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ALJAZ NEWS LIVE - 30 December 15, 2017

Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Im sorry is a down this is al jazeera live from also coming up zimbabwes ruling party needs to chart out the countrys future after president mugabe calls to end celibacy for catholic priests and change rules on confessionals off to the central abuse of thousands of children of australia. The u. S. Pulls the plug on the Net Neutrality with explained what this could mean for millions of Internet Users in america. Protests are on the way against the u. S. President s decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel large groups have gathered on the. Treats of bethlehem Israeli Security forces are stationed there to firing tear gas canisters at the protesters the outrage over don trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem hasnt died down since the announcement last week was widely condemned with Muslim Leaders instead declaring jerusalem as the capital of palestine to go to our correspondents keeping an eye on the situation from different vantage points for you are a force that is standing by for us in occupied East Jerusalem but abdulhamid is in bethlehem first lets go over to alan fischer in gaza city alan i know a lot of factions there been calling for protests how have the streets responded. While there was a call for a million man protest the ideas that saladin street which is essentially the spine of the gaza strip it runs forty five kilometers from north to south and they called for every town village to come out and mark their protest and here it should jaya which is well known suburb in gaza city you can see that the turnout is pretty impressive what were also seeing is that there are flying from a numerous factions parties and movements here on gaza and on the stage leaders from those factions have joined arms and are standing together link to show their solidarity on this issue this is something that donald trump has managed to do hes managed to bring all these factions all these parties of a dispute for years and years together on this one main issue which is to express their opposition to the idea of the United States to clearly jerusalem the capital of israel or thats the situation there lets hang an official continue take a look at whats going on across the palestinian territory then we can go over to her and the hamid she joins us now from bethlehem and i understand though some take gas and clashes going on there hows the situation now holder. Well its actually a sort of ebb and flow. In this confrontation and thats the usual pattern now i dont. Know but do you think far away about about one hundred meters between them and Israeli Soldiers who are just here behind me now what usually happens of passion is that as soon as the youth come a bit too close to the soldiers well then they sort of fire barrels of tear gas grenades and also robert coated bullets now we have the same scene going on in several clash points across the occupied west bank in ramallah for example also in kalandia which is in near ramallah and thats where one of the main checkpoints to go to jerusalem from there its been ever since the announcement of donald trump there have been these ongoing clashes and confrontations on a daily basis i would say but one can notice though that the numbers have not increased just to clarify the situation because you know some officials are saying the usual sort of israeli restrictions on age and so on havent been applied this week but what is happening at checkpoints is that reducing or choking off peoples ability to get into jerusalem from other occupied parts of the west bank. Well we have been through a couple of these checkpoints coming from ramallah to bethlehem today we didnt notice that there was a bottleneck or people caught into sort of long queues i mean there is a feeling somehow among palestinians and you can see that even here during the confrontations that yes there is anger but somehow israel Israeli Soldiers are trying to make sure it doesnt escalate even though it will take anything for really does really sort of in candice in situation to explode now we havent heard every stiction none of them have been and nouns but you have a lot of people who anyway take it upon themselves not to go to jerusalem and not to cross through these checkpoints because from the point of view of palestinians it usually entails a lot of hardship and a lot of humiliation and many people say they are not prepared to get humiliated by the Israeli Soldiers. Lets go live now to harry for certain hes in East Jerusalem of course where you are in occupied East Jerusalem as the heart of the matter whats the situation look like there. Well right here were at damascus gates the to the key and to an exit point from occupied East Jerusalem one of them at least into the old city and what the Police Israeli forces have done here is a barricade off the steps behind me in the square last friday many people gathered there were quite long running protests and fairly regular scuffles with those Israeli Forces this time it seems there is a demonstration going on inside the old city weve seen some images coming out from there where people have after prayers are mosque they have walked towards this area theyve been trying to get to damascus gate apparently and inside the been cordoned off to be barricades erected along the. Old city streets as well were hearing that more and more people are approaching not chokepoints in this this demonstration does continue the police did spokesman did say before the pres that they would be allowing as you were reporting earlier all ages to go in there would be no age restrictions on friday prayers but they would