combination rob mcbride al-jazeera. hello again i'm fully back to rome with the headlines on al-jazeera a senior u.s. senators have call for action against the saudi crown prince over the meadow. they gave their assessment after listening to a briefing from the cia director gina hospital the senators say they are more confident than ever that the saudi crown prince directly ordered the killing i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince n.b.s. ordered the killing monitored the killing knew exactly what was happening planned in advance if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that who the rebels have arrived in sweden for un back talks to end yemen's four year conflict there will meet officials trying yemen's internationally recognized government for un talks aimed at ending nearly four years of war since twenty fourteen the been fighting the government which is backed by saudi m. iraqi correlation. and members of the healthy delegation s

but as with al jazeera paris. it's now been two years since al jazeera journalist mahmud hossein was arrested in egypt he hasn't been charged with any crime but his imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release alex to topple us reports. for two years my hoodoo same has been locked inside an egyptian prison his right to trial denied his legal rights rejected the al jazeera journalist flew to cairo in two thousand and sixteen to visit his family after he landed he was questioned the detained without being formally charged he suffered a broken arm and was refused proper medical treatment egyptian prosecutors accuse the culture based journalist of broadcasting what it describes as false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he strongly denies the allegations and so does al-jazeera echoing international outrage the un has been calling for his release rights groups have reported and i'm pro little crackdown on egyptian journalists since the milit

al-jazeera. are the top stories. a tsunami has hit indonesia at least two hundred twenty people have been killed more than eight hundred others have been injured. or is along the strait between two of the country's biggest. demonstrations have got under way again across sudan this is the fifth day of protests against food and fuel prices at least ten people have died since the rallies began. schools and universities at least. four million ballot papers for the democratic republic of congo presidential election have arrived in the capital they also replace those lost in the fire of last week that. left eight thousand voting machines damaged. the latest yellow vests anti-government protests have been generally peaceful with around forty thousand people turning out across the country and that's well down on the hundreds of thousands of people who took part when the demonstrations peaked in the past six weeks but as bernard smith reports from paris have been pockets of violence. with just a few hundr

only on al-jazeera. the war on drugs in the philippines is pushing jails to breaking point a record number of inmates languish behind bars for years awaiting trial one on one east philippines locked up on al-jazeera. now you. know some of it i like. the public interest she does have come from. british prime minister theresa may survive no confidence vote from within her own party but questions remain about the country's plans. and richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up debating the war and yemen u.s. senators start discussing whether to pull military support for the saudi iraqi led coalition. presence on a former lawyer michael cohen is going to prison for tax evasion and for violating campaign finance laws but says he's getting his freedom back and. i'm curious my biasa in the philippines a country raptly with the world's most congested jails. because prime minister trace may have survived a challenge to her leadership called by party backbenchers opposed to her bracks it to dea

al jazeera. omar al bashir becomes a leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead. it. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor orban and calling labor reforms slave law all. day on the outskirts of the many poor city of. song on tuesday and cuban filmmakers push boundaries despite the challenge of censorship. a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eighty years ago say media code sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled from the arabic shortly after war broke out in twenty levon the assad government has been accused by the un and rights groups of committing multiple war crimes and it's not just sudan several other countries have recently indi

that's machine on al-jazeera. destruction without warning the death toll rises of throw volcanic eruption triggers the tsunami in indonesia. hello i'm the star detail and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up adding fuel to the fire we go live to sudan on a fifth day of protests across the country. we look at the campaign to free al jazeera journalist would hussein now two years behind bars in egypt without trial. and it was too late to get on board but now trains are transforming travel around greeks. a country on what's known as the ring of fire is dealing with yet another catastrophe a tsunamis hit indonesia killing at least two hundred twenty two people and injuring more than seven hundred others scientists say it was triggered by undersea landslides from the eruption of the volcano krakatoa the tsunami swept along the sunda strait and crashed twenty meters in land taking with it hundreds of homes and hotels on the shores of java and sumatra islands also jabari reports. a concert by the indonesian p

