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Least forty people. The un says saudi led ass strikes killed sixty eight yemeni civilians on choose day including fourteen people from just one family. Targeted in their homes schools and playgrounds unicef warns that attacks on children have reached shocking levels. And President Trump lambaste china on twitter saying its being course right handed allowing oil into north korea. Time Tatiana Sanchez with the day sports news including saudi arabia i knocked out of the gulf cup i have all those details and later on in the pipeline. We begin in afghanistan where suicide bombers have stormed a shia Cultural Center and news agency in the Afghan Capital killing at least forty people another eighty four people were wounded many of them suffering burns the attack came as a Center Hosted a Panel Discussion on the anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan eisel has claimed responsibility now to reports. Explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. Its become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the Afghan Capital has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim Cultural Center and the neighboring Afghan Voice News Agency that often goes you know it would after i saw many dead in the area i was looking for my cousin but i couldnt find his body im not sure what happened but the number of dead is increasing. The interior Ministry Says Suicide Attackers set off an explosion outside the center then stormed it and set off more explosives in the basement it was midday on thursday and a group had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy nine soviet invasion of afghanistan the middle of a coverage of it when the explosion went off we skipped from the room where we were working and went to the rooftop we sold a small in flames coming from the basement. Taliban immediately issued a statement denying involvement. An analyst tells his era given that this attack was in a shiite neighborhood this appears to be the work of eisele. He says the armed group has been targeting the Shiite Community this year as well as Media Outlets the isis and of artists are in order to make a mark media has not been providing them enough amount of coverage that they have been seeking juliet activities and so they have been targeting the Media Outlets in capital kabul as well as in the region in order to make sure they get y. C. Is raised. In may a truck bomb killed more than one hundred fifty people in kabul in what has been described as one of the worst attacks in recent memory afghans are trapped by violence from eisel and the taliban and what critics say is the inability of Security Forces to protect them. Anger has led to protests and calls for resignations in the government analysts say what i saw lacks the numbers it makes up for in tactics. An orchestra but the selfesteem issue and of the operation and amount of exactness impreciseness in the operations that do usually target with little the strength or little amount of import it creates a lot of women and their jobs of achieving their strategic objectives the people at the Cultural Center were looking back and remembering a dark time or black day as its called in afghanistan when the soviets invaded for the families of the victims thursdays attack has become another black day natasha guinea. The u. N. Says sixty eight yemeni civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes by the Saudi Led Coalition in just one day the first air raid on tuesday hit a crowded market entire province killing fifty four civilians including eight children the second killed fourteen people from the same family in the Red Sea Province have had all together saudi led airstrikes have killed one hundred nine civilians in the past ten days according to the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator in yemen you cuties all sides in the war of showing complete disregard for human life or to discuss this further lets talk to see good new power whos a middle east analyst thanks very much for joining us here on aljazeera i mean can you tell us why is that these bombing raids by the Saudi Led Coalition and getting more intense and indeed so many more civilians appearing to be killed. What we appear to be seeing is a doubling down by the Saudi Led Coalition against these ahead of king saul months upcoming visit at the white house as all we have known since September King saul mom is expected to arrive in early january for talks with President Trump and we have seen a lot of diplomatic maneuvering behind the scenes for instance just last week we saw that the state department had pushed an initiative that would see the opening of the poor thing for humanitarian supplies and expectations in washington or a debt once king solomon of saudi arabia arrives in washington for his meeting with President Trump that comprehensive strategy for deescalating and winding down the war in yemen will be on the agenda is it possible to tell who has the momentum in this conflict at the moment she got the missiles coming in close to riyadh that seems to be the justification for the increasing strikes because quote to saudi that they are a is that the who face but who what should you think is pushing is my nation to gain more ground. Well i dont think that there is any momentum on either side right now what we have seen for quite some time is that there is a stalemate between the between decider Led Coalition and the who thinks on the ground even though the saudis obviously have air superiority and ability to launch air strikes across yemen they are not winning on the ground so their political solution is a must and a situation and this is where the United States now in cooperation with the International Community will pressure to parties to begin some sort of reconciliation process obviously in the last couple weeks that has been further complicated with the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh the former. Long time president of yemen then weve also seen some momentum of trying to cultivate the islam party of yemen which is the local Muslim Brotherhood affiliate to see if they can partially help fill that gap but theres been a lot of diplomatic maneuvering to help bring the parties of the conflict to the negotiations table and in parallel were seeing that the saudis now by launching these attacks are trying to secure strategic games before any sort of peace talks can begin. Jamie mcgoldrick who is the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator so really with quite extensive language that we dont usually hear from the u. N. Calling this war few child and absurd also saying that there are there of you know sort of children being killed by both sides bad behavior on both sides is it likely the u. N. Can have an impact by turning up the rhetoric in this way. I think it already has i think that the un has been consistent in its condemnation of all of these attacks on that targeted way to many civilians and as we also know from previous u. N. Reports the war in yemen has now on least the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world so these are very very serious issues send up this is also why it is more important perhaps than ever that formal peace talks resume and identifying the players on the ground that could engage in these in these conversations very good to get your thoughts on the Sigurd Neubauer thanks for joining us on aljazeera thank you children are increasingly being used both as targets and weapons of war according to a report by unicef it says the suffering of children in conflict zones has reached shocking levels report says children have become front line targets and are often used as human shields rape and in slave time and have become standard tactics an increasing number are being recruited to fight in west africa the armed group bucker her arm you said i stated one hundred thirty five child suicide bombers in twenty seventeen the conflict in yemen has been one of the worst for children this year with five thousand killed or injured unicef also says there is widespread and blatant disregard for International Laws designed to protect young people how to help start hazel. This school in mosul stands empty this street makes for dangerous playground as snipers threaten overhead this is what childhood looks like for these families over the course of this year children in conflict zones like here in iraq have been singled out and attacks unicef says those involved in