Alone down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u. S. President donald trump hits back up north korea warning on twitter that his Nuclear Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyangs. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulls a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. And a cartoon about a Sweet Factory in gaza tells the bitter reality of life under siege. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian Supreme Leader has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and the Police Officer died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from un headquarters in new york. Ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u. S. Priorities at the United Nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the Human Rights Council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by President Trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt or a new regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets the people have little food big inflation and no human rights the u. S. Is watching. This little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment. Impinge on the card im working but in this society im always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia das and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home irans Supreme Leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing irans enemies of responsibility montazeri it for said the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate to look at the recent events. All those who are at odds with the Islamic Republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the Islamic Republic and the islamic revolution. News agency put it reveals ongoing protest in a number of regions hundreds are reported to be in arrested and demonstrators continue to defy an attempted government blackout of social media that at the United Nations the new president of the Security Council has confirmed the u. S. Has been in contact and discussions are ongoing but its not clear at this stage whether the u. S. Appetite for a formal meeting is shared by the wrist of Security Council members some may be reluctant to intervene in what they would regard as an internal domestic dispute my canner ill just hear a United Nations well irans foreign minister said back of President Trump remarks telling the u. S. To stay out of irans affairs jabbered zarif tweeted Iran Security and stability depend on its own people who are like the people of trumps regional b f fs or best friends forever have the right to vote and to protest these hard and rights will be protected and infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage those who violence and destruction donald trump has responded to north Korean Leader kim jong uns claim that he has a launch button on his desk for Nuclear Weapons capable of reaching the u. S. In a tweet trump wrote i too have a duty a button but its a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. Well the war of words comes after south korea accepted an offer of talks from pyongyang proposing the two sides meet next tuesday has been spent. In the freezing environment of the Winter Olympics there might be a chance for a Foreign Relations between south and north korea hopes are being raised following the new year address by came on north koreas leader suggested sending a team to the winter games starting in south korea next month government leaders in seoul were quick to seize the opportunity. The government proposes to hold high level talks with north korea on january ninth at the peace house in panmunjom true spillages to discuss north koreas participation in the pyongyang Winter Olympics. South koreas president favors talks with the north as a way of managing pyongyangs nuclear and missile threats. And 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. The chinese say theyve noted what they call positive signals from both sides of the border. Though. China welcomes it supports north and south korea taking earnest efforts to treat this is an opportunity to improve mutual relations promote the alleviation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and realize denuclearization on the peninsula. While offering to send a team of athletes to the olympics came also said the Nuclear Button is always on the desk of my office a north Korean Nuclear bomb test last year as well as the firing of more than twenty missiles continue to defy the world u. S. President donald trump wants to toughen sanctions further as pyongyang continues to develop Nuclear Missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental United States. If negotiators do meet next week ahead of the Winter Olympics theyll be their first formal talks in two years Bernard Smith aljazeera well b. J. Kim is a professor at hancock university a foreign studies in seoul he says south korea will not let talks with pyongyang affect its ties with the us their efforts to drive wedges between washington and seoul that efforts had been made for decades by jim jones father and his grandfather death has been north koreas strategy all along and looks like there is a growing concern that this time their action could actually make that happen but however in north korea south korea here in seoul we have enough for presence of conservatives who believe you know the tie between washington and seoul is the most critical one we should keep in place so i dont think thats going to happen no matter what the policymakers try some of the progress that policymakers try here in the city there will be enough of a reaction from the conservatives to prevent that from happening the u. S. Says it intends to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan the decision comes after President Trump again accused the country of being a safe haven for terrorists rosen jordan has more from washington d. C. The u. S. President doll trump used his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government accuse the pakistanis of not doing enough to crack down on groups such as the one khan the network or the talabani say these groups are destabilizing not just pockets but also afghanistan to the west on tuesday the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley made it plain that the u. S. President simply wasnt tweeting eldred her in her words nikki haley said there are real concerns with what is the law is doing to fight but the u. S. Calls terrorism pakistan had played a double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbored a terrorist attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism in addition the state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert told reporters on tuesday that pakistan knows what it needs to do in order to make the region safer and she said without going into too many details that it definitely means trying to crack down on these groups that are destabilizing the region and she said that islam abides complaints simply arent going anywhere so pakistan has responded to the u. S. Announcement in an email to montezuma pakistans envoy to the un wrote we have contributed and sacrificed the most in fighting International Terrorism and carried out the largest Counter Terror operation anywhere in the world u. S. Spokes person should not shift the blame for their own mistakes and failures onto others they went on to say pakistans cooperation is not based on any consideration of aid but on National Interests and principles. At least forty eight people have died in peru after the bus they were traveling in plunged eighteen meters off a cliff onto a rocky beach the bus was carrying fifty seven passengers to the capital lima when it collided with another vehicle along a narrow stretch of highway known as the devils curve rescuers had to climb down to the beach have been battling the tide to recover bodies turn for a short break here not a zero when we come back hundreds of boko haram hostages are scape in nigeria we meet a former captive of the armed group. And we look at lisa says story of a tiny minority in making a major contribution to the economy more than stay with us. By the springtime flowering of a mountain lake. To the first snow fall on a winters day. Welcome back lets look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia subzero in almaty kazakhstan but once again becky standstill russy mild air there for tashkent now as we head into sisters day well see a drop in temperatures for tashkent otherwise rossetti fine around the caspian sea weve got eighteen and sunshine in baghdad but more unsettled weather conditions around the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea so some rain likely for parts of syria extending down through into lebanon here in the Arabian Peninsula is fine from mecca highs of thirty two for doha weve got pretty pleasant weather here temperature gensler twenty two ish as a high and not much change expect as we head on through into thursday but the fairy light winds or is the chance we could see some mist and fog returning for early mornings as we head across into southern portions of africa showers across northern parts of angola and some beer through into zimbabwe but you see this circulation appearing on the edge of your screen there lots of tropical depression which could really develop into something quite spectacular in terms of rainfall is certainly possible there on the eastern side of madagascar over the next few days we could see ivan up to one meter of rain accumulating elsewhere were looking at fine conditions for south africa and in fact in my state in capetown the winter sponsored by cattle and. You are making somewhere there on line the main u. S. Response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us you know you will first just wakes up the over the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue could be one of the confusion on line about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the colobus conversation at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on aljazeera the u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the antigovernment protests in iran the Supreme Leader of iran has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence which has now claimed the lives of twenty one protesters and one policeman. U. S. President donald trump has warned north korea that he too has a Nuclear Button on his desk and that its bigger and more powerful as a response to kim jong uns new years statement in which he spoke of the launch button on his desk for weapons capable of reaching the u. S. And the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Says washington will hold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan and the decision comes after the u. S. President again accused the country of being a safe haven for terrorists. But u. S. President donald trump has threatened to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority claiming it is no longer willing to talk peace following his recognition of jerusalem as israels capital a new israeli law makes it harder to handle parts of jerusalem to the palestinians how much im juma ports from occupied East Jerusalem. It was to say the least a controversial vote members of the knesset Israels Parliament setting a higher threshold for any future attempt to give up any parts of jerusalem instead of a simple majority of sixty one votes now a supermajority of eighty votes or two thirds of the one hundred twenty seat knesset will be needed to approve any legislation ceding parts of jerusalem to any foreign parties it places a major hurdle in the path of jerusalem being part of any future peace talks palestinian leaders while frustrated are not surprised saying similar laws are being pursued in an israeli effort to consolidate its occupation look a film that some promise in all its screens that we are moving directly in a bus and all in the path of the no they change its own. This is a victory if there is however considerable confusion about what happens next one of the key questions for palestinians now is what impact this legislation will have on areas like of iraq up where we are now and the traffic refugee camp it was originally expected that as part of the bill the knesset would also vote to allow for the changing of jerusalems municipal borders meaning that neighborhood such as go put aka and struck out refugee camps both located behind the security wall would no longer be part of jerusalem municipality which could among other things potentially strip approximately one hundred fifty thousand palestinians of their residency status that provision however was withdrawn at the last minute the head of the covert aka brezec ins Committee Says even if the law were to pass his group would make sure it wont go into effect immediately. I dont think that will happen before five or six years because we go in to go to court that we as a committee over here by the name of our people we are going to go to the court and helping us and this committees of the human rights they were can and some of them for another some of them but they will help both to go to court to stand in the