Welcome to that new life my headquarters and. Coming up in the next sixty minutes with the u. N. General assembly set to vote on a resolution question. President trump issues of. Polands president signs to. Judicial independence triggering a possible confrontation with. The u. N. Special envoy to stay. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope the gates of hell are swinging wide to allow him entrance. Reacts to the death of a. Help protect priests accused of abusing children. As President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off Financial Aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution against his decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital one hundred ninety three member body will hold an Emergency Special session on thursday at the request of arab and muslim countries mike hanna reports from the u. N. Security Council Staff pose with the secretary general for an annual photograph is called then its business as usual in the chamber like most other Member States those represented here unwilling to comment publicly on the extraordinary letters sent by u. S. Ambassador nikki haley ambassador did you receive the letter from hillary about the years many letters every day and the majority view apparently summed up by one representative who was willing to comment on our position in this case has been very clear we had the opportunity to express ourselves in the Security Council so so thats our very strong and prince principled position sweden was one of the fourteen Council Members who voted in favor of the jerusalem resolution monday the veto by the us is accompanied by an angry statement from the about. What we witnessed here today in the Security Council is an insult it wont be forgotten. What some would regard as a thinly veiled threat driven home in a letter circulated to all Member States regarding the vote taking place in the General Assembly thursday as you consider your vote the ambassador writes i want you to know that the president and the u. S. Take this vote personally she continues the president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested i report back on those countries who voted against us President Trump made clear what the possible consequences could be they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us while were watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot we dont care. But privately many un members are outraged at the looters bullying and threatening tone and what was to be a vote condemning attempts to unilaterally change the status of jerusalem may gain even added significance in november more than one hundred fifty nations voted in favor of the resolution declaring all israeli actions in jerusalem as null and void as it was an occupying power a similar result in the General Assembly thursday would also be a sweeping international rejection of President Trump and his policies mike hanna aljazeera United Nations well lets get more on this now and bring in j. D. Gordon and washington d. C. Hes a former Foreign Policy adviser to Donald Trumps president ial campaign very good to have you with us on aljazeera so i suppose the president making this move shouldnt be entirely surprising given u. S. Law actually recognizes jerusalem as israels capital but what do you make mr gordon of the president threatening other nations with cutting off aid if they support a resolution in line with the various other u. N. Resolutions on the issue and International Law that recognizes israel as an occupying power in jerusalem and saying that this is personal i mean is that any way to carry out International Diplomacy. Hi elizabeth great to see you i think there is a way to carry out International Diplomacy however i do think that President Trump is trying to appeal to his base and that christians they make up about ninety million americans so they are a critical part of the Republican Base thats who hes catering to here and i dont really think he cares too much about what other countries say or do regarding israel but if they vote against the United States and they receive u. S. Aid hes going to go after that is hes a blunt talker i know its a shock to a lot of people but hes a tough guy a tough negotiator and i wouldnt be surprised if he really punishes those countries that go against the United States here some one hundred and fifty countries that voted. In favor of a summit of resolution and november what this administration really cut a to countries and risk souring relations with possibly many countries on this issue do you think i wouldnt want to test President Trump on this hes a tough guy he understands dollars and cents and i think that he understands that the u. N. Has a very unhealthy obsession with israel you know about a decade ago elizabeth during the height of the door for crisis there were over twenty resolutions passed against israel and not one against sudan about a decade ago so the u. N. Has to be called to account on this obsession with israel is that an obsession with israel because israel continues to flagrantly violate International Law. I think its an obsession because there has been a lot of money put into anti israeli propaganda around the world so thats why theres an obsession you see it in the media you see it from International Diplomats and americans are tired of it frankly thats why they elect a president from one of the reasons why and yet america seems to be quite alone on this fourteen out of fifty of the u. N. Security Council Voted in favor of this resolution so it doesnt thats not really stacking up as it well i mean a lot of people look at the u. N. As like a left wing debating club in the United States particularly republicans so President Trump really doesnt care what a lot of people think his polls are pretty low in the United States only about in the mid thirtys was forces Approval Rating goes so he has to hold on to that base the base is republicans they are evangelical christians so hes trying to appeal to them and it is law you mentioned at the beginning of the segment in one thousand nine hundred five the u. S. Congress actually had legislation to approve jerusalem being