And im jane that and this is the news live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes saudi arabia says it shot down a Ballistic Missile targeting one of the royal palaces in the capital riyadh plus. The u. S. To stop distorting chinas strategic intention china lashes out at Donald Trumps statements that beijing is out to challenge American Power and influence i south koreas military get subzero training ahead of the Winter Olympics with a serious message for p. R. Yeah. Plus the language of a persecuted minority making the leap into the digital world. With breaking news out of saudi arabia govern Officials Say they have intercepted a Ballistic Missile targeting its capital riyadh these pictures appear to show the missile in the sky and smoke from an explosion after it was intercepted here think fighters in yemen say they fired it we are getting reports the saudi Live Coalition has already retaliated with airstrikes against positions in southern sanaa. The target of the heathy missile was the royal palace in the west of riyadh a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king solomon and crown prince muhammad bin son mine the saudi government says no casualties meanwhile iran has condemned a us accusation that tehran supplied another missile fired from yemen at saudi arabia last month the government summoned the swiss ambassador who represents u. S. Interests in iran to pass on the message it called a statement by the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Irresponsible and provocative all this is happening against the backdrop of the war vassily in yemen the saudi Led Military Coalition has killed at least one hundred thirty six civilians and non combatants there in just ten days the United Nations says they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december the sixth and ten days later these are the incidents the u. N. Was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven air strikes on the prison in sanaa last week with forty five detainees were killed. China and russia have criticized the u. S. For labeling them rivals that pose a threat to americas security and prosperity President Donald Trump singled out beijing and moscow as he outlined a new National Security strategy he described the two as competition his words that sought to challenge American Power influence and interests but tramples acknowledged the u. S. Needed to cooperate with its rivals china had back at trumps comments calling for the u. S. To stop to stall to chinas strategic intentions and accept its position as a major power russia called trump strategy imperialist sick and said it showed a lack of willingness to give up on you need lateralus them we also face rival powers russia and china that seek to challenge american influence values and world. We will attempt to build a Great Partnership with those and other countries but in a manner that always protects our National Interest but while we seek such opportunities of cooperation we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for our country like we have never stood up before agent and has no reaction from beijing. Well chinese officials have been basically pouring over President Trumps National Security strategy speech in washington the Chinese Ambassador was first to give reaction he essentially said there appeared to be a contradiction in what the u. S. Side was saying on the one hand they regard china as a friend someone to do business with on the other hand they regard china as an adversary and the message coming through loud and clear is that yes china and the United States can be rivals but they dont have to be enemies here in beijing the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman hard training also fired a warning shot and she had some quite Strong Language lets hear more of what she had to say john whitey ending the how we think eventually for any country its futile for them to distort the facts or to china the u. S. Scientists stop distorting chinas strategic attention and abandon a zero sum game and cold war mindset it will only bring harm to israel and it was president george bush of course who once referred to china as a strategic rival that was more than ten years ago but he moderated his language in the succeeding years the message coming through from china on tuesday was that we have areas of mutual cooperation particularly when it comes to trade two way trade between china and the United States stood at fifty five billion dollars last year and some two point six million u. S. Jobs are largely dependent on that trade so china is saying we can agree to disagree but we have to Work Together particularly when it comes to areas like north korea so yes we can have our disagreements but at the same time we have to realize that our economies are interwoven and theres going to be friction this year next year and the year after but we shouldnt lose sight of the fact that we need each other in the interests of world peace. Robert kenny is a professor of International Relations at present National University and he joins us from there on skype good to have you with us why do you think he would single out china and russia does he believe it anyway i think donald trump is probably most interested in great Power Company because its simple and its easier to understand the worlds a great deal more complex now of course since the cold war Climate Change and nongovernmental organizations human rights as important as any cleansing these sorts of things all these issues are really sort of blurred the focus of American Foreign policy especially since nine eleven and i think theres a kind of simplicity its appealing to donald trump to focus on russia and china how much of this has to do with the u. S. National security i mean the message coming from him doesnt make it clear to other governments what he says policy is hit you know i think to a certain extent the n. S. A. Is says the same thing every year so donald trump hasnt actually said a great deal new i mean i think the real problem Going Forward to this juncture between what the president says the kind of nativism and populism of the things that he says about sort of muslims for example or sort of his bizarre sycophancy towards the russians right that kind of stuff which is sort of really thrown the world for a loop and then what you see in the n. S. A. s which is actually fairly traditional american style stuff it looks like the n. S. A. s was written by a master who is a fairly traditional sort of liberal internationalist right so the n. S. A. s