U. S. President donald trump hits back at north korea warning that his countrys Nuclear Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyang. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington calls more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid. Visit a school in new york thats providing more than just education for vulnerable children. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the Supreme Leader of iran has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence which is now claimed the lives of twenty one protesters and one policeman riot police are now out in force in several cities i can as the latest from u. N. Headquarters in new york. Ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u. S. Priorities at the United Nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the arraigning dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the Human Rights Council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by President Trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets the people have little food big inflation and no human rights the u. S. Is watching. This little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment. John a call by working but in this society im always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia dast and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home irans Supreme Leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing irans enemies of responsibility montazeri if the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate because the recent events. All those who are at odds with the Islamic Republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the Islamic Republic and the islamic revolution. News agency put it reveals ongoing protest in a number of regions hundreds are reported to be in arrested and demonstrators continue to defy an attempted to government blackout of social media back at the United Nations the new president of the Security Council has confirmed the u. S. Has been in contact and discussions are ongoing but its not clear at this stage whether the u. S. Appetite for a formal meeting is shared by the wrist of Security Council members some may be reluctant to intervene in what they would regard as an internal domestic dispute. Mike hanna aljazeera United Nations irans foreign minister says head back at president transfer marks telling the u. S. To stay out of irans affairs jeffords or if treated Iran Security and stability depend on its own people who unlike the peoples of trance regional b f fs or best friends for ever have the right to vote and to protest these hard earned rights will be protected and infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction frances president amanda macron is calling on president rouhani to show restraint the two spoke by phone the crown expressed concern about the number of People Killed during the protests the visit by his foreign minister to teheran planned for later this week has been postponed Eric Randolph is a. F. P. Medias Deputy Bureau chief and is currently working in teheran he says some Media Outlets are having problems trying to report on the protests well for now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that its very difficult for us to report from aaron i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can do. Around we know theres a heavy Police Presence but iran is actually not in the focus of much of the rest unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine its mostly been out in the provinces we had only scattered protests the last few nights but it does you slightly come as far as we can talk now as much as people want to see this revolution and some of the slogan certainly have been revolutionary in terms of attacking the islamic rebel regime and. These have been driven by economic grievances bread and butter issues such as i am employment soaring prices things that have been bubbling away in Iranian Society for a long time and people are simply fed up with the but they tried reformists they tried moderates they tried hard liners and conservatives and none of them have been able to deliver on what really matters the people which is jobs. And. U. S. President donald trump has warned north korea that he too has a new care button on his desk and that it is bigger and more powerful this was in response to kim jong uns new year day statement in which he spoke of the launch button on his desk for weapons capable of reaching the u. S. The war of words comes as south korea accepted the north wear off of talks proposing that the two sides meet next tuesday Bernard Smith reports. In the freezing environment of the Winter Olympics there might be a chance for a Foreign Relations between south and north korea hopes are being raised following the new year address by kim jong un north koreas leader suggested sending a team to the winter games starting in south korea next month government leaders in seoul were quick to seize the opportunity. The government proposes to hold high level talks with north korea on january ninth at the peace house in panmunjom true spillage to discuss north koreas participation in the plan chang Winter Olympics. South koreas president favors talks with the north as a way of managing pyongyangs nuclear and missile threats. The improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north Koreas Nuclear program so the Foreign Ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the International Community regarding this. The chinese say theyve noted what they call positive signals from both sides of the border. Well. China welcomes it supports north and south korea taking if its to treat this is an opportunity to improve mutual relations promote the alleviation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and realize denuclearization on the peninsula. While offering to send a team of athletes to the