recognized as the official capital of israel so President Trump is just the first person the first president in twenty two years with the backbone definitely come out and say it so its important to him hes going to punish you and members who go against him oh perhaps other president s didnt do it because again its against International Law nevertheless its not really up to the trumpet ministration to make changes to the foreign aid budget as it its up to congress what they get behind this do you think. You know i do think so elizabeth thats an excellent point you raise but since its a Republican Controlled Senate and the republican controlled house and theyre both very supportive of israel i think so but its not just republicans Chuck Schumer whos the head democrat from new york the head democrat in the u. S. Senate hes a very strong supporter of israel so i think hes going to have that bipartisan support in congress to back him up mr gordon it is good to get your thoughts your perspective on this as always gordon joining us live from washington d. C. Thank you. Saying in the u. S. And the white house and republican members of congress a celebration the passage of Donald Trumps massive tax bill but critics say the bill will only help the wealthy and the Poor Committee health has more from washington d. C. With nearly every republican lawmaker at his side donald trump did not pass up his chance to enjoy his first legislative victory after almost a year in office its always a lot of fun when you win the passage of the most dramatic changes to the u. S. Tax code in thirty years i always say the most massive but its the largest tax cut in the history of our country and the reform but tax cuts the tax reforms are controversy big cuts to Corporate Tax rates from thirty five to twenty one percent democrats say will benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans its a ponzi scheme. The tax cuts are going to be meaningful for work and family than every day americans and the jobs will never materialize republicans argue the cuts will make the United States more competitive with countries like china with similarly lower Corporate Tax rates its hoped this will encourage companies to do business in the u. S. And bring back jobs a key Trump Campaign promise but while this legislation is about reforming taxes it is also about winning donald trump failed to deliver on a Campaign Promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act or what Many Americans call obamacare its a frustration donald trump has lamented for months. Passing the tax legislation now allows trump to claim victory on both tucked inside the tax reforms is a repeal of an obamacare requirement called the individual mandate that forced all americans to buy Health Insurance or pay a tax fine the legislation still must go through legal review and may not be signed into law until the new year the president says americans will start to see tax relief as early as february the g. O. P. Tax skin is a monumental job but Many Americans remain skeptical most members of congress did not have time to read the hundreds of pages of changes to the hastily passed tax legislation thank you very much everybody and according to most polls two thirds of americans are doubtful the tax changes will have any positive impact on their lives kimberly helped get zero washington. Poem now where the president has accused you of lying about his countrys plan judicial reforms that you has triggered a Legal Mechanism that could see the country stripped of its Voting Rights but then the blog says the laws are a threat to democracy Natasha Buckland has more. It was a message of defiance from warsaw to the European Union polands president signing into law two bills reforming the judiciary something the e. U. Had warned against saying the changes threatened elements democracy was arms of provides i meant i think weve introducing very Good Solutions in poland i believe were introducing solutions that will improve the Justice System that will make people finally regained faith in justice regain faith in polish corps and regain faith in the Justice System just hours earlier the e. U. Had taken an unprecedented step to try and stop poland forging ahead with a controversial reforms it launched article seven of the lisbon treaty a process that could lead to poland losing its e. U. Voting rights sadly concerns of deep within a period of two years a significant numbers of laws have been adopted thirteen in total which put at serious risk the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers in poland since coming to power in twenty fifteen polands right wing law and Justice Party has been at loggerheads with the e. U. And for its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the es latest move is unlikely to worry the government i dont know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battled with brussels to their own advantage they can say to you just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our National Sovereignty so they they will be perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months polish opposition protesters have voiced their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. The e. U. Has given poneman three months to address its concerns it may then consider suspending brothels Voting Rights but for that to happen all Member States would have to agree and the problem for the e. U. Is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move with such a butler aljazeera. The European Union has given a Firm Deadline for the u. K. s transition out of the block must be completed by the end of december two thousand and twenty coinciding the end of the e. U. s current seven year budget that will officially happen in march two thousand and nineteen but the two sides have agreed a transition period will follow during which the u. K. Will continue to apply e. U. Law. Its important i think we have the same position legally as the European Union and thats why weve accepted my right of the friend the member for west also it but i can assure my honorable friend of the house we would only use this power in exceptional circumstances for