language is pretty normal its rather the president s rhetoric that sort of thats really sort of thrown us all for a loop like on north korea and is tradition probably all will be revealed through tweets all the other remarks in the coming days which will give us a true indication of where he stands. Yeah i think thats right i mean what we all watch for is what the president actually says i mean the n. S. A. Says thing this and s. S. Says things that if you go back and read the previous ones that weve heard before from obama and president bush and president clinton i mean doesnt actually really veer very far from the script thats been established over the last thirty years these things are going around since the eightys right but it really really matters of course is what the president says right i mean the president doesnt say in the n. S. A. s theyre about the bomb north korea but a lot of people think thats about to happen and i just hope that the president actually treats this as a guiding document and adheres to it rather than sort of wanders off on twitter like you said because thats what really creates a lot of trouble for us out there is the president s willingness to sort of say anything on twitter and then doesnt make any difference what he puts in print you know if he wanted what he left off or to be jumping in here including Climate Change is that got to do with obama with his beliefs yeah i think its probably both i think the president has gone really far out of his way to show that hes different than president obama i also think theres a certain willingness on the republican side to say that the most important issues facing the United States are very traditional geo political and sort of big powers with big militaries rather than sort of blur the focus with things like human rights and Climate Change like you had under Obama Robert Kelly thank you thank you for having me lets go back now to our top story the missile attack on saudi arabia joining us now is under his critique hes an assistant professor at the Defense Studies Department at Kings College london so here we go again not a missile attempt unsuccessful talk us through what you think happened. Right i mean its the thousand the thousands day of this operation and i think there were these wanted to make a statement that theyre still up and running and that theyre still fighting despite the fact that you know in recent days and weeks they have been allegation that there were these are we can buy the split with ali abdullah saleh. That they possibly you know would not be able to shoot missiles further into territory but they proved otherwise and i think it was its mostly a stunt by the who these you know in terms of p. R. Saying that were still active were still running and were able to actually hit a high profile target such as allegedly the palace in riyadh where one was supposed to announce the the budget today so this is obviously off the table now because you know this is this has been a very very disruptive impact and this is what the who these want to do they want to disrupt they might not be able to actually cause pain or they might not actually cause physical pain on and saudi because the patent system works relatively well the intercepting system provided by the americans but its more about the impact that this has on the psyche of the saudi population you know what you know there here is a mob inside man who is a defense minister and crown prince who went into this war in two thousand fifteen saying to his people we will stop Ballistic Missiles coming into our country what actually happened is since two thousand fifteen the bill istic missile threat toward saudi arabia has actually exacerbate it so he looks like he looks a bit weak now considering the fact that over the last two years the Ballistic Missile threat has become a lot worse now of a lot more targets are actually within the range of the movies you know weve seen attacks on riyadh weve seen attacks on mecca so while this war was somewhat contained in the south in two thousand and fifteen now this is a war that has spread into the very heart of saudi arabia its the it really is attacking the hearts and minds of the saudi people ok so thats their message and it couldnt possibly be very effective but could it backfire in the sense that saudi arabia will retaliate i mean we are hearing of attacks already underway couldnt that further decimate theyll be more victims. Absolutely and i think attacks have been already on the way there has been already a forceful response and that i think is the entire issue with this the yemen war is a quite mire that saudi arabia cannot get out of its a tit for tat war a spiral of violence that saudia set in motion where one side. Acts and the other side responds and it goes on and on and on and you know with obviously whats happening in yemen with this humanitarian crisis and then few of further bombardments also on civilian targets you know weve seen one a procession being hit yesterday of civilians hundred one hundred thirty six People Killed these things has these things have an impact also on the psyche of the yemeni population but there were these dont care about this because in the end of the day they are a Rebel Organization saudi arabia is a state that has to present itself and ask question you know there are school theres a lot of scrutiny on this war now internationally within the west in particular even in d. C. And saudi arabia has to answer why they continuously bomb because really what theyre cheering is further exacerbating this spiral of violence and creating a counter reaction by the word these so i think further down the line what is needed is proper engagement but what how could this engagement look like you know weve seen in in recent weeks weve seen the u. A. E. And saudi trying to reach out to no no other than the movement the party which is a derivate was for a lot many many years a part of the Muslim Brotherhood who they were aiming to fight in two thousand fifty eight and now they claim they are partners in a war against the hoodies and they do it theyre making the same mistake all over again you know the saudis have played each Single Player in this conflict over the last twenty thirty years and now theyre hitting it now theyre trying to cooperate with just another one that they were trying to hit and two years ago so this is all short term think i dont think the saudis have really found a long Term Solution to get out of this war and this is what is needed there is no quick quick victory in yemen ok i just thank you very much. The chump administration is blaming north korea for a cyber attack in may that affected dozens of countries around the world the socalled wanna cry virus crippled hospitals banks and other Major Companies some the first time washington is blamed for a major cyber attack in just type reports this socalled want to cry cyber attack was designed to exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows the most widely used operating system in the world more than three hundred thousand computers in over one hundred fifty countries were affected costing billions of dollars according to the u. S. Government the damage was so widespread it affected businesses banks and also hospitals with senior white house officials accusing north korea of being directly responsible disrupt a Major Shipping Companies and also supply chains and continues to group disruptions this policy breaking in. Diplomatic and potentially military action is that nothing or if this was an deliberately disruptive attack by north korea thats going to fit into being a criminal enterprise to go to and from a policy perspective. The cyber attack first started affecting Windows Computers in may users were asked to pay a ransom to have their data restored poll use Police Agency described the scale of the Global Attack as unprecedented in the u. K. The National Health service was forced to turn thousands of patients away and council surgeries russia was also badly hit causing problems to its Postal Service this isnt the first time the u. S. Has accused north korea three years ago then president barack obama appearing in the White House Press room blamed gang of carrying out his similarly sophisticated cyber attack on the u. S. Based Sony Pictures entertainment Senior North Korean officials had expressed anger that sony was releasing a comedy called the interview featuring a cia plot to assassinate their leader kim jong il and. The accusations of north korean involvement in the wanna cry attack comes as Tensions Mount over pyongyangs Nuclear WeaponsProgram Since becoming President Donald Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with kim jong trading personal insults and threats of military strikes as responded by testing several long range Ballistic Missiles raising concerns that it could lead to something much worse. Aljazeera. Head in the news today a top of the stove in the philippines kills at least thirty one people dozens more on the same. Central bank accuses blockading countries of trying to manipulate its currency and markets. And in sport the server becomes the first in ten years to defend a maiden title far well have the details later. Palestinian leaders have condemned the u. S. Veto of a United Nations draft resolution on jerusalems status that would have required President Donald Trump to withdraw his recognition of jerusalem as israels capital all of the other fourteen Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution mike hanna reports from the United Nations those against. The u. S. Exercises its veto when the resolution fails and then at some bastard a sharpie attacks the fourteen other members of your Security Council that voted in favor what we witnessed here today in the Security Council is an insult it wont be forgotten its one more example of the United Nations doing more harm than good in addressing the Israeli Palestinian conflict the palestinian representative is adamant that the veto is a final confirmation that the u. S. Cannot be regarded as an honest broker in the region. And this resolution affects the status of the United States as a peace broker and it actually stresses its bias and it undermines its role in any future Peace Process earlier ambassador after ambassador outlined why they would support the resolution the United Kingdom will vote in favor of the egyptian text on the islam because it is in line with our longstanding position on jerusalem it is in line with previous Security Council resolutions israel the only other nation that backed the u. S. Position they can vote on this issue again and again and again even a hundred more times but it will never change the fact that he was a limb eve has been it always will be the capital of israel but the matter is not going to end here even before the vote was taken palestinian leadership insisted it would take the matter to the u. N. General assembly where there is no veto such a resolution would be nonbinding but it would highlight the Massive Division between the u. S. And the vast majority of other nations on the issue of jerusalem and the possibility too that the palestinians may now push for the International Recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of palestine. Mike hanna aljazeera United Nations gys is the assistant minister for Foreign Affairs for palestine she says he says trumps decision will never be accepted on the International Stage the decision is null and void of the Security Council resolutions and the General Assembly and the i. C. J. Advisory opinion and all other International Instruments that has been dealing with this issue and spoke about it including the national law and the un charter which speaks about the legality of that it only by force or it is as it stands now is null and void the problem is that the u. S. Has as you all in this Peace Process and this role the u. S. Has been given under the part of meters which are which include Security Council resolutions including resolution two forty two and the question here is what is the all of the u. S. And the future of all of the u. S. In this Peace Process and i think it was confirmed yesterday once again by the u. S. By stating that it doesnt want to play a role to have any future role in the Peace Process and it insists on getting its u. S. Vice president mike pence as prospective trip to the middle east the white house says he needs to stay in washington for this weeks vote on a major tax reform bill Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and one of egypts top religious leaders have refused to meet pence following the u. S. Decision on jerusalem. South africas ruling a. N. C. Party is announced its new leaders are all run opposing whos currently the Deputy President hell take over from president Jacob Zuma Tanya page reports from the Party Conference in johannesburg hundred seven member of course as the new president of the african nation now. Several rounds of posters supporters erupted into cheers as he was led to the stage theyve penned the hopes of the African National congress and