this is al jazeera live from studio fourteen here at the headquarters in doha. welcome to the news groups the biggest donor of palestinian refugees becomes the small states has announced. funding to the u.n. group that provides health care and education to more than five million palestinians calling its irredeemably florence we will have on and offline reaction directly from the occupied palestinian territories. preparing for battle in syria rebels have blown up bridges and to try to halt the advance of government forces while in the mediterranean you've got the russian navy readying itself with a series of large scale military exercises and the final farewell for republican

senator john mccain the u.s. politicians funeral is coming to an end in washington d.c. his last journey will be to the naval academy in annapolis to be buried alongside his wartime friend. could you give up social media for an entire month. september and put down your phone can actually help with anxiety and depression plus you could actually enjoy the people around you. if you aren't doing the challenge connected. with the news grid streaming online through you tube facebook live and it will get all those stories in a moment some breaking news which is coming out of. the arabia and the united arab emirates have admitted that last month's bombing of a school bus in yemen was quote justified you'll remember this one these pictures hard to forget the dozens of children killed in the coalition air strike in hooty

controlled the incident sparked widespread condemnation and the coalition has said those responsible would be held accountable. but not a lot they are a subject that therefore the joint based on the above facts is of the opinion that the coalition forces should initiate legal actions to try and penalize those responsible for the mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes include that the orders to target the bus should have been delayed as the executing warplanes should have waited for the target to approach a clear area and justify collateral damage in line with the rules of engagement adopted by the coalition forces article fifty seven and fifty eight of the first protocol of the geneva convention on it. has alan fischer he's covering events in yemen from djibouti for us allan sad to say that this is a unexpected a rare admission from the coalition. it is but it comes with strings it's not saying they were wrong to kill children what they're

saying is that when this bus was hit and killed forty children fifty one people in total what was wrong was the fact that those they were targeting and the saudis believed that they were targeting leaders who were on the bus and in the area who is new or medium threat to the coalition and therefore that airstrike at that moment didn't have to be carried out now you'll remember that the saudis at the time said that it was a legitimate operation but certainly in the last week what we've seen this first of all from human rights watch saying that when this task force stoned to look at incidents that have been reported to it they fail on a number of levels particularly on transparency and also accountability they say they simply don't do enough to take into account and redress the issues of those who were victims of these attacks and then we had the united nations in a panel of three experts saying that when we see and students like this these could

well constitute war crimes the panel very careful in their wording to say of course that would be something that would have to be decided by a court but they were concerned at the number of casualties the number of civilian casualties that were being caused by the correlation strikes you know what the saudis are saying in this instance is that they received information that the leaders were in the area they decided to go ahead with the attack the people in the plane and they fired one bomb know what the saudis are saying from what we can gather from the news conference in riyadh in the last couple of hours is the information was passed not to go ahead with that attack but it arrived too late and what we saw were many many families mourning over the death of their children crying over their children's graves so just to recap what the saudis are saying is that this was unjustified but was unjustified not because of the number of children that were killed it was unjustified because the leader. is that the leaders they were targeting were not an immediate threat to saudi arabia and you also remember

that on the back of this attack there has been big problems in the united states with their city they don't want the united states to continue to support this operation because it was reported that u.s. bomb was involved and then we had part of their pressure from the united states to the u.n. report earlier this week couldn't pressure on the saudis to try and reduce the number of civilian casualties but having said all that it is still surprising that we're seeing such a mission from the saudi arabian led coalition excellent clarity there from alan fischer on the situation in yemen thank you for that our top story now and after seventy years of support the united states is financial commitment to palestinian refugees has been abruptly ended the state department has announced the u.s. will cut all funding to the united nations group known as that is the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees it is a massive blow the u.s. provided a third of financial assistance but it now calls the agency irredeemably flawed

harry force that has our report from ramallah in the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on roe was celebrating the start of the academic year of the reopening of its schools girls' arriving for class in the refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding. now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the u.s. state department saying the fundamental business model and fiscal practices that have marked on rough for years tied to an endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable the united states will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation for the palestinian leadership that is asian is not about the specifics of a u.n. agency rather an attack on the palestinian cause the u.s.

