this is. hello i'm see chance and this is the news out live from london coming up saudi arabia says it's a shot down a ballistic missile over its capital riyadh fine from yemen by who's the rebels. and these forty three die and dozens more are missing after a tropical storm hits the philippines. a new leader and a new era in south african politics we get reaction to the election of sarah around opposer as he takes charge of the african national congress. and i'm sad how most with the latest sport one hundred meter world champion just and then it gets dragged into yet another doping scandal. we begin in saudi arabia where authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting its capital riyadh and it's the third such attack since november yemen's who have claimed responsibility saying they were targeting the al yama royal palace which is the official residence of killing someone was launched to mark one final days since the beginning of the war on yemen it follows an earlier attack on november the fourth when the missile was launched was also launched from yemen towards an area near riyadh's king khalid international airports and another missile targeted the city of hama sma shapes before it was intercepted on december the first time a possible. this is the moment a who's who fired ballistic missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces base who say they were targeting your mama royal palace which is west of the cup. a large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king some nun and crown prince mohammed bin someone and i think they were these wanted to make a statement that they're still up and running and that they're still fighting this by the fact that you know in recent days and weeks there's been allegations that there were these are we can buy this. they would not be able to shoot further into territory but they proved otherwise. the missile attack happened just hours before saudi arabia was jus to announce a ten year old budget as well as members of the world family senior ministers were also expected to attend a social media post from a government agency confirmed the missile had been intercepted but that no casualties were reported the saudi led coalition which has been conducting air strikes against the fighters in yemen for nearly three years retaliated with more strikes in the southern part of the capital sanaa speaking on the group's t.v. channel who the leader of the molecule who said the missile attacks marks one thousand days since the start of the war in yemen he today can tell missile was launched. palace in the heart of city of saudi arabia this is our answer to them and the whole world the more crimes you perpetrate the more to renig . you will meet nothing but more missiles. this isn't the first two thousand missile attack on saudi arabia in november the international airport in riyadh was narrowly missed in a strike the saudi government has accused regional rival your run of smuggling missiles and technology to the who these and allegation the nine s. . the war in yemen has created what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style of al-jazeera. meanwhile the founded led military coalition fighting in yemen has been accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days united nations says they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december the sixth on december sixteenth these are the incidents the un was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven astronauts on a prison in santa last week where forty five detainees were killed. and the u.n. says yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and is calling for the saudi blockade on the country to be lifted yemen is the largest food insecurity crisis in the world's recent humanitarian needs overviews a dent to fight almost eighteen million people who are in need of support food wise the prognosis is not goods if. the blockade is not fully completely lift the interference no work is nor reduce the taken away in the results and pushing back on call a mission by confinement over the last six months from be lost. iran has condemned the u.s. after it accused her on of supplying the missile fired into saudi arabia from yemen last month the government summoned the swiss ambassador who represents u.s. interests in iran to pass on the message called the allegation which was made by the us ambassador to the u.n. the halley both irresponsible and provocative. sigurd noise is a middle east analyst at the gulf forum internationally joins me now from washington d.c. thanks very much for coming on al-jazeera i don't think this is a kind of war that you say who's winning because it looks that can be no winner but who is the momentum with at the moment is it because the who things are doing moving forward on the ground or is it because the saudis are managing to get more of an initiative around them. well i think that if you look at the. missile that would intercontinental missile that was just launched and intercepted all the evidence point to iran we know that yemen does not have in the . domestic capability of producing these missiles on the road so the question is why did this missile being launched today and it comes really only a day after president trumpeted cleared his national security strategy in washington where iran was designated as the number one u.s. strategic adversary so the missile attack today is a response to that strategic decision that was launched by our president trump and it is also a warning more of the same could come is it in some respects of the hoof is not really playing into the saudis hands on this one and they're firing these missiles and not hitting their targets that the fighting is still going on on the ground but i know full of people are losing their lives or just mention the totals at the moment because it sounded like coalition is still bombing. that is correct the difference however is that u.s. intelligence support are helping the arab coalition with reducing disability and casualties to the best efforts possible obviously