Be. There is President Donald Trump straightens to withdraw aid money to palestinians if they dont presume peace talks with israel. A new u. S. Proposal to save millions of young immigrants from deportation but it could come at a high price plus. One talks about play in paris where the city is on flood alerts as the river seven continues to rise. At least thirty one people have died in a fire at a hospital in south korea dozens more were injured at the hospital in the Southern City of me young the fire started in an emergency room on the first floor five hundred patients were inside at the time is live for us in seoul we slowly getting details about what happened throughout the fire tell us more kathy. Thats right emergency resources have been dispatched to the areas where government has ordered that all resources be directed to the rescue effort that had been ongoing throughout the morning this fire were told by local authorities had started in the emergency room of this hospital in the Southern City of marion at about seven thirty am local time it was completely put out just before ten thirty am local time but unfortunately by then at least thirty one people as you mentioned were reported to have died in this fire dozens more injured eight critically the hospital itself had about one hundred patients and adjacent to that there was whats known as a nursing hospital in south korea thats akin to a hospice but were told that the ninety six patients most of the elderly in that hospice had been evacuated safely so the fears now remained for the dozens of people who were injured in the emergency section of this hospital as the fire also spread to other areas quite quickly the president president mugabe and has raised concerns about the people who may have needed to be on life support because of course these were critical patients in a hospital fears for them questions being asked but this still a fluid situation and an investigation ongoing into the cause of the fire was going to say. Sort of biggest belief doesnt it that Something Like this could happen in an emergency room weve seen something similar to this some months back i mean is there an issue with Safety Standards that whats going on. That is the question that will be asked jane just about a mile months ago twenty nine people died when there was a fire in a Sydney Center questions there about access to emergency exits questions around emergency exits being blocked by vehicles and so people do get in because of course extremely concerned when we have these reports of fires in commercial buildings in Fitness Centers in a hospital here as you mentioned where people are being treated and hope to be safe so these are all the questions that will be being asked here in south korea today president moon saying that the government is putting its full attention on the situation and trying to find the answers to those very questions kathy thank you. U. S. President is insisting millions of dollars in american aid will be was held from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel at the World Economic forum in davos donald trump said the controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as a capital of israel will not be changed palestinian leaders say a two state solution can only be achieved with the streets them as their future capital from davos diplomatic editor james bays reports. All right the u. S. President seemed in upbeat mood as he arrived here. And prosperity between israelis and palestinians that seems further away than ever you might think that when youve alienated one side in a negotiation in this case the palestinians you might reach out to the link you very much flanked by he is really Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu the author of the art of the deal showed that not his way when they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great Vice President to see them and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in a war tremendous numbers numbers that nobody understands that money is on the table that moneys not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace because i can tell you that israel does want to make peace and theyre going to have to want to make peace or were going to have nothing to do with it and. Of course the reason the president pence on his visit was shunned by the palestinian president and heckled by palestinian members of the Israeli Parliament the knesset was the controversial u. S. Decision made last year to recognize jerusalem as israels capital something again praised down force by Prime Minister netanyahu. This is the store. That will be for the market working for generations to come we took jerusalem off the table so we dont talk about they never got pastures when we took it off the table we got to talk about it more. One one point and youll give up four points later on the negotiation if it ever takes place i dont know that it ever will take place that seems to be a complete misreading of the situation the president is suggesting that hes removing of the stumbling block of jerusalem from the negotiations in fact most believe hes making it an even more divisive issue. Previous u. S. Administrations knew the recognition card was one they needed to keep it not use to maintain leverage with the israelis a two state solution requires pressure on the israelis to give up illegal settlements they built on land that should form a palestinian nation. From the trumpet ministration israel seems to get only praise and never pressure james space aljazeera davos. The year