conflict a blatantly disregarding International Humanitarian law is designed to protect the most Vulnerable Children as normal now that you can target a hospital a group of doctors in syria told me recently when i was in northern turkey how the armed groups wouldnt even come near the hospital because the hospital was more of a target than the armed groups so hospitals and schools are being deliberately attacked children are being brutalized and it feels like all the rules in war as you say that used to at least protect civilians and children in particular in these terrible wars have all disappeared finally some light relief for people in rebel held eastern go to in damascus after four years of being trapped in middle of the fighting a few patients with Urgent Medical needs have been allowed to leave. Unicef warns millions of children are also become in direct casualties of conflict from being displaced as well as being made homeless this refugee camp in bangladesh is home now for him to refugees from my ma of which four hundred thousand children children who stood by us soldiers are right on their mothers or shot their father even brutalizes children or selves and theyre saying to those children theyre deliberately doing this. In Eastern Ukraine many children live by the frontline they share the scars of living in one of the most modern contaminated place on earth. The situation is worse in yemen where aid agencies struggling to help. Five thousand children have been killed or injured and many more severely malnourished risk of death a similar situation is unfolding in the democratic republic of congo where violence has driven hundreds of thousands of kids from their homes unicef is appealing to all parties involved in conflicts around the world to stand together and protect the rights of children. There as we just heard aid workers are evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta of a siege to rebel held area in a syrias capital damascus sixteen people have now left as part of a deal with the government under which the rebels are releasing a number of their prisoners but at least one person is refusing fearing arrest by the Assad Government last month the u. N. Called for five hundred people in need of Urgent Medical care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval at least eighteen people have died while waiting hundreds of thousands of children are among the more than one million syrians whove been sheltering in lebanon after escaping the long war in their country most syrians sheltering in lebanon are living in refugee camps they now hold a reports from one such camp in the bekaa valley. Tells her grandchild that they will return to syria one day but she doesnt know when that will happen four year old i was born in a refugee camp in lebanon the family is from the city of birth which was reduced to rubble in the war. We cant go back to syria our home has been destroyed our fields are littered with mines we want to return but how can we survive there. Surviving in lebanon is not any easier the United Nations says many refugees are more vulnerable than ever more are falling deeper into poverty many depend on aid to survive and most are in debt their numbers have not increased in years lebanon has tightened its borders and made it harder for syrians to enter the country in two thousand and fourteen the number of refugees surpassed one million a year later the number increased by two hundred thousand by the end of last year that number dropped by around one hundred ninety thousand and now the number is below one million until today about fifty thousand Syrian Refugees have already travelled have already departed from lebanon to third countries through such programs but it could also be because syria. Through their own or through different opportunities to third countries. Also know that since the beginning of two thousand and seven a few thousand. Have returned to syria there are no exact numbers of those going back to syria but the u. N. Believes that conditions for a safe return are not yet in place for many returning is not an option they hide their identities because theyre scared some are wanted by the Syrian Government are working with the opposition others fear arrest they defected from the army because they didnt want to fight and there are those who dont want to return to avoid conscription in the army this area and government and its allies are regaining more and more territory. Fighting is stopped in some areas cease fires and what is known as reconciliation deals are being reached but for the opposition there is no reconciliation with a government that has killed so many people just to stay in power. Some however are so desperate that they are ready to make peace at whatever cost. All those involved in the conflict should work to end this conflict and i ask president Bashar Al Assad to forgive and forget and forgive me and let us go back home once and for all were tired of this. Many wont agree with the opposition continues to demand the removal from power that could be more years in exile and with the way the war is going for some it could mean never returning to syria. Because lebanon the u. S. Embassy in ankara says its lifted always strictures on Visa Services and being a months long run it says turkey has met all assurances that local Us Embassy Staff wont be detained or arrested us stopped issuing visas in turkey after two star members were detained at the u. S. Consulate in istanbul during a state of emergency in ankara turkey has responded by lifting the restrictions put in place on u. S. Citizens but design is giving any assurances. Coming up on this aljazeera news hour this embargo in general who helped bring about Robert Mugabes downfall is rewarded with a Vice President post. A severe fuel shortage in nigeria leads motorists queuing up as many as ten hours for petrol. Am stripped of victory one of sailings most famous races has a new winner details ahead tatiana in sports. U. S. President donald trump is accusing china of violating u. N. Sanctions against north korea by continuing to sell oil to pyongyang trump said on twitter caught red handed very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into north korea that will never be a friendly solution to the north korea problem if this continues to happen a White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett joins us now live from washington so kimberly President Trump is sounding quite sure of his evidence that china has broken the u. N. Sanctions saying were going to stop supplying fuel to north korea. Right the allegations from the United States first surfaced with press release it was put out last month by the u. S. Treasury department didnt get a whole lot of attention but reference Satellite Photos and images that were taken back in october october nineteenth to be precise and the u. S. Treasury department is alleging that at least thirty times there has been a similar to what is pictured in the photographs this transfer of oil by the chinese ships to north korean ships in the west sea now china is denying all of this but that is what may have prompted the frustration in recent days media reports and now these tweets by the u. S. President seem to in his words say caught red handed referencing these photos and essentially expressing his frustration over the fact that the United States believes and again this is being denied by china but the United States believes that in fact there is this violation going on this transfer of oil in violation of Security Council resolutions that were put in place in september and indeed even if we move it further forwards there was yet an over a decision by the u. N. Security council just last week i think it was where china joined in the vote and said you know on the mostly they would tighten even more the squeeze on any kind of imports going in of fuel to pyongyang so the timing i suppose of the president is now saying this now is almost like hes making out there was more evidence since that vote. Right well certainly the president can often weve seen the center of variety of different issues hell express frustration and outrage even as his members of his own administration are also expressing some success and in this case the president is kind of pointing the finger at china but we have heard by the treasury secretary steve minutia in fact that there have been very successful efforts by china to rein in north President Trump<\/a> lambaste china on twitter saying its