Aid to the palestinians saying theyre no longer willing to talk peace. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulls a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. And closing the door on open borders countries in europe shang in zone refused to give up passport checks. For the first time in almost a year north korea says it will reopen Communications Inside the Demilitarized Zone with south korea the gesture is a prelude to talks scheduled for tuesday between the two rivals. North koreas leader kim jong un has given an order to open the panmunjom hotline between the north and south from three pm on january third to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics. We need to keep back in south koreas government welcomes north koreas response to yesterdays offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterdays offer to hold south and north korea talks. Graham on webb is a Research Fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies in singapore joins us live from there good to have you with us so first of all do you see this as a new beginning in relations between the south and north potentially. Possibly i think theres a lot of hawk in the ear of the new foreign hawk is a warranted one because weve had a very difficult year and twenty seventy with no regulus not being from the north koreans of any offering of olive branch or sorry towards the other side and now weve seen a letting up until things have happened very quickly and clearly boresight are trying to capitalize on europe on the opportunity to try and set up the best possible stage in order for them to talk to each other but does any of this mean that there will be negotiations or the north will be willing to compromise on its Nuclear Weapons program very unlikely i think we need to have a very modest expectation of whats in store for the upcoming dialogue next week its going to be very focused very narrow and very mediocre so to speak centered around north koreas intention to send an athletic delegation to the twenty eight in winter games in february and i think that is a modest yet law hanging fruit that both sides should true on right now if they can get that right im quite certain that they can get the bigger things right along the way so this is really a moment to sort of secure this foothold talking to each other agreeing on something and getting something tangible done which is has dividends on cultural on a cultural social level between will science some analysts have said north koreas intention in doing all of this is simply to drive a wedge between south korea and the us any sign do you see that that might actually happen that maybe divergence between the policies of the us and the South Koreans. I think is that theres a grand design behind kim jong uns. Publication of initiatives toward ceasar i think its it is quite clear that he is trying to drive a wedge between board sites what he is very likely trying to do is to soften the south and to. Cleave off the solve south korea from the americans. Really because it is still foreseeable that north korea will want to carry on testing its Nuclear WeaponsDevelopment Program is still unfinished despite what kim jong un has said previous the completeness of that program and i think they will want to have the South Koreans are on their side in order to sort of provide an apology or sorts should north korea resume testing and to buttress any prospect of preemption from the americans you said earlier that if all goes well at this stage they could move on to bigger things i simply mean the Nuclear Issue what would the starting point be for negotiations were would it be where they were you know years ago the idea of completely shutting down Nuclear Activities in return for food. Well this is where things get very difficult and once again are all of us serving the course of events have to manage our expectations i think i think south korea despite holding on to its Firm Position and hope of didnt do it didnt arise the asian is quite pragmatic regarding the fact that north korea is most unlikely to denuclearize its anytime in the future that its going to hold on to its Nuclear Weapons and i think the next best thing that one can sort of focus on is to control the political Nuclear Weapons from the north having crossed the threshold so i think the the the content of the of any in soon conversations between or not in the south is going to be quite different Going Forward its going to be about crazy its really about arms control and trying to get north korea to behave itself and not to play for it and build an excessive Nuclear Arsenal or i got to get your thoughts on that graham on web of the u. S. President dan trump is threatening to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority saying its no longer willing to talk peace last month he angered palestinians by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital trump tweeted that the u. S. Pays millions of dollars of aid to the Palestinian Authority but gets no respect he suggested cutting off future payments because its been no peace talks with israel. And washington is also threatening to cut off funding to the u. N. Agency helping Palestinian Refugees according to the United Nations relief and works agency more than one point five Million People live in fifty eight recognized Palestinian Refugee camps in jordan lebanon the gaza strip and why spanking clued in occupied East Jerusalem with the us is one of the main contributors to the uns Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees the agency runs Education Health and social programs and gave almost three hundred seventy Million Dollars in two thousand and sixteen washington donates almost thirty percent of its overall funding to the uns Relief Agency the u. S. Says it intends to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan the decision comes after the u. S. President again accused the country of being a safe haven for terrorists rather than jordan has more from washington d. C. The u. S. President doll tromped 