still ahead here on al-jazeera tension simmering between refugees from sudan and south sudan as they compete for limited resources. and how this viral video in south korea has prompted a national debate about women and the workplace. hello there we've got a big swelling area of low pressure that's working its way across the northern parts of asia at the moment we look at the satellite picture we can see this area of cloud that the wraps itself up around the center of the low pressure and all of this is sweeping its way eastwards but it's going to bring us to cold weather in fact it looks like it's going to be fairly mild so take care there is six degrees before the system works its way across us and then up to around twelve off towards the north there will be a fair amount of rain maybe a few outbreaks of snow as you might expect at this time of year across hokkaido towards the west certainly not warm here minus one as a maximum there he pyongyang for us in beijing we should get up to around three degrees the further towards the southeast and here it has been relatively dry recently

conflicts are raging simultaneously in sudan and south sudan making life increasingly tough for refugees from both countries who have to share limited resources some have lost their lives in the violence morgan reports from up on county and south sudan home to one of four refugee camps for people from its northern neighbor. this has been a home for more than six years their refugee from sudan fled her home and sought safety in neighboring south sudan she says she no longer feel safe after her brother was killed last year in fighting between refugees and there's now sudanese hosts. who lost a brother last year he was kidnapped and killed they brought back his body that night we were tucked inside that comes with guns are not of people during the fights or just my brother but children women were killed in this time. fighting broke out in blue nile state after the sudan people's liberation movement north rebelled against government leaders in khartoum the armed opposition group accuse the sudanese government of breaking the two thousand and five peace agreement it allowed to choose whether

as a new piece still is signed for south sudan we speak to those who need it most. and athens offers hope for some of the most vulnerable refugees in overcrowded camps on the greek islands and now heading to the mainland. french president says the u.s. has marginalized self in the israeli palestinian conflict this comes a day after the un general assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution rejecting president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capsule of israel one hundred twenty eight countries voted for the non binding resolution thirty five stay. and among the nine countries that sided with america israel guatemala and honduras mahmoud abbas the palestinian presence as the u.s. is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process he also condemned trump's threat to cut foreign aid to those who went against the us. and thank you fronts and thank you for the vote of yesterday at the general assembly it shows very clearly that you mr president that france is the country of freedom and democracy it has also shown that the whole of europe supports intern

to the people of south sudan. is in cooma south sudan a refugee camp for the south sudanese and catherine i suppose this deal couldn't come soon enough for those that need it most absolutely and we've been hearing so hail for the last two or so days and we've been speaking to many refugees who are you know asking will this peace will this ceasefire agreement hold considering the fact that they have witnessed several of thirty agreements signed in the last four years since south sudan was a war and then soon those agreements broken almost immediately so a lot of refugees we spoke to saying that they are not holding their breath they will just wait and see what happens here is a story we did. mall of south sudan's displaced people have made their way to this transit center in nothing kenya with virtually nothing to call their own helen arrived recently both her husband and brother were killed in the fighting she now has to take care of her brother's eight children as well as five of her own she has a family back hom

sudan and the word south sudan but if they don't then the war in thousand is likely to continue and to each and every party we get his or her demands morgan thank you very much live for us and. thank you know some time on monday who is south africa's ruling party has chosen as its new leader the head of the african national congress will lead the party into the two thousand and nineteen general elections current deputy president cyril ramaphosa and courses on a deal many zuma are formally nominated as candidates on sunday the battle for the top job has exposed deep divisions within the ruling party now the a.n.c. says four thousand seven hundred seventy six delegates voted in the secret ballot starting at midnight sunday many say that after years of zuma has rules soaring unemployment and corruption have left millions of poor black south africans frustrated with the a.n.c. deputy president who is a wealthy businessman is backed by the business community which believes he offers the best hope for the economy veteran and co says on a zuma who is an ex-wife of president zuma is expecte

still has hair on al-jazeera tensions between refugees from sudan and south sudan as they compete for limited resources. and we take a look at what could be in store for the zimbabwe in twenty eighteen after a year of extraordinary political change. by the springtime clamorous of a mountain leak. on the interstate. hello there it certainly has been cold for some of us in europe recently in the northwest we've been seeing pictures like this plenty of snow around and some pretty strong winds as well but force across the u.k. it's going to get a lot milder if we head through the next few days it is all things to this weather system here it's piling its way in and behind that is the woman weather so we're looking at a top temperature today in london of around thirteen and up to around fourteen in paris now as the leading works its way across as the leading area of rain that will give us a little bit of snow at first but then turn to rain and as it works its way eastwards will see the temperatures rise on sunday to say bilin will be up around thirteen degrees vienna will be up at twelve th