may argue that it's taxpayers' money and there are free to do whatever they want to do with it yes but will give them the right garber of the stealing of my land my future my spirit my hopes my capital maxim was my only sceptical church they have no right whatsoever the palestinians the final status of the more than five million refugees who assert a right of return to present day israel is like the status of jerusalem an issue to be settled by the go see a should not by a preemptive u.s. position that position is referred to at least in the language used in the us statement when it talks about the exponentially expanding number of people who rely on that suggest this isn't just a move against one specific agency but also against the continued refugee status of millions of people. for the sufi family home is the village of beit in the balance now in israel not the refugee camp where most of them were born and raised. a

little less human what can i did if i came back on my own a car to tend the land i want my children there before me we want them that the future is there and their children have been used for a sufi house seventy grandchildren and great grandchildren among israeli jews there is all but political consensus that allowing all such families to return would destroy the jewish character of the state but there's also concern not least reported within the israeli security establishment about the effects of killing off their main provider of aid in order to disrupt the politics i think people are asking whether what we're seeing is the political instrumental isolation of aid and what you say is that the longer ability and the needs of the people simply to grades in the short term un role will continue to seek ways to plug its funding gap germany among the first donor nations to promise extra money warning of an uncontrollable chain reaction if we're forced to shut down harry force it out zero refugee camp in the occupied west bank so an overriding question here is why why is

the united states taking such a drastic step well here's a little history from our friends at a day plus shows just how things have been building up to this point. we give them a thief definitions of dollars if. that money is on the table that funds that go into that unless they shift death and if you shift. and just for some more context i hopped on the web site today to look at the

numbers that is numbers of people served and money donated this is as i said straight from their website so the key numbers you're looking at over five million registered refugees three point one of them who access the health services and around half a million students and actually it's those students who are probably what arguably one of the most important groups because that is where most of the funding goes over half of it goes into education the rest into health and other services you can see at the top there so that's the money where it goes this is where it comes from now the united states as we say was providing a third so we're looking at about three hundred sixty four million dollars is what the u.s. was providing the e.u. is the next closest at one hundred forty two million and any of these other ones close is the u.k. germany sweden you're looking at about half of that again so it's a dramatic come down if you like from the amount that the united states was

providing and just so you know as well it's not just countries there are. charities which donate include and that even is a foundation linked to the rail madrid football club so the money comes from everywhere but the bulk of it really did come from as we said the united states there so let us talk to have the am about to see is a nonresident senior fellow at the foreign policy center for middle east policy at brookings institution he's on skype from washington nice to see you. well let me go back to my original question why why do this now. let me let me just say as somebody who served under john kerry and president obama working on really the issues and i really say this precisely kodi us coming finally to unruh in the simplest terms is just plain stupid it's that it is callous it is un-american and it's even against u.s. national security interests why i think the why is is based on sort of really false

premises that the trump administration has the trying to ministration believes that palestinian refugees derive their their refugee status from unripe they don't they derive that from international law it's based on the false premise that other refugee populations don't transfer their refugee status is to children again that that is wrong in afghanistan burma burundi eritrea and somalia sudan sabet and so many places refugees transfer their refugee status to their children internally until a permanent place of residence is found and i think finally it's based on the false premise that cutty three hundred million dollars in funding to two u.n. agency will somehow pressure the palestinian authority to ramallah to give in to u.s. demands again the p.a. can't be seen as giving in to pressure from the donald trump was more reviled than any president in u.s.

