Parts of the robot you watching are just there alive my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes colombias former rebel group the fox suspended Political Campaigning of its security concerns following days of angry protests. And egypt launches a sweeping military operation against what it calls terrorists and to criminal groups of the side theyve been sealing plus. A space x. Rockets head fears of russia that its legacy could be under threat. Both to the program its am in south korea the first full day of competition at the Winter Olympics is just getting underway later the day the first medals of the games will be awarded winners are set to be crowded biathlon Cross Country skiing speed skating and ski jumping it follows a lavish Opening Ceremony attended by both u. S. Vice president by peds the north Korean Leader sr the tasha going to report from south korea. A step towards reconciliation for the First Time Since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north koreas ruling family is welcomed in the south the arrival of leader kim jong sr is fascinating Many South Koreans kim jong has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean president mungy in greeted her at the Opening Ceremony before she sat near u. S. Vice president mike pence the two didnt appear to Exchange Greetings then the moment many had been waiting for north and south korean athletes marched under a unified flag as a celebration of ethnic nationalism its the first time theyve done that at an International Sporting event in eleven years moon said the Winter Olympics offer a meaningful opportunity for a world divided by conflicts to unite critics say the north korean Charm Offensive is only intended to advance its agenda and mosconi it was decided to look nice for a vial of this option if you would use chance chances is that president krom view authorizing me to take a ration bought as a program of ease that main ship fundamentals have not changed. I determined to have an end of this i. C. B. M. Into continental body stick missiles capable of delivering a Nuclear Strike as a continuum for United States in the runup to the games the North Koreans have absorbed much of the spotlight first by agreeing to participate and then by sending a high level delegation to the south this week american diplomat said they would soon unveil the toughest economic sanctions against north korea yet while also saying a diplomatic solution was the focus. For now this is a moment for South Koreans to show the world what it done. Namak country they live in during the Opening Ceremony spectators were taken back in time to show the history of the Korean People and what organizers called their relentless pursuit of peace knowing that. I hope that with north korea not pleats participation this could be peace a lympics and i hope we can achieve we unification between the south and the north. The mood here is good to south koreas hosting the olympics and athletes are coming from around the world a Good Opportunity to promote south korea. And the hope is this will set the stage not only for a sporting spectacular but historic breakthrough with their northern neighbors natasha going to aim elders era south korea. Gordon chang is a columnist for the daily beast and author of the book Nuclear Showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me now via skype from bedminster in new jersey could have you with us on the program so i mean how much of a domestic success so far president moon had in terms of these over chills to north korea being in the light of a joint team on the sister of the north Korean Leader arriving now for the olympics you know the president moves getting what he wants which is reconciliation with north korea really is just a first step but this is what hes in vision now not everybody in south korea likes this and its not just the conservatives who dont like anything the moon wants its also a good portion of the moons constituency who think that moon is going too far so for instance with this joint ice hockey womens i soccer team which is the First Time Ever they feel that a joint team you have south korean athletes being turfed off their own team to make way for the North Koreans and many north Many South Koreans are just furious that if north korea is at the games as we say they are is it a sign that the serious about improving long term political ties all resists just a temporary sort of smoke and mirrors campaign. Well you know we wont know intel a couple years from now but there really is no indication that the North Koreans have changed their fundamental goals which is to take over south korea and what theyre doing is attempting to subvert the democracy there they would be very successful in creating this appearance of progress you know well just have to see but the kim family has had these goals for seven decades theyve pursued them relentlessly sometimes theyve been Charm Offensive sometimes they kill people but thats their goal has remained the same and kept on going to the north Korean Leader has been talking more and more recently about quote unquote final victory which is north korean lingo of course taking over the south in theory we have been talking and been hearing about the Charm Offensive president move wants this to be a peace games and just sort of a side bar would have been so difficult for the Vice PresidentVice President pence of the u. S. To have turned around and shook shake the hand of the north Korean Leader as sista to sort of diffuse the tension. Well you know he could have done that Something Else he could have done and that is at the opening reception and dinner the president hosted. Vice president pence went there but only for five minutes and then he blew off the dinner and that really regardless of the relationship with north korea this disrespected president moon that was not a good thing for the Vice President to do you know nonetheless though there are some things that the Vice President pensive has done which are really good for instance bringing beer the father of ottawa beer the North Koreans chilled last year so you know when you think it about all the things hes done some good some bad but as you point out on the optics of some of these things with regard to north korea they havent been that good weve seen the u. S. And south korea is that polls really in terms of the way they want to approach north korea in terms of dialogue sanctions or even at any time of diplomacy where is their relationship right now in respect of the way the south is treating the north. Well you know first of all between washington and seoul i mean there obviously is this wide gap in the way they use north korea but weve got to remember the south korea is more than just moon j. N. You know mungy in comes from hes sixty five he comes from a generation that was very anti american and korean nationalist they want to see a unified korea nation but you look at younger South Koreans they see their societies separate and apart from north korea and theres south korean nationalists and i think the Vice President pence is probably more in tune with most people in the south korean electorate certainly more than moon jerry in and so you know moon can do six he can create a rupture with the United States but im not so sure that he has the support of the majority of South Koreans because you look at opinion polls recently moved its lost a lot of these last ten points in about a week because of the olympics we shall see what happens certainly in the coming weeks and months for them but gordon chang there in new jersey thanks so much for joining us sir thank you lets go to the americas colombias full rebel group the fog has temporarily suspended its campaign for Upcoming Elections because of demonstrations of threats to its candidates the group became a Political Party last year after it made a peace deal with the colombian government adding more than fifty two years of conflict but many colombians the still angry at the foka believe its members should be in prison or in the end though we have decided to suspend