Injured in gaza by israeli gunfire during a fourth week of protests against Donald Trumps recognition of truth as the capital of israel plus. It but then that should it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economists region while living abroad the Prime Minister of spain lashes out at. Carlos puts them out. And turning trash into art haitians left their creativity speak for the thousands of foreign living in the struggling country. Has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Coptic Church in a christian dont shop at egypt at least nine people were killed five others wounded in the shooting just south of the capital cairo along gunmen was wounded before being arrested by police as President Donald Trump offered his condolences to egyptian president of the on friday and said. They stand united against terrorism Charlotte Bella says more. A program of confidence inside the Virgin Mary Church on the outskirts of cairo the family members of eight different victims brought together by gunmen killing in the name of. This is the suspected attacker its believed hes wearing a suicide vest first he shot at a christian own shop before moving to cairos coptic mum in a church he opened fire on civilians and Police Officers outside who witness it people inside closed the doors when they heard the shots. Thank god they locked the door there were hundreds in sight if getting closer during that time it could have been worse than the attack and the road to mask in china relatives piece together what had happened is they made it outside the hospital. And. One woman was killed when she tried to help the attacker thinking he had fallen they say he saw her across dangling from her neck and shot at the one who she was asking him in the name of christ this something happened to you she was he worried about him she gives him love and tenderness and peace in this world they need peace with Gunfire Police gunfire. As the ambulances left the funeral with their loved ones and size they were accompanied by Armored Vehicles and a sign of increased security for christians here its the latest in a number of attacks on the christian minority in egypt which represents about ten percent of the population the problem is that theres no clear counterterrorism and counterinsurgency policies so for dealing with this threat and for a while egypt has been just continuing the same blunders and same mistakes egypt has been under a state of emergency since i pro and suicide bombing struck two Coptic Church is killing it lee. Forty five people on palm sunday i saw also claimed responsibility for that attack the government deployed more Security Forces outside churches this month in anticipation of attacks over christmas. Or new years on during or christmas every holiday every holiday this gift oh god you are vengeful. God Egypts Christians have long accused the authorities of not doing enough to protect them. At least fifty people have been injured after Israeli Forces opened fire on demonstrators as thousands of palestinians across gaza in the occupied west bank took part in protests for a fourth friday their anger at u. S. President on all fronts decision to recognize two islam as israels capital tanks and aircraft also fired on targets and gaza enter tally ation two rockets being fired into Israel Israeli Army says its Aerial Defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip. More from gaza. The edge of gaza city is just a couple of hundred meters over there and this is the border with israel the separation friends wall surrounds gather all step aside to the camera can zoom in a bit for the fourth friday in a row people gathered at rallies in the city after friday prayers coming from the mosques and then some people from those rallies came here to the border to demonstrate its been like this for the last month ever since President Trump announced that the u. S. Would recognize to use them as the capital of israel and demonstrators are trying to get as close to the fence as they can to throw stones and plant palestinian flags. Start fires as well those plumes of black smoke you can see here from fires and burning tires and the israeli armys response with tear gas and some gunfire weve heard that more than ten people have been injured in the violence today in the unrest here and in four of the places along the border. Thousands of people in the pakistani city of rawalpindi have rallied against trumps through some decision demonstration was organized by a Charity Group linked to the main suspect in the two thousand and eight known by bombing had a say a us has a ten Million Dollar bond. Who was released from house arrest and november. Has more from raul pindi. Crowden paper last gathered. To throw their support for the palestinian cause the product didnt ambassador to. The white stage who had read crowds that come from all four corners of the country all pakistani people from all walks of life have strongly reject it trumps decision of jerusalem as their capital pakistan is the only country in the muslim world who has officially condemned and rejected this decision and brought resolution in their parliament against the irresponsible act there is a dream to then burn a cross on the floor make worry and know except for many from the project on defense. Rooting out. The leader of the modern art program for their support. This was a good deal to make to receive the music sales coppertone we cannot tolerate this at any cost we are trying to awake all the Muslim Community and to unite them and we want to send a strong message to trump that muslims wont accept it in any shape they can thereby support for the for i lived in them god yeah and very very much against the american move to