or in process in south sudan signing a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. and apple faces lawsuits in the u.s. off drug making it deliberately slowed down older models of the i phone. palestine's president says his country won't accept any u.s. backed middle east peace plan what about was reinforcing his position after the u.n. rejected president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital abbas also urged france and europe to step up and play a bigger role in peace efforts after meeting the french president in paris the has more from. it was no surprise that the palestinian leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the elise a palace emanuel mark karr has been a staunch critic of the united states' decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel after talks on the crisis mahmoud abbas's said the palestinians could no longer accept a u.s. peace plan. the united states is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process we will not accept any plan on the part of the us because of the parties and failing and becaus

and south sudan as they compete for limited resources. and how this viral video in south korea has prompted a national debate about women and the workplace. and that we've seen some heavy showers over the southeastern part. asia recently there's more still to come we look at the satellite picture we can see that most of the weather recently has been in the western parts of stretching from the western half of borneo all the way across across the montra and so for singapore in k.l. it's been quite a few showers more still to come as we head through sunday meanwhile though for the philippines it's actually been relatively dry recently that will change as we head through sunday and into monday we're seeing this storm work its way towards us it's a developing feature and it looks like it's going to run across the northern parts of mindanao and maybe give us more in the way of flooding here for the towards the south of course in australia there's still a fair amount of moisture with this and still a few outbreaks of or all the heavy rain across

more than four million people have been displaced in south sudan's conflict hundreds of thousands have fled to rule in kenya katherine sawyer reports from a refugee camp in kakuma. mall of south sudan's displaced people have made their way to this transit center in nothing kenya with that's really nothing to call their own helen good arrived recently both her husband and brother were killed in the fighting she now has to take care of her brother's eight children as well as five of her own she has a family back home a good lunch she tells us no more going out on the line and it's very hard for me i'm the only person now to take care of these children i don't know whether peace will come or not i'm not hopeful any more there are about a thousand refugees in this reception center all have arrived in the last few weeks this year alone more than twenty two thousand mostly from south sudan have come for help the comp is already hosting close to two hundred thousand. been given talk that will enable them to get space in the constable top shelters will soon meet their new neighbors some of who

south sudan has been in conflict for four years it's one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world attempts at peace overseen by regional mediators have often filled and with no end in sight this refugees continue to wait out a crisis they say has destroyed their lives catherine soy al jazeera. in north and kenya the un's refugee agency is urging greece to work faster to move asylum seekers from overcrowded camps before one to conditions deteriorate further or the camps on islands between mainland greece and turkey will built to receive five and a half thousand people but they currently house twice that number even after thousands who moved off the past month. reports from the island of some us. osama has waited for this moment for five months but as he finally boards a ferry for athens and a future far from his native palestine he almost seems to regret it he's one of one hundred ten refugees sailing for the mainland many have been here longer. came here fourteen months ago after i saw the fighters destroyed his house in mosul it's like a dream for everyone here because they spent

south sudan has been in conflict for four years it's one of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world attempts at peace overseen by regional mediators have often filled and with no end in sight this refugees continue to wait out a crisis they say has destroyed their lives catherine soy al jazeera. and not in kenya. cuba's president will stay in power until april two months longer than expected raul castro who was due to step down in february after elections for a new national assembly but that votes been pushed back by two months because of the destruction caused by hurricane in september a year from last year. in two thousand and seventeen we have been witnesses to a serious and irrational deterioration of relations between the united states and cuba our country is absolutely not responsible for this setback i say again categorically that cuba did not and does not have any responsibility whatsoever with the incidents they have alleged to have affected the health of diplomats accredited persons or other foreign visitors lawsuits have been filed in the us against apple after the compan

now conflicts are raging simultaneously in sudan and south sudan making life increasingly tough for refugees from both countries who have to share limited resources some have lost their lives in the violence to them all the reports from county in south sudan one of four refugee camps of people from its northern neighbor. this has been a frog nasser's home for more than six years the refugee from sudan fled her home and sought safety in neighboring south sudan she says she no longer feel safe after her brother was killed last year in fighting between refugees and their south sudanese hosts. who lost her brother last year he was kidnapped and killed they brought back his body that night we were tucked inside the comes with guns we lost a lot of people during the fight for just my brother but children women were killed in this time. fighting broke out in state after the sudan people's liberation movement north rebelled against government leaders in khartoum the armed opposition group accuse the sudanese government of breaking the two thousand and five peace agreement it allowed state to choose