it is in asymmetric warfare but the escalation of a missile attack on on saudi and now putting riyadh within range underscores to who has really knocked off their game and as a local and indigenous insurgency group being able to carry out capabilities that level underscores that this is an international confrontation primarily between washington and tehran with saudi now being do theater. targeting and you mention some of the big nations that obviously waging this war by proxy isn't nothing that the wider international community can really do with the sorts of figures of people being killed the sorts of people who are desperate for sea food aid it seems to be making no difference as people get upset about this as to those fighting in this proxy war. well i mean door couple mechanisms that are underway if you look at for instance the g.c.c. summit took place in kuwait about ten days ago one of the things that was not reported or at least widely reported was that the g.c.c. came to a consensus on the need to support to un peace process for yemen going forward what makes that difficult in reality is of course that now that ali abdullah saleh has been killed who is considered a copartner with the who peace if you will and now that he's being killed and the who these are alone. in yemen as to strongest political actor the question is how do you move a peace process forward and a reality really this directly tied to the u.s. iran struggle and we will see that there will be there will have to be some diplomatic accommodations to resolve. the situation between the iranians and the americans how that is being done we don't know but as you reported in your segment the swiss ambassador worse simone we know that switzerland for a long time served as a go between between tehran and washington and perhaps in descend vironment to swiss could help tensions because now with this missile we have seen that saudi arabia and riyadh in particular is within range but that's an interesting point does that mean that the swiss will need to somebody to fill this this vacuum this this this sort of vacuum that the death of the former president saleh has left now because he was actually able to have some sort of negotiation with him do do they have to find somebody else within either the who sits on the ground that they can try and start some sort of talks with. well there are mechanisms that run parallel one is the enter yemeni reconciliation process which is very difficult of course to push forward and and that is something that all mond could help. neutral party to the conflict in yemen and has traditionally have enjoyed friendly relations with all the domestic political actors so that's something that potentially could help. shepherd forward on the international arena we have seen that the iranians are now using the who thesis and helping them with military planning and military corporation to target the saudis so within that con the relations between iran and washington are what is at stake here and here is and this is what industry where switzerland can help we are very grateful for your thoughts on this a sigurd neubauer thanks very much for joining us thank you. the death toll from tropical storm k tack in the philippines has risen at least forty three people have been killed and more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides president promised a quick recovery but as general allen dogan reports from the town of novell and bill around providence the government is still struggling to respond. fernando cleo's says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened so fast there was no time to call for a rescue. dog for my wife through the rubble with my bare hands but our two granddaughters were on top of her so i had to take them out first it hurts so much she was my life partner. tropical storm swept through eastern philippines more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice the roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and running water this is the town where rescue operations have been hampered by relentless rains making it more difficult for volunteers to manually dig through the rubble. rescuers here it is almost impossible to find survivors here now what i can tell you is that there is a very strong stench of rotting human flesh and it is overwhelming but for those looking for their lost loved ones they see that they signed a hope that their loved ones are still here somewhere and that they are able to still retrieve their bodies and give them at least a proper burial but the rescuers tell us they have mostly been able to recover a body parts women children many of them already beyond recognition. and for many here this storm is a reminder of a painful past in november two thousand and thirteen typhoon haiyan killed at least eight thousand people destroying everything bad roads homes all wiped out in an instant edgar his wife and children were preparing for a holiday reunion with relatives with tropical storm hit a few days ago. they say losing eight members of the family all at once is not just traumatic it is also financially quit playing especially for those who barely have anything. as people struggle to come to terms with the losses rescue workers spying on their bodies in the wreckage a young girl's already in an advanced stage of the composition she will be taken searching for burial in the midst of so much this chuck shouldn't death there is a sense of urgency people here see morning will have to wait jim duggan al jazeera in the town of central philippines. investigators say excessive speed could have caused monday's u.s. passenger train derailment that killed at least three people in washington state data from the train's rear engine shows it was traveling at nearly three times the speed limits for the section of track where the accident happened a high speed train was making its first run on a newly constructed route when it came off the tracks onto a busy highway near the town of control and. the trump administration is blaming north korea for a cyber attack in may