s. Ambassador to the Un Nikki Haley told a Security Council meeting that the palestinian leadership lacks the carriage needed for a peace deal accusation rejected by her palestinian counterpart Christianson Amy is that the United Nations the United States and palestinians exchanged accusations during the Security Councils monthly debate on the middle east Palestinian AmbassadorRiyad Mansour spoke passionately about how his people had been demonized and humanize and accused of disrespect while the israelis were rewarded for building settlements on Palestinian Land he pointed out that jerusalem status according to Previous International agreements should be decided in negotiations but the United States ambassador nicholas helli accused palestinian leadership of walking away from peace talks. In response to repeated this our position i am compelled to clarify further our position is not intended as this respect i repeat this respect and should not be translated as such by anyone in the contrary it is a position rooted in full respect for the law for the principles of justice and equity for the charter. For this cancer for the assembly and for the decades Long International consensus and the parameters of a peaceful solution we will not chase after a palestinian leadership that lacks what needs what is needed to achieve peace. To get historic results we need courageous leaders history has provided such leaders in the past for the sake of the palestinian and israeli people we pray it does so again the United States is isolated in its position here at the u. N. Even its closest allies on the Security Council the United Kingdom and france voted in favor of a resolution calling on the u. S. To rescind its decision to move its embassy to jerusalem the u. S. Vetoed that resolution donald trump is proposing a plan that could give citizenship to undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children it would mean one point eight million socalled dreamers would be protected from deportation to the country of their birth the white house says the proposal could attract enough votes to pass through the senate the trumpet ministrations says the plan is designed to deter illegal migration make it easier to remove people from the u. S. And improve National Security it would create a twenty five billion dollar fund to build a wall along the border with mexico an enhanced security at other entry points people who enter those children without documents would be eligible for citizenship but the process would take ten to twelve years with requirements around education work and quote moral character rules on sponsoring family members would be tightened currently many legal migrants can sponsor spouses siblings parents and children under the plan it would be limited to under age children and spouses and the visa lottery system would in supporters say the lottery is random selection ensures diversity but the trumpet ministration says its dangerous and must be shut down. This framework will fulfill the four agreed upon pillars securing the border and closing legal loopholes indian extended family chain migration cancelling the visa lottery and providing a permanent solution on dhaka after decades of and an action by congress its time we Work Together to solve this issue once and for all i know is a lawyer at the center for Constitutional Rights he joins us on skype from new york very good to see you. What do you make of this new proposal is it a fair deal absolutely not you know this new proposal is essential we White Supremacists wishless you know this is kind of putting into action all of the anti immigrant and xenophobia rhetoric that trump made while he was campaigning for president and while hes in office so you know what he does essentially in this plan is hold him a great new doctors a hostage as a bargaining chip then it will mean all of his other various in times there also such as building you know a twenty five Million Dollar border wall ending family immigration and really beating up deportation and essentially you know limiting Legal Immigration into this country as well so when looked at in totality its absolutely an anti immigrant. Is there anything that you could work with with this plan for example the fact that citizenship will be given to millions of these undocumented immigrants in the country i mean isnt that at least a first step a starting block a. Absolutely thats a starting block it comes with you know so many other Strings Attached to where the starting block just you know becomes a nonstarter because in order to secure a student citizenship for these immigrant youth these doctor recipients we centrally have to you know throw their parents under the bus throw many of their family members under the bus by virtue of the other anti immigrant policies that are attached to this pathway to citizenship so again as a whole its just its not its not a position that immigrant Rights Groups or democrats for that matter are willing to do start what do you think congress should do now i think congress should pass a clean dream act right which is a pathway to citizenship which which allows the dhaka program to stay intact but does not also know load on that. Time graham policies and thats why Many Democrats are pushing for thats what many immigrant rights for and i know thats ultimately where congress should be moving towards instead of you know towards then a full bit entend bill that the white house or all right very good to have your thoughts thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera. Refusing