the warring parties in south sudan signed a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. welcome to the program out top story this hour palestine's president says he will no longer accept the united states as mediator in the middle east peace process saying it cannot be relied upon to play an honest role mahmoud abbas made the comments during a meeting with the french president emanuel in paris in which he called for europe to take the initiative in peace efforts it comes a day after the united nations adopted a resolution rejecting u.s. president donald trump's decision do you actually recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel as the reports from paris. it was no surprise that the palestinian leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the elise a palace emanuel mark karr has been a staunch critic of the united states' decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel after talks on the crisis mahmoud abbas's said the palestinians could no longer accept a u.s. peace plan. from the united states is no longer a credible mediator in the peace proc

south sudan's government and opposition forces have signed a cease fire deal of humanitarian access to civilians the deal which was agreed in talks in the ethiopian capital addis ababa is the latest attempt to end the four year long conflict the truce comes into effect on sunday which is christmas eve it aims to revive a two thousand and fifteen peace deal that collapsed last year of the heavy fighting broke out in the capital juba well this conflict has displaced more than four million people creating the world's fastest growing refugee crisis hundreds of thousands have fled to northern kenya catherine sawyer reports now from a refugee camp in kakuma. mall of south sudan's displaced people have made their way to this transit center in nothing kenya with virtually nothing to call their own helen good arrived recently both her husband and brother were killed in the fighting she now has to take care of her brother's eight children as well as five of her own she has a family back home a good one she tells us a moment. it's very hard for me i'm the only person now to take care of these chi

because polygram me is common in south sudan the work has left behind hundreds of thousands of widows who lost their husbands no want to track of the number of people killed in south sudan's were but it's estimated that more than half a million widows are left behind many are the sole breadwinners for their children and there were has cost high inflation and for shortage for have the population for many widows who are single mothers the burden can be too much to handle marital rents the readers group here in a kobo she says we just benefit from helping each other. when we brought together the widows they had all lost their husbands in the war and were tired of taking care of their children alone some thought of suicide for killed themselves last year but those here in the group look at other widows and realize that they're not alone and have others that they can talk to see a lot of the. war years knows her life won't be the same again after her husband was killed but at least she has a place you can talk about her trauma and hope for a better future people who are going on just there

also tension some as between refugees from sudan and south sudan as they compete for limited resources. and support roger federer's return to the tennis court gets off to a winning start those details coming up with. russia's supreme court has upheld the ban on office issued leader alexina valley running for president next year the valley has been barred because of a fraud conviction he says is politically motivated he's now calling for supporters to boycott the vote as a block to me putin is widely expected to win a fourth term. staying in europe french president jacques kroll has been in office for seven months now at the start sub labeled him to arrogant but opinion polls now suggest his popularity has risen at the moment sometimes called a hyper president is making his mark on the world stage on issues ranging from climate change to middle east disputes the tasha butler has more from paris. keeping up with emmanuel mccall isn't easy energetic young president has thrown him self into a frenzy of activity at home and abroad since being elected in may for this newspaper cartoonist ske

rebel group in south sudan says government troops have attacked their base a day after warning warring factions signed a cease fire agreement the truce which goes into effect on sunday would allow humanitarian aid to civilians more than four million people have been displaced by the conflict hundreds of thousands have fled to northern kenya catherine sawyer reports from refugee camp and. mall of south sudan's displaced people have made their way to this transit center in nothing kenya with virtually nothing to call their own helen arrived recently both her husband and brother were killed in the fighting she now has to take care of her brother's eight children as well as five of her own shows a family back home a good lunch she tells us a moment. it's very hard for me i'm the only person now to take care of these children i don't know whether peace will come or not i'm not hopeful any more there are about a thousand refugees in this reception center all have arrived in the last few weeks this year alone more than twenty two thousand mostly from south sudan have come for help the comp is

warring parties in south sudan signed a ceasefire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians and apple faces lawsuits in the u.s. making it deliberately slow down older models of the i phone. and on peter stammered in doha with the latest sports news we host nation kuwait lose their opening twenty seventeen gulf cup match to saudi arabia that and more later this news hour. palestine's president says his country won't accept any. the u.s. back to middle east peace plan mahmoud abbas was reinforcing his position after the u.n. rejected president chums decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital of ass also urged france and europe to step up and play a bigger role in peace efforts after meeting the french president in paris that's actually has more from there. it was no surprise that the palestinian leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the elise a palace emanuel mark karr has been a staunch critic of the united states' decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel after talks on the crisis mahmoud abbas's said the palestinians could no longe

on the beauty sound on this offering comfort and support to war widows in south sudan. story the palestinian red crescent says one hundred fifty seven people were injured on sunday and confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west bank jerusalem and gaza after u.s. president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital there was also violence in neighboring lebanon west security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters outside the u.s. embassy in the capital beirut meanwhile in jerusalem an israeli security guard has been wounded in a stabbing attack in a central bus station this as israel's prime minister insists the president trumps decision was mainly a recognition of the existing reality made the comments while meeting the french president emanuel macron in paris who called on israel to end its construction of settlements we start in lebanon and this report from st holder in beirut. lebanese security forces are using high water cannon tear gas to disperse the crowds several hundred people gathered outside the u.s. embassy

