Rally in support of irans government as the foreign minister mocks the u. S. For its emergency meeting at the un. Scenes in bethlehem as palestinians protest against the Greek Orthodox patriarch kucing him of something to his raids. And from florida to new england much of the u. S. East coast is once again dangerous to. Continue to become a player as the spanish giants agree a deal with liverpool in one of the most expensive transfers in history. President trump is rejected accusations that he is mentally unfit for office describing himself in a tweet as a stable g. D. S. It follows the publication of a book that questions his ability to do his job claims to still view him as a child was meant to be unveiling his key policies for two thousand and eighteen but instead launched an attack on the books author is john hundred reports now from washington. And i did a quick interview with him a long time ago having to do with an article this book clearly has donald trump rattled the suggestion in fire and fury the cabinet members and allies to question trumps intelligence and his fitness for office have gotten under the president s skin the book has driven a wedge between trump and his one time closest adviser Steve Bennett but i dont know this man i guess sloppy steve brought him into the white house quite a bit and it was one of those things thats why sloppy steve is now looking for a job as Republican Leaders met the president to discuss their legislative agenda for twenty eight teen drama began his day with a barrage of morning tweets or he wrote throughout my life my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being like really smart and he said that winning the presidency qualifies him is not smart but genius and a very stable genius at that in defending himself against the allegations in this book President Trump was knocked off message in it steve bannon says hes lost his stuff media mogul Rupert Murdoch calls him an idiot and staffers describe him as a semi literate fool but what the republicans who met with trump on saturday wanted to talk about with their plans for twenty eight teen and Immigration Reform it was candid it Donald Trump Signature Campaign promise and we are building a wall on the southern border we need safety we need cameras and i will have mexico pay for that wall it turns out he might have that half right the administrations plan for an immigration overhaul would spend eighteen billion dollars over ten years and add five hundred five kilometers to an existing border with mexico and the u. S. Congress would pay for the bill is expected to restore some protection for the socalled dreamers children of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u. S. By their parents trump recently rescinded an obama era rule protecting them but democrats fear the new immigration funds could be used to deport dreamers who registered for the program or their families they dont have resources. The eight hundred thousand dreamers its not at all clear that the information that the dreamers volunteered to the government to establish their right to be legally work at work and otherwise could be used to identify and detain and then deport the dreamers but immigration was not the top question trump addressed on sen john hendren zero washington. The government of saudi arabia says that eleven princes have been detained in riyadh after staging a protest the princes of being held in a notorious prison in contrast to dozens of other high profile figures who were detained at a luxury hotel last year during and corruption dr peter shop a small. Eleven saudi princes were arrested outside the royal palace in riyadh where theyd been protesting about the kingdoms decision to make saudi royal to pay their water and utility bills as part of a wider austerity plan the princes were transferred to the high security prison of a high here and i expected to go on trial beloved usuals fisher they were arrested because they were leading factor there are scores of city school water electricity for some reason they were doing our other reports. Back there were president s off the brits who are sick sick you did you know you were two thousand and sixteen and come to us who are you sure its very conflicting at this point we dont know exactly what is going on saudi arabia has introduced a string of austerity measures to boost revenues and cut spending as the global slump in oil prices led to ballooning budget deficits slapping a five percent sales tax on food clothes electronics water and electricity and raising fuel prices significantly ex patrick workers who also caught up in the price rises but careful not to complain and spend seven hundred sixty eight something away in the city though the five percent the one thing that the six. Police that they sell us theyre helping so that a bit more than two hundred princes were arrested in november in an Anti Corruption led by the crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon which also served to strengthen his power many of the countrys richest and most influential princes struck deals for their release while a few remain here at the palatial ritz carlton in riyadh described as the most luxurious prison in the world saudi arabias Oil Based Economy has taken a battering with the fall in oil prices balancing the books will be a long and protracted task that will not prove popular with ordinary people here or at very least ordinary princes peter shop al jazeera. Well the saudi king has announced plans to give a monthly allowance