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officially recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. protest in bethlehem the news of the move angers palestinians living in the occupied west bank . hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera life has borders here and also coming up by the police forces in honduras are refusing to enforce a curfew amid a political deadlock. and told them that they found three. also this the desperate measures taken by refugees in greece risking their lives to enter other parts of europe. the us president all from place to announce on weapons day that the united states will officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and has plans to relocate

to the american embassy there white house officials confirmed the news in a briefing earlier mr trump called arab leaders to inform them of his intentions she had pretends he explains. that's beautiful at the white house there was no sense of the international uproar that's been caused by donald trump's forthcoming speech announcing the u.s. is recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital this is a campaign promise to keep trump financial danas like las vegas casino magnate sheldon adelson and his poor right wing evangelical base whom the president needs now moving ever as his popularity ratings plummet throughout the day the president briefed the regional leaders which led to this question at the state department briefing i'm wondering if you can say that the that he's gotten the support of anyone for any decision that he might make so again i'm not going to characterize those conversations minutes later the white house press secretary was similarly

callie about the decision i'm not going to get ahead of the president's remarks that he'll make tomorrow to say other than israel which thinks that this move is twenty two years overdue that all of the feedback he's been getting from world leaders is overwhelmingly negative. no again he spoke with five leaders that's hardly indicative of everybody across the globe mr president the fifth leader the president called was the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu israeli politicians have welcomed crumbs to susan under islam the israeli mayor of the city so that the embassy move could take two minutes by switching the sign on the current u.s. consulate in west jerusalem administration officials who didn't want publicly to be named later said that was not going to happen more about building a new embassy would take at least three to four years to the question of whether that means of this decision could be reversed if president doesn't stay on for a second term the officials insisted once the process of planning and you embassy begins it would reach its conclusion they also said the president was simply

affirming what they called quote reality both historical moment that connected the state of israel to the city they argued issues of sovereignty would not change and said that not moving the embassy since it was required by congress in one thousand nine hundred five had not made any difference to the peace process but trumpet ministration was still committed to a two state solution they said if that's what both parties wanted. but with reports over the weekend that the president's middle east envoy is pushing a saudi backed plan that gives israel formal control of all of jerusalem it appears that drums announcement on wednesday will be in keeping with the direction of his administration's emerging middle east policy she average hands the al-jazeera washington for news of the possible move has angered palestinians in the occupied west bank dozens of protesters gathered outside the church of the nativity in bethlehem they set fire to posters with trump's image on them the saudi king says

the move will quote inflame the feelings of muslims while the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is warning of dangerous consequences. the position of president this is very clear and. they're going to give him this is going to be moved to jerusalem this is again. this is this would be unacceptable for. this. it would complicate things. for the peace process maybe it will be the end of the peace process hopefully they're going to get. back from this. well as we've been hearing there's been strong global condemnation and concern among about the intended move at least a dozen leaders and organizations have said they are against it as it would destabilize the middle east and contravene international law here's just

a few of the many voices that have been speaking out could as mr trump jerusalem is a red line for muslims. we will follow the struggle to the very last moment with determination and we could even go right up to cutting our diplomatic relations with israel. a way must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of jerusalem as the future capital of the states so that the aspiration of this can be fulfilled. the council of ministers rejects this step and expresses its utmost concern regarding this step as well as the moving of the american embassy to jerusalem the iraqi government warns of the consequences of this decision on the stability of the area and the world ignoring the rights of palestinians and the arab and muslim world and other religions.