being course right handed allowing oil into north korea. Time Tatiana Sanchez<\/a> with the day sports news including saudi arabia i knocked out of the gulf cup i have all those details and later on in the pipeline. We begin in afghanistan where suicide bombers have stormed a shia Cultural Center<\/a> and news agency in the Afghan Capital<\/a> killing at least forty people another eighty four people were wounded many of them suffering burns the attack came as a Center Hosted<\/a> a Panel Discussion<\/a> on the anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan eisel has claimed responsibility now to reports. Explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. Its become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the Afghan Capital<\/a> has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim Cultural Center<\/a> and the neighboring Afghan Voice News Agency<\/a> that often goes you know it would after i saw many dead in the area i was looking for my cousin but i couldnt find his body im not sure what happened but the number of dead is increasing. The interior Ministry Says<\/a> Suicide Attack<\/a>ers set off an explosion outside the center then stormed it and set off more explosives in the basement it was midday on thursday and a group had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy nine soviet invasion of afghanistan the middle of a coverage of it when the explosion went off we skipped from the room where we were working and went to the rooftop we sold a small in flames coming from the basement. Taliban immediately issued a statement denying involvement. An analyst tells his era given that this attack was in a shiite neighborhood this appears to be the work of eisele. He says the armed group has been targeting the Shiite Community<\/a> this year as well as Media Outlets<\/a> the isis and of artists are in order to make a mark media has not been providing them enough amount of coverage that they have been seeking juliet activities and so they have been targeting the Media Outlets<\/a> in capital kabul as well as in the region in order to make sure they get y. C. Is raised. In may a truck bomb killed more than one hundred fifty people in kabul in what has been described as one of the worst attacks in recent memory afghans are trapped by violence from eisel and the taliban and what critics say is the inability of Security Forces<\/a> to protect them. Anger has led to protests and calls for resignations in the government analysts say what i saw lacks the numbers it makes up for in tactics. An orchestra but the selfesteem issue and of the operation and amount of exactness impreciseness in the operations that do usually target with little the strength or little amount of import it creates a lot of women and their jobs of achieving their strategic objectives the people at the Cultural Center<\/a> were looking back and remembering a dark time or black day as its called in afghanistan when the soviets invaded for the families of the victims thursdays attack has become another black day natasha guinea. The u. N. Says sixty eight yemeni civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes by the Saudi Led Coalition<\/a> in just one day the first air raid on tuesday hit a crowded market entire province killing fifty four civilians including eight children the second killed fourteen people from the same family in the Red Sea Province<\/a> have had all together saudi led airstrikes have killed one hundred nine civilians in the past ten days according to the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator in yemen you cuties all sides in the war of showing complete disregard for human life or to discuss this further lets talk to see good new power whos a middle east analyst thanks very much for joining us here on aljazeera i mean can you tell us why is that these bombing raids by the Saudi Led Coalition<\/a> and getting more intense and indeed so many more civilians appearing to be killed. What we appear to be seeing is a doubling down by the Saudi Led Coalition<\/a> against these ahead of king saul months upcoming visit at the white house as all we have known since September King<\/a> saul mom is expected to arrive in early january for talks with President Trump<\/a> and we have seen a lot of diplomatic maneuvering behind the scenes for instance just last week we saw that the state department had pushed an initiative that would see the opening of the poor thing for humanitarian supplies and expectations in washington or a debt once king solomon of saudi arabia arrives in washington for his meeting with President Trump<\/a> that comprehensive strategy for deescalating and winding down the war in yemen will be on the agenda is it possible to tell who has the momentum in this conflict at the moment she got the missiles coming in close to riyadh that seems to be the justification for the increasing strikes because quote to saudi that they are a is that the who face but who what should you think is pushing is my nation to gain more ground. Well i dont think that there is any momentum on either side right now what we have seen for quite some time is that there is a stalemate between the between decider Led Coalition<\/a> and the who thinks on the ground even though the saudis obviously have air superiority and ability to launch air strikes across yemen they are not winning on the ground so their political solution is a must and a situation and this is where the United States<\/a> now in cooperation with the International Community<\/a> will pressure to parties to begin some sort of reconciliation process obviously in the last couple weeks that has been further complicated with the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh<\/a> the former. Long time president of yemen then weve also seen some momentum of trying to cultivate the islam party of yemen which is the local Muslim Brotherhood<\/a> affiliate to see if they can partially help fill that gap but theres been a lot of diplomatic maneuvering to help bring the parties of the conflict to the negotiations table and in parallel were seeing that the saudis now by launching these attacks are trying to secure strategic games before any sort of peace talks can begin. Jamie mcgoldrick who is the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator so really with quite extensive language that we dont usually hear from the u. N. Calling this war few child and absurd also saying that there are there of you know sort of children being killed by both sides bad behavior on both sides is it likely the u. N. Can have an impact by turning up the rhetoric in this way. I think it already has i think that the un has been consistent in its condemnation of all of these attacks on that targeted way to many civilians and as we also know from previous u. N. Reports the war in yemen has now on least the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world so these are very very serious issues send up this is also why it is more important perhaps than ever that formal peace talks resume and identifying the players on the ground that could engage in these in these conversations very good to get your thoughts on the Sigurd Neubauer<\/a> thanks for joining us on aljazeera thank you children are increasingly being used both as targets and weapons of war according to a report by unicef it says the suffering of children in conflict zones has reached shocking levels report says children have become front line targets and are often used as human shields rape and in slave time and have become standard tactics an increasing number are being recruited to fight in west africa the armed group bucker her arm you said i stated one hundred thirty five child suicide bombers in twenty seventeen the conflict in yemen has been one of the worst for children this year with five thousand killed or injured unicef also says there is widespread and blatant disregard for International Laws<\/a> designed to protect young people how to help start hazel. This school in mosul stands empty this street makes for dangerous playground as snipers threaten overhead this is what childhood looks like for these families over the course of this year children in conflict zones like here in iraq have been singled out and attacks unicef says those involved in conflict a blatantly disregarding International Humanitarian<\/a> law is designed to protect the most Vulnerable Children<\/a> as normal now that you can target a hospital a group of doctors in syria told me recently when i was in