three is he'll i soldiers are deliberately run over in the occupied west bank as the tension ratcheted up over within of the world's most contested religious sites. ♪ ♪ this is al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, conduct off the cash. ukraine's prime minister withholds billions of dollars meant for breakaway regions in the east. and. >> we can surely find ways to work together on issues where there is broad agreement among the american people. >> u.s. press barack obama reaches tout republicans after his party takes an election

beating. plus insides the ivory trade. chinese gangs accused of an international smuggling, with help from park rangers from tanzania. three is he'll i sole juniors have become the latest victims of the tensions surrounding one of the moist contested religious sights a palestinian driver ran in to the soldiers wounding all of them, one seriously. the israeli military says a search on underway to find the driver who fled the scene. the attack happened along the road between had he been ron and bethlehem. that road has now been closed. and there have been demonstrations by israelis after another car ran pedestrians at a tram stop in jerusalem earlier on wednesday leaving several people injured there. the palestinian suspect in that attack was shot dead bringing protesters on the streets of

occupied east jerusalem. they demonstrated against what they see as increasing israeli aggression. meanwhile there, have been daily scuffles between israeli security forces and palestinians a round the mosque compound in recent weeks, palestinians say israel slack to go change the rules around who can worship there. thrauls tension becausethere ise it's a divided state. but since september jewish settlers have taken over several properties there. the mosque is the third holiest side for muslims, it's the holiest side you judaism. jews tall colog it the temple mounts because of the temple that stood there in biblical times, the jews are a lai allowo pray outside but not signed. i would like to talk to you about al-aqsa in a moment.

box first give us an update on the demonstrations and the bro testers i mean, the protesters out on the streets as well as the palestinians. >> reporter: indeed. a very tense situation right across jerusalem in west jerusalem and indeed in the annexed arab east as well. let's start in west jerusalem where we have seen protested by israeli who his have taken to the streets in anger and now the second, what israeli police describe as hit and run targeting people waiting at lightrail stations. of course as you said, one person was killed, a number of people injured in this latest attack. so too was the palestinian man who was behind at tack as well. of course in the occupied east, more protests, and i want to stress more, because we have seen protests brewing for several months. it's really in the last few

weeks that these protests have beginned momentum and have been very charged. that is the al-aqsa mosque. of course a major flash point and that is why we have seen a lot of these protests. the protests which i should add have resulted in masa rests right across occupied east jerusalem. since july there have been over 800 arrests in the past 13 days alone, over 100 arrests. so there is a lot of anger in the annexed east but also in the west as well. >> can we say that the spark of those protests really has the religious tensions and what's going at the al-aqsa mosque compound and a lot of underlying issues that come along with occupation such the as the building of israel i settlements in jerusalem. >> reporter: you are absolute light. while the al-aqsa mosque continues to be the source of real anger and real rage, if you

talk to average palestinians on the streets, when they see these clashes, when they are even involved in these clashes when they hear reports or see picture on his social media of israeli forces inside the actual mosques themselves. which is what we saw yesterday. israeli police disputing how far they went in to one of the mosques in al-aqsa, that really cause as lot of ager. when you hear inning sends air i comments from is reel i politician billion dollars what they hope to see at the site in the future fuels the anger. very tough laws have been passed which palestinians say disproportionately affect them. settlers are moving in to palestinian neighborhoods, buying buildings in the palestinian neighborhoods and palestinians say it tears apart the fabric of their communities and you also have the government announcing that they are expanding settlements for the tune of over a thousand units in

the occupied east. all of this is fueling this, but, again, i should point out it riley is what is happening at al-aqsa which is driving i think a lot of ager which you speak to the people on the streets they say it really is what's happening in this holy site. this site they revere so much. a site which they are proud of as palestinians as part of their heritage, legacy and so to see when they describe as provocations there it's certainly is fueling a lot of this anger. >> thank you. reporting for us from west jerusalem. now ukraine says it will frees state payments meant to breakaway regions in the east of the country. up to $2.6 billion will be held from the don everything and luhansk rin regions where pro-ra separatists have declared. the payments will only resume after separatist forces vendor.