the country on him im sure theyll be about the president because the president has been a member of the n. A. C. The Deputy President has been in the business sector for a very long time. Im sure all during the trial in the crisis that we have to mimic ali and well have some improvements and im of course a has a hit for business and that could be whats needed to get the economy back on track so millions of unemployed South Africans can have hope he helped write the constitution and helped negotiate the peaceful transition to democracy from apartheid skills he will need as the top six new a. N. C. Officials and all his allies these are the food outcomes for the organization. I think we have good widespread it is sad to create a unit in the a. N. C. But im opposed and here its a deeply divided and see one split between the politics of petron edge of president zuma who said passively as the results were announced and those who feel the a. N. C. Has lost its way prisons in this ten year has been tarnished by controversy it was the rape charge he was acquitted of and hundreds of corruption charges related to a multimillion dollar arms deal it will take a lot to undo the damage to the party of Nelson Mandela the ramaphosa campaigned on an Anti Corruption message policy a fresh start and a clean. More transparent style of governance and business ackermann to build a stronger economy to create millions of desperately needed jobs perhaps im opposes. The current president s exwife was too tainted by association with zuma even her track record as a strong politician in her own right with a passion to promote the needs of the countrys poor wasnt enough but saddam opposes tosk is enormous unite a divided agency and prevent its slide in support from the coming terminal ahead of the two thousand and nineteen general election. Weve come to the streets of find out how people are reacting to the president by sort of this is where hes from and people have been a little skeptical he may be able to introduce all the changes he wants to the whole most people are pretty positive about his im so happy im so happy its a good thing that we were were you know we were a. Country trip. Been to you know. Hes born and grew up in so its so you know. The people i think. The. Corruption was the big issue many people here raised with us but they were they wanted to see improvements in health care and education and housing because many millions of South Africans live below the poverty line and many of them have to live in shacks the issue of corruption that has blighted president jacob zuma also time tridge the campaign of. Zuma in. Its been tarnished by his reputation through association because they were once married there is a little bit of concern that still. Wont be able to be as a state as it may be hard because three of the people elected to the agencys top six are from his rival. Faction so theres a little bit of worry bad all of his Campaign Promises to clamp down on corruption may not be able to be delivered in the philippines at least thirty one people have been killed in landslides caused by a Tropical Storm tucker rescuers are trying to find forty others still missing a state of emergency has been declared. A report some. Well president will be going to there was here yesterday he brought with him members of his cabinet and he promised a point we had deliberation and for those who have been affected by this when he had a long and winding beach where he talked about how we deeply connected the part of the philippines where he mother with originally but weve also spoken to relatives survivors and also go looking for their loved ones will all go to the border guard and what they want is more than just a promise they want action because they know that this tragedy well hold them back even more typhoon kate back swept through eastern philippines bringing more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and Running Water heavy rains have submerged houses stranded passengers and closed airports and seaports all across the region many people here have lost their homes and their livelihood when one of the septic systems and we were not able to save anything nothing not even our close the flood car was so strong it reached up to us we just flowed right away. Several towns in the eastern part of the philippines are now under the state of emergency. Many tornadoes you see that area over there that used to be a rice field now its all gone. Theres spanish local Officials Say supplies of food and medicines are running out and for many. Is a reminder of a painful past in november two thousand and thirteen typhoon haiyan swept through the entire province of late to at least a thousand people were killed and many more were either injured or missing destroyed everything in its back roads homes all wiped out in an instant that destruction has made life even more difficult for people who are already impoverished even before haiyan struck more than four years on they have barely recovered and with. This truck sion they know that it will be a difficult few weeks ahead. And we are in the small town of about where we joined the Search Rescue and if you will operation with volunteers all afternoon right behind me you can see that. Back holes are trying to help clear the road for rescuers to be able to manually dig through the wreckage but survivors are saying here that they have already lost hope that they will still be able to find their loved ones i just want to tell you that now a rocking human flesh here is quite overwhelming but for those survivors looking for their loved one the see that as a hopeful sign that for some reason their loved ones are still here and that they will be able to at least give them a proper burial christmas even is the most important time for family here in the philippines and they know this will be a very difficult one very much written similar to what happened to them when type one how young struck on the ground were two thousand and thirteen as well that left more than eight thousand people dead in this region in cults i extol exists i believe overly is anywhere else going to be affected by a probably yes he certainly if more for the most malays uses next port of call but released just over the water for a while its ill just show you where we are the moment you wouldnt every day of the satellite picture it anywhere near the philippines because you dont see an obvious spinning storm and thats because it never has been particularly well for storm the tops been sliced of all time by the winds