that affected dozens of countries around the world the so-called wanna cry virus crippled hospitals banks and other major companies it's all the first time washington has blamed pyongyang for a major cyber attack as can really help it reports. when it struck last may the want to cry cyber attack infected more than three hundred thousand computers in more than one hundred fifty countries and cost billions in damage and now the white house says it can confirm it was north korea behind the attack we do not make this allegation lightly we do so with evidence and we do so with partners want to cry was designed to exploit vulnerabilities in microsoft windows the world's most widely used operating system users were asked to pay a ransom to have their data restored the damage was so widespread it affected businesses banks and even hospital it's not the first time the u.s. has accused north korea. today that three years ago president barack obama blamed yang of carrying out a similar cyber attack against sony pictures entertainment at the time it was releasing a comedy film about a cia plot to assassinate north korean leader kim jong un. these latest accusations come as tensions mount over pyongyang's nuclear weapons program as kim jong un continues testing long range ballistic missiles the trump administration has responded with threats of military action to halt north korea's program the trumpet ministrations says its goal is to name and shame north korea in the hope that it will stop its cyber attacks but if it continues to act badly. the white house says the president will then act on behalf of the united states kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington. still to come on al-jazeera this news hour campaigning draws to a close as voters prepare once again to consider the secession because alone. was on south korea's military put through their subzero paces ahead of the winter olympics but behind the front as a serious message for young man. and in sports one of surfing's biggest stars is back on top of the podium again sign that we'll have the details later. qatar's essential bank is investigating efforts to harm the country's economy by nations which have imposed a blockade the bank's governor says attempts have been made to manipulate catulus currency securities and derivatives markets in mohamed bin sound felony blamed he called a coordinated strategy by the blockading countries saudi arabia the u.a.e. frayne and egypt to cut diplomatic ties with cats more than six months ago they accused catarrh of funding terrorism a claim it strongly denies all. is a specialist in monetary and political economics he says the cattery rio is being falsely manipulated there was a conspiracy to. against authority on the sovereign bantu are to visually trade them at an artificially low rate to show that they are traded a lot it in order to trigger a panic among investors and among the public and this is usually accompanied with a negative or p.r. campaign through the by the book adding continue. to show that this is a look at this country that is a political crisis there is economic crisis this is something wrong going on so this will defer to push the public and then burst out to dumb but the thought of it all and to. get rid of the sovereign bond in order to push the prices low through this will trigger a panic will cause capital out of flow and then when the value of the currency this will make it difficult for qatar to borrow from the international market will increase interest rate it will increase also their insurance which will be according to the plot. by the lead by the us by the way government and this will drain hopefully the sovereign fund raiser of the qatari government palestinian protesters have been fighting with israeli troops in the occupied west bank is part of ongoing protests against u.s. president all chance decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel almost two weeks ago israel has increased its security measures after the move triggered violent rallies in which several palestinians have been killed palestinian officials say they will no longer accept the u.s. in a mediator role. five people have died during violent protests in the semi autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq eighty people were also wounded in the demonstrations which took place in the town of rania. i've also been winded them straight is across kurdistan thousands of protesters rallied against austerity and unpaid public sector salaries in so many a while demonstrators to the west of the city set fire to the offices of political parties the minister hi the other body is warning he will take action if any citizens are attacked in kurdistan the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. party is calling for unity after a bitter election campaign sero around a poser who is currently the deputy president will take over from jacob zuma as leader i'm opposed be to zoom his ex-wife in the leadership vote out the party conference on monday turn your pages being getting reaction from ron paul's that rome opposes in town so what's a. several is from soweto most people here are pleased he's the new president of the governing african national congress oh i'm so happy i'm so happy it's a good thing really it is there we were weary and all we waved out meaning we're just drowning but now i am happy he may have lived it's noisy busy streets behind to become one of south africa's richest men but some thought he'd never get his humble roots i think you take the country to bits and every news business big loan i don't think is that much and he's been to school you know in his youth group he was born and grew up in soviet so you know these are the people and there are many problems increasing numbers of south africans no longer vote for the a.n.c. which they feel has failed to deliver on its promise of a better life for all. and every there is a pink. you know just leave thing to give the new political option if you wish to be the better. of it than what is the board but. to many people once a