To. Headquarters in doha with a problem also ahead a new book on the trumpet ministration has called. Well examine the claims about the white house and its policy towards the middle east and already situation in yemen with preventable diseases and the lack of basic. More deaths and. At least eighteen People Killed after one of the strongest storms in modern history. The u. N. Security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u. S. Accusing. The voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting that the council was not the place to discuss the countrys internal affairs mike hanna reports from the United Nations. There was animated debate in the Council Chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u. S. In calling for this public debate the u. S. Ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in irans internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting used in the political puts the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also distancing himself from the u. S. Decision to call these discussions with your president but it is up to the arena and to the arena. To pursue the path of peaceful dialogue a dialogue based on full respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of the rain people however worrying the events of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute say a threat to International Peace and security given speaking rights in the council irans ambassador described the u. S. Action as yet another attempt at political destabilization following such acts of disruption take in. U. S. Administration as flouting International Law and this is specd in the practices of civilized behavior in International Politics is that ministers and is not the spirit of nearly ching for every restaurant that keeps it afloat. That is a long history of. The u. N. But this is. Preposterous example the ethiopian representative expressed concern that what he described as a necessary debate such as this could undermine Security Council unity. And indeed at the end of the discussion members got up perhaps more divided than when they had sat down mike hanna aljazeera United Nations the u. S. Secretary of state of excellence and has also been talking about iran specifically the nuclear deal and he says the trumpet ministration is looking for ways to keep the u. S. And the Agreement Congress has working on new legislation that could strengthen enforcement measures which tell us and says should take shape in the coming weeks i dont want to suggest. This one of the other what this number this is mark its not by the twelve but if were just talking about. For. The first month. The same as a political partner with the Truman National security project and a former Obama Administration advisor and she says any new legislation is a political move to shield trump from having to deal with the iran agreement. And the reason why donald trump hates it is because when he ran for president you know he called it quote unquote the worst ever but what weve seen is that really hes not able to come up with a better deal hes certainly not able to in the case of north korea and so what theyre trying to do politically is just prevent their president from having to be the one to sign off on to sign off on it every six months which is the current law and so what hes done is hes punted it to congress and theyre looking at ways that they can be creative now to essentially throw the ball into congresss Court Without essentially scrapping the deal altogether and so what hell do rhetorical as hell call that effects meanwhile theres been a third day of rallies in support of this government one of the largest was in the capitol to get on with people trying to and to us slogans blaming washington for the unbiased saying by solving reports from. Another day of progovernment rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy Police Presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the Islamic Republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state at friday prayers in the capital to run a senior cleric reminded people of irans real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country is saying this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u. S. Did the planning it was coordinated from u. S. Control rooms and have outs and weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan. But he also sympathized with public demands for better Economic Conditions it ted all thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and its not a long time to test for them people are saying death to high prices were saying not what people are saying should be heard peoples rights shouldnt be missed in the middle of this mess. Meanwhile what was essentially a leaderless protest movement with competing demands seems to have fizzled out but on social media sites people are still sharing week old videos of antigovernment demonstrations protests last week were the boldest challenge for rod stablish mood in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and nine more than a Million People came out into the streets to protest the reelection of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but for now activists who oppose the government have been sidelined with ahmadinejad but for now activists who oppose the government have been sidelined by much larger crowds who support same bus ravi aljazeera to her own. Lets move on to other news now the awful of a book critical about donald trump a standing by his work saying it was based on some two hundred interviews publishes of the account of trumps first year in Office Release the book fire and fury early ignoring a legal challenge from the u. S. President to prevent its publication says the book is funny and full of lies don estival proposals from washington d. C. Crowd swarmed this washington bookstore at midnight friday snatching up copies of fire and fury inside the Trump White House has of the criteria no i cant take your order of the phone politics and prose opened it ten am within thirty minutes eager buyers had nabbed all thirty copies the store had im super excited to read this i went to a couple different bookstores even midnight last night there was another bookstore selling this they sold out in twenty minutes why are you so interested in this book why would i not be interested in this book it is so salacious and to see. Politics die hard and scary to read it at three hundred twenty pages this is a relatively light tome but it is filled with explosive material the author Michael Wolff said he spent eighteen months conducting about two hundred interviews with senior white house staff in one passage will says former british Prime Minister tony blair offered this nugget of information to the president s son in law jared cushion or there was he suggested the possibility that the british had had the Trump Campaign staff under surveillance blair is denying