if i did own political issue. the people who believe that tell the real story i'll just mended individualism we don't feel in cuba. short films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short stories that highlight the human triumph against the. al-jazeera selects at this time. palestinian leaders threaten to suspend all communication with the us if it closes

their diplomatic mission and washington d.c. . i'm richelle carey this is out there alive also coming up. tens of thousands take to the streets in zimbabwe a day before president robert mugabe's party holds a meeting to decide his fate. lebanese prime minister saad hariri meets the french president and paris and says he will return to his country next week. new hope for a missing argentine submarine with forty four crew on board as several attempted satellite calls but attacked it from that vessel. but again with news of major tension building up in the u.s. palestinian relations the trump administration says it will close the palestinian liberation organization's diplomatic off. in washington d.c.

your state department says the p.l.o. has broken legislation by calling for an international criminal court prosecution against israel over the building of illegal settlements a two thousand and fifteen us law bars palestinians from going to the i.c.c. against israel the p.l.o. office in washington has been open since the one nine hundred eighty s. the plan to close it has led to serious concerns about efforts to find peace in the region is also being seen as an attempt to force the palestinian authority into direct negotiations with israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he respects the u.s. decision but the p.l.o. which the international community sees as the official representatives of all palestinians has threatened to end all contact with the u.s. if that office is closed it's hoped a meeting on monday between the u.s. state department in the p.l.o. will shed light on the top administration's decision and esterbrook reports. the plant closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington

prompted shock and a threat from a senior palestinian official to freeze ties with the us this is very unfortunate and seven this is the pressure being exerted on this administration from the if you know government the time when we are trying to put it to achieve the ultimate it takes such steps which would undermine the peace process the u.s. state department announced its decision to close the office late last week citing a twenty fifteen law placing conditions on the u.s. mission office those conditions relate to the palestinians pressuring the international criminal court to seek charges against israel over the issue of israeli settlements and crimes against palestinians the move comes as the troubled ministration is trying to broker a peace plan between the palestinians and israelis president donald trump said such a deal would be a cornerstone of his administration he very much in september he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas on the sidelines of the u.n.

general assembly meeting of world leaders in new york and the last while the president sent his son in law and adviser jared cushion or to the middle east in part to work out a blueprint for a deal the white house says closing the p.l.o. office doesn't mean it's cutting off communications with the palestinians and could be viewed as a way to expedite the peace process but a middle east analyst says the trumpet ministration is not bargaining in good faith the u.s. is not an honest broker the u.s. is representing its own interests and they correspond primarily with the right wing of israeli interests the closure isn't a done deal president trump has ninety days to review the decision and could keep the office open if he thinks the palestinians are engaged in meaningful and direct negotiations with the israelis die on estabrook al-jazeera washington. and zimbabwe tens of thousands of people have joined rallies across the capital harare

calling for president robert mugabe to resign the ninety three year old has been under house arrest since the military took control on wednesday israel is on a party says it will hold a meeting on sunday to discuss mugabe's fate or i'm a tosser reports from harare. extatic zimbabweans say they can feel change is coming soldiers posed herself in crowds hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of harare men women and children marched alongside armored cars and soldiers they say they want president robert mugabe who has ruled for nearly forty years to resign good money for the medicines but the. president by say what was caused sixty thousand dollars we are saying you should stop. this country like they have done enough i think it is. freedom to ask all of us we've been waiting for this time for so long we have been oppressed for a very long time so we are saying. basically.

it was a united front opposition supporters people in the world to mugabe is on a party and veterans of the liberation war against white rule together the main opposition leader morgan tsvangirai says the country is preparing for a post mugabe era the army seize control earlier in the week and confined the country's leader his private residence in harare. and. speaking from south africa on saturday his nephew patrick was reported to have said the president and his wife grace are ready to die for what is correct and they have no intention of stepping down but people at the march insisted the ninety three year old has to go explore. the country banking.

