from strasburg soldiers as this vote is underway any indications as to which way it's going to go. you know we do we do we actually have a result because just a few moments ago we saw every piece of voting to hand down. for the first time is unprecedented move their most harsh punishment they have voted to trigger article seven and that could lead to budapest being stripped of its council voting rights now it was a tie vote but it did get the two thirds majority that was required to pass we saw the dutch m.e.p. that had written this report on hungary condemning it for breaching war she said were you values and principles we saw her being applauded by many. in the parliament it's a big move because as i said it's the first time that the e.u. parliament has ever launched of such action there was action against poland at the end of last year but that was the european commission and what happens next is that

hungry will be issued a formal warning to try and change its ways it's seen as having you know curtailed people's freedoms repressing human rights especially minorities and refugees if the prime minister the far right leader viktor or bonn does make changes and is deemed to be acting correctly according to e.u. leaders then it will remain as a warning if not it could lead as i said to budapest having its e.u. voting rights taken away that's quite significant and throughout all this younger and prime as a victor remain defiant doesn't he over the accusations that his country faces. yes we saw viktor orban addressing peas in strasbourg here on tuesday he came to defend himself to defend his rule and his policies and he was defiant he made a speech in which he said the e.u. was trying to blackmail him to change but in fact he had been voted with the

majority by hung gary instead. what he wants to do and that is seal our borders keep immigration out but you know i also spoke to an opposition you said well there's a lot of focus on immigration when it comes to talking about o'bannon the way he's leading in hungary what must be remembered what's important said this hunger in opposition is that civil liberties are really being curtailed or hung gerunds about his wife for kim it was so important that this report was discussed and tabled and now voted on here in strasbourg so it's very serious for hungary it does of course damage their international standing or bounds reaction will be though remains to be seen yesterday he seemed to believe that the vote was going to go this way so won't be any surprise to him but you can probably expect him to try and use it and turn it in his favor to say look here's another example of how the e.u. is just meddling in our domestic affairs ok natasha many thanks raise the late very

latest there from strasbourg the breaking news that european paula has just voted to back a report that hungary was in clear risk of serious breach of the founding principles and this could trigger article seven that could strip hungry of its future voting rights in the block. britain says two men accused of attempting to murder former russian spies are in the u.k. all civilians who made the remarks at the eastern economic forum and a lot of awe struck last week u.k. prime minister two is a maze of the suspects were members of the russian military intelligence service u.k. prosecutors issued a european warrant for their arrest russia denies it was behind the nerve agent attack insoles in march or a challenge has more from the conference and vladivostok. a big change in tact from putin about the script now up until this point the russian government's or

thorazine in the form of the foreign ministry has basically said that the identities of these two suspects are completely unknown to them well putin change that in light of all stock he said yes we've found them we know who they are they are civilians nothing particularly special or criminal about them and he hopes that they'll appear at some point soon to give an account of themselves now there are so many questions that u.k. police want our answers to whether we'll get those remains to be seen but certainly the u.k. wants to know whether these are their real identities alexander petrov bashir of if they're not the real identities why were they traveling under false names if they are the real identities why were they using two passports issued in the same year with only one digit that separates them why did they come for a short trip to the united kingdom coinciding with the poisoning of the script owl's why did they travel to saul's bree and were caught on c.c.t.v.

in the vicinity of the scribbles house why before they left to go back to moscow did they leave traces of novacek in their london hotel room. that's the situation with the script but of course what was going on in blood of all stock was not about that it was about economics is about regional developments and it was about outreach russia to other. countries asian nations essentially and we heard from putin and the chinese president xi jinping something of a united front s'posed them talking against protectionism saying that this was rearing its head again in the world now they were naming the united states specifically but of course this was a dig at the current policies of donald trump and his emerging trade war against china russia has long been saying that the sanctions that it is under from the united states amount to