and hopes to end south sudan's four year civil war as peace talks take place in ethiopia morn. from brisk noise and fuel. to the warm trying cool to those of southeast asia. hello again there's quite a bit of cloud around in the middle east at the moment the first system is in the eastern parts of this one's mostly fizzling out now but we're still seeing a few showers over parts of iran and just about into pakistan as well then we've got another weather system that's pushing its way down from parts of turkey not a great deal to it just at the moment but it is a developing feature so as we head to choose day and into wednesday we'll see it put it together and the more of us in turkey particularly the eastern positivity we're going to see a fair amount of snow i'm clear though i think most of it will be rain rather than snow but it won't be warm maximum temperature just five degrees but further towards the south and there's been a fair amount of wet weather across parts of oman and the u.a.e. but that is gradually fizzling out now so here in doha we get to around twenty three for

the women of south sudan have decided that we have had enough of this we'll tell you why these women. hit the streets and protest. the japanese babe ruth and he's just been sold an american baseball team for twenty million dollars more in that state. by this guy nine if asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. the weather's looking pretty quiet across the middle east over the next couple of days little bit of cloud over towards afghanistan possibility of wanted to fly as the snow coming through here but for many it will be settled dry and sunny a little bit of cloud over towards the western side of the region so easing in across the levant so little bit of a murky skies just pushing through cyprus heading towards syria lebanon jordan to just aleppo to around thirty nine s. but ninety nine hundred nineteen degrees there for by road that also for jerusalem . as well for baghdad jim we settled and sunny twenty degrees in kuwait city and we're looking at dry skies winds easing down across the eastern side of the region as we go on through sunday so much of the arabian peninsu

sudan's four year civil war as peace talks take place in ethiopia. hello there is still very hot for some of us in australia at the moment there is a corner change on its way though this area of cloud here that's gradually drifting its way eastwards but if you're ahead of that it's still very hot say thirty three in melbourne there for tuesday and thirty four in sydney and in sydney the temperatures will be rising further as we head through into wednesday so this time of the thirty eight degrees here's that cool a change though it's on its way toward sydney and it will already of past melbourne by wednesday lunchtimes it will be only it around twenty five towards the west generally a lot quite a force here in perth twenty nine degrees will be our maximum now as we head across towards new zealand we've two main areas of rain here the first one is trying to clear away from the north island now but the second one is already galloping across the south island this one in the south is gradually pushing its way northward so for many of us their own choose d

or a newly independent south sudan. the conflict has resulted in more than two hundred fifty thousand refugees fleeing to south sudan more than half of them live in four camps here sudanese refugees started arriving here in my band since two thousand and eleven a few months after south sudan gained independence but since then the host country has been at civil war which is still happening that has created an economic and hunger crises all over it have had an impact on the refugees the war in south sudan which started in ten to fifteen also display started in east and resulted in more than half of the twelve million population peace in food insecurity south sudanese government leaders say tensions are being created because the refugees have freedom to move and reach limited resources in my van if you. feel better there are advantages and disadvantages of having them here the main problem is that the camps are not first that means there are a few g.'s can move around freely in countries with domestic use and that is havin

well yes indeed fully most of them live in bordering on infinities bordering the sudan south sudan border and security has made it very difficult to access to access these refugees but what we do know because we've been to these cancer overall times what we do know is that these refugees are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance there they have complained to us over all times that they are suffering food shortages that they're suffering shortage of medicines and that they need better education for their children and it's not just here in sudan that the refugees are suffering let's let's not forget that south sudan's refugee crisis is termed termed as the largest refugee crisis in africa since though there want to genocide more than twenty years ago so there are there's a lot of refugees are not just in sanaa not just in sudan but also in neighboring uganda d r c a rwanda story kenya and if europea south sudan's refugee crisis and i was created more than twenty two million people. more than two million people have been forced to leave their homes the unicef says that most of them ar

peace talks aimed at ending south sudan's civil war due to get underway in ethiopia. it's been four years since the fighting began which has forced more than a third of the population from their homes or prisoners the south sudan's president salva kiir and rebel leader rima shar are expected to attend morgan has more from juba. this round of talks in the capital addis ababa is regarded as the last chance for peace. to end the civil war which started in december twenty third scene and i was a peace agreement which was august twenty fifth here in the capital juba but then a fighting broke out in the capital in july last year between the rivaling course there's the government and the opposition and the rig machar after which declared the peace agreement has collapsed now the intergovernmental body on our development into governmental authority under development i get a regional block as we look around the region there to south africa sudan kenya and ethiopia to try to bring together all the were not just the opposition under it much are and the government the different o