the shortest possible time and in a thermos of motion to the house and other north korean soldier has defected to the south the fourth so far this year the south korean government says he crossed the Demilitarized Zone which was covered in thick fog follows a dramatic defection last month by a soldier who was shot by colleagues as he tried to escape across the border in an army jeep. Myanmar has blocked the United Nations special envoy from entering the country yangon leave all student visit in january to assess the state of human rights including abuses against muslim russian jet and rock and state police said the lack of cooperation suggested something terrible is happening and called on the government to reconsider more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees have fled to neighboring bangladesh since august to escape a military crackdown. Theres a lot of big words that have been said in my to theres that sense agenda a lot of strong very strong condemnation but it doesnt seem like the military government is taking heed to any and that is i think it was disappointing to. The International Community could not want to come up with its juncker resolution while on the Security Council. It was a president ial statement but that having said that that was an improvement weve come so far from that we have never i for the first person and the last president would never draw. Me a mile would choose to go down this path it was opening up it was the road to democracy the transition the apparition of the people you know all over this point to to a Success Story for me but i am really deeply. Disappointed and there are the sad and why that this decision. To deny cooperation with my mandate over there any other human rights mechanisms and most of wall to silence people who speak out about these kinds of atrocities. There are plenty more ahead on the news al including the mark of thousand days of stunning saudi arabias Bombing Campaign in yemen a. Radical Economic Transformation thats the promise from the new head of south africas road in potty and russias battle from palin for exporters of helicopter they get another month to prove their athletes should be allowed to compete and kill and thats coming up in sport but pay to. Thank. You. Bruce president is facing a congressional vote on thursday that could remove him from office of a corruption allegations pedro public which in skinny has denied accusations that he had business ties with a Brazilian Construction Firm or to british the company has been at the center of a bribery and Corruption Scandal thats caused a political upheaval across south america Marianna Sanchez has more from lima. Well people in peru are furious because of what they say is the president of lied to peruvian theyre furious because they said the president a bit of our local team he denied all along for months that he had not done any deals with all of it if the Brazilian Construction Company and then just a few days ago the president has knowledge that in fact these companies have done some Advisory Services full of it and that he had received some payment but he has denied any wrongdoing and that he didnt know about the complex and that it was his partners that old that did all of the dealings when he was a finance minister about a decade ago now many peruvians here are gathering at the center of lima is the capital where as many people here not to support the president but many here are saying that they are they are protesting against what they say is a power grab from the majority the opposition majority in congress which has caused these crisis in terms of the worst political crisis in years but its already affecting the Economic Growth and. That political scenario many people here say that they are angry at president hes cute but they dont want him to go they won him to stay and they say that the political majority will oust him and will remove him from Office Without a due process the president will be arriving earlier on thursday with his lawyer and he will have sixty minutes are supporting to the law and perhaps more to Face Congress and explain what were shes dealing with all their bitch. Has been a false and a since the conflict in yemen began the pal struggle between the hopis a share a rebel group and president of doublemint so. Harvey backed by a sounding Led Coalition has turned into a regional confrontation thousands of people have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine. A report. That was walking out of her fathers Cement Factory north of the capital sanaa when the building was hit by an airstrike the blast waves twisted her back shes now struggling to walk doctors say her spider was damaged during the attack while her life has been shattered by the conflict in her country dreams of graduating and becoming dr and i used to go to school of thought my life was beautiful because i could walk and right now i cant walk to school i can only go the wheelchair i used to be able to sit in a chair at my desk and write but now when i try to write my hand hurts i used to love writing but now i cant even hold a pen. But the conflict in yemen shows no sign of abating on tuesday the who thiis fired a Ballistic Missile silo two was the subject capital of riyadh they say they were targeting a meeting of senior officials at the palace saudi arabia accuses iran of supplying the houthi is with the messiah and as the conflicts continue there are fears of a wider regional confrontation the healthy is the remain defiant and when i heard. We face a war carried out by ten countries and there are attempts to create more divisions and chaos but that has failed and we still lead the front against the aggressors. Meanwhile the fighting rages near the capital sanaa forces loyal to president of the. Are struggling to break earthy defense lines civilians caught in the fighting a worrier. Thousands of people have been killed since the start of the conflict in two thousand and fifteen and im going to my hope is that two thousand and eighteen comes along with peace and of aggression and blockade imposed on my country but i also hope that all the parties come together and build a