nicholas hawk al jazeera iraq shot. myanmar is considering a plan to legalize some already operate under special provisions but changes to the law being for poles to encourage more tourism and tax revenues force. it's still under construction but this eight hundred heck decide his already become known as china town the remote region of korean state bordering thailand is being transformed thanks to chinese investment the extension of town will include housing a golf course an airport and perhaps at the center of it all casinos which at the moment are illegal in me and. we have to mission from the me a mark of them to build a chinatown developed economy within. the whole meet that target then we will build hotels the project is being built in an area controlled by a group known as border guard forces former ethnic korean rebels who are now aligned with the me and my army fighting continues in some areas between the border guards and other rebel groups vying for influence and control of the region people here hope the new

al-jazeera madrid. we now know who will play who in the group stages of the twenty nine thousand a women's world cup the draw for next year's tournament took place in paris on saturday hosts france will face a newly crowned africa cup of nations winners nigeria as well as south korea and norway in group a the norwegians will be without ballon d'or when. she hasn't played for the national team since twenty seventeen because of frustrations of how women's football was treated in the country groupie features two so i will check ins germany they have been drawn alongside spain china and tournament debutants south africa and the most successful team in the history of the competition and also defending champions the united states will face sweden thailand and cheney the u.s. have won the women's world cup three times before it comes with the territory i mean the history this program. the players kind of grow up in and so i think for myself and for the players it's the expectation the demand actually demands o

al-jazeera. this is a news hour in life my headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes sudan's omar al bashir becomes the first our leader to visit damascus insist syrian war began nearly eight years ago. thousands out on the streets in hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all ban and calling a neighbor reform slave law also this hour. the a twelve day day in fighting on the outskirts of the many port city of who days ahead of a ceasefire is set to start on tuesday and al-jazeera investigation finds links between members of france's main political parties and a far right movements that calls for the expulsion of most. thank you for joining as a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago state media coast sudan's president omar al bashir expressing is hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expell

this is al jazeera life from a head quarters and. also ahead another twist in donald trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria he says saudi arabia will help pay for the rebuild the gunmen storm a government building in afghanistan's capital of these thirty people are killed. and getting into the christmas spirit were in what's known as the birthplace of jesus. hello survivors offended easiest tsunami fear another wave of destruction with little warning the volcano blamed for saturday's tsunami are not krakatoa there it is still rotting as you can see at least three hundred seventy three people were killed when it crashed into the coastline but that number is expected to rise rescuers are using heavy machinery and their bare hands to dig through the ruins of houses hotels and other buildings andrew thomas is in one of the worst hit areas on the coast the pentagon province. listen carefully over the milly's of the way a regular blue. yes. that's not wind hidden in the gloom forty seven kilometers out to sea and krakatoa volcan

but it's with al-jazeera paris. still to come here on the al-jazeera news hour why turkish troops are on the move as u.s. forces withdraw from syria. mexico's new president faces challenges putting policy into practice. and a record run the seas event has tightened their grip on the lead in this in the piece or will have the details and. development. progress for. the end of a way of life for others. a clash between corporate interests and the people who must prepare for a long fight to protect their heritage. the march to progress in the philippines part of the e.u. find an asia series on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story as well we cover this region better than anyone else working for it as you know it's very challenging but in the particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mandate is to

but it's with al-jazeera paris. a man and a woman who were arrested in relation to destructive drone frizer on london's gatwick airport have been released british police say the pair corporator and are no no longer considered suspects in the case they've been arrested on friday after drone scientists over the disrupted the travel plans of thousands of passengers the motive for the drone flying to still unknown. now in mexico's new president mexico's news president is facing a backlash against the decision to cut the salaries and perks of the country's top government earners including himself at the same time under his money lopez obrador has lifted mexico's minimum public sector salary by sixteen percent the biggest single increase in more than twenty years john home and reports from mexico city. it all started with this from x. cruz new president without it we can't have a rich government and poor people that's why the government stopped salaries are going down he's practicing what he preaches slashing his own sala

this is al jazeera. hello i'm down in jordan this is the al-jazeera news hour live from coming up in the next sixty minutes. or start a smoking gun there's a smoking soft top ranking senators in the u.s. get a briefing from the cia director on the death of jamal khashoggi and they're convinced the saudi crown prince direct the murder. no jail time for the former u.s. national security adviser michael flynn in relation to their president to russia.