>> translator: our citizenses are the ring upses and the government will not let them freeze because that would be a humanitarian disaster, our territories and people are there. all pensions, social payments, loyalties, we are keeping track of them for every person. when the russian terrorists get out of don everything and luhansk regions and we'll take control of the territories we'll make the payment to every person who is entitled to receive it. and battles between those separatists and ukrainian troops in the don everything region have left two people dead. several others were injured after an artillery shell hit a school field as pupils played football on wednesday. the fighting is centered around the airport. both sides of the conflict accuse each other of vi violatia peace deal. to the u.s. now. the republicans made historic gaingains and they now control h

legislative chambers, our white house correspondent patty culhane reports. the republican celebrations just kept coming. seen by immediate of a repudiation of president obama. most, but not by the president himself who was repeatedly asked about that in a white house news conference. >> all of us, in both parties, have a responsibility to address that sentiment. still, as president, i have a unique responsibility to try and make this town work. >> reporter: the man who will lead the republicans, senator mitch mcconnell, agrees on one thing, that this vote was a message to make washington work. and he's taken off the table two of the opposition's strongest bargaining ships. >> there will be no shutdown because of national debt. >> reporter: all the talk of ending the gridlock could soon end. president obama says he will go ahead with plan to his reform

the immigration system before the republicans even take over. likely to include decreasing deportations for many undocumented workers. >> but what i am not going to do is just wait. i think it's fair to say that i have shown a lot of patience. >> reporter: republicans claim that could end all cooperation. >> it's like waving a red flag in front of a bull to say if you guys don't do what i want, i will do it on my own. and the president has done that on obama care, he's done on it immigration and threaten to go do it again. i hope he won't do that. because i do think it poisons the well. the two areas where the leaders say that they can work together possibly increasing infrastructure spend, corporate tax reform, fast tracking trade deals like the t. p.p. p but that is only possible if they are talking about by part shann ship and cooperation. after the president has had his say on immigration.

pattie culhane, al jazerra, washington. 40 days since 40 university students van i should from mexico and pressure is doing for the president to do more to find them. he campaign odd a prom toys make mexico safer but now has one of the lowest approval ratings for a mexican president in two decades. hundreds of thousands of protesters brought the capitol to a standstill as they demanded more action to find the students. and the group's disappearance has hit a nerve in the country and become a rallying point against the daily violence and corruption faced by mexicans. rachel lavin was at the frost in mexico city and has an update. >> reporter: thousands of mexicans took to the streets in the capital and 10 states throughout the country on wednesday. continuing the pressure on the government and saying that they have still not provided answers as to what happened to the 43 students that disappeared at the hands of local police more than a month ago.

>> translator: the government didn't act more decisively this could get out of control. and as a mother, that terrifies me. now on tuesday federal forces finally captured the mayor and his wife who they believe were the masterminds behind the attack on the students. they have now been questioned by the police, but still the question remains, where are the students? now these protests aren't just happening in mexico, they are happening all throughout the world. in europe, in the united states, in africa and again it's a further sign that people in mexico are very frustrated with the government especially with the president who campaign odd a promise to make the country safer. >> translator: we are living in a narco state. federal government is in bed withdrawing cartels. so this is just the tip of the iceberg and beyond what we can accept. we are tired of so many disappearances and killings.

>> reporter: this case has brought international attention once again to the plight of mexicans who are enduring violence on a daily basis here because of the drug lords. his approval ratings are less than 40%, some of the lowest approval ratings in the past 20 years here in mexico for any president and the pressure continues for him to show results that he can make the country safer. and most importantly, give answers too fast what happened to these 43 men that disappeared at the hands of local police. much more to come on al jazerra, including egypt tries to repair its human rights record as it comes under the spotlight at a conference in geneva. we report from zambia as people travel from far and wide to pay their last respects to the late president.