aloft and its really driven by a circulation over the warm waters which exist here is time of year and the northeast monsoon its current characteristics about seventy five kilometer per hour winds still go in the snow affordability is right comprised of it and the way for it already generated and hitting the coast of borneo suranne to raise the entire tree three and a half meters as i say its not a very obviously well formed stall over the next four days i think it will stay of the over water this heading towards the malaysian peninsula if it makes landfall there it will be. Just the same sort of trouble it was over the philippines with relatively strong too much rain a big problem however it may not make it something guaranteed after all and you can see from the shape of this cloud the thunderstorms generated by being thrown off all over the place weve got currently rainfall levels in northern border of roughly speaking hundred twenty hundred thirty millimeters theres an awful lot more to come on thats if its couple hundred ninety two so far but theres a lot more still to come we will watch it for you thanks rob still ahead on aljazeera u. S. Investigators recover the data recorder from a deadly train crash and well tell you what they discovered. Another deadly year for journalists around the world a look at the most dangerous places for reporters to work. And its a big night for the all time leading scorer. This is a boon for point people right now and technology there is so much going to help people its phenomenal thanks for calling i read this is there and what are you looking for today we get to the blind with their day to day tasks and give them more independence and freedom this feels like its a little is a tomato exploration process. We have outside knowledge available to us to know this tour on all jazeera. Where ever you. Go there you watch aljazeera mind of our top stories this hour saudi arabia says it has intercepted a Ballistic Missile targeting the capital riyadh fighters in yemen say they fired at the target was the mama royal palace where a group of saudi leaders were meeting including king solomon and the crown prince. China russia criticize the u. S. For calling them strategic rivals u. S. President donald trump single them out as major threats in these new National Security strategy the kremlin says strategy that the strategy has an imperative character and beijing called on trying to accept its growing influence the palace in the this. Has condemned the u. S. Veto of a u. N. Draft resolution on jerusalem it would have required president trying to withdraw as recognition of jerusalem as israels capital all of the other fourteen Security Council members voted in favor of the reason lucian. I cut our central bank is investigating efforts to harm the countrys economy by nations which mean posed a blockade the banks governor says attempts have been made to manipulate cattles currency securities and derivatives markets been sadal funny blamed what he called a coordinated strategy by the blockading countries saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates bahrain and egypt to cut diplomatic ties with cats are more than six months how did our carter is a specialist in monetary and political economy joins us here in the studio good to have you with us talk us through what has happened there was a conspiracy to. Against authority on the sovereign bond two are to shelly trade them at an artificially low rate to show that they are traded at of chile low rate in order to get to go to panic among investors and among the public and this is usually accompanied with a negative p. R. Campaign to the by the book i think continue to show to show that this look at this country that is a political crisis that is economic either this is something going on this or this will do to push the public and then bust out to dumb but the cathari out and to. Get rid of the sovereign bonds in order to push their prices last or this will trigger a panic will cause capital out of flow and then when pushed out of the value of the currency this will make it difficult for qatar to borrow from the International Market will increase Interest Rate it will increase for the insurance which will be according to the plot on it by the. Way you government and this will drain hopefully the Sovereign Fund raiser of the qatari government this is was masterminded by a guy called david that are willing to own a bank called heavy land bank he established this bank on the one of a bank that he used to own. In iceland in two thousand and nine how about this. Many predation is. Not successful for a reason first of all the qatari nothing on how far how widespread was a towel. Deep in its has been with the with regard to the qatari still go on this is how it is you have a bank i have a bank particularly in u. A. E. They do with three banks we conspire we agreed to do to pry out a plan that we will trade that we have one million to one for example was rated at a lower value than the official rate this is not a market this is conspiracy so it is straight in the eye three point eight or nine instead of three point six five i sell it to use it to me you see the two x. Y. And then at the end of the day nobody knows but we show artificially that that the other is its traded at a lower value with this and if we can get the code and conduct of the business and then they split it to the news outlets and the fortunately some of the even internationally recognized they could. Reuters they they publish this its rated but its made its fake its false so this would show the aim of this to show that the qatari art is a trade at a low water value in order to trigger a panic among the best among the public and this would be accompanied by a negative p. R. Campaign we have seen this there was a guy also indian guy from India Nationality who owns you a exchange and he on five legs this guy involved in the blocking of the its a difficult target in the offshore market. Early at the beginning of the of the crisis. But clearly in the u. K. These people are hired or a proper records by the. Government we already knew the aim is in the end is to drain the qatari Sovereign Fund or the stock to harm the economy to harm the the financial sector. According to the plan that in the end we can because our economy and then will show that the qatar cannot even provide the infrastructure for the world cup in order for there with to steve has got with this. Funny going to have to leave it there right but as you say its been exposed and thank you for