to back down brazils former president is named his partys official president ial candidate despite a corruption conviction. That australia marks its national day but not everyone is celebrating. How often the big freeze the long ago the out came down across the great lakes weve had ice chances had flooding in the northeast where the rivers just started to go again and couldnt get anywhere well many of the archons have gone because temperatures have risen and now were up above zero for new york and for toronto not like much colder in subzero admittedly but not really cold the only Winter Weather showing in the next day or so in the u. S. Is going to be coming down through washington to maybe. The over california is clearly some snow for you and cant otherwise were talking about cloud and rain if anything im skinny wore ten in new york and nine in chicago doesnt like mid winter no doubt the coal return but not in the immediate future south of this and weve just been watching showers recently not that many of them the concentration of rain or showers dismal day or occasional thunderstorms has been really from panama up through costa rica to honduras billies and a shower two big ones have been showing themselves in mexico there probably carry all in south america seasonal rains from quite heavy in bolivia and peru surprisingly on paragraph but the line that takes your are probably three rios but in halls trees and shes good news. I have to look at the arrival of refugees is debated in european parliaments. But the journey itself is little understood. To syrians document the route that is claimed so many lives searching for sanctuary to people in power at this time on aljazeera. And watching aljazeera mine of our top stories a fire in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty one people dozens more were injured in the city of many young the fires those are started in an emergency room on the first floor. As President Donald Trump says billions of dollars in american aid will be withheld from palestinians are less they pursue peace with israel palestinian leaders insist a two state solution cannot be achieved if the u. S. Continues to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Donald trump is proposing a plan that could give citizenship to one point eight million undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children it would also create a fund to finance a wall along americas southern border with mexico. The New York Times is reporting the us president ordered the firing of special Counsel Robert Mueller in june he is the man leading the investigation into the charm campaigns links to russia but it says the president backed down when Top White House attorney Donald Mcgann threatened to resign if the order was carried out according to the report trump said mueller could not handle the investigation impartially britains Prime Minister to reason is under pressure to withdraw an invitation to the Saudi Crown Prince over his countrys military action in yemen crown Prince Mohammed bin sun man is due to visit london within weeks groups including stop the war and the Arab Organization for human rights in the u. K. Wants me to cancel a visit cited coalition intervened in yemens civil war in twenty fifteen stephen bell is a spokesman for the campaign to block the Society Leaders visit and a member of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign he says crown Prince Mohammed bin salmon is responsible for the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. We are calling upon the u. K. Government to withdraw the invitation. In our view it is not acceptable to lay out the red carpet for someone who is responsible for what the un says is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today the fact that the most recent u. N. Report indicated up to eleven million yemeni children are risk either from the war cholera famine and the blockade of the country destruction infrastructure or this means its not suitable to invite someone who is the prime responsibility for the continuation of the war the opinion pose of indicated over sixty percent oppose continuing. The arming of the saudi regime this is i would say broadly reflected in parliament insofar as are all the major parties apart from the government. And the pink intention are against the continuing to support the saudi. War efforts so we think the Public Opinion is broadly on our side but its necessary to organize to bring political opinion into line. The u. N. Aid coordinator for yemen is leaving the role jamie mccall jerk served in the position for two years he announced his resignation just two days after the uns top negotiation for yemen said he would step down the u. N. Has made a record appeal for nearly three billion dollars to come but famine cholera and diptheria. Leave yemen with a great deal of mixed emotion i think sadness because of the suffering thats taken place frustration because we havent been able to do more for the people this country and at the same time more and more people of become vulnerable because of the crisis weeks of heavy rainfall in front of caused widespread flooding in the countrys north and east rescue workers have you were evacuated people from their homes paris is on flood alert as the river center is driving rising fast the citys mayor is blaming Climate Change for recent spells of extreme weather tasha battler reports. Stranded restaurants and submerged bridges as the river seine in paris continues to rise its pedestrianised banks have disappeared usually bustling with