history in the palestinian society and also it doesn't affect them because most of the money that respect is in gaza which the pier doesn't rule or in jordan which the p.a. doesn't rule or in lebanon which the polls already doesn't rule so it's just it's just plain stupid policy that that not only harms in the first instance. the dignity of the most vulnerable palestinian refugees it harms national security interests and as your program alluded to. it even harms israeli security interests which the israeli military readily acknowledges that while you have what you've brought up is right let me go back to a previous comment you made when you said you described it as an american maybe it's just completely in line with u.s. foreign policy and it's like knowledge in that it's saying yeah we are unashamedly on the side of israel here and our policy our outward policy will reflect that. look every american president every american congress has supported under

a since its founding so nearly seventy years ago everyone it's true that the u.s. is israel's primary backer the international arena but the united states has always supported the dignity of palestinian refugees it is always supported over the last twenty years and has supported a two state solution look israel got the state of israel palestinians got some international support in the form of under a and other areas it simply undermines the u.s. national security interest of peace and stability in the middle so then it all comes down and really this is a very slow doesn't it sorry to jump and it doesn't just all come down to this administration you've pointed out that every other administration before has supported on where it is another sign of what this administration does and that is rolling back what the what the previous ones dead. well and it's not just going back again what barack obama did it's rolling back with george bush it's falling

back where every other republican president for the last seven years has done and let me just say on this day when the united states is is burying john mccain again i have always worked in democratic administrations and there's no way in mccain administration would have done this and let me also say ray that your preview listed some of the real madrid football club is a donor to under one of the biggest donors to under is actually the american people through direct donations that the gifts are under a they give a couple million dollars a year to underestimate race clearly and squarely within us national security interests and american values and and your preamble also mention the hundreds of thousands of students that will be at risk what are they going to be at risk to koos going to fill the void when the new unrest progressive modern secular education is no longer available who could fill that void who would fill in gaza is it hamas is it more extremist elements like isis who would fill it in

lebanese refugee camps who are still in syria but you know it simply is contrary to america's national security interests it's contrary to the dignity of the policy people and it will not lead to good things now let me just say one one last thing quickly which is that i believe that all though the u.s. did provide a significant proportion of these funds that other countries will continue to step forward that have to be probably some belt tightening under his part and at the end of the day under will continue perhaps a little bit with a little bit less money but continue to provide the services and the u.s. will have less influence not more over either unruh or the palestinian leadership so what president trump is doing is diminishing america's influence. in the middle east. it's only. as it says it wants peace.

it's. from the brookings institution washington d.c. great to have you with us thank you. do you want to pick this one up for us what's it been like online right well i mean as you know like with any topic revolving around palestine in israel the debate online is very heated and tweets are coming in from every side here yet he's a member of the israeli knesset he tweeted saying that he welcomes the decision by the u.s. to cut funds and says that is responsible for turning seven hundred fifty thousand originally registered refugees into the five point five million fake refugees those are his words and a manual novel and he's a lecturer at tel aviv university he says the number of the one nine hundred forty eight arab refugees has swelled to five million they are again using that number because he says absurdly and indefinitely passes on the refugee status to their descendants something our guest was just talking about many palestinians on the

other hand are sharing this image of trump with a choke hold on palestine with a two hundred million dollars aid cut it's been shared dozens of times and does hundreds of times really and sums up most of the pro palestinian sentiment that we've seen so far some palestinians oh also got in touch with us with how they're feeling take a listen. agency is really important to the palestinian refugees it provides food assistance to almost half the population in gaza and it shows that all children that have an access to education it provides other critical services such as vaccinations prenatal care the otherwise completely unavailable to refugees by doing that gives the u.s. a basically saying we don't cat you're not important to us and you can sort out problems completely make yourselves. with no how to whatsoever and this is all for the mere notion of removing any kind of aspect of rights of citizens.

to under which holds palestinian refugees you must start aid to israel opposed to a military government is no. time to skate palestinian land and kill many children. or you as money must be paid to alert on american citizens and also help christie g.'s around the world you should not kill dictators and terrorists just to it's like israel we want to know what you think are you for or against the cuts you can get in touch with us on our platforms with a telegram what's up twitter and facebook as always our hash tag a genius great thanks there in fact a couple comments in already there's a contest as i was on screen there's a tweet under his good point saying why not move everything on what does under the banner of the u.n.h.c.r. instead of palin since having their own separate agency i think really the