northern turkey how the armed groups wouldnt even come near the hospital because the hospital was more of a target than the armed groups so hospitals and schools are being deliberately attacked children are being brutalized and it feels like all the rules in war as you say that used to at least protect civilians and children in particular in these terrible wars have all disappeared finally some light relief for people in rebel held eastern go to in damascus after four years of being trapped in middle of the fighting a few patients with Urgent Medical<\/a> needs have been allowed to leave. Unicef warns millions of children are also become in direct casualties of conflict from being displaced as well as being made homeless this refugee camp in bangladesh is home now for him to refugees from my ma of which four hundred thousand children children who stood by us soldiers are right on their mothers or shot their father even brutalizes children or selves and theyre saying to those children theyre deliberately doing this. In Eastern Ukraine<\/a> many children live by the frontline they share the scars of living in one of the most modern contaminated place on earth. The situation is worse in yemen where aid agencies struggling to help. Five thousand children have been killed or injured and many more severely malnourished risk of death a similar situation is unfolding in the democratic republic of congo where violence has driven hundreds of thousands of kids from their homes unicef is appealing to all parties involved in conflicts around the world to stand together and protect the rights of children. There as we just heard aid workers are evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta of a siege to rebel held area in a syrias capital damascus sixteen people have now left as part of a deal with the government under which the rebels are releasing a number of their prisoners but at least one person is refusing fearing arrest by the Assad Government<\/a> last month the u. N. Called for five hundred people in need of Urgent Medical<\/a> care to be allowed to leave but only twenty nine cases have been given approval at least eighteen people have died while waiting hundreds of thousands of children are among the more than one million syrians whove been sheltering in lebanon after escaping the long war in their country most syrians sheltering in lebanon are living in refugee camps they now hold a reports from one such camp in the bekaa valley. Tells her grandchild that they will return to syria one day but she doesnt know when that will happen four year old i was born in a refugee camp in lebanon the family is from the city of birth which was reduced to rubble in the war. We cant go back to syria our home has been destroyed our fields are littered with mines we want to return but how can we survive there. Surviving in lebanon is not any easier the United Nations<\/a> says many refugees are more vulnerable than ever more are falling deeper into poverty many depend on aid to survive and most are in debt their numbers have not increased in years lebanon has tightened its borders and made it harder for syrians to enter the country in two thousand and fourteen the number of refugees surpassed one million a year later the number increased by two hundred thousand by the end of last year that number dropped by around one hundred ninety thousand and now the number is below one million until today about fifty thousand Syrian Refugees<\/a> have already travelled have already departed from lebanon to third countries through such programs but it could also be because syria. Through their own or through different opportunities to third countries. Also know that since the beginning of two thousand and seven a few thousand. Have returned to syria there are no exact numbers of those going back to syria but the u. N. Believes that conditions for a safe return are not yet in place for many returning is not an option they hide their identities because theyre scared some are wanted by the Syrian Government<\/a> are working with the opposition others fear arrest they defected from the army because they didnt want to fight and there are those who dont want to return to avoid conscription in the army this area and government and its allies are regaining more and more territory. Fighting is stopped in some areas cease fires and what is known as reconciliation deals are being reached but for the opposition there is no reconciliation with a government that has killed so many people just to stay in power. Some however are so desperate that they are ready to make peace at whatever cost. All those involved in the conflict should work to end this conflict and i ask president Bashar Al Assad<\/a> to forgive and forget and forgive me and let us go back home once and for all were tired of this. Many wont agree with the opposition continues to demand the removal from power that could be more years in exile and with the way the war is going for some it could mean never returning to syria. Because lebanon the u. S. Embassy in ankara says its lifted always strictures on Visa Services<\/a> and being a months long run it says turkey has met all assurances that local Us Embassy Staff<\/a> wont be detained or arrested us stopped issuing visas in turkey after two star members were detained at the u. S. Consulate in istanbul during a state of emergency in ankara turkey has responded by lifting the restrictions put in place on u. S. Citizens but design is giving any assurances. Coming up on this aljazeera news hour this embargo in general who helped bring about Robert Mugabes<\/a> downfall is rewarded with a Vice President<\/a> post. A severe fuel shortage in nigeria leads motorists queuing up as many as ten hours for petrol. Am stripped of victory one of sailings most famous races has a new winner details ahead tatiana in sports. U. S. President donald trump is accusing china of violating u. N. Sanctions against north korea by continuing to sell oil to pyongyang trump said on twitter caught red handed very disappointed that china is allowing oil to go into north korea that will never be a friendly solution to the north korea problem if this continues to happen a White House Correspondent<\/a> Kimberly Halkett<\/a> joins us now live from washington so kimberly President Trump<\/a> is sounding quite sure of his evidence that china has broken the u. N. Sanctions saying were going to stop supplying fuel to north korea. Right the allegations from the United States<\/a> first surfaced with press release it was put out last month by the u. S. Treasury department didnt get a whole lot of attention but reference Satellite Photos<\/a> and images that were taken back in october october nineteenth to be precise and the u. S. Treasury department is alleging that at least thirty times there has been a similar to what is pictured in the photographs this transfer of oil by the chinese ships to north korean ships in the west sea now china is denying all of this but that is what may have prompted the frustration in recent days media reports and now these tweets by the u. S. President seem to in his words say caught red handed referencing these photos and essentially expressing his frustration over the fact that the United States<\/a> believes and again this is being denied by china but the United States<\/a> believes that in fact there is this violation going on this transfer of oil in violation of Security Council<\/a> resolutions that were put in place in september and indeed even if we move it further forwards there was yet an over a decision by the u. N. Security council just last week i think it was where china joined in the vote and said you know on the mostly they would tighten even more the squeeze on any kind of imports going in of fuel to pyongyang so the timing i suppose of the president is now saying this now is almost like hes making out there was more evidence since that vote. Right well certainly the president can often weve seen the center of variety of different issues hell express frustration and outrage even as his members of his own administration are also expressing some success and in this case the president is kind of pointing the finger at china but we have heard by the treasury secretary steve minutia in fact that there have been very successful efforts by china to rein in north Koreas Nuclear<\/a> program by isolating north korea from the Global Financial<\/a> system this is something that did not occur prior to the Top Administration<\/a> head of putting the pressure