the claim. Another passage describes a potential change in saudi arabia the president was considering before his trip last spring to the middle east in the days before his departure he was telling people that the saudis were going to finance an entirely new military presence in the kingdom supplanting and even replacing the u. S. Command headquarters in qatar fire and fury wasnt supposed to be released until tuesday but the books publisher moved the date up after attorneys for President Trump issue. You to cease and desist letter threatening legal action in an interview friday morning author Michael Wolff stood by his book and added this observation the one description that that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like a child and what they mean by that is he has a need for in media gratification its all about him the white house is labeling fire and fury tabloid trash President Trump wouldnt answer questions about the book friday afternoon but tweeted i never spoke to him for the book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that dont exist still fire and fury is yet another distraction for a white house that is trying to advance among other things a new immigration plan and a spending plan to avoid a looming Government Shutdown dian us to Brooke Al Jazeera washington and there are also passages in the book on the president s Foreign Policy specifically and relation to the gulf it says trumps and a circle centered its middle east policy for players their goal to unite egypt israel and saudi arabia against iran it also says the president was telling people the saudis were going to find that said entirely new u. S. Military presence in the kingdom potentially replacing its command headquarters and covered and another exit trump quote gave a nod to the saudis plan to bali in june saudi arabia egypt the u. A. E. And bahrain cut diplomatic and economic ties with catheters the david is a professor at National Defense university and a former pentagon official and he says he wouldnt be surprised if the trumpet ministration had considered setting up a new base in saudi. The u. S. National security interest is to have a constellation of bases in every country and its important remember that the headquarters in qatar moved from saudi arabia in two thousand and three so i have argued that it would be in our interest to establish another base in saudi arabia if we can do that in a manner that is consistent with saudi internal security. But that doesnt mean that we have to diminish the others we should have a a broad array of bases and quite frankly if you know the where the saudis want to build a facility you know we should be in a position where we can move because if you have all your eggs in one basket then youre youre hostage to political turmoil or you could have one attack and then you lose all your capabilities still ahead on the bulletin. We look at what lies ahead for the vet. And thought provoking finds a new home in a country by censorship is on the rise. How i weve had some rather lively showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean recently things now in the process of clearing away you still see that area cloud just swirling through the levant battle fizzle out as it makes its way further inland by roots in around sixteen degrees celsius when starting to shouldnt be too bad want to see when the flower is just making their way across iraq towards iran maybe some wintry showers a possibility around northern parts of iran as we go on through sunday before most it will be settled couple nine degrees celsius with some sunshine by route seventeen celsius at this stage again with some sunshine and no shortage of sunshine across the Arabian Peninsula twenty six celsius here in doha looking fine and dry on saturday some of alexs we go on into sunday a little more of a breeze just picking up so just watch out for some lifted dustins and plenty of breeze meanwhile across madagascar and thats because we have trouble sidetone aver making its way right across the country sinking further south was flooding rains for a good part of that eastern side of madagascar and damaging winds for south africa is generally fine and dry doesnt look too bad here over the next day. The possum could see wanted to show us that the next few days. Jeffery. Kharaj shes musical pioneer. Uses to be silent in spite of the endless cycles of violence. For young girls craft of music and the emancipation. The witness documentary this time on aljazeera. To have you with us on aljazeera and these are our top stories the u. N. Security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests and iran the u. S. Accused head of stifling the voices of its people but irans ambassador said the protests werent a matter for the Security Council at the u. S. Was abusing its power a new account of u. S. President childs first year in office has his middle east policy is focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran fire and fury was a released on friday it says took credit for saudi arabias political shakeup last year. Has intercepted a Ballistic Missile fired from yemen by which the rebels it was shot down over. A region along the kingdom southern border before it could had its intended target riyadh says the attack is proof of on a supporter of the whole things a claim denies as the fourth such attack since the very. The french president as want us to his counterpart that democracy is must respect the rule of law during a meeting in paris it was regicide better than first visit to france since they failed to occur in two thousand and sixteen and the developments in turkey are blocking progress on its butt to join the e. U. And instead propose a partnership between turkey and the regional back at the one defendant has government from criticism off on course crackdown on dissent as over the past year. But turkey is ruled by law europe always tells us that the judiciary must really depend on well in turkey our judiciary is independent they make their own decisions the. Terror does not just happen after the public or those who support them they water it they prime it theyre like god. They nourish tera. As far as membership of the e. U. Is concerned there is no progress at all we had a very frank and open discussion on that but there is a need for more dialogue in the context of the current circumstances now the Un Agency Says yemen could become the worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years the war is having a devastating impact with widespread Food Shortages and a major cholera outbreak Stephanie Deca reports. Forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of escape the fighting near the border with saudi arabia now they have to bear the elements on the streets of data their daily routine for everyone to see this war has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. I came from we ran for our lives now we sleep on