indications that the united states in the coming days will recognize did a survey with fairness capital by the way without consulting with. far reaching consequences that's a step would have them a nice position on the should remains unchanged a solution a did a solution problem can only be found. between the two parties of. a runoff that's the proposal from the opposition leader salvador to end the stalemate over last month's election the authorities have failed to declare an official winner sparking violent protest and a nighttime curfew. after more than a week since the presidential elections in honduras a winner has yet to be named prolonging a political crisis a nationwide curfew remains in effect but across the country protests continue well into the night hours. in the latest turn of events hundreds of elite police forces known as cobras have announced they will no longer be obeying orders to enforce the

ten day curfew one officer told reporters they are rebelling. our people are sovereign and we are in their service furthermore we cannot be confronting and crushing their rights the ongoing demonstrations continue to call for hundred president one orlando at nine days to step down and for the national elections commission to finalize an announcement the organization of american states has expressed concerns over quote irregularities errors and systemic problems within the elections and have issued recommendations that the process become more transparent. demonstrations blocking roads and bridges are also having a significant economic impact across honduras several cities are reporting fuel and food shortages causing worry that the political crisis is only getting worse. hundreds of argentinean soldiers buried anonymously on the disputed full clinton

island subpoena identified relatives now at the chance to bring the remains of their loved ones home to a supposed reports from buenos aires no tomorrow my sister brother and a lot of the he was nineteen years old when he went to war and was killed. that was thirty five years ago and norma has traveled from the remote north of argentina to the capital to find out whether her brother's remains have been positively identified. i am very anxious them very upset because i'm not sure whether they have found him my mother died a few months ago waiting for this we need to know and be able to give him a proper burial we need to know whether they have found him in. argentina and the united kingdom went to war when argentine troops invaded the british controlled. which the argentines called. during the two months of fighting two hundred fifty five british troops and nearly six hundred fifty argentine soldiers were killed

about twenty percent of the soldiers killed in that war where and identified buried in graves marked only by a simple message i didn't find soldier only known to god according to a report by the international committee of the red cross out of one hundred twenty one graves eighty eight of them were clearly identified the relatives of those who were killed during the war were brought here to this building where they are informed whether their loved ones where. they would be there has been working identifying victims in war zones for decades he says working on the islands was not easy. it was a complex process that took a very long time but the red cross form the team that involved experts different specialties from all around the world working on the islands was difficult because of the conditions there but it was successful. what made possible the identification process was an agreement between the u.k.

and argentina with the assistance of the red cross. this agreement was based on humanitarian low and it's an umbrella that unites all versus aside from the conflict that exists between countries that we will have to resolve but also shows that when the end benefits everyone the objectives can be achieved it. on tuesday not a model mace was told that her brother a lot of the was among those identified she's now hoping to eventually return her brother to the disputed islands where he was killed to be buried in a grave with a stone that will bear his name. still to come here on al-jazeera the un security council asked all parties in the war and you haven't worked towards a jury will cease fire. and lebanon's prime minister officially withdraws his shock resignation.

from long flowing arlin winds to an enchanting desert breeze. hello there we've got a developing system that's making its way across turkey at the moment the satellite picture is showing that area of cloud here and as it works its way eastwards it's giving not only heavy rain but also a lot of snow and that snow is giving quite a few problems and will gradually sweep its way eastwards there as we head head into thursday so more snow is expected to be working its way into parts of iraq and iran there during the day for the south it will be rain and even for q a that's going to be the chance of seeing one or two rub a lively thunderstorms here in doha no major change for us over the next few days but still twenty five degrees will be out temperature and it looks like they'll be a fair amount of cloud over the next few days as well that could just squeeze out one or two showers but i think most likely is late on thursday as this system makes its way across us as we head down towards the southern parts of africa here lots of

cloud also rain with us at the moment stretches from angola right the way down into the eastern parts of south africa and here is where we're going to see some of the heaviest outbreaks of rain so for joe back and for durban it is looking pretty wet and expect some funded storms around as well towards the west is quite different for us here forcing cape town we're looking at twenty eight degrees and those temperatures will even be rising as we head into thursday which should make it to thirty. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. 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 criminalized or if you join us on sac no evil person just wakes up in the morning and says i want to scour the world of 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. welcome back you're with al-jazeera reminded of the main news of far today the us president donald trump will announce on weapons day that the united states will officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and has plans to relocate to the u.s. embassy there white house officials confirmed the news in a briefing earlier from called arab leaders to inform them of his intentions. this is all to do with a mechanism called the jerusalem embassy act which was approved by the u.s. congress in one thousand nine hundred five it declared that jerusalem should be recognized as the israeli capital and that the u.s.

