on al-jazeera. a restoration of calm between israel and gaza follows the deadliest day of protests in four years. ago i made returning and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the destruction of the ghost town that remains after rebel fighters were bussed away from the former syrian stronghold. patrolling the streets of managua the militias being blamed for the anti-government protests in the correct one. and wasting away tons of plastic de vry cause an environmental disaster in the dominican republic.

a restoration of calm seems to be holding between israel and gaza amass says the ceasefire brokered by egypt in the u.n. was made at midnight local time it followed another bloody day along the border which saw one israeli soldier shot and killed and four palestinians die in retaliatory asterix and tank fire let's go live now to gaza city. stratford is that what's been the situation since this cease fire came into effect at midnight local time. but it seems agent that once again full scale conflict has been brought back from the brink it has been calm since that cease fire was cool that restoration of calm was cooled full last night at midnight as you say was the first israeli soldier to have been killed we understand by a sniper fire since the two thousand and fourteen war the israelis responded with

so the i.d.f. so the israeli military say by hitting sixty eight targets sixty eight hammers targets in gaza things as i say have been calm overnight we were expecting more of a response from hamas certainly old indications suggest that like israel hamas does not want another war in now we understand that hamas did respond with three rockets before that cease fire was cooled two of which at least were intercepted by the iron dome we also understand that there were around full to be fooled at that call for calm was announced at midnight in the north of got sort of the south of gaza. so things are a lot better than they were this time yesterday the build up to that escalation but we were at the protests yesterday and this is our report. these men say it's their

duty as palestinians to protest against israel's occupation. they put together their kite clipping its tail which they say will keep it balance as it carries the burning pall over guns as build a fence they soak the sackcloth in petrol and oil because they say it helps it slowly. if we are here to prove to the whole world that we will never leave and we're going to do with burning kites will that occupied land and i'm not afraid of these rains and only afraid of gone. chemists leader ismail haniya sits close by he has come to support the protesters i must say the kites and balloons to carry the burning rags into israel are a peaceful form of protest israeli snipers have been targeting balloons that the protesters have been launching well behind the main demonstration these protesters say they will continue launching that kites holding those incendiary devices until israel lets the siege. the men like the rag and the kite drifts off to

announce who build a fence israel says five started by protesters have destroyed lalage areas of crops and private planned. protests to set fire to tires which they uses color from his radio on the snipers positioned along the fence. he's ready tanks talk to hamas positions along the border often news that an israeli soldier had been injured these radio me later reported that the soldier had died from his wounds in the process this climbed the walls of a building being used by the israeli soldiers. the army responded with tear gas i'm old sounded like live ammunition. an israeli drone flew overhead well one hundred forty protestors have been killed since the weekly demonstrations started four months ago the israeli army shot this man in the leg during a protest in april on the budget itself that i left by sending

a message to the occupiers that this is our land and you came and took it from us you jews who came from france and england and around the world here it is our land and we inherited it from our grandfathers and before them. the israeli government is under pressure by some politicians to launch a large scale military offensive to stop the protestors. israeli fighter jets targeted various hamas bases across gaza including this one in the densely populated neighborhood of z. tune the ministry of health says at least three civilians were injured in this attack just what do we know about what's been agreed to bring about this restoration of calm will it for instance put an end to those in century kites and balloons. well as you heard in that report the protesters have vowed to continue launching these incendiary carts of balloons that have called so much damage so the israelis say across the border and as you saw in that piece that kite

was actually being put together and was leads in front of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh how massive said that they see this form of protest as being non violent and they say that the palestinians have every right to continue protesting. going forward i think a lot hangs on what comes out of egypt in the next few days this renewed efforts at a reconciliation between hamas and fattah. efforts that started in two thousand and eleven and have repeatedly failed we understand that have massive excepted the latest proposal put forward by the egyptians and we are now waiting for a response from thoughts and we understand that the leading photo representative is jew in cars certainly the next twenty four hours to discuss those but then of course the conditions for the palestinians goes on here twelve you land air and sea