workers and cyclists and now a no go zone and the city is on flood alert and see you get within we have overcome for some hate whites into floods going over six majors one in spring and the other in winter it is clearly a question of paris adapting to Climate Change you from. The city council has put in place special measures river traffic has been stopped only emergency boats are allowed and ten preflood barriers are being installed pariss world famous museums are also playing safe the louve has closed a wing and is moving some works to Higher Ground for some people here the swollen river has become something of a tourist attraction for more than one hundred fifty years parisians of use this statue as a gauge not normally the water level is around two meters and the fields of the statue are visible but as the water rises the whole body disappears now city officials here in paris say that they expect the water level to be above six meters in the next few days come a visit almost every year every other year and weve never seen the river y. P. S. And we live right down there and weve heard about the statue most of. My work in offices nearby and weve taken precautions in case theres a flood and power cuts over the past century the same has risen in paris several times but its not safe to float since one thousand nine hundred ten when flooding turned the city into a french venice flood prevention has improved since then but experts say its not enough a major flood in paris could hit the whole country it could go between a three to saute billion euros in terms of the director damages but also discord have consequences are the macroeconomic level because no paris region resent one sort of the national g. D. P. So it can have impact on growth under the drug market are on Public Finance to. The rising water is the result of weeks of heavy rain in france forecasters say drier weather is on the way people here hope it will be just in time to prevent pariss Historic Center from becoming swamped with buckler aljazeera paris. A court in brazil has a form of present there is enough silver leaving the country it follows a ruling on wednesday upholding his conviction for corruption and Money Laundering but hes determined to make a political comeback this year as to reports from sao paolo. As an act of defiance against a courtroom firms. On corruption charges Brazils Workers Party firm the former president and there are candidate for the president ial elections that will take place in october remains defiant and he said that if he becomes brazils president again he will rule for this countrys most vulnerable on wednesday a unanimous ruling. With little room to a higher courts and electoral foodies are expected to block his candidacy. Over one Million Dollars in bribes paid by a Construction Company in the form of a renovated triplex his lawyers say that the case is politically motivated that is the victim of political persecution and that there is not enough proof to condemn him. What we saw was that more than once president lula was convicted without ever having committed a crime the votes read during the day by the Appellate Court judges were not able to demonstrate any elements that would indicate that a crime had been committed. They also said that if you are being violated youll always continue appealing to the higher courts and the party says that he will be the candidate and till the very end but he could be detained along the way something that would increase the tension. And the political turmoil that already exists in this country. Is expelling the ambassador from spain a day after the European Union impose sanctions on government leaders spain supported economic measures and travel bans on seven senior officials who are accused of human rights abuses and breaching the rule of law president Nicolas Maduro his government says spain is meddling in its affairs diplomats from canada and brazil were expelled in december on some new grounds. Catalonia is parliament is to choose its new regional leader on choose day but the only candidate on the ballot is colors put him on who is in selfimposed exile in brussels the former catalan president left spain and october after his government declared independence in a referendum ruled illegal by madrid has been charged with rebellion and sedition he denies all the accusations. In australia celebrations have begun to mark the anniversary of british settlement back in seventeen eighty eight millions are expected to attend Australia Day ceremonies and parties but others are boycotting the festivities because of the association with colonialism Andrew Thomas reports from sydney. Australia day january the twenty six marks the dates when the first british settlers arrived in seven hundred eighty eight to set up a colony in what would become sydney every year millions come out to celebrate life in whats often called the lucky Country Survey suggests most dont know why their national day when it is last year one local council in Western Australia moved its events to a different date it did so because many Aboriginal People say the twenty sixth of january is the anniversary of an invasion which is led to the massacres of indigenous australians and injustice that continues today the twenty sixth of january represents a dire morning and the death the misery in the suffering of Aboriginal People the mayor of Fremantle Council who initiated the move of events to january twenty eighth was painted in traditional colors as a sign of appreciation not that you cant think of a better day