talking us through it as well. Investigators in the usa a train that derailed in Washington State was going nearly three times the speed limit when it came off the tracks killing at least three people a data recorder recovered from the rick shows it was traveling one hundred thirty kilometers an hour in a fifty kilometer zone as reports. Of train five zero one was traveling from seattle to portland when it derailed near the town of du pont sixty four kilometers south of its origin between seven thirty and seven forty am local time Seventy Eight passengers and five crew members were aboard several carriages dangled from a bridge crossing interstate five with some falling onto the ground below cars and trucks were struck by trying cars that left the train tracks and went down onto the road the people that were in all the vehicles even though when you see the pictures its pretty horrific at this point nobody in any of the vehicles. The pedals are all contained to the train as far as the numbers go theyre still working on that it was the inaugural room for the high Speed Train Service the National Transportation safety board is investigating in response to the incident President Trump tweeted first to make the case for his long promised Infrastructure Program the train accident that just occurred in dupont washington shows more than ever while soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly he said seven trillion dollars spent in the middle east well roads bridges tunnels railways and more crumble not for long and then ten minutes later he sent his condolences to the victims of particular interest video may reveal whether there was a blockage on the line in addition investigators will examine whether the track had been misaligned whether there was any tampering with the rail line or whether the High Speed Technology had suffered a failure. Aljazeera spans governors approved the use of a u. S. Military land based Missile Interceptor system its in response to north koreans. Rates and follows pyongyangs no inch of two missiles over japan this year and a vendor knows korea test fired an intercontinental Ballistic Missile that landed in japanese waters the government says the new weapons system will take years to become operational the winter Olympic Games in south korea are just over fifty days away and security is a major concern after north korea tested another intercontinental Ballistic Missile just last month the u. S. And south Korean Marines have been conducting military drills designed to enhance comeback rate in this and freezing conditions casanova reports on pyong chang. At first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponents hats rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. But there is a very serious side to these games protecting against the increasing threat from north korea even in temperatures that can dip below minus twenty degrees celsius. Both the u. S. Marines and the rock marines have covered over the snow ability reconnaissance skills as well as critical contest skills in a cold weather mountainous environment two hundred twenty marines from the republic of korea or rock the preferred military term and two hundred twenty okinawa based u. S. Marines have been conducting these drills over three weeks a chance to brush up on lesser used marines gills such as downhill skiing in. North korea often responds angrily when the u. S. And south korea stage any war games theres been speculation the allies may delay the start of major annual military drills usually shuttle for the end of february so they dont coincide with the Winter Olympics and paralympics that will be taking place here in pyongyang. These exercises have been held since twenty thirteen but this year there are added fears that north korea may aim to disrupt the olympics. Im new here in the south korean and the u. S. Marines hope for the success of the come come Winter Olympics the Marine Reconnaissance unit will make its utmost efforts to provide Security Operations for the olympics. South korea wants the winter games to be an opportunity to promote peace its invited north korea to participate and some athletes have qualified but so far theres been no confirmation of their attendance as ever on the Korean Peninsula the message from these drills is that the u. S. And south korea would prefer a peaceful resolution to the tense situation but are prepared to respond militarily if they have to kathy novak aljazeera chungs south korea. A british man has been arrested after driving through a military checkpoint at a base used by the u. S. Air force he got close to an aircraft to draw air force mode in the whole base in suffolk American Service members fired shots on the base was temporarily put on Lockdown Police are treating. Incident as trespass a texas court has ordered the release of a german journalist whos accused of publishing Anti Government propaganda sultana was arrested in april while working for a Turkish News Agency she and five others have been released on bail pending the outcome of their trial. Dozens of journalists have been killed and hundreds more have been thrown in prison the latest annual report from Reporters Without Borders explores their experiences especially in war zones syria and mexico among the most dangerous places for journalists to work. In london the annual round up by Reporters Without Borders paints a bleak picture of media safety and freedom around the world sixty five journalists have been killed this year most while working in their own countries three hundred twenty six are being detained fifty four being held hostage and to a missing. Syria remains the worlds deadliest country for journalists twelve being killed this year reporting on the conflict but close behind is mexico with eleven killed many journalists such as have. Were murdered for their coverage of the drugs trade and organized crime most of these murders remain unpunished. Of the fifty four journalists being held hostage mania being held by armed groups such as i saw in the middle east. Ten women journalists were among those killed this year compared to five last year. Was murdered by a car bomb in malta despite receiving threats she continued to denounced alleged government corruption so if we look at bigger pictures of all the analysts killed this year sixty percent deliberately targeted because of that was less the other forty percent were killed while in the field sort of doing their job but when we look at the female journalists that were targeted nearly all of them were specifically into