A negotiation. After days of unrest tens of thousands of iranians rally in support of the government. North korea tests its hotline with south korea ahead of talks designed to ease tensions on the peninsula. And whats believed to be michelangelos First Painting now on display in the. U. S. President is threatening to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority and a tweet donald trump asked why the u. S. Should pay palestinians when they dont want to talk peace or show respect to the United States they also tweeted that he had taken truce off the negotiating table from bangor palestinians last month by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital his latest weight contrast with one last month in which he said he had not taken a position on final status issues palestinians insist occupied East Jerusalem should be the capital of the future state in a series of tweets the Palestinian Liberation Organization has responded to Donald Trumps threat saying this the Palestinian People will not be blackmailed and that trump has sabotage the Peace Process blaming the palestinians for the consequences of his own irresponsible actions. And house more now from ramallah. Reaction to the tweets from u. S. President donald trump and the remarks from u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley from palestinian officials has been swift p. L. O. Executive Committee Member one i should always says palestinian rights are not for sale by recognizing occupy jerusalem as israels capital donald trump has not only violated International Law but hes also single handedly destroyed the very foundations of peace and condoned israels illegal annexation of the city we will not be blackmailed President Trump has sabotaged our search for peace freedom and justice now he dares to blame the palestinians for the consequences of his own irresponsible actions so as you can see certainly those remarks from bassett or haley in the tweets from President Trump every inflamed the situation here when it was already tense now we also spoke to a spokesman for thats the u. N. Agency for aid and relief for Palestinian Refugees in reaction to the remarks from u. S. Ambassador nikki haley that the u. S. May cut their funding to he says has not been informed by the u. S. Administration of any changes in u. S. Funding to the agency now while the u. S. Has in the past threatened to cut funding for the Palestinian Authority and while funding has been increased these past several years it is being taken much more seriously here the idea that the u. S. May cut funding to honor where the u. S. Is the biggest governmental donor to the group they have dispersed just last year around three hundred Million Dollars of aid thats a huge amount at a time when need for Palestinian Refugees are already great and only growing greater. Washington is also threatening to cut off funding to the u. N. Agency helping Palestinian Refugees according to the United Nations relief and works agency more than one and a half Million People live in fifty eight recognized Palestinian Refugee camps in jordan lebanon the gaza strip and the west Bank Including occupied East Jerusalem the u. S. A lot of the main contributors to relief agencies for Palestinian Refugees that goes towards Education Health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy Million Dollars to the United Nations relief and works agency last year. Tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying across iran to show support comes after six days of demonstrations against the government for gathering in at least four cities to condemn the recent unrest and which at least twenty one people were killed the u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the Un Security Council to discuss the protests in iran runyan Supreme Leader has blamed what he calls external enemies for the six days of violence i canna has the latest from un headquarters in new york. They were having technical issues with that story from i can a little effort that for you shortly though in the meantime the u. S. State department is considering further action against iran. We dont get ahead of sanctions but that is one tool kit a couple things that we have in a very broad and wide tool kit so there are a range of options that we certainly have Going Forward and thats why i say we are watching reports very carefully of any potential human rights abuses of these protesters who are protesting peacefully or as foreign minister has hit back at President Trumps remarks telling the u. S. To stay out of his countrys affairs. Tweeted this Iran Security and stability depend on its own people who are like the peoples of trumps regional or best friends forever the right to vote and to protest is harder and rights will be protected and traitors will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction north korea has reopened communication inside the Demilitarized Zone with south korea for the first time in almost two years there are talks scheduled between the two governments for next tuesday. North koreas leader kim jong un has given an order to open the panmunjom hotline between the north and south from three pm on january third to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the pealing chang winter olympics. Gate park in south korea as governments welcomes north koreas response to yesterdays offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterdays. Self and the north korea talks grandma webb is a Research Fellow at the institute for defense answer to dick studies in singapore he says expectations for any positive outcome should not be high. I think theres a lot of hope in the the new found hope is a warranted one because we have had a very difficult year in twenty seventy with you know regulus not being from the north koreans of any offering of figleaves or olive branches sorry towards the other side and now weve seen a letting up and so things have happened very quickly and clearly both sides are trying to capitalize on your on the opportunity to try and set up the best possible stage in order for them to talk to each other i think we need to have a very modest expectation or whats in store for the upcoming dialogue next week its going to be very focused very narrow and very mediocre so to speak centered