favorite of nelson mandela symbolizes the kind of leader they need after a decade of president jacob zuma scandals they think his business acumen will lead to a stronger economy millions on south africans live below the poverty line many of them and in shacks like they and because economic growth is sluggish they simply aren't enough decent jobs so people can work their way up so generation after generation and strike this and a seemingly endless cycle cyril bongani zita makes a living guiding tourists through so we're so he thinks his namesake should do something about undocumented immigrants who are willing to work for less money in poor conditions in some south africans but he's a bit unsure about. it being with. us. there was. a bar. and you know that kind of feeling that kind of vibe. everyone was excited but. at the end of. the a.n.c. voted for change and the expectations are high so i'm up or so has a lot to prove tanya page al-jazeera swear to south africa campaigning for catalonia snap parliamentary election is drawing to a close catalans head to the polls on thursday for a vote that could decide if the province breaks away from spain culp and whole has more from barcelona as voters close their options. it's the last brush before campaigning closes a rally for the separatists d r c o catalan republican left party former speaker of the regional parliament karma fork adele is lucky to be here a tool she's free on bail for now but faces criminal charges for a rebellion. i don't think anybody that's alone imagine what was going to happen we could never have imagined that. after the october secession referendum prosecutors arrested key catalan leaders for their role in organizing that vote and the spanish central government dissolved the capitol and parliament a front seat is left empty for party leader john curtis judges refused bail and instead kept him in prison fearing he would use the hustings to grabble rounds thursday's parliamentary election isn't specifically about secession but it is the most polarizing issue voters will choose between parties who want catalonia to remain part of spain or others have clearly not renounce their goal of a breakaway republic. veteran catherine politician artur miles hopes madrid look for compromise not confrontation if the central government. had the real positive proposal for the cattle and people what they have to do is to put that proposal on the table and to compare this proposal with the proposal for a real independent country but the necessary mother's riding high in opinion polls has little appetite for negotiating her center right citizens party has backed madrid in its crackdown against the separatists she'll need to build a coalition but believes the only way to resolve the political turmoil is by beating the secessionists in the election will try to win will try to win and i think it is possible we we are seeing the pools and we see that it is it is not the new to appear. as the hours tick down activists from the left wing see you people know vital votes a still up for grabs even in barcelona's backstreets their party is small but was kingmaker in the last election they make for an easy political bedfellows they stand against spain in the monarchy and firmly in favor of a cattle and republic run by the working classes. and karl joins me now live from a separatist rally in barcelona things really warming up now i guess call to to the vote on thursday. will tonight is the closing night of the campaigns and that is why all the major parties are holding rallies tonight this one we expect to start to get under way in about half an hour an hour's time is being billed as a mega meeting now of course and make a meeting doesn't fit into this small boss alone a square but parts of the rally are going to be virtual and the same time there are other fifty other rallies being held by the together for catalonia party one of the separatist parties at the same time we guessing that the highlight of this particular rally is going to be a video link broadcast by carlos demand that he is the head of the catalan parliament or certainly was until he was ousted by the spanish or thirty's as you probably remember he's in self-imposed exile in belgium because if he sets foot back in spain he is under threat of arrest where he's facing charges of rebellion a convicted on that he could face up to thirty years in jail so we're expecting him later on to address this group a by video link and then in other parts of the city and across catalonia the other major parties to having their last closing rally because tomorrow is being billed as a day of reflection that is when voters are expected to consider their options there has to be said though that after months of political turmoil there are many undecided voters society here has become very polarized and most people already very much know which way they're going to vote the decision really pretty much is either to continue to be part of spain or break away from it and all not decision colt was your sense do you think this will end up drawing a line under this whole crisis that's been going on for a long. now. my sense is absolutely not sue them why is that because basically it doesn't matter which of the individual political party the muslim days vote this is very much a question of who can build on the coalition and took control of parliament and that decision comes down to the process bodies or the road separatist parties if the process is parties when there is the danger that the spanish authorities could continue to close down parliament could continue to try and arrest some of the key separatist figures if the pro unionist parties win perhaps that could draw a line at least in public tickle terms over catalonia is bid to break away but there could be some kind of a backlash on the streets a nightmare scenario of course would be neither unionists nor separatists gain a parliamentary majority and then we could have to go through all this again new elections just a few months down the line so thanks very much karl penhall ganz the