the floor no mattresses or blankets and it is really cold we have no income our children are suffering any of us fall sick we cannot afford treatment our condition is really terrible needless to say we are living in fear. This war now almost into its third year is all about regional politics and control the consequence of that has created what the u. N. Calls the worlds worst humanitarian crisis the situation in yemen today right now to the population of the country looks like the apocalypse we need to scale up our response the cholera outbreak is probably the worst the world has ever seen with a million suspected cases of the under twenty seventeen this terrible news demick of diptheria a bacterial disease which should be completely preventable by immunization as already affected its up to five hundred people with dozens and dozens of deaths in the last few weeks that is going to spread like wildfire and aid agencies are not able to access the majority of those in need them xanana we had to skip the war our life has turned upside down and we cant afford a decent meal were now begging to eat and feed our children were living in the streets on charity and. Some basic supplies are getting through a blanket to keep warm it is winter now and temperatures drop at night in a fire offers little comfort these people face an uncertain future with no idea when they can go back home what will be left of it once they do Stephanie Decker aljazeera. And for the latest reports on what we think now will be some of the biggest stories of the year when a refugee camp and bangladesh is now home to hundreds of thousands of the fled violence and since august the uns accused of ethnic cleansing which it denies child stratford reports on what the refugees face in the year ahead. With their three children across the border from myanmar into bangladesh at the end of december they join the more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees who fled the military crackdown on the region in Rakhine State in western myanmar she says her husband was killed as they tried to flee. There not that. We couldnt go anywhere because there was heavy fighting from all directions and my husband was shot dead by Security Forces there are very few people who still remain here they try to go to the forest and River Fishing but the military does not allow them they say you cant go there anymore and you cant harvest the paddies either so people are not able to work the million mom truth tells us you are not and there is no ranger in our country go to the country where there are already hinges. Western governments including the u. S. Of called the crackdown on the predominately muslim or hindu ethnic cleansing but myanmar has denied access to any independent investigation in Rakhine State the ranger have suffered in decades of persecution and violence they were stripped of their citizenship in what was then burma thirty five years ago the myanmar government considers them Illegal Immigrants from bangladesh and evidence of the brutality they have suffered in recent months is shocking food Charity Doctors without borders says at least six thousand seven hundred were killed by the myanmar Security Forces between the end of august and late september. It says at least seven hundred thirty ranger children younger than five years old were among those killed mostly shot dead. Doctors without borders also says nearly ten percent of children who died were burned alive in their homes and at least five percent were beaten to death Human Rights Watch and aid organizations working in these camps in neighboring bangladesh say myanmar soldiers gang raped women and young girls the refugees have escaped deaths in myanmar but the struggle to survive in the camps goes on the u. N. Says seven percent of children here are suffering severe acute malnutrition a condition that will kill if not treated properly the biggest challenge that we face right now is that this is the Fastest Growing refugee in the world think about washington d. C. But without Health Services without medicines without proper access to food we know recent studies that eighty percent of. Food assistance. Theyve been outbreaks of Communicable Diseases including measles and diptheria in the camps aid organizations estimate around seventy percent of the wells are contaminated with fiesole matter. The governments of bangladesh say they will proceed with a voluntary repatriation scheme in the coming weeks. Says she will never take her children back to myanmar until the government at least recognize them as a ranger until it guarantees them the same rights and security as citizens of the country they and hundreds of thousands of other reinjure refugees. And call. For aljazeera. Our next story and that series takes a look at the upcoming Winter Olympics in south korea the games and at the center of the first major thaw in relations between the north and south in decades but theres an unexpected warry its likely to be the coldest Opening Ceremony in twenty years you can see that story right here on aljazeera on sunday. The u. N. Is investigating an attack on the democratic republic of congo last month that killed fifteen tanzania and peacekeepers the u. N. Suspects that the allied Democratic Forces are Ugandan Armed on the attack as far as an arm to be active in congos north kivu province where the assault took place. Now zimbabwes new president has formed a Coalition Government with the opposition and less than one god made the statement after visiting ailing Opposition Leader morgan chang at home china was battling colon cancer when i came to power in november after a military coup and popular protests forced out longtime leader robert mugabe. Election officials and on doors have rejected an appeal by the opposition to the results of novembers president ial election president on orlando and is was declared the winner last month after he narrowly defeated leftist candidate salvador last Election Officials say there wasnt enough evidence to support the oppositions claims of water for dozens of people died in opposition protests during the long delay in announcing the results. At least eighteen people have died in the us after one of the strongest winter storms in modern history hit the east coast the storm thirty centimeters of snow and caused flooding in the coastal areas emergency crews rescue people trapped by rapidly rising waters. Has the latest from new york. These are historically low temperatures throughout the east coast of the United States and how are people coping well if they dont have to go outside theyre not because officials are saying that these temperatures are so low its so cold that its dangerous and warning people not to go outside unless they absolutely have to for those that do its all about layering layering as many clears of clothes as possible to really get through these low temperatures now this is the east coast of the