respond to protests if they took place they put in preventative measures here at damascus gate it seems that they have done the same inside the old city as well. All right well leave it there for now thanks so much gary forsett in East Jerusalem lets bring you some pictures were getting pictures here coming in from elsewhere in occupied East Jerusalem where people are leaving friday prayers and said obviously a tense situations you can see people Milling Around there with Israeli Security forces. Now zimbabwes new president emerson and is calling for the removal of International Sanctions in return is promising to do more to tackle corruption becomes a zimbabwes congress is expected to ratify the removal of former president Robert Mugabe how do what hastert has more from harare. The president says Extraordinary Congress on friday will make decisions and resolutions that will take zimbabwe forward in a similar gaggle replace Robert Mugabe as leader of both the country and the ruling zanu p. F. Party last month after the military intervened and mugabe resigned but no god was a technique or option is a priority for the party he again want those accused of breaking the Exchange Control law by illegally stashing money abroad to return the stolen cash in exchange for amnesty i release my now. I. Imagine. Oh no. Theres a shortage of foreign currency long queues outside banks for at the end of every month many are angry desperate and frustrated at the poor state of the economy or the kind of issues that we want them to discuss issues that will positively impact on the ordinary person on the street so we just have that theyll be able to come up with a major discussion around the economy. The president says hell call for the removal of sanctions imposed in the early two thousand by some western countries for alleged human rights abuses he believes the end of sanctions will help the economy improve more quickly president innocent is promising to stabilize the economy improve productivity on farms and create jobs that could mean a mending off scrapping some controversial government policies. Then you agriculture minister has ordered people who have illegally occupied farm lands to leave immediately the finance minister says indigenous ational a policy that favors blacks and will be more investor friendly some analysts say when i go will try to unite a seemingly divided party several but not all of our lives have been fired theres always an after effect of a political process particularly in a takeover presidency will be remnants of other factions but again theyll try and manage it friday as congress will be the first without Robert Mugabe since one thousand nine hundred eighty when i got plans to announce who replaced mcgoverns wife grace as head of the partys womens league. Aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera victims of syrias war stares an uncertain future as another round of un backed talks fail. No doubt japan is ready for winter it seems to tuck to stay whatever cloud comes across its going to be producing style in the mountains and occasionally at lower levels is coming straight out of the the cold northern part of china and across the Korean Peninsula where is subzero so forecast why saturday sees the sun back out for the Korean Peninsula but clouds bringing rain or snow depending your height of a sea level for northern holzschuh tokers up to fourteen in the sunshine that will drop down where the sun is out in beijing with a bit of a breeze to equities actually not bad but the real cold still sits in mongolia and hes feeding in all the time hence vladivostok smog is known as a max and when that call pushes once more for the south across the sea of japan a mass of snow falls out of a good part of honshu and hokkaido to you might be in the shadow of it all but its single figure temperatures which is in shanghai too weve got this northeasterly blowing cabinets full of cloud this time amir eighteen in hong kong and probably a fairly humid feeling eighty nine i think it might clear the sky a little bit that breeze come sunday in fact shanghai has max is only five so winter is trying to get a proper grip for the south in china as a Tropical Storm an across the central philippines masses of rain here but that means fewer showers for many further south. Singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished its a big business boggling when they go take the same there in the sand is there you see this beautiful beach but behind it is something thats not so well the tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on aljazeera. Watching out zero time to recap headlines protests are underway against the us president s decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel large groups have gathered on the streets of bethlehem Israeli Security forces are stationed there and firing tear gas canisters at the protesters the outrage over dawn trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem hasnt died down since the announcement last week. Zimbabwes ruling party is to finalize Robert Mugabes removal as the countrys president at the meeting in harare the new leader i am assuming and god was expected to be confirmed as the candidate for next years elections. You know grated last month after the military seized power. Now some news just coming in from russia where a court has sentenced a former economy minister to eight years in prison lets go straight to sunny gago joins us live from moscow it isnt often you hear of a former minister being sentenced. Corruption case tell us more about this. I mean its certainly the most high profile charge against a minister that has taken place in recent years and it all focuses on the case of alexy or you who was as you said the former a