Daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the white house chief of staff reportedly tells democrats the President Trumps pledges on immigration during the Election Campaign one for. Pope francis wades into a centuries old conflict and calling for unity in the struggle for indigenous rights and we take a dive into a unique cave in mexico could help shed some light on an ancient civilization. If you go here has freed an Opposition Leader is part of an amnesty of prisoners jailed of antigovernment protests in twenty fifteen the read a good dinner was released with more than four hundred others in a move towards political reconciliation by the state has more. America dina is a hero to his supporters and thousands of excited well wishes for the guard of honor to restore his convoy to nine miles from the Detention Center on the outskirts of paris ababa to his home in the nearby town of braille. The leader of the aroma Federalist Party had been arrested after returning from a visit to brussels a year ago was accused of collusion with outlawed groups a charge she always denied myself i have very violated while it is there no. Former member of parliament and it was a construction in the low. Power. I have been always you know respect things that. Anyway its good that them out. His freedom came as part of government efforts to stem a spreading wave of violence and unrest which flared up in twenty fifteen has claimed hundreds of lives and threatens the stability of one of africas Fastest Growing economies and generally the third in a move into defusing the tension ethiopias Prime Minister announced he would release many prominent dissident politicians always out without a party in their members who will decide is it makes their weeks what to do the right road to do all was originally out to do is a government the call for National Debt or if it is real in the honest the we are for it but Amnesty International and other observers warn that a few high profile releases will not be enough the regime has to do more stories rescind this reckoning loz has to instill judicial reform this Security Sector reform a complete overhaul of the electoral system without this. I dont think the people will be satisfied thousands of prisoners of conscience are still in jail accused of prosecuted for protesting against the government in a statement the us embassy said it was encouraged by the latest releases paul brennan aljazeera. Well momma damer is founder and editor of pride dot com thats an independent news website about ethiopia he says the release is a direct result of the rumor protests i think you know. A year ago i said im jailed fighting for my people my people were let me for free in does essentially what happened today i think what gives a lot of people of him is him is this the young population that is demanding it is right that hes asking for more in ethiopia faces a challenge where the purposes are not going away in it has pushed the ruling party to a corner where now there are divisions even within the governing coalition where. Members of the ruling ethiopian Peoples Democratic front essentially embracing the protesters demands and calling for reforms i think they charge power struggle within the party and the fact that there is an assertive Younger Generation of Leaders Within the ruling party in the in the fact that the protesters and the young people who are taking to the streets in the minding their rights this gives people a lot of them isnt because one way or another change seems inevitable in ethiopia is just a matter of how soon it will come in the way we are going to see more chains at least twelve people have been killed in twin suicide attacks and nigeria the bombers targeted a market on the outskirts of my degree at least forty eight people were injured and in could do no status in Northern Nigeria government of kidnapped two americans and two canadians and killed two police officers. The white house chief of stuff has reportedly said president Donald TrumpsCampaign Promises on immigration were uninformed u. S. Leaders reporting john kerry made the comments while discussing Immigration Reform with democratic politicians they want guarantees to protect undocumented immigrants before backing a spending bill to avoid a Government Shutdown is adjusted the way hes looked at the south asia strategy afghanistan hes a very definitely changed his attitude towards the doctor issue and even the wall once we briefed him when i was at the h. S. He has evolved in the way hes looked at Things Campaign to governing are two Different Things and this president is very very very flexible in terms of what is within the realm of the possible syrias main Kurdish Party the p y ds urging the u. N. To act quickly to protect kurdish controlled territory in the countrys north the parties warning that one Million People live in the enclave of afrin which turkey threatened to attack took his president reza typo and says an offensive will be known soon to push out kurdish forces. Have gathered on the turkish side of the border and provide links the syrian y p g kurdish fighters to turkeys outlawed p k k which has fought for autonomy for decades strongly criticized the us and funding the y. P. Gene which has played a significant role in the battle against isis you know the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says he will take his concerns into account but in a