Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20180110

Ninety migrants drowned almost three hundred rescued separate incidents off the libyan coast. Small protests in tunisia as the government crackdown. Is gentle a Freight Train coming down the hill. Lives floods and the deadly rainstorm in Southern California claimed lives and homes. South koreas president says hes open to meeting north Korean Leader kim jong un if certain conditions are met and when janes comments follow tuesdays official talks between the two sides the first in more than two years from sol kathy novak reports. The First Official talks between north and south korea in more than two years ended with an agreement that could make president vision of a piece of lympics a reality says Domestic Support for his policy of dialogue with north korea helped bring about the rare meeting and he had some one else to think as well. There will be accomplished mint of south korean dialogue was largely credited to President Trump id like to express gratitude to him in a statement the white house welcome to the talks and said the u. S. And south korean president s recently agreed to continue the campaign of maximum pressure on north korea toward the goal of complete and verifiable denuclearization moon says the other purpose of that pressure is to bring the north to the negotiating table adding that he would be willing to talk directly with north koreas leader kim jong un. I keep myself open to any meeting including a summit if its helpful for an improvement of south and north korean relations or a settlement of the north Korean Nuclear issue president says even though south korea prefers a policy of engagement it also supports the u. S. Approach of maximum pressure but he acknowledges that with more sanctions come more risks of escalating tensions that could lead to a possible Armed Conflict ultimately south korea wants to find a diplomatic solution to the problem of north Koreas Nuclear weapons but north korea has continued to indicate they are not up for negotiation. Regarding the Nuclear Issues strategic weapons including atomic bomb Hydrogen Bomb and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles only i aimed at the United States not our fellow koreans but moon says both south korea and the u. S. Are threatened by the norths Nuclear Weapons and will continue to Work Together to address that threat Kathy Novak Al Jazeera seoul. Well beijing sauder the closure of north korean businesses in china to comply with u. N. Sanctions the deadline for the closure passed on tuesday but as rob mcbride reports from beijing some businesses remain open according to the directive yesterday the ninth was when all north korean restaurants were meant to have closed so that by today the tenth north korean lunch should be off the menu but weve just been inside this restaurant and were able to order a full meal with no sign of it being closed down we dont know exactly what the setup is here with this restaurant but it suspected that some north korean restaurants may be changing their Management Structure to make it look as though theyre now owned by chinese management when in fact money from them is still finding its way into north korea china has promised to implement fully all u. N. Sanctions but coming after claims that its been allowing north korea to get around some other embargoes news that some north korean business is still seem to be operating will fuel suspicions of a disconnect between what china promises and what china implements all of them is managing editor of n k news an independent news website on north korea joins us now from south seoul rather in the south good to have you with us so this is not the first time that weve heard from the south Korean Leader and hes open to talks but with conditions but does the timing of his latest statement coming after the first contacts in a couple of years does that timing make this statement a little more note worthy now. It was true that he said this before as you noted he actually said it on the day of his election as president of south korea in may last year but of course the timing right after a day of the korean talks a lot of optimism a lot of idealistic statements that came out of both the north and the south does suggest that there might be a little bit more behind it obviously he did stipulate that there were conditions and those conditions are still a major stumbling block south korea insists that the north must discuss denuclearization. With and for the North Koreans who have repeatedly said that they will only discuss these issues with the United States that really seems to be an issue where i personally cant see any any middle ground on that point is completely denuclearize ation in reality do you think its still in the chiva ball goal given all the progress that the North Koreans have made i mean its really difficult to see north korea at this stage giving up its nuclear and Ballistic Missile capabilities they spent the last year as we saw repeated missile tests a nuclear test in september. Any negotiator that was going in whether it be an american negotiator a south korean negotiator would really have a very tough time convincing the North Koreans theyve suggested that they might consider some kind of slowdown of their testing in return for some kind of security guarantees thats obviously a large reason why north korea seeks Nuclear Weapons is to defend itself as from what it sees as a hostile policy from the United States but as i said it will be extremely extremely difficult not to crack so to speak difficult not to craig d. C. South korea or the United States then accepting anything less than complete the new clarus station ultimately. Well the United States has said that that is ultimately the only north korea that it will accept and hence a regime change will be its alternative south korea maybe a little bit more open minded but ultimately neither of those countries could really except a Nuclear North Korea that would