boggling when they go take this there in filth the sand is our there you see this beautiful beach 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 sound walls at this time on al-jazeera the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. well watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot. threatens un members as they prepare to vote on

a resolution regarding the recognition of to receive them as israel's capital. and there are more of this is our sara live from doha also coming up a setback for the ride hailing app how european union court ruling could have why the implications for the tech industry. poland's president signs to north coverage additional independence triggering a possible confrontation with the. and it's time to turn around the struggling economy that's the message from zimbabwe's new president in his address to the nation. a rare emergency special session at the united nations is turning into a showdown u.s. president and u.n. member states who voted against his decision to recognize to

a slim as israel's capital raising the warning from his u.n. ambassador vote against america and lose financial aid from the u.s. mike allen reports from the u.n. security council staff pose with the secretary general for an annual photograph is called then it's business as usual in the chamber like most other member states those represented here unwilling to comment publicly on the extraordinary letter sent by u.s. ambassador nikki haley ambassador did you receive the letter from the haley about the. many letters and the majority view apparently summed up by one representative who was willing to comment on our position in this case has been very clear we need to express ourselves in the security council so that's our very strong prince principled position. sweden was one of the fourteen council members who voted in favor of the jerusalem resolution monday the veto by the u.s.

is accompanied by an angry statement from the ambassador what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult it won't be forgotten what some would regard as a thinly veiled threat driven home in a letter circulated to all member states regarding the vote taking place in the general assembly thursday as you consider your vote the ambassador writes i want you to know that the president and the u.s. take this vote personally she continues the president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested i report back on those countries who voted against. president trump made clear what the possible consequences could be they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us while we're watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot we don't care but privately many u.n. members are outraged at the letters bullying and threatening tone and what was to

be a vote condemning attempts to unilaterally change the status of jerusalem may gain even added significance in november more than one hundred fifty nations voted in favor of a resolution declaring all israeli actions in jerusalem as null and void as it was an occupying power a similar result in the general assembly thursday would also be a sweeping international rejection of president trump and his policies mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. the turkish empire listen in foreign minister dismissed the u.s. presence threats and said no country should be intimidated. hume you know we were talking with the u.s. says we'll track down who voted for what and will report to the u.s. president we will get the names of the countries one by one what we do by getting these will you allow invasions into those countries we punish them the world has changed the notion of i am powerful therefore i am right has changed now the world

is rising against the unfair from now on no honorable nation and i want to bell to such pressure. on you. that he jacob says the partner is a partner with the truman national security project he says it will be interesting to see how saudi arabia says general assembly session. if you go back to the two thousand and twelve general assembly resolution to upgrade palestinian observer status the vote was something like hundred thirty eight to nine and the nine countries were the u.s. the israel the czech republic and a bunch of you know countries in the south pacific i think tomorrow we may see something a little bit different israel has been working very hard over the last few years to

improve relationships with other countries particularly at the u.n. to try to avoid these kind of blockbuster blow out votes but in particular saudi arabia in the relationship that's the saudis have really tried to court with donald trump it could make tomorrow it could make tomorrow really interesting i have no idea what the saudi arabians will do if they decide to abstain which i think is probably i can't imagine they would vote against it but if they choose to abstain how many other arab countries decide to join them it's a big question and one that i'm sure the saudi or saudis themselves are trying to figure out right now the u.s. is going to go on a go go through with this one of the reasons i think trump and haley are pushing back so hard is because this is a domestic policy decision this is the fulfillment of a twenty two year old laws that congress passed on huge bipartisan majorities is a wildly popular law here in the united states and presidents have just had to kind of keep kicking the can down the road the fact that donald trump finally fulfilled what a twenty two year old law was rick was requiring him to do isn't really news the

idea that other countries should influence the way that america makes their decisions is really insulting to a lot of americans particularly this president. the white house and republican members of congress are celebrating the passive passage of donald trump's massive tax bill but critics say the bill will only help the wealthy and the poor can really help has more from d.c. . with nearly every republican lawmaker at his side donald trump did not pass up his chance to enjoy his first legislative victory after almost a year in office it's always a lot of fun when you win the passage of the most dramatic changes to the u.s. tax code in thirty years i always say the most massive but it's the largest tax cut in the history of our country and to reform the tax cut the tax reforms are controversy big cuts to corporate tax rates from thirty five to twenty one percent

