A third night of demonstrations which the government says are being whipped up by outsiders well explore how tech savvy iranians are getting around online blackouts also on the grid the playing call made by a video gamer that us police say led to a man being shot dead investigators are treating it as a case of swatting which is when someone tricks heavily armed officers into responding to a fake emergency like a murder a bomb threat or hostage situation well find out why its a growing problem in the gaming world and for those a few in new zealand and most of australia and right now south korea happy new year these are live pictures from seoul which is the latest major city to welcome twenty eight thousand with fireworks and plenty of celebration were keeping an eye on festivities as the claw gradually strikes midnight around the world and as we ring in the new year ill be looking at the top trends an Online Campaign that twenty seven. And came to hear your thoughts on the year that was connect throughout the day with the hash tag a. J. News great. Thanks for joining us here with the news grid were live on or were streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and aljazeera dot com well iran is warning protesters theyll pay the price after a third night of unrest that saw two People Killed and dozens of arrests videos posted on social media so thousand. Marching in cities across the country where the demonstrations which began over a sudden price rises seem to have tapped into wider discontents amongst some about irans leaders peter sharp reports. You know what im going to find as antigovernment protests escalated on saturday night the first fatalities attributed to the unrest were reported two people were killed in the city of daraa rude the provincial government denied Security Forces were involved. In the clash that took two lives no bullets were shot from police and Security Forces the people gathering was meant to end peacefully but the presence of the agitators unfortunately this happened and resulted in the deaths of two protesters. The protests in various cities began on thursday thousands demonstrating against rising food prices and benefit cuts but their anger soon turned political. They chanted not gaza not lebanon my life or iran dont be afraid were staying strong together an expression of anger about claims the government is focusing more on regional issues that economic problems at home on sunday the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps warned of what was described as an online fist if demonstrations continue the revolutionary guards commander said the protests have degenerated into people chanting political slogans and burning public property iranian t. V. Showed a display of strength by crowds of progovernment supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support of irans Supreme Leader ali khamenei. But people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. Saturdays progovernment rallies were preplanned to mark the anniversary of the end of the unrest in two thousand and nine. These were huge displays of support for the iranian leadership but government leaders will be concerned just how quickly an antigovernment protest about food prices quickly became political pizza shop aljazeera. Well our social media producer said of her as has your three look at the Online Platform the role that Online Platforms are playing sarah despite restrictions its right to rain well facebook and twitter already blocked in iran and have been since two thousand and process but now instagram and the hugely popular messaging app telegram have been added to that list temporarily now telegram has been integra the last three days of protests people have been using it to get people to home street and to ship process videos and pictures with the outside world and the iranian government dislikes the telegram goes back it brought charges back in september against the platform see oprah felt the role of an official say the app is facilitating the spread of terrorism cannot graffiti and other illegal materials now uses different channels to disseminate information to millions of subscribers not long ago the telegram boss tweeted saying the app is being blocked this time because of its refusal to shut down channels being used to organize peaceful protests including one called says i dont now the world is referring to is actually a new channel created in the last twenty four hours to replace a popular channel called bad news now telegram blocked a mad news in response to this tweet by mohamad to her ohmy hes irans communication minister and he posts in the wrote that there of saying a telegram channel is encouraging hateful conduct use of mullets of cocktails armed uprising and social unrest now is the time to stop such encouragement via telegram throve then went on to reply saying by suspending him he replied by suspending the account and warns of lines not being crossed now telegram see i went on to post this here on twits attending as follows that telegram encourages freedom of speech and doesnt yield to pressure from. Officials but in this instance he says a mad news broke telegrams rules against inciting violence and this is reportedly the response from the press and who actually manages news take a listen to some sound. We have to inform that unfortunately im odd news that access the voice of people has now started to work with the same logo of a modern news server and will continue to work as before god willing with your trust this channel will have millions of members as well now the incident highlights the fine line telegram has had to walk something whistleblower Edward Snowden has highlighted in a series of tweets he joins in the conversation see saying