move the embassy to jerusalem never being a muslim its my duty. I was given i just really going on that god this is the right that was muslim yesterday is to gather and we want to give you a strong message that we are god and we have given you three. And you will see and the people here say that jerusalem is the capital. People are certainly ready to sacrifice. For making sure theyre your true true love there may be arent your true church. And gathering by far the stronger go far on this particular. Place in iran have used Water Cannons and tear gas to disperse hundreds of antigovernment demonstrators protesting for the second day running protests broke out in the western city of kermanshah day after hundreds rallied in irans second largest city of mashad the demonstrators are angry about the governments Economic Policy center also calling for the release of Political Prisoners have also been reports of protests and other cities including the capital tehran. Hello betty were going to us all economic indications in the country are good yes there is an increase in the prices of some products and the government is working on fixing the causes of the high prices some of the events that have taken place in recent days a said to have been because of the economy but the robber the reasons the people behind what is taking place think theyll be able to harm the government but when social movements and protests start in the street those who have acknowledged them are not always able to control them and protesters have confronted Police Outside the hospital where former president of artificial morion spang traded. Their angry over the controversial decision to pardon fujimori who has served nearly half of a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights crimes including murder on thursday thousands of peruvians marched to denounce the move and call for new general elections. As a human rights activists and a professor at George Mason University she says for him or his pardon can still be changed and there are precedents of similar cases. It is not the end of the story for fujimori. The end there are several different venues by which human rights activists are going to challenge the pardon one is and the domestic courts in peru i mean there are precedents a few years ago an associate a few gym or a actually a businessman the head of a large conglomerate Media Organization was part of it and hes been convicted of corruption and hed been pardoned based on humanitarian grounds and a few weeks later he was caught on camera in a country club looking quite healthy and the constitutional tribunal overturned his tartan. And so there is a precedent for that kind of thing if a pardon is found to be fraudulent lee grant and then it can be overturned by perus constitutional tribe you know the other venue of course is the International Says the interim american system and why and why that is possible in this case is to do more or less convicted for two for a series of human rights abuses to very important and emblematic cases the barrios that those massacre of one thousand nine hundred one and the enforced disappearance of nine students and a professor from the land to the university in one nine hundred ninety two well two of those cases received sentences from the interim aircon court which found the peruvian state responsible in order to prove the state to investigate process prosecute and punish those responsible and that gives the court the right to supervise the fulfillment of the terms of the sentence. Spains Prime Minister has dismissed the idea that president could rule from abroad. Spanish government fired after he declared independence in october. One of the. Election yet to form a government is currently. To avoid arrest. But then that it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economist region while living abroad it is even more absurd to try to perform ones duties as president of an autonomy when you are abroad i really think that its completely senseless its not even a judicial or political issue its just common sense i hope that we can quickly count on a government in catalonia that is able to engage in dialogue and reach an understanding with not just with. Still had. A new legal setback for. The ruling by. Opposition calls for his impeachment. From the. Welcome back as we look at the weather across western parts of asia and the levant is pretty quiet here at the moment finer on the caspian sea close enough in tehran that sixteen degrees bank down to twenty two and then weve got this area of low pressure pushing into the eastern side of the mediterranean with time so as we head into sunday so we see some heavy rain across cyprus and up through parts of turkey still largely dry at that stage for lebanon but you will find the cloud increasing later on in the day so one of the Arabian Peninsula looking fine here once again we are temperatures in the low thirtys from mecca here in qatar the weather is just about perfect twenty five degrees light winds you couldnt ask for much more than that and not a great deal of changes ahead on through into sunday the winds remain in general light possibly you might see have been missed and fall for turning stage as we head across into southern parts of africa weve got some showers affecting the eastern cape so durban the chance of the all share otherwise looking largely fine across much of the country much of botswana through into namibia fine but again heavy showers affect in zambia but zimbabwe should be dry and harare will see plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the upper twentys for central parts of africa showers across parts of the congo and towards gabon otherwise fine for west africa sunny and i cry in ghana with high seer of thirty one. The with sponsored body counts on these. Twenty seventeen has been full of stories that have changed the Global Political landscape and aljazeera has been there to cover them all to. Join us as we look back at some of our most memorable interviews of the year the special edition of talk to aljazeera at this time. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now funerals have been held for those killed in a Church Attack in cairo at least nine people died and many more were wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshippers and police eisel has claimed responsibility israeli Security Forces have opened fire a protest in gaza and the occupied west bank entering at least fifty people are protesting against the u. S. Recognition a decision to recognize her islam as the capital of israel four of the injured are in serious condition thousands of people in the pakistani city of rawalpindi have also rallied against the u. S. Decision its the largest protest and pakistan sense the white house announcement earlier this month. As defense secretary James Madisons defending support of the saudi Like Coalition fighting with the rebels and yemen speaking to reporters in the pentagon maddest said there would be more civilian deaths without u. S. Involvement the comments for all u. N. Condemnation of the Coalition Bombing campaign after more than one hundred civilians were killed by airstrikes within ten days. Aid agencies have finished a series of evacuations from the besieged damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta twenty nine critically ill people including children have been moved as part of a deal with the Syrian Government but the u. N. Says there are still more than four hundred in urgent need of medical care and i heard reports from neighboring lebanon. An appeal from a grieving mother. She hopes that all the Sick Children in eastern kuta will receive medical treatment so that their parents dont lose them. Lost her daughter but tool was ten years old when she died her parents say her life could have been saved but they live in an area besieged by Syrian Government forces where there is no proper medical care. A sickness with pain in her teeth nice and hot doctors said there was something wrong with her nervous system and antibiotics didnt help the medication didnt work and she passed away. Its too late for twenty nine critically ill patients are being given the chance at survival that was agreed after a deal between the Syrian Government and the armed group. That involved the rebels freeing prisoners in exchange eighteen of those transferred to hospitals in damascus where children. Hundreds more are of treatment theres a severe shortage of medical supplies the medical facilities in the area have all but been destroyed by the siege meant just over one hundred doctors provide care for an estimated four hundred thousand people half of them are believed to be children and. The children are always the ones who are the most vulnerable and affected as a result of the siege there are many children who have cancer they cant be cured because there is no medicine to treat them there are diseases because of the pollution even the water is polluted there are many cases of severe malnutrition in the United Nations says one in eight children is going hungry up from one in fifty eastern huta has been besieged since two thousand and thirteen but in recent months progovernment forces tightened the blockade closing smuggling routes and tunnels that were being used. Humanitarian organizations have been pleading for months with the Syrian Government to allow the critically ill patients to leave it workers are hoping that the evacuations will be the beginning of more to come theyre also asking for safety guarantees from patients are worried of arrest if they go to government control. Territory. Doesnt have much time she is four years old and her sickness requires treatment that is not available in eastern huta its a difficult time for her mother him of della who is hoping that her daughter was on the evacuation list into my house on the phone down to the set of my daughter has the kenyans right cancer docs has told me she needs surgery to remove her throat because it is too big and the cancer cells are spreading i hope someone helps me my child needs chemotherapy and i called to forward it please whoever is hearing me now i ask for your help and. Already almost twenty patients among them children have died while waiting for Evacuation Centers beirut officials in serbia have uncovered twenty five tons of highly toxic waste after a search of a private property southwest of the capital belgrade the chemicals in the mixtures include benzene that is a cancer causing compound that is highly regulated across the developed world residents have been warned not to use water from nearby wells and the owner of that property has been arrested. I think that within two weeks we will have all the analysis there are some indications but we dont want to talk about indications what is important is that we ask citizens from this part of a brand of its not to use wells for Drinking Water until we get the analysis. One hundred forty five indian fishermen released by pakistan on thursday have returned home the men were arrested and jailed for fishing legally and pakistani territorial waters another group of indian fishermen will be released next month as a goodwill gesture pakistani and Indian Maritime agencies frequently arrest each others fisherman. Indias lower house of parliament has approved a bill which would make it illegal for muslim men to use instant divorce to leave their wives the socalled triple taluk is a muslim practice