dangerous consequences after the u.s. cut all funding to the un agency that helps palestinian refugees and provides health care education and food to millions of people israel's back to decision which the palestinians say is an attack on their people are a force that has more from the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening of its schools girls are arriving for class in a refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief an ra 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 rougher 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 isn't is not about the specifics of a un agency rather an attack on the palestinian cause the us 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 holy subject our 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 u.s. 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 israel not the jailer's own 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 less and their children. 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 but i think people are asking whether what we're seeing is the political instrumental isolation or aid and what you say is. the wrong ability and the needs of the people are simply too great 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 ari force it out. refugee camp in the occupied west bank loud blasts have been heard near the measure airbase close to syria's capital damascus all. military commanders initially said that israeli airstrikes course an explosion but syrian state media denied this saying that electrical fault led to a blast at a munitions dump. politicians across the political divide have come together to remember u.s. senator john mccain who died last week at the age of eighty one former presidents barack obama george w. bush and bill clinton were among those at the service in washington d.c. i was there as gabriel elizondo reports. a farewell to a giant of american life a man who served his country in war and in politics for over a half century more than two thousand invited guests at the national cathedral at

the memorial service of senator john mccain. some of the most powerful people of american political life were present to pay their respects president donald trump was not there mccain's family did not invite him at the memorial service nobody spoke trump's name but it was hard to miss their repudiation of his politics while channeling mccain's spirit the america of john mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great thanks so much of our politics a public life or public discourse can seem small and mean and petty 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 george w.

bush spoke of mccain's courage perhaps above all john detested the abuse of power. could not abide bigots and swaggering despots there was something deep inside him that made him stand up for the little guy. just before forgotten people in forgotten places outside the cathedral people gathered to watch and listen to the memorial service any way they could there was deep respect for mccain i think he's a great politician an american hero and a great person and i think that democrats and republicans should emulate him alike mccain embodies that whole brotherhood of veterans. he's not just the a military hero he's an american hero on sunday mccain will be buried in a small private funeral at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis maryland it will be the culmination of a week long celebration of the life and legacy of

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yemen has admitted that it made mistakes in an airstrike on a school bus last month forty children were among fifty one people killed in the attack inside a province the coalition says those responsible will be held accountable. the united states is canceling three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan because it says the country is providing a safe haven for armed groups pakistan the nie is that it's giving taliban linked fighters in afghanistan a place to regroup after launching offensives of america's political elites have attended the funeral of john mccain leaders from across the political divide remember the late hours of senator vietnam prisoner of war president donald trump was not invited mccain died last week at the age of eighty one but it's the united states italy france and the u.k. are condemning a surge in violence around libya's capital tripoli at least forty people have been killed and more than one hundred injured in several days of fighting between rival factions most of the casualties are civilians gun battles and shelling of damaged

areas around the air force under serious mahmoud on the one had reports from tripoli. the situation is still very tense in the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli where there are new would kalash is between the seventh infantry brigade from the city of the horn and its allies from the city of misrata on the one hand and armor groups bad by the you and the bad. national accord government on the other hand we're getting reports from the battlefield in the southern suburbs of tripoli that the. bad government of national forces are losing ground for the other infantry seventh infantry brigade and its allies from the city of misrata now that is a state of panic among civilians especially with the random shelling because there's been

a lot of rockets random rockets being fired at densely populated areas targeted many houses and properties including a hotel in central tripoli the i.v. asian still being hold it in. port and all flights have been diverted to the misrata airport in the city of misrata and now a joint statement has been issued by four countries the united states the united kingdom italy and france condemning this collision of violence and the libyan capital tripoli and warning that those behind the violent actions will be held accountable the newly appointed u.s. representative to syria james jeffrey is making his first trip to the region to be stopping in israel jordan and turkey his visit comes as the syrian government prepares to retake the last rebel stronghold in the country the u.s. has warned of an all out attack on a deliberate course many civilian deaths stephanie decker reports start from

handling the of the turkey syria border border what you're looking at is a province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand. thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut in this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited live the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria call terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list alone political maneuvering going on when it's clear that the syrian government says it will take back it province and what kind of shape that is going to take place remains to be seen whether it's

a limited offensive but of course the concern remains for the hundreds of thousands of civilians that remain within the province and that are very fearful now of this upcoming confrontation russian forces have begun a week of large scale military and naval exercises in the mediterranean moscow says the focus will be on empty aircraft and empty submarine defense systems it's being described as russia's largest naval deployment in the area since the country's intervention in syria's war three years ago russia is one of the keep backers of syria's president bashar al assad. the kerman says talks to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine are now impossible after the killing of a russian backed separatist leader alexander chain co died in a bomb blast at a cafe in donetsk on friday russia and ukraine blame each other for his death. u.s. president donald trump is want congress against interfering with negotiations on a new north american free trade agreement on nafta trump says there's no need to

keep canada in the pact the day after both countries missed a deadline to revamp the deal talks are set to resume next week on monday trump unveiled a new bilateral trade deal with mexico which pressured canada to speed up to go see asians. leftist politicians are in control of mexico's congress for the first time in twenty years new m.p.'s from the president elect's party dominate the lower house of the senate with almost as many women as men under as manuel lopez obrador has promised to change how congress works john holdren reports from mexico city. it's a historic new mexican congress for the first time since democracy the left has a clear majority. for your own party marina and its allies swept the board giving populist president elect and his money well lopez obrador a legislative power not seen in twenty years it's used to promise

a new austerity plan that would have the salaries of lawmakers and dramatically cut their perks bodyguards teams of consultants and international travel they say something that a public tired of rich out of touch politicians needed to see. where there can't be such a marked inequality in society so much poverty in the countryside and a group of privileged politicians with everything. there's another big shift for the first time they'll be almost as many female lawmakers as men in part the result of the quota system. there could be a different vision with women involved in the country's direction not just to highlight the problems we have like them aside domestic and social violence but to do things differently with sensitivity honesty dedication those values are more prevalent in women but there's a challenge ahead say female lawmakers getting more access to big policy decisions rather than just being relegated to so-called women's issues we can't yet see how

this is all going to play out but congress is definitely opening with a real change of tone in particular the cuts to pay and perks of grab the attention but analysts say what's going to really make a difference is better oversight to how lawmakers are spending public money not just blanket cuts up until now there's been a real lack of checks and balances what a media change that should make politicians more willing to play the transparency game is reelection introduced for the first time i expect and i hope that this incentive structure will really focus on politicians to go more to their grassroots result in a virtuous circle of going more to the constituency and really tried to.