a trade war to. still ahead here on al-jazeera an offset to be able to stop israeli bulldozers demolishing a palestinian village. and the seven children from one family who paid the price of war in afghanistan. we've got yet more heavy rain making its way across japan at the moment other area clouds still draped across q shoe into honshu slowly making its way east was coming in behind we have got some brighter skies for the korean peninsula so as we go on through with a warm enough thirty celsius here still some of that western weather into the far south of japan for a thursday by friday funny thing that rain just peps up a little more still a fair bit of cloud there for tokyo on friday but it should turn somewhat dried

hopefully as we go into the weekend things improving for the still meanwhile as we make our way towards the weekend the weather will go downhill for southeastern parts of china fatah won and also for clues on we have of course got a tropical system making its way through this is typhoon man keeps the typhoon mangku started to push its way towards northern parts of the philippines ahead of that friday doesn't see babie getting up to thirty four celsius in the sunshine for hong kong may well sunshine and showers across much of southeast asia central southern parts of the philippines also seeing some lively outbreaks of rain for a time i think a little further south which as we go on through friday cloud also increasing into or thailand and turning rather wet by friday. it was a big problem because it was different people admired him he was the center of my bloodstream be rude and he married miss universe hugh was

a buoyant character on the other hand a ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that the planned operation in four years news really trying to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of ali has son salaam on the hunt for the red prince. again you're watching out there his reminder of our top stories the u.n. commission of inquiry says displacement in syria this year has reached levels not seen before in the seven year conflict questions says that more than one million syrian men women and children have been forced from their homes so far this year

most of those displaced are now in the province the last rebel held and. fighting has resumed in yemen's port city of hyundai deal between who's the rebels and saudi and rossi led forces u.n. brokered peace talks collapsed last week and envoy to yemen says he'll be making several trips through the middle east on wednesday in the hope of securing commitments to continue the toll. on the european parliament has voted to trigger article seven and that could lead to hungary being stripped of its voting rights in the e.u. and raise accused of failing to respect european lauren its treatment of asylum seekers its constitutional amendments and its lack of press freedom and we will be issued a formal warning. five european countries made a last minute appeal to israel asking it not to go ahead with the demolition of a bedouin village in the occupied west bank the plan to destroy qana where two hundred people live has drawn international criticism activists are holding

a sit in to try to save the village but as smith reports. it is a last supper of sorts for connor lamas residents who along with activists and supporters are waiting out the hours days weeks no one knows how long before the israeli authorities send in the bulldozers safin the feeling is indescribable the uncertainty the instability the threats of the occupation the fear of the children and the woman the situation in this community is a miserable. sob it's very painful what could be voce than losing your life and it's very difficult you may see this land as a desert but for us bedouin it's life. they destroy the eye they live a blight on our land. the almost ten year long legal battle to save has drawn support from across the world and closer to home competence for peace is an israeli palestinian group that feels increasingly isolated in this country to me. i think

the situation in israel in the last few years as the to be related to state to two we have to have support national international. support groups inside the israeli society that in the past were except and and respected today are being attacked and i'm here because. i think that you know i like the phrase you know none are free until we all are i think it's something that i like to live by when the bulldozers do move in they'll be clearing the way for the expansion of illegal israeli settlements that will eventually cut through the occupied west bank several major european countries have tonight again asked israel not to go ahead with the demolitions referring particularly to the seventy years the palestinian bedouins of course this area but the only official israeli reaction there's ever been since the supreme court ruling came down from defense minister abbott or lieberman and he said no one will prevent us exercising

our sovereignty. bernard smith al-jazeera. washington is accusing iranian backed rebels of carrying out what they call life threatening attacks against the u.s. embassy in iraq protest against the lack of government services and corruption been taking place on the streets of iraq since thursday because during these protests that a rocket attack damaged the airport in basra and the u.s. consulate is located. you legislation in morocco aims to reduce high levels of violence against women men convicted of sexual harassment face jail sentences of between six months and five years several recent attacks have been especially shocking including the gang rape of a teenager who was forcibly tattooed in a two month long ordeal forced marriages are also talked to by the new laws passed by parliament in may. at least sixty eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a large crowd of protesters in afghanistan more than one hundred others were injured in the blast near jalalabad the capital of nanga whole province protestors