court again while the exact date isnt known its expected the knesset will attempt to debate the issue of jerusalem if you listen to the orders in the near future adding another note of uncertainty during a time already full of concern how much improvement. In occupied East Jerusalem believe of israels opposition has criticized the new norm what the bill has it has a political ramification on behalf of the political bodies and elements in the israeli political scene who say we should make sure that nobody negotiates anything to do with jerusalem thats thats a political question for the future it has no bearing on anybodys daily life in jerusalem now does it have any effect on the israelis percent i can tell you that it was only a kind of a very tiny minute item on the Israeli National agenda today although its made the headlines and thats part of our criticism about it because its a useless law with no real impact on anybody israel has given africans who enter the country illegally three months to leave or face imprisonment the migrants from sudan and eritrea have been told to return home or move to another country those who leave by the end of march in the given to get some three nuff thousand dollars Rights Groups have condemned the decision saying it puts lives in danger. Or must blumenthal whos a Senior Writer for alter net dot org says itll be difficult to stop the deportations going ahead. Human Rights Groups in israel it within Israeli Society are under unprecedented assault from a right wing Israeli Government and you know african and non jewish Asylum Seekers have faced open race riots in tel aviv that were actually stirred by the culture minister a member of Benjamin Netanyahu was really cool party who referred this rally to africans as a cancer in israel they face street harassment and violence and its a very unpleasant situation for those who are actually allowed to be on the street and those who advocate on behalf of them from within jewish Israeli Society also its incitement and are very marginal so its unclear to me how any group from within Israeli Society can create unnecessary pressure to stop this but surely calamitous mass deportation of over thirty thousand people fleeing a horrendous human rights situation. The businesses in the gaza strip of long been struggling under an israeli blockade many have been able to keep their operations afloat but some forced to close due to lack of supplies and other difficulties well now a new cartoon by an israeli rights group tells a reality facing one business math and web reports from gaza. A girl called noah buys an ice cream and wins a ticket to visit a Sweet Factory. Hey you have heard them in the sinai loud that assad has now moved on her no yet has new the fictional character in an animation made by an israeli rights group but the factory and its owner mohammed tell bonnie a real and some of the many problems operating under the blockade of gaza by israel in egypt. No discovers them as mohammed shows have around starting with a power cut and it just these off most of the time in gaza. During my visit mohammed explained that since the siege began ten years ago most of his production lines are closed most of the time. He didnt want to fire any of his four hundred staff and families depend on the wages so employees had their hours cut instead. Because the animation also shows the machinery they use has problems to israeli authorities restrict the import of anything they say could be used to make weapons the packaging is meant to be done or to my city by dismissing the need to spare parts he thats not being allowed in this machine the cream filling and biscuits in the case technicians come here and service it in order to come this whole production line be down for you some of the equipment these be sent to germany for servicing and thats not allowed either. The mohammed doesnt believe the restrictions a just for security reasons its there is that aid and its. This is. The scope thats. The make the people is ready for this the politico. Israels military assault on gaza these conflicts with hamas havent helped either three years ago she was hit by an israeli rocket. Mohammed gifts this week factory to noor as she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. The rights group that made it who says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the Movement Restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open peoples eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside of the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also been hurt by israeli restrictions on exports mohammed says trade wont pick up in unless the siege ends at the end of the film makes everything right with her imagination in reality things arent so simple and gas is industries are still crippled malcolm webb aljazeera in the gaza strip nigerias military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed Group Boko Haram have managed to escape they were found near mangano thats close to the northeastern border with chad the army says many of the captives were kept in forced labor camps interest as the latest from a brooch. The more than seven hundred hostages fled their captors after what the Nigerian Army called ground on elephants of over the last few weeks in northeastern nigeria now these areas there fled from chile islands in the lake chad because of the receding waters of the lake on the borders with niger cameroon and china theyve been some islands forming in the middle of the lake and these have been populated by villagers who are mostly farmers and fisherman now they have escaped after the army or the military raid in the lake chad region of northeastern nigeria now this is coming this discovery of large number of hostages kept by but quite came almost a year after the Nigerian Government announced that a book what i have been technically defeated a lot of nigerians are not comfortable with the declaration by president mohammad why did when he made that announcement since that announcement was seen daring and sometimes devastating attacks by boko haram fighters in northeastern nigeria and they have taken a lot of hostages some of these attacks actually took place in two thousand and seventeen the army is continuing its operations to be against boko haram and boko haram a so far proved to be a resilient fall in northeastern nigeria. Well boko haram is Still Holding many more people hostage aljazeera is Katherine Sawyer met some of their families as well as former captives of the armed group in mother garley in northeastern nigeria. These