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palestinians have been injured in protests across the occupied territories the anger scenes were sparked by u.s. president donald trump formally recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. demonstrators in several palestinian territories have clashed with israeli troops who fired tear gas on live ammunition at them in ramallah in the occupied west bank thousands heeded the call from palestinian leaders to mobilize for three days of rage hoda abdel-hamid has more from ramallah. anger and disappointment and a sense of betrayal some of the feelings among palestinians now still they remain defiant saying that regardless they do consider jerusalem the capital of a future palestinian state now this march is a show a few new usually you would see the many flags of the palestinian factions this time only the palestinian flag is raised. for jerusalem that's the only thing we

can do this something is a slap for us here to wake up and realize the peace process was just an illusion it's the biggest insult to arabs even before palestinians saudi kuwait emirates jordan all of them then to us here in palestine we defend it but we can't do without support but if those peaceful protests there were also clashes across the. bank usually a distil called friction point that's when palestinian youth come face to face with the israeli army now the military had announced that it has deployed several extra battalion to the occupied west bank because it was preparing for the mentality of unrest now friday is another day of rage and more of these kind of violent scenes are expected. meanwhile a senior official in president mahmoud abbas is ruling fatah party says palestinians won't meet u.s.

vice president mike pence during his upcoming visit that's because of president trump's decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meanwhile of these two hundred palestinian protesters have been hurt in violent clashes with israeli troops across the occupied territories. wildfires in the u.s. state of california have burned down dozens of houses and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes two hundred thousand people have been ordered to evacuate from ventura county north of los angeles where more than thirty six thousand hectares of land have been burned russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says kim jong il wants direct talks with the white house to discuss north korea security guarantees from the u.s. labrum said he passed on pyongyang desire for direct talks to secretary of state rex tillerson when they met on the sidelines of a conference in vienna on thursday. that is something that foreign minister lavrov said took place as a part of a conversation i don't have anything on that particular part of the conversation

and i cannot confirm if that came up in the secretary's conversation with mr lavrov i will say though as a general matter the issue of direct talks with north korea is not on the table in till they're willing to denuclearize it is something that russia has said it agrees with it is something that china has that it is it agrees with and many other nations around the world as well the d.p. r. k. is not showing any interest in sitting down and having any kind of serious conversations when they continue to fire off ballistic missiles period i'm going to merkel may get to keep her job as german chancellor after parties form apartments the social democrats agreed to begin talks of a continuing their coalition and a change to his previous stance the social democrat leader martin schulz used his opening speech at the party conference to persuade his members to vote for coalition dano. and the un security council has described the sale of african refugees into slavery in libya as a heinous abuse of human rights which may constitute crimes against humanity all

fifteen council members asked for an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice in the an emergency meeting was called when us media showed africans being sold at a slave market in libya well those were the headlines the news continues here after al-jazeera investigations al qaeda informants that's a watching. well

. this former al qaeda operative has approached al jazeera with information. his testimony contains serious allegations against ali abdullah saleh the man who governed yemen for more than three decades. it's a story of intrigue manipulation and if it is to be believed a deception of the highest magnitude. there is a saying that always goes alongside. he was a master at working all the different in the country making sure that some kind of

way it was achieved and maintain to his interest in our investigation we examine the credibility of claims made by this informant. that ali abdullah saleh is nephew gave money and explosives to. the deputy leader of the arabian peninsula was a government informant. and that behind this grand deception may have been the former president himself. and that. he had had .

started out a little bit different than most days although the patterns of my early morning were more or less the same but i was supposed to go with my wife to cairo that morning. and i arrived at the embassy a little before nine and i remember. at the gate because he was one of the friendly gate guards and he said good morning and i said hello and i wished him happy ramadan. while i was in my office trying to tidy up whatever loose ends we had i had a press briefing as i normally do just to make sure that i had a handle it was going on we could make sure everything was kind of on our screens on our radar for any action that might be needed and i was at my desk game going through the final checks on paper is what i need to. that's when the explosion occurred.

and could feel the blast way even though i could see from my window the smoke outside the embassy wall. my immediate concern were for the two ladies in my office so i got them in do bullet proof vests and move them to an interior room that had no windows and just to get them say. everyone down to the post which is where the marine on duty stands. he could see from the scammers that there was at that point an explosion outside a jeep had driven directly into a machine gun and kill. it was a vehicle painted military colors. and wearing a yemeni on. to begin firing at the diplomatic compound.

