It harder to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians. California becomes the latest state in the us to legalize the use of marijuana plus. In a few months time the stands here at Luzhniki Stadium in moscow will be filled with football fans from all over the world armory chalons and ill have more on this later in the program with russia now in its world cup year. The death toll after five days of antigovernment protests across iran has reportedly risen to fifteen with a Police Officer among the dead Iranian State media say that Security Forces stopped on protesters trying to take up a police stations and military bases picked us up at the latest. The fifth day of protest on social the. A media blackout imposed by the government has done little to stop the demonstrators out on the street. Posting these videos from cities across iran this was big john on monday night gunshots scattering the people on the streets. At Shahin Shazam buildings on fire the protests showing no sign of losing its momentum i dont think we cannot predict a time when the protests will come to an end but the protests will shake the people in power who must give priority to peoples demands and needs. The state of the economy and rising prices sparked the initial protests on thursday austerity measures after years of sanctions have seen the Unemployment Rate rise to twelve percent but anger has also shifted to Foreign Policy protests as a critical of the governments support for the Syrian Government of Bashar Al Assad hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territories now gone. Wrong e. In washington d. C. Outside the white house people called for the removal of president Hassan Rouhani. Trump tweeted that people are getting wise to know how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. In terror state television quoted iranian president Hassan Rouhani in reply he said irans regional accomplishments have infuriated our enemy you expect them not to take revenge you expect them not to provoke a group of people we should have prepared ourselves for this. These are the largest protests in almost a decade and threats by the Republican Guards to put down the demonstrations have been ignored among the night air cools for the people to continue this protest pizza shop aljazeera well advises the iran project director of the International Crisis group he says the demonstrations are scattered and have no defined leadership. The fact that the nuclear deal didnt really delivered results that the public expected and the government also inflated public expectations a lot i think president rouhani over promised and under delivered but this is not only the governments fault theres been other developments on the sidelines you know the Global Oil Prices were reduced significantly over the past two years. The fact that the u. S. Commitment to did nuclear deal is under question and specially under president from has created a lot of hesitancy uncertainty in the market and that has adversely affected the iranian economy but the reality is that president rouhani also really failed to pave the ground for the potential that the nuclear deal created and that has created a lot of frustrations in iran over the past two years in fact Unemployment Rate has gone up property has gone up. Income inequality in iran has exacerbated and people have had enough of all of this and this is why you see the process these days i think its pretty obvious that this Movement Similar to the arab uprisings in two thousand and eleven doesnt have a clear leadership or an organization it also doesnt have a specific mission the slogans range from economic grievances all the way to regime change and thats why its hard to imagine that it would be able to preserve its momentum in the long run i think important to note at this stage is that president rouhani has recognized both the right legitimate right of people to protest and the legitimate grievances of the protesters. Theres a parliament has approved a bill requiring a two thirds majority in the house to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians the amendment proposed by the right wing Jewish Home Party comes less than a month off the us President Donald Trump recognized the city as israels capital his move has infuriated palestinians and was rejected by a landslide vote at the not to nations mama gem juma small from western who said that. At its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members or full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote comes on the heels of another contentious vote vote that happened on sunday this was a vote by the Central Committee of the likud party they voted to annex large portions of the occupied west bank now the first thing to remember is that that resolution they voted on is not binding and also weve not yet heard any reaction from Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu as to whether he will indorse that resolution and actually try to take it to the knesset to get it passed into law but that resolution after it passed was causing great consternation and anger amongst palestinians of course palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said that this was considered an aggression against the Palestinian People taken together with this new border really shows just how tenuous the situation remains and how uncertain things really are on the ground here israeli prosecutors have charged a palestinian teenager on twelve separate counts after she was filmed slapping and kicking two Israeli Soldiers in the occupied west bank sixteen year old to me remains in detention since her arrest after this video was posted online two weeks ago the