around north koreas intention to send an athletic delegation to the twenty eighteen winter games in february and i think that is a modest yet law hanging fruit that both sides should true on right now if they can get that right im quite certain that they can get the bigger things right along the way so this is really a moment to sort of secure this foothold talking to each other agreeing on something and getting something tangible done which is has dividends on cultural on a cultural and social level between will science. Has responded to north Korean Leader kim jong uns claim that he has a launch button on his desk for Nuclear Weapons capable of reaching the last and its weight i too have a Nuclear Button but it is much bigger and more powerful one than hairs and my back marks exclamation point. Now doris is calling for a month of protests ahead of the president s inauguration on january twenty seventh and December Juan Arlanda Hernandez was declared the winner after a tight Runoff Election but opposition candidate salvadoran us vala says he one organization of american states says there were irregularities and is calling for a new vote. The electoral officials have to respect my victory if they dont then the people will respect my victory. Is i dont know gratian day on january twenty seventh the popular will come to pass regardless of what they want to say border checks within europes passport fralche and zone are continuing despite the expiry of rules allowing certain restrictions its two years since the peak of the refugee crisis but some countries say security remains an issue already supports some of the busiest crossings between denmark and sweden. From an open border for refugees to a closed border for anyone not carrying a passport or a swedish Identity Card swedens policy on opening its gates to Asylum Seekers during the crisis of twenty fifteen is long gone. But Police Checks on the train from denmark dont seem to be going anywhere soon the sun bridge between copenhagen. Was the main entry point for more than a hundred sixty thousand people who applied for asylum in sweden and twenty fifteen that flow has now dried up on the law allowing restrictions has expired but sweden is one of the countries citing security as a reason for the controls to continue. The closure of the balkan routes has led to a huge drop in the number of refugees arriving in europe yet sweden france germany austria norway and denmark have all continued to impose controls on that front he is god. Those restrictions legally expired on november the twelfth on the article twenty nine of the schengen borders code but article twenty five allows the countries to extend them for six months if they claim serious threats to public order or internal security. Gains and swedes had previously been encouraged to see a newly branded region as a place in which they could freely commute between the countries they say the increases in their journey times are unjustified this is mainly. For show internal swedish politics theyre worried citizens are worried here in sweden about the mass influx of immigrants and trying to show that theyre doing something and reality this nothing happens here this is. Yeah almost a circus a waste of time journeys of thousands of kilometers from the middle east and africa how finally ended here in recent years the question of whether Free Movement in the schengen zone can ever begin again is still in the whole race aljazeera. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including on the daily struggles of people in gaza told through cartoon characters. Looking ahead to a challenging year for yemen which is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. And as for a falling out of one of the biggest comebacks in this years n. B. A. Season it was worth the wait. It is one of the biggest regulatory overhaul sensitive thousand a financial crisis the European Union a simple meeting new rules known as to to tighten controls on its Financial Markets its designed to increase transparency around trading all stock bond derivatives commodity and other trades must be reporter to a central database this is intended to get more data to track trades which in turn what helped them spot market bubbles early European Union says the new rules get greater protection to investors especially smaller operators banks and Asset Managers across the continent have spent more than two billion dollars preparing for it but only eleven of the twenty eight members states have incorporated method two into their law so far including germany france and britain. Greene is a Financial Regulation lawyer and partner at the law firm in london he joins us now we appreciate your time very much so is this regulation that people wanted or are they going to it kicking and screaming. Very good question. One so in the thing i think in the long run it might be viewed as a regulation for the greater good in general more clients or indeed going into it kicking and screaming intro into digest seven thousand pages plus over the regulation and related go ahead so what do what does transparency look like what is the real goal of this is far as transparency goes. So i think there are two ways to look at what if it is trying to do obviously missed it already exists being if it won if it too is looking at two cool things firstly transparency thats pretty trade information what price is available and secondly prostrate what price with things traded out should give better idea of liquidity and pricing to retail clients and indeed to professional counter parties as well but secondly Investor Protection the flip of transparency is it should give investors better pricing but again we should have more transparency over prices charges or what we demand on the street is paying for. Trade and thats really i think what the what is at the heart of miffy to providing greater protection to the man on the street and also to reduce conflicts of interests that are viewed as being tons mt in the Financial Services sector at the moment as a reporter leading into this are our countries have not signed on to this do you anticipate that they will they really need to for this to truly be effective to have any teeth. In the they will i think youre right around eleven countries have implemented the