olympics came. The Nuclear Button is always on the desk of my office a north Korean Nuclear bomb test last year as well as the firing of more than twenty missiles continue to defy the world u. S. President donald trump wants to toughen sanctions further as pyongyang continues to develop Nuclear Missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental United States if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the Winter Olympics will be the first formal talks in two years Bernard Smith aljazeera their state department is skeptical about kim jong uns sincerity to hold talks with south korea you know if if the two countries decide that they want to have talks that would be certainly their choice we have a very strong relationship with the republic of korea as we do with japan we have had a Strong Alliance with them for many many decades that hasnt changed kim jong un may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations between our nation and the republic of korea i can assure you that that will not happen that will not occur we are very skeptical of kim jong uns sincerity and sitting down and having talks our policy hasnt changed the South Koreans policy has not changed that we both support a denuclearized Korean Peninsula p. J. Kim is an adjunct professor at hancock university of foreign studies in seoul who joins us live from there its very good to see you thank you for joining us whats on the table here i mean what is south korea hoping to achieve from these talks. Yes thats a big question at this point and i dont think there is a clear idea about what this is going to mean in the longer term right now of course the south korean government the government what it has in mind is north koreas participation in just opening a gate for now for the peaceful handling of the overall situation the starting point of that but however how thats going to proceed after the participation of multicore if thats ever materialized as of today the south korean government is calling those korea for the talks you know to arrange details and so on north koreas not answering it but lets say a north korea comes to the table and talk about the ways north koreas participation in the Olympic Games but what it means afterwards after the participation what it means for the principle as affairs sims still unclear because you wonder what both sides want from this. For now looks like from the conservative perspective here in korea north korea is getting what it once because north korea seems to be buying time with this kind of peace gesture because as many people believe north korea may be in the final stage of finalizing its Technology Development for making operational i. C. B. M. South koreas side even though we are sitting in the city and we are watching our own government government does not seem to have open have presented a clear picture of what its end game is what its you know the final goal is whether theyre just preventing war from happening i mean preventing war from happening is a very important goal but how we are going to deal with nuclearized north korea after that is as much of an important goal as as that is so that as are to the question is what were waiting for ok theres a safe eeling that kim jong un could be trying to drive a wedge between south korea and the u. S. Weve just heard from donald trump his latest tweet boasting about the size of his Nuclear Button that its bigger than that north korea i mean could this be a pretty provocative gesture by north korea. Possibly so the efforts to drive wedges between washington and seoul that efforts had been made for decades by kim jones father and his grandfather death has been north koreas strategy all along and looks like there is a growing concern that this time their actions could actually make that happen but however north korea south korea here in seoul we have enough for presence of conservatives who believe you know the tie between washington and seoul is the most critical one we should keep in place so i dont think thats going to happen no matter what the policymakers try some of the progress to policymakers try here in the city there will be enough of a reaction from the conservatives to prevent that from happening thank you b. J. Came pageboy head on the news on creating well tell you about a new israeli know that the palestinian president says he is equivalent to the declaration of war. And as hundreds of book around hostages escape we need to form a captive of the armed group. And its support Manchester City are in a league of their own in england details on the latest when coming up later. Here is plans to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan the decision comes after President Trump again accused the country of being a safe haven for terrorists and jordan has this report from washington d. C. The u. S. President doll tromped used his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government trying to accuse the pakistanis of not doing enough to crack down on groups such as the one khan the network or the talabani say these groups are destabilizing not just pockets but also afghanistan to the west on tuesday the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley made it plain that the u. S. President simply wasnt tweeting elative turf in her words nikki haley said there are real concerns with what is law is doing to fight but the u. S. Calls terrorism pakistan had played a double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbored a terrorist attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism in addition the state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert told reporters on tuesday that pakistan knows what it needs to do in order to make the region safer and she said without going into too many details that it definitely means trying to crack down on these groups that are doing stabilizing the region