who lost their husbands no want to track of the number of people killed in south sudan's were but. they made that more than half a million widows are left behind many are the sole breadwinners for their children and there were has cost high inflation and for shortage for have the population for many widows who are single mothers the burden can be too much to handle many toll runs the readers group here in a kobo she says we just benefit from helping each other. when we brought together the widows they had all lost their husbands in the war and were tired of taking care of their children alone some thought of suicide for killed themselves last year but those here in the group look at other widows and realize that they're not alone and have others that they can talk to see a lot of the. war years knows her life won't be the same again after her husband was killed but at least she has a place you can talk about her trauma and hope for a better future people who are going on just there are a south sudan. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories that are being confrontations in leba

a ceasefire by south sudan's warring saw sides has come into force to allow humanitarian access to civilians caught up in the fighting the deal agreed after talks in the ethiopian capital addis ababa is the latest attempt to end the four year long civil war aims to revive a twenty fifteenth peace deal the collapse last year after heavy fighting broke out in the south sudan capital juba. more than two thousand seven hundred people in turkey have been dismissed from their posts as part of the country's latest emergency rule to create soldiers teachers and bureaucrats were sacked over alleged links to what are being called terror organizations in total one hundred fifty thousand have been dismissed or suspended from the job since the failed coup in july of last year that's over suspected ties to the movements of the us based cleric len turkey accuses him of organizing the failed coup. is the director of policy analysis at the doha institute he says the latest dismissals show president urged has gone too far. well i think at the very beginning his the action was fully understood because that was

because polygram me is common in south sudan the world has left behind hundreds of thousands of widows who lost their husbands no want to skipping track of the number of people killed in south sudan's were but it's estimated that more than half a million widows are left behind many are the sole breadwinners for their children and there were has cost high inflation and for shortage for have the population. for many widows who are single mothers the burden can be too much to handle memory run through it is group here in a kobo she says we don't benefit from helping each other. when we brought together the widows they had all lost their husbands in the war and were tired of taking care of their children alone some thought of suicide for killed themselves last year but those here in the group look at other widows and realize that they're not alone and have others that they can talk to. her life won't be the same again after her husband was killed but at least she has a place you can talk about her trauma and hope for a better future people working on just the era of south sudan. a quick re

who lost their husbands no want to track of the number of people killed in south sudan's were but. they made that more than half a million widows are left behind many are the sole breadwinners for their children and there were has cost high inflation and for shortage for have the population for many widows who are single mothers the burden can be too much to handle many toll runs the readers group here in a kobo she says we just benefit from helping each other. when we brought together the widows they had all lost their husbands in the war and were tired of taking care of their children alone some thought of suicide for killed themselves last year but those here in the group look at other widows and realize that they're not alone and have others that they can talk to save a lot of the. war years knows her life won't be the same again after her husband was killed but at least she has a place you can talk about her trauma and hope for a better future people who are going on just there are a south sudan. these are your headlines on al-jazeera violent protests have taken place in leban

rids of women have come out to march on the streets of south sudan capital juba calling for an end to south sudan's war which is going on to a script here to save their mouth shut but really the signs and posters that they're carrying tall they're tired of the war they want their men back from the fighting and they want better future for their children which broke out in december twenty third team has resulted in tens of thousands being killed and a quarter of the country's twelve million population displaced. we the women of south sudan have decided that we have had enough of this list war has been going on for a long time we thought independence has come in the war has come to an end ten to thirteen happened and nothing has changed twenty sixteen happened and the still the work continues to intensify women continue to be raped and killed and they don't have access to their homes there's no humanitarian access for people they need it's we are tired and fed up of this and we want our leadership to understand that this is it this is their chance their final chance to bring peace to thi

a ceasefire by south sudan's warring sides has come into force to allow humanitarian access to civilians caught up in the fighting the deal agreed after talks in the ethiopian capital addis ababa is the latest attempt to end the four year long civil war that aims to revive a twenty fifteen peace deal that collapsed last year after heavy fighting broke out in the south sudan capital juba you are right up to speed with all the top stories more news after talk to al-jazeera all season. there is a very important fourth of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here to go into areas that nobody else is going talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. you will. see. that. we live in an age of rapid technological advances why.