United States there use to cold Winter Weather this time of year but this is different theres three key factors that are making this different a large amount of snow that has fallen number one more than thirty centimeters in some areas Hurricane Force winds are complicating matters and not only that a storm surge particularly in the north east and new england area of the northeast that are complicating matters as well combine all of that with incredibly low temperatures and youve got really historic freezing area here the mayor of new york city is saying that into friday night into saturday morning with wind chill factors it could get to negative twenty nine degrees celsius here the worst is certainly not over officials are saying that while the major storm has moved out that the temperatures are supposed to remain below freezing throughout the weekend so this area of the United States will not be warming up any time soon. Madagascan as a. Tropical storm a the. Northern coast the storm has brought heavy rain causing flooding pal cuts and widespread Property Damage and its expected to move south along the east coast and some preventative evacuations have already taken place. Today janelle with the first and last on modern art museum has opened an at a time of rising intolerance and self censorship thats exposing thousands of visitors to work that are often danger to controversial step lawson reports from jakarta. Indonesia is vibrant art scene has found a new home indonesian contemporary and modern art combined with International Works makes up the private collection a quiet over the past twenty five years one of the countrys businessmen and is now being shown at the march on museum result is an unusual display of thought provoking pieces in a country where censorship has been on the rise like diesel for trades of artists who became victims of an anti communist perk in the one nine hundred sixty s. Killing more than one Million People still a very sensitive issue today in see those as a museum we dont have any political opinion but we have to be honest about our history and showed real history of art in indonesia and what happened in there in sixty five is part of our history also linger yoni is back a controversial painting from the one nine hundred ninety s. Using hindu male and female symbols of fertile ity against the background of script it symbolizes the merging of cultures and beliefs in indonesia when it was first shown conservative groups considered it an insult of islam and sent Death Threats to the artist she was forced to flee the country fast enough but i have and i really hope people can now openly discuss the issue of pluralism this is the right moment tensions between the majority and minorities are only increasing because these issues are being politicized to divide and rule we have to reject this at the moment and we are back and look at the indonesian modern art is increasingly sold at auctions around the world but as yet to receive the same appreciation at home work by in human must reality one of indonesias best so. Modern artist has been sold for one Million Dollars abroad theyre much on the sea and not only aims to create awareness for modern art the money in the regions but also wants to bring in the nation art to the world to see it has created a rear podium for local and International Artists in their time increasing intolerance and selfcensorship something the government so far as failed to provide to make sure visitors from all walks of life can enjoy the art museum decided to sell tickets as cheap as cinema tickets knowing that many indonesians spend money to watch movies the strategy is working not all visitors are interested in the art on its own merits the infinity room by japanese artist. Has been a big hit on instagram these visitors are queuing just to take a selfie but the museum hopes they will make an effort to see the other works as well step fastened aljazeera jack after. The story is Great Barrier reef is once again being threatened by a predator a starfish thousands of crown of thorns starfish are understood to be faced in their way through a call in a major outbreak at the southern end of the reef the starfish are native to the very thought when numbers explode the results can be devastating they poison a starfish feeds on calls by spreading its stomach over them and using digestive enzymes to liquify the call tissue authorities are now trying to work on how to stop the spread of the fish. Again all is a problem and aha with the headlines on aljazeera the un Security Council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the us accusing pedal of stifling the voices of its people. Once again the people of iran are rising up they are asking for something that no government can legitimately deny them their human rights and fundamental freedoms they are calling out think of us if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do well the u. S. Called a meeting after twenty one people died and hundreds were arrested during days of demonstrations against the iranian government but irans ambassador said that the u. S. Was abusing its power and thats a view echoed by russia used to me Booga Booga Booga the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement we considered unacceptable to intentionally undermine the agreement a new account of u. S. President on farms first year in office says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran the book fire and fury was released on friday it also says trump took credit for saudi arabias political shakeup last year. Election officials and us have rejected an opinion by the opposition to the results of novembers president ial election president won orlando and as was declared the winner last month after he narrowly defeated leftist candidate. Election Officials Say there wasnt enough evidence to support the oppositions claims of water for dozens of people died in opposition protests during the prolonged. The results the un is investigating an attack on the democratic republic of congo last month that killed fifteen tanzania and peacekeepers the un suspects that the allied Democratic Forces are uganda behind the attack its functions are known to be active in congos north kivu province where the assault took place as the headlines on aljazeera scape is coming up next thank you for watching. In the philippines millions live in overcrowded slums but some of found another place to call home Public Cemeteries one of those living among the dead at this time on aljazeera twenty First Century africa a continent undergoing great change and finally seizing control of it. But its been a long and wanted years ago for telegraphy was a call to god and how there was. A crime or a time for the independent conference. In the post for photographers like you did you see. What else the narrative was of a. Manageable often
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