democratic state. Millions of the yemenis struggle to find food and shelter the country which faces the worlds biggest humanitarian crisis is also politically divided first by the International Community to negotiate a settlement suffered a setback earlier this month when the countrys alstad leader. Was killed by the whole thing. But for many yemenis like neuron to have suffered the most in this conflict and and to the fighting cant come soon enough. Russia has denied reports its war planes attacked a rebel held village in the syrian province of idlib of things nineteen people were killed in airstrikes including four children and the problem has been a rebel stronghold for three years the Syrian Military recently launched an offensive to try to retake it. Now a new investigation in iraq has fallen number of civilians killed of the battle to push out a morsel as ten times higher than previously thought the Associated Press studied more gray courts from october two thousand and fifteen through to july of this year that found up to eleven thousand civilians were killed and thats a significantly higher number than the one given by iraqi Prime Minister had there in a body he says around one thousand two hundred and sixty civilians died. The u. S. Led coalition which was supporting iraqi forces with air strikes has only acknowledged responsibility for three hundred twenty six civilian deaths the a. P. Investigation found one third of the deaths were due to bombardments by either the u. S. Led coalition or iraqi forces it blamed isolates final violent assault another third of the death couldnt be determined by more courts what side was responsible for the remainder of those killed. Laurie head into the International Security correspondent at the Associated Press and one of the reports authors and she spoke to aljazeera about their findings we spent four months compiling records both from the morgue in mosul and comparing them against multiple databases from. Governmental organizations including era were as Amnesty International ground body count and a u. N. Report that came out recently and what we found was that there was a significant underreporting of the number of civilian dead in mosul in the nine month battle to drive and i saw. The priest accused of covering up thousands of cases of sexual abuse and the Roman Catholic church in boston on massachusetts has died. Aljazeera is roslyn jordan takes a look back at the life of Cardinal Bernard law. Once upon a time watchers of the Roman Catholic church thought Cardinal Bernard law the head of the church in boston would become the first pope from the United States instead log died in disgrace in rome on tuesday age eighty six vilified because of how we handled decades of allegations of sexual abuse by priests under his supervision sexual abuse survivors had nothing but scorn for law when they heard the news bernie law was a cruel selfish bastard because he knew what was going on secret church documents uncovered by the boston globe and other news media revealed that laud routinely moved priests from church to church when they were accused of sexually abusing children he was never prosecuted for his actions defense lawyers say law should have been he could have created commissions with victims. To educate priests and supervising priests about the evils of sexual abuse but none of that was done it was all just window dressing it was an empty apology church observer set laws decisions shocked parishioners and the general public it was the practice to protect the institution rather than the innocence of children and so these priests were moved from parish to parish without telling law officials or even telling the new parishes the uproar was so intense and the Media Coverage so relentless that law resigned as archbishop in two thousand and two cardinal law came to this convent in maryland just outside washington d. C. He served as the chaplain for about a year then he was off to rome where he served as the head of one of the historical churches there as well as serving on several key vatican committees the most important the one that chooses the new pope law helped elect Pope Benedict in two thousand and five but because he had reached retirement age in two thousand and eleven law was not involved in the election of pope francis who has tried to deal with the ongoing fallout from the scandal rather than conduct laws Funeral Services at the vatican francis will conduct the burial ceremony in a Statement Released after last death was announced francis said quote i raise prayers for the repose of his soul that the lord god who is rich in mercy may welcome him in his eternal peace the survivors in boston say law deserves no such thing i hope he gets what he deserves and help rosalind shorten aljazeera washington. Still ahead on the news hour another setback for but this time at the news highest court. Its time to turn around the struggling economy thats the message from zimbabwes new president and in sports two ones and two days of the scare on that story coming out of the to. Be nice pink scarring spy the taj mahal. Or is the sun sets in the city of angels. Welcome back across much of central southern eastern china the weather is looking very quiet at the moment dry fine conditions not particularly warm slightly below average temperatures if anything conditions across indochina too although central parts of vietnam seeing some showers come back once again now some of the forecast through another twenty four hours increasing threat the showers across the philippines otherwise fine conditions twenty one bright annoyed fine across and through towards me im out with my sort of twenty nine in young gone so lets head down into southeastern parts of asia and they can see this circulation this is a developing tropical system which is going to head across central and southern parts of the philippines the south really seeing the bulk of the rain here a much circulation is whats left of car attack and thats heading towards potential malaysia cheer in the course the next twenty four hours with a heavy rain across much of java valley through towards the east timor and perhaps new