And them jane doesnt this is al jazeera live from coming up eisel claims responsibility for the attack on a church in pakistan that killed at least eight people. Delays in wranglings as south africas ruling a. N. C. Meets for a second day to elect a new leader to replace jacob zuma plus. M one thirty in the vietnamese capital hanoi they will tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city streets. The chorus of condemnation against the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital is getting louder protests are continuing in parts of the world many two weeks off to president trumps decision these are pictures from turkeys a capital ankara where people came out to vent their anger turkish the turkish president is planning to take the issue to the u. N. Security council attaching a name is in ankara. Here for more than an hour. Each day in addition to all the turkish and palestinian flags youre also hearing signing a lot of entire american sentiment such as the presi
A purana im also ahead and about thirty minutes north Korean Leader kim jong uns new years message will be broadcast on state t. V. Its a message World Leaders are expected to monitor very closely. As government has passed a draft resolution urging the annexation of much of the occupied west bank plus. Two thousand and seventeen and hello to two thousand and eighteen celebrations as the world brings in the new live pictures from london. Where they can enter iran where the government has reacted to continuing protests with new measures social media apps including the messaging Service Telegram which has fourteen million users have been blocked as the government tries to stop people communicating about up. And protests for three days now theyre being ballys around the country against the ruling elite to protest as blame for Economic Hardships and alleged corruption but arent as one of a crackdown of protests continue but on saturday nice two people were killed in the city of that though
Also ahead sign of progress north korea accepts songs offer to hold high level talks on tuesday a socalled bombsite clone sweeps into the east more from there to what states by simple record breaking cold and scrambling to fix a bug found on computer chips tech firms try to patch a security flaw but could affect millions of devices worldwide. The white house is threatening legal action over a damning book about u. S. President donald trump the upcoming book fire and fury inside the Trump White House paints a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office and describes the president mentally unfit for the job Don Estabrook has more. President Donald Trumps press secretary came out swinging thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy then a new book on the white house i dont think they really care about some trash and author that no one had ever heard of until today or a fired employee wants to peddle earlier attorneys for the president sent a cease and desist lette
All ten of the u. S. Navy sailors held by iran have been set free. They were detained yesterday when their vessels were seized by iranian guard. All ten were shown on iranian tv, and one sailor accepted an apology for the incident. They were picked up near the farsi island in the iranian gulf. Aljazeera has the story from washington. At first glance, this video from the Iranian Military is ominous. Ten u. S. Soldiers being detained in the gulf, their river patrol boating searched. And the crew waiting to learn its fate. But the crisis was over on wednesday morning, the sailors handed over to the u. S. We can all imagine how a similar situation might have played out three or four years ago, and in fact, its clear that today, this kind of issue was able to be peace flee resolved. Reporter kerry was alluding to the fact that he and the Prime Minister talked at least five times on tuesday to resolve the situation. The pentagon said that the crew had experienced mechanical problems with one
Years to another movement confronting the same issues. The black panthers vanguard of the revolution is a new film that just premiered here at sundance. One of the seminal moments was december 4, 1969 when police gunned down party leader fred hampton in his bed. One of the most Amazing Things about fred hampton, besides the fact he was 21 years old, when he was making the speeches and head of the Chicago Branch of the panthers, is one thing he always talked about was racial unity. One of the things that scared J Edgar Hoover is that he is a real ability to unite people. Today we spend the hour with awardwinning director Stanley Nelson, and Kathleen Cleaver , former Communications Secretary of the black Panther Party, now a law professor at Emory University. The film also focuses on her late husband Eldridge Cleaver, huey p. Newton and the fbis attempts to destroy the party. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy good