as a one state solution leaves the palestinians with absolutely no options well there's only going to come here because to sit and wait indeed i'm just coming here because obviously the protests that we've been seeing for the last few months really from march thirtieth began as you say with the right to return but they have morphed into this protest about the siege and therefore the dynamics and the ground realities of change not just for the hamas leadership but also for the palestinian authority and fatter and also for israel each of these groups has to deal with that changing reality and with that frustration on the streets of garza and they need to do something before as the israeli military have said in just the last few days that it is at the edge of boiling point. it is very much and i think it is about time that the civil society voice in gaza is heard and their protests are listened to i think they have gained a lot of international ground in terms of public opinion and this is probably the

one reason why launching another war has been much more careful than than ever before and we were all fearing a war in the last few weeks but israel is approaching this very carefully as does hamas for the moment we'll leave it there and follow events in the region very closely thank you. well let's get more on that controversial new law that sultan mentioned passed by the knesset on thursday and prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised it as a defining moment for designers and i'm a german who spoke to earlier reports west jerusalem. moments after israel's parliament passed the controversial new law defining the country as the nation state of the jewish people. and other arab members of the knesset ripped up copies of it. hours after the bill became law and in this far more serene setting was no less enraged the state is saying to its citizens. citizens you are not

equal and you are maybe just and we are not we are the owner of the stand we have a right not in this land but only in this land we are the indigenous the legislation adopted by sixty two votes to fifty five makes hebrew the only official national language and defines the establishment of jewish communities as being in the national interest it also stipulates that israel is the historic homeland of the jewish people and adds that they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in it the law is controversial among israelis many have joined in the protests against the legislation saying it legitimizes discrimination palestinian political analysts say the law gives license to segregation is that a is of telling the will of this is going to be in terms of geography and they're not going to use over the jewish exclusive jewish take it or leave it but you know

with aside what would happen on this land we will never. be before us we will never accept anybody after us many palestinians fear the new law will further marginalize their already marginalized population that that want to now we're not into so if we're talking about citizenship then you have to give all citizens the same rights regardless of their religion or political affiliations or their social or economic background if they give rights only to jews then palestinians will be considered second class citizens this will be really bad. her mum is an israeli palestinian who says she's dealt with discrimination her whole life and i guess the best the fear and on sort of have been at least we have palestinians but there is racism between arabs and jews and it's obvious when jews see us wearing the he job they think we're going to hit them palestinian rights groups say the new law also features elements of apartheid making it illegal under international law while

condemnation from palestinian leaders has been constant since the law was first proposed many palestinians we spoke with today said they also want to see and hear the international community speak out forcefully against this new legislation which they say will only make their lives more difficult how much improvement is either west jerusalem will staying in the region the united nations is appealing to all sides in syria to provide a safe passage for one hundred forty thousand civilians displaced by fighting in the southwest it also says it's ready to discuss a plan with the regime and russia to set up centers for returning refugees its stress that any returns must be safe and in line with international standards nearly thirteen thousand syrian refugees have returned to their homeland in the first half of twenty eighteen. still ahead here on the al-jazeera news we take a look at who the top contenders are in pakistan's upcoming general election. and press it plans treason may live here in belfast he's continuing to try and hash out

a deal the works for the whole of the united kingdom. and tiger woods is back at the open championship after a three year absence will tell us how he got hold in sports a little later. now the u.s. president donald trump has asked his administration to invite a russian leader vladimir putin to washington later this year it follows criticism of a summit in helsinki with putin and he this week however trump has backed away from putin's off of a joint investigation into alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election is a white house correspondent can be held that. after days of doubt about his allegiance to his own country u.s. president donald trump delivered some of his toughest talk yet and

a threat to russia's president vladimir putin about their relationship will be the worst enemies ever had the worst he's ever had but for days trump has signaled a willingness to work with food despite overwhelming evidence of russia's interference in u.s. affairs yet return to capitol hill the controversy continues yes but for your right. democrats pressuring their republican colleagues. they want more money to protect u.s. elections for future russian meddling republicans voted it down democrats also bought the translator president monday's closed door trump meeting to testify in capitol hill and. there are new concerns about putin's request to question americans but with me in finland putin said the kremlin should be able to interrogate one of his most vocal critics u.s. born businessman bill browder in exchange for the u.s.