are gathered to demand the resignation of a local police commander this was just hours after a series of bombings in schools across jalalabad has seen a spate of vizsla tanks in recent months the taliban has denied involvement. civilians are paying a higher price than ever before in the war in afghanistan seventeen hundred civilians were killed in the first six months of this year the highest figure since the u.n. started keeping records thousands more wounded often with life changing injuries reports from kabul. the clunk of missile against the parched afghan countryside. a village seven children between four and thirteen years old from a single family lost limbs one morning in april. we found a bomb and stored the plane with one of exploded i saw blood everywhere i didn't

feel anything at the time when i looked at my leg it was cut off and then i fell to the ground. for the go families villages in eastern province on the frontlines in the fights between the taliban and government forces the children heard gunfire and explosions during the night the next morning they found an unexploded bomb curious they played with us and they got out to my home that i heard the sort of the explosion and ran towards the place i saw the children and they were scattered here that after a while i took one of my daughters a diet about seven of my children lost their legs the explosion killed four people including four year old twin sister and her mother bridged nearly all casualties from unexploded bombs in afghanistan the children did very well may need like the go family flock to cities for treatment turning to the red cross and charities for long term support. some can apply for artificial limbs to be fitted with the stumps

of heels the girl children are preferred to be harm in the village worried they'll get behind in school if they're away for too long. after all these problems we would like. be peace in the fighting should and because there is no benefit in the fighting what i have lost or others like me have lost many more will also lose thirteen year old chief equal are on the far right now a double amputee and will ship bound carries on. down you can see all seven of us are amputees if the peace comes in our country won't bring us back our legs but it will benefit other people. in the province peace is particularly elusive there are many taliban and i saw fight is they fight each other and they fight the government from april to june one hundred sixty civilians were killed in a half and nearly five hundred wounded most of those casualties were no accident.

i saw last three quarters of the fighters and afghan and american operations last year in response they targeted civilians and urban areas a strategy born out of desperation but one that civilians and must live with charlotte ballasts out there are. millions of americans are being warned to expect the largest storm in thirty years park and florence is building strength in the atlantic and heading for the u.s. east coast forecasts expect two hundred forty kilometer an hour winds and flooding in north or south carolina in the next two days one and a half million people have been ordered to leave their homes when asked about preparations for hurricane florence donald trump said the federal government is totally prepared he also talked about his success after her head quite a rico. order it go was an incredible. success texas we've been given a pluses for florida we've been given

a pluses for i think it a certain way the best job we did was puerto rico but nobody would understand that it's harder to understand it was a very hard very hard thing to do. because of the fact they had no electric before the storm hit it was dead as you probably know when a recent report found hurrican rick killed almost three thousand people making it the deadliest natural disaster in recent u.s. history the storm caused an estimated one hundred billion dollars in damage quite a rican governor recalled a rosello refunded to trump's comments saying the island's basic infrastructure has been devastated and that many people still struggling to survive u.s. is considering sanctions against china over allegations its mistreating members of the weak a muslim minority in shin john province the u.n. human rights panel estimates one million weak is being held in so-called re-education camps u.s. state department expressed deep concern over the allegations is considering economic penalties against senior chinese officials and companies linked to the

detentions. as you mentioned russian president vladimir putin is hosting a conference in a lot of us talk and a good host always tries to get a taste of the local culture. i missed the person is no different on tuesday he and the chinese president xi jinping demonstrated their cooking skills and made traditional russian pancakes with a little bit of caviar. is out there these are the top stories the u.n. commission of inquiry says displacement in syria has reached levels not seen before the seventy a conflict the question says that more than one million syrian women and children have been forced from their homes so far this year most of those displaced and now in a province the last rebel held and. the. two point