other european Member States will implement and indeed most certain place Member States that have been implemented have got form in late implementation so this is not in any way a surprise they will get there they will get there slowly and indeed certain Member States of only probably implement them if it won as we as we speak so indeed they will get there but it will take a few years for some of them what effects might brags that happen s. Very good question. The obvious point is that under the u. K. Would not necessarily be party to me if it however for anyone that thinks that that is likely to be good news for u. K. Firms that is unlikely the stas behind most of the perceived pain about by me if it too and the at least have equivalent rules. Which will mean that the u. K. Firms will be adhering to meet its standards or early enough it might lead to some to some problems for european firms because they will not be including the u. K. s data within their calculations and indeed it might bring certain european firms that are currently outside of certain rules such as being what are known as systematic internalizes on them if it were within the regime in a couple of years time when the u. K. These numbers get removed from their dataset so nothing for the u. K. But in the short to midterm actually proposed to be some more plain for the european Member States especially is the loser now law in the strongest regulator in the world and certainly in europe the f. C. A. Who would not be too large stenson purposes helping them implement Financial Services regulation such as this green thank you very much joining us from london your expertise. And syria dozens of civilians have been killed in what activists say was a government assault on rebel health positions near the capital damascus four and a thousand people happen living under siege in Eastern Canada for the past four years at desperate need of food and medicine and heard of reports. Markets are. The victims Civil Defense volunteers to help those who are. In. Opposition activists discriminant. Airstrikes believed to be carried out by Syrian Government. And the rebel controlled area. And. The government launched. Because rebels are shells into territories under its control but rebels say the government is trying to help troops trapped in a military installation in the suburb. The recent attacks may be linked to the fighting but it has been weeks since the government stepped up its military campaign in what is supposed to be a deescalation zone the syrian observatory for human rights said almost two hundred civilians were killed in strikes and shelling including many women and children. So billions are not just getting killed in attacks children are dying from malnutrition patients are dying from the lack of medicines. Under siege by Syrian Government forces the United Nations is warning that the situation has reached a critical point food is in short supply and the International Committee of the red cross has also expressed alarm was what it calls a humanitarian crisis. Populated some four hundred thousand people live there its on the doorstep of damascus the seat of the governments power progovernment forces want to recapture this region but so far its forces havent been able to make any advances on the ground so its strategy is to punish civilians for supporting the rebels in the hope that they all surrender. Beirut israel has given undocumented african immigrants three months to leave the country or face and present those who claim during that period will be given plane ticket. Rights groups have condemned the decision saying. Built a fence along its border with egypt. A Senior Writer for alternate dot org he says it will be difficult to stop the. Human Rights Groups in israel it within Israeli Society are under unprecedented assault from a right wing Israeli Government and you know african and non jewish Asylum Seekers have faced open race riots in tel aviv that were actually stirred by the culture minister a member of Benjamin Netanyahu is ruling we could party who referred this rally to africans as a cancer in israels body they face street harassment and violence and its a very unpleasant situation for those who are actually allowed to be on the street and those who advocate on behalf of them from within jewish Israeli Society also its incitement and are very marginal so its unclear to me how any group from within Israeli Society can create unnecessary pressure to stop this potentially calamitous mass deportation of over thirty thousand people fleeing a horrendous human rights situation this is in the gaza strip have been struggling under an israeli blockade for a long time and many are barely able to keep running some of been forced to close because they dont have enough supplies a new cartoon by an israeli rights group shows the reality facing one Business Market lab reports from gaza. A girl called noah buys an ice cream and wins a ticket to visit a sweet factory. Hey you have had them in the sinai louder assad has now he was a highly yet as new as a fictional character in an animation made by an israeli rights group but the factory and its owner mohammed tell bonnie a real and some of the many problems operating under the blockade of gaza by israel in egypt. No discovers them as mohammed shows have around starting with a power cut and it just these off most of the time in gaza. During my visit mohammed explained that since the siege began ten years ago most of his production lines are closed most of the time. He didnt want to fire any of his four hundred staff and families depend on the wages so the employees had their hours cut instead and the animation also shows us the machinery they use has problems to israeli authorities restrict the import of anything they say could be used to make weapons the packaging is meant to be done or to my city by dismissing the need to spare parts exactly thats not being allowed in this machine but the cream filling in biscuits needs this technician to come here and service it in order to come this whole production line being down before you know some of the equipment needs to be sent to germany for servicing and thats not allowed either. The mohammed doesnt believe the restrictions are just for security reasons its there is that a lot of