mothers in my golly a desperate for news of their teenage daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed men in the village in northeast nigeria. Was seventeen years old woman. Only god knows where she is ive been praying to him to bring her back well keep a saying maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after fleeing the boko haram kept his which gives this mothers hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram managed to escape say they were forced to become wives signed up how was life with her. We suffered a lot my husband beat me but i made good friendships with other women who had also been abducted. And how did you manage to escape. One day my husband left in a hurry he didnt tell me where he was going then i heard nigerian soldiers were coming so i just started walking. In twenty fourteen more than two hundred girls were kidnapped from the secondary school in chibok some escaped the least of the negotiations between the government and. One in a hundred girls remain president. Of the Catholic Church is taking girls who risk being kidnapped if they return home anybody that has any clues contact with stayed with them for a month or two months or more when they come back to the community the suspicion is still there that these people really back to be incorporated in the community or are they back aspies men and boys are also in danger many have been taken and forced to fight for. When they escape they have to face tough military screening to make sure theyre not active members of the group the screening process needs to be more transparent people need to know what happened once you surrender yourself to the military and if you are in a sense like most of the people are then whats going to happen to you what are rather what is the process youre going to go through because once they know thats theyre going to be able to come back more back in my galley zainab says she was seven months pregnant when she returned now she just wants to take care of her child and prays often for the imprisoned women she forged relationships with back in the forest Katherine Sawyer aljazeera but the galley northeast nigeria. In west africa now in a rags to riches story arabs in the remote northern desert region represent less than half of one percent of the twenty Million People but they become some of the countrys most prosperous citizens after centuries of being marginalized some credit their success to the governments policy of Racial Inclusion his mom advice. It takes so long to reach the native. Minority. There are villages already moton most needy populated due to decades of drought. Only a few like muslim gold hundreds of kilometers to the northeast of the capital niamey continue to struggle for survival. And struggle to keep the culture on life to admit that a simple i mean. We are teaching koran to our children to preserve our religion islam and our arabic language to without these schools we would not have been able to preserve them was i was migrated to this area from north africa in the sixteenth century theyve brought with them they have candles and theyll trade skills. That i do you think that one of those did when they arrived here the area was ruled by the toric the arabs who excelled in trade hold 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 the sponsible for more than sixty percent of the jeffs industries and ninety percent of its transport most bus lines linking in egypt 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 recognize the contribution made to the development of the asia that it is not enough no doubt arabs are a minority however their presence is strongly felt namely in business all good it 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 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 desirable. Dozens of hollywood a listers including Reese Witherspoon and meryl streep have donated to a fund to help fight Sexual Harassment the times up campaign was only set up two weeks ago but it has already received pledges of thirteen point eight Million Dollars its intended to provide assistance of victims are able to fund their own legal actions. Remind of top stories here at aljazeera the u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the antigovernment protests in iran the Supreme Leader of the country has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence which has now claimed the lives of twenty one protesters and one policeman u. S. President donald trump has warned north korea that he too has a Nuclear Button on his desk that its bigger and more powerful thats in response to kim jong uns new years message in which he spoke of the launch button on his desk for weapons capable of reaching the u. S. Pakistan has accused the United States of trying to shift blame for its failures after washington decided to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to islamabad the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Made the announcement after President Trump again accused pakistan of being a safe haven for terrorists. Pakistan had played at double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbor the terrorists to attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism. Israel has given africans who enter the country illegally three months to leave or face imprisonment the migrants from sudan and eritrea have been told to return home all moved to another country. Those who lead by the end of march of the given tickets and. Rights groups have condemned the decision saying it puts lives in danger tens of thousands of people enter israel before it completes the fence along its border with egypt just over four years ago. At least forty eight people have died in peru after the bus they were traveling in plunged eighteen meters off a cliff onto a rocky beach the bus was carrying fifty seven passengers to the capital lima when it collided with a truck stretch of highway known as the devils curve rescuers had to climb down to the beach have been battling the tide to recover bodies. Im not sure as military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed Group Boko Haram of managed to escape they were found near monk who know thats close to the northeastern border with chad the army says many of the captives were farmers and fishermen who were being kept in forced labor camps well those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off the street station thats watching. The different. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera. 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