South koreas president makes his first visit to china as regional pressure mounts on north korea has Nuclear Missile tests. And i mean this is al jazeera life from coming up in the program conflicting claims of ethnic cleansing in minute talks about borders say six thousand seven hundred refugees were killed in one month alone. A test of popularity for indias Prime Minister as elections are held in his home state of gujarat. Plus a look inside what the u. S. Military thinks will be the army of the future. So then north koreas recent nuclear and missile tests once again the focus of regional and International Leaders a delegation from russia is in pyongyang right now and russia has the u. S. And south korea to engage north korean diplomats instead of economic sanctions in tokyo you interviewed general antonio terraces called for the unit see if the u. N. Security council to allow for the possibility of diplomatic engagement with north korea. We have also the opportunity to discuss the. Nuclear threats that we today face erosion to the north korean problem it is very clear that Security Council resolutions need to be fully implemented fully implemented by north korea first of all but fully implemented by all the other countries rule is crucial in order to make sure that the sentients are put in place and that they achieve the result that we all which is the nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and south koreas president will enjoy in his on his first state visit to china tension remains over the u. S. Deployment or nancy Missile System in south korea lets hear now from kathy novak has more from seoul south korean president moon and says this trip is very much about rebuilding trust between china and south korea there was a dispute over the u. S. Missile Defense System known as that south korea says it was installed on south korean soil to protect against the threat from north korea but china had concerns over its strong radars posing potential security risks it says against china but in october the two countries agreed to move past this dispute and its hoped that this meeting between the president s will allow the two countries to focus more on other issues including the threat from north korea both countries have a border with north korea and want to prevent war on the Korean Peninsula at all costs particularly when the United States at times has reminded north korea that the military option remains on the table u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that china is putting preparations in place for the potential influx of refugees from north korea so when president moon meets president xi jinping in beijing there will be a hope for discussions on how to promote peace and stability in the region. Medical Aid Group Doctors Without Borders say that more than six thousand seven hundred written job would killed in the month after violence broke out in myanmar. Governments official figures only four hundred its military denies committing what the u. N. Calls a campaign of ethnic cleansing in mammals northern Rakhine State aid groups numbers based on survivors of violence from the ethnic minority sheltering in refugee camps invited us six hundred forty six thousand are injured have fled the country since august. At least ten people have been killed in a bomb attack on the main Police Academy in somalias capital a suicide bomber blew himself up during a Police Parade inside the Training Camp in mogadishu Officials Say he was Wearing Police uniform the Group Alshabaab has claimed responsibility for the time Muslim Leaders have rejected u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital the organization of islamic cooperation has declared easter islam the occupied capital of palestine the fifty seven member group to denounce the American Action is dangerous and is a violation of International Law but the u. S. Insists it supports a two state solution and will continue to work as a mediator as you all well know the president is committed to this Peace Process as committed as he has ever been and that has not changed that type of rhetoric that we heard has prevented peace in the past and its not necessarily surprising to us that those types of things would be said we remain hard at work in putting together our plan we believe that that will benefit both the israeli and the Palestinian People but israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says hes unimpressed by the stumble declaration. Were going to for the studio it would be best for the palestinians to recognize reality and act for the sake of peace and not for the sake of extremism and to recognize another fact when it comes to jerusalem not just that it is the capital of israel we also preserve freedom of worship in jerusalem for all religions and we are the ones who preserve the safeguard in the middle east in a manner that no one else preserves it and which others have also failed sometimes miserably therefore all of these declarations do not impress us the truth will come out and many countries will yet recognized or islam as the capital of israel and move their embassies. Us one of the main palestinian factions call for an uprising against israel soon off to Donald Trumps announcement on jerusalem the palestinian Political Party with an when was formed thirty years ago as a response to israels illegal occupation of west bank and the gaza strip and its myth charts the history of the group. Hamas was born out of the first Palestinian Uprising or intifada in one nine hundred eighty seven its founder and spiritual leader was shaken seen almost blinding quadriplegic you seen was a hero to palestinians frustrated with the Peace Process israel blamed him for a series of suicide bombings and rocket attacks in two thousand and four they killed a scene with a missile strike near his home in gaza a month later another missile killed his successor abdul aziz on t. C. Next came Khalid Mashal already a survivor of a botched israeli poisoning attempt in nine hundred ninety seven. Unda mashal hamas capitalized on his popularity and scored a surprise victory in two thousand and six palestinian elections. But heightened tensions with the fatah faction of the Palestinian Authority the violent confrontations followed. A rival government in gaza but faced with International Condemnation they struggle to govern effectively its not easy for a Movement Like hamas as it is Distance Movement they believe the only way to. To anybody palestine is to continue their military struggle. When when you lose start to think to change then the whole war closed the door in front of you. In the eleven years how much ram gaza have been three wars with israel more than two thousand seven hundred palestinians have been killed by Israeli Security forces israel has sealed off the territory unemployment is around forty three percent the highest rate in the world according to the world bank. Hamas is famous slogan has islam as a solution but people didnt buy it must fail to fix problems of Health Education they cant to me they got money one way or another but used it for employing that assistance and ignored the obligation of the government thats what bore down employment increased under its new political chief a smile when err on the left here who took over from Howard Mashal on the right hamas is giving political control of gaza back to the Palestinian Authority in the end a move prompted by pressure from the p. A. And egypt which then resulted in a reconciliation deal in october these are some of the people getting ready for the first three celebrations hamas has even changed its charter to accept the idea of a provisional palestinian state within three nine hundred sixty seven and i should try. Groups image there still no mention of israel by implication has to