this is. The stuff thats. The make the people its body that is the bullet because that. Israels military assault on gaza his conflicts with hamas havent helped either three years ago she was hit by an israeli rocket. Mohammed gifts this week factory to know that as she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. The rights group that made it says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the Movement Restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open peoples eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside of the gaza strip the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions. Mohammed says trade wont pick up in less the siege. At the end of the film makes everything right with her imagination in reality things so simple and industries are still crippled aljazeera in the gaza strip and a few minutes the weather was still ahead on aljazeera. By twitter and how its changed the way the world sees america. More than just an education for children plus. Tournaments and hes here with that story. By the time. Or is the sun sets in the city of angels. Well over the last couple days weve been keeping a close eye on a couple of tropical systems which have developed not particularly powerful ones but lots of heavy rain see this massive cloud head just to the east of the philippines now so to the west of the philippines thats been making its way through says central southern parts of the philippines mindanao for example so some extremely heavy rainfall system has intensified slightly sustained winds of around fifty five Kilometers Per Hour its been moving a fair old lake though twenty five Kilometers Per Hour and thats having slowed down somewhat thats good news it means the heavy rain will not be there for as long as it might have been itll make its way towards southern parts of vietnam as we go on through the next couple of days and that area cloud is just trailing in behind will happen now bring some heavy rain into Northern Areas of the philippines which is good for those flood hit central and southern parts of the country with the showers never really too far away hopefully by the end of the week things will start to quieten down across the philippines meanwhile we got some very heavy rain making its way towards madagascar as well this clutches storms here are rolling away well thats a Tropical Cyclone to a sustained winds eighty Kilometers Per Hour that is the side of the country looks like its the flooding over the next couple of days. The weather sponsored by cats own race. There were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was Material Support for terrorism the Holy Land Foundation was the biggest Muslim Charity in the us they were considered to be a legitimate American Charity because we were able to see the secret of what we were able to tell them in a two part series on aljazeera world examines one of the most Controversial Court cases of the socalled war on terror the holy land falling at this time on al jazeera. Unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between a criminal boasts trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question then sort of throw their hands up in the air and say i dont know i was just nominee director were doing a investigation into. Ukraine could you say bribes youve been corrupt are i would i be corrupt i did just what the president say aljazeera investigations the only go this time the nature news as it breaks the last time senegal qualified for the world cup in two thousand to fifteen years on and hope to do even better in russia next year with detailed coverage try to imagine that only seven years ago people were living right here. Now the scene has taken over their land from around the world donald trump is promising a major policy announcement on trade a potential challenge to khorat a missed opportunity a braai. News has never the new i think but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging main stream media narrative at this time on aljazeera january on aljazeera african heads of states and governments will gather in at his ababa for the station at the same body of the African Union where the. 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President donald trump says hes taken through some off the negotiating table with the palestinians and he is threatening to cut off funding to the Palestinian Authority say it is not saying it astonished that in peace talks tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying across iran the show of force comes after six days of demonstrations against the government are gathering in at least four cities to condemn the recent unrest in which at least twenty one people have been killed for the first time in almost two years north korea has reopened medication inside the Demilitarized Zone with south korea this is being planned ahead of talks between the two governments scheduled for next tuesday. They were says it intends to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan but decision comes after President Trump again accused the country of being a safe haven for what he called terrorists jordan has more from washington d. C. The u. S. President doll tromped used his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government trying to accuse the pakistanis of not doing enough to crack down on groups such as the hunt khan the network or the talabani say these groups are destabilizing not just pockets but also afghanistan to the west on tuesday the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley made it plain that the u. S. President simply wasnt tweeting her in her words nikki haley said there are real concerns with what is law is doing to fight but the u. S. Calls terrorism pakistan had played a double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbor and to cherish that attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism in addition the state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert told reporters on tuesday that pakistan knows what it needs to do in order to make the region safer and she said without going into too many details that it definitely means trying to crack down on these groups that are destabilizing the region and she said that islam by its complaints simply arent going anywhere. Pakistan has