send a terrible message to other countries that might seek its own their own Nuclear Power it also sends a message to south korea and japan that perhaps it might be time for them to pursue their own Nuclear Programs the south korean president has been very careful to praise his u. S. Counterpart doll trouble however do you see any divergence emerging between the u. S. And south korean approaches if not policies towards north korea. Well i think since the election on a platform of dialogue openness and renewed engagement between the koreas i think theres always been some divergence of views. But moon was very careful moon is very conscious of trumps personality and style of politics and trump obviously is very keen on praise and being involved he doesnt moon doesnt want the United States to feel like its been shut out from these talks. And the United States seems to have so far been on board with trump is obviously claim that his maximum pressure policy led to the resumption of talks whether or not you know a year on and still no government Northern Irelands political troubles deepen. In sport the former world number one elbowing his way back into grand slam contention andys here with that. At least nine thousand migrants have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of libya on tuesday almost three hundred people were rescued from other boats trying to make the journey across the Mediterranean Sea libya is the most common departure point for migrants trying to reach europe from africa by sea. Mahmud up there is in the libyan capital tripoli so are we seeing a rise in the number of people trying to attempt to make that crossing from libya into europe. Will it seems that after the authorities control the grecian influx in their western city of sobriety so now the migration traffic has been transferred to the east of tripoli especially from a home a city thats a coastal city east of the libyan capital tripoli now libyas calls to guard says that they have risk youd two hundred seventy nine migrants during the last twenty four hours in a couple of operations and as you just mentioned they say that from ninety eight to ten that migrants have drawn in the sea now these say that the risk you would make grants include one thousand women and seventeen children majority of them are african from african countries and they also include seven from bangladesh and two pakistani migrants now libyas coastguard Spokesman Says that the they received distress calls from the migrants on the boat usually as you know smugglers to give foreigners or a. Way or less communication devices to the migrants in case the boat or the cup size and in this case the just and the called the coast guard for forest cue operations now also libyas coast guard spokesman is in it to some extent angry hes he has fears that this crisis excessive baited it might be or it might be taken as a pretext for International Intervention in libya we know that these days the waves are so high and the weather is very unstable in the Mediterranean Sea and especially in the libya into. Waters and that could be one of the reasons these boats. And we have this big number of dead migrants in there as you know that the libyan coast guard. Spokesman mission that they are very badly equipped and they have been blaming the European Union for not providing enough to contain this migration crazes also there are worries among libyans that this crisis is excessive bit more it could be used as a pretext for International Intervention in libya semi or a. Thanks so much temporary israeli roadblocks are hampering access to the area around the occupied west bank city of nablus Security Forces are looking for the killer of an israeli rabbi a thirty five year old was killed in a drive by shooting near an illegal israeli settlement following that attack there were reports of Israeli Settlers throwing stones at palestinians driving through the area the u. S. Ambassador to israel has condemned hamas a Palestinian Group applauded the killing of a rabbi or a force it is near who are in the occupied west bank so what does lockdown there look like right now. Well it has eased to some extent i think after the more severe measures that were put in place around here earlier in the morning you can see i think a couple of Israeli Military jeep. On the roundabout there there is an obvious increased presence a relative to the normal situation. More are just really soldiers around and carrying out checks over the whole worried checkpoint which is just a few more hundred meters down the road behind me that had been closed just south of nablus earlier it does seem to be open traffic flowing relatively freely so its it seems that the situation is changing as this manhunt continues as this is fairly major Israeli Military operation shifts focus presumably from village to village as they try to find out where the shooter or shooters may have gone what happened of course was that last. There was this this thirty five year old man a rabbi a resident up near here who was shot in his car there are reports that more than twenty bullets penetrated the vehicle some of them in the neck in the dead in a hospital and this this hunt for the people who shot that will person or people who shot those bullets remains under way his funeral is due to take place in about an hours time at the legal outpost where he lived where he was a rabbi where he had a family of six children and a wife. All right good stuff there from her a force of thanks for that. Because his Foreign Ministry is considering more legal moves against the blockade inflicted by four arab nations on humanitarian grounds saudi arabia the u. A. E. Behind in egypt cant ties with seven months ago restricting their airspace and balin cuts research from entry and Un Human Rights Council investigation found the blockade was having a great impact on carters population by separating families it also said the measures werent only aimed at the government but also the people causes says its proof