be another state on the other side of. His longtime opposition to the oslo accords paid off in the wake of the u. S. President s decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital the polls taken just after Donald Trumps announcement suggest it. Would win the palestinian president ial election but its mitt ill just iraq gaza now then voting is underway in indias goodreads state for the second phase of local elections the slowing economy as well as the introduction of a new tax structure and some of the issues on voters minds the election is also being seen as a test of popularity for Prime MinisterNarendra Modi who spent weeks campaigning in his home state goodreads has been controlled by modis party the b j p for twenty two years is facing a surprisingly strong challenge from the Opposition Congress party which is led by it rahul gandhi David Pollock has more now from made about. It is a personal challenge for both Narendra Modi and for raul gandhi from there under modi he was the chief minister of the state for thirteen years before he became Prime Minister and he tatted the governance of the state and what hes done economically in this state as a model for the rest of the country and this is the heart of his campaign to win over india and become Prime Minister so loss here would be a loss of face for him and also many say would show a lack of confidence in his current policies as for raul gandhi he was just recently in the past few days crowned the leader of the Congress Party a win here would validate his position here and make him a credit credible opponent for the twenty one thousand Elections National elections which many say will pick gandhi against modi on the world stage or in a larger stage no one is more surprised than the b j p themselves that they have such a strong challenge against congress and this came and became particularly apparent last week in the first phase of these elections on december ninth when the turnout among the b. J. Peace committed good voters was less than expected theyre hoping that today which is the final phase of voting in many and half the states and for hof the seats in the Legislative Assembly they hope that they would be able to make up those numbers today but many people say that there has been discontent over the past years that been protests there been agitations particularly amongst the rural sector which makes up half the voting bloc and congress has someone somehow won the hearts with their hearts with a campaign that seems to resonate from those who feel theyve been marginalized by the governments current policies the u. N. Special envoy for syria is urging russia to convince the Syrian Government there is no time to lose on reaching a peace deal speaking to a swiss t. V. Channel Staffan De Mistura said failure to end the war quickly could leave her fragmentation of syria cold and russian president Vladimir Putin to push Bashar Al Assads government to accept the hearse to be a new constitution and new elections for those comments come as the eighth round of u. N. Brokered talks continue in geneva the process a stalled because of the governments refusal to engage in direct talks with the opposition david chase reports now from julie. Its the eighth round of negotiations and the syrian delegations have still not met face to face at the same table after nearly seven years of war and deaths numbered in the hundreds of thousands of peace appears no closer. The Syrian Governments team of negotiators in geneva refused to go into direct talks while the opposition is calling for a syria without president bashar al assad. The bombs are still falling on the besieged damascus suburb of eastern goten its a socalled deescalation zone held by rebels four hundred thousand civilians are trapped beneath the bombardment the United Nations say theyre facing a complete catastrophe. Syrias opposition arranged to skype call to a mother and her children inside the enclave with delegates and press in the swiss capitol on wednesday the video link was far from perfect so the message was powerful. Its unfair and unjust for us to have to store once instead of bread we beg you to break this. I look through the window and i see the bombings in front of me i see the fire that is being showered down. What a disappointment what frustration what a shock what a tragedy what a catastrophe were living today in the twenty First Century i asked the family if they had a message for the delegates in geneva and the outside world. We are calling for peace but we will not concede we will not give up the sacrifices we have made with the blood of our martyrs the russian president Vladimir Putin announced Mission Accomplished in syria this week and the partial withdrawal of his troops but millions of refugees cannot think of returning to a country whose government is starving its own children to death. David kay to aljazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera. Its out of envies hand the u. K. Prime minister defeats one the promises to make bricks occasions even more complicated. Plus will speak to victims who say they were gang raped by men in uniform during kenyas recent president ial election. From dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. To sunrise atop an asian metropolis how theres been a lot more snow overnight and theres more rain falling its just one front after another with this its coming in now from the atlantic contains a lot of moisture and the ice to bossa quite tight so its increasingly windy weather and if you follow the origin thats a northerly wind so its getting cold again but before that happens we have got yet more snow to come for this without a lot of it by which i mean a meter or so on top of whats a fairly unstable base following that large rain showers not very warm six to eight degrees and the still rain to the size not so much in the post valley weathers too foggy but theres the potential for that in the following twenty four hours to take you overnight tonight and the next day more snow falls with eventually that front will push through and give some rain to northern italy the western med typically and once again thats the adriatic so croatia for example following that well the suns come back as a temp shes having very very much in other words as one would winter south of all this really the winds the opposite direction weve been seeing cloud drawn out throughout syria and libya and some about cloud has produced the old spotted right either actually as far west as mauritania in the forecast the chances are well see rain developing in southern algeria for the breeze coming out of the interior says quite warm in tunis. 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Medical volunteer Group Doctors without borders says that more than six thousand seven hundred were killed in the first month after violence broke out in a member of the groups numbers based on a survey done among the survivors of violence as Government Official figure is only four hundred. Voting is underway in indias state for the second phase of local elections which is seen as a test of popularity for Prime Minister the renderer modi who spent weeks campaigning in his home state. Our lets return to the top story on the south korean president visit to china brown joins us live now from beijing and adrian this visit of. Necessary but tricky. Thats right nic this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to beijing since becoming head of state early this year and the strains in the relationship between south korea and china are going to be very evident today for instance will be no joint statement after president xi jinping and president moon hold their bilateral talks on thursday afternoon that is a possible sign of a diplomatic impasse that remains that impasse of cou