rejected the u. S. Allegations its envoy to the United Nations told aljazeera we have contributed and sacrificed the most in fighting International Terrorism and carried out the largest counterterrorism operation anywhere in the world us spokespersons should not shift the blame for their own mistakes and failures on to others they went on to say pakistans cooperation is not based on any consideration of aid but on our National Interests and principles so far jaspal is an analyst on pakistan and professor of International Relations at some university he says a move like this should not have should not rather be a major surprise policymakers in pakistan. The americans are not asking about the hospice practically they are asking about the how can the network which buxton is denying that it did karli network i mean there from the taliban fighting all good that it does not possess any see if have been in pakistan because since yesterday or before yesterday if you see pakistan has once again to be created is that there is no see if i havent thought of one dollar bond or any one as in pakistan let me have submitted that since one year but stan that americans perception on the more benefits on of understand have been. Americans have been alleging they were asking about. Fifty dollars you can see it starts things you have to not forget here its not only of the start of the economy that there are because if you call it the alignment in the International Falls things and pakistan is drifting towards euro ition alliances like china and that is not acceptable to the american if you told the same to National Security strategy which was released by the Trump Institution on the agent december two thousand same thing that indie kids balance up all of that indicates. As a period of skewed to compete get a witness box done is against trenton i think that since one the pakistan has been preparing to respond or to bid this kind of a burden thats why in pakistan if you see public uproar it is one but on the other side of the government the armed forces are under pressure because no one is here the opposition the government is desiring to appease america. Of course pakistan is not the only place where President Trump seems to be abruptly breaking thiers of u. S. Foreign policy earlier in the bolton we told you help palestinian officials are protesting u. S. Policy on jerusalem and its threat to cut aid to their people or more on trumps twitter driven Foreign Policy which change compared to the past and what hasnt im joined by scott lucas hes a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham in the u. K. He joins us now from the u. S. City of atlanta we appreciate your time very much so scott between in the last august forty eight hours perhaps donald trump has tweeted about we said about policy with with israel about north korea as well about palestine about pakistan rather how would you characterize that as a as Foreign Policy. I would characterize it first and ill be direct here is a man who is off his head. This is someone who should be regarded as issuing a statement of policy having spoken to advisors having to look through documents have a good sort of situation this is a man who watches t. V. In particular the channel fox news and then he immediately reacts and youve gone through several of the reactions in the case of pakistan you might say that there is a background to this that makes sense and that there are tensions between the u. S. And pakistan over how to approach the afghanistan question how to approach insurgency in pakistan thats been going on for years in the case of north korea to mention another tweet to simply just again threaten war just at the drop of a tweet thats irresponsible and then in the case of palestine the subject of discussion right now to you know to to say look this will be positive in any way given the israel palestine issue just to threaten to cut off aid to one side while giving almost unconditional support to the other after the jerusalem recognition thus not a sensible Foreign Policy is not sensible in terms of dollar terms tweets and its not censored in terms of an American Administration ok are there a possible as a possible that theres a dual tracks that are happening for Foreign Policy if this makes any sense and let me harry m. E. Out there are a group of advisers that donald trump has that are very traditional republican advisers with bitter experience with the exception of his son a larger question who has no experience in Foreign Policy and then there are the things that Donald Trump Tweets sometimes they overlap but sometimes they completely diverge. Well i think youre right to bring up this question but i dont think its actually dual trunks and let me explain behind Donald Trumps tweets the people who have really taken control of Foreign Policy or the advisors like your questions you might remember that a few weeks ago there was chatter in the United States about getting rid of secrest state rights tillerson that came out from the camp around kushel they wanted to press tillerson into being quiet or backing down over issues on like most korea and also because kirshner wants to take the lead on middle east policy hell bring peace to the region in his own terms that came at the time of the truce and decision so what youre actually seeing if we cant be on twitter is youve got to look at your question or youve got to look at a small group of visors who are ardently pro israel and really realize that even an appearance of a balanced u. S. Foreign policy on this issue is long gone and i doubt its going let me ask you about a fairly lengthy piece that was in Politico Magazine says and glasser wrote it after talking to to several diplomats some on the record many off the record in this is what she wrote in your piece the president is not playing a leadership role the rest of the world has come to expect from the United States and the consequences are piling up still it is true that the world hasnt exactly melted down yet do you agree with that and what do you think might be next if it continues this way. Well let me just say im not reassured by the phrase we havent melted down yet i think the broader point is there is a growing recognition that the u. S. Is not at the center of the issues like israel