than general twenty six three hundred think of a worse one what we want to do is offer people a choice another alternative that we hope was more inclusive and actually more unifying around what it really means to be. Fremantle it turns out was the start of a trend since last year more councils in australia have said that this year cancel Australia Day events or move their dates and nationally to the debate has grown a statue of captain cook the explorer who found australia for the british was recently defaced with change the date graffiti some prominent australians are calling for change. Including a former tennis star you know why the twenty six when they stay is so painful for these people having seen that i just have to i just have to support them but in sydney on wednesday at a debate about changing the most argued against the twenty sixth of january. Is a significant time in our history most of those people like myself of mixed heritage and those who claim to be offended would not even exist if it wasnt for that particular day others say that marking Australia Day on a controversial date is good because it means theres an annual catalyst for debate each year the high profile controversy means more people learn about their countrys history that leads to a third option keep the date but change the nature and name of the day use the morning of january the twenty sixth for commemoration to reflect on the suffering colonialization meant for indigenous australians then only in the afternoon change the mood to celebrate what australia has become Andrew Thomas aljazeera sydney. A symbolic Doomsday Clock which represents how close humanity is to destroying the planet is the nearest its been to signaling the end of the world since nine hundred fifty three the clock was moved forward by thirty seconds on thursday by the bulletin of atomic scientists because of mounting concern over nuclear war and Climate Change the last time the clock was a two minutes to midnight was when the u. S. And the soviet union were Testing Hydrogen bombs which at some of those is a member of the science and security board at the bulletin of the atomic scientists he says its more important than ever to educate the public on the scale of threats we face. One of our main motivations in even having the Doomsday Clock and going to the trouble its something that every year is to motivate people to be concerned to learn about these new issues and to make their views and concerns known to go in governments we see a lack of will. So for example Us Russian Relations have deteriorated was no ongoing high level talks about the Nuclear Arms Control between us and russia the two countries which between them have almost all the Nuclear Weapons in the world today and i think its this lack of Strong International action that concerns us and thats very much junior and Climate Change as well. As there are these are the top stories a five and a hospital in south korea has killed at least fifty one people dozens more were injured in the city of many young the fire is thought of started in an emergency room in the face fell firefighters say one hundred patients were inside the hospital kathy novak has more from salt. The fears now remain for the dozens of people who were injured in the emergency section of this hospital as the fire also spread to other areas quite quickly the president president and has raised concerns about the people who may have needed to be on life support because of course these were critical patients in the hospital fears for them questions being asked but this still a fluid situation and investigation ongoing into the cause of the fire u. S. President donald trump says millions of dollars in american aid will be withheld from palestinians unless they pursue peace with israel palestinian leaders insist a two state solution cannot be achieved if the u. S. Continues to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Donald trump is proposing a plan that could give citizenship to one point eight million undocumented immigrants to the u. S. As children it would also create a fund to finance a wall along americas southern border with mexico the white house says the proposal could attract enough votes to pass through the senate. Human Rights Groups are calling on britains Prime Minister to resign may to cancel a visit by the Saudi Crown Prince of his countrys military action in yemen crown Prince Mohammed bin someone is due to visit london within weeks a court in brazil is barred former president lee with nothing a Little Silver from leaving the country follows a ruling on wednesday upholding his conviction for corruption and Money Laundering but he is determined to run for the presidency this year was named as these parties official candidates at a meeting on thursday. Paris is on flood alert after the french capital recorded double its average rainfall for january voices and golfed homes and streets the river sand is rising disrupting transport services those are the headlines people and power is up next ahead of the september twenty Fourth NationalElection Survey showed germans satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily a slow news biggest tech Success Story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on aljazeera. Its become one of the defining things of all times a tidal wave of humanity in search of sanctuary from repression poverty in recent years millions have taken to the road in the hope that safety and a better life while sway some manage it some dont but almost every journey is a tale of hardship