embassy would be established there by may of one thousand nine hundred nine the act mandated shop cuts in funding for the u.s. state department if that deadline wasn't met however congress also allowed the white house to delay the move for six months at a time on national security grounds that waiver has been invoked since the one nine hundred ninety s. by presidents clinton bush and obama and donald trump's already done it once during his presidency hillary mann leverett is c.e.o. of strategy that's a political risk consultancy and a former state department official she says jarrett cushion this process was going nowhere. we're not certain exactly what the strategy is the administer the white house has been pretty effective in keeping keeping their deliberations secret and not letting them leak one of the more effective uses of their of the of the of that kind of strategy i've seen in a long time if we give them the benefit of the doubt that they actually do have a strategy and one that is rooted in trump's so-called principles especially what

he's written about in his book the art of the deal he may be trying to generate a crisis in order to create opportunity if the so-called peace process or the pursuit of a priest process by gerrard cushion or we're actually going anywhere if there was any credible hope for an actual peace process being launched by jared kushner they wouldn't be doing something like this that's so inflammatory so incendiary about jerusalem it says to me that that process that question has been working on now since trump was elected is going nowhere and they have decided to create to generate a crisis in order to create some opportunity to give themselves at least six months because trump will wave the sign the waivers of the embassy doesn't have to move now it gives them at least six months and it's renewable it gives them more and more time to put forward their whatever plan they may have and probably to force it

on the palestinians where they otherwise would not be susceptible to such a deal. the u.n. security council has appealed to all sides in yemen to recommit to a un led political process to end the conflict as one in the country faces a catastrophic famine and close to a million cases of cholera the council's pushing for unhindered humanitarian access in particular their call on parties to immediately provide safe rapid anie hindered and sustained commercial and humanitarian access to the populations of all affected governorates. through all of yemen's ports and airports most importantly who data boards and sunnah airport the member of the security council urged all size to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law the exiled son of yemen's ousted president ali

abdullah saleh says he will launch a campaign against the who see movement that killed his father. has called for revenge meanwhile thousands of who sees gathered for a show of strength in the capital sana'a his m.p.'s tie up. the killing. has plunged yemen into even more uncertainty the ousted president would be in a dominant political force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by who the fighters on monday had been in an alliance with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years and his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital sanaa. the clashes were ongoing the entire night until the morning if someone stepped out into the street or fled they would have a bullet hit them in the head chest or body but. on tuesday thousands of supporters filled the streets of sanaa celebrating what they called the end of the

crisis but yemen's challenges are far from over the saudi led coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by a man who are hardy has said it will still strike rebel targets and how to use urging yemenis to rise against the who these plays. and i call upon all of you with an open heart and a strong will to turn the new page and to get rid of such a nightmare let's put our hands together to end the control of these criminal gangs and to build a new united yemen. in the who pushed out how these government in january two thousand and fifteen and set up their own administration prompting the saudi led campaign against them since then the country has been split between the who the rebels in the north adi's administration in the south and forces loyal to saleh. his death could mark a turning point and the conflict getting worse a conflict which has already killed nearly ten thousand people but yemen to the

brink of mass starvation and triggered what the united nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis we remind all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of international humanitarian law may constitute war crimes. a former military officer became president of north yemen in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight after a coup and in one nine hundred ninety when the north and south reunited he was elected as the first president of the newly unified country he was ousted in two thousand and twelve during the arab spring uprising that managed to stay in the country and wielded considerable power behind the scenes salih ones like in his involvement in yemeni politics is dancing on the head of snakes and while it's not yet clear who will succeed him or what his death will mean for the fighting on the ground or the future of yemen one thing appears certain is nearly three year war is