questioning twelve russian hackers indicted for meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election the russians also want to question former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul it wasn't until thursday four days after putin raised the proposal with trump the president weighed in through his press secretary who stated president trump disagrees with it the resolutions agreed to on thursday the u.s. senate passed a unanimous resolution to protect any diplomat from extradition meantime further proof trump is acting unilaterally his top intelligence chief caught by surprise by a white house invitation lattimer putin is coming to the white house in the fall so i think i. know you. ran a reputed comes i hear you yeah. ok. the colts reaction is further proof the white house is still reeling from donald

trump's public relations disaster in finland and is working to repair the damage caused by trump at the helsinki summit can really help at al-jazeera the white house karen greenberg is the director of the center on national security at the fordham university school of law she says the trumpet ministrations credibility is in question. it is very significant that there doesn't seem to be an out of an injury agency conversation going on in this white house normally when you're talking about national security council or national security affairs there are a number of agencies that are brought into the recession what we've learned here isn't. and donald trump and maybe you want to do it by a suit and that's it and in that particular meeting there was really no one except for the two translators well it's also about transparency there's a lot of distrust of this white house and this president who seems to be

privileging the desires and aides of the enemy over the legitimacy of his own constituency and people under age as with his hesitation about whether or not he would turn consider turning over in a basket or magnet far to the russians so there's a worry about what he's saying and there's enough allegations are you know to train some of that tried and true also of. diplomacy and a state grat french president obama has fired his bodyguard after he was caught on camera beating a student protest or this mobile phone video appears to show his older banana dragging the protest on the ground before hitting him on the head several times but i was not at u.t. at the time but he was given permission to observe police to her. car so you vegas our correspondent in paris following this story and it seems that the presidency has had to act and act it has. well yes i mean

it's really been put into a position where it just could no longer stand by and do nothing on this already president michael had been severely criticized for allowing him only to be suspended and then returning back to work but the latest headlines now is that a second man who was nearby in the video to mr bennett has also been held in custody he is a reservist in the area was seen also in the video holding down those victims that mr bell i was accused of assaulting in the meantime mr benn a lot himself is being held in custody he is facing several charges amongst which participating in violent activities whilst in a public service role impersonating a police officer and also tampering with evidence and the situation being that after he had been in the streets then after getting engaged in those violent

activities he had gone to where c.c.t.v. footage on the streets would have captured his activities and had tampered with that evidence alongside three other police officers which he requested the footage from they are also being suspended from their positions as well so all in all really a monumental crisis here and affecting the faith in the public service indeed will continue to follow that story in the coming hours thank you so you. know police in pakistan say that they've identified the suicide bomber who killed one hundred forty nine people after the election rally last week. in baluchistan province in the south west of the country targeted at the rally of election. of a sony who was killed in the blast police say the alleged attacker a few new ones on this brother were from the southern province were members of the isolating group of the lashkar e jhangvi. at least forty people have died and

a strike in can do city in northern afghanistan u.s. and afghan military planes were targeting taliban fighters the u.s. army says there's nothing to suggest that it's jets were behind the strike last week the u.n. demanded more protection for civilians after every port found the strikes have killed three hundred fifty three afghans so far this year and staying in the country two civilians and eight police officers have been killed in a taliban attack. others were wounded when the armed groups stormed a village in gaza in the province now police say they killed seventeen of the attackers. satanical criminals catholic bishops on the u.s. three targets play by nicaragua as president for the wave of unrest that has swept the country daniel ortega addressed crowds on the thirty ninth anniversary of the nine hundred seventy nine revolution against dictator and as your symbols are

bought him to power or take called on protesters to end what he described as that would have to destabilize the corrado three hundred people have been killed in a government protests over the past three months but in the sanchez spoke to ortega supporters at the rally. the numbers from the. revolution in the never let me let. them know the way. it's been a painful battle because we have confronted an opt in spirit financed by internal forces that we know and external forces that we have identified as well. i mean there are in a listen here to the. our . learning the lesson.

