On the program after days of unrest tens of thousands of the rainy and rally in support of the government its spent years cracking down on the opposition now ethiopias government says it will release all Political Prisoners and closing the door on open borders countries in europe. Refuse to give up passport checks. Palestinian leaders are condemning u. S. President Donald Trumps threat to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority the president made the statement on twitter where he also said jerusalem is off the negotiating table trying to angered palestinians last month by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital he tweeted asking why the u. S. Should make any future aid payments to palestinians when the u. S. Gets no appreciation the Palestine Liberation Organization was quick to condemn his latest twitter warning. I would say that palestinian diets are not for sale and we will not succumb to the acme that imperatives and requirements for peace and unilaterally President Trump as this story done it has even sabotaged out afterwards at that evening just peace and getting freedom and dignity for the Palestinian People by that igniting occupy jerusalem as the capital of israel has not only disqualified himself as a piece of real dirt or a mediated by taking sides and by becoming complicit and has as occupation good has also built in the summertime yes totally destroyed devoted foundations of peace if you there from the palestine liberation sorry meanwhile organization of israel meanwhile has welcomed the trumps statements. As event trump is absolutely right it is impossible to wait and wait to wait for so many years for the policy views to go forward in renewed a negotiation they left the room in april fourteenth and for four years will. Be reluctant to negotiate with israel and they should not be given so much money from the american taxpayer without no understanding that its time for them to get promoted to come to their senses and go share with israel. What washington is also threatening to cut off funding to the Un 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 the west Bank Including occupied East Jerusalem the us is one of the main contributors to relief agencies for Palestinian Refugees that goes towards Education Health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy Million Dollars to the United Nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen. Well speaking to al jazeera a little earlier the u. N. Relief Agency SpokespersonChristopher Gunness said theres been no suggestion from the u. S. That he will pull support but trumps twitter claim isnt helping the already unstable situation. Theres a lot of uncertainty in this very turbulent region and we must do everything we can and is widely recognized in its humanitarian work to bring a sense of calm and indeed in two thousand and fifteen when we came close to suspending our services that sent shock waves through the Refugee Community five point two Million People who are dependent as on under as First Responders in times of war we give out food aid a Million People receive our food aid in gaza but also in terms of Human Development we educate five hundred thousand children over seven hundred schools around the region and lets be clear two hundred seventy thousand of those are in gaza are doctors do nine million patient visits a year so our contribution to the dignity and the Human Capital of the middle east is widely recognized and we must do everything we can and we will work with our top donors to do that our top ten donors including the us give us over eighty percent of our funds and we will continue to work with them to make sure that we can deliver services as ive said there is enough uncertainty confronting the lives and the dignity of the refugees we serve. Tens of thousands of Government Supporters are rallying across a rat a show of support comes after six days of demonstrations against that the government there gathering in several cities to condemn the unrest in which at least twenty two people have been killed irans revolutionary guard declared on wednesday the unrest as over rob matheson reports. On Iranian State t. V. Pictures of Government Support of spilling city streets condemning protests and deaths during days of and where. Its basically peep. Are believing that what so whats happening is against that he g. M. And they want to support the region by saying this is a revolutionary g. M. And we are in favor of it. But t. V. Pictures of these days progovernment rallies are a contrast to coverage of demonstrations against irans leadership which began last thursday. The government has shut down some social media platforms. But pictures have been posted showing damaged cars burning buildings and chanting crowds. Protests about unemployment and irans economy which has been struggling after years of sanctions have grown to include demands for greater freedoms hundreds of people have been arrested the u. S. Is demanding an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council if the arraigning dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u. N. Must speak out President Donald Trump has sided with the antigovernment protesters hes tweeted 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 u. S. Is watching irans foreign minister has tweeted back saying Iran Security instability depends on its own people who unlike the peoples of trumps regional b f fs are best friends forever have the right to vote and to protest. More progovernment rallies are expected but that have also been calls for more demonstrations against the government its not clear if both sides will be on the same streets at the same time matheson aljazeera. Lets go to ethiopia now where in a surprise move the government has announced it will release all Political Prisoners and close a notorious prison camp charges against Political Prisoners facing prosecution will also be dropped this follows increased pressure for the government to end its crackdown on the opposition Stephanie Deca reports i. Hope hes been under pressure domestically and on the International Stage there have been antigovernment protests since two thousand