blockade continues their suffering continues and we talk about calm in gaza but it's always a relative term there's never been calm in gaza now for a number of years and you could arguably say the same for the communities of israelis living across the border sounds many thanks some deserves a chance try for their lives in gaza syrian rebels who surrendered to the south west in the southwest of the country have begun to arrive in the country's north they've been given safe passage to hama after a week of fighting in connect from a neighboring delta province the agreements being seen as a major victory for president bashar al assad whose forces have retaken much of the south floor but manley reports a month of intense government bombardment from southwest syria and the devastation it's clear. the military offensive started by government forces backed by the russian ally a trying to recapture dura in the neighboring province of can a drum surrendering control of droste city one of the last remaining rebel

strongholds would be a major defeat for the opposition. the birthplace of the syrian uprising seven years ago from where protests against regime's torture of teenagers spread nationwide. in some areas near syria's border with the israeli occupied golan heights government bombs have been replaced by passes in deal struck last month between the syrian government and rebel fighters anyone who refuses to live under the rule of president bashar assad so we move to the eclipse province in the north the displaced populations which i think this time it's around two hundred thousand people are unfortunately going to face the same. of. the same conditions faced by other communities who have left the. area in eastern and.

and in homes before and most likely to be taken to. dozens of displaced syrians thought refuge from bombing near the its radio golan heights last week but were turned back by israeli border guards. people left their homes weeks ago looking for safety trying to protect their families they have been stranded without shelter without. without any kind of help for a while and what we are asking is on in. a low in the fighting or even experience able to reach the population. the can a true deal is similar to others elsewhere in syria. buses transporting people from for want of trying to government housing areas and the latter had their windows smashed by rattle beseeched in the three years hundreds of rebel prisoners a jew to be released in return although some intensely displaced syrians are now

making their way back home it's a small percentage of more than six million who fled since the start of the war nor about a manly al-jazeera the syrian government now controls most of the country after a wave of victories and agreements having seen off rebel resistance in the southern provinces of collateral and only i saw pockets remain in the southwest opposition groups a been pushed into two main areas a small number hold territory near the borders with jordan and iraq most province thought to be the next target of the government since january the anti assad free syrian army backed by turkey has taken land around the city of afrin along the border that's mainly to prevent kurdish fighters consolidating control of populated areas near turkey the kurdish dominated u.s. backed syrian democratic forces hold the northeast the largest area outside government control. donald trump's former lawyer secretly taped

a discussion with the us president about payments to an ex playboy model the new york times says the f.b.i. seized the recording in april during a raid on michael cohen's office he's being investigated for tax fraud and campaign law violations ahead of trump's twenty sixteen election donald trump has denied making payments to hush up that alleged affair with karen mcdougal trump's current lawyer rudy giuliani confirmed that trump discussed the payments with cohen but says they were never made a white house correspondent kimberly helped get reports from washington this recording seems to reveal the president discussing with his personal attorney michael cohen the payment of money in the form of check fully one hundred fifty thousand dollars this is problematic for the president given that he has denied he ever had an affair with karen mcdougal the playboy model the white house saying this was fake news and that the president never had such a relationship the recording seems to contradict that statement of course the

president at the time of this alleged affair also married with an infant son certainly problematic on a personal level so this really brings up the question of what the president knew and when he knew it it's also a concern given the fact that there is a separate investigation that is ongoing in all of this and that is the one being conducted by robert muller the special counsel well these two investigations are separate the one into michael cohen trumps personal attorney and the one into whether or not there was russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election and whether the trunk campaign colluded with russia with this information is shared it could be problematic for the president given the fact that if michael cohen in order to save himself from the charges he is currently facing he could decide to cooperate with the special counsel and that could certainly be risky for donald trump. vigils have been held in the u.s. state of missouri for the seventeen people who died on thursday in the tourist boat

accident nine of the victims were from the same family to be a special was carrying thirty one passengers it sank when it was overcome by waves during a storm investigators are examining allegations that the passengers were not wearing life jackets. and they correct one church that was being besieged by the army and has reopened student protesters were taking refugees inside the catholic church last week when gunmen loyal to the president began shooting at them rights groups have criticized president don it will take as violent crackdown on anti-government protests around three hundred people have died in three months of demonstrations al-jazeera is mariana sanchez reports now from one in both a neighborhood in the city if. the situation has finished three days ago when members of the police and paramilitary forces attacked and cleared the roadblocks that had been set up for nearly three months here in the