commie minister the prosecution claimed that he mr ukiah demanded a two Million Dollars bribe from the head of the state Russian Oil Company rosneft the head of that is igor searchin a close. Confidant as it were of the president vladimir putin. The prosecution alleged that he demanded that so he could sell rosneft could get a portion of a purchase of a midsized oil company now mr you have has always denied the claims of actually of accepting. The charge of a two Million Dollars bribe but he did admit that there were certain sort of game that was being played where he was being sort of what he thought are friendly terms with mr but what is really interesting about this case is how it has exposed the rivalries between the factions within russias elite you have on the one hand mr section who is close to the president and then you have mr who is perhaps more of the liberal and all certainly about end of the spectrum of the circle around mr mr putin and what it does demonstrates really is to show how the power within those people who are on the side of mr search and are actually holding the reins of power within the elite right now there had been a lot of criticism of mr said he had been called four times. Into the court as a witness and four times he had refused to attend saying that he didnt have enough time. On Thursdays Press Conference the massive press conference with mr putin the n o one that took place. The question was put to the president that. Perhaps mr such and had been breaking the law by not attending those Court Appearances and actually participating in this case mr putin did tacitly. Say that what mr such and had done was not necessarily illegal even though he could have done it was a possibility that he could have attended and this didnt seem doesnt seem to sit well with those people who believe that perhaps. In certain in certain cases the process was in fact rick but also dont forget that to have such a high ranking minister. Charged with this with such a crime it also gives a good impression perhaps of how russia will certainly the russian government is and the russian Justice System is seen to be clamping down on high levels of corruption but whether it is more than another kind of power play as it were which is really trying to figure out exactly where it lies within mr putin circling the circle around the kremlin is another matter altogether but service so far the prosecution has been pushing for mr you to be imprisoned for ten years the court found that because of his family and his deteriorating Health Conditions he would be given eight years and and also. To pay a sum of two point two Million Dollars or less the same amount that he had been charge of trying to coerce a bribe from me or from some arent going to go go there. Now theres no in the sights of millions of syrians have suffered years of turmoil after the latest round of geneva talks failed to bring about any hope of face all sides are blaming each other for the lack of progress this leaves many syrians continuing to live either on the sea or in camps so ive been surveyed reports from the camp in Northern Syria syrian children made homeless in their own country struggle to understand why they have to live in tents of the six and a half million displaced syrians almost three million are boys and girls. Mohammed remembers going to school before his leg was blown off in an airstrike he blamed the assad government. His scars are a painful reminder of surgery and shrapnel that hit his leg he tires easily these days and misses going out to play football. Its too hard for me to go to the toilet we go to the caravan used by everyone else i want to proceed to clegg i dream of becoming a driver maybe a pilot or i could study to become a doctor. Syrians into our camp were forced to leave their homes in homs city after a three year siege the government told them they could survive if they surrendered their homes five and a half thousand came to this camp but basic facilities a plastic sheet is what separates the people in sight from the really cold wind that you can feel out in this camp and you can see the conditions because this is what they have for sewage there because charities are providing help but its not enough the refugees put on layers of clothes to stay warm during the harsh winter because there is no heating monitors of the campsie defending or read is not a long Term Solution to the bringing us aid boxes or heating doesnt solve our problem the problem is the regime solve that and the people will return home we do such as and they have more urgent needs. My child has a blood disease and he needs medicine im the wife of the martyr and have four friends i lost my husband and theres no one to help i dont want anything i want just a medicine her story resonates with the syrians forced from their homes and more are becoming homeless as the war enters its third and winter they fear the world doesnt care anymore but its hoped when the children such as noor arent giving up despite being told not to run he wants to show the world hes still capable and still have a chance of a Better Future some of a job a down to zero zero over a. Five year inquiry into the sexual abuse of children australia has called for sweeping changes to be made including recommending an end to mandatory celibacy in the Catholic Church is training and Royal Commission estimates tens of thousands of children have been abused in australian institutions over the last ninety years Victoria Gate and the reforms. Child Abuse Victims welcomed members of the Rule Commission as they arrive to the governor generals house in cambra they say the commissions report represents a major step forward in their fight. The

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