and she said that islam abides complaints simply arent going anywhere. Pakistan has responded to the years announcement in an email to aljazeera pakistans envoy to the un right weve contributed and sacrificed the most in fighting International Terrorism and carried out the largest counterterrorism operation anywhere in the world us spokespersons should not shift the blame for their own mistakes and failures on to others went on to say pakistans cooperation is not based on any consideration of a but on our National Interests and principles bugs on our plans to take control of charities and Financial Assets linked to half a side too many believe was behind the two thousand and eight attacks and trash a good name as more on that. Theres a ten Million Dollar reward for any information leading to the conviction of hof is sayit yet here he is at a rally last week protesting u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the United States believes saeed is the mastermind of the two thousand and eight attacks in mumbai over the course of four days attackers used automatic weapons and grenades to kill more than one hundred sixty people say he has denied involvement in the attacks and a court in pakistan found there was insufficient evidence to convict him in two thousand and seventeen he was put under house arrest for violating terrorism laws really made his release prompted outrage from pakistanis and the u. S. Government which is long been critical of pakistan when it comes to clamping down on terrorism the pakistani government has targeted saeeds assets and charities they include three hundred schools hospitals Ambulance Services and a Publishing House the government is blocking fund raising and there are plans to assume control of the un Security Council has also banned two of sayed organizations pakistan is under pressure and their flight this decision. Has come after the british by the americans by you and by india. This is a challenging time in pakistan u. S. Relations. We must see Decisive Action against terrorist groups parading on their territory and we make massive payments every year to pakistan they have to help pakistan says moving in on saeeds groups isnt bowing to u. S. Pressure its intended to fulfil its International Obligations reuters reports that pakistan was worried it would face u. N. Sanctions for failing to crack down on terrorist groups later this month a un Security Council team will visit to check on its progress natasha going to aim does era Marvin Weinbaum is the director of pakistan studies at the middle east institute he says chumps criticism is likely to backfire. What were seeing here is a continued frustration with touches down i think the question here is will this tweet which seems to frame where our Foreign Policy is toward pakistan at the moment whether this will be constructible or not theres some reason to believe that the character of the language that President Trump used will have will backfire. This is going to be very difficult for pakistan now to make further our concessions if you will to the United States on terrorists and terrorism issue also i would add that so much of this is predicated on the fact that pakistan holds the key to the ending of the or at least they are peace possibilities for peace in afghanistan i think that thats overstated how to start has certain leverage over the taliban but cannot dictate to them the pakistan in a way has spoiled little power it has the capacity to to throw out a Monkey Wrench as we say into the works of any kind of outcome in afghanistan that it feels would not be in its interest but thats different than being able to dictate an outcome in afghanistan but it has never really been able to get the taliban to do anything they didnt want to do so i think we have to understand the nature of the influence that they have here is present on tom has threatened to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority saying its no longer willing to talk peace last month he angered palestinians after recognizing to resell them as israels capital and now a new israeli know makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem to the palestinians a spectrum for the palace and president calls that equivalent to a declaration of war how much engine reports from occupied East Jerusalem. It was to say the least a controversial vote members of the knesset Israels Parliament setting a higher threshold for any future attempt to give up any parts of jerusalem instead of a simple majority of sixty one votes now a supermajority of eighty votes or two thirds of the one hundred twenty seat knesset will be needed to approve any legislation ceding parts of jerusalem to any foreign parties it places a major hurdle in the path of jerusalem being part of any future peace talks palestinian leaders while frustrated are not surprised saying similar laws are being pursued in an israeli effort to consolidate its occupation look a film that some promise and it screams that we are moving directly in another puff. Or the puff no they change it on. This is very clear there is however considerable confusion about what happens next one of the key questions for palestinians now is what impact this legislation will have on areas like of iraq up where we are now and the shop at refugee camp it was originally expected that as part of the bill the knesset would also vote to allow for the changing of jerusalems municipal borders meaning that neighborhoods such as. Refugee camp both located behind the security wall would no longer be part of jerusalem municipality which could among other things potentially strip approximately one hundred fifty thousand palestinians of their residency status that provision however was withdrawn at the last minute the head of the president s Committee Says even if the law were to pass his group would make sure it wont go into effect immediately. I