neighborhood of moneyball in the city of. the situation is calm there are some cars there are some people going out slowly. but a lot of fear i can tell you a few. food vendors here tell me that this is the first day that they have been able to go out to sell their food in three months and of course there are paramilitary forces going around patrolling this area they are massed they are armed they go in vehicles that are have no plates and a lot of fear of course because the their presence for the people here is very intimidating going to weather update as they are up then. term paving and russia dating that's really the extent of the democratic party generate now the party that's offering a different approach to politics in the united states. and pawns in

a political power play the chess players caught up in the dispute between qatar and its neighbors. hello and welcome back we're still looking at some big thunderstorms across europe there's a lot of energy in the atmosphere and it's going to be released as we get these high surface temperatures just about everywhere so the eastern part of europe again severe storms are likely here other areas not too bad but really all across the the alpine region through into southern parts of germany eastern parts of france it is looking very very stormy n.t. so we're looking at flash flooding large hail storms could be a few tornadoes mix in the more western areas a little bit quieter with the rose you find conditions and after

a weak front passes through the u.k. temperatures back up to twenty nine degrees in london on the other side of the mediterranean weather conditions also looking generally fine we've got the wind coming off the desert there fortunate forty two degrees the high on stuff there dropping back a little bit as we get through into sunday fine conditions expected in cairo the maximum of thirty seven degrees and then into central parts of africa some big showers chutney all these storm systems moving through west africa looking pretty large at mo in terms of precipitation in southern portions of the continent is looking largely dry and fine it should be a decent day in cape town with high sierra of twenty degrees celsius. well waiting when this idea popped into it when they're on line it's undoubtedly chief call. of opinion equality in our society today or if you join the sunset

criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bring you to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to be the speakers for a change join the conversation announces iraq. again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera palestinian factions of a preacher return to calm with israel after a day of violence along the border fence between gaza and israel hamas spokesperson says egypt and the un mediated for palestinians and israel an israeli soldier died on friday. syrian rebels who surrendered in the country south of the got arriving

at hama in the north they've been given safe passage after weeks of fighting with government forces in connect neighboring province at a nicaraguan church that was besieged by the army in the dark was reopened student protesters were taking refuge inside the catholic church last week when gunmen loyal to the president began shooting at. a protest has been killed at a rally outside the headquarters of a military unit in southern iraq twelve people died in two weeks of protests against poor government services and on employment the demonstrations have spread to the capital baghdad from where. com reports. protesters face off with security forces in baghdad although a small again. ringin seen in the last two weeks in the south of iraq it's still a significant number for the capital showing solidarity with protesters in the south on the issue of cut them out so i am a mother i'm sure but we came out to protest the injustice and lack of job

opportunities for the unemployed the government isn't listening to us fudge and i'd be a dog i knew that even with a small amount of people involved we will continue to protest this time it's make or break for us the protesters break free of a babu i couldn't set up by the federal police the the protests spreading to the capital and then nationwide is a concern for the iraq's leaders. of the government i'd say big quite simply was i put in place unprecedented security operation they say they are trying to beat the protests tomorrow but they may not be able to meet all of the time they're sold on friday the last people one of the the challenge for iraq's government is meeting the demands of the protesters which include economic reforms an end to corruption job creation and a regular electricity supply. the government is looking for solutions there were open talks is how to arabia and the deals been struck with q eight the energy

supplies will it be enough iraqis here say they will continue to protest until all the demands are met imran khan al-jazeera baghdad. pakistan's autonomous tribal region will vote for the first time in next week's general election it's home to five million people mainly from the pashtun ethnic group they say they've been the victims of government oppression discrimination and forced disappearances many have been displaced by the operations against armed groups come all hide as more now from the kind the agency. get on getting ready for it and their legs joined i did it for going for the country but for the tribal belt relationally it is even more employers hearing god put up for a time they will be truly doing their lives president has to go to the parliament in islamabad and drive here and if you are going to problem. the price we have seen. their tribe instead of getting the people. that they really are