enough to move forward with international arbitration. To take heed and that a human rights report represents a legal basis to prove that these countries havent respected agreements and contracts and as a consequence it has even hurt individuals finding support the steps already taken by some organizations who are seeking arbitration through International Courts and un institutions. Police and have fired tear gas at demonstrators who stormed the supermarket in the capital tunis and the government protests have been taking place since monday when people rallied in more than ten towns against planned price and tax rises but thats what i reports. Its the economy just as it was in tunisia during the revolution that spawned the arab spring in two thousand and eleven. Tunisians are looking at their circumstances and saying enough. Although this time theyre also saying not much has changed since they succeeded in bringing democracy to their country. But. Its been seven years since twenty eleven and the government didnt do anything for us so its natural to protest i think the demonstrations will be bigger than before because of these major price increases people are no longer accepting the high cost of living and that is contributing to the process of the country poor people like me can no longer bear the burden of these high prices some of them im sorry. There have been protests across tunisia at least one man has been killed although there are conflicting reports about because dozens have been injured including police officers. The sort of better if ever that what happened yesterday is a violation of the law since the state of emergency has been declared in tunisia i mean these protests are the results of operations that aim to revive the unrest on social media but protesters say they have only to look at their wallets to be reminded of how theyre struggling to afford beast. Sickness subsidies anger has been bubbling since the government introduced austerity measures on january first after the government raised the price of fuel and taxes on many items in an attempt to reduce the annual deficit. By limbs that the violence we witnessed yesterday the famed alyson of the stores and the private property we obviously dont accept it however it can be seen as a natural result of the starvation and the impoverishment of the tunisian people for years. While tunisia has been heralded as the one Success Story of the arab spring nine governments have been unable to ease the economic concerns that have driven protesters onto the streets people have vowed to continue demonstrating until the austerity measures are lifted natasha going in. Turkey is accusing russia and iran of helping Syrian Government troops break agreements and socalled deescalation zones russia iran and turkey agreed on for such areas in may last year so these Foreign Ministry says violations in syria could not be possibly have been made without the support of the two countries they both back president bashar assad wild turkey supports opposition groups fighting in and so that more protests are happening against higher prices for bread and wheat products three people have been killed since sunday and scuffles with Security Forces the price increase is part of the governments measures to combat high inflation to opposition leaders have been arrested as police confiscated newspapers and crackdown on dissent have a morgan has the latest from khartoum. Right now in khartoum its pretty quiet most of the properties have been happening here has been happening around one of sudans mean in Khartoum University where students were trying to go out on the streets to protest but they were met by riot police so they were prevented from coming out and we also know that protests happened around different parts of the country a student was killed in darfur and several opposition members have been arrested the Sudanese Congress party which is one of the major opposition parties in sudan reported that at least half a dozen of its Members Around the country have been arrested and that nearly a dozen of its students around the country have been arrested as well and theyve been calling on the government to release them now lets remember that the protested not just because of the government lifting subsidies or subsidies of the wheat products in the country but also because of the countrys Economic Situation the dollar and the sudanese pounds the responsibility to the dollar has been devaluing sense two thousand and five when it was one one dollar to two sudanese pounds then it went on to want to eat in two thousand and twelve and wanted twenty eight up until early january just yesterday it hit a record low where one dollar is equal to thirty sudanese pounds and the world bank said more than half of the countrys population live below the poverty line dog transformers visor has resigned as executive chairman of the breitbart right wing news website c valens been in the headlines a lot lately because of a new bestselling book among his revelations a former right hand man of the us president described the meeting between trumps son and a group of russians as treasonous trumps baron had lost his mind and lawyers are trying to have the book banned but im used to brokers more from washington d. C. Well steve bannon and breitbart are both saying that he left the his position at breitbart but theres a lot of speculation in washington that he was probably pushed out. One of the investors and one of the Board Members that breitbart is a republican a billionaire republican donor by the name of Rebecca Mercer she hopelessly called gannon out last week over the comments that he made in fire and fury so there is speculation that she probably had something to do with his leaving the breitbart news. This afternoon what is the political future for steve bannon kind of hard to tell right now he appears to be rather toxic this was a man who had a very meteoric rise started at breitbart in two thousand and twelve sort of led this nationalist