and fifteen they continue to pose a serious challenge to the ruling party the decision to release all Political Prisoners will be welcomed by many peons some warn it may not lead to major changes in policy. The. Idea of the Prime Minister of egypt realizes that there will continue to be. Political junkie and that is still stuck to a political dialogue in order to avoid really the International Community needs to be really the only level of the society. The protests of the past few years of call for political and economic changes. The iranian im horrid regions of lead vocal opposition to the government accusing the ruling party of marginalizing them. Activists and journalists have been arrested in what is described as the most serious challenge since the government came to power in one nine hundred ninety one hundreds of civilians have been killed during the recent crackdown human Rights Groups of accusing Security Forces of using excessive and lethal force. During wednesdays News Conference the government announced its closing the notorious mark callao a prison and turning it into a museum to facilities been singled out by Rights Groups in the past for suspected Rights Violations including torture and critics maintain the government needs to address the underlying grievances of the protesters such as economic social and ethnic rights its not clear what kind of impact the release of Political Prisoners will have on the growing Opposition Movement stephanie decker. A suicide bomber has killed eleven people at a mosque in northeastern nigeria it happened during dawn prayers in gumballs who in borno state which is that the center of the conflict with boko haram on tuesday the armed groups leader released the video claiming responsibility for a series of recent attacks in the area. At least one hundred at least fourteen people have been killed in air strikes in syria this footage from our sister channel aljazeera arabic shows the aftermath of an airstrike which destroyed a hospital on the outskirts of adlib three people were killed eleven people died in airstrikes in a live band hama in the northwest the Syrian Opposition says russian and Government Forces carried out the strikes. Norway is banning weapon experts to the United Arab Emirates over its participation in the war in yemen the u. A. E. Is a key member of the Saudi Led Coalition fighting who the rebels in the country the coalition has imposed the blockade on yemen leading to widespread Food Shortages and a Major Health Crisis the u. N. Estimates more than five thousand civilians have been killed since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen while in yemen itself people say that they are continuing to suffer under the blockade imposed by the Saudi Led Coalition in recent weeks the saudis have allowed humanitarian aid to flow into the country but as the name now reports in the port city of the data people say that little has changed. Far from the front lines and the ports its a life of increasing challenges for so many yemenis bound by a feeling that theyve been forgotten. Our life is miserable with the war raging for years i lost my job too we cannot afford a daily meal if we have a meal we are not sure if we are going to have the next one a house in salem says his family circumstances are unraveling in a way he never thought possible a lost job then a lost home and now uncertainty over how much worse things could get wound up like that and. We are left with nothing only god as our aka the nearby who died out port is no longer a source of employment or humanitarian aid since november the Saudi Led Coalition has either blocked or limited access to ports of entry in yemen citing security concerns that a Coalition Claims to have reopened a court on december twentieth we are in the first week of january and the coalition is still misleading the public fabricating excuses to continue seeing eighteen and starving the yemeni people. The interruption in the flow of aid is adding to what is already described as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis unless the mother thought the un reiterated that even if the data port is operating at Maximum Capacity it would not be enough to meet the needs of the yemeni people so you can imagine how dire the situation is. Salem and his family say they used to be able to rely on some assistance from relief agencies but no more like so many yemenis they are left to cope on their own natasha going to ayman al jazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera reopening the lines of communication north korea places a historic core to the south plus more than two hundred works of the italian in a sense artist michelangelo go on display in new york including what is believed to be his First Painting. How the weather looks like he fought and try across a good part of the middle east over the next couple days no great surprises there but for the eastern side of the mets right and it does look rather disturbed its a victory out or alling across cypress across turkey will produce some very heavy rain here over the next few days and it doesnt look too pleasant at all particularly for youve been in the refugee camps here whether theyre right across syria lebanon jordan right the way down into israel by road and around sixteen celsius over the next couple days that rain really setting in for friday as well so you can see many areas seeing some very heavy downpours jerusalem will struggle to get to around nine degrees by that stage elsewhere was generally try and find some pleasant sunshine coming through that set in the case across the right input into the twenty two celsius here and they say that a little on recent problems but asked about a top twenty four by the time we come to friday and you can see pretty much the case of wall to wall sunshine more a case of wall to wall rain making its way into northern parts of madagascar over the next diodes we have this tropical system coming in that will bring some very heavy downpours into Northern Areas of madagascar hissing a little further south which as we go on through thursday on into friday the potential for right but for much of Southern Africa it is fine and