latest from barcelona. still to come on al-jazeera course in the crossfire the new report that reveals the world's most dangerous places for journalists a territorial conflict that's displaced thousands of indigenous people in southern mexico is concerned it could become a major humanitarian crisis. and then store the l.a. lakers all time leading scorer is on edge twice mamma coming up with something. as i was getting cold in turkey again this cloud streaming out through egypt and through the levant it's mostly just clouds not bearing any rain when the temperature shows the difference ankara's not some five degrees where ask given the direction of the breeze even these are clouds twenty three in beirut and you could link the clouds for the caspian to north far north of iran and up towards africa took minister give you a little bit of spotty right here and there was nothing much to be honest and still last are we talking about clear blue skies sixteen degrees and tara more clouds now stretched across into iraq but with that breeze direction it's will drop in baghdad to about twenty three degrees and anchors more say around about the seven mark they reach got warmer still so will depend on wind direction and there is now no wind blowing down the gulf so twenty three is a nice sunny temperature in dire hard qatar thirty three in the other side of society a ten degree difference which is not common this is a dry part of the world dropping down to where it is now significantly what has been rain showing itself in this part of africa stance through the finals and maybe down towards south africa those showers haven't shown very much. lightning struck me but a rain but mostly it's a dry picture. under-served . a bunker shot or monument towards destructor powers. there's a move the ruins the defiance to resist. and somehow survive. people in power investigate child a suburb of damascus refuse to crumble under the might of assets only. part two of this time on al-jazeera when the news breaks it was an announcement few were expecting to hear by announce my resignation as prime minister from the lebanese government and the story builds i can't stop thinking about the bullets my life when people need to be heard a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of rolled in just have fled ethnic cleansing imeem are from bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. welcome back remind of the top stories here an al-jazeera saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile targeting is capital riyadh it was the third such attack by the who face since the beginning of november at least forty three people are dead and dozens more remain missing in the philippines following a landslide schools by tropical storm k tack on the new leader of south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. has called for unity several rebel poser who is currently the vice president beat president zuma ex-wife in the conference and a prosecution for the. chairman chancellor angela merkel has admitted mistakes were made both before and after last year's attack on a christmas market in berlin speaking on the anniversary of the truck attack that killed eleven people she said both security and victim support were lacking but as dominic a report the relatives of the victims still feel merkel should be doing more normally this is a place to celebrate the christmas season on choose day it was a place of sadness and solidarity shared by the bereaved from this tragedy and germany's political leaders the emotion of the moment palpable a minute's silence a mark of respect to those who died although and get a miracle stood shoulder to shoulder with victims' relatives they do not think she's done enough since the tragedy in a letter to the german magazine der spiegel they spelt out their grievance saying the attack was not only aimed at the victims directly it was aimed at germany it's a question of respect decency and technically it's self evident that you as head of government should acknowledge to us the loss of our family members caused by an act of terror. the chancellor did hold her first meeting with the families on monday and had this statement after the minute's silence. let me and i'm speaking on behalf of the entire government we will work to improve what didn't go well and do everything humanly possible not only to ensure safety but also to give doe's whose lives have been destroyed or affected a chance to go back to their lives again as well as they can. the problem for angela merkel and her government is despite such public pronouncements the families of the victims still have grave concerns about germany's current security situation and some analysts believe that parts of the german federal intelligence system really need reform. specifically where it concerns how the government deals with those it believes may be plotting violent attacks things that are still lacking certainly and there's also a structural issue is the lack of rethought the lack of staff and the lack of qualified staff who work on cases are actually watching potential terrorists and connecting the dots at the site of last year's atrocity one of the new features is a scar in bronze that's been laid across the ground meant as a permanent reminder of the hurt attacker and his amry cost his victims and society at large tuesday has been a day of strong emotions where those touched by this tragedy gathered to pay their respects in the hope that the ordeal they and their loved ones endured is one no other families will suffer in the future the question for the government is whether it can ensure that dominic cain al-jazeera berland. thousands of journalists have been killed this year and hundreds more have been thrown into prison the latest annual report from reporters without borders explores their experiences especially. syria and rex are among the most dangerous places for journalists to work. from london the annual round up by reporters without borders paints a bleak picture of media safety and freedom around the world sixty five journalists