Hello im sam is a down this is al jazeera live from also coming up iran accuses the u. S. Of interfering in its affairs off the days of antigovernment protests. President dog trump reacts with fury to comments about life inside the white house made by his sax former aide. And they may have escaped the fighting but the new reality for these displaced syrians is not much better. Palestinian leaders say they wont be blackmailed after the us president threatened to cut aid worth around three quarters of a billion dollars a year donald trump tweeted the threat accusing palestinians of not wanting peace talks he also said jerusalem is no longer out for negotiations of relations with the us have plummeted since trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital last month the cuts threaten money allocated to the Palestinian Authority most u. S. Funding goes towards development and not directly to the authority itself also at risk is funding to the United Nations relief and works agency or under which assists Palestinian Refugees the u. S. Is its largest donor both measures if they go ahead with cut around seven hundred sixty five Million Dollars a year in aid to the palestinians have a jump june reports now from the city of ramallah in the occupied west bank for. A mother of three Palestinian Refugee children a routine trip to the doctor was already riddled with complications. But after hearing the u. S. May decide to cut more than three hundred Million Dollars of annual aid to the United Nations relief and works agency for Palestinian Refugees or as it is known she now worries a bad situation may worsen. Its getting more difficult its getting more complicated and things arent getting solved everything is becoming more expensive god laws available to the poor is not nowadays on wednesday residents of the occupied west bank woke up to the news that u. S. President donald trump may halt aid payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars to palestinians if theyre no longer willing to talk peace sixty year old would then than a fool like so many other Palestinian Refugees here relies on this supported clinic in a refugee camp a Health Center that depends on foreign aid. Its hard because of the difficult situation in all conditions and allow us to go to this clinic while officials tell us they have not been informed by the u. S. Administration of any changes in funding to the agency the cuts could have a devastating impact approximately five million Palestinian Refugees are eligible for Services Close to eight hundred thousand of them live here in the west bank and another one point three million are in gaza condemnation from palestinian officials who insist they are still very much committed to the Peace Process was swift many of them said palestine was not for sale weve lived for a long time without the american aid and we can sort of buy without american aid and if its really means that there will be more hunger and less ability to survive look at what the gazans have sustained because of the israeli siege of gaza. But but people you know im not willing to sell that home loan for money now faced with the prospect of a political solution growing dimmer and humanitarian aid getting scarcer the only thing it seems palestinians can count on is even more uncertainty mohammed among the occupied west bank. This. Is a former policy adviser to the palestinian Prime Minister. He says cutting aid to the palestinians will have major impact on refugee camps. The Palestinian Government and policy and leadership always express willingness to go back to the negotiating table but not for free they as a trial has been violating the palestinian rights all along and they have been violating all of their agreements that the Palestinian Authority have signed with as a rail cutting aid to the Palestinian People will not make them bow to the as riley and the american will and cutting aid will not only affect palestinians but would also affect. The neighboring arab countries because if you im sure all of you know that we have thousands and tens of thousands of but its. In in many other countries especially in syria and lebanon and jordan and cutting aid to pay to see how refugees will also have a dangerous time if occasion is not only in palestine not only on the palestinians and israelis but also on the region as a whole that the u. S. Is the biggest contributor to the Palestinian Refugee agency the on the way it is out of the core budget the u. S. Contributor on twenty six percent which is around one hundred fifty two Million Dollars a year and if you add to that also the u. S. Support to the humanitarian projects they also are implemented through the underworld this number could could go up to three hundred sixty eight Million Dollars a year so this is basically a huge number and it will definitely affect the situation of the police here refugees as they said not only in palestine but also you know in the arab region and the refugees will not remain silent im sure this will also lead to a protest would also lead to but helps more violence will also affect the fragile security situation in also the arab countries especially syria and lebanon. Aside from threats threats rather to cut off aid to the palestinians there was also anger over trumps tweet on jerusalem in it he said jerusalem is now off the negotiating table last month the u. S. Recognized drew some as israels capital runs ambassador to the United Nations is accusing the u. S. Of interfering in his countrys Domestic Affairs has written a letter of complaint to the u. N. Secretary general it comes after days of unrest in which at least twenty two people have been killed but the governments received a show of support in the form of tens of thousands of people who rallied to condemn the unrest in reports. On Iranian State t. V. Pictures of government supporters spilling city streets condemning protests and deaths during the day. Its basically people who are believing that what so whats happening is against that you deem and they want to support the regime by saying this is a revolutionary jeem and we are in favor of it. The t. V. Pictures of these 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 rainy and 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 irans 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 