movement and helped get president elected and then was part of his staff now hes fallen out of favor with trump hes lost his job at breitbart and hes also lost a show a radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio so who sort of lost that platform for that nationalist movement but washington is a city where there are a lot of Second Chances he was working to try to get some people that were running for the midterm elections alike to he may have to step aside at this point because of his relationship with President Trump but again this is a town of Second Chances hes likely to step aside lick his wounds and maybe really emerge over the next several months. U. S. Judges blocked the trumpet ministration from ending in the bomber era program that protects immigrants who enter the country as children without documents is a furred action for Childhood Arrivals Program provides legal status to around eight hundred thousand young adults in San Francisco john said they would suffer serious reparable harm if it ended abruptly trump decided to stop the policy in march congress has remained deadlocked over the issue. Islanders in madagascar are mourning the dead and the repairing the damage rather from a sign clone Tropical Cyclone the number of People Killed has risen to at least twenty nine with the southeastern region of. The worst affected further north many parts of the capital and then to revoke remain flooded winds of up to one hundred ninety kilometers an hour hit the island on friday several people remain missing and at least seventeen thousand islanders have been forced from their homes. Dozens of homes in Southern California are buried in a thick layer of mud and debris after a powerful storm mudslides and flooding have killed at least thirteen people and forced thousands of others to leave rob reynolds reports from los angeles. Torrential rains moving inland from the Pacific Ocean devastated the very same parts of california that were ravaged by wildfires last month the only words i can really think of to describe what it looked like was it looked like a world war one battlefield it was literally a carpet of mud and debris everywhere. Deadly mudslides raced down canyons in montecito near Santa Barbara leveling homes and destroying everything the fires left on harm i heard the rumble of the rocks and we looked over the river and the trees are just coming down true true true weve heard of a little baby. Cable. Dug down the food in the road can you. Got it out of the bottle thats no. Hope thats ok to. A car lay stranded the fate of its owner on known rivers of thick gray muck course through upscale neighborhoods and roads were overwhelmed including the major north south coastal highway one hundred one the recent fires stripped steep hillsides of brush and other vegetation that normally anchors the earth in place firefighters say the burnt landscape makes the soil more susceptible to giving way without warning in heavy rain what happens once a ground gets saturated the soil it starts giving its kind of like building a sand castle at the beach says that sand gets saturated with water its going to slough off and thats what were seeing here behind me. As crews work to clear roads and move debris word came that several residents had died in the floods thousands of others were under mandatory evacuation orders the death toll is expected to rise rob reynolds aljazeera. Well sensuous. And a moment to have all the weather with rob us still ahead here on aljazeera secret documents reveal how advisers to the ukrainian president played a role in the seizing of one point five billion dollars well have the latest from under serious Investigative Unit. On journalists whove been covering the rangar refugee crisis. I would spoil the. Title defense comes to an abrupt end. From the waves of the south. To the contours of the east. Yes the thomas fire burnt part of the Los Padres National forest and then this storm as youve already heard came along and produced the rain that caused flooding in the air and very easily landslides now its a moving system so it has gone east was in high ground for the reason i leaving clear skies behind but as youve already seen the mudslides happened rapidly and most devastatingly and this is this is the size of the first one to cheat a Santa Barbara area this happened once its not going to be repeated in the near future thankfully but of course its done its damage and the thing is it came out of the sky seventy one millimeters in sandbergs. Huge to be ours but if you get rid of the brush on the ground you need ten millimeters per hour to cause a really high risk of mudslides as you can see there were figures further inland las vegas only thirty four minutes but here too there was flooding we have flash flooding in the city of las vegas a bit of footage some it took on a mobile phone obviously but this of course did what it was supposed to this right went off the streets into the storm drains but it happened all the same now the picture in the next twenty four hours is a much drier one for Southern California and indeed that picture is one of well clear blue skies toward taught more of the rest of the u. S. Later. The weather sponsored by qatar and. Coveted beyond well. Thank you very much taken im about hesitation. For to indict. Our defines our. Power investigate exposing and question the use and abuse of power around the globe at this time on aljazeera. Aljazeera. And. Where every. Watching out of syria time to recap our headlines now south koreas president says hes open to meeting north Korean Leader kim jong un if certain conditions are met. Says he has no plans to ease sanctions against pyongyang until it ends its nuclear program. Temporary israeli checkpoints and roadblocks are cutting off the city of nablus and surrounding villages in the occupied west bank Security Forces are looking for the killer of an israeli rabbi. At least ninety miles drowned when a rubber boat sank off the coast of libya another three