i got on the following the f.b.i. headquarters i say this is for a child on the lead and said. the embassy is under attack. and then there were guys with followed in that attack in another issue be. the security guard. was still at the front gate. one of the terrorists popped up out of the roof with an a k forty seven and started engaging all of the yemeni security officers and cut the target out shot him multiple times. while he was being gunned down he put the gate down and hit the law. and gave. the attackers killed twelve people amongst them an eighteen year old yemeni

american. all seven of them and then blew themselves up. the main embassy grounds had not been breached. there was a lot of body parts there were separate bodies and heads in and there terrible just awful human damage. you know forget the smells or sounds it's you know blood as sort of a sickly call smell to it burning flesh has a very distinctive unpleasant smell to it. western intelligence agencies blamed all kind of for the attack. in the following months a new group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula emerged they were described as one of the most active wings of the franchise. but allegations made to al jazeera. suggests the truth may be much more complex. than that it.

existed. and they're. going to call me. yanni because that i should have been dismissive had only me. because i had. been. infiltrated the bomb makers. and informed government officials about the attack. and. defeat. at me a shabby little lunatic. who. need then he cannot read and no i don't. care and. that many. that i am of the. view. it's twelve thirty.

this former al qaeda operative once tried to take his evidence to the cia but was prevented by yemeni security agents. eventually his testimony made its way to me. i'm clayton swisher head of al jazeera is investigative unit. what evidence you have how do you know not what you think how do you know. i spent three long days debriefing with. the easiest story is the truth tell us the truth but on one issue he was clearly invasive. that you prepare the bomb. that. let them on and. we have since confirmed the mujahid was a bomb maker. that's how he gained detailed knowledge about attacks planned by his leadership in yemen. john had was a paid informant for both of yemen's main counterterrorism agencies he admits he

informed about the attack on the u.s. embassy. because you expect that of reward. and nasa had you know active shadi and has an amnesty as to what meskin with the fact i know. i am and yet that him. and me and he had back at the one that had a chemical craft i had. an address in fact it can. we scrutinize mujahid claims and assess whether they make a compelling case against ali abdullah saleh and the family that once ruled yemen. as the kato he yeah the show host some of the lead up to hang on the mascot i know he would say dad will get. a look at that and that. the

whole i'm at the met and it had to be mean. but he did live in the day he did anybody yeah. and he had to have a did a lot of. i sort of see that equal. to this linea. who just had trained new recruits at an al qaeda camp in afghanistan. his right thumb was blown off during what he describes as a training accident. when i think i scared he would get caught in the head. but he had he can at the other but yet again. we just had fought in the war in afghanistan until two thousand and two soon after he fled to pakistan. can do it or not he may. not be definitely that was it is that one i go back to what they make yeah and what till i get that i

laugh a lot instead. of just had was arrested in two thousand and four pakistani and u.s. intelligence agents interrogated him. he was detained with another man who has confirmed to al jazeera that jives account of events in both afghanistan and pakistan were truthful. to overcome the challenges we faced in verifying his detailed accusations we enlisted the help of former intelligence officers. robert grenier he was the cia station chief in pakistan until two thousand and two he did not meet. but he is well placed to analyze his account. reading some of this i once again had the same stomach aches that i had when i was operating in the field. we have shown transcripts of three days of interviews with me. it certainly seems that . is who he says he was when he was in afghanistan virtually everything that he

says tracks with what i know about where it was how they were operating what they were doing particularly from nine eleven onward we have also shown them to a former agent with britain's m i six who later became head of the united nations al-qaeda monitoring team richard barrett suddenly the background that he describes of him being in afghanistan. and getting involved with. you know his credit. after he was sent back to yemen had spent two years in jail. in august two thousand and six he walked free. months later he says he began his work as a government informant inside al qaeda in yemen. that i had.