there 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 matterson aljazeera. And the u. S. President has lashed out at his former chief strategist steve balun follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which ballon denounces trumps eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections in two thousand and sixteen that meeting is central to an investigation into alleged russian meddling in the president ial Campaign Trump issued a statement saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired not only lost his job he lost his mind he went on to say steve has little to do with our historic victory steve doesnt represent my base hes only in it for himself the White House Press secretary says balance claims of treason against Donald Trump Jr are baseless. I think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that im pretty sure weve addressed many times from here before if thats in reference to comments made by mr bannon id refer you back to the ones that he made previously on sixty minutes worry called collusion with russia about this president a total farce so i think i would learn. If anybodys been inconsistent its been him certainly has been the president or this administration. Has more from washington d. C. Well weve seen a lot of people within the administration or some people within the Administration Come and go some on their own and some have been fired but this really is the first time that we have seen President Trump lash out at anybody who has left the white house and and he did it for a couple of reasons the president really demands loyalty from the people who serve him and also a sarah sander sort of pointed out during the press briefing you do not curry favor with President Trump by criticizing or claiming that his son committed treason and was unpatriotic that was crossing the line for President Trump and this also comes at a time when this investigation by the special prosecutor Robert Muller is deepening this this investigation into russian meddling into the twenty sixteen election and potential collusion by the Trump Administration so you have this coming out at a time when this investigation is deepening and then you have steve bannon making claims that his the president s son potentially committed treason the other thing to keep in mind too is steve bannon also brought this net sort of brought this nationalist movement along with him into the campaign and those people have been very loyal to the president its been part of his core the question is will those people remain loyal to the president now that hes lashed out at steve bannon and according to Sarah Sanders she thinks that they will. If you his government has announced it will release all Political Prisoners im close in a taurus prison camp in a surprise move charges against many who are facing prosecution will also be dropped well this follows increased pressure on the government to end its crackdown on opposition voices Stephanie Decker reports i. Hope he has 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 Political Prisoners would be welcomed by many peons some warn it may not lead to major changes in policy. There but the go on the idea many implicit in the Prime Minister of egypt realizes that if youre going to continue to go political junkie and that is still stuck in a political battle in order to avoid really the International Community needs to be really. Only level of the society. The protests of the past few years of course for political and economic changes. Hiromi and im hard 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 challenges to come and 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 allowing prison and turning it into a newsier 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 MovementStephanie Decker aljazeera. Lots more still ahead on aljazeera we look ahead to mexicos president ial election as candidates warm up for the race to the top job. Im britains hospitals take drastic measures to cope with surging demand. From the Clear Blue Sky of the doha morning. To the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of. Hello there were seeing a lot of cloud on our charts across the middle east at the moment but the swirling mass of cloud has gradually edging its way eastwards and weve also got more cloud of rain in the western part of our map as well as the systems here thats making its way east with the second one is over the western parts of turkey giving some of us some very heavy rain there on thursday on friday the western parts of turkey will be a lot drier brighter because that systems were actually edged its way towards the east so its this region on friday where were expecting the wettest of the weather including for us in lebanon but further towards the south and here in doha no major change for us over the next day or so twenty two degrees will be our maximum not seventy two in fahrenheit as we head through into friday we get to around twenty four ceylon of that were going to around twenty seven and hit should be fine and settled before the tools the south and theres a very large pool of cloud just to the east of madagascar that is all Tropical Storm and its developing working its way towards the northeastern parts of the island you see already plenty of cloud across that region and we are already seeing some very heavy downpours the whole system is expected just think a little bit further south with over the next few days but it is moving painfully slowly so this region is likely to see yet more to mention the heavy rains that could well give us flooding on thursday or friday the way that sponsored by the time. You are making. Whether on line the u. S. Response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been criminalized or if you join us on sat. In the morning and says i want to cover the world of darkness this is a dialogue could be was leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the colobus conversation at this time on out. Zero zero. Zero zero time to recap our headlines now palestinian leaders say they wont be blackmailed after the us president threatened to cut aid worth around three quarters of a billion dollars a year donald trump tweeted blaming palestinians for refusing to engage in middle east peace talks he also said hed taken jerusalem off the negotiating table. Trump has lashed out at his former chief strategist steve balun to saying hes lost his mind follows publication of from an upcoming book in which ballon denounces trumps eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic if you know piers government says it will release all Political Prisoners surprise announcement by the Prime Minister will see the notorious prison turned into a museum and follows months of antigovernment protests. Norway is banning 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 Coalition has imposed a blockade on the 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 and recent weeks the saudis have allowed some humanitarian aid to flow into yemen but as natasha name reports people in the port city of a data say 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 well. 