in the brief. i'm happy after three months of how to spend by the eve of sonny's of this nation i celebrate the years of revolution that i'm often give us. name. here. the protesters that money more than my little brother. that you give him back the right to retire to the children he's given education to all the family to all nicaraguan. rices has been mighty families waiting. to topple a dictator and he has turned into a dictator himself but other people don't support. a loved one that they have a lot of to thank him and that he said two thousand and twenty one. at least eleven

people have died as a tourist boat capsized and sank in the u.s. state of missouri thirty one people were on board when the m.v.s. vehicle overturned during a storm on the table roleplaying divers all searching for the other passengers seven people have been taken to hospital. there was actually a stone county sheriff's deputy on the boat. he was in the water rescuing people that was also some of the staff from branson belle i believe and trying to help rescue i was in the show boat and i i didn't see them fall over but we all knew. rather. well of the few moments we'll have the weather picture tank with but also had all the al-jazeera news the green party in the u.s. is hoping to make use of the current political impasse in the upcoming midterm elections and we look at the challenges for molly's president as he seeks a new term in office. and install told from. thomas gets his second

stage when as many days there's details with some late to school to stay with us. oh you. mean the weather sponsored by cattle i always. will go back very briefly to that boat sinking just to look at the observations for branson missouri on the eastern side of the lake and you can see that the gusts values at six o'clock in the morning were twelve kilometers per hour but they rose dramatically much as one hundred two kilometers per hour in the space of what forty minutes a dramatic and that's why weather forecasters issue warnings plenty of warnings out for heat waves across japan been absolutely phenomenal he waves and shows no sign of peace at the moment for many parts of the country thus the highest temperature we've had during this heat wave forty point seven degrees yes. showing you looking

back at thursday friday temperatures really similar sort of values across southern parts of japan there might be some respite for southern parts at least because we've got a weather system coming up from the south and that may well bring smoke breaks of rain so. for instance but for tokyo the heat wave is going to continue fourteen people have died in the heat wave in tokyo alone thirty across japan as a whole highly industrialized country makes you question these things because if you remember back in the early part of the month we had ninety people killed across eastern canada in a heat wave with many actually in montreal as temperatures reached almost thirty four degrees. the weather. the world's primary could change producing nations. is at the forefront of the war on drugs we're talking about serious organized crime as a country where reaching

a critical point while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry the author of this business will go on forever change almost global policies do who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes on al-jazeera and hundred forty twelve on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war.

you're watching the al-jazeera news arabs a whole drama to remind us of our top stories critics are condemning israel's new nation state law saying it threatens a future of peace with palestinians on thursday the knesset passed a bill defining israel as the homeland of the jewish people prime minister benjamin netanyahu phrased it as a defining moment for zionism. also u.s. president donald trump has asked his administration to invite russian leader vladimir putin to washington later this year earlier trump rejected moscow's demands to question u.s. citizens and return to access to twelve russians indicted on charges of electoral interference. and french president a man womack craws fired his bodyguard after he was caught on camera beating a student protest at his mobile phone video appears to show and it's all done by

the dragging the protest on the ground before hitting him in the head several times . stay in europe because the u.k.'s prime minister is in northern ireland to outline breaks it plans northern ireland's economy relies heavily on european subsidies and jobs linked to both the e.u. and the british mainland failure to reach objects that deal could mean the return of the so-called hard border with the irish republic which is an e.u. member now the border has become a key sticking point in the negotiations it's been politically sensitive since coming into existence in the early one nine hundred twenty s. a peace deal saw the south of ireland begin the process of splitting up from the united kingdom but six counties in the north opted to remain within it in subsequent decades paramilitaries formed in northern ireland demanding the whole lyla be united as one independent republic they often targeted posts manned by british army troops along the border which they refused to recognize as legitimate

thousands died in the violence that all ended in. nine hundred ninety six with a historic peace agreement it's all the border essential abolished as the u.k. and ireland which each part of the european union both operated under the same rules for trade and movement of people but it's now feared that after the u.k. leaves the e.u. differing rules on trade and immigration may result in the checks returning and both governments say they are working to avoid the return of a so-called hard border but it's proved difficult to find a solution that would avoid checks but also gives the u.k. the freedom to make its own trade and migration policies after breaks it a very confusing picture seven for the united kingdom in general hopefully will rival it all force in london the u.k. prime minister is in northern ireland as we've said and that contentious issue of the u.k. republic of ireland border is expected to be addressed. yes i mean look we're in the latter stages now if you like of negotiations between the