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♪ ♪ the top stories on al jazerra. a palestinian has ram aid van in to three israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank leaching one of them seriously injured. the incident came hours after a similar attack in jerusalem. ukraine says it will freeze government payments meant for break way regions in the country. up to $2.6 billion will be withheld from don everything and luhansk regions with pro-russian separatists have declare a republic. republicans now control both ledge slight i have claimers in the u.s. while it's been called one of the most serious

environmental crimes of the deng aid, a report by the environmental investigation agency accuse chinese gangs of working with tanzanian official to his snuggle huge amounts of ivory. our environment editor nick clark has been looking at the evidence gathered by the group. >> reporter: vanishing point pulls together the results of undercover investigations covering more than a decades. the report reveals how tan savilla's elephant population has crashed and makes gruesome viewing. the poacher's bullet killing one half of the country's elephants in the past five years, the numbers down 2/3 since 2006, 10,000 elephants slaughtered in 2013 alone. one year a alone. that's equivalent to 30 elephants every single day. all to feed the resurgent ivory trade primarily to markets in chaichina. the trail starts an undercover

investigator poses as looking for ivory. >> reporter: and, indeed. the game verve in tanzania has been worst hit one of the largest and oldest protected areas in africa. there were 70,000 elephants there in 2006, but 2013 that number had dwindled to 13,000. the report even describes how park rangers are involved in the crimes. in the next clip we move onto a shipping agent, who describes how he hides illegal consignment on route for asia.

>> reporter: the eia posed as buyers in china too and learns of the insatiable demand for eye ivory there for even every day items life chop sticks. >> reporter: it seems the ways of getting ivory to china are many and various, last year the chinese president made an official visit to tanzania here traders talk about how ivory sales boomed around that time. >> reporter: investigators were

told by tan severe niemi a suppliers that chinese embassy staff were major buyers of their eye ivory one black market source said the consignments of ivory were sent to china in diplomatic bags on the presidential plane. the report points blame at the highest levels of a at that is knee an government. the country had 142,000 elephants. now by 2015, they reckon that will drop to 55,000. the report highlights a toxic blends of government failures, corruption and, criminality. criminal syndicates it says are ruthlessly exposing rising corruption and weak government in tanzania to plunder the natural heritage of the countries rim the elephants are part of the tourism market in tan is knee a but it seems killing them for their tusks creates irresistible short-term profits. >> we did ask the chinese

government for comment on the story that you were just look at, but so far we have received no response from them. political and military leaders in burkina faso have agreed to form a transitional government that will be in place until elections are held next year. leaders from ghana, senegal and nigeria helped broker the deal. but no agreement on who would be leading the caretaker administration. malcolm webb reports from the capital. >> reporter: they are the first foreign leaders to come burkina faso since the president resigned and fled last week. president of ghana and nigeria, and senegal are met lie by a colonel who said saturday he is now is charge. there is a photo moment but no smiles and hand shakes. the streets of calm but hundreds of thousands protested against the former government and most people don't want military rule.

>> translator: for just the transition we have in problem. but this was a popular revolution so we want a civilian leader. >> translator: we prefer a civilian. we don't need military rule anymore. we want him to leave. >> reporter: visiting heads of state came here to speak to z zita. but there are members of the the former president's group came too. the anti-government movement grassroots storm out. they say they refuse to talk to those who tried to change the constitution and kill protesters. >> we have more than 40 people who have been killed. more than 100 people injured. no one has been buried so far as i am talking. and you are bringing these people to the table to discuss what? >> reporter: while the civic leaders single national anthem,

the former ruling party members leave. when they were still in power, they held their last meeting here at this hotel. it was one of the grandest in the city. here, as som are some of their , the president had paid for them to stay in the hotel the night before they were due to vote in parliament on removing presidential term list. the protesters later ran sacks and hotel and burned the vehicles and ever since the politician have his been living under protection in a police barracks. the country is now under military rule and the visiting presidents wanted to select a civilian leader straightaway. but all the factions from burkina faso said they need more time to choose an interim leader. and so the decision is postponed. >> this days rather than weeks we'll be able too reach an agreement and install a transitional government. i am certain that we will not get to that stage where the international community will have to impose sanctions on burkina faso. >> reporter: and so for now, zita remains in control and people here are still waiting to

know how they will be governed and by who. malcolm webb, al jazerra, burkina faso. two policemen have reportedly been killed by a bomb in egypt's nile delta. state television says the officers were inspectin inning e devise when it went off in a train saying, hours later another small bar exploded wounded three people there. and the united nation is his reviewing egypt's human rights record. diplomat are meeting in gentlemagenevadiscussing the trf political opponents as well as the media three of al jazerra's journalists have been in prison in egypt for 313 days. the network continues to demand their immediate release. barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: for the egyptian government, this was an opportunity to repair their country's image to defend their human rights record. and they took it seriously. bringing a large delegation led by a government minister.