because polygram me is common in south sudan the work has left behind hundreds of thousands of widows who lost their husbands no want to track of the number of people killed in south sudan's were but it's estimated that more than half a million widows are left behind many are the sole breadwinners for their children and there were has cost high inflation and for shortage for have the population. for many widows who are single mothers the burden can be too much to handle mary runs the reader's group here in a kobo she says we don't benefit from helping each other. when we brought together the widows they had all lost their husbands in the war and were tired of taking care of their children alone some thought of suicide for killed themselves last year but those here in the group look at other widows and realize that they're not alone and have others that they can talk to see if a lot of their. war years knows her life won't be the same again after her husband was killed but at least she has a place you can talk about her trauma and hope for a better future people are going on just there

androids of women and south sudan's capital juba have taken to the streets calling for an end to the suffering in their country millions of fled their homes since fighting broke out in december two thousand and thirteen between government and rebel forces the u.n. says half the country's population is in need of humanitarian assistance even morgan was at that women's march. breeds of women have come out to march on the streets of south sudan capital juba calling for an end to south sudan's war which is going on to hear the tape their mouths shut but really the signs and posters that they're carrying hate all they're tired of the war they want their men back from the fighting and they want but if we care for their children as well which broke out in december twenty third team has resulted in tens of thousands being killed and a quarter of the country's twelve million population displaced. we the women of south sudan have decided that we have had enough of this list war has been going on for a long time we thought independence has come in the war has come to an end ten to thirteen happ

now the world news south sudan's warring sides have agreed to let their guns fall silent from sunday to allow deliveries of food medicine and other supplies to desperate civilians the agreement was signed off in ethiopia between delegates representing president salva kiir and others on behalf of his rival former vice president react the ceasefire is the latest attempt to revive a twenty fifteen peace deal and four years of civil war between forces loyal to these two men the fighting began in december twenty thirty in one salva kiir sachs react as his deputy here is from the dominant dinka tribe from the second largest nowhere tried tens of thousands have been killed in the fighting millions are living in camps and shelters in and outside the country in many areas on the brink of famine it's all part of what's been a violent beginning for the world's youngest country it broke away from sudan in twenty eleven as part of an agreement that ended the decades long sudanese civil war now some of the two million displaced south sudanese are sheltering in northern kenya from where catherine s

sudan government leaders in south sudan say they are not linked to potential war crimes those who do attack civilians will be held accountable we have . that. think happened. but the happen with the individual taking the law into that order and that's when as the comes to you know. who said first they are always you know taken to book for viola pony no amount of accountability will bring back her husband or their burnt out home but she says justice will bring her some closure so she can move on with her life and raise her kids even morgan al-jazeera juba a russian court has sentenced a former economy mysis eight years in prison alexiou could have has been found guilty of corruption after accepting a two million dollars bribe from an oil giant but he says he was framed sonia cagle has more now from moscow. he was once russia's economy minister now alexy all you kyra have is an ex politician with a conviction for bribery and his fall from grace has been a stark reminder that not even government officials can escape the unpredictable nature of the country's justice system we have was se

because polygram me is common in south sudan the work has left behind hundreds of thousands of widows who lost their husbands no want to track of the number of people killed in south sudan's were but it's estimated that more than half a million widows are left behind many are the sole breadwinners for their children and there were has cost high inflation and for shortage for have the population for many widows who are single mothers the burden can be too much to handle marital rents the readers group here in a kobo she says we just benefit from helping each other. when we brought together the widows they had all lost their husbands in the war and were tired of taking care of their children alone some thought of suicide for killed themselves last year but those here in the group look at other widows and realize that they're not alone and have others that they can talk to see if a lot of the. war years knows her life won't be the same again after her husband was killed but at least she has a place you can talk about her trauma and hope for a better future people who are going on just th

. >> we started in south sudan. it took two days to get to the border of darfur. >> i didn't want to bring any security or any entourage. and george was completely comfortable with that. >> on the border of darfur is a refugee camp, 29,000 survivors of the massacre in sudan. >> translator: the problem of the government, wants to kill everybody, just sudan to become arab country. >> it is the first of seven trips clooney will make to the region. >> there's no town, no business, no town. so now what you need is some plastic and some water. >> at this moment, at this exact moment, the government of sudan is systematically trying to get rid of a race of people. >> he ny of them come back since then? have th stayed away? >> no one comes back -- >> he'll sit down with folks and relate to them one on one as human beings. this is not something that most people can do. he's going to a culture completely foreign to your own, with extreme danger and just treats someone equally one on one, sao that they feel heard. >> this litt

sudan government leaders in south sudan say they are not linked to potential war crimes those who do attack civilians will be held accountable we have . that. think happened. but they happen with the individual taking the law into their own less one as they come to you know. to the. southwest they are always you know taken to book for viola pony no amount of accountability will bring back her husband or their burnt out but she says justice will bring her some closure so she can move on with her life and raise her kids even more get out of the room. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now north korea has defiantly defended its ballistic missile program at the u.n. security council the session was called after pyongyang tested what's believed to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile last month but the u.n. meeting failed to come up with any new steps on how to curb north korea's actions. the. israeli forces have killed four palestinians including a disabled man during a wave of protests across the occupied territory more than one hundre