on chinese president xi and in fact you remember those early in the president s trumps term the meetings that mara lago there was this acknowledgement that in fact some of those efforts at per their discussions was working but again the president being donald trump often will kind of depart from the official strategy official language this is a frustration that often Rex Tillerson<\/a> the secretary of state experiences with regard to north korea where you see the president going rogue if you will on twitter and this may be another example of that where hes seen something on television hes reacted to it angrily but at the same time there has been at least some acknowledgement by other members of the administration that the efforts are working still it seems the president wants to draw attention to these satellite images where in fact he feels that perhaps he has been double crossed after investing so much in the relationship with china in order to curb the north korean Nuclear Program<\/a> good to get your foot from washington d. C. With this comes a day after President Trump<\/a> falsely trumpeted the progress hes made while in office. It is on the record every. Why he did sign the most legislation in his First One Hundred<\/a> days in office he signed the fewest bills in his first year in the white house since Dwight Eisenhower<\/a> in the one nine hundred fifty s. Alabama republican roy moore has made a last ditch effort to challenge the outcome of a Senate Election<\/a> unexpectedly lost it lost the race to doug jones who became who became the first democrats to hold a seat in twenty five years or more Whose Campaign<\/a> was derailed by Sexual Harassment<\/a> accusation as he denies has not conceded defeat he says voter fraud denied him victory he filed papers challenging the result just hours before jones is a victory is reportedly set to be certified now doesnt breaking news from liberia where former football superstar george weah has one choose days president ial runoff with more than ninety eight percent of the vote counted the Electoral Commission<\/a> says were sick youd sixty one point five percent of the vote he will succeed Ellen Johnson<\/a> sirleaf when he becomes president next month it will be the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years or mohamad joins us now live from liberias capital monrovia marmont quite a decent percentage hes won by getting there will be a surprise with turnout supposedly quite low. Yes. The Electoral Commission<\/a> has just held a press conference where they announce provisional results they are saying the summit final the final results will be announced to morrow georgia where has gotten six to one posts and more than one to keep the sense of all the votes that was cast this is an honest tailor bullied and they pretty much nothing that can change now he is headed for victory he supporters wanted to hold a Victory Party<\/a> in monrovia but theyve been discouraged from doing that by International Observers<\/a> and now the streets of monrovia are calm people are waiting for the announcement of the final results to model georgia way off course one the first found with thirty eight point four percent of the votes but because he did not receive absolute majority or fifty plus percent of the votes than these crandall hard to be held and it was really uncertain at one point whether this election could even be held because of court cases and suspicion that the first round was rigged in his favor i mean i remember back in two thousand and five being in monrovia and interviewing him and he didnt really seem to have any political experience a told because of twelve years ago do you think hes ready to be president now. Well he money supporters believe he is very popular with the youth of this country up to sixty percent of the population and many people will tell you that the majority of the vote he received in the fall of the second round of the youth vote people really believe in him here he is among who grew up in one of the slums of monrovia and i guess. Maybe she had to drop out of school to concentrate on playing football. Clubs some of the most glamorous in the world. Hes. Someone who can bring together liberia because. Joyce with. Many things one of the there with a very long jump on that breaking news that george weah has won the liberian president. Is in baldwin general who led efforts to push Robert Mugabe<\/a> out of power has been sworn in as Vice President<\/a> cheney is showing or will share the role with kimbo bahati a long serving state security minister to wangle was hired from the military last week meanwhile former president from a zombie has been granted full diplomatic status and a staff of twenty three under his pension settlement a ninety three year old step down last month to nigeria where many motorists and commuters have been stranded over the Christmas Period<\/a> because of a three week fuel shortage is said to a striving black market where some vendors selling petula double the approved government prices on the capital abuja achmet interest reports. The queue is more than a kilometer long are needs a common feature of most because stations across nigeria. This one is directly opposite nigerias oil company yet its not dispensing fuel to motorists some have been waiting ten hours ive been going through says nights on how to does money there is no even sign of viable moving from these positions to even hope of getting if way for decades official corruption has crippled the countrys four old refineries the Nigerian Government<\/a> imported what it needed through a subsidy system but that was hijacked by corrupt officers and businessmen. At the heart of the Current Crisis<\/a> is the demand by retailers right if you uncrossed an increase in supplies in two thousand and sixteen when the government stopped subsidizing thats all the cost of a liter jumped by sixty percent the queues disappeared at least for a year now they are back and nigerians are seeing big increases in forward and transportation costs. The government blames the shortages and marketers who each says want to force up prices by bit double as you had a source their products said that they were good to include as a populist orbital approach because up the level of this country has moved from about thirty meter lee does but the above fifty media lead does but the. Right is does. For you know not in along the major streets and highways caucus have plenty of petrol on offer but are three times selfish and price market to say there is a shortfall and most cannot import enough to meet the demand they deny they are holding the country to run so there is a god on his show for and against you have come to saul in fourth or fifth along problem there is no were. An independent medical we import everyone part of which we know the lending causes the bad one seven to one which is eight cents more than the government approved price of forty cents a liter. The impact of the crisis has a knock on effect at the markets. From what i was very aware there are a lot more but at the cost of everything has gone up from transportation to others presence up double everyones affected by the coral. The government says its flooding the market with more petrol but right now most nigerians are worried about how to get from one point to another and the rising prices of food one hundred degrees aljazeera object. We have plenty more to come still on this hour fighting from a side how mexicos trying to tackle violence against women in one of the worlds most dangerous places plus. Im going hey reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but well tell you why many believe it wont happen and Roger Federer<\/a> is getting ready for the new tennis season and australia will be here to tell you what his plans are in support. Hello there theres plenty of clam pushing its way across the middle east at the moment on the satellite picture you can see it all working its way towards the northeast eventually making its way through iraq into iran and across the caspian sea there but this area of cloud isnt really going to have a great deal of wet weather only to tour the area of rain that will be watching is out in the western parts of turkey and here it looks like its going to be fairly wet throughout the day on friday and on saturday and as well as being wet were also looking at some very strong winds as well but further towards the south and here in doha its a little calm of not were looking at a top temperature