it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where donald trump can celebrate perhaps the biggest victory of his presidency so far. well, sort of. the house of representatives has passed a major overhaul of the nation s tax laws. it includes steep cuts for the wealthy. the senate is expected to vote shortly. a last minute glitch could mean lawmakers having to vote again though it s not expected to change the outcome. republicans are celebrating. 227 and the no, 203, it is adopted. it is laid upon the table! today we raise taxes on 86 million middle class families. 86 million middle class families. 86 million middle class families. 86 million middle class families. 83% of the tax cuts to the wealthiest 1%. well donald trump has welcomed the house vote on social media. he tweeted his congratulations to what he said were the great republicans who had voted to cut taxes for americans. i asked our correspondent in washington, david willis, to run through what
of the latest. attempt in the journey to europe. police clashed with protesters after a fourth day of anti-government demonstrations. and dozens trapped after affluent area of california already ravaged by wildfires. and i m sorry. all the day s top sports stories including the international olympic committee set a date of january twentieth to make decisions about the participation of north korean ackley young chang s winter games. military has admitted that its soldiers killed ten ranger muslims captured by buddhist villagers who were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month the army s commander in chief made the statement on his facebook page and posted a photo of the grave it s thought to be the military s first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown last august triggering an exodus of more than six hundred fifty thousand it says action will be taken against the members of the security forces found have carried out the killings. in children s
rebel group. is jandali get rid train coming down the hill survivors recall moments of horace mudslides kill over a dozen people in california. and hundreds are arrested in tunisia as protests against rising prices carry on for a fourth day. when morris military has admitted that its soldiers killed ten by henschel muslims captured by buddhist villagers the remains were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month the army s commander in chief made the statements on his facebook page and posted a picture of the grave he says action will be taken against the members of the security forces found to have carried out the killings it s thought to be the the military spurs public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine in august ms maher s military says four hundred people have died since then it s described the victims as terrorists but the aid group doctors without borders contest that claim is based on surveys of refugees who have fled the crackdown
this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the e.u. teheran and russia defend the iranian nuclear deal as u.s. president donald trump ponders reimposing sanctions. continue to noisy against austerity more than two hundred people arrested while the prime minister urges calm . and mudslides and flooding away homes in california more than a dozen people have died and more remain missing. amnesty international say an admission by min mas military that its soldiers killed ten good muslims is just the tip of the iceberg it s pushing for an independent investigation into other alleged atrocities the remains were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month the army s commander in chief has vowed to take act. against the soldier is thought to be the military s first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine in august scott heide is live for us in bangkok scott this admission it s a reversal isn t it as a minute you put out a report of embassy
calls for an immediate end to the targeting of civilians in syria as more people die in rebel held east and. we are not abandoning our commitment to the peace process and we do that then you have to find a new international alliance palestinians seek a new path to help mediate peace with israel. my colleagues are providing crisis intervention at this time lying down to call for reform students protest against us gun laws. and i m firing all the latest from the winter olympics and. as canadian dancers tasa virtue and scott moir win their sacking gold medal at the games and a record setting performing. syrian government forces and russian asterix have killed at least one hundred fifteen people since sunday in an intense bombardment eastern ghouta the rebel held on plave near damascus has come under increasing fire in recent days local observers believe that the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive the united nations wants an end to the targeting of civilians in the ar