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we are in a war against terrorist in and outside our country. >> the president replaced his minister after another massacre muse, how commuters in moscow are being given a little bit of extra culture on their journey home. hello, steal's prime minister has sacked two of the senior cabinet ministers and parliament and snap elections. benjamin fired the justice minister saying he won't tolerate the p osix within the government. which was elected on a platform pushing peace for the palestinians and thible thattists they

fail to agree on several important issues. one area of disagreement is the controversial jewish nation state bill which netanyahu says will submit the status as a jewish state. the coalition party says it discriminated against israel's arab minority. another area of difficulty is the budget, the tea party supported the zero vat bill, which would eliminate value added tax opposed to that, he wants extra money earmarks for defense. the parties have criticized over what they see as the deteriorating relationship with the u.s. and they are concerned about netanyahu's expansion of jewish settlements in the occupied west before, and it's impacts oen the foreign relations. >> well, let's get more now on the developing story.

and first of all, why have they made this decision right now? what has pushed him to this? >> well, certainly the communication of the opposition he faced within his coalition government has been a major reason. and second, i think the government is also facing pressures from the outside, there's a palestinian diplomatic offensive going on. there's a european support for that. the situation remains more or less fragile, in gaza, and elsewhere. i think the overall the relationship with the united states has been quite terrible. and for all of those things including the special politic politics ad divisions he need as strong government, otherwise he will remain to be undermined and the best way for him to preserve his leadership for the next government, is to call for the election election, in opposition to what he himself said that he is calling for the election, with a personal risk for himself, in fact, he is

the only one who will be guaranteed that. >> popularity, his popularity is pretty low at the moment, but those opinion polls do seem to suggest he will win, why is that? because everyone else's popularity is even lower. he tries to sound prime ministerial if you will. in the sense that i am a national leader, i want a national unity government, i want the religious, and the nationalists and the centers to all work together. so he has tried to sound like a leader, although he is in fact the one that has carried a lot of the mistakes. includinincluding the war n gaza.

all and all, he hasn't been doing well, but he chooses to put elections like his predecessors did. since the peace process started israel has changed ten governments in eight prime ministers. so this has been the name of the game in israel. >> thank you very much indeed. the french national assembly has approved a motion calling on the government to recognize palestine as a country, the nonbinding vote follows similar action in recent weeks by legislatures in the u.k., ireland spain, and sweden. the leadership has expressed it's gratitude and called on the government to act on the vote.

it is not'sly clear who was behind this attack. >> well that attack happened just hours after lebanon said it had detain add wife and child believed to be of the islamic state of iraq. the pair was stopped after lebanon syria border crossing ten days ago, and are currently being questioned by the ministry of defense. lebanese security officials say the arrests could be used as a negotiating tool they were released from a syrian prison back in march, in a fight with nuns who were seized by rebels from mallu. live for us in beirut

right now, tell us more about the detention of these two people. >> well, it was really the lebanese that announced it this morning. they said that she had been picked one that thought ten days ago, and they had been holding them for that length of time, as you have said, this could be significant it is aungeliquely she will know the whereabouts but she could be used as you have said in a potential prisoner swap the government have come under enormous pressure since the soldiers were taken in august. from across the border where the border with syria, and they have been under increasing pressure. there have even been

protests of the family members saying they are not doing enough to bring those soldiers home. there's a potential and hits coming from the military, that maybe these two could be used as another prisoner swap. >> interesting just hours after the announcement was made, we have these six soldier whose were killed, no claim of responsibility yet, but obviously there will be fingers pointing in the direction of isil. >> there will be, the area that you mentioned where this attack took place acrossing to the military, is not far where we mentioned that those soldiers were taken in heavy gun battles back in august this area is also of course a hot spot, these are areas on the boarder with syria with know the front are both operational.

what way doe know is that the lebanese military are describing it as a serious ambush, that killed those soldiers. so far six confirmed dead, one accounted for, in that attack, and the last we have heard from the military, was there had been shelling of the area by the lebanese military. so on going fighting throughout the early part of this evening. >> jane in beirut, thank you for the update. iraq's government has agreed to end an oil dispute with the semiautonomous kurdish region, in exchange for the supply of 250,000 barrels per day. the government will also unlock 17% of the national budget or $12 billion al he kateed the deal will help the government get more money for it's fight against isil, with the government agreeing to give $1 billion for forces salaries and equipment.

egypt's top -- dismissing murder charges against the former leader. the case was in relation to the killing of protestors during the 2011 uprising as well as corruption charges against him and his son. his security chief and top six commanders also had the cases dropped. a wave of protests and across much of egypt. al jazeera continues to demand the release of it's threw journalists who have now been detained in egypt. were jailed over false allegations that they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions and jail sentencing. cep yeah's president has sacked his interior minister. after the latest cross boarder attack from the somali based armed group.