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 hunt 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 a lot of bodies dealing 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 doing stabilizing the region and she said that islamic bonds complaints simply arent going anywhere now pakistan is rejecting the u. S. On a geisha as its envoy to the un told al jazeera we have contributed and sacrificed the most in fighting International Terrorism and carried out the largest counterterrorism operation anywhere in the world us spokes persons should not shift the blame for their own mistakes and failures on to all those. Well they went on to say pakistans cooperation is not based on any consideration of aid but on our National Interests and principles was offered just palace an analyst on pakistan a professor of International Relations at the University Joins us live from islamabad good to have you with us first of all how this kind of two hundred fifty five Million Dollars one hundred Million Dollars impact the Pakistani Military because its military aid. I think it will be going to affect. Operation against the terrorists which are you can see hiding on both side of the park started of understand bordeaux apart from that its really not having a direct impact on the Pakistani Armed forces because this fund is meant for battle is that what we call it legion support for and so definitely it has an impact on the war on terrorism exercises with pakistan is conducting in the meanwhile the military operations will pakistan always seeing a trend already some might say with the action taken yesterday against. Links charities where we see more indications perhaps of islamabad trying to take steps to appease washingtons concerns even despite the public sort of rhetoric defiant rhetoric from islamabad. I think that i guess half of save them and then is organization whatever the park star has been taking the action it out of very much consideration of pakistans own internal security it has nothing to do to appease United States ought to appease india higher but it will be having a soothing impact on the americans but the americans are not asking about the hospice practically they are asking about the how can you network with pakistan is denying that carly network i mean the from the taliban fighting all good that it does not possess any safe haven in pakistan because since yesterday our before yesterday if you see pakistan has once again to be treated is that there is no see if i havent thought of anyone as i understand that so my question is despite that sort of public position will we see pakistan perhaps try and take steps whether its against the how can the network or the taliban im sure youre aware of the well publicized claims of links between the Pakistani Intelligence Service i. S. I. And some of those groups my mentions. Let me here submit that since one year buck standard americans perception on the mortalities on of understand have been working americans have been alleging or they were asking about do more in pakistan know became frustrated all you can see start saying no more we have to not forget here its not only a one star carly network there are bigger game which we call it alignment in the International Politics and pakistan is drifting towards euro ition alliances like china and that is not acceptable to the american if you recall two thousand same two National Security strategy which was released by the driver in a speech on the agent december two thousand same thing that indie kids balance of power would that indicate stand as a period of skewed to complete data whereas pakistan is against trenton i think that since one year pakistan has been preparing to respond or to build this kind of a burden thats why in pakistan if you see public uproar it is one side but on the other side of the garment the armed forces are under pressure because no one was willing to go home and is likely to turn in because of peace america pakistan still receives hundreds of millions of dollars of aid from the u. S. Although theres been this cut do you see a situation which pakistan could completely shift its alliances and dependency on other countries. I think that it has been already shifted but stance economic dependencies on the other countries because they have no more providing substantial economic aid whatever they were providing pakistani government stances that they were providing as a call your sport fund here we do not forget americans theyre using box start as a transit theyre using pakistans road network theyre using pakistan to relive a network they were using pakistans port and now the pakistanis are taking a public has a big demand that theres a need to share the details of this fun and it is what we have charged them because we were not given charging them anything else good to get your analysis on that is often just. Still ahead on aljazeera. We dont get ahead of sanctions but that is one tool kit. The u. S. Considers action against iran for its handling of antigovernment protests and the daily struggles of people in gaza told through cartoon characters. Hello and welcome to International Weather forecast now weve seen one out to weather system working its way across france theres another one which is going to be steaming through in the course of choose the night into wednesday across the u. K. Through into the north sea and then across northern parts of france into germany so some very Severe Weather made worse by the fact weve got spring high tides could well be some coastal inundation here and then weve got mild weather returning on thursday terms a fourteen in paris so thats going to have some implications up over the alps or snow as temperatures really start to rise further towards the east looking relatively quiet here five and rather greying hair in ukraine for the north weve got some snow there up into parts of scandinavia on the other side of the mediterranean thing point interesting a strong wind coming in from the northwest so for tunisia down through libya some strong