to state employees military personnel and pensioners to help offset the impact of these Economic Reforms for the next year one point one eight million saudis employed by the government will get two hundred sixty seven dollars a month to help with rising living costs nearly one in a quarter million pensioners will receive one hundred thirty three dollars a month and there will be a bonus of more than one thousand three hundred dollars for military personnel involved in the countrys ongoing war in yemen then when it comes days after the kingdom doubled petrol prices and introduced a five percent value added tax to a broad range of goods and services a budget plan released last month projected a deficit of fifty two billion dollars to twenty eighteen well there i spoke to the saudi jennas Jamal Khashoggi and asked him for his assessment of these latest developments. It could be the case i would not rule out what was leaked to a couple of saudi newspapers. Because hes also a sign of the nervousness wood and the oil family. Of. Mohamed bin saddam and reform to restore in. The advantage or the advantage of the royal family the privileges that theyve enjoyed. Throughout. The history of saudi arabia and as a sort of the citizen i see he is doing the right thing for the nation and for the country. To make the royal family pay for their. Utilities bills and to take over their lives ridges in businesses which have sold europeans economy so why havent they said they just a sign of that just want to jump anyway why why would these guys be put into this high security prison where in the previous round of detentions of course they stayed in this five star hotel because there were the five star Hotels Closing in darwin anyway but those were not brought into jail because of course of action there where. They were taken to jail because this challenge a state that is a different. When we talk of the saudi royal family one might imagine a few dozen people in an extended family but it is way more than that tell us a little bit about the saudi royal family and and how many people are involved in it what were talking about. Ten thousand people belong to the royal family these two groups extended and the. Royal highnesses who lit hall who could become one of them could become the king of the sons underground sons of the founder of the kingdom. And. Their highnesses whole they would never become kings but theyre enjoying its dividend and some advantages and the groups who are interested there are not from that if there arent its from a cousin family. To the sons of his family. And there are rumors that in riyadh in which and thats what were hopefully making many royals nervous that mohamed been sort of mine and i think doing that i think if he will do that is going to structure the definitions of royal and limited to the king and his sons and his brothers only i think that would be that i think for us to interrupt the moroccan or that your d. N. A. More done rather to hunt another than to have an extended royal family that caused the project a huge amount. Thousands more progovernment demonstrators have been rallying in iran in a show of strength more than a week of antigovernment protests a government supporters modest in the streets waving iranian flags and chanting slogans against the United States israel and britain irans government has blamed western nations for i meant to me a list which is seen twenty two People Killed more than one thousand the rest of the last ten days iran has accused the us of abusing its power as a permanent member of the Un Security Council offered called an emergency meeting on the protests were iran and russia as hes washington of exploiting the protests to undermine the Iran Nuclear Deal was robbies entire on and he has the latest. Irans leaders are no doubt celebrating what theyll consider another victory against the United States on the diplomatic front shortly after the u. N. Security council met to discuss a government protests in iran the foreign minister zarif tweeted out that he was glad that the majority of Security Council member countries rebuffed americas attempt to misuse its power to bring what is essentially a domestic iranian affair on to the International Stage he also called it another Foreign Policy blunder for the truck white house we also heard from irans presidency president Hassan Rouhani as chief of staff in a statement said that the move by the United States at Security Council was both desperate and further isolated the United States itself on the International Stage now as far as the protest themselves are concerned antigovernment protests are all but over while progovernment rallies still continue as the government continues to cement its footprint on the streets later on on sunday lawmakers will need to hold a close session of parliament where they will discuss the root causes of the recent unrest many lawmakers see it as Foreign Espionage that led to these protests and blame Foreign Countries for trying to create instability in iran and other lawmakers sympathize with protesters saying that they have valid concerns and valid grievances since many iranians suffer a great deal of Economic Hardship now whether they agree with the demonstrators or not lawmakers in iran do realize one thing that if they dont address economic concerns that these protests could happen again to bethlehem now where protests against the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have ever shadowed all those christmas celebrations and have