warring parties in south sudan sign a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. apple faces a lawsuit in the u.s. after admitting it deliberately slowed down older models of the i phone. i'm coming up in the sport with gulf cup kicks off in kuwait but as disappointment for the hosts in the opening game. spain's prime minister has rejected a call by catalonia as ousted leader carlos pushed along to hold talks after separate his party's won a slim majority in thursday's regional election while mariano and says he's open to a new era of dialogue he also insists that the next catalan government must respect the law reports from barcelona. when all sides claim victory who actually wins it's a question catalans are asking themselves today. reading thirty seven problem entry seats that's really his biggest single party is now the citizens proxy proved unity leader in this i don't mind us. but the three main secession is parties together one seventy seats and so they hold the parliamentary majority canceller me is deposed president colleagues preach to mon celebrated in

peace talks aimed at ending south sudan's civil war due to get underway in the ethiopian capital addis ababa it's been four years since that conflict broke out which has forced more than a third of the population from their homes represented as a both south sudan's president salva kiir and rebel leader reid are expected to attend morgan has more from juba. this round of talking with you think it's regarded as the last chance. to end the civil war which started in december twenty third seen. by the peace agreement which was august twenty fifteen here in the capital juba but then a fighting broke out in the capital in july last year between the right wing forces the government and the opposition and the rich much are. declared the peace agreement has collapsed now the intergovernmental body development into governmental authority under development i get a regional block has around the region they're going to south africa sudan kenya and ethiopia to try to bring together all the were inside not just the opposition and the red machar and the government the different other factions that hav

. >> we started in south sudan. it took two days to get to the border of darfur. >> i didn't want to bring any security or any entourage. and george was completely comfortable with that. >> on the border of darfur is a refugee camp, 29,000 survivors of the massacre in sudan. >> the problem with the government wants to kill everybody, just sudan to become arab country. >> it is the first of seven trips clooney will make to the region. >> there's no town, no business, no town. so now what you need is some plastic and some water. >> at this moment, at this exact moment, the government of sudan is systematically trying to get rid of a race of people. >> have many of them come back since then? or have they stayed away? >> no one comes back -- >> he'll sit down with folks and relate to them one on one as human beings. this is not something that most people can do. he's going to a culture completely foreign to your own, with extreme danger and just treats someone equally one on one, sao that they feel heard. >> this little

what i did in south sudan as an officer there was engage in assistance to american citizens and that is -- it's incredibly important work that most people back home, particularly if you don't travel, don't see. but when the war broke out in december of 2013, it happened very rapidly. there were many americans in the country for a variety of reasons. and you know, we had to organize very quickly to help get them out of harm's way. so part of my role then was to organize our evacuations of american citizens and others, and you know, you don't really have a manual for how to do that. you just come together, look at the problem, and figure out how you can organize to get as many americans to a safe place as quickly as possible. >> so, with your resignation and with the huge exodus as i just laid out, do you think those kinds of on the ground, you know, mano a mano face to face, really life and death operations are at risk? >> i do. because while we might have the interest in continuing to help american citizens, for example, you have to have resources on the ground. every day of our work

and will tell you about the beauty salon that's offering comfort and support to war widows in south sudan. in sport manchester city have taken control of the english premier league city celebrating a two one win over money united there are eleven points clear at the top. the palestinian red crescent says one hundred fifty seven people were injured on sunday in confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west bank jerusalem and gaza after president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital there's also been violence in neighboring lebanon west security forces have been using tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters who gathered outside the u.s. embassy in beirut meanwhile in jerusalem an israeli security guard has been wounded in a stabbing attack in a central bus station all this as israel's prime minister insists that president trump's decision was merely a recognition of reality on the ground in made the comments while meeting french president emanuel marconi in paris who called on israel to end its construction of settlements we start in lebanon and thi

sudan government leaders in south sudan say they are not linked to potential war crimes those who do attack civilians will be held accountable we have . that. think happened. but the happen with the individual taking the law into their own and that's when as they come to you know. to the. set first they are always you know taken to book for viola pony no amount of accountability will bring back her husband or their burnt out but she says justice will bring her some closure so she can move on with her life and raise her kids even more going into the room juba austria's conservative party has reached a coalition deal with the far right freedom party the agreement makes austria the only country in western europe with a far right party government freedom party won twenty six percent of the vote in october is election on a strong anti immigration plan or before we go we can bring you this sporting star of the future the u.s. toddler in this shot here has proven you're never too young to hit the slopes going for her first run in either hold this week two days before her first birthday ther