branches in all ten provinces have said mugabe should resign they also want to grace mccarthy who heads the party's women's league to go through things on a party will meet on sunday to discuss the fate of president robert mugabe and his wife and reinstate the vice president he dismissed amos and. zimbabweans have only known one leader after decades of being a friend to speak out against things have changed the people marching insist it's not a matter of if but when they will go. al-jazeera had a fun game. where activists and corner of the group the zimbabwe official says protesters have felt encouraged by the army intervention every cent. i think what the people of discovered is that the army has opened a way for them to go out there and express you know especially the the fact that they don't like robert mugabe and his wife so they kind of opened the door for them

and these are the two main obstacles for people at home so the fact that the army is given the opportunity to say you can come out and express how you feel about everything is just as it was you see with the numbers of people in the streets of. the people of the military do the right thing is probably install a transitional government a government. all inclusive of the opposition parties and the government to not sideline the opposition before by design appears the people want the kind of transitional government that is all inclusive including taking on board what the opposition are saying so that they move the country forward but the main main main point is so that the transitional government will provide you know free and fair credible elections that are internationally want monitored so because as you know. elections for the past ten years. lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has confirmed how we're turning to beirut by wednesday and will hold talks with

president michel hariri made the statement during his visit to france or has more from paris in the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived at paris's look. at dawn and headed to his apartment in the french capital it was the first time the lebanese prime minister had been seen in public since his sudden resignation in riyadh two weeks ago later he met the french president emanuel at the elisei palace and said he would return to beirut. with regards to the political situation i will be in beirut in the next few days to take part in the celebration of our independence and all express opinions on all subjects once i've met president. hariri was joined by his wife and eldest son but his other two children were left behind in riyadh fueling speculation about why that was at least a source is said only that it had been the hariri family's personal choice. macro

invited to really he said not to offer exile but listen act of friendship the fact that some of the rary was here at the elise is being seen by those in france is something of a diplomatic success for him and call it is the french president's mediation attempts over the past two weeks that have seen hariri finally leave riyadh. this is certainly a diplomatic success for a manual macro at the start of the lebanese crisis no one was very convinced that he'd be able to get results but he succeeded in getting hariri out of saudi arabia and hopefully back to lebanon soon so that it's a personal achievement for macro he's managed to re-insert france into the middle east and diplomatic arena. many people in lebanon say they're fed up with what they regard as foreign meddling in their affairs if hariri does make it back to beirut on wednesday he'll be there is the country celebrates his independence with

a public holiday that would be a symbolic moment would be lost on no one natasha al jazeera paris. so that was serious first public appearance since his resignation and women are questioning why two of his children were left behind in riyadh as i know her has more from a row. seidel had a rival to the french capital may be a way of showing that he's a free man and that he's able to leave saudi arabia but speculations about his ability to move freely have not been put to rest the very fact that he left his children behind here arrived with his wife his children stayed behind according to his aides it is because they're attending school in lebanon many in lebanon including the president believe that the prime minister in one way or another was a hostage in saudi arabia he was forced to resign his resignation speech was written by the saudi authorities and now we are in and the neighborhood which is

considered really a hariri stronghold mixed reactions definitely but many people really asking questions on whether or not their leader is a political hostage a little of those. how did he saudi citizens did for saudi has influence over him and that means he has a responsibility towards they tell him something he must listen and it's possible his children could be a pressure caught. he wasn't salty and it's natural that he's there and often he would return this is this country. behind only he and. this may be a family issue but. i would like to know why i would like to thank president for not accepting his assignation because if you gave how do you mean if you are. the first official confirmation that saddam will be returning to was made by the man himself. not long after landing in paris held the phone conversation with lebanon's

president telling him that he will be here to attend the independence day celebrations on november the twenty second now what happens when he. insists on his resignation or will he decide to be reappointed as prime minister and form a new government but on condition that hezbollah. which is allied with iran is not participating in this new government so a lot of questions on what comes next and that is why many in lebanon fear that the crisis is not over because saudi iranian rivalry which is really playing out across the region is now being played out in lebanon. argentina's defense ministry says it is detected seven attempted satellite calls from the missing submarine giving hope that the forty four member crew on board will be found alive contact was lost with the san juan on wednesday as it was returning to its base in mar del

