I have to say that my team had also make you are awesome job today especially right to go with the board because it was very fast and the flats in there its what i needed today and it was a nice race i really enjoyed. Just across the mountains it was skiing taking center stage and the smell in super g. Race was further hampered by the bog yourself first or got the better of the weather to become the first german skeer to win a world cup speed event in thirteen years the race was then called off after only thirty eight of the eighty competitors had completed the course but first all were still awarded the women. And thats all the sport for me for now another update coming up again later. Peter thank you thats it for this news hour on aljazeera samis aidan is with you next to stay with us. And. Travel often. By tranquil voice and forests in prague will rule. Books of owning. Land. Valleys and scotlands. New for adventure. Discover its. Because far away places closer to. Going says together with cats how it weighs. The obstacles to being a female for dog a fine kenyan simply made the challenge maw appealing to bob but on the niche. Now with a single red dress countless volunteers and a power lend she is exploring the lives of women from all kenyan walks of life the unique tales that sets them up on it and the shared experiences that bind them together. They knew after the gun photography this time on aljazeera the nature of music as it breaks the last time senegal qualified for the world cup was in church bells into fifteen years on and hope to do even better in russia next year with detailed coverage hard to imagine of only seven years ago people were living right here. Now defeat has taken over their land from around the world donald trump is promising a major policy announcement on trade a potential challenge to khorat a missed opportunity of raw
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