al-jazeera. thank. you stan the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. i've. that has been the. future. if there is a person in this room the u.n. special envoy said to see a gender as talks begin in sweden to and the war in yemen. them fully back to boyer watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead iran a united front in the u.s. congress as it introduces a bill criticizing the saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the chief financial officer of chinese telecom giant huawei is detained in canada beijing wants her immediate release process right now to run out and we want to be secure like other countries that don't need to worry about fighting and conflict betting on its economic future myanma allows the building of casinos to help create jobs. thank you for joining as u.n. but talks to end the war in yemen have begun in sweden the u.n. envoy for yemen martin griffith has announced the two sides have already agreed to a prisoner s

part two of a special two project vest a geisha on al jazeera. al-jazeera. till i'm fully back tivo this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes three outside power brokers meet to discuss syria's future but their talks and with no agreement a fragile truce takes hold in the many port city of her day that despite reports of cease fire violations also this hour with a government shutdown looming donald trump backs away from demands that congress fund his border wall. about pietersen with all the sports shows that marino is second by manchester united the portuguese paul swain's would be english giants of their worst store to a season in twenty eight. thank you for joining us of three key power brokers in the syrian conflict have failed to agree on the make up of a committee that would draft a new constitution and pave the way for elections the foreign ministers of russia iran and turkey met in geneva but as smith was saying and has this report. the best of the foreign ministers of turkey russia and iran could co

al-jazeera madrid. the city of atlanta is celebrating its first major sporting trophy in twenty three years after lunch united beat the portland ten best to lift the m.l.s. cup the game has a high note for football and its funds in the u.s. joining us are oscar reports was. i. was was i. was a starring performance from a young singer at the home of the m.l.s. his youngest team atlanta united are in just the second season in the league but the city has embraced it. was a record seventy three thousand fans watched united beat the portland timbers in the final atlanta were perfect throughout venezuelan joseph martinez who is the league's leading scorer and m.v.p. but the one not before the break martinez then provided an assist by arjun time defender franco escobar in the second was the two no result sealing the city's first major sporting trophy since the atlanta braves in one thousand nine hundred ninety five for team still finding its feet and a sports battling to gain a mainstream following this m.l.s.

paltrow dirge on al-jazeera. cuba's communist government has backtracked on new restrictions on private private activity that was supposed to go into effect last week the move has come as a surprise our latin america at its embassy in yemen reports from have on the. the owner of this have an apartment rents rooms to tourists just when you and highly unpopular restrictions on cuba's fledgling private sector were about to go into effect last week authorities surprised everyone. had to have been families from having more than one license but now they've lifted the limit so that for example we can also sell handicrafts or food. in another unusual response to public pressure plans to limit private restaurants to only fifty chairs also scrapped. thirteen percent of the workforce has moved over to the private sector many of them professionals have abandoned their jobs in state run into prizes like mechanical engineering. a lot of you know what i would have preferred to and haw for a quarter of what it was just to stay i

whether next but still ahead on al jazeera and al jazeera investigation finds links between a prominent french political party. and a far right movements that calls for the expulsion of blends. past and quentin encounter as sri lanka's president reinstates the prime minister he fired almost two months ago. hello again welcome back or across the western part and it states over the next few days we're going to see storm after storm coming in off the pacific and that means snow initially as we go here towards monday across the sierra as well into the cascades but as we go towards tuesday it will be a combination of rain and snow and that is going to start to get quite intense as we go to the midweek as well because that rain is going to start in down here towards parts of california out towards establishing too bad for most locations a little cool we'll be seeing new york at about three degrees down towards atlanta a cool day for you and clouds in your forecast with the time to there of about thirteen or across the caribbean really not looking too bad in terms of rain some clouds in the fo

al-jazeera. and. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnigan this is the news on live from though coming up in the next sixty minutes france strengthens its border controls as police search for a suspect in a shooting in strasbourg that left three people dead. after more than a week behind bars the chief financial officer of the chinese telecom giant away is out on bail in canada. time magazine picks its person of the year murdered journalist jamal khashoggi is among a group of journalists will. not threaten to shut down the government is going to show just in your choice you can't get your way are you shouted down getting say something that the president had a showdown between the u.s. president and top democratic politicians over funding of a board on the mexican border. a gunman who killed at least three people in the eastern city of strasbourg is on the run. from the stepped up border controls as police tried to track him down at least twelve people were injured when the attackers opened fire christmas market in th

