This is. Hello im see chance and this is the news out live from london coming up saudi arabia says its a shot down a Ballistic Missile over its capital riyadh fine from yemen by whos the rebels. And these forty three die and dozens more are missing after a Tropical Storm hits the philippines. A new leader and a new era in South African politics we get reaction to the election of sarah around opposer as he takes charge of the African National congress. And im sad how most with the latest sport one hundred meter World Champion just and then it gets dragged into yet another doping scandal. We begin in saudi arabia where Authorities Say theyve intercepted a Ballistic Missile targeting its capital riyadh and its the third such attack since november yemens who have claimed responsibility saying they were targeting the al yama royal palace which is the official residence of killing someone was launched to mark one final days since the beginning of the war on yemen it follows an earlier attack on november the fourth when the missile was launched was also launched from yemen towards an area near riyadhs King Khalid International airports and another missile targeted the city of hama sma shapes before it was intercepted on december the first time a possible. This is the moment a whos who fired Ballistic Missile was apparently shot down by saudi forces base who say they were targeting your mama royal palace which is west of the cup. A large group of saudi leaders were meeting there at the time including king some nun and crown Prince Mohammed bin someone and i think they were these wanted to make a statement that theyre still up and running and that theyre still fighting this by the fact that you know in recent days and weeks theres been allegations that there were these are we can buy this. They would not be able to shoot further into territory but they proved otherwise. The missile attack happened just hours before saudi arabia was jus to announce a ten year old budget as well as members of the world family senior ministers were also expected to attend a social media post from a Government Agency confirmed the missile had been intercepted but that no casualties were reported the Saudi Led Coalition which has been conducting air strikes against the fighters in yemen for nearly three years retaliated with more strikes in the southern part of the capital sanaa speaking on the groups t. V. Channel who the leader of the molecule who said the missile attacks marks one thousand days since the start of the war in yemen he today can tell missile was launched. Palace in the heart of city of saudi arabia this is our answer to them and the whole world the more crimes you perpetrate the more to renig. You will meet nothing but more missiles. This isnt the first two thousand missile attack on saudi arabia in november the International Airport in riyadh was narrowly missed in a strike the saudi government has accused regional rival your run of smuggling missiles and technology to the who these and allegation the nine s. The war in yemen has created what the u. N. Describes as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict at least ten thousand civilians have been killed and millions are on the brink of famine and as the fighting continues many fear the situation on the ground could get worse if your style of aljazeera. Meanwhile the founded Led Military Coalition fighting in yemen has been accused of killing at least one hundred thirty six civilians and noncombatants in just ten days United Nations says they were killed by saudi airstrikes between december the sixth on december sixteenth these are the incidents the un was able to verify so the number of civilians killed could be higher one attack involved seven astronauts on a prison in santa last week where forty five detainees were killed. And the u. N. Says yemen is facing the worlds worst humanitarian crisis and is calling for the saudi blockade on the country to be lifted yemen is the largest Food Insecurity crisis in the worlds recent humanitarian needs overviews a dent to fight almost eighteen Million People who are in need of support food wise the prognosis is not goods if. The blockade is not fully completely lift the interference no work is nor reduce the taken away in the results and pushing back on call a mission by confinement over the last six months from be lost. Iran has condemned the u. S. After it accused her on of supplying the missile fired into saudi arabia from yemen last month the government summoned the swiss ambassador who represents u. S. Interests in iran to pass on the message called the allegation which was made by the Us Ambassador to the u. N. The halley both irresponsible and provocative. Sigurd noise is a middle east analyst at the gulf forum internationally joins me now from washington d. C. Thanks very much for coming on aljazeera i dont think this is a kind of war that you say whos winning because it looks that can be no winner but who is the momentum with at the moment is it because the who things are doing moving forward on the ground or is it because the saudis are managing to get more of an initiative around them. Well i think that if you look at the. Missile that would Intercontinental Missile that was Just Launched and intercepted all the evidence point to iran we know that yemen does not have in the. Domestic capability of producing these missiles on the road so the question is why did this missile being launched today and it comes really only a day after President