democrats say will benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans it's a ponzi scheme the tax cuts are going to be meaningful for working families and every day americans and their jobs will never materialize republicans argue the cuts will make the united states more competitive with countries like china with similarly low corporate tax rates it's hoped this will encourage companies to do business in the u.s. and bring back jobs a key trump campaign promise but while this legislation is about reforming taxes it is also about winning donald trump failed to deliver on a campaign promise to repeal and replace the affordable care act to what many americans call obamacare it's a frustration donald trump has lamented for months. passing the tax legislation now allows trump to claim victory on both tucked inside the tax reforms

is a repeal of an obamacare requirement called the individual mandate that forced all americans to buy health insurance or pay a tax fine the legislation still must go through legal review and may not be signed into law until the new year the president says americans will start to see tax relief as early as february the g.o.p. tax game is a monumental job but many americans remain skeptical most members of congress did not have time to read the hundreds of pages of changes to the hastily passed tax legislation thank you very much everybody and according to most polls two thirds of americans are doubtful the tax changes will have any positive impact on their lives kimberly help him out zero washington. you can just call him and has voted to amend the constitution in a controversial move which would allow president you are in the seventy to stand for reelection the bill removes the age cap of seventy five years on the presidency

allowing seventy three year old new seventy to further extend history to kate's in charge uganda's opposition says the policy is part of a plan by ms seventy to rule for life he's already one of africa's longest serving leaders. and you had of south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised in his first address as policy leader to pursue what he's called radical economic transformation so robert is widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen he said he would rejuvenate the economy and stamp out corruption in leader business will also promise to tackle abuse of power within the party. the people of that country. live up to its promise. and this mission. they want an agency that lives their values as far as us and holds fast to the principles that have long to find it as the movement of our people

they want an a and c. that uses public office not vested interests but to truly development own state. curry's president has rejected calls to resign as he faces a congressional vote say that could remove him from office of a corruption allegations and it's out of eyes address public use in ski admitted to making mistakes but denies any wrongdoing he's accused of having business ties with a brazilian construction. the company has been at the center of a bribery and corruption scandal that schools political upheaval across south america and sanchez has more from the last. will people in peru are you were used because of what they think the president up law might keep their furious because they fit the president a bit about look you can't keep the night all along for a month that he had not done any deals with all of it. construction company and

then just a few days ago the president acknowledged that in fact he's companies i have done some advisory services for all the footage and that he had received some payments but he has denied any wrongdoing and that he didn't know about the contracts and that it was his partners that old that did all of the dealings when he was a finance minister about a decade i go now many here are gathering at the center of lima in the capital where many people here not to support the president but many here are saying that they are they are protesting against what they say the power grab from the majority the opposition majority in congress which has caused the crisis in peru the worst political crisis in years that is already affecting

the economic growth and and the political scenario many people here are saying that they are angry at president to keep you but they don't want him to go they want him to stay and they say that at the political majority will. ousting him will remove him from office without a due process the president will be arriving earlier on thursday with his lawyer and he will have. sixty minutes are getting to the law and perhaps more to raise congress and explain what more he's dealing with all the british. and other north korean soldier has defected to the south the fourth this year the government in seoul says he crossed the demilitarized zone which was covered in thick fog south korean soldiers later fired warning shots troops in the north last month the north korean soldiers shot by colleagues as his skates across the border in an army she still has her on al-jazeera. it also has the potential to provoke

a constitutional crisis. a warning to the trump administration against firing special counsel robert. thus winnie the man on a mission to save traditional printing methods in taiwan. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. welcome back as we take a look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia there's a fair amount of cloud around but the weather self is generally pretty quiet at the moment you might find cloudy skies in baghdad but temperature wise not looking at all bad twenty four degrees quite warm pleasant enough in tehran and sixteen degrees as a high. twenty three degrees in kuwait city further towards the east we have got the threat of snow elevation but otherwise fine kabul there in afghanistan ten

degrees or at least the side of the mediterranean weather generally is looking pretty good beirut coming at twenty four we got a southerly flow as what it is in fact twenty five really quite exceptional at this time of the year so heading down into the arabian peninsula on the western side we've got fine conditions there meca looking at thirty three degrees or very quiet around the gulf states we've got light winds and temperatures into the mid twenty's lovely here at the moment and likely to stay that way as we move on through into the start of the weekend let's head down into southern portions of africa where it's looking a bit unsettling places obviously got showers across angola and zimbabwe much as you'd expect some heavy downpours likely in harare elsewhere we've got some showers affecting parts of botswana extending into south africa moving through towards friday that area moves further towards the east and it should brighten up in cape town with high sea of twenty two. the with sponsored by qatar and use. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s.