have been killed this year most while working in their own countries three hundred twenty six are being detained fifty four being held hostage and to a missing. syria remains the world's deadliest country for journalists twelve being killed this year reporting on the conflict but close behind is mexico with eleven killed many journalists such as having a valdez cut down us were murdered for their coverage of the drugs trade and organized crime most of these murders remain unpunished of the fifty four journalists being held hostage many are being held by armed groups such as i saw in the middle east. ten women journalists were among those killed this year compared to five last year. was murdered by a car bomb in malta despite receiving threats she continued to denounce alleged government corruption so if we look at bigger pictures of all journalists killed this year sixty percent deliberately targeted because of that the other forty percent were killed while in the field sort of doing their jobs but when we look at the female journalists that were targeted nearly all of them were specifically into liberally targeted of the three hundred twenty six detained journalists more than half are being held in only five countries vietnam iran syria turkey and top of the list china many without any solid charge. this is the case for al jazeera is mahmoud a sane arrested in egypt a year ago while on holiday the detention was one of a string of arrest by the egyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff for the country reporters without borders findings are alarming but remarkably the number of journalists killed this year is at its lowest in fourteen years better safety training and intensive lobbying by campaign group so helped but in many cases the downward trend is a result of journalists simply leaving the world's most dangerous places and in the absence of journalists vital voices remain silent they've barkha al-jazeera london marcello a depression the former chief executive of latin america's largest construction company has been released from prison early breast was given a ten year sentence for his role in one of the world's biggest corruption scandals which continues to have strong political and economic repercussions throughout the region john heilemann has more from sao paolo. up to two and a half years in prison the man who was in charge of this company and behind the biggest corruption scandal in recent history has been allowed to exchange jail for house arrest here in sao paolo on the must settle the brush leadership his family's already powerful construction company became synonymous with brazil's rise what late term is it was playing politicians across latin america the lucrative government contracts for roads bridges and even world cup football stadiums the graft was on such an industrial scale that it even had a bribes department even as must settle the brush leaves prison the ripples made by his deals are continuing to spread the president approved is on the verge of being ousted after his company took over to brush money while he was the economic minister ecuador's vice president is facing six years in jail after taking millions in kickbacks all the breast officials have also said venezuelan president nicolas maduro except to campaign contributions in return for contracts all of this came to lie in part because marcello the british and others agreed to name names in exchange for more lenient sentences now who spend the rest of his ten year sentence at home but the man they called the prince's time as one of latin america's most powerful figures is over for now. thousands of indigenous people in southern mexico have been displaced because of a territorial conflict involving agricultural lands and he still eleven people have died of cold and hunger and concern is growing that the situation will get worse manuel appollo reports from the state of chess. these are prayers of desperation by people who have been internally displaced they are the victims of a decades long dispute over land boundaries between the neighboring municipalities of chinelo until she was done father marcello a member of a nearby parish says that in recent months hundreds of families and jetty we've done have been driven from their homes by armed groups a dozen houses have been burned and others sprayed by gunfire and they know they've blocked the road and. groups hide and then they shoot hearing gunshots at night is a form of psychological control against these people. a child has died a two year old who fell sick from exposure their grieving parents say they have nowhere left to go. my daughter became sick when we ran through the woods and we fell down i felt helpless my daughter died i feel the pain in my soul. many of the people living outdoors have coughs and colds and although chelsea has done was already one of the poorest places in mexico living under these conditions for almost two months has pushed indigenous communities to the point of exhaustion to make matters worse the main access roads to and from the we've done were cut off and although passage has been restored human rights observers from the government say the situation still demands urgent action in this. thing that we are calling for humanitarian assistance to guarantee food and to lessen the risk to people's integrity and lives. a federal court recently issued a ruling aimed at settling the dispute so it's the people however see the decision hasn't lessened tensions there are over five thousand sorts of people displaced across the mountains of done the men women and children who are staying at this camp are only facing hunger and illness they say they live in a state of terror too afraid to return to their homes. international organizations like unicef have called it unacceptable for children to continue living under such precarious conditions and while the government of chiapas says that aid and security is being provided many here worry the humanitarian crisis will drag on monitor up a little. to be done mexico. japan's government has approved the