of twenty four degrees the wind should be fairly light as well as we head through the next day or thirty degrees will be our maximum but it could be more of a breeze at times if we had down towards the southern parts of africa here plenty more wet weather to be found its all stretching from angola all the way across and then into madagascar madagascar it seems a very heavy rain over the last few hours as we head through the next day or so we are going to see yet more heavy showers across madagascar and again stretching all the way across the northern parts of our map further south is looking a lot drier and generally fine twenty four degrees will be the maximum a fair amount of sunshine to be found here but for durban more cloud would be squeezing out the shower temperature for twenty seven. A nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. Has this radical transformation. To me that he was shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people at this time on aljazeera. When the news breaks it was an announcement few were expecting to hear by announce my resignation as Prime Minister<\/a> from the lebanese government and the story builds i cant stop thinking about the bullets my life when people need to behead a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of rolled in just have fled ethnic cleansing in me in march for bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more Award Winning<\/a> documentaries and live news on air and online. Welcome back remind of the top stories here on aljazeera at least forty people have been killed in a Suicide Attack<\/a> on a shia Cultural Center<\/a> and a news agency in afghanistans capital kabul the u. N. Says sixty eight yemeni civilians were killed in two separate strikes by coalition on choose day a clue did fourteen people from the same family and former football superstar george weah house on tuesdays president ial runoff in liberia securing sixty one point five percent of the vote. An Israeli Military<\/a> court is deciding how long to extend the detention of a palestinian teenager who was filmed kicking and slapping Israeli Soldiers<\/a> earlier this month sixteen year old hard to mimi was arrested last week along with her mother and cousin by israeli troops and faces charges of attacking soldiers video of the confrontation went viral making to me an icon of a new generation of Palestinian Resistance<\/a> to Israeli Occupation<\/a> or a force that has more. Were inside the off a military prison compound inside which are the prefab buildings which make up the military court rooms here and we spent the last few hours inside one of those listening to arguments in a case which has gripped palestinians and israelis for very Different Reasons<\/a> its a case of i had to meet her cousin or and her mother mary man theyve been in custody since december the nineteenth after the emergence of a video which showed i had on a cousin challenging two Israeli Soldiers<\/a> near their village in the occupied west bank i had slapping one of those soldiers the palestinians for many palestinians its an act of defiance against military occupation for many israelis the debate has been about the apparent lack of reaction by these heavily armed soldiers to such a challenge inside the courtroom the lawyer in the disarm the defense side has been arguing that they should be released i had in particular presenting no danger being a minor being well known not a flight risk and also arguing that the military prosecution which has been trying to find other things in her past with which to charge or shouldnt be acting in that way that that is that those potential crimes should have been dealt with at the time and that what theyre doing now in retrospect is purely in reaction to a video that went viral on the app. Video went out and even fired and then he decided else baghdad then they decided to act in less than. The real reason is because the man. With able to free. The occupation everybody has and this case isnt just being seen in isolation just on wednesday another young teenager fauzi alginate he he was released from custody on nearly three thousand u. S. Dollars bail he was the young man who was pictured blindfolded being surrounded by more than twenty Israeli Soldiers<\/a> as he was detained his lawyer is released his testimony in which he says. He was beaten both during that arrest and in private afterwards he suffered a broken shoulder as a result and so his legal team is now mounting a challenge against the Israeli Military<\/a> and its also being seen in the context of the very large number of detentions of young palestinians both regularly and particularly in the last month since the day the declaration by donald trump about jerusalem being viewed by the u. S. As the capital of israel in the protests that have followed there have been one hundred seventy young palestinians minors whove been detained and the Israeli Parliament<\/a> has approved a lower limiting please powers which critics say is intended to shield Prime Minister<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> from being investigated over alleged corruption the new legislation stops police recommending to prosecutors whether to indict suspects once their investigations are finished is also aims to stop leaks to the media from investigations an issue which has affected netanyahu is Corruption Case<\/a> critics say the law muzzles police and other institutions saudi arabia has released two sons of the late King Abdullah<\/a> who were arrested as part of a corruption drive by crown Prince Mohammed<\/a> bin solomon the saudi attorney general approved their release saying theyd reached financial settlements with the government they were among around two hundred businessmen ministers and royals who were being held in riyadh ritz carlton hotel. One state in mexico has classified the murders of more than ninety women as this year as acts of femicide see intentional killing of girls and women simply because they are female mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women because of organized crime and human trafficking. Reports from problems state where communities are trying to address the issue of gender violence. Gabriella molina is a single mother in pueblo mexico who says she lives in fear less than a month ago her younger sister was brutally murdered the victim of a Sexual Assault<\/a> the body was found on the side of the road in order for them and care for them because of the way my sisters body was found at first sight it was deemed offensive and as the newspapers reported she had been strangled. Like many places in mexico facing a crisis of gender based violence that keeps personal safety in the back of every womans mind. To help create awareness the government has enlisted the help over one hundred seventy tortilla shops across the state and wrap up warm tortillas and pamphlets with information about femicide and a number to call it violence against women is suspected somewhere this is a good thing and it benefits us all to help women will be informed that last month a prosecutor invade a cruise was murdered outside her work some believe she was targeted because of her efforts to protect women and young girls still experts believe impunity is the biggest obstacle against dampening the crisis the problem however is also deeply ingrained in the culture it was previous was mostly its male privilege violence is a male privilege men kill each other on a daily basis and men are also killing women because of their gender because they believe women are worth less or they believe that their lives belong to them and. Protest denouncing violence against women are becoming more common in mexico which has among the highest rates of femicide on earth the common slogan among demonstrations is not one more activists in mexico have launched initiatives aimed at reducing levels of violence against women projects that include everything from gender workshops for cab drivers to interactive database maps like this one that tracked and catalog cases of femicide all over the country. Sister was killed on november eleventh it was the ninetieth case of femicide this year since then there have been five other women murdered have migrated into women shouldnt have to end up as a number or as some case file women have a face we dont deserve to be killed or to be hurt or to be threatened or raped its not one more not one more women killed employee of or in mexico or in the world. Where the mexico. Brazils top prosecutor