response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been the criminal mind or if you join us on sat. in the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al jazeera. play again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump is stressing to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution opposing opposing his decision to recognize

jerusalem as israel's capital. the white house on the republican controlled congress is celebrating america's biggest tax reform bill and yes controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax rates critics say many benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans. and the new head of south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised to pursue what he calls radical economic transformation in his first address as posse leader so poser is widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen. he use highest court has ruled that the call hanging up is a transport company and must be regulated accordingly. that it's an online platform and shouldn't be subject to the same rules as taxi outlets reports from london. it's a landmark judgement with big implications for other online companies the european

court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a technology firm as the company insists it means will now have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that can be censored country level the long running court case was first brought by taxi drivers in spain where the backlash against goobers been explosive. thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities this was paris and this demonstration brought central london to a standstill and deliberate on the move has been under mounting scrutiny after a driver with previous criminal convictions allegedly murdered a british embassy work of this month. here in london had its license revoked back in september for breaching operating rules including its handling of alleged sex attacks still there were three and a half million users here and many were angry with that decision part of the company's ensuring appeal is that is sufficient and cheap. and traditional black

cabs for now it's been allowed to continue operating in the capital while it appeals the decision. the european court ruling isn't legally binding but it does send a message to other high tech firms is one of several companies facing legal battles in recent years. another san francisco based firm allows people to rent out their homes to visitors but cities such as barcelona and berlin want to regulate usage to avoid driving up rents and forcing out locals experts say it's important to uphold regulation without stifling innovation if you look at many of the new take firms yes they have a new way of delivering things but the main reason they're making money is often by getting around roles techs regulation the kind of things that the average companies have to apply with the digital revolution to advancing at breakneck speed now the lord needs to pick up the pace need parker al-jazeera london. poland's president is

accused of lying about his country's plan judicial reforms he has to get a legal mechanism that could see the country stripped of his voting rights when the blog brussels says that the laws are a threat to democracy that's about the has more it was a message of defiance from warsaw to the european union poland's president signing into law two bills reforming the judiciary something the e.u. had warned against saying the changes threatened elements democracy was arms of provides army i think we've introducing very good solutions in poland i believe we're introducing solutions that will improve the justice system that will make people finally regained faith in justice regain faith in polish corps and regain faith in the justice system just hours earlier the e.u. had taken an unprecedented step to try and stop poland forging ahead with the controversial reforms it launched article seven of the lisbon treaty

a process that could lead to poland losing its e.u. voting rights sadly concerns of deep within a period of two years a significant numbers of laws have been adopted thirteen in total which put at serious risk the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers in poland since coming to power in twenty fifteen poland's right wing law and justice party has been at loggerheads with the e.u. and for its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the e's latest move is unlikely to worry the government i don't know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battled with brussels to their own advantage they can say you just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they they will be perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months pollution opposition protesters have.

their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. the e.u. has given polling three months to address its concerns maintain consider suspending voting rights but for that to happen all member states would have to agree and the problem for the e.u. is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move which russia butler al-jazeera and other british cabinet minister has resigned after an investigation into his work conduct deputy prime minister damian green was asked to quit by trees in may after he was found to have made inaccurate and misleading statements about what he knew about pornography found on his office computer in two thousand and eight he is the third cabinet minister to resign from the from the minority conservative government in as many months russia has denied reports its warplanes of attacks a rebel held village in the syrian province of it live at least nineteen people

were killed in the airstrikes including four children at the province has been a rebel stronghold for three years the syrian military recently launched an offensive to try to retake it al-jazeera journalists around the world are calling for the release of our colleague mark which hussein has been detained in the gyptian prison for a year staff gathers in the arabic charles news room here in doha to show their support for hussein amok anniversary he was taken into custody was visiting family egypt's security services say he is under investigation but not referred him to a court and britain's opposition leader jeremy corbyn has also as egypt to release mahmoud hussain calling his imprisonment completely wrong. my message to the presidency is. please release them with the same but also please release of the germs to be held merely try to report the truth of what is going on without knowledge of the truth how do we know where we're going and imprison german

tourists is completely wrong denying people the opportunity to understand race happening in a particular society is completely wrong stand together everyone in the world for the necessity of the freedom of speech that is the right to know the right to know what journalists are finding out for us. it's not us said this as one president donald trump against firing special counsel robert miller mark warner as the democrats on the senate intelligence committee he said growing criticism of others investigation into possible collusion between russia and the president's campaign team is an attempt to lay the ground for his dismissal and he said firing him would be an abuse of power firing mr maher or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also to our most basic concepts rule