all hard to watch. and they will send it up to them for their critical for saudi progeny this is after all an area that did been neglected for only seven. communication infrastructure. education and. really is a good representative. going to. the tribe and. the european union says the u.k.'s new brakes a proposal is constructive but there are still major problems with its withdrawal plan prime minister to resign may struggle to satisfy members of the government who favor a clean break from the block at all those who want to maintain closer ties joho reports. could this be the reason may's last stand she was in northern ireland

promoting the benefits of a vision for break city upon which her survival is staked a deal that would keep close trade ties between the u.k. and the european union in return she said the e.u. needed to evolve its negotiating position and then there was this the reality is that any agreement we reach with the would have to provide for the frictionless movement of goods across the northern border equally clear is that as the united kingdom government we could never accept that the way to prevent a heart border with ireland is to create a new border within the united kingdom and with that to resume a rejected the e.u.'s idea of a backstop or contingency plan that would see northern ireland maintaining special ties to the e.u. in the event that no deal is reached over breaks it with a new economic border emerging between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. and since a no deal for narrow is on everyone's lips at the moment with the venal nature of

british politics right now that seems like pretty serious stuff it wasn't long before the e.u.'s chief negotiator responded the bloc he said saw some basis for negotiation in the prime minister's plan but the absence of an agreed backstop was something the e.u. couldn't accept we are open to any sort of issues. any solutions longer. be transformed into a legally operative text. for the withdrawal agreement q predictions not for the first time in recent weeks of to resume a's imminent political demise the e.u. cannot sign off a deal without a backstop to reason is the fact the torpedo that option social. and i would almost certainly perceive say her resignation but not just yet for now the british government's plan remains alive and with it just about mrs may's premiership.

al-jazeera london. pile is a plus to convey bre have washed up on the coast of the dominican republic conservationists say they've already removed sixty tons of rubbish on a beach near the capital santo domingo but the so much waste of the ministry has been scrambled to help with the cleanup charles moore is the founder of algol a comedy research foundation a member of the press to pollution coalition he says what's happening in the dominican republic is a small example of a bigger problem. we're losing the battle i predicted this twenty years ago that it would happen when i discovered the great pacific garbage patch that dozens of miles from shore now it's invading the biosphere it's in our salt our sugar our water our air our honey our beer and just because we see big pieces floating up now people are taking notice but when you see a bunch a little bit plastic you gotta understand there's a bunch of micro a now no size plastic as well and that's invading our bodily

tissues so this is a worldwide problem and we've got to deal with it it's too late to put the genie back in the bottle but it's not too late to turn around our probably got lifestyles we got to stop throwing things away everything is a resource everything can be reused everything can be put back into service it's got to be respected but it's also got to be feared or plastic gives us a great amount of freedom and we must not abuse it we've got to reduce the amount of plastic that we consume it's plastic substitutes for things that were formerly reusable here in our office we sell re-usable is refillable things we use over and over again and we mustn't constantly be throwing stuff away in order to make new stuff. the green party in the united states is hoping to capitalize on voter frustration with donald trump and other politicians in washington candidates for

the midterm elections in november of being proposed at the party's annual conference in salt lake city its party leader jill stein has been explaining explaining rather her aspirations to a reporter kristen salumi. she is the woman democrats love to hate many believe jill stein cost hillary clinton the election in two thousand and sixteen arguing the green party candidate diverted crucial votes in swing states that nearly went for now president donald trump recent revelations have only fueled her critics we know from the moller investigation that the russians not only took out ads on behalf of donald trump but also on behalf of you are you worried about russian intervention in the elections one facebook ad with the kind of you know among i think it was three thousand ads if i'm not mistaken that were attributed to this russian internet agency those ads cost one hundred thousand dollars compared to know donald trump got six billion dollars worth of free air time from