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 were not sure if were 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 is our rock 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 seating 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 i love the mother thought the u. N. Reiterated that even if one day the 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 i just. Saw 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. Italy provinces told to be the largest remaining rebel held area in the country since side one of the socalled deescalation zones set up last september in an effort to scale back the conflict. With no letup in the fighting tens of thousands of civilians off fleeing the area so to hold the reports. They set up tents wherever they can on the side of roads in open fields syrians are still on the move trying to find a safe place many have already been displaced more than once these people are from the north and how much countryside and from the villages along the neighboring provincial borders of adlib areas that have become battlegrounds and as we fled the bombardment and the airstrikes we cant go back because our house was hit and it is now destroyed they are targeting civilians and their homes not the rebels. The recent wave of displacement coincides with the Winter Weather setting in making life even more difficult near freezing temperatures are common here and many fear they may have to live out in the open for a long time they have nothing to return to and some of their villages have been recaptured by Government Forces for many going back is not an option. We had to leave the area because of airstrikes we tried to return to the village but it was talkative again we hope that the regime doesnt control the area the United Nations says up to sixty thousand people have been displaced in recent weeks it also says aid is scarce there are already an estimated two hundred thousand displaced people in people who fled from areas across the country taken by Government Forces. Being displaced for the past seven years running from one place to its horrible if god doesnt help us no one can. Even the children the regime wants to control every single area. The violence is not confined to areas close to the frontlines villages across the province are coming under fire. Hospitals bakeries markets have all been hit by air strikes it fell under rebel control in two thousand and fifteen it is also supposed to be a russian guaranteed deescalation zone. It is a heavily populated province an estimated two Million People live there people fear the presence of. A coalition. Which declared its independence from. Could be used as a pretext to launch an offensive the Russian Military did say. To defeat that group in two thousand and eight. People are worried proGovernment Forces want to storm the rebels however believe the military campaign aims to recapture a military airport and lift the siege on to loyalist towns in the province whatever the objective the offensive continues to cause my. Beirut. Cities in the u. S. Are bracing for it stream cold weather and major snow storms in the northeast the cold snap is expected to worsen in the coming days its caused some parts of the Niagara Falls to freeze already forecasters say an arctic air mass causing the cold snap will remain over the u. S. Until the end of the week britains hospitals are taking drastic measures to cope with the winter demand National HealthService Officials are warning nonurgent procedures will be put off for weeks the n. H. S. Is one of the countrys most valued institutions providing Free Health Care for more than seventy years but as nave parker reports the big concern about its future. Hundreds of british hospitals are in the grip of a winter. Patient numbers regularly surge during the colder months but this year sickness levels have sought to ease the Pressure Health officials have doctors in england from carrying out all nonemergency surgery such as cataract or hip replacement operations until the end of january people have been told to only go to hospital in a real emergency some patients are waiting twelve hours to see a doctor others are being treated and kodos medical staff also feeling the strain on twitter this doctor apologized to third world conditions at the hospital he worked in. I shouldnt be and t. Is every day at work because of a lack of resources and lack of capacity wrote this nurse an estimated fifty five thousand procedures are expected to be postponed in the coming weeks and h. S. Chiefs have defended the move this is a planned response to. That we knew it was going to be difficult and we are managing that in the way that we expected and were taking early action were not waiting to have to respond to. The n. H. S. Is one of the u. K. s most revered institutions offering Free Health Care to all u. K. Residents but its under mounting strain so much so that this time last year the red cross the International Aid group said that if things didnt improve that it faced a humanitarian crisis twelve months on and the n. H. S. Is still struggling to cope. Many doctors blame successive governments for starving the service of funding all in a gradual attempt they say to privatized the public Health Service weve seen the n. H. S. Undergoing the biggest funding squeeze since it began. In two years and what weve seen in this decade is approximately forty billion pounds of cuts by the time we get twenty twenty not simply impressed into the n. H. S. Its not