palestine the u. S. Is actually sort of putting itself to the side there is no way to revive an israel palestine process with washington at the center given what it has done in recent months and arguably in recent years now that it raises the bigger question who steps up to do this we had to shatter for example the times recent decision that turkey might for example make a move by putting recognizing East Jerusalem as a palestinian capital weve heard of arab states who said we might make a move weve got a question as to whether the e. U. Makes a move in other words if washington is no longer at the center of this process is anyone going to be the son wrote it is anyone going to try to take on the issue of palestine and i think the risk there is is that we wind up with a vacuum in which this issue continues to spiral downwards because no one is taking responsibility at i want to ask you something as well if i can i dont we hadnt planned this but i was going away the north and south korea opening up the hotline again is that something that really happened without the influence of the of the u. S. As well. I think it may have happened with the entrance of the american officials behind the scenes in other words people beyond donald trump beyond the white house who are trying to keep diplomacy going but i think whats important here is to focus on south korea in the past couple of weeks they have talked about reopen the hotline they have talked about north korea attending the olympics which would be a major symbolic breakthrough and they have talked about beyond this and really beginning to open up talks meaningful talks now if this happens this is the diplomatic track that will not only include south korea you know that china will probably be involved with this other countries like japan will have an interest and what i think we do see is is that far from donald trump dictating what happens on the korean situation sort of that shift of responsibility that shift of discussions which are going to valving specially asian powers but then also include others in other parts of the world who will have to provide support mr laicus scotus really a pleasure to have you thank you for your insight thank you. Norway is banning weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates over its participation in the war in yemen the u. S. As a member of the Saudi Led Coalition fighting hit the rebels and the country the coalition has imposed a blockade on yemen leading to widespread and a Major Health Crisis in estimates more than five thousand civilians have been killed since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen. Facing what the u. N. Calls the worlds worst humanitarian crisis in two thousand and eighteen will bring even more challenges at least twenty one Million People rosette is suffering neighboring countries are under pressure to help. Support and the latest in our series looking ahead to the years big stories. Good imagination and the skeleton of a motorbike its these children how they live in one day the one of yemens most impoverished regions import dependent and cash starved countries been under a saudi led blockade since two thousand and fifteen use of not sure what the new year will bring all his family has is a hot cobbled together with straw and wood. Nothing is Getting Better everything is deteriorating back in the days we used to feed our kids now i cant provide them with anything all i want is rice milk the basics just food for my kids. The biggest challenge for two thousand and eighteen will be to provide aid to the twenty one million yemenis in need of urgent assistance. The situation here has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis which is resulted in the Worlds Largest cholera outbreak with close to a million suspected cases the u. N. Says unless the embargo to provide medicine and aid is lifted the crisis could get even worse. Theyre blocking medical staff and supplies we dont have anything thats enough we dont have the basics to take care of our patients let alone the needs of those who need urgent and specialized care. Become m. T. V. In crisis is directly linked to the war the Saudi Led Coalition was asked by yemens elected government to take. Controlled from who thing the rebels side has been able to claim a decisive victory the saudi backed forces havent been able to move closer to the capital from central. And the border incursions and attempted missile strikes by the who tease them any ground either the recent death of depots president Ali Abdullah Saleh has dumped in hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough. The head you know. For gods sake the saudis need to stop bombing yemen and end this war we are displaced we are starving we are cold and we are hungry. Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people are living in desperate conditions but despite the suffering some havent lost faith in a peaceful settlement. We hope that in twenty eighteen we will be able to overcome all the difficulties we suffered in twenty seventeen we hope the yemeni family will be stronger and that we can find Practical Solutions to our economic social and political problems. Many children have seen nothing but more in the last three years giving civilians can only pray this year the fighting will come to an end some of the job aid is there and the next part of our series you look at the upcoming president ial election in mexico were voters will have the biggest choice of candidates in the countrys history thats on thursday here on aljazeera there are still holds many people hostage in northeastern nigeria where nearly seven hundred of them escaped captivity earlier this week catherine magically in that area shes been meeting with families of people once held by the fighters. This mothers in my dog a desperate for news of their teenage daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed men in the village in northeast nigeria. Was seventeen years old a woman. Only god knows where she is ive been praying to him to bring her back will keep saying maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after fleeing the boko haram kept his which gives this mothers hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by. Managed to escape. They were forced to become wives signed