u.k. and the e.u. over breaks it over its withdrawal from the e.u. negotiations that haven't gone particularly well up to now the u.k. government bitterly divided in countering obstacle after obstacle perhaps the most in move all obstacle this issue of the irish border and keeping it open in terms of the good friday agreement the belfast agreement which all sides seem to think is a good idea to resume there in northern ireland now she's essentially selling to the northern irish people the benefits of her new vision for breaks it which involves keeping trade ties open with the e.u. keeping that border open take a listen as prime minister of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland it is my duty to serve the whole u.k. and to govern in the interests of every part of it and that defines the approach i have taken in government over the past two years. and as we leave the european

union i have made protecting and strengthening our own precious union by making sure the deal we strike works for every part of the u.k. an absolute priority now that her message to northern ireland her message at the same time to the e.u. and to michelle barnier the chief negotiator is look we have now evolved to our position by offering to maintain trade ties with the e.u. it's time for you to evolve your position and stop forcing upon us solutions that are simply unworkable and what she means by that is the so-called backstop agreement reached in december proposals by the e.u. in terms of which if there is no deal reached between the e.u. and the u.k. again in order to keep that irish border open the northern ireland will effectively remain in the customs union and the single market and a sort of new economic partition would open up in the irish sea that's inside the united kingdom and her message to the e.u. simply i will never accept it and i believe no british prime minister could ever

accept an economic pearl partition within the united kingdom indeed that's one of the hurdles they've got to face because lots of moving parts on friday chancellor merkel expected to speak in germany about this issue in her annual meeting with the press but of course the new u.k. bret's that minister met the e.u. negotiator last night in brussels and both of them made their positions very clear about sort of that the limited time they have to move forward. yes absolutely very limited time there's hope that a deal can be struck by giving parliament's national parliaments time to ratify that deal before the exit date in march and dominic robb the new minister meeting to tell funny or offering to inject vim and vigor into these negotiations but that doesn't mean they have a way of overcoming these sorts of optic obstacles we'll hear from mr bonior in a little while he spent the morning briefing the other twenty seven on how

negotiations are going and what they think of this new plan by to reason may we know that they're likely to think that it's simply cherry picking the best parts of customs union and single market membership and ditching the parts the u.k. doesn't like the question is will he talk paedo the plan immediately today because if he does that could be a real political trouble for tourism a state of premiership on it in may though decide to give her a little bit more breathing space welcome back to china if and when that situation changes through the day thank you know there are fears of violence in mali ahead of a presidential election at the end of the month time expired groups have become more frequent in recent years despite international efforts to drive out. affiliates but security is not the only thing voters are worried about reports from bamako. presidential candidates looking for votes in bamako election campaigns launched a week ago are in full swing the current president. is appealing to his supporters

for a second term because he's widely noted was elected in a landslide majority five years ago on promises to restore peace defeat armed groups and improve the economy critics accuse him of failure to deliver on any of those promises as well as incompetence and lack of vision in a car has twenty three i've forty year lection led by this former prime minister so minus the c e c as the president's main rival. having lost two previous presidential bids he's managed to rally a large support with promises to fix molly's problems and end poverty for voters there was no end to the list of demands for any leader but i think that. we will the next president to run the country efficiently and not think of obamacare only but also remote poor villages we need a solution to high prices in the shortage of food supplies molly has great potential with rich natural resources on the niger river as well as being africa's

third largest gold producer molly has large reserves of iron ore mine going east and you're a name despite its natural riches mollies ranked among the poorest countries in the world landlocked on drought stricken in its vast northern regions mali and struggle with foreign that's government mismanagement political disunity and ethnic fighting mileage g.d.p. grew up around five percent last year not bad compared to many other developing countries but i mean even distribution of wealth especially of the half of the population under the internationally recognized poverty like many in mali don't care about statistics they simply want jobs and social services in a secure and stable environments. in my life it is my land the suffering because of low income and high cost of living we pray to god to give us a good leadership that would make the country better but the leaders in general

don't keep their promises and they only think of their personal interests some have dubbed it the election of all the challenges and or the high stakes others doubted the election could be organized in time because of the rising number of attacks by armed groups no matter who wins this presidential race everyone here is worried about the future of mali and few deny the need for change one hundred five and dizzier. well staying on the continent human rights watch is accusing separatism government forces in cameroon of committing abuses against people in the english speaking regions the group says both sides in the west african country have been extorted kidnapping and torturing civilians violence began in late twenty sixteen when english speakers demanded the mainly french speaking government to recognize their rights the unrest has displaced one hundred eighty thousand people jonathan. and emergencies research at human rights watch he says the violence is pushing more