guinea and then moving up through the malay pincher weve got bright conditions for singapore in kuala lumpur but that will then changes ahead on through into friday but further north into bangkok its looking dry and fine for south asia show the satellite images a lot of clouds here at the moment across northwestern areas wanted to showers affect intra like a which will continue in the forecast but it should be dry in delhi high sierra twenty four. The weather sponsored by cattle and race. Witness documentaries that open your eyes. At this time on aljazeera. Were entering. To have you with us on the hours of the when you sell these are our top stories was president has threatened to cut off Financial Aid to countries that favor of a draft you know into nations resolution opposing his decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. The white house on the Republican Controlled Congress to celebrate americas biggest tax reform bill and thirty years the controversial legislation means cuts to Corporate Tax rates. Are mainly benefit the wealthy at the expense of americans and polands president has accused the e. U. Of lying about his countrys plan tradition reforms follows the trial going by the. Mechanism that could see the country stripped of its Voting Rights within the bloc russell says the laws are a threat to democracy. To south africa now in the new head of the ruling a. N. C. Party has evolved to pursue radical Economic Transformation and his first address since his election. As expected to become president talk to elections in two thousand and nineteen because of the dominance evolve to rejuvenate the economy and stand out corruption the union leader and businessman also promise to tackle abuse of power with a n cs. The people of our country wanted to see that lived up to its promise and this through to its mission they want an a. N. C. That lives their fair use but it just follows us and holds fast to the principles that have long to find it as the movement of all people they wanted a and c. That uses Public Office not vested interests but to a truly developmental state. Lets get more on this now were joined by ne equation from washington d. C. Hes an independent africa policy analyst and former director of Africa Action very good to have you with us on aljazeera so what did you make of mr ramos poses page they you know what does he mean by things like radical Economic Transformation. I think by that he means that you know i think one of the big problems that africa has faced for a long time is in my mind the failure to deal with the legacy the toxic legacy of our party which has left a lot of south africa especially along racial lines indeed inequality and poverty and that is what he was speaking to and im not surprised because as as we mentioned he you know he says spectate to run for office most of the voters will be black South Africans so thats a message to them but but overall his speeches seem to me he touched on all the right buoyancy said all the right things he said things that the International Community and investors also wanted to hear he did say all the right things but given his history within the party as deputy even maining silent about president isnt as improper spending his role in the lead up to the economy asco where he was a nonexecutive director of the longman mine do you think he is the right candidate to address the many large issues as you mentioned of inequality of poverty of corruption facing south africa. I think its about as right as any of the leading South African politicians within the a. N. C. That we know of cause there may be some young people who havent heard of who may be better it is true that he has stumbled on maracana and stumble is a light word you know there were past now spending off his own money that people thought was frivolous given that he has come from a poor background and been a liberal leader so yes he has those if you might call them deficiencies but he also has his strengths and he seems he seems he is adroit to ensure food and he understand he has went to the three big factions in south africa they invest as their labor unions and then of course their streets because he was one of their leader Party Activists and was Nelson Mandelas made negotiator so he has made. Mistakes missteps but he has quickly recovered better than anybody i can think of but his speech is only words so they can now use to see what he will be able to do and he may have quickly recovered but what about the a. N. C. Can it recover from you know the years of being with corruption the vase at the base washing base is predominantly black and poor can he convince them do you think that hell improve their lives and that he is a clear enough break from the corruption of the a. N. C. I think we have to give him a fair chance that yes he can do that because you know your very first question about radical economic. Transformation is the language meant to go to those very poor black South Africans so he has already said to them i have a plan to address your number one concern interestingly you know under corruption issue the interesting thing is i have talked with people who have said to me both the end in south africa that listen the fact that he is so rich means that he should not be tempted to still from the Public Office who took me aback but his wealth is actually used to say that he may not be tempted to raid public coffers like like mr leggett to have done and do you see the a. N. C. As a party remaining as one faction especially with the top six divided at the moment. Yes i think thats a great question and i think the short answer is that it totally depends on what mr poser does although we must say the n c. Across africa compared to other african countries and even other countries in the world the acting. Sort of a collective and therefore the National Executive committee the six of them whatever mr bowser does of course he will lead and he has influence but it will be a collective decision so any action that he takes to my mind will be that he has convinced the other five members of the committee to go along with now where i am interested to see which way he will