dont think that will happen before five or six years because we going to go to court at cannes that we as a committee over the e. U. By the name of a lot of people we are going to go to the core and the helping us and this will of the committees of the human rights woman they were can is there and some of them for another some of them is that i but they will tell both to go to court to stand in the court against that while the exact date isnt known its expected the knesset will attempt to debate the issue of jerusalem as municipal borders in the near future adding another note of uncertainty during a time already full of concern. In occupied East Jerusalem israel as given africans who entered the country illegally three months to leave all face imprisonment the migrants from sudan and eritrea have been told to return home all moved to another country those who leave by the end of march will be given at tickets and three thousand five hundred dollars Rights Groups have condemned the decision saying it puts their lives in danger tens of thousands entered israel before it built a fence along its border with egypt. Extremophile is a Senior Writer for the internet dot org and author of goliath life and loathing in greater israel he joins us on skype from washington d. C. Its very good to see you why are african migrants treated differently in israel. Thats a good question you know there are there is an african population that has been integrated into Jewish Israeli Society those are Ethiopian Jews but the one jewish africans who have been arriving as a result of the brutality and dark for some fleeing conscription and human rights abuses in eritrea and the general deterioration of human rights Subsaharan Africa are being deported because theyre considered a demographic threat in other words a threat to the jewish majority they are being substantially jailed in a camp in the negev desert called hollows under a law that was actually passed in one nine hundred fifty three the infiltration prevention act that was passed to illegalize the presence of Palestinian Refugees who had been forcibly transferred in one nine hundred forty eight now the palestinian populations removal has been justified on security grounds there is no such justification for now im jewish african so this is really lifted a mass of very undemocratic aspect of israel which prioritise privileges the rights of the Jewish Population over all others and those who take up the offer they say that often it puts their lives in danger when they leave the country do you have any idea or more about what happens to them. Well its pretty clear that those who return to the dark for a region of sudan are not returning to the most optimal human rights situation. Many of those who fled eritrea which is one of the only other countries in the world would wish for its worst conscription for men and women have often avoided inscription and they face prison sentences if not worse if they return several whove been deported actually. Have actually died of deprivation on their way and we see a extremely repressive u. S. Allied government in uganda actually offering taking weapons incentives from israel in exchange for returning deportees last we can tell or even there was a really i would say disturbing protest by several african Asylum Seekers here in deportation they stood shirtless with a chain is around their neck to simulate the enslavement that has been faced by african refugees in libya a country that has since the nato regime change operation see an open air slave market so its clear that human rights situation in Subsaharan Africa and north africa is at its worse and human Rights Groups have spoken out against this move by israel what is the conversation with the Israeli Government what sort of pressure is on the government to change this policy. The human Rights Groups in israel it within Israeli Society are under unprecedented assault from her right wing Israeli Government and you know african and non jewish Asylum Seekers have faced open race riots in telling me that were actually stirred by the culture minister married to reggae a member of Benjamin Netanyahu is ruling we could party who referred to this rally to africans as a cancer in Israel Society they face street harassment and violence and its a very unpleasant situation for those who actually allowed to be on the street and those who advocate on behalf of them from within Jewish Israeli Society also its incitement and are very marginal so its unclear to me how any group from within Israeli Society can create the necessary pressure to stop this potentially calamitous mass deportation of over thirty thousand people fleeing a horrendous human rights situation good talking to max thank you. Thanks for having or at least thirty people have died in peru after the bus they were traveling in plunged eighteen meters off a cliff on to rocky beach the bus was carrying fifty seven passengers to the capital lima when it collided with another vehicle along a narrow stretch of highway known as the devils curve rescuers had to climb down to the beach and have been battling the tide to recover bodies five survivors have been taken to hospital. Thats was led on al jazeera we look at the Success Story of a tiny minority in the making a major contribution to the economy the daily struggles of people in gaza told cartoon characters. And in sports as his rivals fall down with injury roger federer. For the Australian Open. From a fresh coast to breeze. To watching the sunset on the australian outback. Hello there we have some really quite heavy snowfall developing across parts of china of the next twenty four hours associated with this frontal system so rain across a big swathe really of Southern China but as you move from wednesday through to thursday will see the area snow developing quite widely extending up towards the river valley