barkha al-jazeera. after weeks of violent antigovernment protests the french president is due to address the nation on monday and then you'll also meet unions and protest groups the so-called yellow vest demonstrations were initially over fuel tax hikes but they've now become an anti government mass movement calling from across to resign. there's been a surge in support for far right parties in several european countries al-jazeera is investigative unit has infiltrated one such group in france it's called generation identity the undercover investigation reveals the group's violent tendencies and its close links to mainstream political parties that by marine le pen david harrison reports. that. the. an undercover reporter from al-jazeera is investigative unit captures an argument on the streets of france was far right activists clash with arabic speaking teenagers rather than. the man who led the race attack is an activist with a generation identity a far right youth movement dedicated to what he calls r

a new lease of life on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. president has the head of the cia will brief u.s. senators on what she knows about the murder of the saudi journalist jamal. hello and welcome on peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also ahead after more than fifty years as part of opec catalyst calling it quits leaving the oil cartel in a bid to focus on gas. in just to see fighters are evacuated from yemen.

this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter wu watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a bomb attack on a tourist coach in egypt kills four people close to the world famous giza pyramids on the outskirts of cairo. syria's military says it's entered the city of man beach after being invited in by kurdish fighters to protect them against turkish forces but the u.s. military disputes that claim. two people die in ongoing protests ahead of sunday's elections in the democratic republic of congo with voting suspended in three opposition strongholds also ahead israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits brazil deepening times with incoming right-wing president. a roadside bomb targeting tourists has killed at least four people near the giza pyramids in egypt at least ten others were injured when a tour bus was hit south of the capital cairo his fulcher judge an. egyptian security services quickly cordoned off the area where the roadside bomb ex

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. this is the news hour live from my headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes present to mannion macor holds an emergency cabinet meeting after the worst civil unrest in france in decades. a call for urgent action in poland where close to two hundred countries are meeting and made warnings about the impact of climate change also this hour the high shoji matter overshadows the saudi crown prince's diplomatic engagement opposition groups denounce mom had been someone's visit tomorrow. and i'm we're harding with the sport jonty wilder keeps his w.b.c. heavyweight title after his fight with tyson fury ends and a drop will have all the reaction coming up in the next hour. thank you for joining us it's a rebellion that began three weeks ago spread on social media and has exploded into the worse on race for decades in france president emanuel call through back from the g. twenty summit to hold an emergency meeting with government leaders he's asked his prime ministe

bill part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. january on al-jazeera. an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic growth. as brazil gets ready to swear in its controversial president we'll have live coverage from brasilia an award winning series showcasing hard hitting stories from the world's most populous regions. as the united states prepares for a new congress we'll examine what this will mean for the country and the world. with maybe a tremors constantly changing the listening post continues to analyze how the news is covered. january on al-jazeera. today the not so dominant enable. us president praises his troops for the fight against i saw it on a surprise visit to iraq. and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russia criticizes israel's military actions in syria the israelis say they have no plans to stop. face to face to form an egyptian president ousted from power in the courtroom. and the paint job on a lakeside town in guatemala how it's attracting more tourists. donald trump has arrived in german

this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes yemen's hoofy rebels pulled back from the data port under united nations supervision the latest step towards peace. russia and turkey promised more coordination in syria reflecting shifting ally and.