hundred on all the boats were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea on tuesday libya is where most migrants are trafficked from as they try to reach europe. Firefighters say the four day long blaze on an Iranian Oil Tanker could burn for another two to four weeks so far theres been no major spill off the coast of shanghai in china and the ships iranian operators say theres still hope of finding survivors the body of one sailor was recovered from the sea thirty one others remain missing after the tanker collided with a cargo ship on saturday adrian brown has more from a jew shan port where the hong kong freighter has been towed. Away the city of drought in eastern china because this is where twenty one of the survivors were brought to and details of the dramatic rescue operation are starting to emerge weve been speaking to the captain. Of a chinese fishing thaller just like the one behind me and he was in the area at the time of the collision he says he saw a huge explosion on the horizon then received a distract signal by the time they got to the scene of the collision twenty one crew members of the hong kong freighter the sea of crystal where in a lifeboat the fisherman was able to haul those twenty one members on board the trawler they then made their way towards the iranian tanker by this stage the tanker was well alight he said the flames were burning so fiercely it simply forced them to pull back well those twenty one survivors were then brought to this port and they eventually went on to shanghai where theyve been Receiving Hospital treatment and also been interviewed by officials from shanghais Maritime Safety board who have begun an official investigation weve also been hearing from officials from the south Korean Ministry of oceans and fisheries and they say its possible the fire on the iranian tanker could burn for another two to four weeks and also officials here in china say the oil slick so far is not that big. Place in nam i have charged two reuters journalists under the official secrets act why are low and quiet so arrested in december after police said they were hired for nation illegally to share it with foreign levy or the two had been covering the crisis in iraq and state where hundreds of thousands of rango motions have fled a military crackdown if convicted they could face up to fourteen years in prison joining me on skype from paris is Daniel Bastar he is the head of Reporters Without Borders for the Asia Pacific Region good to have you with us when you look at whats happened in this case other norms of justice then observed. Well this is clearly a denial of justice and the rule is low. We demand the Media Release of one of them and kill so because no serious evidence has been produced by it by the authorities. What impact do you think the way in particular that these journalists were arrested how is that going to impact the sort of climate that the media and the price operating in the m. R. Well we served today that many journalists many in march at least work and review the route to court youre going to show solidarity with one moment youll see what it shows is that there is a deep concern its very worrying to see that stress really i mean myanmar peace really declining. As an example in year two thousand and seventeen no less than eleven journalist and wanted me to elaborate or have been arrested for doing their work the hope is fading of a new era of press freedom after the civilian government of our own sang suchi took power. Well. We have to dig into account is do a right jack crisis. Where the ministry doesnt want julies to report on sensitive issues especially the roger crisis. Should be reminded that the north of state is a place where journalists are not allowed to go and of course they cannot monitor what is happening there. As a reminder the un has mention some possible elements of genocide considering the situation in the region so its very crucial their journeys should be an out there particularly interested to know what you make of the charge against them that they illegally acquired information and wanted to share it with foreign media if thats the standard what you have to wonder how press freedom will function at all. Well the way these kids are being conducted is totally unacceptable. Gridley the two journalists were handled some secret documents back to glisten in restaurants the government announced that to two Policemen Police officers and been arrested under the same official secrets act but the fact that to. Go is going to. Come down to are not the same who and all the documents so clearly shows that no one on and us who are just great quotes to shouldnt the amount of courage journalists i wonder what play you would like to make to aung sang suu kyi who holds a nobel prize and many have High Expectations of her what would you say to her using this platform here in algeria right now well we assume as in september Reporters Without Borders sends an open letter last answer to to remind her that. Two thousand and ten when she was freed from my house arrest she said that the freedom of the press is the first freedom in democracy. And we have to remind her that she made promises and until now the promises have been broken all right thank you so much for talking to us your thoughts on this. Is demanding the release of its journalist Mahmoud Hussain hes been more than a year since those who were arrested and jailed in egypt the same is accused of broadcasting false news to spread the chaos cheney and aljazeera strongly deny these are people who complained of mistreatment and jail. Protestors in south korea are calling a deal with japan on World War Two sex slaves invalid in two thousand and fifteen japan apologized to women who were forced to work in brothels during the war and agreed to set up an eight Million Dollar fund for the victims critics of the deal there one direct compensation instead south koreas government says it will not seek to renegotiate the agreement malaysias government