the head alleges the government was involved in creating and controlling al qaeda in yemen. the evidence supporting his claims begins in february two thousand and six. at a high security prison in sanaa twenty three al qaeda operatives one hundred forty meter tunnel to a nearby mosque they escaped reportedly just using spoons and plates. i saw all the tunnels for myself and that be a lot of work with spoons it is beyond belief that somebody could build a tunnel like that and nobody know it. everybody is just making sponge jokes for a long time because that prison was supposed to be a very strong prison. i don't think anyone is convinced that this was not done

without the knowledge of the security services at the prison. a lot of the people who are operating now in al qaeda they were all in that prison break and to think that they escaped as very alarming. among the fugitives was a man who would go on to lead al qaeda in the arabian peninsula nasir away he should. be an asset or a she wouldn't matter are going to have. to have. the money it's in so it's in a good if the me is. dead and if the music. at the back had to get out. that i get that. many idea that i just about the who are over it up by some i mean qassam scape in the same prison break. today he is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula as

military commander i said better you mean than if it. how they had a good then yes i have though how they get then. amongst his fighters he enjoys prints and i mean. he could he. could hear you know what the support and emphatic you know i mean in that he said more in hand and he demanded in an abandoned that you know you have and you know. that then i will take this matter. for decades ali abdullah saleh and his family controlled all the important security agencies in yemen. one of the top men in charge of the war against al qaeda was colonel marsala the president's nephew. a man rarely filmed. colonel was the deputy head of the national security. agency.

well marcello is not someone you want everyone to dinner with this is fairly. new or old bodies were buried and i don't mean that literally i mean that figuratively of course but he was very effective in his job. less than eighteen months after the prison break. in the arabian peninsula was planning its first major attack john had knew about it and says he told colonel. and i had. a.

pretty good. though i thought i did and then a home would be in and now. during the summer of two thousand and seven john had also had regular meetings with his two leaders at their marriage desert hideout and often refers to me and always by their nicknames. and i. and i many. of them in me and i have that i had that. name. back and there. was some mad

a bad thing. and i've come up to me i've. been maybe. opening. up at a bus and i guess. i'll cut is for senior leaders were waiting in a nearby area. and i said ok she. better amy why i haven't said gay at the time i mattered wait. to get there now i will go to that bus and i meet up only be an anomaly at the online but then after that many at it that's a bad. big. bill basically maddie. is going about it. which is you know was the. most important thought

because your source. i mean i mean you have pity on them which is which is most of it is the idea meant. to be medically i can. empathize. and look at the thing is that right now the south or. as a party of spanish tourists were heading into the mirror desert judd was speaking with all. kind of guy oh next he said yeah i was sad can. you son. bury them and then. the car was packed with explosives. judd's then says he left the al qaeda leaders to tell his handlers. and i hype than if she had i sat. at the gate.

and lee at mme i needed all the office i had earlier that that. for shows like the telephone. and wouldn't work i had to. restrict it i tell you but there is. a tool beside it had a better today. that better but she. seems to have for that matter if. i take my be a couple i met me at a full run. i mean yeah. and i'm back home and he said i should have said here. in this predicament i think. i bet.

we. did not want to do this had been to going to france you know about. the about the. social spot of morsi you know the obvious is most of us have been to . see. what i might get death. or anything but even she was home and i mean they know we're going to do what they. wanted to what level yeah there are going to have to. give us had enough. but i'm sure there's no. doubt that. if we did absolutely must and you got. this and they set me up with the e.c.m. but a look at. where the. group

will go. like i just thought of them we were just about. to go there where of course they have a video which is more than a lot. of it but i put us in one movie and a teacup and at the end we put us on and had to be able to see my dick to come and then add it up or push the feel an equal moist out in the open to seems have everything it's almost. like a yell at me that i had if we had it at the table. you know there was maybe that is where it's going to be who want to give it one day but if every episode army mired in the you know maybe who. knows stuff about me as though this were going to be

this big where though is that spot us or say i. don't know maybe hook is what about the story so i got it going which you seem. to be in them and they're sending the perfect image that we're going to have to feel you not go moment the boys and that will be. the suicide car bombing killed ten people and injured at least twelve others. by sunset john had arrived in sanaa and heard the news. cave and i bet. he had dad let me after them to see se for them to call me a faggot and many of the things. at the sun. i wanted facts i mean a son like that. in ohio let a nice and let me know that i said i'm free so that's what i mean no not sure

a fact and then i met him i saw about what he said. they were that bad bet to that that me and set me out to have me and that machete here. a daring road trip across west africa. on a mission to redefine a continent too often misrepresented. the weapon of choice digital gullets. it was sold wasn't all that the new african football that field takes all the rainy season all these quest for that fact even as story of creative got the rather invisible bodice this ties on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and.