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thanks for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes riot police dispersed thousands of angry protesters in sudan as president omar al bashir dismisses them as traitors. turkey says the united states has agreed to disarm kurdish fighters in northern syria u.s. president donald trump warns the government shutdown will last until he gets funding for his controversial border wall with mexico. and i'm peter simmons in doha with all the sports as india go in search of the first ever cricket test series women in australia it's one one going into the boxing day match in melbourne and. we begin the news hour in sudan where riot police have dispersed thousands of protesters trying to march on the presidential palace in khartoum the demonstrators are angry at rising food and fuel prices and blame president president omar al bashir is government for economic mismanagement by this by promising reforms earlier this week

so head on al-jazeera. oh my goodness a star in performance from a young singer at the home of one of analysis youngest teens the action a major league soccer's cup final axed. a helper of victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo and a survivor of sexual abuse and trafficking in iraq through this year's recipients of the nobel peace prize will be interviewing nadia mirage and dennis mccuaig a right here in oslo c. hall will change to them about their efforts to heal women victims of sexual violence and the quest for justice joining us live for the no doubt interview on al-jazeera. i reporters retreat in a brutal civil war if the commodore hadn't been there the israeli invasion would not have been so well because the commodore had become a journalistic center you could be in a safe enclave and then you went into civil war i started off leaving the sort of a suite at the commodore hutto the next room i was in was underground in a tiny prison cell as a hostage beirut the commodore war hot

part of a special two part investigation on al jazeera. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha let's recap our top stories for you so far this hour cats are has just announced it's withdrawing from opec at the beginning of the year january first asses the decision reflects the country's desire to increase natural gas production from seventy seven million tons a year to one hundred ten million tons a year. the coalition in yemen has confirmed it with fifty wounded who fighters to leave the country on monday treatment in a month's capital muskets the u.n. envoy martin griffiths asked the evacuation as a gesture of goodwill before peace talks will take place in the swedish capital stock comp later this month hundreds of private messages sent between jamal khashoggi under saudi dissidents in canada show the journalist was planning an online movement that would have hold held the kingdom to account called mohammed bin. a beast who would devour quotes all in his path. let's get more o

this is al-jazeera. the news hour live from coming up in the next sixty minutes turkey's intelligence chief briefs u.s. senators on their. measures to punish saudi arabia. yemen's warring sides on a prisoner swap deal as they start talks in sweden but the fighting and the suffering continue. u.s. sponsored resolution condemning hamas fails to get enough support at the u.n. general assembly. stock market volatility after the arrest of the chief financial officer a chinese telecoms giant. welcome to the program the turkish intelligence chief has brief some u.s. senators on turkey's investigation into the murder of saudi john this jamal khashoggi as growing pressure on the white house now to hold the saudi crown prince responsible for the killing a group of republican and democratic senators have met behind closed doors to discuss ways to punish riyadh jabatan see reports from washington d.c. . turkish sources say her comfy dumby turkish intelligence chief was in washington for prescheduled meetings with hi

december on al-jazeera. from hospitality to hostility toward hotels tells dramatic stories about icons of complex and last resort shelters in divided cities an exclusive interview with nobel peace prize laureates now and dennis mccoy get an ad special antarctic sanctuary follows greenpeace says they campaign to create the largest protected area on. an annual convention that gives a platform to a global dialogue on critical challenges facing our world a new two part documentary that reveals the shocking reality of the global arms trade december on al-jazeera the un's new human rights chief discusses her challenges i'm going forward. and and there are some pushback some from our. talks. al-jazeera it's it's it's it's where every since. i'm a historian say for the better me speak every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories told through the eyes of the world's journalists these two voices journalists were one of the few journalists that were actually doing investigative work join the listening po

the new united nations human rights chief has told al-jazeera it's time for the un to investigate the death of jamal khashoggi michel basher lay was speaking to diplomatic editor james bay is this part about talk to al-jazeera program. almost two months after jamal khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in the saudi consulate in istanbul the saudi and turkish investigations remained separate and seem to be going nowhere saudi arabia is refusing to hand over the suspects it's arrested and it hasn't given the turkish authorities any idea of the whereabouts of the journalist body now in an interview for talked to al jazeera the new high commissioner for human rights michel bash away says the time has come for an international investigation whether boat. is it time for the u.n. to set up an investigation i think it is time i mean i don't have that in my might monday i would be the secretary general to do that well if we were i think they're looking at which are the best ways of doing it but i think they should be an international. and because we cannot do criminal investigation you need y