unlikely to come to an end anytime soon n.p.r.'s time al-jazeera. refugees in greece risking their lives went to other parts of europe say determined to keep trying to make that dangerous journey the authorities say about one thousand people per day try to stow away on board ship spend it to me jonah hall has this exclusive report from the port of poti trust in greece on the dangerous reality of human smuggling. the sea crossing from greece to italy can take days and this is no way to do it hidden in airless cargo containers or clinging to wheel arches just inches from certain death. all those people are trying to. hide under or inside the car. and for them. for life for them. to get up for all the hundreds perhaps

thousands of times that like these try to stop these trucks the success rate is infinitely small for all the effort for all the risk involved it is a largely due time act. like i was on the carpark over the gulf three guys out because another driver informed me that there were immigrants around saw what you'd already found three guys on board your truck in a cold underneath and found three guys. in the past year after the borders of europe were closed to refugees the greek port authorities say they've seen a four fold increase in the numbers perhaps a thousand a day trying to stow away aboard ships bound for italy. most are discovered with a simple search. those better hidden i detected using x. ray. but most of them myself. the few lucky

enough to actually board a vessel will face similar searches by the italian authorities at the other end. but there's no deterring them in most cases they'll be released to return and try again. from has made dozens of attempts. more than once a day. his companion describes not being beaten by the police. why you are coming here. we fight for to stick. you with a stick. which produce. he shows us a bruised and swollen ankle. in just a few hours we've watched more men than we can count in this mad dash to freedom

and what they imagine is a better life somewhere else. but nothing prepares us for what happens next his face close to the tarmac it's alie the man we met earlier from our. i was a doctor here. you are you yeah i was a doctor a doctor who says his life was threatened by the taliban whose journey by air to iran road to turkey and by foot to greece has brought him here he really has no choice but to try again jonah hill al jazeera at the port of us greece now the lebanese prime minister saad hariri has withdrawn his resignation after talks with opposition leaders his shock announcement to step down whilst in riyadh last month did raise fears that regional powers were again using lebanon as a proxy battleground zina hodder has more now from beirut. saddo how did he cause

the political crisis early in november when he suddenly resigned while in the saudi arabian capital riyadh he has now decided to stay on as prime minister he made the announcement after rival politicians renewed their commitment to lebanon's policy of staying out of regional conflicts the agreement was reaffirmed by cabinet after it met for the first time since the crisis. all groups in the lebanese government are committed to disassociate themselves from regional conflicts or wars or any of the internal affairs of trees so that we preserve our economic and political relations with arab countries. how did say the main reason for his resignation was hezbollah's meddling in arab affairs he later said he would consider withdrawing his resignation if the iranian allied group stopped intervening in conflicts beyond lebanon's borders. hezbollah has recently made changes and its political stance has

starting with hezbollah secretary general. who for the first time hinted hezbollah's real to withdrawal from syria and this means that they will stick to their disassociation policy he also noted that hezbollah denied being involved in. hezbollah has sent thousands of fighters to neighboring syria to support the government there it has also sent commanders and advisers to iraq but it denies militarily backing the who both. resignation was seen as a saudi move against iran's ally in lebanon hezbollah wanted to undermine iranian influence here topple a government that considered too close to iran and prevent hezbollah from taking part in the government none of that happened. hezbollah still part of the government and its political opponents including heidi have agreed not to discuss the divisive issue of the group's huge arsenal how did his relationship with hezbollah has largely determined lebanese politics their relationship now is one of