use of the u.s. military has a missile interceptor system it's him a sponsor north korean threats and follows pyongyang's launch of two missiles over japan this here in november north korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in japanese waters the government says the new weapon system will take years to come online. the winter olympic games gets underway in south korea in less than two months and security remains a major concern u.s. and south korean marines have been taking part in joint drills to enhance combat readiness kathy novak reports. at first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponents that's rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. but there is a very serious side to these games protecting against the increasing threat from north korea even in temperatures that can dip below minus twenty degrees celsius. both the u.s. marines and the rockeries have covered over the snow ability reconnaissance skills as well as critical contest skills in a cold weather mountainous environment two hundred twenty marines from the republic of korea or rock the preferred military term and two hundred twenty okinawa based u.s. marines have been conducting these drills over three weeks a chance to brush up on lesser used marine skills such as downhill skiing in. north korea often responds angrily when the u.s. and south korea stage any war games there's been speculation the allies may delay the start of major annual military drills usually shuttle for the end of february so they don't coincide with the winter olympics and paralympics that will be taking place here in pyongyang. these exercises have been held since twenty thirteen but this year there are added fears that north korea may aim to disrupt the olympics. i'm new here in the south korean and the u.s. marines hope for the success of the come come winter olympics the marine reconnaissance unit will make its utmost efforts to provide security operations for the olympics. south korea wants the winter games to be an opportunity to promote peace it's invited north korea to participate and some athletes have qualified but so far there's been no confirmation of their attendance as ever on the korean peninsula the message from these drills is that the u.s. and south korea would prefer a peaceful resolution to the tense situation but are prepared to respond militarily if they have to kathy novak al-jazeera south korea. still to come on al-jazeera their hinge alphabet is given a danger. that story just ahead. myanmar bangladesh have formed a joint committee to oversee the repatriation of ranger refugees more than six hundred thirty thousand fled to bangladesh since grandma's minute she launched a crackdown. and was expected to start on john rivett twenty first's but the bangladeshis foreign ministry or is it could be delayed by several weeks. the ranger alphabets used to be digitized allowing it to be used in text messages and e-mails linguistic experts say it's a welcome move for me i'm lost persecuted minority which have no written script until the one nine hundred eighty s. it's being added to the unicode standard system computing industry standard for digital text researchers hope the change will help preserve an important symbol of or hinge a culture and identity well tony shane is the director of the burmese rahane organization u.k. he believes a ranger will be able to preserve and share that cultural through digital mediums. we really were. and we are very please you know is given a big dignity the community where bar marie's government and military denied the rohingya existence and ruin your identity for many decades so it is important also i want to point out here is it gives more. if you share a generation through type seen a million messages and where all people are living remote for many decades you know there been facing the silent killing feel in burma so we can get a lot more information through this way so you know it is a good move forward for rolling up people for the future now let's get all the latest sports news with sana in doha thank you very much to world champion sprinter justin gatlin has been embroiled in another doping scandal the international clerics federation has begun vest a geisha into allegations against scotland's former coach and headaches agent it's after a british newspaper claimed coach dennis mitchell seen here wearing green and agent robert wagner offered to supply performance enhancing drugs to it on the cover reporters nothing to do opening bands in the past but the american has always denied taking any illegal substances after his second comeback the thirty five year old that won the one hundred metres title at the world championships in august beating you cymbalta in his final competition well in response to the allegations against his team a us an issued a statement saying i was shocked and surprised to learn that my coat would have anything to do with even the appearance of these current accusations i fired him as soon as i found out about this all legal options are on the table as i will not allow others to lie about me like this. well for more background on this complex story earlier i spoke to our sports correspondent and this is what he had to say. you have to be strongly cautious with the story with your reporting on it like you're following your own social media have to look behind what's happening here a lot from with a newspaper investigation you do have to realize that there's going to be a screaming headline and what people want in this instance is the link to justin gatlin he's the farmer and he's the man with the doping past he's not a popular mind to doping barons when i actually when you look into it further what we are dealing with here is not a direct accusation against gary it is against the coach dennis mitchell who's. an agent partly works with so you can see why i just got in so quickly distanced himself from this but you can also see why there's so much suspicion around him the credibility of athletics is so low and people should not deny that from the top of