plata from a routine mission in the south atlantic the search for the vessel has been hampered by stormy seas and the submarines detection color and design. has more from mar del plata. what the hell satellite called give some scope for cautious optimism the argentina orators are saying the very fact that it is a sign of life somewhere out in the south atlantic ocean that they are trying to contact or it is on the ardennes i'm close to the dollar though where there's something really a r a a someone with forty four crew members on board is exactly that there is an extensive search and rescue operation going on with all the resources that they watch the argentine all the roads is also now with the help chalet and all of the it is the united states sending its bertie's listening equipment the british authorities as well all helping in this rescue operation is now gone eleven o'clock at night here in argentina but that operation will continue into the night and into sunday maybe more the families of those forty four crew

members a gathering here class are at the naval base they're increasingly concerned as each hour goes by without some news about what happened to the submarine but as i said they are not already saying everything that can possibly dark is being done to try to find out so make contact with with the crew members they simply lost contact the on wednesday morning they don't know exactly what has happened they've had no contact since. rumors and speculation circulating but really it's now a case of a scouring the area a vast area of the south atlantic hoping that there is life hoping that the submarine will come to the service and they can rescue those crew members. still ahead on al-jazeera we call on the world to look with the yemeni people and put an end to our history passionate plea from people trapped in war torn yemen and

desperate need of food and medical supplies. and a reversal in fortunes for central asia snow leopard free travel to pakistan and the search of the elusive big. hello there we're seeing some heavy snow in parts of north america at the moment so out of this weather system here it's gradually sweeping its way eastwards in the south of course here we're seeing a fair amount of rain but further north we are seeing a lot of wintery weather and they'll be more of it too as we head through sunday as that system sweeps its way a way behind it it's not feeling that warm so new york is best getting to around fourteen degrees and force in toronto will be getting to around six further west there's another weather system here that's being with us for a day or two that's working its way into the northwestern parts of the u.s.

and into the western parts of canada lots of snow lots of rain out of that and gradually working its way southward so more heavy downpours and a lot of snow over the mountains and all of that is expected on monday i mean for the towards the south and the satellite picture is picking up very clearly this area of cloud is stretching from parts of colombia old boy through hispanic and away towards the northeast that's given some very very heavy downpours these pictures are from cuts ahead in colombia and shows just how wet it's been there we do have a fair amount of flooding and that weather systems not removing anywhere in a great hurry so still plenty of showers for some of us here over the next day or so and force in hispania yet more heavy rain gradually begins to break up on monday . on counting the cost of venezuela in defocus the oil rich country fails to pay its debt well look at what a messy financial unraveling could mean for starving people lebanon's economy is

getting squeezed plus why zimbabweans ah by court counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. i am. watching al-jazeera and these are the top stories this hour there is concern for peace efforts in the middle east after the trumpet ministration announced plans to close the palestine liberation organization the diplomatic office in washington d.c. it follows palestinian calls for israel to be prosecuted at the international criminal

court over illegal settlements. tens of thousands of people in zimbabwe held rallies across harare calling for an end president mugabe's rule the ninety three year old has been under house arrest since the military to control on wednesday. argentina's defense ministry said it has texted seven attempted satellite calls from the submarine missing since wednesday with forty four crew members on board authorities lost contact with the san juan as it was returning to base and mar del plata from a routine mission and the southern atlantic satellite calls lasted up to thirty six seconds in the late morning and early afternoon. aid is starting to trickle into yemen almost two weeks after the saudi the coalition closed land air and sea borders vital supplies are being allowed into ports and government controlled areas but the united nations says only complete lifting of the blockade will stop what could be the worst famine in decades ariana han reports. these machines are slowly

cleaning this man's blood and keeping him alive a saudi led coalition is strike left him without any obvious injuries but the trauma and the health problems came soon after. it all started when my husband lost his eyesight after a few days his health continued to deteriorate when we had him examined and found his kidneys had failed that he needs kidney dialysis three times a week but at this hospital in the who see controlled capital of sun the patients are lucky to get even one treatment resources are dwindling food and fuel prices are soaring so not as within the estimated sixty percent of human that's under control and it's under siege and. suffering here we've been denied delivery of medicine as we call on the world to look with mercy on the yemeni people and put an end to our eyes every start by opening the closed borders and deliver medical