has signed an agreement with a u. S. Based private firm to resume the search for m. H. Three seventy the Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared with two hundred thirty people on board in two thousand and fourteen the Company Ocean infinity is dispatched the vessel to the southern indian ocean to look for debris from the plane under the deal payment will only be made if the wreckage is found. I feel very happy and then its in time also a bit pending you know where they can be bungle no you know its just like back to you know four years ago when we have to every day where the. Any day we can be found in Northern Ireland is no closer to having a government twelve months after the power sharing administration collapsed politicians in belfast are warning the Peace Process could be at risk and theyre blaming government leaders in london for failing to guarantee security and economic stability lawrence the reports. When the mainstay of an economy is farming you might expect it to be reassured that its safe in a changing world but apparently not the border between Northern Ireland and the republic is fifteen kilometers down the road and cross border trade is crucial yet there has been no agriculture minister in Northern Ireland for nearly a year brics it is knocking on the door the farmers have come to look at politicians like these sheep leaderless and quite stupid it is hugely frustrating with that minister in place to make the final decision to be sitting round the table. Getting the point across about the importance of north america culture. It is frustrating to recap the former leader of the irish nationalists shin fein Party Collapse the government shared with the pro british unionists a year ago when their problems became too difficult to resolve since then the two sides have refused to compromise it means in the government buildings in belfast the lights are on but nobodys home no major piece of local legislation or work in Northern Ireland can happen there is no sign of a resolution its only fourteen months until this province is on the front line of a u. K. Outside the European Union everything here has gone wrong at once the people voted to stay in the European Union but the u. K. Is leaving anyway the government fell apart and after a year shows no sign of be able to get back together the u. K. Government has proved incapable of sorting it out let alone the much greater issue of whats going to happen to the border between northern and Southern Islands and all that volatility that sense of vacuum is very dangerous for a province thats not really at peace with itself. Predictably nationalists who wants a United Ireland and hate the idea of borders here a looking to dublin to help the two hundred leading nationalist figures the written a joint letter to the irish Prime Minister urging him to intervene by virtue of the fact that there is a constitutional vacuum. There only considered conclusion from bob there is a risk to the Peace Process because it caused by bribes that but as with everything here the same argument cuts both ways union this saga of the developers helping the nationalists when they need london to support them it is very unnerving for unionists and i think that there is an irony in this a very deep irony that the d. P. With the largest voice in Northern Ireland calling for breaks that they are not the party which faces deep uncertainty as a result of breaks it and what was once an absolutely and cast down guarantee it seemed for at least a generation in Northern Ireland would remain british is no longer quite as certain as it seemed the good friday agreement is twenty years old in april the treaty which officially ended the sectarian war here has guaranteed the peace since then but brechts it as throw it into doubt london and dublin between them its a cut through the fog at the moment nobody has any idea how closely aljazeera belfast aljazeera is Investigative Unit has obtained a confidential Ukrainian Court document detailing how former president of covert stole one point five billion dollars the document also reveals the current president s advisors played a role in the scheme the money was seized abruptly in may last year but the court order remained secret until now well jordan reports. November twenty thirty and thousands protested in ukraines Independence Square yup rising led to the overthrow of the government of then president. By june twenty fourth teen officials in the new government had traced unfrozen one point five billion dollars that they claim to been siphoned off shore by the ousted president and his clan but they have to prove the money was stolen and that yanick cove it had stolen it returning us is always complicated it requires cooperation across multiple jurisdictions it requires very long elaborate legal processes and you are fighting against very very rich defendants who are going to hire the best lawyers to defend themselves briefly theres robbery in may last year the prosecutor general suddenly announced the government had seized the one point five billion dollars but how they done it was a mystery because he declared the order a state secret. It is shocking that rather than being something which is open in which you cranium people should know. Who and what has been taken from them by whom instead of that its all kept secret aljazeera investigations has obtained this exclusive copy of the ruling this ruling clearly identifies Investment Capital ukraine acting as a Brokerage Firm for some of the Companies Involved in iannaccone which is corruption. Its embarrassing for the government because at the time i. C. U. Was led by the current head of Ukraine Central Bank the lariat counter over and it has advised president Petro Poroshenko has seen with his predecessor viktor janak overage in twenty twelve our colleagues in kiev want to see a government that is committed to transparency a government whose actions in tackling corruption today and from past eras are subject to public scrutiny so