palestinian issue the number of refugees was considered so large that it needed its own agency but that is possibly one way of doing it absorbing it under another of the un groups and senior on facebook has said how much money to arab countries give to palestine can't they replace that i've just had a quick look here. i was previously one of the biggest donors kuwait as. well a couple of years ago is giving around thirty two million dollars a year the united arab emirates about sixteen but they aren't a lot of other certainly all that is from twenty fifteen arab countries giving i have a look and we'll tweet some more recent numbers a little bit later on that number for you what's happened your telegram hashtag a.j. news good on twitter and facebook ok now a newly appointed u.s. representative to syria is making his first trip to the region james jeffrey is expected to discuss the syrian conflict during stops in israel jordan and turkey his visit comes as speculation grows that russia and syria are planning

a military offensive in the u.s. secretary. has already warned an attack on the rebel held province would be a major escalation of this conflict it's state department said jeffreys visit to the region quote will also underscore that the united states will respond to any chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the syrian regime also rebels and blowing up two bridges to try to stop government forces from reaching there have been demonstrations against what would be a decisive battle may be the decisive battle in the syrian conflict turkey which backs a section of the syrian opposition has declared the armed group. as terrorists let's talk to stephanie deco's she is in the hanley which is on the turkey syria border as you want to you just first of all with that incredible scene behind you explain to us more about your location. well you talking about it right behind us behind the wall i let it show you. just how close it is and what

we're looking at is tense tense that are the homes now of hundreds of thousands of syrians who've had to flee their homes throughout this war these are not new they've been here for years these people having to flee different areas across syria it is hot during the day come all these tents are you know they become almost small greenhouse like a very very difficult situation what you're seeing is just a tiny snapshot of what is a much larger problem there's around eight hundred thousand of these tents all along this border now turkey is border of course remains closed and this is one of the big questions when it comes to this offensive looming offensive on it live turkey doesn't want people to want to come back into turkey turkey is already hosting over three million refugees which is why turkey is also very much involved in trying to find some kind of a solution what is clear is that the syrian government says it is going to take it back russia is backing them the u.n.

says around ten thousand fighters belonging to as you mentioned there. four minister a front basically they call them al-qaeda and a justification of taking it back but also it is the last opposition held stronghold really the main province being held by the opposition inside syria so people will also tell you that once this offensive gets underway and it will get underway kemal in what shape or form whether extensive whether limited remains to be seen but it will be a massive blow to the opposition where will these people go that's the other question being discussed medicare and corridors but again the people you have here also the rebels and families who were shipped here under other deals this reconciliation deals that the syrian government has used to get back territory it's complicated but it's crucial where will they go because everything else is pretty much regime area some people will tell you may be areas under turkey's control but all these things are being discussed and the main concern away from the. all it takes in the military is the humanitarian situation people want to go home the

country needs to be rebuilt but certainly at the moment these tents are permanent and even people telling you that they will be building more permanent structures because it is known that these hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to go back to their homes any time soon. just in the background thank you so much for that. also one of the key backers of the syrian president bashar al assad russia is flexing its military might with a week of drills in the mediterranean sea moscow says the exercises will focus on anti air and submarine defense systems it has been described as russia's largest naval deployment in the area since it intervened in syria's war three years ago nato had earlier reported a buildup of russian forces in the mediterranean his word challenge with more from moscow. the official line from russia's ministry of defense is that this military exercise

in the mediterranean is not connected with what's going on in syria not connected with it they say that they're there to perform anti-aircraft and anti submarine drills the line from the kremlin though is slightly different twenty two peskov the spokesperson was asked about it earlier in the week he said that the situation in syria had substantial potential for escalation and therefore he said extra precautions were quite justified and ground now it's unlikely that those boats and planes are there for some sort of offensive action the russian air force has enough planes stationed or maim in their base in syria to assist the syrian army and the militias with whatever offensive they're planning against it what's more likely more logical is that this is a defensive. minded the russians are certainly listening to reports and