in which a man ends a marriage by saying you were divorced three times the legislation men who try to use instant divorce could be imprisoned for up to three years and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has been a vocal advocate of the bill which will have to be approved by the f. Or house of parliament before it becomes law south africas top court has ruled that parliament failed to hold president jacob zuma to account in a scandal over house approved months which cost millions of dollars last year the court decided that zuma had violated the constitution when hed been if it improperly from state funding for his home one of his homes that is its one of a series of president ial scandals which have tarnished the reputation of the Ruling African National congress the opposition has renewed its calls for the president to be impeached tanya page isolate us from johannesburg. The Constitutional Court south africas highest court has found that the National Assembly thats parliament failed to take appropriate action against president jacob zuma and relation to gross overspending of taxpayers dollars on his private home called income for the Constitutional Court says the first thing that should happen is that the National Assembly needs to come up with a comprehensive list of rules and regulations which perhaps could lead to the impeachment of president zuma away but they didnt go so far as to say thats what should happen because that would be in breach of the separation of powers the opposition parties who brought this legal action were pleased with the outcome nonetheless the constitutional duty grant mr zuma in no time will be scrutinized will be brought before parliament to be accountable because his own Political Party has actually failed to hold you accountable and we can with the other day longer we need to be in parliament in no less than did todays before the state of the nation address of twenty eight in their defense president zuma and the speaker of parliament both said it wasnt true that the National Assembly had done nothing multiple votes of no confidence in president zuma have been held and theyve all been defeated and thats what it comes down to its a matter of numbers in parliament because impeaching a president is a parliamentary process so even when there are rules in place that could lead to impeaching a president old timothy that would require a two thirds majority and the reality is that the governing African NationalCongress Holds the majority and so be extremely unlikely that the numbers would be able to be gathered for an impeachment former football superstar george where has officially been declared liberias president ally. After winning tuesdays runoff with more than sixty one percent of the vote thousands of his supporters have been celebrating in the capital monrovia his opponent joseph boycott conceded defeat on friday saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed why is when marks the first democratic transfer of power in the west african nation in seventy three years many think his victory will be a great benefit for liberias. The third part of our series looking ahead to two thousand and eighteen report from zimbabwe next year voters will head to the polls after a series of Extraordinary Events that saw the military force longtime leader Robert Mugabe to resign many hope the outcome of the election will help to improve the economy and finally person bar boy standing on the world stage asaram a tosser reports from harare. After decades of economic stagnation high unemployment and a shortage of cash people hope things will get better in twenty eighteen Robert Mugabe resigned in november after the military intervened innocent and goggle is the new president until elections are held while they wait for an election date to be announced they are registering to vote many here say they hope no matter who wins it will be a new beginning for zimbabwe oh and your country which is full of opportunities because you know i mean you college right now im studying and the reason why im studying is because i want to work so if i could complete my studies and then theres no work for me to do then. In the past elections have been marred by allegations of vote rigging and violence opposition leaders say the military and war veterans helped to keep Robert Mugabe in power for thirty seven years the new commander of the Defense Forces says things will not be different and that the army will respect whatever zimbabweans decide at the polls as we prepare for the elections in twenty eighteen it is our wish that their company and they were doing so for the day takes place in an environment of peace and tranquility Opposition Alliance members say despite Morgan TsvangiraiHealth Concerns he is their president ial candidate has cancer now that mugabe is gone they say they are confident about next year we are only. Believe that the next winnowing enemies are going underground or we are going to the next government this is what they are publicly acquittal. Well voters role could help avoid another disputed election zimbabwe is compiling a new voters role in replace the old emanuel register Opposition Party say is inaccurate and is dead peoples names on it needed for a Commission Says the past register nearly seven Million People before elections in twenty eight as the bobbins prepare for those crucial elections they hope will be credible and Violence Free the International Community has said if things go smoothly at the polls they will be eager to invest to help ease the crippling cash crisis that could mean discreetly needed jobs most people waiting in line under the age of forty many unemployed but they say for the first time in a long