that people can have confidence. Now campaigners are asking tough questions why has the firm not been investigated for its role in a multiMillion Dollar fraud and why four years on theres nobody from the unit coverts clan face justice will jordan. President poroshenko tells aljazeera he strongly supports efforts to fight corruption in ukraine and that i see you are no longer his Financial Advisors i see you and valleri gone forever said all the firms transactions fully complied with the law and that the transactions had been found by Law Enforcement bodies and market regulators to be above board i see use role was limited to that of an agent and you can watch part two about the serious full investigation the only guards twenty g. M. T. On thursday irans Supreme Leader ali hum and i is blaming the United States another foreign intervention for provoking recent protests in trying to overthrow the government then bust that r. V. Has more from to her on. I when empty government protests began last month irans Supreme Leader said he would speak about the unrest at an appropriate time knowing his would be the final word. On tuesday Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed foreign intervention by irans enemies for the demonstrations that resulted in the deaths of at least twenty two people you. See that even according to evidence theres a triangular part and it was formed by the u. S. And zionists the money came from a wealthy government it appears in the gulf they had element one henchmen hide his minions but his plot he also had a warning for anyone seeking to use these demonstrations to overthrow irans government you failed he said and you will fail in the future to i i in his speech the Supreme Leader said that what he calls foreign agents who are behind the antigovernment demonstrations adopted the slogan of high prices knowing that that was something that would resonate with many iranians someone they acknowledged economic hardships faced by iranian fans and admitted the country had work to do to solve its own problems but people struggling to pay their bills say there needs to be less talk and more action to improve Living Standards letting them which could lead to the said yeah these protests were because of economic problems people are frustrated they have to pay rent they have University Students and their families to sallys are not enough for their expenses that john walker quoted on child theres been some economic depression in society for a while Job Opportunities have decreased god willing it will get solved were still not to the so the more that economic problems were a preliminary cause but some people and some foreign agents misused the situation to create tension with one man who didnt speak to us on camera said irans leaders have been blaming Foreign Countries for domestic problems for years and that its natural for people who are frustrated with their leaders to take to the streets after all he said thats how the Islamic Republic of iran came to power in the first place same bus robbi aljazeera to herat. Internet activists and opposition politicians in germany are outraged about a new law aimed at combating online hate speech Facebook Twitter and other social media sites are being forced to remove offensive content all face fines of up to sixty Million Dollars David Chaytor reports from berlin the first victim of the new law is no less than the deputy leader of the extreme right alternative for Germany Party beatrix one stork responded to a new years eve greeting by police in cologne posted in arabic on twitter the city was the scene two years ago of mass sexual assaults touring celebrations most of the suspects were described as being of north african and arab origin in a post on twitter and facebook she asked what the hell is happening in this country do you think its to appease the barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men stalks accounts were temporarily suspended on the ground she had violated the new hate speech law party said legitimate political opinions had been censored not about censorship but of course this law does give politicians like mrs fun story the opportunity to claim that there is political censorship in germany and to portray herself as a martyr and i think this is one of the biggest political mistakes in passing the end i hate speech law because it helps parties like the if the to transport their narratives into the population and gain greater popularity the Justice Minister marx who introduced the legislation said it will prevent calls to murder hate speech and Holocaust Denial which he described as attacks on other peoples freedom of expression but opposition is mounting. The green party is leading the charge for changes in the law. Its a very sensitive area and the question of where freedom of speech ends and the protection of personal rights begins has been determined to the very highest judicial levels in germany for decades the law now is too abrasive and gives too much power to the Companies Facebook says the legislation is fundamentally new its unique in the world because of its complexity is a challenge for all involved even though german satirical magazine on the internet has become a victim of the new laws twitter suspended their account after the use of frayed barbaric hordes while poking fun at the controversy i spoke to the editor in frankfurt over skype yes. Well have to keep watching this because funny talk is ambivalent and we know that real People Struggle with it how are a bunch of whats going to distinguish german courts struggle as well the magazine is now back online its latest issue has a cartoon of President Donald Trump asking his secretary of state how they can restore some safety Rex Tillerson replies stop all this tweeting you idiot David Chaytor al jazeera belin. Well still to come on. The story the spall. All right spalls fire and days here for all the sports news thank you so much sammy will not a joke which has made a winning return to competitive