this is the only this is only the beginning as you can keep an independent despite blazing service from being blocked in all for its hereon regimes now others have also been expressing their thoughts on this in fact reza honduras pointed to snowdens tweet saying same telegram has chosen a reasonable balance between being secure and giving control to the government others have actually has a different opinion stefan he says unbelievable and disgusting is not exactly why telegram is used in undemocratic countries and now telegram supposed to rain an oppressive regime has tagged blame telegram lets his thoughts but do you think the iranian government is right when it says its blocking telegram and instagram for maintaining peace and made a time of crisis whats what they say they want to hear your thoughts im once its a you can get in touch with me the hash psych a j newsgroups well for more on whats for iran check out aljazeera dot call our show inside story thats where the show has but guests debate this very issue on that latest episode of inside stories and you can access it on aljazeera dull column on the shows tab then just click on inside story there it is what triggered irans protests. At least twelve people have been killed by the latest air strikes on the rebel held district of thats near the syrian capital damascus theres also been more fighting in western parts of the country elsewhere rebel factions have announced a united front to try and stop the assad governments advents a summer binge of aid reports. After almost seven years of war in syria a routine sound in a civil damascus. City for what is strikes have continued in the rebel controlled suburb of ghouta close to four hundred thousand deceit syrians here have been bombed for years. As a dash to search for survivors debris scarcely removed before movement is flooded under the rubble but you know. How do you react disoriented and scared children stumble through the mangled metal and wreckage and kids make up the highest number of the dead and injured in syria anybody under. Besides the shelling in the air strikes have also continued in the countryside of western syria these families have been forced to leave their homes because of the ongoing push by Syrian Government forces to regain control of more areas bordering hama and it promises. By god look at the kids when the planes hit near the children my god how they scream the biggest push for us was our kids they dont know anything but the sound of airplanes and shelling a life of exhaustion and terror. Rebels trying to stop the steadily advancing syrian army and theyre forming a united front called the National Army its made up of thirty seven factions from aleppo had their own homes and hama but its not the first time that a Similar Group has been announced and questions remain about how scattered militias will be brought under united chain of command and how will they be funded of the. The government of the National Army put servants and guards for the country and our families on all syrian lands we call on you to be united and to agree on the National Project to support your sense here who have announced an open war on all the enemies calendars show a new year but the change of dates doesnt mean much for syrians whove lived through almost seven years of suffering some of it jovi the others there. Weve compiled a list for a must see documentaries of twenty seventeen covering some of the serious major news events and included in that list is this one the boy who started the syrian war say yes there was just fourteen when he sprayed antigovernment slogans on his school wall in that that was february twenty seventh and he could have never imagined that such a minor act would spark a full blown war so you can watch this one and other Award Winning documentary is on al jazeera dot com. You can also get in touch with us here at the news grid we do want to hear from you on these stories you can send your comments to any one of our Online Platforms or on twitter at a. J. English or on facebook at facebook dot com slash a. J. News grid you can also send us a whatsapp at plus sized seven four five zero triple one one four nine just a reminder as always use the hash tag a. J. News grid now israels governing party is set to convene in the next few hours for a vote on a draft resolution urging the partys leaders to establish israeli sovereignty and formally annex the west parts of the west bank any such vote would not be binding on cabinet ministers but it does care. The Political Force inside the party whose right wing has been emboldened by the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital june joining us from west jerusalem talk us through this draft resolution how matt thats going to happen over the next few hours ends and the likelihood that it actually ends up in the knesset. Well there in as with most things political in israel is very complicated now first of all were not even sure if this meeting has started yet there was a lot of talk today that it would start at six pm thats this hour we dont yet know if thats happened we dont yet know if Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is going to be attending it was the hope of the Likud Central Committee that he would attend to give this vote more legitimacy as they see it but unclear if he will we have heard that he will be issuing a statement after the vote happens at some point later this evening but we dont yet know how that statement will be issued or how it might be transmitted now the voted self also a lot of questions a lot more questions than answers because as of now the language thats been used in talking about this has been somewhat vague its unclear if this would annex the entirety of the