messaging coming out of the united states saying that the u.s. is prepared to strike targets inside syria if there is another chemical weapons attack so the logical thing is for the russians to throw more military hardware into the area and persuade the united states that that might be an unwise course of action. we're looking at some other stories making headlines around the world today and the former u.s. presidents barack obama and george w. bush leading mourners in the final public center for john mccain in fact george bush is speaking right now president obama due to speak after him these are live pictures from that memorial service for a long time arizona senator and vietnam prisoner of war will be eulogized by maybe ironically you might say the two men who defeated him in their bid for the presidency donald trump's daughter ivanka son in law. they are among the guests at the ceremony but remember president trump himself was not invited here we go to his

on the he's covering this for us from washington d.c. gabriel i mean just an incredibly sumber tone i guess this must be today especially after what we saw at the capitol yesterday and now the funeral. it is it's a somber memorial no doubt about it there are about twenty five hundred invited guests in the national cathedral behind me it's a private memorial not open to the public and i can tell you it's really a who's who of anyone in the last ten twenty thirty years that has affected u.s. policy in any sort of way former presidents as you mentioned george w. bush barack obama also about to give a eulogy as well there's bill clinton is here all sorts of dignitaries senators also people from around the world there's foreign ministers and military

attaché from around the world here as well as a couple of heads of state really gives you an idea of the legacy of how long. john mccain's service served here in washington as a senator for thirty years but his imprint here in this city and really around the world goes back so far he's was so well traveled and so well known around the world this is a memorial that's being watched around the country really around the world but particularly here in the u.s. it's being watched live on many of the channels that are out on many of the channels here in the u.s. and it is very much a somber affair but a patriotic one as well and gabriel a very specific final resting place for him i mean i've heard and read that john mccain planned this down through the last the tiles. he really did. including who you're seeing speak there the former president george w. bush he was make a nice asked bush and obama personally before he passed away to give that dual you

would she want to what you're seeing there on the screen now who did that because he wanted this to be a bar bipartisan memorial he wanted both republican and democrat former president to give the eulogy. and that's why he planned it this way his family specifically asked the president trump not be invited trump is not here and then he also what we see on sunday is it will be the final small private burial for mccain in the naval academy in annapolis maryland and that will conclude what has been basically one week of mourning and celebration of john mccain's life here united states thank you deborah lives on there in washington d.c. the applause there for george w. bush as he finishes his eulogy at john mccain's funeral mccain wasn't necessarily a hero to everyone we heard from they'd be who is a political analyst and author of the struggle for iraq's future and he told us

john mccain use the conflict in iraq to further his personal ambitions in relation to his positions on iraq are specifically he was broadly speaking very off the mark most of the time if not even all the time i mean first of all he really bought into the narrative about weapons of mass destruction when the bush administration back in two thousand and two in two thousand and three was making its case people like me and others could clearly see that there were huge problems with the narrative about weapons of mass destruction of so many holes in this story that were simply not credible but senator mccain bought into it. back to the funeral service for john mccain for president barack obama is now speaking as a mr bush rose and secretary clinton. vice president biden vice president as cheney vice president gore. and as john would say my friends. we come to celebrate. an extraordinary man. a

warrior a statesman a patriot. one body so much that is best in america. president bush and i are among the fortunate few who competed against john at the highest levels of politics. he made us better presidents. just as he made the senate better. just as he made this country better. so for someone like john to ask you while he's still alive to stand up and speak of him when he's gone is a precious and singular honor now when john called me with that request earlier this year i'll admit. sadness

and also a certain surprise. but after our conversation ended i realize how well it captured some of john's essential qualities. to start with john liked being unpredictable. even low contrarian. he had no interest in conforming to some prepackaged version of what a senator should be and he didn't want a memorial that was going to be prepackaged either. and also showed john's distain for self pity he had been to hell and back. and yet somehow never lost his energy or his optimism or his zest for life. so cancer did not scare him. and he would maintain that buoyant spirit to the very

end too stubborn to states still opinionated as ever. fiercely devoted to his friends and most of all to his family it showed his irreverence. his sense of humor. a little bit of a mischievous streak after all what better way to get a last laugh than to make george and i say nice things about him to a national audience. and most of all it showed a largeness of spirit and ability to see past differences in search of common ground and in fact on the surface john and i could not have been more different were of different generations. i came from