go is he may not be do able to satisfy both investors and the voters who will see which way he leans with the elections coming i asked spectum to lean towards the vote is when elections are close mr equator it is great to get your analysis you and fights into this thank you very much for your time this and they are quite a joining us from washington d. C. Now ugandas parliament has voted to amend the constitution and a controversial move would allow president yarima seventy to stand for election again the bill removes the age path of seventy five years on the presidency and alan fifty three year old in the seventy to further extent his three decades in power ugandas opposition says the policy is part of a plan by my seventy two for life he is already one of africas longest serving leaders but earlier ugandan journalist Jackie Kennedy spoke to aljazeera about comparisons that are being made between uganda and zimbabwe during the thirty seven year rule of Robert Mugabe. I think that it was something that was expected and i think that many ugandans are worried about uganda moving to whereas in bob. And maybe thats where were going to go i do not know but. In terms of the reaction to being moved i dont think that you get and politics is that much you are but also because one thing for us is that politics is the main source of employment and its not a sub its rather a source of employment so and also the one time session or politics next its only to be unpredictable because then its subjects who has the money so i think that i wouldnt rush to compare the two to my god one has used his first state of the nation address to declare his country as open to foreign investment. To improve the economy and clamp down on corruption following Robert Mugabes thirty seven year brain out of a tussle has more from had already zimbabwes new leader says its no longer business as usual his government is going to introduce probusiness policies to attract investment and revive the ailing economy government will soon and ever have burst in gain strength and a Reengagement Program with the International Community you know will continue to be to rejoin the community of nations. My government is committed to what presumably. This meant by building a free and transparent economy which of brits zimbabweans is welcoming to outsiders. Im assuming that god told zimbabweans hes going to improve the rule of law and democracy as well as tackle corruption he came to power last month after the military intervened and roberts mugabe resigned minis about ways including the opposition are watching prison and i was very closely to see if he delivers the main thing people want jobs and the economy to improve opposition members say they hope the new president means what he says but they are skeptical there are still cash shortages and food prices keep rising they feel managua has surrounded himself with the same people who helped keep mugabe in power for thirty seven years we look at the levels of. Our citizen and what people are living and we. Used. To. Dream the dream. And since the. Character the new administration is trying to mend relations with the International Community some imposed sanctions in the early two thousands of accusations of human rights abuses political analysts say if elections next year are free fair and credible and whoever wins is democratically elected that could show signs of stability and encourage investors to release much needed funds they have to be as democratic as possible because of the elections and said it will have a close eye on this particular election because theyre obviously not quite keen on having the status of a person who got in via a military intervention as a president in the sort of improving zimbabwes fortunes and International Standing will take time but when i got one has only a few months to prove his leadership will be radically different from his former boss Robert Mugabe how do with aljazeera. Motorists have brought the venezuelan city of san cristoval to a standstill and protests against fuel shortages hundreds of drivers blocked main roads and then out of the city very angry at huge queues a few but someone who was complaining they had to wait eight hours to fill up whether whale has huge oil reserves and the lowest prices in the world the government blames the shortages on people smuggling fuel over the border to colombia where it can be sold at a profit. Rescue workers in southern chile are trying to recover some of the bodies of those killed when a mudslide in a small village heavy rain has slowed Recovery Efforts at least fourteen people died in the mudslide in santa lucy on saturday the area has been declared a disaster zone and some survivors have left the village. The e. U. Is highest court has ruled that the car hailing app is a transport company and must be regulated accordingly over argued that its an Online Platform and should not be subject to the same rules as taxi outlets of San Francisco based firm operates in more than six hundred locations offering low cost transport to millions of users part its also been accused of unfair competition barco reports from london its a judgment with big implications for other companies the European Court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a Technology Firm as the company insists it may have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that could be set a country level the long running court case was first bought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against the explosive. Thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities this was paris and this demonstration brought Central London to a standstill. And deliberate on has been under mounting scrutiny after a driver with previous criminal convictions allegedly murdered a British Embassy work of this month here in london had its license revoked back in september for breaching operating rules including its handling of alleged sex attacks still there were three and a half million users here and many were angry with that decision part of the companys ensuring appeal is that is sufficient and cheap ones cheaper than traditional black cabs for now its been