david harrison al-jazeera. and you can watch the full documentary by our investigative unit it's called generation hate on al-jazeera twelve j m t on monday . let's stay in europe now where the british prime minister to resign may well push ahead with her breaks it deal despite growing pressure from some m.p.'s for her to renegotiate with the e.u. many people who voted in favor of breaks it are not happy either thousands marched through central london to denounce may's deal saying it'll leave the u.k. trapped under e.u. rules well at the same time a crowd gathered in east london to demand a second referendum on leaving the e.u. the backs of process enters its most crucial phase on tuesday with a vote in parliament to decide whether may's deal should be approved or not is leave barca he was at the protest in london. this is a cross-section of britain's political right there are some hardline ultra nationalists here we've even seen some one supremacist flags but also nationalists to members of the u.k. independen

in the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera. i'm sam is a down with a look at the headlines here now to syria now britain's prime minister is now facing an emergency debate in parliament on tuesday after postponing a planned vote on our country's exit from the european union series in may is looking for more concessions from european leaders but they say the braggs a deal is the only option warrants the reports given warriors are more years i would say remain has created the country if not at war with itself than a deeply divided and angry this was the scene outside parliament as the prime minister was about to speak or don't agree with conservatives new found under very reliable warrior three waves the democratic will of the people should be respected yes we'll have to find out what it is yet as the representatives of the people the political class is equally in chaos order statements the prime minister. after so much time and energy spent on coming up with a way of trying to leave the european union while keeping everybody hap

castro al-jazeera do you want to mexico. this is al jazeera these are the top stories castle has announced as withdrawing from opec at the beginning of next year the government says the decision reflects the desires or expand natural gas production it wants to increase its output from seventy seven million tonnes a year to one hundred ten million tons in the coming years the minister states energy affairs accounts are made the announcement at a press conference this morning in. the state of qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from the organization of petroleum exporting countries opec effective january twenty nine thousand this decision was communicated top of this morning i would like to reaffirm couples croyde and its international standing at the forefront of the natural gas producers and the biggest energy producer in the world . the saudi u.a.e. coalition at war in yemen is allowing fifty wounded who see faces to fly to oman for hospital treatment the u.n. envoy to yemen appealed for this gesture of goodwill be

succeeded throwers on al-jazeera. and more anti-government rallies in sudan as riot police used live fire against unarmed protesters. for the back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead a roadmap on mamby cherokee chunks out a plan for the withdrawal of u.s. backed kurdish forces from the syrian town. torrential rain hampers the search for survivors in indonesia the number of dead from saturday's tsunami crimes to four hundred twenty nine plus. i just showed you where the girl who is going to be a. us president donald trump says the government shutdown will last until there's an agreement on the border war. riot police in sudan have used live ammunition and tear gas to break up an anti-government rally. the protesters were marching towards the presidential palace to demand omar al bashir step down the president has vowed to implement what he calls the real reforms three improve living standards al-jazeera is here to morgan ventured into the thick of the protests here's what she saw in car too. people i

al-jazeera well you can find much more on that story out of japan on our website al-jazeera. where you'll find the day's other top stories as well. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour president donald trump has used an unannounced visits and u.s. troops in iraq to defend his decision to withdraw forces from neighboring syria trumps face criticism for not visiting american soldiers abroad insists that he has no plans to pull troops from iraq one year ago i gave our generals six more months and serious ago i get up. and it turns out it was really a year and a half ago i should go get them we need six months to go again. and they said give us another six months i said go get them. then they said go can we have one more like period of six months as. now. i said i gave you a lot of six months and now we're doing it a different way or russia is accusing israel of endangering two passenger planes as it hit targets in syria moscow says syrian air defenses destroyed fourteen of the sixteen israeli missiles an israeli security official has confirmed the airstrikes of the

al-jazeera brussels belgium. or belgium isn't the only country honoring african art a new museum is a in senegal to showcase one of the continent's largest art collections there museum of black civilizations is filled with impressive work such as ancient skulls intricate sculptures and delicately carved mosques mostly from west africa it's also hoping to reclaim thousands of artifacts looted during the colonial era and currently living in the european museums. right time now for sport with peter thank you very much maryanne mentions as a reason beaten run in the english premier league this season has come to an end pep guardiola side will be soon to know a chelsea on saturday and. louise with the goals for the hosts at stamford bridge the famous champions city had won thirteen and drawn two of the league games prior to this one loss sees them drop down the second in the standings behind liverpool we're not here to be mean we're here to try to be champions so we need to try to make the opening. better than us so w

