And i mean this is live from london also coming up in the program a u. S. Requested u. N. Security Council Meeting on recent protests in iran looks set to go ahead russia not happy about it. First phone call now the two sides will meet face to face north korea agrees to hold talks with the south. And the fight against cholera locals pitch in to help the army set up barricades in the capital to suck. Them publishes of a new and scathing account of Donald Trumps first year in office have released the book on the ignoring a legal challenge from the u. S. President to prevent his publication Michael Wolff the olfa of fury inside the Trump White House says trump has no credibility his book details months of government dysfunction and quotes aides who suggest the president is mentally unfit for his role trump has branded the book phony and full of lies as a story i will quote steve bannon. Hes lost a damning and damaging portrait of president double trump from author Michael Wolff his book fire and fury released early despite the president s unprecedented attempt to stop it it describes a leader who is mentally unstable often repeating himself no longer recognizing longtime friends wolf says literally trumps entire staff think hes not up for the job they say hes. A moron and. I say theres a competition to sort of a get to the bottom line here of who this man is lets remember this man does not read does not listen trump responded in his usual way attacking the author writing on twitter i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author of phony book i never spoke to him for book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that dont exist look at this guys past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve a new nickname for his longtime strategist steve benen who was quoted extensively in the book where he alleges the president himself met with russian operatives during the campaign if true that could lead to charges of collusion as for the assertion that trump didnt let wolf into the white house somebody cleared him and he was often seen hanging around the west wing this is a president who despises being called stupid now reportedly being called that by everyone close to him by a very intelligent very so far no one has denied making those statements if they do wolf says he has the tapes to prove it making it likely what is already described as an erratic leader and a chaotic white house will be much more so in the days and weeks ahead pedicle hane al jazeera washington now the. The u. N. Security council is due to hold a special session to discuss recent protests in iran the u. S. Is accusing terrine of stifling the voices of its people lets go straight to my cairo correspondent who joins us live now from the United Nations in new york mike nikki haley the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations has called for this meeting does she have much support from other Council Members well thats going to become clear when the meeting actually gets underway if indeed it does within the next half hour there will be a closed door meeting among security Council Members it would appear to be a last gasp effort by russia to persuade to the u. S. Not to bring this motion to the Security Council floor in public however if it does go ahead there will then likely be an objection from russia made publicly and a demand that a procedural vote be held now what that means is that the u. S. Ambassador will need at least nine of the fifteen members to agree to discuss the issue of iran in public within the Council Chamber now iran has not been on the agenda in the past so certainly what she is attempting to do is get it on the agenda get discussion going not just about the recent events in iran but also moving it forward to issues like the philip and to Ballistic Missiles all those issues that the u. S. Has expressed great concern about in recent weeks and months but we will only know within the hour whether or not shes going to get those nine votes that she needs to go ahead with this public discussion nic lets assume that she does would we then expect any Council Action on iran. Well there would be no immediate action there is no resolution there will be no votes there will be no concrete action outlined within that Council Session the whole effort of the us here is to cast a spotlight on the recent events in iran and as i said in the wider picture as well but its not necessarily a lockdown that the meeting will go ahead whether the she will get those nine votes we understand that the nonaligned members of the Security Council have been holding talks to discuss whether they going to vote bloc that is the livia ethiopia equitorial giddy and to kuwait now individually they may be persuaded by the u. S. To back them voting as a bloc that could be a completely different matter so all eyes in the Security Council chamber if that meeting or when that meeting begins at the top of the next hour name right there is all going to happen in the next sixty minutes or so mike thanks very much but with the latest. Of the more than two years of silence north korea and south korea are ready to reopen direct lines of communication choose days of face to face talks will focus initially on the north participation in next months Winter Olympics in the south but officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they describe as other areas of common interests for this report. In a few days the truce village of panmunjom on the Demilitarized Zone that separates north and south korea will be a hive of activity representatives from the two countries will hold high level talks here for the first time in more than two years earlier this week north Korean Leader kim jong il dialogue at his new years day address four days later his government agreed to hold talks the announcement came just hours after the u. S. And south korea agreed to postpone and your military drills for the end of february these have long been regarded as provocative by pyongyang. Leaders agreed not to conduct south korea yes joint. Takes and to do their best to ensure the security of the olympics. Next weeks discussions will center on north koreas participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics as well as generally improving into korea relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its Nuclear Program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement or expectation. The Japanese Defense minister also sounded a note of caution when. North korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and Missile Development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance that it is new years day speech said north korea with its Nuclear Weapons program and even called for the mass production of deployment of Nuclear Warheads and this house. From the conservative perspective in north korea trying to buy time the majority seems to believe the north korea is trying to finalize its Technical Development to to achieve operational i. C. B. M. So you know as us the cia has announced before they are talking about two or three month time in terms of finalizing the i. C. B. M. System and it looks like this is a perfect action on their side you know to buy time. Last year north korea test fired three intercontinental Ballistic Missiles or i. C. B. M. s including one that says its capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland many hope the upcoming talks remain the best option for now of deescalating the crisis on the Korean Peninsula largely aljazeera so. The United Nations has condemned a recent series of death sentences in egypt with twenty people reportedly executed there in the past ten days the Human Rights Office says that death sentences should not be used to combat terrorism but also expressed concern that the use of military courts to try civilians was seriously concerned that in all of these cases due process and fair trial guarantees do not appear to be followed as military courts typically deny defendants rights accorded by civilian courts reports also indicated the prisoners who were executed may have been subjected to initial inforced disappearance and torture before being tried. Zimbabwes new president has ruled out for me a Coalition Government with the opposition. Made the statement after visiting the Opposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai hes suffering from kind of cancer that is home when it came to power in