that it's it's the same with cycling it's the same with winter sports school has a massive issue of credibility and trust and incidents like this investigations like this are important just to get in this instance is a superstar but he made his own bed if you're going to talk you're going to have suspicion around you this is of history and the legacy we see now where actually people are looking to connect him with this there will be suspicion around him i think people need to take a reality check whilst also crucially dealing with the facts to saving our john john florence has secured back to back while titles say his the first man and ten years to successfully defend it debut world crown on earth despite finishing second hand on the season ending masters in hawaii by the american and enough points to beat his closest rival. brazil matina was the only other surfer in the competition with a real chance of stopping florence set but he had to settle for second place process who claimed victory at the final event of the. when here at home is just it's a run my dream doing here at home to do this year and have kind of this whole build up this whole event make it their jeans and gave making a cake and i was just like oh my god. pretty nervous both of them because shaking i don't know what. in the n.b.a. the l.a. lakers have retired both jerseys one a war no buy kobe bryant the old time leading scorer and different us history and of his career in april twenty sixth in after twenty years with the team five time n.b.a. champion who was on of the at the stable center in los angeles ahead of the lake is a game with the golden state warriors in a historic decision the team decided to retire both jerseys numbers worn out by bryant eight and twenty four he is the tenth player with a retired jersey for the lakers. the legacy is really important in the sense of. what we've done. is awesome. it was more important for a legacy is how that affects the next generation to come. you know food and the jerseys that are hanging in the rafters. the impact that it had on me which led to us being in this moment you know i think that's the true mark of a legacy is how will impact the next generation when he only resigned as australia's football coach a few weeks ago but andy poster who has already found a new job as manager of the japanese side. money knows after successfully guiding the socceroos through qualification for next year's world cup poster who said the pressure of being in charge of the national team had taken its toll on him both personally and professionally australia are yet to appoint his successor ahead of russia twenty eighteen. in spanish a dispute is brewing between the top of the table rivals barcelona and atletico madrid the over one of the league's top players strike antoine grossman recently signed a new contract to stay in madrid until twenty twenty two but he is still being linked to move over a number of european clubs an athletic will have reported barcelona to fever claiming they made illegal transfer approach for the france international. we just fifty one days to go until the twenty eighteen winter olympics u.s. askia mikaela shiffrin has underlined her credentials as one of the favorites to win gold on the slopes in pyongyang tank schifrin no one hurt the world cup skiing event of the season on tuesday triumphing in the giant slalom and caution of all three of her victories have come in different disciplines and she also top the podium in traditional slalom in november and downhill the early at this month's twenty two year old needs the overall wolf cup standings one hundred ninety one points from germany's victoria the bins. i was the bit. scrappy at some points but it was sort of the tactic to try to be really aggressive and almost run off the course a couple times or who's really straight second runs was like ok you got to take advantage of that and from really excited about that fought for it so that's cool. knew i was a less successful race folk at that in that role whereas this happened not quite in the way toby would have wanted to cross the finishing line the australian the austrian that was disqualified but luckily he wasn't hurt in the fall. and that's it for me back to sue. thank you santa fans of k. pop korean pop music mourning the sudden death of superstar john hume the lead singer of an of one of south korea's biggest pop groups shiny the twenty seven year old's body was found in a hotel room and so on monday he say he took his own life one of junk close friends posted on social media that he left a note revealing his struggle with depression and fame john chung's death has triggered an outpouring of grief from fans around the world. as it from a certain for this news hour but lauren tell it will be here with you in just a moment but much more of the day's news don't go away. you are making very pointedly mounts where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up of it in the morning in the sense i want to scour the world in darkness and this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. for years japanese have gone into countries lush course for what they call. green or forest baby thirteen years ago dr levy was one of the first to conduct research on forest bathing he concluded that the essential oils the trees produce to protect themselves from germs and bugs can. boost the human immune system. a lot or find a side or essential oil is found in the forests my research has shown that forest trying to size reduces stress hormones. in the future the time may come when doctors prescribe the forest and the state of medicine. that's what we're talking about all about shooting people are not able to shoot themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem are you worried that this conflict could erupt into a pulp right open war the city's general security should all the people who paid the price clearly their writeup been prejudiced setting the stage for serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera.

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