Campaign Activities until we have sufficient guarantees we call on all parties and political movements without exception to make a statement rejecting this type of aggression we invite all to meet us at the forum to agree of a game of clean rules jorge of a split though is the director of the conflict Analysis Research said try to professor of economics at a time out here at a university he says faux concerns about the safety of the activists are justified. Its a very risky situation its a difficult transition from conflict to Political Parties beijing for the now party for america really grew because there is strong need for vindication for revenge even in the general population go especially in urban areas then this is why decision by far to soft campaign only in politics where the free of the country they need to go see their nasty to a share of their risk the general feeling in the population is that they have not. Subject themselves to the new system of justice. You see here that you have. Special justice for the transfusion system and that is what makes people really im really against the fire they feel the very air ration of course what they fire need to luis to recognize and address the very strong sense of sentiment in the population against Political Party nation with. The Egyptian Army hers a lot of what its calling a comprehensive operation against terrorist and criminal groups in the Sinai Peninsula is a televised statement said of the spokesman said it involves landsea death forces covering subdural side at areas a little Delta Western desert hospitals have been put on high alert order to prepare extra beds and stuff to deal with emergencies and medical evacuations well earlier we set about shoes a professor of Security Studies at the Heart Institute he says theres a political dimension to the new offensive. If you saw the pattern from twenty thirteen on words youll find the scale ations happening with one Major Political events are coming up so when the coup happened in july twenty third dean you had miscreation following in september and the whole idea part of the coup and that is all that of the new regime coming is that security and counterterrorism needs to be implemented partly in sinai but also elsewhere the interesting part about the communique of the armed forces is that theyre not talking just about sinai theyre saying theres an escalation in central delta and theres in this collation in the western deserts which are the two other areas that you saw some kind of Political Violence happening in there i think it has to do a lot with the force going president ial elections i think these escalations and the level of. Men and the ship to sinai is not new cutting spending the Internet Communications blocking roads this is all not new has been happening since twenty fifteen and probably before twenty thirteen as well so im not sure if theres something new or theres a measured saying that you know the strongman is back hes trying to secure the region and therefore mobilize for him in the next president ial elections which is happening next month. The Turkish Military is establishing a new position in syrias province as part of efforts to expand the socalled deescalation zone theyve deployed told. To turkeys state News Agency Russian forces are expected to position themselves six kilometers outside the town their objective is to create a lie dividing Syrian Government forces the opposition fighters to prevent called tact it appears to be the size of it ted bob bob with the Ground Fighting it recent weeks there the white house bit Civil Defense volunteers say one of their said does it cards or could it live was targeted by government as strikes the u. N. Has reduced its appeal for me but flag humanitarian truce to allow aid to be delivered to eastern guta it lip. President trump is to come to the defense who has come to the defense of a white house aide whos quit after being accused of Domestic Violence rob porter resides earlier this week after two former wives made separate allegations of verbal and physical abuse as you probably know he says hes innocent and i think you have to remember that he said very strongly yesterday that hes innocent. So youll have to talk to him about that but we absolutely wish him well did a very good job while he was at the white house elisha has the latest from washington d. C. Well this fits into a pattern for donald trump standing by people that he perceives to be loyal you remember that one might flynn resigned as the National Security advisor just a few days later donald trump was calling him a very good man saying that he didnt need to resign he stood by roy moore who was running for the Republican Party in the senate in alabama he was accused of molesting young women a number of them under age dont trump didnt disavow his candidacy in fact he said that people should go out and vote for roy moore that he should be listened to when he said he was innocent and you remember that donald trump himself before the election was accused of sexually assaulting a number of women he even boasted about it on tape but he said that all the women were liars and that he should be believed when he said he was innocent no what really annoys some people is that there were no warrants for porters exwives who are the victims in this who came forward with these allegations and weve had very recently to the white house has put out a statement that john kelly the chief of staff has not offered his resignation to donald trump because of this scandal which suggests that there are reports circulating that john kelly had indeed offered his resignation because of the way hes handled this theres also another problem too for all porter when he got the job at the white house he would have filled in a form a declaration form one of those questions are you currently under a restraining order which apparently he was at the time though if he takes that no hes in the trouble because he lied on a federal form and that is a felony if he took to yes then people are saying why didnt the white house do something about this situation before it got to the stage why werent they more proactive in finding out what this was all about and perhaps doing something about it at that point so more trouble for all porter perhaps in store but certainly a bad friday for donald trump. Well still ahead here on aljazeera the e. U. s main bridge should negotiate three issues a warning to britain decision time is here. Also basically deploys thousands of extra police to fight a rising tide of drug related crime in tallest hotspots those stories on the other side of the break. From the waves of the south. To the contours of the east. Coast i once again the weather looks logic watch across a good part of central and Southern China temperatures in hong kong at around twenty two degrees some of the west the weather though pushing up towards the southwest and some snow on the Northern Edge of fact that will get pushed a little further south which is we go through sunday perhaps the snow not as widespread but the cooler air does set in say hong kong getting up to around nineteen degrees celsius but at least it should be largely sunny mostly sunny too across a good part of malaysia thailand looking set faddle a peninsula gently settled and sunny the heaviest showers now look to be gathering just around that western side of borneo Northern Areas of indonesia seeing some rather heavy showers as we go on through the next couple of days to carter said seeing more heavy right temperatures here at around thirty degrees celsius well see temperatures around thirty celsius across a good part of india and there is looking lousy dry but a fair amount of cloud across the country not to as a northwest because see some increasing clouds some fickling cloud just bringing a little bit of rain maybe some snow into the northwest of pakistan over the next day or to let me go with the increasing kind of course the eastern side of the country today but again as i said should stay largely dry it stays logic dry across the region peninsula highs h