november of the foreseeable a long time leader Robert Mugabe the first change of president s in more than four decades has led to renewed hopes of a return to democratic norms. But its a very rough. Seas in. The medical. Going forward do you see any prospects of it going for a stick or. People someone will be what it. Looks. Good in. The United Nations humanitarian chief says that yemen could become the worst humanitarian disaster in fifty years the war is having a devastating impact in yemen with widespread Food Shortages had a major cholera outbreak the fighting continues in many parts of the country stephanie jacka has this report. Forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of escape the fighting near the border with saudi arabia now they have to bear the elements on the streets of the data their daily routine now for everyone to see this war has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. I came from we ran for our lives now we sleep on the floor no mattresses or blankets and it is really cold we have no income our children are suffering if any of us fall sick we cannot afford treatment or our condition is really terrible needless to say we are living in fear. This war now almost into its third year is all about regional politics and control and the consequence of that has created what the u. N. Calls the worlds worst humanitarian crisis the situation in yemen today right now to the population of the country looks like the apocalypse we need to scale up our response the cholera outbreak is probably the worst the world has ever seen with a million suspected cases at the end of twenty seventeen this terrible news demick of diptheria a bacterial disease which should be completely preventable by immunization as already affected its up to five hundred people with dozens and dozens of deaths in the last few weeks that is going to spread like wildfire and aid agencies are not able to access the majority of those in need let them xanana we had their escape the war our life has turned upside down we cant afford a decent meal were now begging to eat and feed our children were living in the streets on charity. Some basic supplies are getting through a blanket to keep warm it is winter now and temperatures drop at night in a fire offers little comfort these people face an uncertain future with no idea when they can go back home what will be left of it once they do stephanie decker. Still to come here on the program were in haiti where the United Nations mission is facing a number of challenges including prison overcrowding and corruption. The new year a new location particulars famous fish market the final auction lands won by a very expensive. However so changing the weather across western europe for the moment weve got cloud and right now sinking further southward colder air tucking in behind this massive very wet weather has caused some flooding into parts of france and germany where the weather now making its way down across a good part of spain and over the peyronies there will be some snow even over the high ground in the spanish plain again little bits and pieces of snow now says the temperature eight degrees celsius in madrid itll be warmer in zero six the avalanche risk does remain in place further east one eight degrees celsius there for bucharest as well and a few showers around the eastern side of the mediterranean there in the process of pulling out of the way quiet weather coming in behind should be too bad here as we go on into the early part of next week meanwhile the rather Stormy Weather will continue across those western parts and there we go temperatures in london recently getting up to Fifteen Degrees celsius temperature of five degrees on sunday but i think at least for northern parts of england across much of wales into scotland and knowledge it should be largely fine dry and sunny not too dry and sunny across the north of her morocco some rather wet sand at times wintry weather coming in here about with the top temperature of around fourteen over the next couple of days looking a little too for algae is fine and dry for egypt. And there it sounds like an agreement between criminal busts trading in stone and goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question then sort of throw their hands up in the air and say i dont know i was just nominee director were doing a investigation into. Ukraine could use a bribes youve been corrupt and ive been on the just the presidency challenges here investigations the only go at this time. And again a reminder the top stories here in the observer and the author of a Controversial Book called donald trump says the u. S. President has no credibility and if stuff say he is like a child like a wolf foreign fury inside the truck white house is going on despite the president s attempts to hold up because. North and south korea will hold face to face talks for the first time in two years on choose day officially the told to serve out next months Winter Olympics in the south of seoul says discussions are expected to move on to other areas of common interest. At the u. N. Security council is preparing to hold a special session to discuss antigovernment protests in iran but the United States is cold for the top security around of suppressing dissent. But it is government supporters on the streets of iran for a third day in a row tens of thousands of rallied across the country to show their support for the iranian leadership from tehran it is then this robbery. Another day of progovernment rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep. Detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy Police Presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the Islamic Republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state at friday prayers in the capital to her own a senior cleric reminded people of irans real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country lets say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u. S. Did the planning it was coordinated from u. S. Control very means and have assets and weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan but he also sympathized with public demands for better Economic Conditions it ted was thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and its not too long protest for them people are saying death to high prices were saying not what people are saying should be heard peoples rights shouldnt be missed in the middle of this mess. Meanwhile what was essentially a leaderless protest movement with competing demands seems to have fizzled out but on social media sites people are still sharing week old videos of antigovernment demonstrations. Protests last week for the boldest challenge for rod stablished that in nearly a decade but crowd size is only ever numbered in the thousands in contrast in two thousand and nine more than a Million People came out into the streets to protest the reelection of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but for now activists who oppose the government have been sidelined by much larger crowds who support same bus ravi aljazeera to her. French president tomorrow macron has warned his turkish counterpart that democracies must respect the rule of law during a meeting between the two leaders in paris the visit to france was recip typer ones first since the failed two thousand and sixteen coup and one of only a handful to europe he was confronted by a dozen human rights protesters who were attempting to block his arrival to the he said palace cross said that recent developments in turkey did not allow any progress on its e. U. Session. But turkey is ruled by law europes always tells us that the judiciary must be independent while in turkey our judiciary is independent they make their own decisions independently. Terror does not just happen after the public or those who support terror they water it they prime it theyre like gardeners who grow plants they nourish terror. But. I really do believe that we have a challenge which is wonderful leaders but also all modern democracies democracy must be strong against terrorism because the legitimacy of the state means it must protect its citizens but at the same time democracies must respect the rule of law. Well its. Well this was an opportunity for these two leaders to talk about the many pressing regional issues in the middle east they talked about syria they talked about iraq and jerusalem with president mic