they hear it. they are talking. crank i know where and when it will be read it but emotions are mixed in. here if they give it a jovial mood the people you see walking there they have just the common they got to see him one last time they got to take a bite if they did they will break. out the baby or neighborhood. think a lot of. people that have actually running more people are just straight and commenting in the what we need babies just. keep away from our. view which is very much like in the country right now instead it. was one. thing right now is the red light. of the other. least 50 people have been killed when a train derailed in democratic republic of congo's southeastern province of

tanganyika a government minister says the accident happened 3 am local time in the town of my buddy. in the news ahead google agrees to pay another half a $1000000000.00 in taxes to france will have a reaction to that and the taliban steps up its attacks in afghanistan following a warning from the u.s. president. welcome back we're here cross much of the levant things are looking quite dry for the area but we're going to see some clouds mostly to the north pushing across parts of the caspian for that crude though things are going to be improving fuel we do expect to see more sun in your forecast attempts there are $26.00 coming down to about $25.00 as we go towards saturday down towards the south the winds are decreasing so frequent city do expect to see a temperature of about 41 degrees where here cross yemen i want to take you down

here across the coast to aden i want to show you what they experienced or just over the last couple of days with a sandstorm that moved through the area now once it did of course it did bring the visibility down in the city quite considerably slowing down the traffic but by the time we get towards evening things begin to improve as the clear skies did clear out across much of the area there you can see the sand pushing through of course the airport did see delays as well as cancellations here on friday sun that we do expect to see a cloudy day for you there but as we go towards saturday things to improve temps are coming down to about 24 degrees as you make way down here across the southern part of africa well temperatures are on the rise for some locations over here towards durban though we do expect to see attempt a few of about $23.00 degrees up towards johannesburg it is going to be 27 but clouds are in the forecast for cape town with a temperature of 15. this

is a dialogue let you decide not to have children and it's like the stake is really human survival everyone has a voice that has started to put our community because of course this is a debate and it's a he didn't want this is a little be patient literally be put into a page and i fully join the global conversation with people i think if only they knew what is happening to labor laws then. they will be with us and they will be outraged on out is iraq. this is al jazeera these are all top stories belfast's high court has thrown out a case claiming the bag strategy of boris johnson's government jeopardizes the 998

northern ireland peace accord. the us house committee voted to adopt a resolution intended to intensify its impeachment investigation into donald trump the measure allows the panel to define the rules of an impeachment problem clinton calling witnesses. the body of former zimbabwean president robert mugabe is laying in state at a stadium in harare the same place he took his oath of office a nearly 4 decades ago to be buried on sunday but there are ongoing discussions between the government and his family about where he will be laid to rest. russian police have raided the offices of opposition leader alexei navalny it is part of an investigation into a $15000000.00 money laundering case in comes just days after the ruling united russia party lost a local election in moscow steadfast in reports. the scale of the raids is unprecedented in more than 40 cities across russia officers fleeing to the country's main opposition figure alexina folly was searched and employees detained

like here in st petersburg. documents and a u.s.b. drive for confiscated this was when it was close to my daughter called me and said the police came to search the apartment actually they cheated their way into the apartment because she opened the door for a neighbor to novell me it is clear the razor president putin's revenge for the loss of the ruling party in sunday's elections but. this time he got really upset because of the tactical voting as his offspring his sweet child i would say the united russia party has been busted in moscow and seriously beaten in the regions after opposition candidates were banned from running in the elections tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest protests in russia in years when the ban remained in place and i found he called for a so-called smart vote against united russia his strategy worked in moscow where

the ruling party lost one 3rd of its seats mainly to the communist party 4 years alexina found it has been the subject of investigations and the tensions the most vocal critic of florida may put in has spent hundreds of days in prison in the last 8 years but never before he managed to hit united russia and indirectly with him as hard as last sunday now vali says he won't give up but looking at the rates today he could be facing some difficult times ahead that fasten al-jazeera. google has agreed to pay another half a $1000000000.00 in taxes to fronts the payment ends a 4 year investigation into the u.s. tech giant and comes as the french government pushes ahead with other new taxes on big tech firms despite u.s. president donald trump threatening to put retaliatory levies on french wines all the details now with in touch about there in paris. well 4 years ago french investigators began looking into whether or not google was avoiding its tax

responsibilities in france whether or not it was responsible for fiscal fraud in france and the investigation really focused on whether the company was avoiding declaring properly its activities in france to the french state now google has its headquarters in dublin ireland it is a low tax economy and what google does is declare most of its sales and activities in ireland and in that way manages to benefit from well in international tax loophole and in a way and it avoids pain as much tax as it could do in other european companies where of course services are being used now the french state has deemed that unfair the financial prosecutor in france says that google must now pay $500000000.00 it takes the total settlement from google to the french state to $1000000000.00 as far as google is concerned the case is closed but there's no doubt this is really been