Trumpeted cleared his National Security strategy in washington where iran was designated as the number one u. S. Strategic adversary so the missile attack today is a response to that strategic decision that was launched by our President Trump and it is also a warning more of the same could come is it in some respects of the hoof is not really playing into the saudis hands on this one and theyre firing these missiles and not hitting their targets that the fighting is still going on on the ground but i know full of people are losing their lives or just mention the totals at the moment because it sounded Like Coalition is still bombing. That is correct the difference however is that u. S. Intelligence support are helping the Arab Coalition with reducing disability and casualties to the best efforts possible obviously it is in asymmetric warfare but the escalation of a missile attack on on saudi and now putting riyadh within range underscores to who has really knocked off their game and as a local and indigenous insurgency group being able to carry out capabilities that level underscores that this is an international confrontation primarily between washington and tehran with saudi now being do theater. Targeting and you mention some of the big nations that obviously waging this war by proxy isnt nothing that the wider International Community can really do with the sorts of figures of people being killed the sorts of people who are desperate for sea food aid it seems to be making no difference as people get upset about this as to those fighting in this proxy war. Well i mean door couple mechanisms that are underway if you look at for instance the g. C. C. Summit took place in kuwait about ten days ago one of the things that was not reported or at least widely reported was that the g. C. C. Came to a consensus on the need to support to un Peace Process for yemen Going Forward what makes that difficult in reality is of course that now that Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed who is considered a copartner with the who peace if you will and now that hes being killed and the who these are alone. In yemen as to strongest political actor the question is how do you move a Peace Process forward and a reality really this directly tied to the u. S. Iran struggle and we will see that there will be there will have to be some diplomatic accommodations to resolve. The situation between the iranians and the americans how that is being done we dont know but as you reported in your segment the swiss ambassador worse simone we know that switzerland for a long time served as a go between between tehran and washington and perhaps in descend vironment to swiss could help tensions because now with this missile we have seen that saudi arabia and riyadh in particular is within range but thats an interesting point does that mean that the swiss will need to somebody to fill this this vacuum this this this sort of vacuum that the death of the former president saleh has left now because he was actually able to have some sort of negotiation with him do do they have to find somebody else within either the who sits on the ground that they can try and start some sort of talks with. Well there are mechanisms that run parallel one is the enter yemeni reconciliation process which is very difficult of course to push forward and and that is something that all mond could help. Neutral party to the conflict in yemen and has traditionally have enjoyed friendly relations with all the domestic political actors so thats something that potentially could help. Shepherd forward on the International Arena we have seen that the iranians are now using the who thesis and helping them with military planning and military corporation to target the saudis so within that con the relations between iran and washington are what is at stake here and here is and this is what industry where switzerland can help we are very grateful for your thoughts on this a Sigurd Neubauer thanks very much for joining us thank you. The death toll from Tropical Storm k tack in the philippines has risen at least forty three people have been killed and more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and deadly landslides president promised a quick recovery but as general allen dogan reports from the town of novell and bill around providence the government is still struggling to respond. Fernando cleos says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened so fast there was no time to call for a rescue. Dog for my wife through the rubble with my bare hands but our two granddaughters were on top of her so i had to take them out first it hurts so much she was my life partner. Tropical storm swept through eastern philippines more than two months worth of rain it triggered landslides that this choice the roads and bridges many communities are now cut off without electricity and Running Water this is the town where rescue operations have been hampered by relentless rains making it more difficult for volunteers to manually dig through the rubble. Rescuers here it is almost impossible to find survivors here now what i can tell you is that there is a very strong stench of rotting human flesh and it is overwhelming but for those looking for their lost loved ones they see that they signed a hope that their loved ones are still here somewhere and that they are able to still retrieve their bodies and give them at least a proper burial but the rescuers tell us they have mostly been able to recover a