lawyer says the charges relate to six separate incidents she could face up to two years in jail charges of those have been filed against her mother and cousin. Pakistan has hit back at criticism from u. S. President donald trump accusing the country of deception in his first tweet of the year trump said the United States has foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifty years and theyve given us nothing but lies and deceit thinking of our leaders as fools they give safe haven to the terrorists we had in afghanistan with little help no more in response pakistans foreign minister said trumps trying to blame pakistan for the u. S. Failure to win the war in afghanistan he said pakistan is ready to publicly provide every detail of the u. S. Aid that was received venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro has announced a forty percent increase in the minimum wage critics however say it will only add to the countrys soaring inflation expected to top two thousand percent this year but says his economic policies are not to blame but are the fault of the u. S. And its allies. Only one of the many guns in twenty seventeen displacement of north american imperialism President Donald Trump spearhead of economic aggression against our beloved people twenty seventeen b. N. Which our economic recovery began so attacks in our currency sabotage of all industry and Electrical Industry permanent efforts to prevent the stabilization recovery of the old price and the sanctions signed by the government of donald trump to form a crude blockade of the noble workers country of venezuela. Iceland has started the new year by becoming the first country in the world to make equal pay between men and women mandatory companies and Government Agencies face fines if they cant prove they paid male and female workers equally firms with at least twenty five employees must have equal pay policies certified by the state iceland and ranked by the World Economic forum for almost a decade as the country with the most equality between men and women but internationally discrimination is going to be worse according to the Organization Says that for the First Time Since two thousand and six pay gaps between men and women widened in the workplace as well as in Health Education and politics well the army osgar a daughter pinned is a board member of the icelandic womens Rights Association she says previous equal pay laws have been unsuccessful this legislation is basically a mechanism that companies and organizations that are. Growing twenty five or more people so the employers have to evaluate every job thats on and then they get a certification after they gone through the process if they are paying men and women equally so its really just a mechanism to ensure that women and men are paid equally the reaction has been a little bit mixed during the last ten years now but i think people are starting to realize that this is a systematic problem but we have to tackle with your efforts and i think people are becoming more force that theyre meant especially because i think women have been talking about this for decades. And i really think that. We have. One is to raise awareness and we have managed to get through a process that took people realize that the legislation we have hasnt place is not working and we need to do something more. Time for a short break here and aljazeera when we come back as out of minority makes a mock on the economy after being marginalized for centuries and dont have a volcano get in the way of a good holiday well tell you how in the ages trying to learn about tourists on and about more on that. Northern areas of the middle east into the littlest over the next couple of days if there is the right sleet and snow everywhere cloud that just making its way across turkey and that links its way right down across syria lebanon jordan says but to see some wet weather here over the next day ot and they still see the cloud and rain making its way into iraq with some snow on the northern flank of that some wet weather there right across the caspian further east should stay alive as you try to pull it around twelve celsius forty back to around nine degrees as we go through wednesday meanwhile we have got. The western side of the region there we go with the next area tatar right moving across cyprus just spilling out of turkey and that will produce some of the heavy rain into that eastern side of the mediterranean as we go through the next day or two so brave route will get up to around eighteen degrees celsius may well be getting up to around twenty four celsius in doha on tuesday some of the values two for abu dhabi see much change as we go on into wednesday but the increasing breeze that should help to keep any Early Morning mist and fog at bay over the next few days seems a very heavy rain making its way towards madagascar a possible tropical system feeding its way in here percent of the possibility of some flooding with the pavey showers from northern mozambique. And she managed terry. For truth and war criminal. Job on duty are a retired bosnian army general who defended saturday vote against attack by serb forces. And covering the story of tough choices and determined. That it gave my vote. This time on aljazeera. Welcome back recap of the top stories here on aljazeera the death toll after five days of antigovernment protests across iran has reportedly risen to fifteen the Police Officer among the dead state media say the Security Forces stopped on protesters trying to take up a police stations and military bases. The Israeli Parliament has approved a bill requiring a two thirds majority to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians comes less than a month after u. S. President donald trump recognized the city as israels capital. And pakistan has hit back at criticism from the u. S. President donald trump who tweeted the country has given nothing but lies and deceit in exchange for the billions of dollars in aid its not about hit back saying trying to blame pakistan for the u. S. Failure to win the war in afghanistan. Now south koreas president has called on his government to act quickly in response to his north Korean Counterparts offer a dialogue moon jane was speaking following kim jong uns new years address which raised the possibility of talks the south lead old has said that resolving the confrontation of a pyongyangs Nuclear Program is vital to improving times. The improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north koreas Nuclear Program so the Foreign Ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the International Community regarding this florence italy joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul france so what more have the south koreans been saying. Well were just hearing out from a press conference by the unification minister now and hes saying that what south korea is proposing is that talks be held on january the ninth thats a month before the olympics Opening Ceremony will be held in pyongyang now theyre proposing that these talks take place in poland moon john thats the joint Military Area at the Demilitarized Zone and theyre basically reiterating what theyve been saying all the along that these talks should focus on improving into really into relation into career relations and they should also focus on how north korea is going to be sending its athletes to north korea now and tie between ties between korea the two koreas happened at their lowest point in decades and this is the several reasons its partly because of north korea being so adamant in pursuing its Nuclear Ambitions and developing its Nuclear Weapons and its also because south korea has been ruled by politicians whove taken more of a hard line stance when it came to approaching north korea its only when this president mungy in took office in may that hes taken a more liberal approach in towards north korea and florence as you say the question will be will north korea be allowed to send their athletes to compete in the Winter Olympics in the south are they even qualified. Want to figure skaters from north korea have actually qualified then theyve made a cut but unfortunately north korea is Olympic Committee did not register or did not confirm their participation by october thirtieth deadline but the i. O. C. That the international Olympic Committee can still give the this pair a wildcard to participate in the winter games now south korea has long sought the participation of north korean athletes and indeed even the i. O. C. Now one of the reasons for this is because of the tensions on the Korean Peninsula particularly the last year tensions have been rising because in the last year north korea not only conducted a Hydrogen Bomb test that the bomb thats many times more powerful than a nuclear bomb but it also launched several missiles including its most at banstead and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can hit as far as the u. S. Mainland so many athletes politicians and even sports officials feel that with north koreas participation the games could be much safer florence thank you now a chinese ban on importing twenty four different types of foreign away says come into force china has been the worlds biggest waste importer for decades but the government says its led to many environmental and Health Problems because of toxic substances like mercury and lead the new chinese measures are expected to leave many countries struggling to cope with their waste well the ban will include plastic scrap paper and discarded textiles from europe japan and the us in twenty sixteen china imported seven point three million tons of plastic waste. Conservationists of welcome decision by china to ban the buying and selling of ivory in an effort to curb elephant poaching china is the Worlds Largest importer of Elephant Tusks but demand has fallen since twenty fourteen because of a crackdown on corruption and slow Economic Growth an estimated thirty thousand elephants are killed by poachers in africa every year. New rules making it legal to buy marijuana for Recreational Use of been introduced in the u. S. State of california customers were queuing up when the shop in oakland opened at six am waiting for their first chance to buy the drug legally without a medical prescription about ninety stores were allowed to start selling cannabis on new years day was one of the trees on the institute for policy studies he says its likely that other countries will follow suit its certainly good from a criminal justice point of view in a tax revenue point of view this is a quite a Dramatic Development california is the sixth largest economy in the world you can now drive from all the way in the Arctic Circle in alaska through canada down to Washington State oregon california all the way to the mexico border and thats all you know legalized cannabis zones now so california because its also the home of the Entertainment Industry in such a powerful economy is a is a real juggernaut for change elsewhere in the country and indeed around the world what this does to the black market is that decimates the profits of the black market the black market only existed because of cannabis prohibition or over regulation so that people were willing to engage in a criminal side of the market but it would charge a huge risk premium so thats where the real money comes from in