up how was life with her. We suffered a lot my husband beat me but i made good friendships with other women who had also been abducted. And how did you manage to escape. One day my husband left in a hurry he didnt tell me where he was going then i heard nigerian soldiers were coming so i just started walking. In twenty fourteen more than two hundred girls were kidnapped from the secondary school in chibok some escaped. After negotiations between the government and. One in a hundred girls remain president. Of the Catholic Church is taking girls who risked being kidnapped if they return home anybody that has any clues contact with. Them for a month two months or more when they come back to the community this suspicion is to their these people really to be incorporated in the community or the spies men and boys are also in danger many have been taken and forced to fight for. When they escape they have to face tough military screening to make sure theyre not active members of the group the screening process needs to be more transparent people need to know what happens once you surrender yourself to the military and if you are in a sense like most of the people are then whats going to happen to you what are what is the process youre going to go through because once they know thats theyre going to be able to come back more back in my galley zainab says she was seven months pregnant when she returned now she just wants to take care of her child and prays often for the imprisoned women she forged relationships with back in the forest katherine zero but the galley northeast nigeria that ever of Homeless People in the u. S. Is rising in new york one in ten schoolchildren spent at least part of last year without a home to call their own kristensen when they went to one school thats trying to deal with those challenges. When the Island School in Lower Manhattan opens its doors in the morning principal swanny ramos is there to greet the children. And make sure they get a hot breakfast at this school where nearly half of the students are homeless late stragglers are common as are students dealing with many distractions from their school work we provide three meals hot meals so we provide breakfast lunch and a hot supper at the end of the day video recently moved from a homeless shelter into a subsidized apartment with her two children. She decided to keep them in the school for continuity even though it takes for more than an hour to get there on the subway. The school has a laundry room paid for with grant money so families struggling with the high cost of housing in new york have a place to wash School Uniforms the number of homeless students in new york city has been rising along with the general Homeless Population in the last year one in ten students spent time either in the citys shelter or living with relatives this presents a unique set of challenges not only for the families but also for the schools that serve them. Because homeless students have higher rates of absenteeism and lower test scores advocates for children say the city needs more social workers for the one hundred schools where more than ten percent of the population is homeless we saw in new york city that more than half of students living in shelters were absent for twenty or more school days over the course of a year that means that they miss about the equivalent of a month of School Principal ramos leaves her school open until seven in the evening providing as long as possible a safe and loving environment for students may lack the stability of a home when they leave christian salumi aljazeera. More than two hundred works of the italian renaissance artist michelangelo have gone on display at the metropolitan museum in new york his work set the ground for a modern western art with many referring to him as the divine one i was serious careless on to want to have a look. Art lovers examining the work of a legend a new Michael Angelo exhibit at the metropolitan museum of art in new york brings together one of the largest collections of the lesser known works of the man considered one of the most influential figures of western art there is this piece called the torment of Saint Anthony believed to be Michael Angelos First Painting he was completed in fourteen eighty seven when he was only twelve or thirteen years old but its still a regional pencil on paper works that are the real draw when he draws serious forceful yes espresso he said marble sculptor is so he uses the chalk especially with great force on the paper almost carving on the paper as if it were marble although he considered himself primarily a sculptor michelangelo was also called the divine draftsman and designer at this exhibit there are one hundred thirty three of his drawings many of which almost never go on public display because they are so rare and fragile four hundred fifty years after his death his drawings are often an overlooked part of the artists work it took the metropolitan museum of art eight years to collect all of the michelangelo pieces that are on display here they mostly come from over fifty different art institutions and private collections such as those from Queen Elizabeth and even the vatican an exhibition of this magnitude in importance is a global activity and the man has the resources the commitment the scholarship to do it and its part of our mission its part of our responsibility to serve the world in that way and a chance for visitors to look closely at the drawings in the sketch books of one of the worlds greatest artists to get a better sense where his ideas originated gabriels on to aljazeera new york still ahead on aljazeera. I for sport alex and i thank you so much for a show on Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola his hits and also premier league bosses he says be hectic christmas a new schedule is a risk so his Players Health while many other european leagues are enjoying a winter break choose they saw city playing their fourth game in eleven days and the second in the last seventy two hours they did beat what for three wants to extend their lead at the top of the table to fifteen points for believes this run of games is a disaster for pius were going to kill them so i think for duration i dont know who are the bosses they have to reflect a little bit