dry. Reminder now the top stories on Aljazeera Palestinian leaders are condemning u. S. President Donald Trumps threat to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority the president made the statement on twitter where he also said jerusalem is off the negotiating table tens of thousands of Government Supporters are rallying across iran the show of support comes after six days of demonstrations against the government in which at least twenty two people were killed. Ethiopias leader has announced plans to drop charges against Political Prisoners and close a notorious prison camp its part of a plan to widen the mako see in the country following months of antigovernment protests in two rejects. North korea has reopened communication with south korea for the first time in almost two years this ahead of talks between the two governments for tuesday when it smith reports. This is the only official means of communication between north korea and south korea but for almost two years the North Koreans have refused to answer the phone until wednesday when they placed a call to the south. Kim jong un has given an order to reopen the hotline between the north and the south to contact south korea regarding a right time for talks and sending a delegation to the kyung chuang winter olympics. The decision was welcomed in seoul a day after the government there proposed high level talks amid a tense standoff over north koreas misawa Nuclear Programs but the u. S. Government wasnt impressed we wont take any of the talk seriously if they dont do something to ban all Nuclear Weapons in north korea we consider this to be a very reckless regime we dont think we need a bandaid we dont think we need to smile and take a picture we think that we need to have them stop Nuclear Weapons and they need to stop it now. In his new years speech kim jong un warned the u. S. He had a Nuclear Button on his desk. That prompted donald trump to continue his apparent mockery of a president hes nicknamed little rocket man in a tweet the u. S. President wrote i too have a Nuclear Button but its a much bigger and more powerful woman his on my button works north korea has been punished with unprecedented sanctions by the u. N. Over its weapons programs the u. S. Has warned of more measures if young young conducts another missile test. Burnet smith aljazeera. Border checks introduced in parts of europes shang during the height of the refugee crisis are still in place and thats the spy the calling for them to end but as paul recently ports some countries are reluctant to give up their controls. 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 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 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. Gains and swedes had previously been encouraged to see a newly branded a resend 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 years the question of whether Free Movement in the schengen zone can ever begin again is still in the whole race aljazeera. Now to colombia where the peace deal with fark rebels is improving the delivery of Health Services to more remote regions aljazeera. Travelled with a group of doctors to see the work being done in colombias choco region. Volunteer doctors setting sail their mission is to win support from an Indigenous Community longer afflicted by columbias conflict a peace deal signed with five gravels last year means its now easier and safer for the navy to bring assistance to remote areas through Civic Military brigades where people here are less hostile to military forces now that they have. A presence they are starting to look up to the colombian state and im proud we are able to contribute to. It is a classic hearts and Minds Campaign in a territory where peoples allegiances of long been. And where state prison says been synonymous with military force. The governments clear guidelines are to take advantage of the fact that these armed actors are not interfering in these territories anymore so the state seeks to enter with all its capacity and avoid further institutional gaps that might be filled by new criminal groups. But in villages like those gaps remain wide filling them will require time and resources. Our health post is not enough for all the villages on the river and they attend only people with health cars wed love to brigades could come twice a year. Most kids here have rarely seen a toothbrush let alone a dentist. It takes three to hold this patient down while he has this tooth pulled out his mother says bringing him to a doctor ten hours down river was never an option in spite of the government efforts to improve the delivery of Health Services a major logistical problems persist last year sixteen percent of colombias rural population at two for go medical care because of distances to services. Over the course of the day hundreds are taken care of twenty two year old students stephanie says its worth giving up her weekends. I just like how i feel when people think when i can contribute to those without the opportunity or the money to get to a doctor for them i did not understand Civil Military brigades will hardly be a long time fix for chronically Poor Health Care but me by the state some time as it tries to pacify these restless areas for good i listen to them. Chuckle israel has given undocumented african immigrants three months to leave the country or face imprisonment many have lived for years in israel and but the country has granted asylum to fewer than one percent of those who applied the migrants who leave during the next three months will be given a plane ticket and three and a half thousand dollars Rights Groups have condemned the session saying it puts peoples lives in danger there are about forty thousand african migrants in israel many are from every trade and so that business is in the gaza strip have been struggling under an israeli blockade for a long time many are barely able to keep running and now a cartoon by an israeli rights group shows the reality facing one sweets factory alkaloid reports from gaza. Plus. A girl called nor buys an ice cream and wins a ticket to visit a sweet factory. Where you have had him in my son i love the shot