highlighted a growing sense of hopelessness among Palestinian Christians have a gem june this report. The protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. Protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount a clear and simple we want the patriarch to resign we want to reform the patriarchate and to sign a Legal Committee to evaluate the situation representatives of the Greek Orthodox church of jerusalem deny the allegations and the listener that we did not as they claim to sell our lands to the Israeli Occupation those are old deals the patriarch wants to rectify clarify because all those old deals are detrimental to the rights of the patriarch and its congregation while this is not the first time the church has been accused of selling some of the numerous properties it owns in jerusalem the outrage now is far greater than it had been before. In manger square despite the marching bands and music a truly festive atmosphere was hard to achieve. The arrival of the patriarch wasnt just protested local officials also gave him a Cold Shoulder when they refused to welcome him to the square another issue overshadowing celebrations this year is the decision by u. S. President donald trump to recognize jerusalem as israels capital in the month since that decision was made there been numerous protests in the occupied west bank and its really contributed to a growing sense of hopelessness amongst Palestinian Christians forty year old george it was sad says hes never witnessed such a song or mood at christmas as a lot of the headline if things remain as is opie pool seek to leave whod stay here if you see it been so and the city is sad have you. Bethlehem like this thousands would usually be here at christmas the muslims would show up even before christians Palestinian Christians in the west bank are worried their relatively small number will continue to do windell and according to a recent study by the daughter of kenya my University College twenty eight percent of Palestinian Christians said theyd leave this region if given the chance highlighting yet again the growing feeling of despair at a time of year when there is usually at the very least a small semblance of hope mohammed. Bethlehem the occupied west bank are still to come here on the odds are news out accuse form outside supermarkets in venezuela as the government orders shops to reduce prices. Good news for nasa the hole in the air is getting smaller thanks to the clay will button on c. F. C. Chemicals. We have got small coming up to the worlds most dominant skin is setting new standards a few weeks out in the winter and. In syria at least seventeen people have been killed by air strikes in the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta a tenner attacks were also launched by Syrian Forces on areas of countryside outside the capital damascus and they have been reports of an increased number of asteroids deliberately targeting hospitals in rebel areas in the last ten days or has threatened gordon is an adviser to a coalition of medical charities in syria and told us there are currently more than one hundred twenty children who need Urgent Medical care in rebel held areas that are under attack. The last. Record. Tax particular. Christmas and new year period we see ten hospitals and. Commission in. Damascus say in their lives we currently have one hundred twenty five children and four hundred. Actions we absolutely need syria is a ceasefire seriously injured troops. Of thousands of internally displaced people in syria suffering from worsening weather conditions heavy rain has led to severe flooding in many camps like basic necessities as will cool in syria Southern Province of daraa those displaced by war face a new threat the weather. This is a camp one of the largest in the region. And her grandchildren arrived here after escaping fierce fighting between serious opposition groups and i saw a water logged field is now home if the rain continues and we forced to leave where can they go. When i left without any possessions you can see the rain water around us you can see for yourself how bad conditions are and we did helpless the complex basic infrastructure there are no paper roads no drainage people feel forgotten. This used to be farmland it was unfit for people to settle on in the first place hasnt been supplied with any of the basic services no one has lent us or will lend a helping hand none of the relief agencies either serious long civil war has triggered one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history eleven million syrians have been displaced by fighting the whole population most around six million are internally displaced. It is a bleak existence. Parka aljazeera russia says its their basic commie mimi in syria has come under attack for the second time in a week the nature of the attack is unclear all those some sources suggest it may have been carried out by drones this a few days after a new years eve in which two soldiers were killed in a mortar strike the Russian DefenseMinistry Says that attack was carried out by fighters it is crowd is part of a mobile sabotage group the New York Times is reporting that egypt has asked media there to play down opposition to President Trumps controversial decision to move the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem at least phone recordings a senior egyptian Intelligence Officer reportedly told leading t. V. Talk show hosts to influence their views to back the decision thats despite egypts public condemnation the