on al-jazeera. plan. it's going to st joe's yeah and in england football fans are in for a festive treat and italian fans are catching on to yet they owe for the first time in italian league history football fans will be heading to say ends up and down the country for a full schedule of matches the day after christmas the pick of the games on wednesday sees third place into milan hosting second place napoli in the late game the move by setting could be seen as emulating the english premier league which takes advantage of people who are off work during the holiday period or lack seeing with their families around the t.v. at home it's telling clubs will still get a winter break but it will be in january well joining us now is us based football writer and roma fan wayne gerard now wayne this is a new thing for italian football how much was this a commercial decision. hey guys thanks so much for having me it's entirely commercial decision this is an entertainment industry and that's completely displayed here

al-jazeera correspondent my own private bali. al-jazeera. where every. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally vanished it's a big business smuggling zero one they will take this very thought the sand is are very good you see this beautiful beneath but behind it is something that's not so plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sand was on al-jazeera. signs of progress in a trade dispute between the u.s. and china as they agreed to stop escalating the war of the tariffs and as the g twenty summit wraps up turkey's president tries to keep pressure on saudi arabia over the matter of journalist jamal khashoggi. hello i missed and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up french president emanuel leaves the g twenty to face the aftermath of a violent.

al-jazeera selects. and monday put it well on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. today they're not so dominant anymore. he was president praises his troops for the fight against the ice so on a surprise visit to iraq. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also heads criticize israel's military actions in syria the israelis say they have no plans to stop. face to face to former egyptian president is both ousted from power meet in the courtroom. and the graceful giants of the ocean winds to resume its commercial hunting and killing off the. helo donald trump has made an unannounced trip to iraq after facing growing criticis

you know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera senior u.s. senators have called for action against the saudi crown prince over the murder of they gave their assessment after listening to a briefing from the cia director. they say they're confident more than ever that the saudi crown prince directly ordered the killing. i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince n.b.s. ordered the killing monitored the killing knew exactly what was happening planned in advance if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that and turkish officials have just reacted saying songe arabia could address international concern by extraditing all the suspects involved in. killing and other news who the rebels have arrived in sweden for un talks and yemen's four year conflict that meets officials from yemen's internationally recognized government who is on its way to riyadh since twenty fourteen who fees have been fighting the government which is sponsored by saudi u.a.e. coalition. and me

on al-jazeera. the reality is that the labor process is a sham and any woman prevented from going to the u.s. to visit her dying son wins for legal. all. campaigning from behind bars son of gaza jailed opposition leaders are forced to get creative when bo. hallow the area of heaviest rain in southeast asia right would answer to indonesia's change somewhat we've got more falling in the southern philippines still occasional big ones in java and rather than saying the southern philippines that wet weather going further into the andaman sea really seventy seven millimeters on a place called long island the figures are not that great john there is but i think we're going to see a more intense day in the showers of the central and southern philippines in the next twenty four hours or so in fact the mask even present itself and then drifting towards the vietnamese coast scattered showers elsewhere if you see dark gray that's a hint of biggish out and again that's a look to the jakarta area for those less s

al-jazeera. no this is the news hour i'm fully back to headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes saddam's omar al bashir becomes the first arab leader to visit damascus since the syrian war began nearly eighty years ago accusations of indifference saudi arabia rejects the u.s. senate resolution blaming the crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi also this hour. thousands on the streets seen hungary protesting against prime minister viktor all ban and calling a labor reform slave law plus. i'm scott either in bangkok's chinatown the work group of performers is trying to keep the centuries old art form of chinese opera alive their story coming up. a president accused of war crimes has become the first arab leader to visit syrian president bashar assad in damascus since the beginning of the war nearly eight years ago say media co sudan's president omar al bashir expressing his hope that syria will recover its important role in the region as soon as possible syria was expelled f