speech about syria there was no talk of stopping support the kurdish groups. The United States hears and takes seriously their concerns are nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of Syrian Refugees its stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate we must turkeys close cooperation in achieving a new future for syria that ensure security for syrias neighbors. North and south korea will march under a unified flood of the Opening Ceremony of next months Winter Olympics also sealed a joint womens Ice Hockey Team for the games in china and south korea follows the first title meeting between the north and south and more than two years but the apparent reconciliation efforts are provoking some opposition in the south with several petitions filed against them because you know that joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul toughly so not all South Koreans are happy with their governments New Friendship with the north how are people that feeling well there and i think many would welcome any efforts that would bring about a more stable and peaceful situation here on the Korean Peninsula but some are not happy about certain aspects of this agreement that was reached for example in a recent poll only four out of ten people agreed that the two koreas should march under a unified Korean Peninsula flag at the Opening Ceremony questions have also been raised by some critics about the fact that South Koreans will be going into north korea to participate in joint training at a ski resort that is a pet project of the leader there kim jong un saying that this might be helping to promote tourism at that ski resort but the government maintains that this is all under the banner of its idea of peace olympics that it is bringing about a situation where they can be less worried about potential provocations coming out of north korea while its athletes and its delegates are here in south korea participating in the olympics and they want to kind of set up a situation where it is conducive to having a more cooperative relationship with the north and kathy how significant is all of this that. Well it is significant if you look at the fact that but for these talks even just last week the two koreans were the two koreas were not speaking officially at all for more than two years and of course it follows this period of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula it also follows several more increasingly tense times because of north Korean Nuclear and missile tests but critics are pointing to the fact that its it is just about the olympics that this doesnt look at the Bigger Picture of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and at a meeting of Foreign Ministers in canada the Japanese Foreign minister was warning his counterparts to not be naive about north koreas intent and the message there in canada was that sanctions must be stopped too and now we have the u. S. President donald trump telling reuters that china is helping when it comes to sanctions against north korea but suggesting that perhaps russia is not and just recently his secretary of state Rex Tillerson seemed to repeat that suggestion saying it is apparent to us that they russia are not implementing all the sanctions and there is some evidence they may be frustrating some of the sanctions so the United States wants to continue to push this campaign of maximum pressure against north korea and against its Nuclear Program even as south korea wants to push a message of peace dialogue and engagement with north korea derren thank you. Israeli forces have killed a palestinian man during a raid in jenin in the occupied west bank a number of palestinians were also injured in gunfire israeli media linking the incident to the search for the killer of a rabbi who was shot dead a week ago a military court has ruled that a palestinian teenager who was filmed slapping an israeli soldier must be kept in custody until the trial video of the incident went viral on social media Getting International attention. Has more from outside the military courts in the occupied west bank. Well i had to mimi is no stranger to this prefabricated courtroom inside the office military prison she came in looking relatively relaxed exchanging messages with her father who was sitting waiting for stretching out her legs crossing them at the ankles where they were cuffed together and she heard the judge in the case the military judge deny her bail pending her trial which was set for january thirty first the judge justifying that decision not so much talking about the aggravated Assault Charges related to the slapping that was caught in that video which went viral and made her such a cause celeb among palestinians a point of humiliation for many israeli nationals who saw the soldiers being confronted in this way talking more about the words that she used in that video he said that she was calling for stabbing attacks for suicide bombings and that incitement required her to remain in custody throughout the duration of her trial lawyer said that she was very disappointed with this decision that the real meaning of those words were about the inevitability of such attacks after the declaration by donald trump recognizing as far as United States was concerned jerusalem as the capital of israel she also said that she was disappointed that her arguments had not been this into arguments such as israels obligations