cooperation returning to a power sharing agreement that was briefly disrupted during how to attempt to resign said a. beirut. finance ministers have revealed a blacklist of international tax havens many of the countries named a small caribbean and pacific islands but south korea bahrain and the united arab emirates also made the list seventeen jurisdictions in all cooperating on tax matters. trial playing out in new york is being watched carefully in turkey that's where a bank of helping to launder money for iran is for and wrapping up his testimony on tuesday was gold trader reza who's leveled corruption allegations against a top leader his christian salumi for nearly a week journalists from turkey along with businessmen and students have been pouring into the federal court in manhattan so have opponents of the turkish

government wanted to hear for themselves allegations of widespread corruption back home. we are upset and concerned these trials should have actually been held in turkey reza rob a turkish iranian gold trader testified that turkey's current president recip tired to one authorize the scheme to launder iranian money in turkish banks in violation of u.s. sanctions so rob also said he paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to this man former khana minister. similar charges were raised by investigators in turkey four years ago but later dropped and labeled politically motivated by the government while it's times it feels as if the turkish government is on trial here in new york the man actually facing charges as a turkish banker member at a con until his lawyers described him as a career civil servant someone who never took a bribe and was merely following the orders of those above him in a country where iran is considered a friend not

a foe. president airline of turkey has accused the u.s. court of attempting to undermine his government by using evidence fabricated by supporters of for to the glen the self exiled turkish religious leader on a blame for orchestrating an attempted coup last year. and over the. air to one even launched his own investigation of the us prosecutors who deny the claim one of the big arguments that the turkish government has made repeatedly is that this current case in the united states is an extension of a corruption case in turkey in two thousand and thirteen that was subsequently dismissed zurab also testified that he bribed his way out of the two thousand and thirteen turkish corruption investigation and then went straight back to laundering money until his attorneys say the gold trader will say anything to get a lighter sentence very big bad news for. the same time started on this very powerful in turkey so. you know he's made. you know

supporting him and most of the country do not here does all the geishas year or they hear the pro-government angles. that's why some court observers worry that a conviction of attilla in the u.s. could mean a further crackdown on political dissent in turkey christian salumi al-jazeera new york one of the top stories in europe this in france the rock n roll legend johnny holiday has died from lung cancer the seventy four year old singer sold more than one hundred million records and starred in numerous films he lost his career in the one nine hundred sixty s. he's credited with infusing rock n roll to friends he was often hold the french elvis the french president to my michael was among those paying tribute describing him as a vibrant i call. this

is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. president donald trump will announce on whedon's day that the u.s. will officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and has plans to relocate the u.s. embassy there white house officials confirmed the news in a briefing earlier from called arab leaders to inform them about his intentions well news of the possible move has angered palestinians in the occupied west bank dozens of protesters gathered outside the church of the nativity in bethlehem the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is warning of dangerous consequences our position the position of president problem this is very clear and. they're going to give him this is going to be moved to the jury room this is again. this is this would be unacceptable for. this. it would complicate things it would not be going to the peace process maybe it would be the

end of the peace process hopefully they're not going to miss the mission from this sit in. the u.n. security council has appealed to all sides in yemen to recommit to a un led political process to end the conflict it's one of the country faces a catastrophic famine in close to a million cases of cholera the security council is also calling for unhindered humanitarian access the gulf cooperation council summit has ended early dashing hopes of a breakthrough in the blocks biggest crisis in decades relations have been strained since saudi arabia bahrain and the u.a.e. cut ties with cattle in june while kuwait's foreign minister says the bloc remains crucial to regional stability in the kuwait and cattle sent heads of state. the lebanese prime minister saad hariri has withdrawn his resignation after talks with opposition leaders shocking announcement to step down in riyadh last month did

raise fears that regional powers were again using lebanon as a proxy battleground saudi arabia is a key backer of his political party hariri says his government's confirmed its commitment to staying out of regional conflicts you are right up to date with all our top stories the news continues after the stream i will see you very soon. the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has been awarded the nobel peace prize in an exclusive interview with the winning delegation from the award ceremony and. asks whether banning the devastating weapons could finally lead to complete disarmament on al jazeera. ok in the streets. today we'll legislating. sexual harassment.