coming southwards more clouds through thursday but it remains largely drawing the same goes across much of indo china hanoi should remain dry across into laos and me im r r g dry conditions too but further south weve got this tropical depression which will be pushing in towards more southern parts of vietnam over the following twenty four hours you can see that as we had the southeastern parts of asia this is system on talking about and then through thursday it moves across into central southern parts of vietnam probably come to further south weve got some showers across malaysia borneo weve got some showers across java and up through the late puts. Sherie for both singapore and kuala lumpur but into thailand and bangkok should be draw and fine destroy across much of India Sri Lanka pakistan through interpol and bangladesh but again weve got some very poor air quality across northern parts of india thats not going to improve anytime soon temperature wise not too bad highs of twenty in the mysore twenty five in karate the weather sponsored by cattle and race. They say walls have ears and palestine they also have our chief architecture these lose five are those where the elvises reveals the role of architecture in Israeli Occupation everything in this panorama is a tactical two with n. P. R. The picture of the patient just need to know how to be told the architecture of fire thats part of the rebel architecture series this time. With bureaus spanning Six Continents across the globe. To do. Aljazeera correspondents live in green the stories they tell. About it. Fluent in world news. To get a quick look at the top stories the u. S. Has called for an emergency session for the u. N. Security council to discuss the antigovernment protests in iran the Supreme Leader of the law. And has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence which has now claimed the lives of twenty one protesters and one policeman. U. S. President john trump has warned north korea that he too has a Nuclear Button on his desk and that it is quote bigger and more powerful thats in response to kim jong uns new years day statement in which he spoke of the launch button on his desk for weapons capable of reaching the u. S. Pakistan has responded to the u. S. Decision to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars in aid islamabads top diplomats at the u. N. Has rejected the criticism that its not doing enough to fight terrorism saying the u. S. Is trying to shift blame for its failures. Jurors military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed Group Boko Haram have managed to escape or find near close to the North Eastern border with chad the army says many of the captors were farmers and fishermen who were being kept in forced labor camps booker army is Still Holding many more people hostage Catherine Sawyer met some of their families waiting news of their loved ones as well as former captives of the armed group in but the garley in northeastern nigeria. These mothers in my golly are desperate for news of their teenaged daughters who were kidnapped by boko haram almost three years ago their tag of also killed many in the village in northeast nigeria. Brahim still has her robbie was seventeen years old woman. Only god knows where she is ive been praying to him to bring her back will keep a saying maybe you can help us find her several other girls from this area have returned home after a few in the boko haram kept his which gives this mothers hope thousands of people mostly women and children have been abducted by boko haram managed to escape like sign a piece say they were forced to become wives signed up how was life with. We suffered a lot my husband beat me but i made good friendships with other women who had also been abducted. And how did you manage to escape it. One day my husband left in a hurry he didnt tell me where he was going then i heard nigerian soldiers were coming so i just started walking. In twenty fourteen more than two hundred girls were kidnapped from the secondary school in chibok some escaped. The negotiations between the government and. One in a hundred girls remain prison as. The Catholic Church is taking girls who risk being kidnapped if they return home anybody any clues contact with. Two months or more when they come back to the community. To their. People back to forage in the community or spies men and boys are also in danger many have been taken and forced to fight for. When they escape they have to face tough military screening to make sure theyre not active members of the group the screening process needs to be more transparent people need to know what happens once you surrender yourself to the military and if you are in a sense like most of the people are then whats going to happen to you what are what is the process youre going to go through because once they know thats theyre going to be able to come back more back in my galley zainab says she was seven months pregnant when she returned now she just wants to take care of her child and prays often for the imprisoned women she forged relationships with back in the forest catherine. But the galley northeast nigeria in syria dozens of civilians have been killed in what activists say was a government assault on rebel held positions near the capital damascus four hundred thousand people have been living under siege in eastern go to in the past four years in desperate need of food and medicine reports. Markets are being hit civilians the victims Civil Defense volunteers who rushed to help those who are still alive in recent days at least four killed in what opposition activists indiscriminate. Airstrikes believed to be carried out by Syrian Government warplanes have intensified in the rebel controlled area of eastern. And it is residential neighborhoods that are coming under fire the government says it has launched what it calls a counter offensive