>> translator: he said the new constitution represents a victory for human rights. and that despite what he calls a bar bar i can acts of terrorists, egypt is committed to the rule of law. afterwards, we tried to speak to him. minister, would you say just a few quick would words to al jazerra english about the human rights situation in english. >> translator: the situation about egypt -- >> reporter: without success. so many countries want today make observation ozzie i didn't want's human rights record that they were limited to contributions of one minute each. most of the criticism came from western countries, most african and middle eastern countries were supportive of the egyptian government. the usa was amongst the more outspoken o of countries . >> we are deeply concerned with steps taken by egypt that have resulted in the violations of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, deprived thousands of egyptians of fair trial guarantees and

undermine society's role in the country. >> reporter: but does the egyptian government care about these kind of concerns. >> they are sensitive to criticism. they are sensitive to well undocumented criticism that puts them in a bat lied. just thinking of the process today. the effort to which the egyptian delegation went to portrayed egypt as this progressive country, committed to respecting human rights, this funny stork dance on the international stage actually does matter. >> reporter: when it was all over, the egyptian delegation appeared happy with how things had gone. they are under no obligation to respond to any criticisms made here until march of next year. barnaby phillips, al jazerra, geneva. the yemen mortars have hit the airport in the capital. they targeted the military airport which is attached to the civilian one. this follows the killing of two al qaeda leaders by suspected u.s. drone strikes. and the u.s. meanwhile was

denying that asked yemen's deposed president to leave the country. he has accused of helping houthi fighters cease parts of the capital in september. and his office was saying that he was told by the u.s. ambassador to yemen to leave by friday or face sanctions. myanmar opposition leader says the country's reform process has stalled. she has warned the international commune not to be too optimistic and called on the u.s. to make a more objective assessment of the reality in m myanmar. last week they held talks with the president and the influential army chief but she says that the meeting should not be considered a breakthrough. >> i don't think the reform process is going forward. i don't think we are going backyards we had kwr*et, but certainly i think it has stalled for the time being. i repeat, that's one of the reasons why i say that last week's meeting is not a breakthrough, because i do not see it as taking forward the

reform process in a meaningful way. in hong kong, there have been scuffles between protesters and police. fighting broke out when a demonstrator as you can see was taken away by the police. this is the first connecticut front take in that city in more than two weeks. activists have been protesting against the screening of people to be in the he legses. thousands of protesters angry at this bit i can government have marched. fights broke out with police and 10 a rifts were made. demonstrators say that the. [ inaudible ] hundreds of people are paying their respect to his the late president. and they are hoping that a political truce can hold after the worst riots in years.

10 i can't paige is in the capitatania page is?the capital. >> reporter: people have come from all over zambia to wait in the baking sun. they want to pay their last respect to his the president. since his death a night of rioting has raised tensions in this normally stable country. >> we have never experienced anything that actually bordered on violence. and it's something that should not be entertained. >> the only thing that. [ inaudible ] just peace to prevail. because he was a man of peace. and i think that peace should prevail. >> reporter: on monday, supporters of defense minister edgar armed themselves with machetes to protest. police used tear gas to disperse them, they were demanded he be reinstated. guy scott had earlier fired luongo who is also the defense minister, he's one of the

frontrunners to replace the president. but the practice tests and outcry for used scott to reinstate luongo. constitutionally, scott can't stand for president because his parents remember he weren't zambian but his new role gives him a lot of power. for now the rifles have agreed to a truce until after least after the president is buried. that's a relief to many zambians. within a matter of days, zambians went from celebrating their 50th anniversary of independence to mourning their president. this is a very emotional time for people here who just want the chance to stay goodbye to michael without there being violence on the street. as hundreds of mourners file past the coffin, each is lost in their own thoughts. that there was violence so soon after his death has many people worried. there is supposed to be a an election to replace him by the end of january. whether the truce holds will be an important test of this 50 year olds democracy. tania page, zambia.

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