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it appears a deal is close to allow breaks it talks to proceed to the next stage negotiations between the u.k. and the e.u. have been deadlocked over what will be the only land border between them that's the border between northern ireland and the irish republic the e.u. has insisted discussions cannot proceed until plans for the border off finalized through the may has been engaged in talks with a coalition partners the democratic unionist party after the vetoed an earlier version of the deal. a senior official in president mahmoud abbas's ruling fatah party says palestinians won't meet the u.s. vice president mike pence during his forthcoming visit that's because of donald trump's decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meanwhile at least one hundred palestinian protesters have been hurt in scuffles with israeli troops across the occupied territories. wildfires in the u.s. state of california burned dozens of houses and forced hundreds of thousands to

leave their homes two hundred thousand people have been ordered to leave ventura north of los angeles where more than thirty six thousand hectares of land and more than twelve thousand homes are in danger. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says north korea's leader kim jong un wants direct talks with the white house to discuss security guarantees from the u.s. as the lever off said he passed on pyongyang's desire for direct negotiations to the us secretary of state rex tillerson when they met on the sidelines of a conference in vienna on thursday. angela merkel may get to keep her job as german chancellor after her party's former partners the social democrats agreed to begin talks over continuing their coalition in a change to his previous stance these social democrat leader martin schultz used his opening speech of the party conference to persuade his members to vote for negotiations the u.n. security council has described the sale of african refugees into slavery in libya

as a humorous abuse of human rights which may constitute crimes against humanity all fifteen council members for an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice in november an emergency meeting was called when the us media showed africans being sold at a slave market in libya those are your headlines up next al-jazeera. two car bombs exploded this morning outside the embassy compound in the capital of sanaa wearing military uniforms suspected islamic insurgents use car bomb the death toll from the attack south stands at six told this attack. as are all by. an informant has brought allegations to al-jazeera that senior yemeni officials

knew about the attack on the u.s. embassy in sanaa in september two thousand and eight can i think he's. a somebody. that every asset what had he done with them yet and he can. get them under water for had he cannot. i bet unless shaq. had the piggies and donated it to him. and if they did he bet that definite some. al qaeda claimed responsibility but from the beginning several aspects of the attack appeared suspicious to us investigators. for the previous six months the road in front of the embassy had been closed as a security precaution. about three days before the attack that road was reopened without any warning without that road being opened they would not have been able to

get the car bombs to the front of the embassy. the yemeni military station what it called a quick reaction force in barracks next to the embassy wall. in our regional security officer and all the way around the back of the embassy. got to the area where the yemeni security forces had their quick reaction force and tried his darndest to get them in the fight. you know said hey we're in oh let's go and they just sat there. and and then he said well at least give me a weapon and they refused to give him a weapon. i can't tell you why they sat in their barrack did not respond to the. at first yemeni officials arrived on scene to help the investigation. the ministry of the interior came we walked him outside i walked

with him we looked at what was left over from the attack and he assured me they would do everything within their power to make sure that was not going to be a repeat performance of that and so they said all the right things. but once the line of inquiry broadened they failed to cooperate. the f.b.i. was unable to gather evidence that could have exposed. those who helped plan the assault we tried to trace the vehicles we had the vehicle identification numbers that we were able to find and we turned that over to the yemenis we tried to trace the oxygen tanks because some of those had serial numbers on it so did the propane tanks and we turned all that over to our of us and got very little information back . from them. so. we did the best we could. diplomatic cables sent by ambassador session after the attack and released by wiki

leaks complain of an unwillingness to cooperate by the yemeni authorities. i think in a country like yemen you make sure that you could lock the doors yourself you don't leave it to the empty government to turn the key for you. and i imagine yemeni authorities also knew more than they shared with us. complicity on the part of one or more members of the yemeni government would be very disappointing but it wouldn't necessarily be surprising. while al jazeera has been unable to verify mujahid specific allegations we've shown counterterrorism experts transcripts of his entire interview. treating mujahid as they would any intelligence source they have assess the credibility of his claims if you look back at the history of al qaida few people have had a. maybe as for the pictures this person is apparently presenting what's going on