because rebels are firing shells into territories under its control but rebels say the government is trying to help troops trapped in a military installation in the suburb of her. The. Ground troops a truck to. Understand that there are negotiations to secure their release. The recent attacks may be linked to the fighting but it has been weeks since the government stepped up its military campaign in what is supposed to be a deescalation zone the syrian observatory for human rights said almost two hundred civilians were killed in strikes and shelling including many women and children. Civilians are not just getting killed in attacks children are dying from malnutrition patients are dying from the lack of medicines. By Syrian Government forces the United Nations is warning that the situation has reached a critical point food supply and the International Committee of the red cross has also expressed alarm what it calls a humanitarian crisis. Populated some four hundred thousand people live there its on the doorstep of damascus the seat of the govern. Its power progovernment forces want to recapture this region but so far its forces havent been able to make any advances on the ground so its strategy is to punish civilians for supporting the rebels in the hope that they all surrender. Beirut. Two thousand and eighteen will be a challenging year for yemen which is facing what the u. N. Describes as the worlds worst humanitarian crisis regional powers are under pressure to do more to end the suffering of more than twenty one people twenty one Million People in the latest says looking ahead to the years big stories asuna binge of it has this report. Good imagination and the skeleton of a motorbike its all these children how they live in one day theyre one of yemens most impoverished regions the import dependent and cash starved countries been under a saudi led blockade since two thousand and fifteen use of not sure what the new year will bring all his family has is a hot cobbled together with strong board. Nothing is Getting Better everything is deteriorating back in the days we used to feed our kids now i cant provide them with anything all i want is rice milk the basics just food for my kids. The biggest challenge for two thousand and eighteen will be to provide aid to the twenty one million yemenis in need of urgent assistance. The situation here has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis which is resulted in the Worlds Largest cholera outbreak with close to a million suspected cases the u. N. Says unless the embargo to provide medicine and aid is lifted the crisis could get even worse. Theyre blocking medical staff and supplies we dont have anything thats enough we dont have the basics to take care of our patients let alone the needs of those who need urgent and specialized care. Become an italian crisis is directly linked to the war the Saudi Led Coalition was asked by yemens elected government to take back control from who thing the rebels. Has been able to claim a decisive victory the saudi backed forces havent been able to move closer to the capital sanaa from central. On the border incursions and attempted missile strikes by the who havent won them any ground either the recent death of deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh has dampened hopes of a. To break through. The head you know. For gods sake the saudis need to stop bombing yemen and end this war we are displaced we are starving we are cold and we are hungry. Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people are living in desperate conditions but despite the suffering some havent lost faith in a peaceful settlement. We hope that in twenty eight eighteen we will be able to overcome all the difficulties we suffered in twenty seventeen we hope the yemeni family will be stronger and that we can find Practical Solutions to our economic social and political problem. Many children have seen nothing but war in the last three years many civilians can only pray this year the fighting will come to an end some of the jollied is there. In the next part of the series so we report on the upcoming president ial election in mexico where voters will have the biggest choice of candidates in the countrys history thats on thursday here on aljazeera Civil Servants in gaza have been protesting again over their unpaid wages they say they havent received salaries since rival palestinian factions signed the reconciliation deal back in october how marson fatah reached an agreement that was meant to overcome differences between them now they blame each other for the on a paperweight. Tunisia and west african are in a rags to riches story arabs in the remote northern desert region represent less than half of one percent of the twenty million paper they become some of the most prosperous after centuries of being marginalized some credit their success to the governments policy of Racial Inclusion mom advice has the story. And the right to reach the native. Minority. Their villages are remote mostly depopulate to due to decades of drought. Only a few life doesnt go hundreds of kilometers to the northeast of the capital niamey continue to. The struggle for survival. And struggle to keep our culture on life to. Go to support the neon light no we are teaching koran to our children to preserve our religion islam and our arabic language to without the schools we would not have been able to preserve them was obs migrated to this area from north africa in the sixteenth century they brought with them their candles and theyll trade skills. By the god of the how we did when they arrived here the area was ruled by the. The arabs who excelled in trade hold an alliance with them even before the arrival of the french colonize ation they were trading in camels within the neighboring countries libya and all geria they even traded in clothes which was prohibited by the