the listening post on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week becomes the first country in the middle east to quit opec as a new dynamic take shape in the oil game also this week the dirtiest fossil fuel as un climate talks took place this week in a coal mining town and we'll look at why president of manual macross policies or so on popular with the yellow vests or movement. after nearly six decades of membership has left the organization of the petroleum exporting countries the gulf state says it wants to concentrate on gas production and that the move isn't political it's the first middle east nation to quit the oil cartel and the timing is significant to the high profile breakup happened during a key week for opec which is deciding oil policy for twenty nineteen zero a sum of in java reports. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel after being an opec member for more t

al-jazeera. turkey's foreign minister accuses europe of turning a blind eye to the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. oh i maryam namazie in london you know with al jazeera also coming up on the program an old quoting count as frank as president reluctantly reinstates the prime minister he fired almost two months ago. a on scuffles in georgia as opposition protest as a block from attending the inauguration of the new president. and why it's cuban cinema not hollywood blockbusters drawing the crowds of annas international film festival. turkey's foreign minister is accused many european countries of turning a blind eye to the murder of jamal khashoggi speaking at the doha for medicare said the freedom of the press was at stake following the brutal murder of the saudi chan list in istanbul in october the un chief also called on saudi arabia to investigate the case properly saying holder has the latest. it's been almost three months since she was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbu

people in power on al-jazeera. the blowing up in the united states i learned that the first amendment is really key to being a freedom of the challenge is going to be. managed well and the only forces that are available but it's an al-jazeera story to me is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want to apologize for that's what al-jazeera does we ask the questions so that we can get closer to the truth. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera is news hour with me robin a reminder of our top news stories british prime minister treason may has postponed tuesday's parliament vote all the deal expecting defeat. to discuss but warned there will be no negotiation also the french president has taken partial responsibility for the anger that led to the country's worst rest in decades the moment offer concessions to pensioners and the working poor but stop short of reinstating a wealth tax on the rich a key demand of so-calle

hey brennan al-jazeera london. as we mentioned earlier in the broadcast the of president of iran haasan rouhani is in turkey he is an anchor right now there's real live pictures of him with turkey's president rajat tayyip erdogan they're going to co-chair of the turkey iran high level cooperation council at the presidential complex and then of course i'm sure that part of what they will at least discuss in private will be the decision of u.s. donald trump to pull troops out of syria saying that eisel has been defeated it will keep an eye on that throughout the newscast protests over food prices in sudan have pushed the government to declare a state of emergency in the city of daraa and the northern river nile state. they say this that they have corners of the ruling party on fire protests have been gaining momentum in sudan this week with inflation over sixty percent most amy's a living conditions are getting worse and they're experiencing food and fuel shortages. as federal reserve has raise interest rates by a qu

this is al-jazeera. the whole room when you're watching the al-jazeera news our lives my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. it is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation the u.n. chief retrace his call for saudi arabia to arrest and punish everyone responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. he was triggering a political crisis running. back in because prime minister plus. one of the. russia's president changes his tune on music suggesting artists be controlled rather than silenced. and. order including you than to. any italian sorry yeah but it had a price for the portuguese are. talking to the news that turkey has accused many european countries of turning a blind eye to the murder of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist was killed inside the kingdom's istanbul consulate on october the second the turkish foreign minister . says his country has done all it turned to expose the truth but that still hasn't been enough for allies to act. president oth

rendition revisited part two on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes president emanuel holds an emergency cabinet meeting after the worst civil unrest in france in decades. private messages reveal that journalists fear of the saudi government's influence. a call for urgent action in poland elites.

david harrison al-jazeera was. watch the full documentary i our investigative unit generation hate is the name again it's on al-jazeera starting at twenty g.m.t. on sunday. volcano and northeastern tanzania known to the native messiah tribe as the mountain of god is showing signs and mayor rob it's the only known active volcano with the type of lava that can move faster than a person as cats and so i reports from the foothills that's now threatening nearby villages and three sites where every early or very early humans once lived. towering above everything else around the lake natural area in north in tanzania although new length stands at more than seven thousand feet the local mosque community call it the mountain of god for the last two years it's been rumbling geologists a morning tearing its activity more intently because of the reasons care an eruption was imminent that threat level has since diminished but scientists say nothing can be left to chance hansen is professor at the university of the ressa lums ge