nine million almost three million they are not there because they decided to go to sleep. there because of. recall sillies show. for months this people were they were transported. but tactic that this pollution grocery or through. you supposed. to be confronted with this. fighting has resumed in yemen's port city of her data between who the rebels and saudi and rossi led forces here and brokered peace talks collapsed last week in an envoy to yemen says he'll be making several trips to the middle east on wednesday in the hope of securing commitments to continue the talks flies have been diverted from the only functioning at ports in libya's capital tripoli after a rocket attack had been no immediate reports of casualties it's at comes less than

a week after the u.n. brokered a fragile truce amongst rival groups fighting for control of tripoli. they were banned parliament has voted to trigger article seven and that could lead to hungary being stripped of its voting rights in the e.u. hungary is accused of failing to respect european lore and its treatment of asylum seekers its constitutional amendments and the lack of press freedom will be issued a formal warning and lot of says two men accused of attempting to murder former russian spies in the united kingdom are civilians he made the remarks of the eastern economic forum and vladivostok last week u.k. prime minister to resign may said the suspects were members of the russian military intelligence service ok prosecutors issued a european warrant for their arrest you're up to date now with all the headlines more news continuing here on the head of the inside story.

palestinian leaders vowed to continue efforts to bring israel to the international criminal court as the us that tends to sanction deport and close us palestine's mission in washington so that this reignite tension in the region and can do us then act as a peace broker this isn't sad story. hello and welcome to the program that hamid the u.s.

government has announced it's closing to diplomatic mission of the palestinian liberation organization in washington national security advisor john bolton delivered didn't use during a speech on monday he also threatened to arrest and prosecute judges of the international criminal court should they proceed to prosecute american citizens or israel palestinian sevenoaks hold just sits at the as you see for the israeli occupation the trumpet ministration will not keep the office open when the palestinians refused to take steps to start direct and meaningful negotiations with israel the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court. we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has accused the trump administration of

doing israel's bidding by allowing more illegal settlements and cutting desperately needed aid to palestinians here's some of what he had to say that romber obsession wants to dismantle the international order to ensure that stay above the laws and the scale of accountability if the us is that much against international criminal court why did the us lead the security council and trying to bring prism out of bashir of sudan to the international criminal court when it had support all the applications against african leaders and the international criminal court i'm not going to speak of a double standard i'm not going to go to the issue of racism i leave it to your thinking the us is not only piling pressure on the p.l.o. but the actions

a stake may also affect final status negotiations with israel let's take a look at the bolton became the first american official to refer to illegal israeli settlements as housing projects while u.s. has frozen twenty five million dollars in funding for palestinian hospitals last month it also cut funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees and it also acts two hundred million dollars in aid to gaza and the occupied west bank and the p.l.o. says the us is no longer an owners broken talks after it moved its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem earlier this year. so let's bring in our panel for today joining us in ramallah mostafa better hooty secretary general of the palestinian national initiative in west jerusalem a lonely ill former israeli diplomat he was also the director general of the israeli foreign ministry and in washington josh an executive director of the arab

institut washington d.c. a warm welcome to you all must suffer let me start with you are now we've students have also lost their voice in washington it's keeps on getting from bad to worse. we didn't lose anything i think the united states has lost its ability to be a mediator of it and the peace process has lost any ability to be. impartial and has shown the decisions of mr trump and this administration has shown that there is no difference whatsoever between israeli policy and this administration's policy on the contrary i think his action against the p.l.o. office looks like they are receiving instructions from mr netanyahu the prime minister of israel and his own side of flexion of this alliance between the most extreme most reactionary neo conservatives in the united states and israel is

honest movement which is of course going to reflect in a very dangerous manna considering these actions what the united states administration did an effort to exercise pressure on us as palestinians to give up our rights to give up our rights for freedom for independence for our national rights and that will never happen we will never accept to surrender we will never accept the so called the deal of the century which is nothing but about the could it in the palestinian rights including our rights in jerusalem our rights for an independent state our rights for having of palestinian refugees and we will never surrender to this pressure ok kelly you're in washington i mean doesn't come as a surprise that this. was going to happen. not only to trump administration but several u.s. administrations before that have threatened to close down the mission now that it's happened how was the news perceived. you're right that this is not the first