that is normal guys to play thirty first into i know the show must go on and it doesnt matter with with the guys still must go on the manager is here another one and the players are not here once but that isnt them for games played on choose dates on date swanzy to know theyre up to fifth in the table west ham beat west brom out of the relegation zone and Crystal Palace of all summer if clear the bottom three with a two one win over southampton. Theres only so many blows to the. All to serving god he was we were pretty much on the canvas using crude. Pretty recently. Think of the player to at least now get ourselves into the groove to the pupils we really going to. Be in the team for be up homely. And good as was suggested polish will never recover from this. So i look at the top of the table city are in complete control of the title race lights are on someone as arsenal face shall see the frenchman facing a lengthy stadium ban thing a verbal abuse the referee after his teams last game when asked on our player chelsea team of one for the last five league games. To play it many times was always tied results apart from last year i think we between the two in europe but after i was we played them many times and it was always big battle and g. Comes back because were in a good form you know very been consistent recently iran of booked a surprise place in the final of the gulf cup thats on its involves eight teams from the region on cheese steak among beat bahrain to set up a title decider with the United Arab Emirates elise homan reports was scenes of joy and happiness for my moms football fans at players as they celebrated applies in the final of the gulf cup its a region where football delivers almost unbridled passion and romance air force and Sports Ministry had put on eight free planes to get their supporters to kuwait for their semifinal with bahrain but after the pot holed up the victory however was also a gift to the sec and all that over a first half own goal from bahrain was all that separated the two tames as a modern one one nil the omanis led by dutch manager pim the bank now have a shot at adding to the title by last one in two thousand and nine going to know what it would have to hold all of the above where the only team that entered this tournament without any pressure possibly because the group is young no one expected all month to play to this level we were in a difficult group with kuwait the u. A. E. And saudi arabia yet we managed to qualify and i hope all will offer a good performance in the final. It was a bumpy start for the United Arab Emirates in their semifinal against iraq. The Omani National anthem played by mistake and they missed a chance to clinch the game in the n. T. Nine minutes as headed to extra time i. Went back and then it went on to penalties where iraq missed two of their shots i. The u. A. E. Then prevailing to repeat their victory from the twenty thirteen gulf cup final and booked their spot in the twenty seven tane edition on friday elease holeman aljazeera one of the most anticipated returns of the n. B. A. Season happened on choose day as our thomas recovering from injury to make his debut for cleveland he sounded from boston as part of a big deal that so korea even going the other way thomas sued into his hit didnt disappoint in his first game since may didnt stop a School Seventeen points in eighteen minutes of games are going to the portland trailblazers the performance help in cleveland to a one twenty seven s. Who won when. Also when for the l. A. Clippers the williams hit thirty three points as they beat the Memphis Grizzlies one thirteens one of five the clippers however on ninth in the western conference and outside the playoff spots. Now two time defending stanley cup champions the Pittsburgh Penguins face a fight just to reach the playoffs this season the penguins star to be here in style of beating the Philadelphia Flyers five one but pittsburgh is still in second to last place in the metropolitan division and two places short of a wild card spot. Australia captain steve smith and fast bowler Mitchell Starc of both being passed fit supply in the fifth and final ashes test against england in Sydney Australia lead the series three nil start missed the fourth test with a hail injury while smith has been struggling with a back problem it hasnt stopped him scoring three centuries and he could become just the fourth australian to hit for hundreds during an ashes series. Got to be nice to go by to win the series sam its been a good one obviously personally from a bit for the team as well i think weve played some some really good cricket a big right to in this series with with a phone you know we embed you know stuart a had five days in front of us quite frustrating as an opposition captain that hes so form and such a big series for his book and a credit to him hes played exceptionally well and now weve got to make sure that we make that case eighty eight he does walk away the pats are finished until. The fifth ashes test getting underway at the Sydney Cricket Ground on thursday but is it for me and for him and thank you very much thank you for joining us here on this news hour here on aljazeera there is much more the come on the other side of the break my colleague sam is a doddle be it next to peter. To. January on the african heads of state and government. For the state assembly of the African Union where the goals. Seventeen met. With brand new episodes updating some of the best aljazeera documentaries from over the years the biggest names in politics in business will meet in the swiss alps for the World Economic forum what will be talk of the agenda. Engages in rigorous debate cutting through the headlines on the front and in a week of special coverage will be gauging reaction from around the world to americas most controversial president of modern times january. You. Are 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 sex. In the morning and says i want to cover the world and this is a dialogue. About people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the conversation at this time on aljazeera. Donald trump threatens to cut off u. S. Aid to the palestinians and says jerusalem is no longer off a negotiation. Allowing samis a dime this is al jazeera live from dull