Their. Live from doha also coming up. Later on the time. Of hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown but the stage is set for bigger battles over immigration and the looming deficit. Egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush groups ahead of a deadline set by the president. And a mere two journalists to jail from covering what the government didnt want the world to see. In the extraordinary and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side on the exploding fireworks the twenty eighteen Winter Olympics opened on the peninsula beset by generations of suspicion flag bearers marched through the stadium under the one united korean flag the sister of north koreas leader kim jong uns with south korean president. As they watched the law for a show of light and sound and sitting just in front of them was u. S. Vice president mike pence hoping the games will offer a chance of renewed communication thats going to name has the latest from. The Opening Ceremony of the pyongyang Winter Olympics was reduced from four to two hours due to the cold but some might say it was a lavish and appropriate ending to a day that has already been historic the theme of the Opening Ceremony was peace in motion spectators got a korean History Lesson if you will transported back in time organizers say the goal was to show koreans relentless pursuit for peace a topic incidentally was on the agenda even before the North Koreans agreed to participate and send a high ranking delegation that included the sister of leader kim jong il she sat very close to us Vice President mike pence during the Opening Ceremony it didnt appear that they exchanged any remarks which is not surprising considering that north korea said earlier this week it has no desire to engage in dialogue with the United States and the United States for its part warned that tougher sanctions against north korea are coming but for the South Koreans this is a moment and the hope is by president moon jay in that it will be laying the groundwork for reconsolidation between the two koreas there are skeptics who say that this is just more propaganda and its a way for the North Koreans to advance its agenda a last minute appeal by forty one russian athletes and coaches to take cost of the games has been rejected a court of arbitration for sport dismissed that case the russians of pails against exclusion by the International Olympic committee over the twenty fourteen day ping scandal at the sochi games almost one hundred seventy of us now things have been cleared to compete but because that country has banned theyll be fly a neutral olympic flag. As President Donald Trump has signed off on a spending bill officially ending the Government Shutdown just a few just after a few hours suck up measure will extend government funding until march the twenty third can be held at has more from washington it was a us Government Shutdown that occurred while most americans were asleep for five and a half hours etc lation sees in theory only shut their doors will members of congress debated lifting strict limits on Government Spending so everything about this stinks to tell you the truth most of the drama occurred in the u. S. Senate the vote to keep the government running held up by as a single senator republican rand paul who says Government Spending is out of control everybody is getting more spending the military the rights getting more military spending the left is getting more well versed bending and youre getting stuck with the bill the late night debate played out for hours and eventually passing in the Upper Chamber but still needing approval in the house of representatives hell raise a spending caps by roughly three hundred billion dollars over two years more than half going to the military the rest nondefense spending including much needed money for Disaster Relief programs Infrastructure Projects and Community Health clinics fiscally conservative critics say the budget deal will send the deficit soaring but the deal doesnt protect Illegal Immigrants brought to the United States as children providing a pathway for legal status has been a key demand of democrats it previously been protected as part of the obama era daca program the leading House Republican says the issue will soon be address my commitments to working together on the immigration measure that we can make law is the sincere commitments. Let me repeat i make commitment to working together on an immigration measure that we can make laws is sincere commitment we will solve this doc a problem with that promise the House Republicans and democrats passed the budget deal sending it to the white house for the president to sign into law but the cost of this bipartisan budget deal is staggering expanding americas twenty trillion dollar debt its in the stunning number for a congress controlled by republicans a party once known for fiscal conservatism a priority it appears to now have abandoned Kimberley Health aljazeera washington. And these two people have been killed and foresee all those images in the explosion of the mosque in the libyan city of benghazi the bomb hidden in the car targeted worshipers two weeks ago around thirty five people were killed by a twin bombing at a mosque in the same city. For a fifth consecutive day bombs have talks in rebel held eastern goosen in the capital damascus