tennis after more than six months out with injury shock which beating world number five dominic same at the q young classic in melbourne the former world number one wore a full arm sleeve to protect that troublesome elbow its caused him so much problems over the last few months the serve was forced to pull out of last weeks cuts are open and he slipped a full saying in the World Rankings but it came through this match six one six four and now looks set to play in the Australian Open which starts on monday. One of the same events australias matthew have been pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career epting beating world number six in three sets and the last twelve months have been his move from six hundred ninety nine in the world number seventy six. Now when the champion gobby moog aretha has picked up a first win of the new season and very thorough how to retire in the third set of first much of the Brisbane International last week with like cramps but she was back with a win at the Sydney International seats on grounds some champion b. C. If you put in straight sets. Also into the quarterfinals is i can ask around dansko the former world number two was slipped down World Rankings after an injury hit twenty seven c. But the poll had a straight sets win against american qualified catherine palace this after she beat world number nine jana concert in the previous round. Im anxious to citys unbeaten record in domestic football this season almost. Came to an end against lower league opposition second bristol city taking a surprise first off lead from the penalty spot in the first leg of this League Cup Semifinal batavia kevin braun leveled the schools and that was followed by a ninety second minute winner from Sergio Aguayo city escaping with a two one victory. And chelsea manager Antonio Conseco says he wont forget what his man united counterpart gerry same uranio has said about him in recent days chelsea playing asshole in the last four of the league cup later on but the build up has been dominated by consummate escalating exchange with marine e. O. The united manager has accused concept of being a match fixer and a clown while the its how he has described as a little man with amnesia. Is look. The great i dont think so but i think we both said that the ins and the well see what happened if you two i think that you see the. Worlds use of the serious world and. I. Want to put get these argentinas Cost Services back a pocket genius for the third time in his career this after a disappointing but highly lucrative stint in China Service played just sixteen songs for shanghai shanower scored only four league goals but is year in the Chinese Super league and simple forty Million Dollars another man returns for former college jon gruden hes back in charge of the Oakland Raiders in the n. F. L. After spending close to a decade working as a t. V. Analyst rudin is set to sign a ten Year Contract at the raiders worth around one hundred Million Dollars. Who people. Understand the emotion inside of me i feel Unfinished Business also of of feel a lot of loyalty and i feel a lot of responsibility to get the readers going again and its been a while since weve consistently performed at a high level thats really all i care about in the n. B. A. Kevin durants is set to make his return to the colts on wednesday who play up against the l. A. Clippers he needs twenty five points to reach a current cycle of twenty thousand that would make him the second youngest player in n. B. A. History behind Le Bron James to reach that milestone on tuesday but that was mavericks beat the old man by romantic it was all lando at the hoffs home advantage in that last one sold to win one hundred fourteen to ninety nine two and a three game losing streak right now though that outside of the playoff position is. Former champion has been forced down since the dakar rally for the second straight day title holder Sam Sutherland crashing out in peru while leading the bike category during the full size the briton said he briefly lost failing in his legs but is now recovering well in hospital money right see time champion in the car category that crashed out of the race twenty four hours earlier stuff and as a hound so is top of the Overall Standings in that events. On the sports of sumo wrestling is grappling with control see ahead of its new season three of japans top right wrestlers performs an annual new year ring and ring ceremony the image of the countrys National Sport is under threat of a former grand champion recently forced to retire from the sport after being found guilty of assaulting a young rival in a karaoke bar. And t. V. Skit the money give your it is ok to be strict but only if its for the sake of the other person and as long as that leadership isnt bites are only on your emotions or the game keep them i was really shocked when i first heard about this case for foreigners sumo is a sport that represents japan and the sport is highly respected by japanese citizens too i didnt expect Something Like this to happen. Ok that is how your sport is looking for now some firing some odd sound the whole bad thing for this news that ill be back in a moment with more of the days news so do stay with us. The farthest from. The. Newsstand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera. China has a serious shortage of women and a lot of. One on one east meets those desperately seeking any way they can at this time on aljazeera. When diplomacy fails and fear sweeps then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists reproving the barriers are built to impose division and its ill to sixtys instead of being an obstacle or dual dole wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a four part series aljazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame at this time on aljazeera. South koreas president says hes open to meeting his north korean counterpart but only under certain conditions. James up mrs al jazeera live from doha it was a coming up