body parts women children many of them already beyond recognition. And for many here this storm is a reminder of a painful past in november two thousand and thirteen typhoon haiyan killed at least eight thousand people destroying everything bad roads homes all wiped out in an instant edgar his wife and children were preparing for a holiday reunion with relatives with Tropical Storm hit a few days ago. They say losing eight members of the family all at once is not just traumatic it is also financially quit playing especially for those who barely have anything. As People Struggle to come to terms with the losses rescue workers spying on their bodies in the wreckage a young girls already in an advanced stage of the composition she will be taken searching for burial in the midst of so much this chuck shouldnt death there is a sense of urgency people here see morning will have to wait jim duggan al jazeera in the town of central philippines. Investigators say excessive speed could have caused mondays u. S. Passenger Train Derailment that killed at least three people in Washington State data from the trains rear engine shows it was traveling at nearly three times the speed limits for the section of track where the accident happened a high speed train was making its first run on a newly constructed route when it came off the tracks onto a busy highway near the town of control and. The Trump Administration is blaming north korea for a cyber attack in may that affected dozens of countries around the world the socalled wanna cry virus crippled hospitals banks and other Major Companies its all the first time washington has blamed pyongyang for a major cyber attack as can really help it reports. When it struck last may the want to cry cyber attack infected more than three hundred thousand computers in more than one hundred fifty countries and cost billions in damage and now the white house says it can confirm it was north korea behind the attack we do not make this allegation lightly we do so with evidence and we do so with partners want to cry was designed to exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows the worlds most widely used operating system users were asked to pay a ransom to have their data restored the damage was so widespread it affected businesses banks and even hospital its not the first time the u. S. Has accused north korea. Today that three years ago president barack obama blamed yang of carrying out a similar cyber attack against Sony Pictures entertainment at the time it was releasing a comedy film about a cia plot to assassinate north Korean Leader kim jong un. These latest accusations come as Tensions Mount over pyongyangs Nuclear Weapons program as kim jong un continues testing long range Ballistic Missiles the Trump Administration has responded with threats of military action to halt north koreas program the trumpet ministrations says its goal is to name and shame north korea in the hope that it will stop its Cyber Attacks but if it continues to act badly. The white house says the president will then act on behalf of the United States kimberly hellcat aljazeera washington. Still to come on aljazeera this news hour campaigning draws to a close as voters prepare once again to consider the secession because alone. Was on south koreas military put through their subzero paces ahead of the Winter Olympics but behind the front as a serious message for young man. And in sports one of surfings biggest stars is back on top of the podium again sign that well have the details later. Qatars essential bank is investigating efforts to harm the countrys economy by nations which have imposed a blockade the banks governor says attempts have been made to manipulate catulus currency securities and derivatives markets in mohamed bin sound felony blamed he called a coordinated strategy by the blockading countries saudi arabia the u. A. E. Frayne and egypt to cut diplomatic ties with cats more than six months ago they accused catarrh of funding terrorism a claim it strongly denies all. Is a specialist in monetary and political economics he says the cattery rio is being falsely manipulated there was a conspiracy to. Against authority on the sovereign bantu are to visually trade them at an artificially low rate to show that they are traded a lot it in order to trigger a panic among investors and among the public and this is usually accompanied with a negative or p. R. Campaign through the by the book adding continue. To show that this is a look at this country that is a political crisis there is economic crisis this is something wrong going on so this will defer to push the public and then burst out to dumb but the thought of it all and to. Get rid of the sovereign bond in order to push the prices low through this will trigger a panic will cause capital out of flow and then when the value of the currency this will make it difficult for qatar to borrow from the International Market will increase Interest Rate it will increase also their insurance which will be according to the plot. By the lead by the us by the way government and this will drain hopefully the Sovereign Fund raiser of the qatari government Palestinian Protesters have been fighting with israeli troops in the occupied west bank is part of ongoing protests against u. S. President all chance decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel almost two weeks ago israel has increased its security measures after the move triggered violent rallies in which several palestinian