Kalonzo rahman this is al jazeera life my headquarters here and on a very special welcome to view is in new zealand ushering in the new year and twenty eighteen these are live pictures from all planned the sky tower and the bay where new zealand is now offering in a brand new year also on our program a coalition of rebel groups vows to fight on in syria well look at what the new year could bring for a country thats been so devastated by war security preparations around the world as nations gear up to bring in the new year. And. Im dizzy and human on the northern coast of cuba and coming up ill tell you why the largest island of the caribbean is actually shrinking. To protesters in iran were killed on saturday night during antigovernment demonstrations theres confusion over whos responsible for the deaths in the city of beirut. The iranian government is blaming forward agents saying the Security Forces didnt file the crowd Pita Sharples will. For the third day in a row they are out on t
Rebel held suburb of ghouta as fighters announced that forming a new united front. Im happy new year fiftys across the world go fireworks crazy as they ring in twenty eighteen. Month on how most with all the sports news including Manchester Citys record winning streak in the English Premier League finally ends after eighteen games. Were getting reports that protesters on the back on the streets of iran for a fourth day the Reuters News Agency says police have fired Water Cannons on demonstrators gathering in central tehran protests have also been reported in two cities in the countrys west. Irans government has one protest as a crackdown if they continued but the first Public Comments from president has on rouhani appear to be conciliatory he says protesting is the right of the people but it should not only to violent speech a shop reports. This video of protest posted on social media has been blocked by the rain and government the ban follows a nationwide demonstration since thursday
Leader tells the u. S. Hes got a Nuclear Button on his desk boss makes an unusually friendly remarks about south korea and his new year message. Irans president speaks for the first time about demonstrations against his government saying protests are allowed out that violence is not. Israels governing likud party has passed a draft resolution urging the addicks a shot of much of the occupied west bank. And goodbye to two thousand and seventeen and hello to two thousand and eighteen celebrations as the world brings in the new these are live pictures from rio de janeiro. North koreas leader kim jong un says he is open to dialogue with self korea and hopes that ties will improve between the two countries he made the comments and has new year. Address he also said his country completed the development of its Nuclear Program during two thousand and seventeen and will now start mass producing warheads and. Bought her message had an unusually conciliatory tone toward south korea. We should ac
Time about demonstrations against his government protests are allowed but violence is not. Israels governing the could party has passed a draft resolution urging annexation of much of the occupied west bank plus i. Twenty seventeen twenty eighty celebration the world brings in the new. North koreas leader kim jong un has threatened the United States but also reached out to his neighbor in the south he made the comments in his annual new years address kim says pyongyang has weapons capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland and that the launch button is on his desk he also warned washington that in twenty seventeen north korea had completed its push to become a Nuclear Force and that its time to start mass producing Nuclear Warheads but the defiant leader made some unusually friendly remarks about south korea saying the path to dialogue with seoul is open and that he hopes ties of improve between both countries. We should actively create an atmosphere to move forward with the National Recon
I want to thank everyone coming to be with us today. We convene a hearing to listen to testimony from government witnesses from the General Services administration of the federal bureau of investigation and the General Accountability Office about the cancellation of the fbi headquarters consolidation project and what comes next for housing the fbi. The Council Project will have replace the current fbi headquarters, the J Edgar Hoover building located at 935 pennsylvania avenue with the new hecklers in maryland or virginia. Involved in exchange for the J Edgar Hoover building with a private developer. They would then in turn have a campus like facility with proper safeguards for security, suitable for the focus of the Intelligence Agency more than simply a Law Enforcement. The new facility would also consolidate the myriad of fbi satellite offices which would make the bureau more efficient and save taxpayer dollars. No doubt that there is a need to replace the fbis existing headquarters