in the snow was a hollow yet. Nor 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 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 and families depend on the wages to employees had their hours cut instead. As the animation also shows the machinery they use has problems too israeli authorities restrict the import of anything they say could be used to make weapons the packaging made to be done automatically by dismissing these a spare parts exactly thats not being allowed in this machine but the cream filling and biscuits. Just technicians come here and service it in order to come this whole production line being down for you some of the equipment these be sent to germany servicing and thats not allowed either. The mohammed doesnt believe the restrictions are just for security reasons its there is the way that its got to this is. The scope. And. The people its ready for this because. Israels military assault on gaza has conflicts with hamas havent helped either three years ago the factory was hit by an israeli rocket. Mohammed gifts this week factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. The rights group that made it cool 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 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 unless the siege ends at the end of the film no makes everything right with her imagination in reality things arent so simple and causes industries are still crippled malcolm webb aljazeera in the gaza strip. Parts of indias Financial Hub mumbai have been shut down by a second day of protests staged by members of the community delegates who are the lowest rank in indias ancient caste system called the strike in response to attacks by right wing hindus in the city of proof on monday they say the police didnt take any action against those who attacked them more than two hundred works by the artist michelangelo are on display you new york the exit bishan includes and dozens of sketches and drawings which rarely go on public display. Went to have a look. Art lovers examining the work of a legend a new Michael Angelo exhibit at the metropolitan museum of art in new york brings together one of the largest collections of the lesser known works of the man considered one of the most influential figures of western art theres this piece called the torment of Saint Anthony believed to be Michael Angelos First Painting was completed in fourteen eighty seven when he was only twelve or thirteen years old but its still a regional pencil on paper works that are the real draw when he draws serious forceful yes espresso he said marble sculptor is so he uses the chalk especially with great force on the paper almost carving on the paper as if it were marble although he considered himself primarily a sculptor michelangelo was also called the divine draftsman and designer at this exhibit there are one hundred thirty three of his drawings many of which almost never go on public display because they are so rare and fragile four hundred fifty years after his death his drawings are often an overlooked part of the artists work it took the metropolitan museum of art eight years to collect all of the michelangelo pieces that are on display here they mostly come from over fifty different art institutions and private collections such as those from Queen Elizabeth and even the vatican an exhibition of this magnitude in importance is a global activity and the man has the resources the commitment the scholarship to do it and its part of our mission its part of our responsibility to serve the world in that way and a chance for visitors to look closely at the drawings in the sketch books of one of the worlds greatest artists to get a better sense where his ideas originated gabriels on to aljazeera new york. Now reminder of the top stories on Aljazeera Palestinian leaders say they will not be blackmailed after u. S. President donald trump threatened to cut aid worth more than three hundred Million Dollars a year trump made the statement on twitter in an attempt to force the palestinians back to the negotiation table relations have been tense between the countries following trams recognition of jerusalem as israels capital last month i would say that palestinian diets are not for sale and will not succumb to react means. Imperatives and requirements for peace and unilaterally president campaigns this story has even sabotaged out efforts at that to bring just peace and getting freedom and dignity for the Palestinian People. Irans revolutionary guards have announced the end of unrest in the Islamic Republic tens of thousands of Government Supporters are rallying to condemn the recent unrest at least twenty two people have died in the antigovernment protests which began in mashad last thursday and then spread across the country. In a surprise move ethiopias leader has announced plans to drop charges against Political Prisoners and close a notorious prison camp the Prime Minister high limit am at this and he says its part of efforts to widen the democratic space for old it comes after months of antigovernment protests in a romania and ammara charges will be dropped for all Political Prisoners on the prosecution with pardons issued to those over eighty serving sentences. Norway is a banning the weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates over its participation in the war in yemen the u. A. E. Is a key member of the Saudi Led Coalition fighting who the rebels in the country the coalition has imposed a blockade on yemen leading to widespread Food Shortages and the Major Health Crisis. North koreas leader has reopened the key cross border communication channel with south korea for the first time in nearly two years it comes after kim jong un suggested in his new years address that he would like to ease hostilities with seoul. Stay with aljazeera inside stories coming up next im going to have the aljazeera news hour for you in less than half an hour. Irans leadership is both to the task as violent protests continue to planes falling out evidence for stirring up trouble so is the unrest about the economy or is it an to stop has been and how will iran deal with the growing public anger this is inside story