winds extending through right down to the south and away across parts of chad nissho to a more eastern areas weve got unsettled weather conditions here some showers developing and temperatures of just eighteen in cairo central parts of africa cherry quite quiet showers from the bond southwards much of west africa dry and fine those are heading towards the far south of africa theres a Storm Development taking place towards madagascar could be some very heavy rain here. The fraternity. Will come back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines for the first time in almost a year north korea says it will reopen Communications Inside the Demilitarized Zone with south korea gesture as a prelude to talks scheduled for tuesday between the two rivals washington is threatening to cut off funding to the u. N. Agency helping Palestinian Refugees on twitter president dan trump said the u. S. Received no appreciation or respects in return for its aid. The u. S. Says it intends to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan follows President Trumps accusation the country is a safe haven for terrorists like stan says the u. S. Should not shift the blame for its own mistakes and security failures. Meanwhile 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 external enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and a Police Officer have dived now were looking at pictures coming in from various parts of iran what were looking at right now is the images being put forward by the government of pro government demonstrations these are demonstrators coming out to express their support for the government and the system of government their big security operation is still in force in several cities where there are antigovernment protests though mike hanna has the latest from u. N. 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 arraign in 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 our freedom loving people must stand with their cars 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 Iranian 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 us 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 i mean john the car 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 some both at school the high prices that really put me under pressure at home irans Supreme Leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing irans enemies of responsibility montazeri accords 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 portage 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 back 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 kind of aljazeera United Nations now the u. S. State Department Says its considering further action against iran due to the unrest. We dont get ahead of sanctions but that is one tool kit a couple things that we have in a very bright and wide toolkit so there are a range of options that we certainly have Going Forward and thats why i say we are watching reports very carefully of any potential human rights abuses of these protesters who are protesting peacefully irans foreign minister is hit back at president transfer remarks telling the u. S. To stay out of irans affairs. Tweeted irans security and stability depends on its own people who are like the peoples of trans regional b f f saw best friends forever have the right to vote and to protest these hard earned rights will be protected and if the traitors will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction israel has given illegal african immigrants three months to leave the country or face imprisonment those who leave during that period will be given plane tickets and three and a half thousand dollars Rights Groups have condemned the decision saying it puts peoples lives in danger tens of thousands of people and it israel before it builds a fence along its border with egypt. Egypt has extended its state of emergency for another three months the decision follows two attacks against Coptic Christians in the District South of cairo on friday egypts first imposed a state of emergency in april after two Church Bombings killed at least forty five people. The opposition in honduras is calling for a month of protests ahead of the president s inauguration on january the twenty seventh in december one Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner after a tight Runoff Election but opposition candidate salvatore no solace says he won the organization of american states says there were irregularities and its calling for a new vote. You know the electoral officials have to respect my victory if they dont then the people will respect my victory. Is i dont ignore gratian day on january twenty seventh the popular will come to pass regardless of what they want to say. Ugandas president has signed a bill removing the president ial age live from the constitution the new law allows seventy three year old need to run for election again in two thousand and twenty one critics say the bill is his attempt to cling to power has been in office since one thousand nine hundred six. Border checks within europes passport free shang end zone are continuing despite rules allowing certain restrictions coming to an end its two years since the peak of the refugee crisis but some countries say security remains an issue Poor Research reports from one of the busiest crossing points between denmark and sweden. From an open border for refugees to a closed border for anyone not carrying a passport or a swedish Identity Card swedens policy on opening its gates to Asylum Seekers during the crisis of twenty fifteen is long gone. But Police Checks on the train from denmark dont seem to be going anywhere soon the sun bridge between copenhagen. Was the main entry point for more than a hundred sixty thousand people who applied for asylum in sweden in twenty fifteen that flow has now dried up on the law allowing restrictions has expired but sweden is one of the countries citing security as a reason for the controls to continue. The closure of the balkan routes has led to a huge drop in the number of