in the Northern Edge of province six people have been killed on friday and when you challenge as strikes in syrias rebel held eastern gusa. Red Crescent Medical Center was also destroyed and regime led forces continue to bombard it live by they killed eight civilians was the number of those being killed in east and go to rises by the hour the war is taking its toll on the survivors. And day. And age. And thank you. So. But. Its shelling and destruction every time the plane turns out there are twenty five explosions youre demolishing the entire country people dont dare to leave the shelters can leave. There is nothing in the shelters the people who believe in peace talks in geneva dont see whats happening here on the ground. Syrias accusing the u. S. Of committing a war crime by bombing fighters loyal to president Bashar Al Assad province u. S. Led Coalition Says one hundred five as loyal to the Syrian Government died in the airstrikes and says they were in response to what it called an unprovoked attack on the headquarters of its ally the silly Syrian Democratic forces but russia which backs assad says the strikes are part of an effort by washington to control key economic assets in the region and turkey has resumed bombing raids over the northern syrian enclave of a freeman after a five day break kurdish media posted this video showing turkish strikes on the outskirts of the area turkey began an air and ground operation last month to alfs the armed why p. G. From a free it regards the life as terrorists Egyptian Army has launched what its calling a comprehensive operation against terrorist incredible groups across egypt the armys website announced the start of the offensive local media is reporting what it calls an unusual increase in the number of military vehicles in north sinai hospital to be imposed on higher alert in order to prepare extra beds and nursing staff to deal with emergencies and medical evacuations. This morning Law Enforcement forces began implementing the plan a comprehensive confrontation against the terrorist and criminal elements and organizations in north and central sinai and other areas in the delta egypt and the desert back in the west of the nile deli this comes in addition to training and other operations on all Strategic Directions and control of the ports of the egyptian state. Thats all happening at head of elections next month president battle fattah elsisi issued a deadline for Security Forces to restore stability to northern sinai and he did that last november after three hundred eleven washer posts were killed when attackers hit a mosque it was the deadliest incident in egypts more history and announcing the deadline sisi declared three days of mourning and said the victims deaths would be avenged doesnt dozens of soldiers have also been killed in attacks over the past year twenty six died in a single suicide blast in july was eighteen more were killed during an ambush in september and Coptic Christians are regular targets more than one hundred were killed over the past year and the series of bombings and shootings m. R. Sure is a professor of Security Studies institute he says there is a political dimension to the new offensive. If you saw the pattern from twenty thirteen on words youll find a scale ations happening with one Major Political events are coming up so when the coup happened in july twenty third dean you had miscreation following in september and the whole idea part of the coup and the result of the new regime coming is that security and counterterrorism needs to be implemented partly in sinai but also elsewhere the interesting part about the communique of the armed forces is that theyre not talking just about sinai theyre saying that escalation in central delta and there is in this creation in the western deserts which are the two other areas that you saw some kind of Political Violence happening in the i think it has to do a lot with the forthcoming president ial elections i think these escalations and the level of. Men and the ship the sinai is not new cutting you know suspending the Internet Communications blocking roads this is all not new has been happening since twenty fifteen and probably before twenty fifteen as well so im not sure if theres something new or theres a measured saying that you know the strongman is back hes trying to secure the region and therefore mobilize for him in the next president ial elections which is happening next month. Refugee agency is raising the alarm about surging violence in yemen which airplanes for a spike in people being forced from their homes since december the u. N. A. C. R. Estimates more than eighty five thousand people have been displaced right across yemen most sixty one thousand are on the run from regions near the west coast in the. Governorates yemen is the Worlds Largest humanitarian crisis twenty two Million People are in need of aid the civil war intensified in early twenty fifteen when assads Led Military Coalition intervened in support of the government which is fighting against the rebels. Spokeswoman she says displaced people often have no other choice than to move into other conflict zones. Well this is the big dilemma because in yemen theres ongoing conflicts and every single governor at them has been affected by the will so a finding is that from holding or instance people being trapped with my