in the leadership of probably the most active. shooter at the time also if you take several steps back and you look at what he says in the context of a fairly complicated political game that the regime was was having to play in dealing with the americans in the tribes and others. yeah there's there's a certain amount of credibility that is attached to that. john heads testimony reinforces suspicion that the regime tried to benefit from the presence of al qaida in yemen. we have to follow the money if yemen didn't have turmoil i think the world wouldn't notice yemen considering how poor it is some people might say that he used as a way to get money from the outside world. we were not giving them enough that was pretty much is his constant refrain was you're not helping us enough you know we say you want to us to do this and that but you're not getting the training we're

not getting the material we needed and why can't you be more helpful to us there's always been a concern in the western intelligence community that might have been more in the relationship between a bit of saddam and al qaeda than anyone new. claims build on these concerns to allege full scale collusion between al qaeda and yemen's former president ali abdullah saleh. at the at the. yellow ad feel badly for the shipping. many. because to me what i think they. i don't get out and i mean to get out i sat back into. the most specific and potentially far reaching your accusation made by me giant is against ali abdullah saleh is nephew colonel amaro dulles ali. he was deputy director of the national security bureau.

handler. who just had claims colonel omar did not simply turn a blind eye to the u.s. embassy attack three months earlier he helped al qaeda obtain new explosive. any. data from behead luciana it admins you know. bad maybe he snapped at me and. yeah he. better. and given that yeah and yeah sure about might they give me that right to get out. you know if in the home and through it i thought i'd. have bad man dana and let the xena can't be disarmed sat there any advantage of a lot of money and medical but at the decided. he also gave the name of a local shaikh who would act as a middleman. and as as direct as by anything lists you'll mean will try to get

people let up about it i've been alone yeah let them know i do mean ashit i mean i'm a shareholder and. if had been directly involved in a range of. money and explosives to go to terrorists that would be deeply shocking it's a little bit hard for me to imagine how that would be in yemen's national interest particularly if any details of it were to come to light. would also be very skeptical of his own personal engagement and unless he was very very sure that there was a lot of stopping and he wouldn't go. and very very deep trouble because you know the allegations the norms are serious. there is yet another layer to the intrigue according to john. it concerns the true role of the military leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. to marry me. oh i mean son he

has and i am not a pony oh i. am a god that i. can do and i feel he must have on that matter. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera coming to you live from doha and also from brussels where opting into a news conference there we're getting out of the european commission headquarters because we're being told the u.k. and the european commission have now reached an agreement on the deal outlining the terms of brics that the u.k.'s departure from the european union let's listen in to what they've managed to come up with these and to each other just deposition and truly reading these two compromise this was a difficult negotiation. union as read it that's for the united kingdom.

on wednesday last wednesday the college of commissioners give me amended to conclude the negotiation of the joint report to be concluded today not next be a good day because next week you have a constitution and in order to resolve all partners to prepare in the best way possible the meeting that you have been cancelled have you had to make the deed today. on the basis of the mandate which of those given to me by the european council the commission has just formally decided to recommend food you can see is that sufficient progress as you know being made on this two week terms of evils as food and the new good foot should that seed of the need for years indeed spike the cause of their found living and didn't couldn't news of on peugeot fairly pull

should visual put good days on it and increase your aunt going on. that it was just that on to the well you need a renewal it will be an event that the decision on sufficient progress will be in the hands of the twenty seven heads of state or government. i'm hopeful . confident true that they will share a lot of praise a and the last one for the next phase of the negotiations. on monday last monday i also met with a parliament to were presented to us from just outside of this process cooperation between european parliament and the commission has been close and all position closed the a lot of these negotiations can only be shiksas food if we take an inclusive approach that's exactly what we did we vote going into all the details

but only to touch on what do these agreements mean in quick as late the one to a day after nine thirty my friend we need it will be available to be explained all the details of the agreement reached today if you are nuts and seeds and what's. in this negotiation citizens have always come first it has been a great importance for the commission to make sure that it was hit is in the u.k. we'd be put back to it after the u.k. leaves the european union. it was citizens have made important life choices on the assumption that the united kingdom was a member of the new works that created great uncertainty for those citizens and for their families today we bring back the. the commission's negotiators