. >> we started in south sudan. it took two days to get to the border of darfur. >> i didn't want to bring any security, and george was comfortable with that. >> on the border is a refugee camp, 29,000 survivors in the massacre of sudan. >> translator: the problem with the government they want to kill everybody for sudan to become arab country. >> it is the first of seven trips clooney will make to the region. >> there's no time. no business, no time. so now what you need is plastic and water. >> at this exact moment, the government of sudan is system cli trying to get rid of a race of people. >> have many of them come back since then? or have they stayed away? >> no. >> he'll sit down with folks and relate to them one on one as human beings. this is not something most people could do is go into a culture that's completely foreign to your own, with extreme danger and just treat someone equally one on one so that they feel heard. >> this little tiny waif of a girl, little elf of a young woman came over and said to me

so to come on the al-jazeera news hour hopes to end south sudan's four year civil war as peace talks take place in ethiopia plus. cycling the refugee crisis i'm joined a whole of these are beds and trends recovered from the refugee camps are being made into bags and backpacks while the refugees who are themselves making a new life here in greece. underscored there's a surprise went out on the slopes and it's in the sun i don't have the details flicks. hello there rain and snow has been pounding parts of western europe you see it on the satellite picture here gradually sinking its way southwards this area of cloud gave some of us some very wintery conditions and is dragging in some cooler air behind it as well as it works its way southwards though it is breaking up a little bit so you can't really see it very clearly on the choose a chart it's this remnants down here over the northern parts of africa are behind it it certainly is cooler so eleven degrees is the maximum in madrid but at night will be dropping down to below freezing for the eastern parts of europe that's where we've got

roots of women have come out to march on the streets of south sudan's capital juba calling for an end to south sudan's war which is going on to a script here to save their mouths shut but really the signs and posters that they're carrying the tall they're tired of the war they want their men back from the fighting and they want but if we care for their children as well which broke out in december twenty third team has resulted in tens of thousands being killed and a quarter of the country's twelve million population displaced. we the women of south sudan have decided that we have had enough of this this war has been going on for a long time we thought independence has come in the war has come to an end ten to thirteen happened and nothing has changed twenty sixteen happened and the still the war continues to intensify women continue to be raped and killed and they don't have access to their homes there's no humanitarian access for people they need as we are tired and fed up of this and we want our leadership to understand that this is it this is their chance their final chance to brin

hundreds of women and south sudan's capital juba have taken to the streets calling for an end to the suffering in their country millions have fled their homes since fighting broke out in december two thousand and thirteen when twenty government or rebel forces the u.n. says half the country's population is in need of humanitarian assistance morgan was at that women's march. rids of women have come out to march on the streets of south sudan capital juba calling for an end to south sudan's war which is going on through a script here they've saved their mouth shut but really the signs and posters that they're carrying the tall they're tired of the war they want their men back from the fighting and they want but if we care for their children as well which broke out in december twenty third team has resulted in tens of thousands being killed and a quarter of the country's twelve million population displaced. we the women of south sudan have decided that we have had enough of this this war has been going on for a long time we thought independence has come in the war has come to an end ten

hundreds of women in south sudan's capital juba have taken to the streets calling for the end to the suffering in their country millions of people have fled their homes since fighting broke out in december twenty thirty between government and rebel forces the u.n. says half the country's population is in need of humanitarian assistance heber morgan was at the march. rids of women have come out to march on the streets of south sudan capital juba calling for an end to south sudan's war which is going on to hear the tape their mouths shut but really the signs and posters that they're carrying the tall they're tired of the war they want their men back from the fighting and they want but if we care for their children there which broke out in december twenty third team has resulted in tens of thousands being killed and a quarter of the country's twelve million population displaced. we the women of south sudan have decided that we have had enough of this this war has been going on for a long time we thought independence has come in the war has come to an end ten to thirteen happened and not

sudan government leaders in south sudan say they are not linked to potential war crimes those who do attack civilians will be held accountable we have . that. think happened. but they happened with the individual taking the law into their own name and that's when i was there comes to you know to the. southwest they are all raised you know taken to book. for viola pani no amount of accountability will bring back her husband or their burnt out home but she says justice will bring her some closure so she can move on with her life and raise her kids. juba. still ahead on al-jazeera zimbabwe's ruling party confirms. finalizing the departure of robert mugabe their sam they want to make america great again this is not making america great. anger in the southern us un special rapporteur war on extreme poverty finds major issues with housing and sanitation and go face set for an important role change any activity excludes t.v. viewers at home. sports coming to stay with us. wins is certainly showed its hand across almost all of the us but more recently he's consolidated self to the real cold