36 workers with the latest victims. it's just over a week since they killed 25 bus passengers close to the border. in both cases nonmuslims were targeted more from nairobi. >> the grizzly scene after gunman entered the quarry in the middle of the night, they were sleeping in their tents when around 20 armed men ordered them out to recruit prayers and then they were killed tension days ago they said they were also behind an attack on a bus. that left 28 people dead, and later on month, one person was killed and more than one dozen injuries.

>> the government is facing increasing criticism from opposition leaders and the kenyan people over it's ability to security the country. they say it must do more to make sure the public is safe. >> . >> has proved tock countser productive. >> they admitted this were weaknesses and has bowed to public dend mas announcing the retirement of the inspector general of police, and the replacement of the cabinet secretary for internal security. but they have called on al palm to unite against what he said were extremist hiding behind religion. >> kenya is at war, and our enemy in our hearts we aid this enemy.

the government has been struggling to increase attacks since 2011. that's when kenya sent in troops to fight them in somalia. the group says it will keep up it's acing thats until troops pull out. >> they forced us into this war, we told them we will not achieve anything from going to war with us. they refuse to heed our warnings. today they say what war tastes like, we are ready for them, we are waiting for them. >> the president said it was the right decision to go into somalia, and it is still the right decision for them to say, and eh says he is confident the situation will turn around. his words are unlikely to calm the fears of those nonmuslims and other whose feel unsafe, heading to the nearby military base to seek

safety al jazeera, nairobi. >> all right, still to come on the program, we will surrender, why leaders of the hong kong protest say they will retreat on wednesday. plus, the costa concordia says he took the cruise ship close to shore as a favor for a crew member

snap elections are to be called in israel after two ministers were

sacked. fires the justice and finance ministers saying he would not tolerate opposition, within the government. france's national assembly has approved a calling on the government to recognize the state of palestine. and the wife and child has been detained in lebanon. he is one of the three wifes and was arrested at the border crossing ten days ago. international on sevenners say ukrainian separatists have agreed to a new cease fire, set to begin on friday. another cease fire has also been announced by separatests in ukraine's neighboring ren joe. nato has approved a new military force to protect the block from russia and other states.

foreign ministers also agreed to launch a new training mission for afghanistan next year. what else came out of that meeting, paul? >> certainly that has been the case here, but i don't think that nato in the past has faced such a wide ranging array of challenges as it does at the moment. we are talking about trying to combat the threat from the islamic state, you have nato trying to support government forces in both ukraine and afghanistan. and of course, there is the increasingly and divertly muscular of russia's military man moves on the borders of nato countries.

they said they needed a rapid response force, but that won't be established until 2016, there needs to be a small force, three or 4,000 troops which can be up and running by the start effectively of next year first couple of months of 2015 that's been agreed. but the other thing they wanted to talk about was the situation in afghanistan, combat operations will end on the thirty-first of desks and there will be a new operation, a new training mission which will take over on january the first. i think john kerry the u.s. secretary of state summed it up when he spoked about the difficulties and challenges that nato has had to face. and what is ahead.

in one way or another we have been tested by those who want to divide us, or cause us to retreat to the commitments we have made to one another, both in and beyond the nato arena, we have been called to respond to aggression, and to conflict. to law lessness, and deception. to violent extremists and epidemic disease. plenty of challenges for nato, and these operations cost money, of course. >> of course, and there has been growing con coughny and military commanders to get the leaders of governments to put their hands in the pockets and start to back the funding of greater defense spending. john kerry reiterated that in his news conference that we just heard from.

he said basically twenty-first security cannot be done on the cheap, it is going to take a while, and europe is coming out of a long period of posterity, but what the message is that the threats and challenges are very real and immediate, and frankly the budge dare decisions can't be put off much longer. >> paul, thanks. >> the captain of the sunken cruise liner has been giving evidence in an italian court, a defiant -- said he took the ship chose to shore as a treat for passengers and a favor for a crew member. he denied it was to impress a female dancer onboard. 32 people died when it sang in 2012 after hitting rocks near the island. he is accused of manslaughter causing a ship wreck, and abandoning ship. if found guilty, he could be jailed for up to went years.