allowed to continue operating in the capital while it appeals the decision the European Courts ruling isnt legally binding but it does send a message to other high tech firms is one of several Companies Facing legal battles in recent years. Another San Francisco based firm allows people to rent out their homes to visitors but cities such as barcelona and berlin want to regulate usage to avoid driving up rents and forcing out locals experts say its important to uphold Regulation Without stifling innovation if you look at many of the new take firms yes they have a new way of delivering things but the main reason theyre making money is often by getting around roles tax regulation the kind of things that the average companies have to apply with the digital revolution to advancing at breakneck speed now the law needs to pick up the pace nave aljazeera london. Mexico state Prosecutor Says a bus crash that killed twelve people on the yucatan peninsula was caused by driver negligence and excess speed the tour bus was carrying thirty one passengers when it flipped over on a flat stretch of road no other very cool was involved in the incident most of those on board tourists eight u. S. Citizens a canadian into swedish nationals are among the dead. A mexican journalist has been shot dead at a school where he was attending his six year old sons Christmas Party thirty four year old model papers wrote about security and drugs in the southeast and better crew state the state security coordinator has confirmed a lone gunman shot him dead in front of dozens of parents and children he is the twelfth journalist to be killed in mexico this year aljazeera journalists around the world a calling for the release of our colleague with hussein whos been detained in egypt and prison for a year and stuff gathered in the Albert Charles news room here in doha to show their support for hussein and mark the anniversary he was taken into custody while visiting family egypts Security Services said hes under investigation but have not referred him to a court. Or britains Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbin has urged egypt to release the same calling his imprisonment completely wrong. Please release from witnessing but also please release of the journalists that have been held would merely try to report the truth and what is going on without knowledge of the truth how do we know where were all going and imprison journalists is completely wrong denying people the opportunity to understand what is happening in a particular society is completely wrong stand together everyone around the world for the necessity of the freedom of speech that is the right to know and the right to know what journalists are finding out for us well the sports news televised on the news hour later were talking about this one a world cup when a strike of plans of cleaning up corruption and brazilian football. Top face foundry and taiwan is home to the worlds last remaining set of lead top traditional chinese cat. Other companies i have told that he hopes to revive the top faith culture. Dedicated to the crown. My name is one and i am sixty five years old i am the owner of racine typeface foundry in taiwan. Founded in one nine hundred sixty nine by my father seeing his home to the worlds last remaining set of lets face traditional chinese characters so our business had thrived before the one nine hundred eighty s. This was when everything from books to newspapers was printed the old way using movable types that we supplied we got it for you. As an apprentice i was inspired by my fathers dedication to craftsmanship. He was strict but set an example for me to excel at the most difficult technique i learned to carve the copper mold with a knife there than human hair and i grew attached to the beauty of chinese characters so i bought the advance of Digital Printing many of our peers out of business. By two thousand and five we were the only ones left thats what i was for i thought about closing shop but found it hard to let go of my passion and my fathers legacy. So i wore strong i managed to stay open and spent the last decade repairing these broken molds myself so its been a labor of love since i can only fix five characters a day a fraction of our one hundred and fifty thousand word collection has one. Point five francs to a Crowdfunding Success this spring we raised three hundred thousand dollars to training professionals to restore some of the moves. Of the hunger my goal is to open a museum and i plan to devote the rest of my life to revive the type based culture. Never be a quitter as my father often said. Its time for sports now has peter thank you very much russian paralympians will need to wait until january before learning if theyre allowed to compete at next years winter games in sharing a decision was expected from the International Paralympic committee on friday but while the ban on russian competitors has been up held theyve been given an extra month to meet the criteria required to lift the suspension this includes the World Antidoping Agency reinstating russia the International Olympic committee only allowing russian athletes to compete as neutrals in februarys of the big games. Well the athletes preparation for pyong chang is hotting up with less than two months to go now the womens alpine ski circuit continued in france on wednesday with the first ever world cup the ladies parallel slalom event a new format but a familiar winner in the shape of Mikaela Shiffrin the american beat back is pitcher of law by for hundreds of a second to claim her second race win in as many days it sees she for an increase or lead at the top of the overall world Cup Standings to two hundred and ninety one points. Chelsea are on their way to the English League cup semifinals the Current Premier League champions softball moved by two goals to one on a wednesday as you would expect but a shock result bristol city have a limited Manchester United also by two golds to one now former world cup winning striker remar rio is planning to run for president of the Brazilian Football Confederation in an effort to help clean up corruption in the sport in east country