people into armed groups right now we are at a tipping point when it comes to this iteration indiana phone regions of cameroon this is a situation that has been brewing for two years now we have groups of armed separatists that are becoming stronger by the day receiving support from the diaspora from abroad who have a very strong sense of what they want independence for camp for the english speaking regions of cameroon and on the other hand we have a government that is responding to this security situation in the extremely problematic manner using scorched earth tactics that have been pushing in fact the population towards the armed separatists towards the more extreme factions so this is really a problematic moment in the history of cameroon the elections are coming up in a few months and this is quite honestly a very worrying situation for us. the head of peru supreme court has quit over

a corruption scandal involving several judges diversity rodriguez is the latest high profile resignation of the audiotapes were released suggesting judges have been taking bribes in exchange for favorable court rulings the minister of justice was also forced to step down. a court in south korea has sentence former president park going to haiti to an additional eighty years in prison it relates to the embezzlement of almost three million dollars of state funds and interfering in the selection of candidates for the twenty sixteen parliamentary election the time is to be served in addition to the twenty four year term handed down in april for other corruption charges. that the green party in the u.s. is hoping to capitalize from the current political impasse at november's midterm elections the party believes it can take advantage of anger at the trumpet ministration and frustration with the democratic party around two hundred candidates and their supporters are holding their annual meeting in the state of utah kristen salumi is there. in salt lake city utah against

a backdrop of beautiful local scenery and national political turmoil the green party is holding its annual national meeting. these left leaning green candidates are hoping to capitalize on american voters frustration with an increasingly polarized two party system and make a mark in the upcoming midterm elections i'm here to represent a better way forward i'm here to represent policies built on empathy built on the idea that the things that we do to our impact all of us green site studies that show sixty percent of americans want a third party option whether it's protecting the environment social justice or immigration the greens insist that they not democrats are the truly progressive party and unlike democrats and republicans they are free from the influence of corporate money. to. just sign ran for president on the green party ticket in two

thousand and sixteen she got less than one percent of the vote nationwide but some democrats blame her for hillary clinton's loss they queue stine of siphoning democratic votes in states like michigan and wisconsin that clinton narrowly lost to donald trump many believe greens would have more impact if they worked with democrats to unite under the banner of the democratic party to essentially fight for the soul of the democratic party i think is a smart strategy for people on the left who need a place not only where they can feel at home but where they can more importantly where they can have an effect on our country right now. shereen gorani agrees she shares a lot of the greens frustrations. but decided to run for congress as a democrat i think third party politics has risen to give people that sort of sense that they could have a voice unfortunately as the system works we're going to have more success if we can get in line behind one of these two major parties and really start talking

about the issues that. to everyday people but the green say democrats aren't doing enough the democrats have traditionally not been able to stand up they've offered no solutions and in fact also corporate backed they will always choose their corporate donors and the elite over whether people on the planet me may be small in numbers but greens are fired up ready setting their sights on the midterm elections hoping to change not only the direction of american policy but the election system itself kristen salumi al jazeera salt lake city utah. a study has found that modern day slavery in rich countries is far higher than previously thought they don't as global slavery index report says more than forty million people across the world are living like this and the reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york forced to work against their will on any given day across the world millions of modern day slaves toil in fields and factories seventy percent of them are estimated to be women and children the problem isn't restricted

to developing nations according to the walk free foundation researchers say despite strict laws slavery is a growing problem in the world's wealthiest nations the numbers of modern day slavery a much higher in reached developed countries like the united states like the united kingdom but my home country astray are the numbers of modern day slavery in those wealthy countries is much higher than we previously understood the study also says that north korea is the slave capital of the world home to an estimated two point six million forced laborers for this latest report fifty defectors were interviewed forty nine of them say they suffered some form of slavery are there as children or adults and. the thing that sets them apart is that they don't really understand what's being done to them because they're told this is the way to live this is just how things are. on the high street to the impact of modern day slavery is a growing issue the walk free foundation say billions in at risk.