french. But even though theyre small in number and have recently been driven from countryside to city by natural hardships they soon began to the adopt not only that but to excel in value some of us are now responsible for more than sixty percent of new Jobs Industries and ninety percent of its transport most bus lines linking him to west africa are owned by then they have shares in local companies and own several factories. Allies and neighbors in the north recognise the contribution made to the development of the. No doubt arabs are a minority however the presence is strongly felt namely in business all credit goes to the arabs who started modern Transportation Companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide Job Opportunities herbs of new year explored various types of militants as their scope for entry. Despite its Ethnic Diversity seems to have successfully managed its racial problems. And in turn it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and that in a solid Peace Agreement in two thousand and nine. Know both dragon obs and do a sizable representation in the government and parliament too many troubled region it proves into make peace benefits nations. Are dizzy. Ugandas president has signed a bill removing the president ial age limit from the constitution the new law now allows you aim a seventy to run for election again in twenty twenty one critics say the bill is his attempt to cling to power hes been in office since nine hundred eighty six. Well there is Constitutional Court has temporarily suspended the president after he refused to endorse new ministers the court says the parliamentary speaker Prime Minister should take pro russian president hugo dorn is stuck in a political standoff with the ruling coalition. Which ones cosa ties with the e. U. And the u. S. Its the second time in three months the court has suspended the president s powers. Police in brazil say nearly one hundred escaped prisoners are still on the run after they fled during the riot nine inmates were killed and fourteen others injured in a group of prisoners stormed a wing of the jail controlled by a rival gang it happened in the city of gori or in the near the capital brasilia. The number of Homeless People in the us is rising in new york one in ten schoolchildren spend at least part of last year without a home to call their own Christianson Amy went to one school thats trying to deal with the challenges that presents. When the Island School in Lower Manhattan opens its doors in the morning principal swanny ramos is there to greet the children. And make sure they get a hot breakfast at this school where nearly half of the students are homeless late stragglers are common as are students dealing with many distractions from their school work we provide three meals hot meals so we provide breakfast lunch and a hot supper at the end of the day video recently moved from a homeless shelter into a subsidized apartment with her two children. She decided to keep them in the school for continuity even though it takes for more than an hour to get there on the subway people. Who need. The school has a laundry room paid for with grant money so families struggling with the high cost of housing in new york have a place to wash School Uniforms the number of homeless students in new york city has been rising along with the general Homeless Population in the last year one in ten students spent time either in the city shelter or living with relatives this presents a unique set of challenges not only for the families but also for the schools that serve them. Because homeless students have higher rates of absenteeism and lower test scores advocates for children say the city needs more social workers for the one hundred schools where more than ten percent of the population is homeless we saw in new york city that more than half of students living in shelters were absent for twenty or more school days over the course of a year that means that they miss about the equivalent of a month of school. Principal ramos leave school open until seven in the evening providing as long as possible a safe and loving environment for students who may lack the stability of a home when they leave christian salumi aljazeera new york. A surprise finally decided that footballs gulf cup tournament. Businesses in the gaza strip have long been struggling under an israeli blockade many able to keep their operations afloat now a new car too notes to bring their story and struggles to a new audience web reports from gaza. A girl called nor buys an ice cream and wins a ticket to visit a sweet factory. Where you. Had. A shot in the. North a fictional character in an animation made by an israeli rights group but the factory and its owner mohammed tell bonnie a real and some of the many problems operating under the blockade of gaza by israel in egypt. No discovers them as mohammed shows have around starting with a power cut and it just ease off most of the time in gaza during my visit mohammed explained that since the siege began ten years ago most of his production lines are closed most of the time. He didnt want to fire any of his four hundred staff their families depend on the wages so the employees had their hours cut instead. As the animation also shows the machinery they use has problems to israeli authorities restrict the import of anything they say could be used to make weapons the packaging made to be done or some icici by dismissing these a spare parts exactly thats not being allowed in this machine but the cream filling in biscuits so i guess technicians come here and service it in order to come this whole production line being down for you some of the equipment these be sent to germany servicing and thats not allowed either. The mommy doesnt believe the restrictions or just for security reasons is that. This is always. The best for the. The people its ready for this