the fifty one year old is currently a senator in his home state of Rio De Janeiro and has played an active role in leading corruption investigations the news comes just days after marco polo del narrow the currency be if president was given a ninety day suspension by the firm its alleged he is involved in ethical conduct theres been some good news for the Peru National team in the build up to next years world cup they captain paolo good arrow will be able to play in russia of the feed ban for failing a doping test from one year to six months the thirty three year old who plays a brazilian side flamingo had been suspended after testing positive for a stimulant found in cocaine following a world cup qualifier in october that ban will now finish in may just over one month before the start of the tournament. Elsewhere rex asinine brasier daughter and Claire Thomas of that ski has decided to hang up his boots the thirty seven year old who currently plays a sponsor prague announced his retirement on wednesday results the one to take up with arsenal he was also capped at one hundred five times by his native Czech Republic well one athlete coming out of retirement is twenty thirteen wimbledon winner Marion Bartoli she says she has Unfinished Business in tennis of the injury forced to stop playing four years ago the french woman called it quits just a month after winning her only grand slam title now thirty three bartoli is hoping to return at the miami open in march beyond that she has her sights set on playing at the olympics in twenty twenty as well as winning another major trophy for more on the earlier i spoke to sophie former player from france who no commentator on womens tennis she says bartoli faces a tough physical challenge to get back to the top but theyre after her shock retirement we shouldnt be too surprised about her written. I think mentally we know that shes a warier and shes proven this day in and day out on the tour winning a titles winning a grand slam title and i think that physically with all she went through throughout the last two years especially year ago with the illness and the weight gain and the weight loss i mean its been like so difficult for her shes since she stopped lying and you know the funny thing is you know i interviewed her about two weeks before she retired and that was after wimbledon back in two thousand and thirteen and there was absolutely no reason for her to quit she didnt have that in our mind so it was such a shock for everybody so surprised i dont think we should be surprised by anything that happens these days on the tennis tour with the likes of all the older player i would say like the federer and the cyrano williams who is now trying to come back after giving birth to her of her first child so young bartoli is a great story again for the woman stays association i think that. Embracing this what we have to expect in two thousand and eighteen is you know an amazing field from the number one up to the number ranked more and more to a leader who is going to look for walker to get into tournaments and its exciting i mean whats not exciting about that i mean you have pretty much a lot of players who are looking to maybe be the contender and be the new winners here in grand slam we had four different grand slams winner last year which is Pretty Amazing and its a testimony anything to the depth of womens tennis and how good it is and how good they are out there. Turkeys state run News Agency Says that prosecutors are seeking a four year jail sentence for n. B. A. Players in this canter hes accused of insulting to accuse president through a chip type of murder one in a series of tweets last year cant replace with New York Knicks and would be tried in absentia he is a known supporter of. The u. S. Based cleric blamed by turkey for last years failed to. Well north korea is largely isolated from the International Community football is one of the reno where they have been trying to stay in touch with a womens National Team won the east asian football to have a cheer for the Third Straight time last week in the north Korean News Agency supplied this footage of the team being greeted upon their return at Pyongyang International airport. And thats all the sport for me another update coming up again later. And that does it for the aljazeera news out of do say with us because North Highlands here with another news bulletin just a couple of minutes and reminder you can always keep up to date with all the news on our website aljazeera dot com. You are making a point if remarks were there on line the main u. S. Response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been the criminal mind or if you join us on sac no evil person just wakes up of it in the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be was leading to some of the confusion i like about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the colobus conversation at this time on aljazeera when the news breaks it was an announcement if you were expecting to hear by announce my resignation as Prime Minister from the lebanese government and the story builds i cant stop thinking about the bullets my life when people need to be heard a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of the injured have fled ethnic cleansing imeem are from bangladesh aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more Award Winning documentaries and live news on air and online singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished its a big business smuggling. When they will take the sit there until the stand is our affair you see the beautiful being behind it is something thats not so plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound walls at this time on al jazeera in two thousand and one spreads around the. Arab australians accused of being enemies within. And attacking the aussie way of life we were treated like we had pulled suspects we would all under suspicion struggling to adapt to their new found home. Aljazeera explores the history of the Lebanese Community in australia. Once upon a time in punchbowl at this time on aljazeera. Were watching those votes lead a vote against us will save a lot