corporate t.v. why because he was quote damn good for their bottom line according to the c.e.o. of c.b.s. for example so you know if you're looking for intervention in the election or interference how about the interference of big corporate media that had billions of dollars in free airtime to throw around for candidates that benefited their bottom line but then there is this photo of her sitting next to russian president vladimir putin and former trump national security advisor michael flynn at a moscow dinner in two thousand and fifteen i was in russia to talk about a peace offensive in the middle east to talk about nuclear weapons and to talk about climate change and ending fossil fuel use this was not selling out to the russians i did not receive funding i wasn't paid by russia they didn't even pay my

way. and as greens put forward a slate of candidates running for congress in the mid-term elections she dismisses concerns that their progressive platform did. vide opposition to the party of trump as democrats work to retake control of the house of representatives people are not buying into trump paving and russia baiting that's really the extent of the democratic party agenda right now at least it's its establishment its leadership you are ready for something different and the better alternative stein says is green kristen salumi al jazeera salt lake city utah. the blockade of cattle is checkmating chess player there wittingly caught up in the thirteen month diplomatic dispute and spent a lot of reports. this tournament in doha is a chance for katter's chess players to move up in the international rankings but opportunities like this are proving harder to come by many of these players were

looking forward to competing in the arab regional chess championship but host country the united arab emirates banned them from taking part so i didn't even know before one day of the tournament i was i didn't know if i was going to go and that gets train of thought i kept my hopes up lots of was just this was very disappointing and i just wasn't teller to play as much as i was taking over the u.a.e. band follows controversy at a global tournament in saudi arabia two months earlier cattery players were initially denied the right to compete under their flag and there were delays in issuing visas the saudis relented at the last moment but the cattery missed half the competition at the opening ceremony ahead of saudi arabia sports authority denied there were any problems but refused to refer to concert directly by name and that if you like is with anything else now we will focus on the tournament and we will not be bothered by this mini state i assign someone who will deal with this

many states because they are irrelevant the political chess game playing out in the middle east to see moved to isolate catherine all levels diplomatic ties have been severed and trade routes have been closed sports and games traditionally brought together even rival countries in spirit of friendly competition but here too blockading nations are working to freeze out catherine despite what happened in saudi arabia the ban by the u.a.e. still caught many by surprise that he and that is to ensure you. as you would if the mission when was that all my friends. but the they didn't the most of the court you know the very what if we knew each other since we have video thing thirty years ago you know we used to play chess together. catherine players have complained to feed a the world chess organization but they aren't optimistic physic and if the tournament is belongs to freedom this is what championship. but for of the region i don't know the i don't think they would they want to interfere and say ok

guys it's your problem you know it's just who do want to take one side or the other bt has a slogan again when a sumus we are one family but that message of unity rings hollow in the gulf players have become pawns caught up in the politics of a region divided into modern and al-jazeera doha. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fitting in here in doha the headlines and i was here a palestinian factions have agreed to return to calm with israel after a day of violence along the border fence between gaza and israel hamas spokesman says that egypt and the un mediated for palestinians and an israeli soldier died on friday jan stratford proposal from gaza. we were expecting more of a response from hamas certainly all indications suggest that like israel hamas does

not want another war in our we understand that have asked did respond with three rockets before that cease fire was called two of which at least were intercepted by the. syrian rebels who surrendered in the countries south of the ghana riving in hama in the north they've been given safe passage after weeks of fighting in the neighboring data province the agreement is being seen as a major victory for president bashar al assad whose forces have retaken much of the south and those are the headlines i'll be back with another bulletin of news for you a little over twenty five but it self to today's edition of inside story next. on counting the cost of stronger growth forecasts for sub-saharan africa but a big challenge is looming the world's second biggest aviation tradeshow takes off in the u.k. plus why three d. printed buildings are causing some. counting the cost on the.

government. to heat it's another. violent protests in the spread north all the way to the capital about what's fueling. this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program. security has been tightened in southern iraq because more antigovernment protests are expected several iraqis have already been killed protesting against frequent electricity cuts clean water shortages and lack of job opportunities security forces firing tear gas and water cannon struggle to quell the.