liberally targeted of the three hundred twenty six detained journalists more than half are being held in only five countries vietnam iran syria turkey and top of the list china many without any solid charge this is the case for aljazeera as mahmoud a sane arrested in egypt a year ago while on holiday the detention was one of a string of a rest by the egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country Reporters Without Borders findings are alarming but remarkably the number of journalists killed this here is it is the lowest in fourteen years Better Safety training and intensive lobbying by Campaign Group so helped but in many cases the downward trend is a result of journalists simply leaving the worlds most dangerous places and in the absence of journalists vital voices remain silent theyve barkha aljazeera london. President protestors have been fighting with israeli troops in the occupied west bank it is the latest incident since u. S. President donald trump decided to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel almost two weeks ago israel has beefed up its security measures after wave of protests it which several palestinians were killed solidarity marches have also been held around the world the worlds youngest leaders Sebastian Curtis has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria long with the far right Freedom Party hundreds of police sealed off parts of central vienna in anticipation of protests but demonstrations were largely peaceful thats a new Coalition Government is expected to make immigration and tax reforms Top Priorities is the only western european country with a far right party in power me in mind bangladesh have formed a joint committee to oversee the repatriation of refugees more than six hundred thirty thousand of feet to bangladesh since me and military launched a crackdown repatriation was expected to start and generally the twenty first bangladeshis Foreign Ministry warns it could be delayed by several weeks human Rights Groups fear the ringgit could still face violence if they are sent back and one of the main problems range of face and minimize the fact that they are not recognized by the government now there is an effort to get the rangar alphabets digitized allowing it to be used in Text Messages and emails then go stick experts say its a welcome move for the persecuted minority which had no written script until the one nine hundred eighty s. Its been added to the unicode standard system computing Industry Standard for digital text researchers hope the change will help preserve an important symbol of culture and identity tintin is director of the burmese rango organization u. K. And joins us live from london very good to have you with us whats your response to this move to protect the language. Thank you we really well come we bury please you know is given a big meaty community where byron maries government and military denied the rohingya our existence and ruin your identity for many decades so it is important also i want to point out here is it gives more. Few share a generation through tech scene email in messaging and where all people are leaving remote area for many decades you know there been facing the silent killing feel in burma so we can get a lot of more information through this way so you know. It will it is a good move forward for rowing a people for the future you know and i share my own little. Act on education as well and pride i guess exactly thats what im talking about you know it is given us you know for the future. Big team can we can share the information through International Level from International Media because we didnt know it as a remote area its been going on for there many years this is a kind of silent killing field for their own now we can get more information and so that will also give what can keep our tradition our culture where all the guests are allowed you know amenity of all Ethnic Minority Group in burma where theyve been living our lives have been century a. D. The with the all culture and civilization so this is a great move from my site ok what would you like to see happen next i mean if this is the start of something new some sort of official recognition recognition of parts of their rangar what else should happen. This is about the identity issue and we need to internationally we want to like to see. You know broadcasting media from International Level and also we need to you know where i. Believe in you know many centuries in burma they are not recognized as a group and they do not want us to know we need to look at our kind of. People where they can what their role in your community can double or where their own community can move forward for their future to escape you know father prosecution this is very important point we need to look at also and also we need very a strong media point for for their own issue where we can see the documentation and whether you know general side by marines government and military prosecutor that we need to keep that for the future and also internationally. Historical big. Kind of Historical Center we need it internationally thats what International Community need to support on that same time during International Community must not forget about whats happening to us until today where oil and gas are. Being killed by every day in our kind of speed by the Security Force of the military ok thank you very much to do and Security Council ok thanks for talking to us coming up in sports. An embarrassing from for this skier will have that story just ahead. Time for sport jane thank you so much antidoping officials and athletics have began an investigation about a coach and an agent connected to world hundred meter champion just saying gatlin its after a british newspaper claimed gatlin is coach Dennis Mitchell seen here in the green shirt and agent Robert Wagner offered to supply performance enhancing drugs to undercover reporters gatlin has served two doping bans but has always denied using any performance enhancing drugs after a second comeback the american won the hundred meters at the World Championships in london in august beating you same bolt in his final race. Well in response to the allegations gallon has issued a statement saying i was shocked and surprised to learn that my coach would have anything to do with even the appearance of these current accusations i fired him as soon as i found out about this all Legal Options are on the table as i will not allow others to lie about me like this. John John Florence has become the first man in ten