refugees arriving in europe yet sweden france germany austria norway and denmark have all continued to impose controls on that front he is. Those restrictions legally expired on november the twelfth on the article twenty nine of the schengen borders code but article twenty five allows the countries to extend them for six months if they claim serious threats to public order or internal security. Danes and swedes had previously been encouraged to see a newly branded rescind region as a place in which they could freely commute between the countries they say the increases in their journey times are unjustified this is mainly. For show internal politics theyre worried citizens are worried here in sweden about the mass influx of immigrants trying to show that theyre doing something and reality this nothing happens here this is. Yeah almost a circus a waste of time journeys of thousands of kilometers from the middle east and africa how finally ended here in recent is the question of whether Free Movement in the schengen zone can ever begin again is still in the. Whole race aljazeera. President s authority has been temporarily taken away because hes refusing to endorse new ministers. Present to go to the other one says the candidates put forward by the mainly pro western government are incompetent and linked to a financial scandal its the second time in three months Moldovas Constitutional Court has suspended the president s powers. Business is in the gaza strip have been struggling under an israeli blockade for a long time many are barely able to keep running some of been forced to close because they dont have enough supplies now a new cartoon by an israeli rights group shows the reality facing one business welcome web reports from gaza. A girl called nor buys an ice cream and wins a ticket to visit a Sweet Factory. Hey you. Know louder. Yet was known as a fictional character in an animation made by an israeli rights group but the factory and its owner mohammed tell bonnie a real and so are 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 electricity is 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 their families depend on the wages to employees had their hours cut instead. Because the animation also shows us 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 some icici by this machine needs a spare parts and he thats not been allowed in this machine but the cream filling in biscuits needs i guess technicians to come here and service it in order to come this whole production line being down before you know some of the equipment needs to 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. This is. The scope but thats. The make the people is that this because that. Israels military assault on gaza has conflicts with hamas havent helped either three years ago when she was hit by an israeli rocket. Mohammed gets the Sweet Factory to know that as she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. The rights group that made it says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of 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 being hurt by israeli restrictions on exports mohammed says trade wont pick up in less the siege and at the end of the film makes everything right with her imagination in reality things so simple and Gas Industries are still crippled. Al jazeera in the gaza strip. And time to take you through some of the headlines now for the first time in almost a year north korea says it will reopen Communications Inside the Demilitarized Zone with south korea the gesture is a prelude to talks that are scheduled for tuesday between the two rivals. North koreas leader kim jong un has given an order to open the panmunjom hotline between the north and south from three pm on january third to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics. Or do we reach a gay park in south koreas government welcomes north koreas response to yesterdays offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterdays offer to hold south and north korea talks. U. S. President donald trump is threatening to cut off funding to the Palestinian Authority saying its not interested in talking peace on twitter trump said the u. S. Received no appreciation or respect in return for its eight last month he angered palestinians by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital the u. S. Says it intends to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan two it follows the u. S. President s accusation the country is a safe haven for terrorists pakistan says the u. S. Should not shift blame for its own mistakes and security failures tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying across iran is the first major show of support after the six days of demonstrations against the regime are gathering in at least four cities to condemn the recent unrest in which at least twenty one people were killed the opposition in honduras is calling for a month of protest ahead of the president s inauguration on january twenty seventh december one Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner of a tight Runoff Election but opposition candidate salvador nasrallah says he won the organization of american states says there were irregularities and its calling for a new vote ugandas president has signed a bill removing the president ial age limit from the constitution the new law allows seventy three year old to wear the most severe need to run for election again in two thousand and twenty one critics say the bill is his attempt to cling on to power hes been in office since nineteen eighty six its inside story now so stay with us here on our just era. We understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the wound. So no matter when you call home Aljazeera International bringing the news and Current Affairs that matter to you. Aljazeera donald trump said jerusalem is the capital of israel and now israeli m. P. s of passed a new law making it harder for any future government to compromise with the palestinians one hopes then for a two state solution this is inside story