time i mean the issue of the low presence here has never been normalized the u.s. has allowed presence diplomatic presence way back it used to be under the auspices of the league of arab states then it became independent under you know palestinian entity however it was never recognized fully as a diplomatic entity and continued to be blackmailed recently definitely it hasn't been a surprise considering the calls and lobbying within congress to try to use it as another leverage point to blackmail the palestinians taken on its own frankly it's just a symbolic gesture with a very limited political significance however when you fit it in with the events of the past nine months and the steps undertaken by the administration starting with

jerusalem earlier in the year or late last year the refugee issue the hospitals inability to deal with the issue of two states or recognize that two state solution when you fitted together with all of that it becomes basically an obscene and other liberated form of blackmail to force the palestinians to accept an american dick that well i know i'm supposing that way you are the news was well received at least in some quarters but could you please explain to us what's the thinking behind it what's the benefit for israel al. drabs one step after the other taken by the trump administration i mean we've seen this total support by prime minister netanyahu over president donald trump a lot of that say. favors towards him but do you agree with most stuff that maybe trump is listening

a bit too much to produce prime minister netanyahu. i can agree that he was listening to prime minister netanyahu when the move of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem was concerned definitely big joy in israel of the israeli government i'm not sure at all that cutting off their money. especially to hospitals in east jerusalem is causing joy in israel and i'm not sure at all i'm guessing because here it's only day nobody is reacting yet officially but i'm not sure at all the closing of the mission in auschwitz or will cause a lot of joy because this is the last stick the americans. are having over the last civilian stick they can come to the point of bombarding in

ramallah but i don't think they will do this but that last minute full diplomatic civilian stick that they have was closing their mission and this is in fact in their knowledge cement by washington that they give up on mediating and i think the israelis would not like this because for the israelis to have the possibility of the americans mediating hanging there was good because nobody is stepping in while down americans are working on the deal of the century no infect the closing of the embassy says we will not work on the deal of the century you cannot work on mediating when you kick out the diploma of one of the sides forcing talk so this can bring in the europeans and russia us and china

and others to to be more interested in peacemaking and i don't think is where we like it. so i don't just do you actually from what you're saying i have a feeling that you're trying to explain that both sides have never avnet really thought through all the steps i'm talking about israel and washington in the sense that all these decisions were taken one after the other since the end of last year but no one has no one is thinking long term well i think there is a difference between israel. and the united states in jerusalem and washington on the issue of their wish to have a d. i think israel doesn't want a deal doesn't want in agreement with the palestinians i really think the president trump and the people around him wanted a deal they wanted

a very pro israeli deal but they foiled the can they could impose such a deal. and once they saw that they cannot impose a deal gradually giving up and i don't think this was the initial american plane then westwards all the time to close the mission in washington but i don't think they're really wished to do it but then they were pushed into a corner where they could look even night talks that they had to do it so most ever the palestinians have been put under a lot of pressure some would even say that they have been bullied just repeating the words used by several senior palestinian officials. what's next for you guys and i mean ballot palestinian leaders have always said that israel is not interested in peace israel has said the opposite but is the

palestinians who are praying the highest price what can you do what margin of maneuver do you have a distinct. it's very strange to say that to say that palestinians don't want peace i mean who in the palestinian people would like to stay under israeli military occupation which has become the longest occupation in modern history fifty one years which palestinian refugee would want to stay at if you see instead of having the ability and the possibility of coming back to the homeland he was born and where his father was born it's just a big big propaganda mistake to claim that palestinians don't want peace the more the people that want peace more than anybody else in this world are the palestinians who suffered as you said more than anybody else who are suffering through there from the theft of our land from the displacement from the ethnic cleansing which is taking place now and hanna lamarr and in other places who are suffering.