years to defend a maiden world surfing title despite finishing second at the season ending masters in hawaii the american who won the event for the first time last year didnt win this time around but earned enough points to be disclosed this rival Gabriel Medina brazil who was the only other surfer in the competition with a real chance of taking the world title but medina had to settle for second place it was Frances Jeremy Flores who claimed victory at the event the twenty eighteen World Surf League season will kick off in march at australias gold coast when your home is my dream to enter a home or to do this year and how kind of this whole build up this whole event they get their kids and gave me and i was just like oh my god. Pretty good shaking her. The l. A. Lakers have retired boat jerseys worn by kobe bryant the all time leading goalscorer in lakers franchise history ended his career in april twenty sixth team after twenty years with the team. The five time n. B. A. Champion was honored out the Staples Center in l. A. During the lakers game against Golden State Warriors and n. B. A. First the team decided to retire both of bryants jerseys number eight and number twenty four the eighteen time allstars the tenth player to have his uniform on heard by the lakers. You know i think the legacy is really important in the sense of. You know what weve done. Is awesome. It was more important for a legacy is how that affects the next generation to come. And you know for the jerseys that are hanging in the rafters though the impact that theyve had on me which led to us being in this moment here you know i think thats a true mark of a legacy is how well impacts the next generation. Despite having bryant in the crowd the lakers can pull off a women against defending champions the Golden State WarriorsKevin Durants scored thirty six points for the warriors including the tie breaking shots golden state winning one hundred and sixteen to one hundred fourteen in overtime. Spain has been celebrating its best Football Players read an annual awards ceremony in barcelona barsa star forward lean on messi was honored for being most spanish leagues top goal scorer during the twenty sixteen to seventeen season you know the thirty seven goals than it already has a little ego leading fourteen this season messi seem made to Andreas Iniesta was named the most valuable player springs National Team both are gearing up to play arch rivals around madrid in el classico on saturday. Well there. And its special to clear we all are good at home and the one we have a big advantage with that im not second in the league at the moment so it would mean we would have a significant lead there is of course still a lot of the season left which obviously it would be fantastic to end the year with a victory and it would make a happy christmas for us meanwhile the suspended president of the Spanish Football Federation has tried to stir up fears that fifa could spain from taking part in next years world cup and worry of ilar who is currently under investigation for corruption was speaking three days after footballs governing body expressed concerns over political meddling in the Spanish Federation believes they need to play by the rules toward putting spains place at russia twenty eighteen at risk. Is too little you have little. What does the government do with this springs participation in the world cup risk when the players have earned on the field they know its not for and against the for regulations well for me is simple the main cause of their actions breaking the rules is to unfairly remove me from the presidency that we only resigned of australias coach a few weeks ago but and pasta coughlin was already found a new job as manager of japanese j like side yokohama marinos after successfully guiding the socceroos through qualification for next years world cup pasta coughlin said the pressure of being in charge of the National Team has taken its toll on him both personally and professionally australia are yet to appoint his successor head of russia twenty eighteen astakhov li will begin work at yokohama in february. There are just fifty one days to go until the Winter Olympics so its a busy competition season for the worlds best ski racers as they gear up for the games on monday mens parallel giant slalom took center stage and there was an upside to swedens mts all this and beat out favorites marcel her sure and henrik stuff recent olsen was just zero point zero three seconds faster than kristofferson and the final its the twenty nine year olds first ever world cup race victory in the mens circuit continues in middle east on friday. Over in france it wasnt such a successful race for this here as this happened capturing the trip crossing the line there but not quite in the way she would have hoped for the austrian was disqualified luckily with. And thats all your sport and ill be back with more later but for now back to you jane thanks very much for that and thats it for this bullets and bob will bring with more news in a couple of minutes see that. Good night its like getting something for you its the season of excess this is me and. I for one all American Family i challenge. This life without the wilds for we dont make any i mean what is our economic christmas without china with less documentary this time. A new era in television news. It doesnt say that hes a tall studer sings in secret he had actual victims who had survived torture detention and saying this was the cause of my arrest if you could. Just stay with what we do. About this conviction that everyone has a deep reservoir of thomas but if you can give them the opportunity to fling stop to look at the actual distance theres at least twenty thousand for him to refugees who live here we badly need at this moment leadership and person exposed to the public as was i donald trump is going to be the next president retaliation were going to go go back shes very kind of to see gas subsidies to believe it best to prevent the beginning anyway just give clicquot that. He achieved something that never happened before. And the war on terror begins with but it does not in there no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of Saddam Hussein this is hurricane that has something to hide they had prepared a significant Propaganda Machine and guess what not one w m d shite was found in iraq since one thousand nine hundred ninety one iraq a deadly deception at this time on aljazeera. Saudi arabia says it shot down a Ballistic Missile targeting one of their wild palaces in the cap