west bank if it would be just particular just perhaps area c. Of the west bank it would be the settlements of the west bank so there is a lot of stuff that still needs to be answered by this Likud Central Committee also is this a binding resolution many of those inside this Committee Say that this is binding that if this passes this would compel the Prime Minister and the rest of the likud party to take it to the knesset to try to pass it into law but thats coming at a time when there is already so much International Condemnation of israel and when so many people are saying that the last thing israel needs right now is another International Fight countries that would see this action is going against International Law now a lot of the analysts that weve been speaking with today have said that really theres something simply behind this that really this is a cynical political ploy for the likud party to try to muster more support to really rally their faithful i spoke earlier with israeli pollster michel barack heres more of what he had to tell me about this issue. I think if the Likud Central Committee passes vote i think the biggest thing that will happen is will take up a lot of newspaper space will be a lot of printing done of this because it really is not binding its not even relevant its just you know the Prime Ministers right of center party just trying to make a statement a policy statement which really is meaningless and even if you read the statement its doesnt even go into depth its just kind of getting ready the drumbeat of election is happening in israel we dont know when its kind of you know this government is not the most stable and people are wondering how long is it that you know that to be around given all thats going on with the investigations so theyre just trying to shore up their their popularity on the right so theyre even if this does pass tonight in the liquid Central Committee theres still a long way to go before we find out if this gets indorsed by the Prime Minister if indeed then the rest of the party and the Prime Minister feel that it is binding if they feel they have to take it to the knesset and then what would happen after that and most of the conventional wisdom here on the ground is that there is no way at this moment in time that a bill that could really inflame things so much more could pass in its current form even if it passes this Likud Central Committee meeting this evening but theres no way that that could get to the knesset now and pass into law the way things are at this particular time ok mohamed jump june keeping an eye out for us from west jerusalem thank you well our program the listening post has taken a look back at the past few weeks Media Coverage of the us president decision to declare jerusalem as israels capital so that seem examines all the tropes omissions and narrative flaws you can hear the discussing watch the show on aljazeera. Over to suits or in london with more of the international news. Thank you daryn gunmen have stormed an Army Training camp in indian administered kashmir killing five soldiers at least two attackers are also reported to have been killed a military Spokesman Says the armed men threw grenades and five automatic rifles at the camp in a district india accuses pakistan of sending fighters into the disputed region to carry out attacks allegations pakistan denies seventeen people have been killed in a Suicide Attack at a funeral in eastern afghanistan the attacker blew himself up in jalalabad as people gathered for the funeral of a former district governor has been no claim of responsibility only this week i source said it was behind the killing of at least forty one people at a shia Cultural Center in kabul Human Rights Watch says Security Forces have shot dead at least two people at protests in the democratic republic of congo demonstrators in the capital kinshasa have been demanding that president Joseph Kabila step down and hold new elections after his mandate expired a year ago he promised to hold elections by the end of this year but they have now been delayed until next december the government shut down the internet and s. M. S. Services to try to stop the protests going ahead back in july french president emanuel macro said he didnt want any more refugees sleeping rough by the end of the year that hasnt happened in the capital alone theres estimated to be thirty thousand Homeless People both refugees and locals and according to charities the problems getting worse nadine barber reports. Hes been homeless for five years and hes still only twenty three tony doesnt want to show his face but hes happy to explain why despite the dangers he generally spends his days begging and his nights sleeping on the streets and not in a state funded emergency shelter. Recently someone stole my tent then when i was sleeping on a mattress someone kicked me in the head so they could grab the bag my head was resting on so life on the street is very hard but in those emergency shelters you also get attacked you get lots of drunkards there and evan if you dont look for trouble you find it its not safe there. To debate about how to deal with one hundred forty thousand people officially homeless in france was reopened this summer when the newly elected president made a surprise announcement. To delusion to the first battle is to have everyone in a dignified manner. By the end of the year i want no more women and men in the street in the woods last only one. Michael suggested he could achieve this by providing more emergency shelters and better follow up by social services but groups who work with Homeless People say theyve not seen evidence of either they say there are now more rough sleepers than ever partly due to an increase in th