a broken home and never knew my father john was the sign of one of america's most distinguished military families. i have a reputation for keeping cool john not so much. we were standard bearers a different american political traditions and throughout my presidency john never hesitated to tell me when he thought i was screwing up. which by his calculation was about once a day. but for all our differences. for all the times we sparred i never tried to hide and i think john came to understand the long standing admiration that i had for him

by his own account john was a rebellious young man. in his case that's understandable what faster way to distinguish yourself when you're the son and grandson of admirals then to munich. eventually though he concluded that the only way to really make. his mark on the world is to commit to something bigger than yourself and for john that meant answering the highest of colleagues. serving his country. in a time of war. others this week. and this morning have spoken to the depths of his torment. and the depths of his courage there in the cells of hanoi. when day after day. year after year that youthful iron was tempered in the steel and it brings to mind something

that hemingway wrote in the book that meghan referred to his favorite book today it is only one day in all the days that will ever be. but what will happen. in all the other days that ever come up can depend. on what you do today in captivity john learned or in ways that few of us ever will the meaning of those words. how each moment on. each day. each choice is a test. and john mccain passed that test again and again and again. and that's why when john

spoke of virtues like service and duty it didn't ring hollow up there were just words to him it was a truth that he had lived. and for which. he was prepared to die. and it forced even the most cynical. to consider what were we doing for our country. what might we risk everything for. and much has been said. this week about what a. maverick john was. now in fact john was a pretty conservative guy. trust me i was on the receiving end of some of those votes. but he did understand that some

principles transcend politics. that some values transcend party. he considered it part of his duty to uphold those principles and uphold those values. john cared about the institutions of self-government. our constitution our bill of rights. rule of law separation of powers even the arcane rules and procedures of the senate he knew that in a nation as big and boisterous and diverse as ours. those institutions those rules those norms are what bind us together. the give shape and order to our common life. even when we disagree especially when we disagree

john believed in honest argument. and hearing other views. and understood that if we get in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy. our democracy will not work. that's why i was willing to buck his own party at times. kasia work across the aisle on campaign finance reform and immigration reform that's why he championed a free and independent press as vital to our democratic debate. and the fact that it earned him some good coverage didn't hurt either. john understood. as j.f.k. understood as ronald reagan understood that part of what makes our country great.

is that our membership is based not on our bloodline. not on what we look like what our last name saw are it's not based on where our parents or grandparents came from or how recently they arrived. but on adherence to a common creed. that all of us are created equal. and dab by our creator. with certain inalienable rights. it's been mentioned today and we've seen footage this week of john pushing back against supporters who challenged my patriotism during the two thousand and eight campaign. i was grateful but i wasn't surprised. as joe lieberman said it was john's instinct. i never saw john

treat anyone differently because of their race or religion or gender. and i'm certain that in those moments that have been referred to during the campaign. he saw himself as defending america's character not just mine. for he considered it the imperative of every citizen who loves this country to treat all people fairly. and finally while john and i. disagreed on all kinds of foreign policy and. we stood together on america's role as the one in to spend the whole nation. believing that with great power and great blessings comes great responsibility. that burden is borne most heavily by our men and women in uniform.

service members like. doug jimmy and jack who follow their father's footsteps. as well as the families who serve alongside our troops. but john understood. that our security and our influence was one. not just by our military might not just by. our wealth. not just by our ability to bend others to our will. but from our capacity to inspire others. with our adherence to a set of universal values. like rule of law and human rights. and insistence on the god given dignity of every human being and of course. john was the first to tell us that he was not perfect.