have made sure that the choices made by the new citizens living in the u.k. will be protected we have made sure that their rights will remain the same after the u.k. has left you a peon you would this is in particular the case for citizens right to live work and study you citizens right. to family been it indication the protection of the right of it was citizen children and the right to health care pensions and other social security benefits we'll make sure that mr b. procedures will be cheap and would be simple this is an issue for with the commission we'd prepared to pay particular attention when drafting the we do all of it with the same goes for u.k. citizens living in the wood twenty seven. on the setting of a comms the prime minister said that in the remarkable foreign speech that the

united kingdom would on its commitments including beyond two thousand and twenty this was detail line by line process but she has been as good as what she was and it was fitting in a gentleman and i'm very grateful so i'm just going to put it on the island you has consistently supported to go to peace and to be consideration in trying to integrate five integrate the european union has made it the priority to protect the priest process on the idea i have been elected of contact with the two shook over the last days including last night. and including. the last negotiations we had in the calls that yesterday we've all i was france the u.k. has made significant commitments on the avoidance of a how the border after it's we've thought from you can you. all of the twenty seven

stand firmly behind ireland and behind the peace process let me clear. we still have a lot of work to do the joint report is not that we've all agreed that the women believes to be true. but the because it was on the basis we have it with yesterday and today and then poof but the concert ratified but you could parliament and you can. part. five hundred thirty four days ago the british people voted to leave the european union twenty forty nine days ago united kingdom notified its intention to leave the european union and inform within seventy seven days the united kingdom we do just that. i would always be set a boat does give out. but no we must start looking for the future the future

in which the united kingdom will be and to be to remain close friends and allies the prime minister and i discussed the need for the period and we did could dedicate the model of a meeting to our drawn vision for the deep and close up it is crucial for us all that we continue working closely together on issues such as towards research security and ups we will take things. one step at a time starting with next week's. concert but today i'm hopeful that we are now all moving towards the second phase of these challenging negotiations and become duties jointly on the basis of two us we knew would trust determination with the perspective of the newt friendship

funs thank you letter thank you junk lord we've been working extremely hard this week and as you've all seen it hasn't been easy for either side when we met on monday we said a deal was within reach but we have arrived at today represents a significant improvement and i'm. fall to the negotiating teams led by david davis and michel barnier for their efforts getting to this point has required give and take on both sides and i believe that the joint report being published is in the best interests of the whole of the u.k. i very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase to talk about trade and security and to discuss the positive and ambitious future relationship that is in all of our interests i've consistently said that we want to build a different special partnership with the e.u. as we implement the decision of the british people to leave at the end of march two

thousand and nineteen doing so will provide clarity and certainty for businesses in the u.k. and the e.u. and crucially for all our citizens the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million e.u. citizens living in the u.k. and of a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u. . living in the u.k. will have their rights in trying to newquay law and in forced by british courts they will be able to go on living their lives as before. i was clear in france that we are a country that honors our obligations after some tough conversations we've now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer it means that in future we will be able to invest more in our priorities at home such as housing schools and the n.h.s. in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom we have taken this week

time this week to strengthen and clarify this part of the agreement following discussions with unionists in northern ireland and across the u.k. the two shockley over africa and i spoke yesterday and we've both committed that there should be no barriers either north south or east west and i believe this agreement delivers that to underline. the importance of these principles i'm writing today to the people of northern ireland to set out our approach. millions of jobs depend on the future trading relationship we will determine and i'm optimistic about the discussions ahead but in the meantime reaching this agreement now ensures that businesses will be able to make investment decisions based on an implementation period that offers welcome certainty. i will be seeing president trusts courtly and i look forward to the publication of his guidelines i also look forward to next week's european council meeting where i hope and expect we will be able to get the endorsement of the twenty seven to what is

a hard one agreement in all our interests thank you we have time for some question let me start with you rick. well here in brussels prime minister this was a difficult negotiation like you just said very challenging like the president said but it's just the beginning the first stage and it's just the beginning of a very long and complex negotiation and it was already very difficult over the the question come to your mind that maybe after all this whole brics is a very bad idea for in the second thank you in two thousand and sixteen the british people were given in a referendum the opportunity to choose whether to stay in the european union or not parliament was united across all parties in parliament. majority agreed that that decision would be given to the british people the british people voted and they