of law it also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis catalans are preparing for thursday's regional vote which may help settle the question of whether the region should succeed from spain polling stations are being set up across the region says paul pitts the leaders of the separatist movement against kansas who want to stay a part of spain a record turnout is expected. zimbabwe's nearly to everson but on god where has he has his first state of the nation address to declare his country open to foreign investment he's vowed to improve the economy and clamp down on corruption regard as thirty seven year reign harwood tasa has more from harare. zimbabwe's new leader says it's no longer business as usual his government is going to introduce pro-business policies to attract investment and revive the ailing economy government will soon and very robust engagement and

a reengagement program with the international community in our continued to be to rejoin the community of nations may. make government is committed to open a zimbabwe up to the rest meant by building a free and transparent economy which are benefits zimbabweans and is welcoming to outsiders. im assuming that god told zimbabweans he's going to improve the rule of law and democracy as well as tackle corruption he came to power last month after the military intervened and roberts mugabe resigned many zimbabwe's including the opposition are watching president and i was very closely to see if he delivers the main thing people want jobs and the economy to improve opposition members say they hope the new president means what he says but they are skeptical there are still

cash shortages and food prices keep rising they feel managua has surrounded himself with the same people who helped keep mugabe in power for thirty seven years we look at the levels. and the manner in which our citizen our people are living and. the dream is being with the. dream dream. and dream since in the. character the new administration is trying to mend relations with the international community some imposed sanctions in the early two thousands of accusations of human rights abuses political analysts say if elections next year are free fair and credible and whoever wins is democratically elected that could show signs of stability and encourage investors to release much needed funds they have to be as democratic as possible because of the elections and said it will have

a close eye on this particular election because they're obviously not keen on having the status of a person who got in via a military intervention as a president in the sort of improving zimbabwe's fortunes and international standing will take time but when i got one has only a few months to prove his leadership will be radically different from his former boss robert mugabe. al-jazeera. well typeface foundry in taiwan is home to the walls last remaining sets of that type traditional chinese characters business has been difficult the company's owner told al-jazeera he hopes to revive the typeface culture a museum dedicated to the craft. my name is. in i am sixty five years old i am the owner of the foundry in taiwan. founded in one nine hundred sixty nine by my father as home to the world's last

remaining set of let's face traditional chinese characters so our business had thrived before the one nine hundred eighty s. this was when everything from books to newspapers was printed the old way using movable types that we supplied to the yard it. was an apprentice i was inspired by my father's dedication to craftsmanship. he was strict example for me to excel at the most difficult technique i learned to carve the copper mold with a knife human hair and i grew attached to the beauty of chinese characters with the advance of digital printing many of our peers out of business. by two thousand and five we were the only ones left. i thought about closing shop but found it hard to let go of my passion and my father's legacy. so award i managed to stay open and spent the last decade repairing these broken molds myself

so it's been a labor of love since i can only fix five characters a day a fraction of our one hundred and fifty thousand word collection. from thanks to a crowdfunding success this spring we raised three hundred thousand dollars to training professionals to restore some of the more. my goal is to open a museum and i plan to devote the rest of my life to revive the thai police culture . never be a quitter as my father often said. a funeral is being held for a korean pop superstar who took his own life last week kim jong un was the lead singer of one of the biggest k. pop groups he was found unconscious at a hotel in seoul on monday and believed to have been sent by him to a friend spoke of his struggles with depression and fame.

with al-jazeera these are the top stories u.s. president donald trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft united nations resolution that opposes this decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the body will hold a rare special session on thursday at the request of arab and muslim countries. the white house the republican controlled congress is celebrating america's biggest tax reform bill in thirty years the controversial legislation means big cuts to corporate tax rates. will mainly benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans the new head south africa's ruling a.n.c. has promised to see what he calls radical economic transformation and his first address as party leader so opposed was widely expected to become president after elections in two thousand and nineteen. people of our country wanted a year. that lived up to its promise and this true to its mission

they wanted a year in fee that lives their fair use to spouses and hold fast to the principles that had long to find it as the movement of people they wanted a year and see that use this public office not just those that interest but to. really developmental stage uganda's parliament has voted to amend the constitution and a controversial live which would allow president you are in with seventy to stand for election again the bill removes the age of seventy five years on the presidency seventy two further extend his three decades and power crews president has rejected calls for his resignation in a televised address. since he is facing a congressional vote on thursday that could remove him from office over corruption

allegations. occurs president has accused the e.u. of lying about his country's plan traditional reforms and follows a triggering by the e.u. of an eagle mechanism that could see the country stripped of its voting rights within the bloc brussels says the laws are a threat to democracy there's all the headlines more news hey on al-jazeera after the street. we're living through a technological revolution but all the machines taking over a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a train of litigation through which we can bring an ecosystem to bear oxford university professor of machine learning stephen rover talks to all jews you have this time. and somehow kayongo in this.