surprising with the kind of scenes that we. Went around last winter the government insists the delays are part of a well planned system that comes through operations of Time Critical procedures will go ahead as planned but all many people can see is a Cherished Service sinking deeper into crisis. Aljazeera. In peru a second minister has resigned in as many weeks over the pardon given to former president Alberto Fujimori for more he was released on Health Grounds last month triggering days of protests and serving a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights crimes including murder. Mexicans head to the polls on the first of july to elect a new president and its already shaping up to be a historic race its the first time candidates can run without the backing of a party meaning dozens of people vying for the top job at the window will have to combat voter mistrust and apathy david mersa looks now what lies ahead for mexico in two thousand and eighteen. Mexicos president ial elections are heating up led by leftist firebrand and brace man well as open or he ran in and lost the past two elections now Lopez Obrador is riding a wave of public discontent to lead the pack of candidates. That. We havent reached the possibility of ending we will stamp out corruption. Because of the naive from the center right National Action party calls himself the clean hands candidate though he some Division Within his party to a sluggish economy could give former finance minister and pre candidate jose antonio media a push with the United States threatening to pull out of the north American Free trade agreement needs says he has the experience to find new export markets. And for the first time in mexicos history independent candidates have joined the race. But with surging violence and corruption scandals plaguing government officials gaining public trust wont be easy. I think all the candidates are interested in themselves and their Political Parties i dont think any of them are in it for the people they look at. I dont trust any of the candidates. Only believe them when actual changes start to happen. Analysts say that people must be engaged and hold candidates to account if they want this election to be different. The Political Class loves it when society doesnt trust them then you separate yourself and leave public spaces where the government doesnt like is when social media is buzzing with discussion and. Never before have mexicans had such a variety of candidates to choose from and with the july first election quickly approaching many people here are asking what impact. Educated and more politicized generation of voters could have on the countrys future David Mercer Al Jazeera in mexico city. The next for falls it all serious takes a look at the business of rags it two thousand and eighteen will make the make or break for britains withdrawal from the European Union but if the first round of talks is anything to go by reaching a deal could be a struggle thats on friday here on aljazeera. Now the European Unions Foreign Policy chief and top diplomat has called for an end to the u. S. Led in bargo against cuba for that a commodity any comments came after washington decided to tighten restrictions on have more green is on a visit to the communist island nation shes hoping to strengthen europes political and economic ties with cuba that the blockade is not the solution and we europeans instead its to american friends many times and weve reaffirmed it repeatedly in the United Nations. The blockade is obsolete it is illegal and the European Union will continue working to put an end to it. And lets take you through some of the headlines here and al jazeera and al palestinian leaders say they wont be blackmailed after the u. S. President tweeted out threat to cut aid worth around three quarters of a billion dollars a year he blamed palestinians for refusing to engage in middle east peace talks trump also said hed taken jerusalem off the negotiating table relations with the u. S. Have plummeted since trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital last month. Irans ambassador to the u. N. Is accusing the u. S. Of interfering in irans Domestic Affairs has written a letter of complaint to the u. N. Secretary general the u. S. Is calling for an Emergency SecurityCouncil Meeting to discuss the antigovernment protests in iran days of unrest have left at least twenty two people dead on wednesday the government received a show of support in the form of tens of thousands of people who rallied to support the regime. U. S. President donald trump has lashed out at his former chief strategist steve balance saying is lost is mind who follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which bannon denounces trumps eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic its over a two thousand and sixteen meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections the White House Press secretary calls the claims baseless. And that is a ridiculous accusation and one that im pretty sure weve addressed many times from here before if thats in reference to comments made by mr bennett id refer you back to the ones that he made previously on sixty minutes were recall the collusion with russia about this president a total farce so i think i would look back at that if anybodys been inconsistent its been him certainly has been the president or this administration. Ethiopias government says it will release and pardon all Political Prisoners surprise announcement by the Prime Minister will see in the tories prison closed promise months of antigovernment protests. Israels parliament has given preliminary approval for legislation making it easier for a court to impose the Death Penalty the law would apply to people convicted of murder in incidents classified as terrorist attacks currently the Death Penalty can only be applied if a panel of three minute free judges passes the sentence unanimously as the headline says the stream now stay with us. The head of the september twenty Fourth NationalElection Survey showed. The state of their economy this is easily news biggest tech success story. We bring you the stories the economic world we live in. At this time. And these are the three. Do you see i see an array of different shades of. People live. Within and outside their own communities this