voted to leave the european union and i believe it's a matter of trust and integrity in politicians i think the people should be able to trust that politicians will put into place what they have to turn into and in and that's exactly what we're doing and we will be leaving the european union. and i have adam from the b.b.c. . hi adam fleming from the b.b.c. morning to both of you. forces the biggest compromise the other side has made to get you to this point today and was a champagne breakfast. this this was a question actually of coming together and working together for a report and agreements that were in the best interests of all sides it's been finding their way through that enables us to deliver to citizens to deliver on the financial settlement and also crucially to deliver in relation to northern ireland that agreement on no hard border but also respecting the constitution economic

integrity of the united kingdom that's what we've been working to that's what i believe this joint report sets out. but enough of the german use agency being. morning. mr prime sorry mr prime minister. the arrangement seems to mean a special status for northern ireland how come your partner they do you accept the third and will it not mean that the rest of the u.k. will also remain in the single market no it doesn't actually mean what you suggested with very clear if you look at the agreement in the text of the joint report it says that we will work to achieve the relationship the trading relationship between the u.k. and the european union that we want to see that we believe will also be the good

trading relationship for northern ireland if that is not the case then we will look for specific solutions to what are the unique circumstances of northern ireland everybody recognizes that because northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. with a land border with a country that will be remaining within the european union that is a set of unique circumstances and indeed there are already unique circumstances and specific solutions for northern ireland there's a single electricity market across the island of ireland for example but i'm confident that we can in negotiating the future trade relationship we can ensure that we both know it won't have a hard border in northern ireland but that we will retain the economic integrity of the single market days lunch and now which allows you to say the deals done now and you couldn't on the monday and the president for you if i may specifically on the european court of justice it was one of the big sticking points the prime minister

says now that e.u. citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts is that correct are you only you happy with that. i take you on the. on the first point as we spoke with said when we stood here on monday there were a couple of issues that we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days but as i said in the remarks that i've just made we have one of the things you can see if you just joining us here on al-jazeera let's just fill you in on what you're looking at a little piece of history being made there in brussels and obviously as well out of dublin and out of storm and in northern ireland joe klein you're saying there were difficult negotiations but sufficient progress has been made that goes towards the twenty seven heads of state who will take over he went on to say the u.k. has made significant commitments on the border it is not the withdrawal agreement this is part of what will inevitably and eventually turn into being that agreement

to resume a the u.k.'s prime minister saying there was given take on both sides she said it's a good deal for millions of people when it comes to citizenship because that's one of the key questions but on the border she also said there will be no hard border she's been talking to the irish t. shirts the irish prime minister there will be no barrier she said east west north or south more on that for you when we come back we'll see you soon. hello big fingers of cloud well essentially rain bearing now stretching across iran towards to minister and beyond that's a frontal system that brought rain to many places in the levant and it's left behind sunshine breezes to stronger the temperatures probably have taken a bit of a tape sixteen in beirut twelve in aleppo six in ankara an improvement in the weather in turkey and you'll notice we are sub twenty now from iraq all are down

towards kew wait to spot the sunshine and this is a telling line that usually sparks a shower to the other side of the gulf too but the moment but how to get saturday it's mostly blue skies and to wrap in the stands again with it's looking a bit more like winter up to eighteen by this time in beirut just as an example forty in jerusalem now as i said once you get these the lines of cloud coming through the chance of sparking the old show the greater than zero so it's possible that qatar maybe you will see a shower too otherwise it's a dry period but so it won't feel very warm twenty three in doha seventeen in riyadh rather better on the western side of saudi usually is temp she was at about thirty four degrees and dropping south from arabia through the went tropics to southern africa and once again it's this eastern side of south africa where showers are developing if you're in cape town is still enjoying the warmth.

you are making very pointed remarks when they're on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on say no evil person just wakes up of in the morning in the sense i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue that could be what leading to some of the confusion online with about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the u.k. and the e.u. should deal allowing bricks and talks to proceed to the next stage. ok breaking news for you this hour you're watching al-jazeera large my headquarters

here in doha with me piece of dog also ahead. of the. protests and clashes in palestine and the donald trump's decision declaring jerusalem as the capital of israel with demonstrations abroad as well. north korea tells russia it now wants direct talks with washington seeking guarantees on its security. thousands of firefighters battle wildfires spreading across southern california. our top story within the past few minutes we're being told a deal has been agreed between the u.k. and the european union allowing bricks at negotiations to move on to the next stage pending a vote in the european parliament to go see a chanst that stalled over citizens' rights off the brics it's the u.k. so-called divorce.