part of a campaign that the french president has been very really been trying to push in france and in europe because he feels that these huge digital tech giants are not paying enough tax in the countries in which they are being used and he recently imposed a new digital tanks in france and he also is trying to get other countries in europe to sign up to a new digital tax e.u. wide wide rule well for the time being that hasn't been done but imagine mark ross says international tax law must change to take account into account the fact that basically the world is very different these globalized companies are working without borders. scientists doctors political leaders they've been meeting in brussels at a global vaccination summit it's happening as countries around the world face outbreaks of preventable diseases due to

a lack of adequate vaccination more from laura bird manly. measles mumps rubella and many other real misses can all be prevented by quick japanese. health officials say it saves the lives of up to $3000000.00 people pay a year but they also say the work is being threatened by a growing anti vaccination campaign now scientists and doctors have met in brussels to fight back is that you know except it is unacceptable in the 21st century our children are dying from diseases that should not exist we have to put an end to this intolerable situation it's incumbent on each and every one of us that. smallpox is no more thanks to vaccines. polio has been pushed to the brink of eradication. to vaccines. once feared this is like.

measles and meningitis are now easily prevented from tanks to vaccines the world health organization is pointing to what it calls the myths about that scene's they include diseases disappearing before vaccines were introduced medical professionals say that scene's of had a significant impact and to the criticism of most people who get diseases be vaccinated w.h.o. says most are 85 to 95 percent effective but only recently have we seen a mass vaccination movement and it's probably to do with the social media that's become so important at the moment in the way that people get their their news and we have something which is spreading very rapidly which is out of control this anti vaccination campaign group in washington d.c. says the freedom to decide to vaccinate is a human right when you take away a person's freedom and medical choice. mandating

vaccines for education that is coed coersion back in brussels focal brennan is seeking to continue the advocacy work his sister did propose she died of suffocation cancer. changed everything. to imagine this year from cervical cancer and cancer is almost entirely mental she's 26 years old and she dedicated the last months real life to raising awareness of the importance of the nation she didn't because if she had. it's likely not be here today she will be with diagnosed circle says his sister receive support but also abuse when she tried to convince women to take the h.p.v. vaccination and he says it's fear based on list trust a misinformation that this summit seeks to end you're about a man the al-jazeera. is an executive director of the world health

organization which was holding that conference and he described the worldwide death toll from preventable diseases was tragic. even though the majority of these deaths are in poor countries we're now seeing outbreaks in european countries in the us in many places in the world including new zealand most recently so it is tragic because it's so preventable 2 major reasons why we still around the world have around 20000000 under him in ice children a year and one has actually very little to do with vaccines misinformation it's to do with the fact that that poor children around the world especially if they displaced or in urban poor or in remote rural areas is around 20000000 kids that just simply don't have access and availability of vaccines and they happen to live predominately in countries affected by conflict so they have the central african republic the somali is the south sudan's than the gerrards iraq's the yemens the

syrias the eighty's they had their countries and that's the the really major reason why children are under immunized today but there is this this worrying trend particularly in western countries most so than in poor countries and we think that's probably because people haven't seen the devastating impact of vaccine preventable diseases directly in the richest countries where there is this misinformation what do you do about it where you start with not giving people false information and that's really what we're calling for by working with facebook and interests and instagram to say take the false information off where there's not scientific facts take that away. 4 afghan soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing near an army base in the capital kabul and the taliban is claiming responsibility it is the 1st major attack since u.s. president donald trump canceled peace talks with the taliban tony burke has the full story from kabul. the suicide bomber struck in the afternoon at an afghan army special forces basic risk or 25 kilometers from afghanistan's capital kabul the

taliban claim responsibility for the last week there has been apprehension on the streets of kabul that the taliban would launch a violent backlash in response to president trump's cancellation of peace talks so far a major response hasn't materialized inside the city one rocket landed close to the u.s. embassy in the green zone there was little damage and no casualties the lack of attacks is being seen by some as a positive there are still thinking that there is a possibility for resumption of talk so if there are war attacks in kabul there will further exasperate the situation we did not want to sign. that. trumpet said the talks were dead but secretary of state mike pompei always indicated the u.s. is still interested in striking a deal and the departure of the national security adviser john bolton who opposed the taliban talks is seen as another encouraging move it has given hope that there

will be a resumption of talks but the result was a caveat now this process can go either way either day would resume the peace stock or either there will just try to double their power in a very harsh in deadly situation. there is growing international pressure for the u.s. to get back to the negotiating table but also an expectation that any talks should include a cease fire and with good reason. away from the capital the fighting is reported to have intensified with the u.s. and the afghan government forces claiming big successes against the taliban. the afghan army says it captured this base in buttock shan province on wednesday after 5 years in taliban hands the u.s. claims its recent aerial bombing attacks killed 1000 taliban fighters in a 4 day period and those bombardments may be affecting taliban morale as well including our province more than $150.00 taliban and i saw fighters have