has launched a legal challenge against pardons made by president s michel term or just before christmas the traditional pardons are applied to all criminals meeting certain conditions but turner has been criticized for broadening the rules to include those convicted of corruption related crimes the prosecutor general has requested an injunction to stop parts of the president ial decree because she said it would grant impunity to those found guilty over the car or scandal the conches largest ever Corruption Case<\/a>. Russian president Vladimir Putin<\/a> says wednesdays bomb blast at a supermarket in some pieces the was an act of terrorism speaking at an awards ceremony for russian servicemen who suggested Security Forces<\/a> should adopt a shoot to kill policy when lives were risk at least ten people were injured when a homemade device packed with shards of metal exploded in the store no one has that message responsibility. In uneasy as Narcotics Agency<\/a> has destroyed millions of dollars worth of Illegal Drugs<\/a> at a sermon in jakarta hundreds of kilos of marijuana and millions of narcotics pills went up in smoke thousands of people have been arrested for drug crimes and eighteen executed in a crackdown under current president joko widodo more than six million indonesians are believed to be drug users. Officials in bali have declared a garbage emergency because of the amount of deborah thats blighting the island speeches indonesian archipelago that bali is part of is the worlds second biggest contribution to Marine Debris<\/a> after china but it is a rubbish problem is at its worst during the annual monsoon season the government has promised to reduce Plastic Waste<\/a> and has sent in an army of cleaners to remove the rubbish from beaches. Twenty eighteen a shaping up to be a landmark year for thailand a new king will be crowned the military government is fighting to hold elections signaling a return to democracy after a coup three years ago in the first of our series looking ahead to some of the big stories of next year when he reports from the north east of thailand where many doubt the vote will go ahead. A long dusty dry season is well underway on the plains of northeast thailand by the time this crop of kosov is harvested in about a year thailand should be a democracy again most ties here back to the government ousted in the military coup three years ago including parrot pong turn it on a coordinator for a prodemocracy group called the red shirts she says people in the northeast dubbed the military will honor its pledge to hold an election in november well. I would say seventy percent of the people here dont believe the election really happened and thirty percent think it might happen even if the election is held the type of democracy will be different to what ties had before the coup the military and the establishment in the capital bangkok know that its very difficult for them to win support in parts of thailand like this thats partly why theyve designed a system that will result in weakened Political Parties<\/a> after the next election the military will hand pick senators to sit in the upper house of parliament who will also have the power to install an unelected Prime Minister<\/a> the plans are being criticized by the major Political Parties<\/a> i think everybody will recognize that the us fall short of the kind of standards that we would like to to return. The leaders of the coup in two thousand and fourteen are also drafting a twenty Year Strategic Plan<\/a> that future governments must follow everything is is planned on the site so that the military military can hold on to power with the. Plans and strategy that he had earlier formulated. A good time i was the party ousted from power by that coup former Prime Minister<\/a> Yingluck Shinawatra<\/a> whos in exile avoiding a five year jail sentence for negligence related to a failed rice subsidies scheme says her trial was politically motivated as in Rural Communities<\/a> in the north and northeast where farm incomes are fulling her partys popularity seems to be intact but while political gatherings remain banned campaigners such as parrot porn have no choice but to get their hands dirty nip working in the fields wayne hay al jazeera we dont tony thailand and in part two of our look ahead serious well report from the us on what the midterm elections could mean for Donald Trumps<\/a> presidency on friday here on aljazeera. Forecasters are warning that freezing temperatures below zero windchills will continue to affect the northern United States<\/a> the city of airy pennsylvania so rec or snow fall of more than one hundred sixty five centimeters only this week and more winter storms are forecast later the National Weather<\/a> service has warned of a high risk of hypothermia and frostbite from arctic air settling in over the central u. S. And spreading in just. Still i had this news. All to the collapse of. World cup event and the. Story unfolds. Scientists are sending robots on to the ice in antarctica to a mission to discover more about the impact of rising sea levels the drones designed by the university of washington will gather new information about antarctica as a vulnerable western ice shelf the three c. Gliders will spend the winter gathering information under the ice before finding their way to open water a year later from where they will send their data there have already been major changes in ice shelves in the region due to warmer air and water. Experts in Artificial Intelligence<\/a> say the world isnt prepared for the big changes automation is bringing to the Global Economy<\/a> some say Artificial Intelligence<\/a> could help us create an almost Perfect World<\/a> but the world bank is warning developing countries could face economic collapse lawrence lee explores their concerns in the final part of our brave new world series. The future is coming and its going to affect all of us its widely accepted that millions of jobs are going to disappear but we may not have to work we might get paid for having fun and in this future the robots and algorithms that will replace us could either reduces to poverty or set us free this is the time of apocalypse and utopia and this is a time where we have to start thinking concretely about how so in vision a better world out of the kind of. The collapse of this one. Optimists say things could be wonderful machines do nearly all the work money disappears as things are created for us automation in science negates Climate Change<\/a> crops are grown in the deserts we create meet in our own homes. And as a species we develop because we no longer spend our time doing boring tasks to feed our children i think we might well experience a near a nice arms of creativity and of social interaction in a very positive way if people have the leisure to do whatever they want to do they will be less frustrated by the hassle for have it work. They will be more fearful because theyll be doing the things that interest them. It may sound a long way away after all at the moment robots only do one thing at a time like this one making car doors but what if one can do all the things that week in previous industrial revolutions change was measurable linear the difference with the forth in the revolution is that change is exponential which means it goes faster and faster all the time and its expected that within about a generation from now a machine will be built which is better than a human and that changes everything. Futurologists point to a problem where are the world politicians discussing these things with their electorates Artificial Intelligence<\/a> is barely mentioned in western election campaigns yet already jobs are disappearing as the robots take over the global tech giants who in future will control vost resources are discussing privately what their responsibilities to us will be but they would rather not talk about it in public. About every ai expert believes the transition to worklessness that we as humans are in barking all must be addressed now we all understood this was coming i suspect the shocks will be lower and we can start to try to mitigate against it immediately if you understand that eventually most of the population will be unable to do traditional work then you can start introducing systems to cope with it was at the moment that just sounds like saying that spend more benefits which when you have that linear view of the world isnt really an except a way in british or western european politics