like all of us who go into public service he did have an ego. like all of us there were no doubt some votes he casts. some compromises he struck. some decisions he made that he wished he could have back. it's no secret it's been mentioned that he had a temper. and when it flared up it was a force of nature a wonder to behold. his jaw grinding his face reddening. his eyes boring a hole right through you. not that i ever experienced it firsthand mind you. but to know john was to know that as quick as his passions mind flayer. he was just as quick to forgive. and ask for forgiveness. he knew more than

most his own flaws and his blind spots they knew how to laugh at himself. and that self-awareness made him all the more compelling. and we didn't advertise it but every so often over the course of my presidency john would come over to the white house and we just sit on top in the oval office just the two of us and we talk about policy and we talk about family and we talk about the state of our politics. and our disagreements didn't go away during these private conversations those were real. and they were often deep. but we enjoyed the time we shared away from the bright lights. and we left with

each other. and we learned from each other we never doubted the other man sincerity or the other man's patriotism. or that when all was said and done. we were on the same team. we never doubted we were on the same team for all of our differences we shared a fidelity to the ideals for which generations of americans have marched and fought and sacrificed. and given their lives. we considered our political battles a privilege or an opportunity to serve as stuart's of those ideals here at home and to do our best to advance them around the world. we saw this country as

a place where anything is possible. and citizen citizenship as an obligation. to ensure it forever remains that way. and more than once during his career john drew comparisons to teddy roosevelt. and i'm sure it's been noted that roosevelt's man in the arena or ration seems tailored to john. most of you know what roosevelt speaks of those who strive. who dare to do great things. and sometimes win and sometimes come up short. but always relish a good fight. a contrast to those cold timid souls. who know neither victory nor defeat isn't that the spirit we celebrate this week that striving

to be better. to do better. to be worthy. of the great inheritance that our founders bestowed. so much of our politics or public life or public discourse can seem small and mean and petty. trafficking and bombast and insults. and phony controversies. and manufactured outrage it's a politics that pretends to be. brave and tough but in fact is born of fear. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that.

today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. but what will happen in all the other days. that will ever come. can depend on what you do today what better way to honor done mccain's life of service then as best we can follow his example the prove that the willingness to get in the arena and fight for this country is not reserved for the few it is open to all of us. that in fact it's demanded of all of us as citizens of this great republic. that's perhaps how we honor him best. by recognizing that there are some things bigger than party or

ambition or money or fame or power. but there are some things that are worse risking everything for. principles that are eternal. truths they're abiding. that is best. showed us what that means. for that we're all deeply in his debt may god bless john mccain may god bless this country who served so well. thank you u.s. president barack obama delivering one of two your duties at the funeral of senator

john mccain in washington d.c. he followed a speech from his predecessor president george w. bush and now with john mccain's wife cindy mccain this we've actually had plenty of tweets and messages in from you on the facebook live stream a lot of you saying how much you miss president obama after hearing him speak and one question from rahman who said why isn't the current president at mccain's memorial service isn't it disrespectful one who would have been disrespectful if he did come out because he wasn't invited there we have been told that his daughter ivanka and her husband. they are representing the trump family live pictures from the funeral of senator john mccain in washington d.c. . we're moving to something different and really this next story actually presents us with a bit of a conundrum it is about scroll free september this is where a u.k. charity the royal society for public health is urging people to give up using social media for a month or at least cut down on using it which is great and completely worthwhile

except that you know how it goes we want you to watch news get on facebook live and we want you to tweet us and we want you to whatsapp us and then it's a question of the cons hence the conundrum we're going to get into that in a moment with this from the hollywood. sometimes it feels like we are constantly connected liking posting uploading and updating social media is a big possible lives whether it's checking for the latest news on twitter watching the british prime minister dance or dog drive a speedboat. and if the people that say that they're not that just. the way that the campaign is in britain or urging people to take a break from personal social media for september or reduce usage to give them time to re-evaluate what makes us feel good and what makes a spell bad the balance of the impacts for most young people from research we've done does of them i mean seem to be a negative one where actually young people consider comparing themselves to the