an illicit drug sales is not from the cost of manufacturing itself but from the fact that its illegal and that people are encouraged tremendous risks in terms of jail time for these things thats where you take thats where the profit comes from and this will pop that bubble now a tiny arab minority in the jail today is making a huge contribution to its economy its a change from days gone by with a policy of ethnic inclusion bringing the community from the margins into the mainstream Ahmed Vollmer ports. It takes a long and then a fry to reach the need to have on a minority. There are villages already most needy populated due to decades of drought. Only a few life muslin gore hundreds of kilometers to the northeast of the capital niamey continue to struggle for survival. And struggle to keep the culture on life a little more than a simple i mean. We are teaching koran to our children to preserve our religion islam and our arabic language to without the schools we would not have been able to preserve them was hobbes migrated to this area from north africa in the sixteenth century they brought with them they have candles and theyll trade skills. That i think you forgot one of those did when they arrived here the area was ruled by the toric the arabs who excelled in trade formed an alliance with them even before the arrival of the french colonize ation they were trading in camels within the neighboring countries libya and ill geria they even traded in clothes which was prohibited by the french. But even though theyre small in number and have recently been driven from countryside to city by natural hardships they soon began to the adopt not only that but to excel in value some of us are now responsible for more than sixty percent of the sheriffs industries and ninety percent of its transport most bus lines linking initial to west africa are owned by then they have shares in local companies and own several factories built what it allies and neighbors in the north recognise the contribution made to the development of the asia. No doubt arabs are a minority however their presence is strongly felt namely in business all credit goes to the arabs who started modern Transportation Companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide Job Opportunities arabs of new year explored various types of msdos as their scope for entry. Despite its Ethnic Diversity asia seems to have successfully managed its racial problems. And in turn it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and that in a solid Peace Agreement in two thousand and nine now both dragon aabs enjoy a sizeable representation in the government and polymer to many east troubled region it proves into make peace benefits nations. Are dizzy. Now its been a lean tourist season on the indonesian island of bali due to an erupting volcano a seventy percent drop in visitor numbers has cut tourist revenue by a billion dollars the governments trying to woo people back a step back in their homes. Inside the danger zone tourists are visiting ballys most famous temple the sucky life just seven kilometers from the crater of the erupting volcano and was off limits for the past three months the decision to reopen a tourist attraction shows the governments eagerness to lure visitors the whole gay know is still at its highest alert level or agree with this decision there are many other places where tourists can go in delhi we cant predict nature its a better to put safety first around five million tourists visit every year but after the eruptions and Airport Closure last month several countries including china issued travel warnings hotels far away from the volcano where i am and owners were forced to temporarily suspend staff. To reassure tourist president joke of a daughter took southeast at one of balis famous speeches tourism has recovered slightly during the Holiday Season but many balinese are suffering. Has worked as a guide to taking around one thousand hikers every year since september his business has stopped promising and. I am confused what to do now i want to work but i have no other Work Experience than being a guy i hope someone can give us a job because all sixty two guides of a girl are now jobless and we have no money to go back to farming them. Vocal knowledge is saying nobody can predict how long will a rupture or if the eruptions will become bigger the last time it erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three it killed more than fifteen hundred people all living near the volcano well a volcano continues to erupt the government has gone out of its way to convince tourists that bali is safe outside of the danger zone ten kilometers from the crater the huge losses in tourist revenues has taken the authorities by surprise and some say this is a wake up call for the Holiday Island not to fully rely on to. As im. Do we jack has learned how fragile his business is over these past month his small resort in a safe area near the volcano has been mostly empty and he hasnt been able to pay his staff in the class but what i have learned from the situation is that we have no choice then to accept what happens to us and start to look for alternatives if my resort business fails then maybe i can start selling food. But not all is lost for some tourists the erupting volcano has become an attraction in itself perhaps with the right Safety Measures in place bali could use dyspeptic all of nature to its advantage stop fasten aljazeera superman bali spains foreign minister says the Catalan Independence crisis has cost the economy more than a billion dollars lose the green doors told spanish radio that a slowdown in catalonia is growth was being felt across the country the