supplies. for twelve days yemen has been all that cut off from the outside world a blockade imposed after humans who three rebels fired a ballistic missile deep into saudi arabia the blockade was designed to choke the alleged flow of weapons to who the rebels from iran but it's increased the hardship for millions of human knees a majority of whom need some sort of assistance the saudi led coalition says aid can get in through what it describes as liberated ports it's partially open to the government controlled port of aden in the south but none of the points of entry are in areas under hoofy control that includes the airport in the capital sanaa and to the port of who data through which the bulk of all aid is delivered when i think covering the war in yemen for two and a half years now but here's an idea of the impact from just the last twelve days seven million people were already on the. think of famine without any kind of aid

getting in the u.n. says that number will rise past ten million the cost of the saudi blockade is being measured not in care but in the number of lives lost one hundred fifty thousand of them that's how many melnotte is children the u.n. says could die within the coming months if the book isn't lifted completely. the u.n. says vital supplies will run out in human within the next few weeks the blockade is a calculated move by the saudi lead coalition a strategy that needs time to take effect time that for the people of yemen is fast running out. al-jazeera saudi arabia's heir to the throne has been making bold political moves including a sweet detaining some of his relations relations and a number of the kingdom's wealthiest businessmen his policies have been the focus of a conference in london tended by analysts diplomatic and senior political figures.

reports from the meeting. the seismic changes in saudi arabia are having reverberations around the world among those invited to speak at this event in london was paddy ashdown a member of u.k.'s upper house of parliament and the former leader of the liberal democrats party he told attendees that the international community must take punitive measures against saudi arabia to prevent its leadership from further destabilizing the region britain support and saudi arabia's actions in the enemy. is as foolish as it is reprehensible. it is very clear that war crimes have been committed in the conflict in yemen both in relation to india's going to use attacks on civilians and by using aid and starvation as a weapon of war britain's silence on these matters is the murderous and shame the saudi led war in yemen has gone on for two years now it was launched by crown prince mohammed bin. in that time thousands have been killed and millions displaced

on top of that mohamed bin sandman has pursued other aggressive policies including a recent crackdown inside the kingdom which saw hundreds of people arrested among them senior members of the royal family and some of saudi arabia's richest businessman britain has very strong ties with the saudi government hundreds of millions of dollars worth of saudi money has been pumped into the u.k. economy through arms deals and other trade agreements there are growing calls however in the u.k. for london to take a tougher stance against riyadh but the fear among some is that the money coming in is compromising britain's principles the shameful british record of deeply deeply corrupt. has gone on governments have to govern the whole strife and it's going to end that's the basis of the relationship we must see moments deals massive corruption both way inside saudi arabia funding kickbacks payments to into britain that's got to stop. organizing such

a conference like this in london isn't just because of the close relationship between the united kingdom and saudi arabia an attempt by saudi go position figures to put pressure on the british government to take action against what they perceive to be very destructive policies being pursued by the crown prince prompts a man on the saudi regime but it's also because according to human rights groups there is little freedom of expression in saudi arabia so impossible to hold such a conference critical of the saudi regime in the kingdom started it has got into one of the worst records on human rights and on freedom of speech simply because i'm a grown man cannot tolerate any dissenting voices among his own members of the family and also inside to society what's concerning for many observers is the lack of pushback coming from the international community in response to the aggressive policies being pushed by saudi arabia's rulers conferences like this aim to

highlight what's at stake namely the stability of the gulf region amounts of other countries like lebanon and iran. london. have to pay a five percent tax when they fill up their tanks starting in january earlier this year passed. a five percent value added tax to some products and services as part of the country's major economic reforms as the oil dependent nation continues to deal with the slump in global oil prices saudi arabia saw a record budget deficit of ninety seven billion dollars last year. gerry adams the leader of the irish republican party in vain has announced he will step down after almost thirty five years his party will elect a replacement early next year adams was the lead exposed sman freshman fane in a bus mr n.p. when his party was the political wing of the irish republican army the paramilitary group fought a guerrilla campaign against british control of northern ireland for almost forty