serbian far light leader says he won't return to the hague if ordered back by the u.n. war crimes. he stands accused -- ethnic cleansing and other war crimes he was released temporarily last month on the grounds of ill health because he has cancer. since then he has put himself back into politics rallying support on television and radio. i am not going back volunteerly, that is for certain. and thousand they are going to a extradite me remains to be seen. which means they will have to arrest me, and a court ordinance her have to be issued and then i will have the right to appeal,ly use all my rights to resist that arrest. >> ands 30 years since the world's worst industrial accident in india.

thousands are still battling chronic illnesses. >> while protestors took to the streets to mourn the dead, they are also dend maaing that union now owned by dow chemical take responsible for the treatment of survivors. as survivors mark the 30th anniversary as what is described as the worst accident, what is important to keep in mind has not changed and that's for the accountability that's of responsibility with that be the company or those responsible for it's activities in india, all those years ago it is also a very timely reminder, as they look to invite more to invest to do business in sectors like manufacturing that there needs to be odd

wait laws in place to protect local communities and also to keep in mind that if in fact, an accident does occur, that people are held responsibility and accountable and that global standards are met, in a country that is hooking to develop at a massive scale. three leaders of hong kongs pro democracy protest, says they will surrender on wednesday. they are also urging others to retreat over fears of further violence. protestors have been counted out for more than two months. china says candidates must be chosen from an approved list. police try to clear part of the protests in the district. sara clark has more. which started the campaign around 64 days ago, they announced they would surrender to police

tomorrow at around 3:00 o'clock local time, and have also asked or earthquake peeled to students here. and the reason they said that is the concern for the safety in the wake of the violent clashes we saw on sunday night, and monday night. they said this is now considered a dangerous place, they say the police action was out of control they said the hong kong -- having said that, they are also asked for the movement to continue. they are also saying they want the campaign to be one of peace and a community campaign as something that is maintained on the streets here, in the central part of hong kong. they have also said they will respect the students decision if they decide to stay. >> the fbi isen waying businesses of more cyber attacks after the film giant was targeted. north korea has been accused of hacking sony and it hasn't denied the claim.

totally. >> the military was less impressed by the film. now five upcoming films have been leaked on line. officials replied wait and see. >> negotiators from the rebel group have met to discuss reviewing peace talks. it is their first meeting since the capture of a columbian general. he has now resigned says the lapse in security which led to his capture shouldn't have happened. he was taken hostage last month after entering rebel territory dressed in civilian clothing. and without bodyguards a black man in the u.s. state of michigan has claimed he was stopped by police simply for walking along with hands in his pockets. saying a shop owner had

complained of a suspicious looking man peering into his shop window. he till. >> by walking by. >> yeah, they said you had your hands in your pocket. >> wow, walking by having your hands in the pocket, makes people nervous to call the police, when it is snowing outside. >> are you okay, i am fine, how about you. >> i am good. >> all right. >> what are you up to today. >> walking with my hands in miability policieses. walking. >> now commuters in russia's capitol are being offered a bit of extra culture, this winter, for the journey home. with a little help from technology, moscow metro is giving them an opportunity to enjoy the classics for treatment. the russian giant penned some of his classics here, but a dry sterile place. now the culture of city

hall are going underground. to bring great books to the people adorning the wall. images of crime and punishment on these halls and now moscow eat ms. row system delivered a virtual library scanning a cove with a smart phone, allowed the users to browed the shelves. this now available and a list will grow. that should occupy my journeys on the metro through the winter, and well into the summer. russians are avid readers

and the library is welcome. >> i think it is great, it is great if you can entertain yourself in a usable way. >> they are no strangers to culture on their commute. seven years ago, they introduced art galleries on the underground. of their most famous paintings, and their change regularly it is more than that, it is also a place where they can talk to each other, see some culture and art pieces. when they are waiting for a train or our traveling in the carriage culturally commuters are spoiled for choice. architecture and literature, what about music? to lighten that long journey home this winter.

peter sharp, all al jazeera, moscow. >> aljazeera.com is the place to find news and sport from around the world. in india, a woman's fate can take a cruel twist when her husband dies. >> they would beat me, both my daughter in law and my son would beat me.