region accounts for around a fifth of spains Gross Domestic Product in october spain was plunged into a constitutional crisis and catalan politicians declared independence from madrid following outlawed referendum. Series looking ahead to twenty eighteen today report from russia as it prepares to host the football world cup in just over six months as a chance for the country to showcase itself in a more positive light on the meaning under western sanctions and in the shadow of a sports doping scandal really challenge reports from moscow. Empty stadiums often have an atmosphere of expectation about them they need the roar of a crowd to bring them alive and moskos Luzhniki Stadium fresh from a complete refit is waiting for the biggest footballing spectacle of them all and ice is the direct construction took about three years corbett had to be demolished except for the external walls the statue humas a High Technology facility the base has natural grass with a special ventilation and a heating system and there are more than sixty five kilometers of engineering cubes under. The readiness of russias twelve world cup stadiums is facing the usual pretty competent scrutiny your cats are in bergs temporary stands raise concerns a few months ago assures us everything will be fine all together theyll be seven matches played here luzhniki including the opening match the semifinal and the final itself together with the olympics the world cup is one of the two biggest sporting events in the world which makes it not just about football but about politics to. The glory of russias last big sporting bonanza barely lasted beyond the closing ceremony two thousand and fourteen Winter Olympics in sochi were tarnished first by russias military involvement in ukraine and then a widespread doping scandal so providing everything goes well this summer the world cup is an opportunity to mend russias reputation somewhat and it happens to be a president ial Election Year two persons extremely tremendously important for russian port. Thanks for russia as an empire of. Military force and bilateral. To lesser extent Economic Force political force. Sports means kind of a war fare for the salutes National Pride matters hugely in russia particularly with many people left poor up by the recent recession in a wintry central moscow they dare to hope. Of course we believe in our Football Team we believe in our victory we will aim for the finals we are supporting them we believe in them this is our russia summer cant come soon enough rory chalons aljazeera moscow. And in part three of us series well be looking at the upcoming winter Olympic Games in south korea and safety concerns about the host which is not far from north koreas border thats on wednesday here on out as they are. Around half a Million People have lined the streets of london to watch the annual new years day parade. Before most some around the world have taken part with cheerleaders marching bands from the u. S. Playing to the crowds the march from piccadilly to the house of the parliament its been screened across the world is the thirty Second Annual parade and this is the. Top of the top stories here not just here a south korea has proposed holding high level talks with pyongyang on jan with the ninth earlier south korean president moon jane said improving ties goes hand in hand with a result in the problems caused by pyongyangs Nuclear Program the offer of talks comes a day after north Korean Leader kim jong un raised the possibility of dialogue during his new years address. The death toll after five days of antigovernment protests across iran has reportedly risen to fifteen with a Police Officer now among the dead Iranian State media say that Security Forces stopped protesters trying to take over police stations and military bases. The Israeli Parliament has approved a bill requiring a two thirds majority to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians it comes less than a month after u. S. President donald trump recognized the city as israels capital mamma has more now from west jerusalem at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members or a full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation israeli prosecutors have charged a palestinian teenager on twelve separate counts after she was filmed slapping and kicking two Israeli Soldiers in the occupied west bank sixteen year old i had to me was arrested two weeks ago after the video was posted online and remains in detention she could face up to two years in jail charges have also been filed against her mother and cousin pakistan has hit back at criticism from u. S. President donald trump who tweeted the country has given nothing but lies and deceit in exchange the billions of dollars in aid is not a bad says trump trying to blame pakistan for the u. S. Failure to win the war in afghanistan. New rules making it legal to buy marijuana for Recreational Use have been introduced in the u. S. State of california about ninety stores were allowed to start selling kind of this on new years day. But those were the headlines the news continues here on after counting the cost of that soldiers life up. News has neither the new or anything liberal but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. Hello im sam is a than this is counting the cost of aljazeera the weekly look at the world of business and economics this week flying taxis megadeals and management shakeups well look at the flight plan for global aviation in two thousand and eighteen after a turbulent year here in the gulf also this week the sales there on the rise find out why what that tells us about the state of the Global Economy going into the new year. Plus