years adams played a central wall in peace talks in the one nine hundred ninety s. which ended the violence leading to the power sharing and fell fast between shin fein and pro pritish unionists reign in india has helped improve the capital new delhi air quality problem the city has been covered in a blanket of toxic smog for almost two weeks causing severe health issues hospitals are overcrowded and schools have been temporarily closed despite the rain new delhi's pollution levels are still about five times worse than what is considered safe meanwhile the high court has ruled that the delhi half marathon will go ahead on sunday despite warnings from doctors the status of one of the world's rarest big cats has improved the snow leopard has been downgraded from endangered endangered to vulnerable on the and international list of threatened species scientists say there are there are more of their rare creature than previously thought but as robin forestay walker reports from a nature reserve occurs it stand not everyone agrees so.

in these mountains protected by the people of this village. in exchange the trust wildlife charity their handicrafts. i've seen with my own eyes it did snow leopard but though nobody snow leopards we're protecting them children. to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of site chat after. wild sheep and other big cat prey are plentiful and camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty snow leopards. used to set up tents here in our conservation is helping kyrgyzstan to recover its snow leopard population but

the snow leopard trust believes it's premature to downgrade the cats on the international list of the threatened species the information which is used for that is coming from the little. person. and that's not. enough to. have no snow leopard expert but i'm going to take credit for this i just spotted that snow leopard hair from a snow leopard rubbing itself against the rock yeah i would love to see the elusive cat and i'm hoping the memory card from this camera trap will reward me with a picture. this is. a lynx selfie also extremely rare but no snow leopard for me this time. using non-lethal traps researches have called in g.p.s.

call it seven snow leopards to monitor their movements in the saudi chat area test reserve that's really enabled us to start to build models of snow leopard populations before we are just guessing at as the technology improves where we're finding all these ways in which our guesses are are getting corrected that is why most experts stand by the snow leopards reclassification from endangered to vulnerable because the latest evidence suggests they're more cats than previously acknowledged around four thousand left in the wild i did eventually see real snow leopards behind bars in this sanctuary for animals rescued from poaches their numbers are still in decline vulnerable still means threatened robin first the walker al-jazeera in this. nature is a. take

out the headline on al-jazeera there is concern for peace efforts in the middle east after the top administration announced plans to close the palestine liberation organization diplomatic office and washington d.c. at palestinian calls for a prosecution against israel at the enter national criminal court over illegal settlements while eight. we replied to the us administration also in writing sang that in the event that they closed down the pale our face we will suspend all our communication with the administration until office is reopened maimon netanyahu government is destroying houses in the. area and was as well a coup for the government is being rewarded and we are being punished this is totally unacceptable and it does undermine the peace process. and the thousands of people in zimbabwe held rallies across harare calling for an end to president

robert mugabe's rule. ninety three year old has been under house arrest since the military took control on wednesday about those rulings on a party meets on sunday to discuss his fate. argentina's defense ministry says it has detected seven attempted satellite calls from that submarine missing since wednesday with forty four crew members on board authorities lost contact with the san juan as it was returning to base in mar del plata from a routine mission in the south atlantic a satellite calls lasted for up to thirty six seconds in the late morning and also early afternoon american and british naval vessels have joined that search gerry adams a veteran leader of the irish republican party sion fein has announced plans to step down from his role after almost thirty five years his replacement will be elected by party members in the coming months adams was a leading spokesman for shin veins paramilitary wing the art irish republican army

during its decade long bombing campaign aimed at ending british control of northern ireland adams was also a key figure in peace negotiations in the one nine hundred ninety s. which saw fein enter government with their pro british counterparts those are the headlines and news continues right here on al-jazeera after counting the costs keep it or. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. has them secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the well the business and economics this week venezuela in default as the oil rich country fails.