while there is hope that maybe twenty eighteen is going to be a good year. For aljazeera. And on sunday will take a look at syrias future after a year in which the Syrian Government recaptured large areas of territories many feel the war is nearing its end but there remain potential flashpoints and what can be the price of peace. Artists in haiti are turning trash into politically infused art their expression stems from a Resistance Movement based in the capital three civil rights. In one of the poorest areas of haitis capital Port Au Prince a place where people live surrounded by trash. And part of the resistance bills went against social inequality using art. Is love. It is just fighting every time. You go to meet and its just these. Many of his cultures are based in what he describes as voodoo because of the special place the religious practice has in haitian history and society. All asian people because you get asian people fighting for get your freedom. But. The message here is that art can be done with anything culture for example are done with all the Vehicle Parts stories and even some of them with human remains you can see right here this calls for example are from the earthquake back in two thousand and ten. An earthquake that killed more than three hundred thousand people the remains are from a mass grave in portau prince. Showing realities crucially ojo says hes using old clothes sent to haiti by foreigners in his latest painting with my objective is to show haiti to the world your art is not only about voodoo but it is showing the talent and diversity that exists here and they send us old clothes and we send it back turned into art. This is a considered no go zone in the capital an area where many foreigners do not want to go. But art has inspired some teenagers who say they would rather use brushes instead of weapons and its you know i would love to become a good artist when i can paint something and do it perfectly. Every year we charge morris bring some of the pieces from the artist to his hotel so tourists can take a closer look at the movement where you live in garbage thats the economy they have created an economy where you and your neighborhood your people your friends your family they live in garbage and you have taken this garbage and youve turned it into a beauty youve turned it into art youve turned it into messages. The work done by resistance artists has been displayed in museums around the world. But they say despite their success internationally life continues to be a struggle in the areas where they grew up. I will. Prince haiti. And the mexican state of the haka conservationists have released hundreds of endangered baby turtles into the Pacific Ocean every year hundreds of thousands of olive really turtles lay their eggs on mexicos beaches as part of or annual breeding migration but after hatching many of the young turtles actually fall prey to predators out precious is that some of the conservation issues to hunt the creatures that have turned to protecting them to try to say the species very nice. These are the headlines right now on aljazeera funerals have been held for those killed in a Church Attack in cairo at least nine people died many more were wounded when a gunman opened fire on worshipers and police eisel has claimed responsibility israeli Security Forces have opened fire at protests and gaza and the occupied west bank injuring at least fifty people they were protesting against the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel four of the injured are in serious condition thousands of people in the pakistani city and they have also rallied against the u. S. Decision its the largest protest and pakistan since the white house announcement earlier this month in iran hundreds of antigovernment protesters have taken to the streets for a second day placers Water Cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the western city of kermanshah there are also reports of protests in other cities including the capital tehran demonstrators are angry about the governments economic policies are also demanding the release of Political Prisoners. Spains Prime Minister has dismissed the idea that. Broad. Made the announcement in a speech in spanish government. After he declared independence in october following a referendum hes currently in selfimposed exile in brussels to avoid arrest over charges over a billion and sedition. But then that it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economists region while living abroad it is even more absurd to try to perform ones duties i was president of an autonomys region when you are abroad i really think that its completely senseless its not even a judicial or political issue its just common sense i hope that we can quickly count on a government in catalonia that its able to engage in dialogue and reach an understanding with not just with. Police outside the hospital where former president. Theyre angry over their controversial decision to pardon. The twenty five year sentence so far. And human rights crimes. So those are the headlines to keep it here on aljazeera talk to aljazeera is next and then more news after that visit our web site as well ill just. Keep it or. Our. Final. Year with. The. City. To say two thousand and seventeen has been an important year for news and world events would be a huge understatement its been a year filled with consequential stories that have changed and shaped the Political Landscape around the world from indigenous rights in the amazon to the station battle in spains catalonia region kenya is not one but two controversial president ial elections and then theres the crisis that hit the gulf region with the blockade of cats off the growing refugee