to think that the question is what were going to do about it and so for us we believe that we need to organize citizens worldwide to recognize first of all this is actually going to change a lot of things and already is but crucially where do you stand on this what do you believe and how are you going to get involved in debates that are actually needs to progress in in in how you perceive it. Artificial intelligence could be the best thing ever to happen to humanity but in the absence of a Global Political<\/a> debate about its benefits the risk is that its seen instead as a terrifying a direct threat to us. The world will be a very different place in a generation from now it is surely time for the people to be involved in what it will look like. Aljazeera. Now ever to touch on that with all the fault. Thank you very much the only team at the gulf cup the qualified for the world cup in russia has been eliminated on thursday saudi arabia were beaten two nailed by oman going into the match their moneys new a win would send them to the semifinals there they are indeed through to the final four but the saudis are out. Host nation curator also out they drew nel nel against the United Arab Emirates<\/a> the amorality has progressed to the semifinals but the kuwaitis finished bottom of group a so confirmation of the final standings in group a saudi arabia who will be in russia and next years world cup or theyre out to kuwait also eliminated while the United Arab Emirates<\/a> and oman still have something to look forward to out this year the gulf cup now on friday three teams in group b. Will be fighting alpha two places in the semi yemen are already out so iraq or fancy their chances in that game behind in qatar will be the match of the day whoever wins goes through all the loser will go home bahrain though can afford a draw both camps are ready for this winner takes all fixture hopefully were going to do. When i am going to do better in the things that we think that we can improve for the next game and im. One hundred percent sure that. Were going to play again two more front of us is a small dream religions to qualify to some final and or but the way they do the succeed is. Repeat the performance against you dont this is this is our way one of the failings most prestigious races is facing its biggest controversy in fifty three years of competition while those eleven has been stripped of the line as ofter protests from the runners up the supermax they crossed the line fast and a record time in hobart and wednesday for what appeared to be a ninth victory but second place comanche lodged a complaint over this near collision of the start of the race in sydney a dairy up held protests and handled wild oats eleven n one our penalty which would put them in second place a row behind theres no running to the pill for wild oats the eleven started. I honestly didnt expect to protest in order to win the race it was all about. Actions and if you want to avoid a collision and the fact that it was necessary sorry well i feel quite strongly that the rules are there to protect peoples lives and if we cant rely on that then its a difficulty in the sport. Events jenison on so thats one of the things we spoke better and. Better when the time is sort of thing its a little bit in the more obvious he was the for each out was in sort of you know that was pretty closely because this is this is you michael youve got a little you seasons and we know that this isnt. Here yet and i know the ashes series may have already been won by australia but englands cricketers seem to have finally found their rhythm against their rivals in melbourne Alastair Cook<\/a> had an unbeaten double century to put his team in a dominant position in four hundred ninety one for nine at the end of day three of the fourth test the former england captain ended the day on two hundred forty four not out the highest ever score by a visiting batsman at the m. C. G. Its one of those things you get it a few times in ukraine you get into a billet you call it that bit of rhythm where you know. Were talking just flies by in this top five often hours felt like has felt like two hours and then for some reason whatever reason the last ten hours is gone quickly. Reply people to me its just a long torment. It was more aggressive in this may actually i was in the previous three matches so busy is playing was to take a little bit. It was a perfect wishing for him to do that it would be a way ok will bump Performance Parts<\/a> kirk has pushed his team to a first innings lead of one hundred sixty four with stuart broad also finishing up with a half century before he fell to the bowling of pat cummins while the number one rough and adele has suffered a setback as he prepares for the start of the new tennis season in just a few days time the dow has been played since losing to david got fun at the a. T. P. World tour finals in london after which he immediately pulled out of the event with a knee injury the spaniard was due to return to the court at the season opening for its been international but says hes not ready yet for competitive tennis he reached the semifinals of the tournament last year before going on to make his first grand slam final in two and a half years at the Australian Open<\/a> in melbourne one man who is fit and ready ahead of the new tennis season is seventeen time grand slam champion Roger Federer<\/a> the swiss arrived in perth on thursday ahead of the new season hell become pacing in the hostel in camp which starts on saturday federer won the twenty seventeen Australian Open<\/a> title to begin a year of tremendous success including an eighth wimbledon crown as well. I would expect a sions or higher but at the same time i try to remind myself i just dont think its normal and realistic to aim for the same things i did this year in two thousand and seventeen so im going to try to. Keep it cool and try my best and really see what happens but separations been good so far so well see how things go here first. As i please continue their preparations for the upcoming winter Olympic Games<\/a> in the Alpine Skiing<\/a> world cup mens downhill event in italy has been want to buy dominic paris but the fall about getting all fired was traveling at ninety six Kilometers Per Hour<\/a> when he suffered a diff clash luckily he walked away unscathed the days action was actually delayed by forty five minutes mr clause was covered by around twenty centimeters the fresh snow overnight twenty eight year old italian paris was able to overcome the long and challenging course for hundreds of a second faster than downhill standings lead to axel and spindle paris came out on top for his eighth downhill corowa win. Was also one of the seven back in two thousand and twelve. A mouthful this both an hour later. Thank you touch on of us hit from a certain sum but merriam the master will be here in a moment with much more of the days news dont go away. You are making very pointed remarks where 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 say. Other than the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be whats leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they dont actually know whats going on join the colobus conversation at this time on aljazeera. Training starts lightly but the pace picks up quickly as these grannies work out a long life time of frustration. At eighty five years old intombi sword what trains as hard as anyone and. I feel so good i feel fresh i punch this side and decide like this and like that i really love theres a dirty. Because i will bring these ladies are tough and they take their training very seriously. Thought you through a. War interjected through all my life. Charlie gibson for the part were football fans who dont think about goldberg. Explain when real madrid a club worth five hundred Million Euros<\/a> expresses a position on Something Like<\/a> the World Antidoping Agency<\/a> has to take notice. Aljazeera continues its investigation into the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in the final episode of sports doping the endless chase at this time. Celebrations in liberia as former football superstar george whale wins tuesdays president ial runoff. Hello im arianna was in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia800406.us.archive.org\/31\/items\/ALJAZ_20171228_180000_NEWSHOUR\/ALJAZ_20171228_180000_NEWSHOUR.thumbs\/ALJAZ_20171228_180000_NEWSHOUR_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240630T12:35:10+00:00"}