under the convention of the rights of the child and what she said was unequal treatment of settlers and palestinians living in the occupied west bank as well as that the judge reminded a heads mother nor a man in custody until the start of her trial on friday the six. Also to coming on aljazeera including why tech giant apple is bringing large sums of cash back to the u. S. And creating jobs to us. On a profit. While on the other broad group of wiring people who are hard not to. Hello at the moment is still cold in kazakhstan and parts of north iran where the cloud moves away temps is actually going to start to rise the next action is coming to live and at the moment and turkey thats spinning up so its going to increase the breeze from the southwest over eleven and seventeen in beirut probably was rain twelve in aleppo but equally is a bit of a suddenly breeze everywhere so weve got plus six in tashkent minus one or that rises to just above freezing the following day so it has suddenly drift and temperatures start to rise at the same time weve got the sun reappearing in beirut destructs temperature was able to feel better aleppos down to nine again the rains gone through an anchors at plus one in the sunshine but look at the amount of snow potentially falling out of that for eastern turkey Northern Syria and probably georgia maybe armenia as well south of it all but a breeze blowing currently i think will weaken to answer the gulf temperatures a steady in the middle twentys typically around about thirty in mecca not much in the way of tired in the sky except maybe in the southwest of saudi up in the mountains. In Southern Africa we have had some big showers recently in south africa but the persistent rains for the north and will last in zambia for example. Aljazeera explores prominent figures of the Twentieth Century and how and why beliefs influence the course of history the souls that leave did not get enough credit for ending up but didnt want to be the big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up apartheid in south Africa Nelson mandela and f. W. De klerk face to face at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back up at recap the top stories here now jazeera ethiopia has freed Opposition Leader that a patina was detained during antigovernment protests and twenty fifteen the government released more than four hundred of those as part of what it says is a national reconciliation. The white house chief of staff are supporters said president Trumps Campaign promises on immigration were uninformed u. S. Media said john kerry made the comments while discussing Immigration Reform with democratic politicians. And north and south korea will march under a unified flag at the Opening Ceremony of next months Winter Olympics but the apparent reconciliation efforts are opposed by many in the south with several petition was filed against this. The Technology Giant apple says it will expand its u. S. Operations and create twenty thousand jobs it repatriates billions of dollars in money from overseas as being the cash back out of the trumpet ministration bought in new tax laws that benefit business jabatan she explains. Apple has long been criticized for its huge cash pile of some two hundred fifty billion dollars that it made through its foreign subsidiaries but refused to repatriate to the u. S. In order to avoid paying u. S. Taxes thats ninety four percent of its total cash under the new tax bill passed at the end of last year apple and other multinationals got what they loaned one to a reduction in the tax rate on those holdings from thirty eight percent to fifteen and a half percent however apple has to pay that fifteen and a half percent whether it repaired trees the money or not on wednesday apple announced its tax bill will come to thirty eight billion dollars a saving of some forty two billion dollars according to analysts the Company Also Announced it will open a new campus in the u. S. Twenty thousand more employees and spend three hundred fifty billion dollars over the next five years this is really good from apples p. R. Without is out there talking about an innovation find jobs money back in the pockets of their employees money being repatriated so this is a win win all around however its not clear whether the expansion plans are new and apple hasnt announced any changes to its manufacturing model which is based around asian factories nor is it clear how much of its money at times to repatriate it all analysts say much of any repatriated money may go to paying down the ninety seven billion dollars in debt that it incurred as it rewarded its shareholders in stock buybacks and dividends and giving its shareholders even more billions of dollars and that could spark controversy without the announcement of the new campus and more job creation in the u. S. But as for those jobs at the new campus many will be in Technical Support no luck. The gnomes but according to reports they will be paid an average of thirty six thousand dollars a year other investments will be in expanded data centers around the u. S. Warehouses for equipment break this is an announcement that should be capitalized on by President Trump who criticized the company during the president ial Election Campaign. On wednesday the dow jones at forty six thousand points for the first time an indicator of the president is used to suggest a booming economy has also hit a record C