because. Israels military assault on gaza these conflicts with hamas havent helped either three years ago the factory was hit by an israeli rocket. Mohammed gifts this week factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. The rights group that made it cool says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the Movement Restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open peoples eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside of the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions on exports mohammed says trade wont pick up in unless the siege ends at the end of the film no makes everything right with her imagination in reality things arent so simple and causes industries are still crippled malcolm webb aljazeera in the gaza strip has time for sport has far. Thanks very much Manchester City have started the new year as they finished it and that is unbeaten in the English Premier League they watford at home stirling started off the scoring inside the minute mark watford then gifted man city their second through christian cab assailing Sergio Guerra put the home side three no lock before walked for and pulled one back in the final minutes of the match it finished three one to man city. Four games played on shoes day west ham scored in injury time against west brom to get themselves out of the relegation zone Crystal Palace also out after beating southampton and tottenham accounted for swanzy to know that result has left a top name above arsenal into fifth place on the ladder as for man city their lead over nearest rival man united now sits at fifteen points their place chelsea face arsenal on wednesday on mon have booked a surprise appearance in the final of the gulf cup its a bi annual football tournament for eight teams in the gulf region and their monies paid bahrain to set up a date with the u. A. E. At least homan reports. Scenes of joy and happiness for my moms football fans are players as they celebrated applies in the final of the gulf come up its a region where football delivers almost unbridled passions and omans air force and Sports Ministry had put on eight free planes to get their supporters to kuwait for their semifinal with bomber aim but after the caught hold of the victory however it was also a good time the second night over a first half on goal from bahrain was all that separated the two tames as a modern one one note the armanis led by dutch manager pinned the bank now has a shot at adding to the title by last one in two thousand and nine going to know what if. Were the only team that entered this tournament without any pressure possibly because the group is young no one expected to play to this level we were in a difficult group with kuwait the u. A. E. And saudi arabia yet we managed to qualify and i hope we will all for a good performance in the final. It was a bumpy start for the United Arab Emirates and their semifinal against a rock the Omani National anthem played by mistake and i missed a chance to clinch the game in the end he nine minutes has headed to extra time. Was one and then it went on to penalties where iraq missed two of their shots. To the us then prevailing to repeat their victory from the twenty third cup final and booked their spot in the twenty seven tane edition on friday homan just era with tennis his first grand slam of the year the Australian Open less than two weeks away many of the top players are struggling to be fit and that includes former world number one andy murray who has withdrawn from the Brisbane International the thirty year old britain says he may require surgery on an hip problem he hasnt played in a competitive match since losing at wimbledon last july and has slipped to sixteen in the World Rankings murray says hell decide by saturday whether to fly home or try and regain fitness in time for the Australian Open which starts on january the fifteenth. Roger federer is fully fit ahead of his defense of the Australian Open title the thirty six year old five time melbourne champion beat russias carrick catching all the hopman cup a record crowd of close to fourteen thousand people watched the match and perth. Earlier i spoke to tennis coach Miles Maclagan who says there are a number of factors that are contributing to the declining fitness of top players with no back talk of it and rafa nadal also on the sidelines. I think is a combination of and number of things and in some of the guards at the top of the game getting older and you could always credit recent medical science the fact that they can play the only federer mid thirtys which all into. And theyve been carrying engine injuries since the beginning of the year so its not just about the off season i mean players do also need to look at themselves as religious figure is done and hes managed very well for a long time to realize that theyre for the moment. To do marriages for each other when hes ready whether we are christian to try and win the top players have done so well in just about every Single Player its so its being relentless that there is a number of factors that contribute to it its not just the top male players struggling with their fitness and women as well number two garbin had to pull out of her opening match at the president ial national day to leg cramps the wimbledon champions early exit cost the spaniard the chance after placing a small however at the top of the World Rankings ahead of the Australian Open. I think it was just. The toughness of the match and you know a lot of good rallies very intense very hard to. I dont know i dont really cramp im not actually surprised that today my body was like that. And thats all your support for now more later. And thats it for me as well for this news in jordan is next. Travel often. By trying to use local forests their pride wont rule. Books of owning. Land. 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