governor s. So they make me think im district to district trying to make the journey by the east we also see a large amount of people saying to be on which is now the east of those governorates but its a very time situation when you have people who are remaining with my governor and moving from other multiple times because. We are really puzzled as to why the situation in yemen is allowed to continue the way it is now the population of yemen is twenty nine million and yet were seeing a situation in two thousand and eighteen when twenty two Million People in the country are now fixed by conflicts and in need of monetary assistance and this is absolutely a hole that the situation is absolutely dying here on the ground and were finding out of us is really not supported enough i mean were trying to respond to the needs of people whove been displaced across the country there are two Million People displaced all across yemen and now you have eighty five thousand the biggest waste in a small and yet whats not in the air is youre not actually out there were egyptians he was just three percent of ongoing search theres huge mismatch between the humanitarian needs on the ground and support for the military response and so the yemenis. Still ahead here on out is there what israel is demanding from the family of a palestinian man who was crushed to death under a military vehicle. And talking trash in colombia while black has decided to strike leaving thousands of tons to rot on the streets. However the weather remains lousy fine and dry into southeastern parts of china twenty two celsius in hong kong a southerly breeze here in full back as we go on through the next couple of days slightly cooler air coming in cool enough into central parts for a little bit of snow some rain as well i should east somewhat as we go through sunday but it is sliding a little further south was this the other the northerly wind pushes the disturbed weather a little further south seventeen celsius in hong kong as the year the cooler s. S. E. But at least it should stay largely fine and dry here staying dry across india still a fair amount of cloud into central and southern pos at present but i think its not really going to bring too much in the way of any wet weather across the region so you might see a little bit of a few spots of rain but essentially it does look settled the cloud even extending up towards the Northern Plains little bit of snow there into the far northwest of pakistan a cloud thick enough to produce some disturbed weather as we go on through saturday added into sunday monday more widespread by the states with some right at lower levels not too much in the way of rain across the raven peninsula it should be lost if on into i twenty five celsius here in doha on saturday a touch cooler on sunday by sunday a top temperature in riyadh the thirty degrees. Paint the scene for us whether online what is a very nice time in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating basis is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone whos an activist whos close to the story join the global conversation at this time on aljazeera. Top stories this north and south korea have marched an extraordinary show of unity as the twenty eight hundred Winter Olympics. Sister of north koreas leader kim jong un shook hands with south korean president and at the Opening CeremonyVice President mike pence was also attending the winter games. U. S. President donald trump has signed off on a spending bill officially ending the Government Shutdown after just a few hours the measure will extend government funding until the twentieth of march but so the. Deficits and immigration are far from over. And Egyptian Army has launched what is calling a comprehensive operation against terrorists and criminal groups across egypt he always website the start of the offensive local media is reporting what it calls an unusual increase in the number of minutes north of the sinai. Iraqi forces say theyre making advances in the Operation SecureNorthern Areas near the border with iran. Called the white flags who are believed to have ties with. The area as a proposed truck route for oil between iran and iraq. Had reports. Just before sunrise iraqi soldiers prepare for their latest offensive after pushing out isis from the rock there securing the border from other groups and smugglers. Destroy the aim to defeat the remnants of isis and the kurdish who called themselves the white banners or white flags all sections of iraqs Security Forces are involved. We are here in co on camp in the fifth brigade of the federal Police Operations have started by the army Popular Mobilization forces and federal police to clean up all of the region and clean up all of tuesday as as well. Participation of the Rapid Response forces. Soldiers say they made steady gains despite booby traps left for them. We found so many improvised explosive devices or i. E. D. On the main road supplanted by the enemy before their withdrawal to hinder our advance. How many mountains and how he did region with the smuggling route even before i still captured the area iraqi forces have talked since last year about controlling the border town of those carmack to after seizing areas in koop province from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters discriminant who is in a strategic position because it