state budget idealism based real estate to pictures of people's lives globally instagram has an estimated billion followers facebook more than two billion users and twitter hundreds of millions many of us around the world to have at least one social media accounts here in port said more than forty million people now subscribe and teenagers are the biggest consumers of social media some are on it four hours a day scientists have warned about the dangers of becoming addicted to social media and link it to pull sleep and depression it is compulsive at the berry least giving it up then or at least turning off the traffic even for a few days isn't an easy prospect lake you mean it takes. two to never bring. rain. and such a day here be burst out of the news possibly for your lawsuit but

a. little much at times. thanks to disconnect some people might need to be reminded that life is more than just you know showing other people what your life. closing down social media to thirty days may give some people a much needed break campaigners say companies and individuals who use it need to think before they post about the impact the next click might top and they would. could you do it leo i do it sometimes actually ask my friends where you live and they actually have given up my phone before like i was saying but i get what you call phantom pockets and you're i literally think my phone is buzzing in my pocket sometimes but it's not even there it's definitely addictive or else i'm just weird what we tried to reach out to a lot of you but since it is september first you were already on your phone fast jane here she put a out of office tweet in saying that in october twitter good luck jade and we see

the irony of asking for comments on social media about time away from social media but we still heard back from some of you here's what you had to say. hardly i believe that instagram facebook got my phone a few months again and it's been such a great experience i noticed how much time i was minus he's gone through both of them and i really didn't want my two year old son to pick up on the habit and i still use snap chat lets out to communicate with my family over seas but i try to be really intentional with using both of them instead of mindlessly using them like i did with facebook and instagram what i give up social media for months definitely no i don't have t.v. to watch news on and i don't watch a lot of movies so social media is my source of information and to take months i don't think we need social media for me i can go one day without using my social media though i will be really eager to go back and see if i've missed anything else i have however trained myself to control my scrolling side and for more than one.

reason someone. will be using. something to consider so september. most of them. actually. is. going to come out the royal society for public health started scroll three september and published a study about the impact of social media they were able to predict depression with up to seventy percent accuracy merely by studying and vigils posts on twitter but you don't have to go cold turkey you can just commit to turning off your phone at night or not using it during social gatherings at all let us know if you are up for the challenge tweet us your plan with our hash tag. is ago you knew i was going to do that then al jazeera reporter philip it was the subject

of an edition of al-jazeera correspondent called my digital addiction have a look. most mornings i'm up at the crack of dawn and the first thing i do is check the watch i missed. the good. comes out of me to catch up with friends in far flung time zones where i will say good morning or good night depending on where they are i'll catch up with the early morning headlines over breakfast and then i'll plan my workout on my days meals using various camps. as a journalist i think that i can justify this you see i constantly need connection and being up to date with the latest facts and figures is essential when you're

trying to deliver the news general election that was always going to be but when work is over the truth is i just can't seem to stop it in movies my friends they feel i'm never really there with them i am constantly connected yet at the same time and disconnected. so that film was made four years ago for al-jazeera correspondent and i actually got in touch with fairly again today just to see if his addiction had changed at all in the long term. my device usage probably worse and there is a cabbie answer that i know all addicts would probably say a lot but i now live in a different country i live in california my friends and family are in the u.k. so they're five thousand miles away so social media and smartphones are really the best way to keep in constant touch with people but what i would say is i am now much more aware earlier this year i took a month off also szell media barely used my phone other than for work e-mail and it was absolute bliss so i think there isn't

a word us now but yeah it's definitely something that people are more conscious off but it's going to change behavior honestly i don't know. great stuff and if you haven't put your phone down for a scroll free september than pleased to get in touch with us we want to hear from you we always want to hear from you the hash tag is a.j. news grid twitter and english at a if you want to tweet me directly the live stream is at facebook dot com slash out to zero thanks for joining us for this newsgroup we are back here in studio fourteen tomorrow fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. some.

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from al-jazeera. saudi arabia and the u.a.e. admit that last month's bombing of a school bus in yemen was unjustified. watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. the u.s. cuts off all funding to the un agency that provides schooling at the health care to five million palestinian refugees. killed in a cafe bombing in ukraine the death of a pro russian rebel leader brings a sharp response from moscow. and a final farewell to republican senator john mccain we're live outside the cathedral in washington.