To day im Julie Macdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up thousands of hezbollah supporters rally in lebanon against the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. A bangladeshi man targets the new york subway detonating a homemade bomb and wounding himself and three others. Scuffles in kiev outside a court which is now ruled to free a physician leader Mikhail Saakashvili in custody. Of their a warm welcome to the program and a Solar Revolution has helped greece hit its climate targets broken promises on. Putting other homeowners off investing i do apologize i think were on the wrong script there russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with president bush. Now it was part of a whistle stop tour of russias middle east allies first stop was the un shuttle visit to the cayman airbase in Syrias Latakia province it then flew to cairo for
Also coming up. Israels capital. Kiev courthouse the Opposition Leader. Has been set free also if we dared to dream big. More rhetoric but few details President Trump and some maricopa will soon send an asteroid to the moon once again. From the jerusalem crisis to the war in syria the russian president Vladimir Putin has been staking his claim in the middle east on a whirlwind tour of the region first stop was a surprise visit to a Strategic Air base and seriously taqiyya province thats where putin ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria he then flew to cairo for planned talks with the egyptian president fattah elsisi before doubling back and heading north to ankara for a meeting with the turkish leader richard typer one heres mohammed oh a warm welcome for russian president Vladimir Putin in the tuckers cup itll unca its final destination in his whistle stop two he has been to syria and egypt to all in one day. Kremlin says the trip is meant to strengthen russian ties wi
Of the remaining twenty nine critically ill people have been evacuated from the besieged rebel area near syrias capital and from football star to president george ware is set to take on the top job in liberia. And tech giant apple apologizes after a million slam its deliberate slowing down of old i phones. That have you with us here on the news article first were going to bring you some breaking news coming out of egypt there are reports of an attack at the amman mean a church that south of cairo not happened in the hell one district its all there are casualties but the exact number is not yet known well bring you more on that story as it becomes available lets meet our other top stories at africas top court says parliament has failed to. Old jacob zuma accountable over allegations of corruption now the court ruling follows its conclusion last year that zuma violated the constitution when he use state money to upgrade his private home but the court says its up to parliament to come up
At least nine people are dead after an attack on a church near cairo. Also football star to president george where is set to take all the top jobs in liberia. And an apology to millions of customers from tech giant apple. Welcome to the news that israel says its Aerial Defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip it says a third rocket hit a building in the halls in southern israel its army has now shelled parts of the very latest on this from malcolm webb whos in gaza what more do we know about the rocket attacks that have been launched apparently from gaza and the subsequent retaliation from israel. We felt and heard several loud explosions just over an hour ago when those rockets were fired. Im actually just going to get a step aside and tell you a little bit about whats happening right now were at the border with israel to get the camera to zoom in a bit. As every as it happened every friday for the last four weeks ever since President Trump announced the u.
A crisis averted the u. S. Government is open for business after another shutdown which most americans probably sat through egypt launches a massive military operation that it says is targeting terrorists in sinai and mexico just deploys thousands of extra police to combat a rising murder rates where on patrol with some of them on the beaches of cancun. The Winter Olympics have officially opened in the south korean city of chang with a spectacular fireworks display thousands send out in freezing temperatures to attend the event that hes hopes will help bring about a diplomatic soul every day between north and south korea for now it looks like the ice has been broken with whats being described as an historic handshake between south koreas leader in and kim jong the sister of north koreas leader the toxic and i reports. A step towards reconciliation for the First Time Since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north koreas ruling family is welcomed in the south the arr