surrendered to government forces but the civilians caught in the fighting are still paying a high price for the. many civilians are still being killed as the fighting intensifies we've asked all sides to reduce the use of horse and heavily populated areas but they don't listen. there is some hope that peace talks will be resumed but probably not until after the forthcoming afghan presidential elections they've always been a catalyst for taliban attacks and violence but with the prospect of new talks many here are hoping that this time it will be different tony berty al jazeera kabul. cuba's president says his country will soon be acutely short of fuel unless emergency measures are taken because. cuba is feeling the effects of the united states locking of oil shipments to the country he was imposed measures since 2015 when oil from its ally venezuela started to climb. ground if. the problem is short

term and not the result of bad management talk of the cuban government as the united states has tried to say we have many problems to solve but this in particular is not the result of our insufficiencies rather it has to do with the aggressive measures that the united states government is extraterritorial imposing to economically suffocate people. the protesters in argentina are demanding the government declare a food emergency shortages at the country is facing an economic crisis inflation is forecast to hit 53 percent in coming months and the country's already had to spend 15 $1000000000.00 in reserves just to stabilize the currency crashed after the president lost an election primary last month protesters have now blocked one of the main roads the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations it started with a promise to defend american interests kelly kraft previously served as the u.s.

ambassador to canada where she was involved in the trade negotiations with canada and mexico she and her husband are high profile donors to prison trump and the republican party this is an institution that is spending mentally committed to the realization of human rights and human freedom around the world and i am so very pleased to be in new york working to advance that noble mission. and finally in the u.s. state of maryland a light plane has crashed into a car on a busy highway after its pilot misjudged the landing clearly 2 people on board and 2 others in the car were lucky to escape. with only minor injuries. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories belfast's the high court has dismissed claims that a no deal briggs it could damage the northern ireland peace process

a judge ruled that the imposition of a hard border was a political issue not a legal one but a day earlier scotland's highest civil court ruled the suspension of parliament was unlawful also u.k. prime minister johnson denies misleading the queen over the matter did you lie to the queen when you advised her to provoke to suspend parliament absolutely not. and indeed i say that the high court in england plainly agrees with us but the supremes will have to decide we need a queen's between to get on and do all sorts of things lawmakers in the us are voted to move forward with investigative procedures that could lead to the impeachment of president trump was approved over a unanimous republican opposition allows the enhanced questioning of witnesses it is the 1st step however in a very lengthy impeachment process hundreds of protesters have hit the streets across sudan demanding reform demonstrators say sudan's legal system is still dominated by members of former president omar bashir is regime months after he was

removed from office they want the country's new ruling coalition to remove judges who are loyal to his allies at least 50 people have been killed. when a train derailed in the democratic republic of congo's southeastern province of tanganyika a government minister says the accident happened around 3 in the morning in the town of my about 80. body of former zimbabwean president robert mugabe is lying in state at a stadium in harare the same place he took place he took his oath of office nearly 4 decades ago but to be buried on sunday but there are ongoing discussions between the government and his family about where he will be laid to rest google's agreed to pay another half a $1000000000.00 in taxes to france a payment which ends a 4 year investigation into the u.s. tech giant it comes as the french government pushes ahead with new taxes on the big tech firms and as you just saw in the u.s.

state of maryland the light plane has crashed into a car on a busy highway after the pilot misjudged its landing 2 people on board lucky to escape with only minor injuries coming up in 25 minutes next it's inside story with imran khan. can a benjamin netanyahu push ahead with this threat to annex the jordan valley these really prime ministers pledge he will if reelected so is it an election ploy to woo voters and what will the outcome be this is inside story.

hello i'm imran khan welcome to the program it's being called an act of aggression that could lead to war but that hasn't deterred israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu from promising to annex large parts of the occupied west bank if he wins next week snap election netanyahu is fighting for his political career after an inconclusive vote in april and he says israel will apply israeli serenity to the jordan valley and the northern dead sea immediately if he secure was a 5th term the jordan valley and the northern dead sea make up 30 percent of the occupied west bank approximately 65000 palestinians and 11000 israelis living in illegal settlements reside in that area the main palestinian city is jericho and that has about $28.00 villages and some bedouin communities under netanyahu plans

jericho would largely be cut off from the rest of the west bank and exception would also in circle any future palestinian state there's a lot to get into with our guest but 1st i need a brain has more from the jordan valley. we're standing and asked an older village in the jordan valley this really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants to annex this area he doesn't want to annex that area over there jericho at all job because he says he wants to complete and carry out his plan without annex in any single palestinian but there are palestinians here bedouin communities we've spoken to some of them and they believe that what netanyahu is saying is part of his elections campaign. every time they have is really elections they do it at the expense of the palestinian people netanyahu says i want to annex the jordan valley so israelis will vote for him not more government is that able to how many times

will leave it to the palestinians have been displaced several times already there's no place else for us to go the jordan valley makes up one 3rd of the occupied west bank it's already under israeli military occupation and palestinians see it as an integral part of their future palestinian state now this is under threat this is why many palestinian officials have been voicing concerns against netanyahu remark they are saying that netanyahu has this regarding international law only for him to win more votes the calling it an act of ethnic cleansing is stealing palestinian land and killing any opportunity for a 2 state solution. let's bring in our panel joining us from west to roost in the mitchell brock c.e.o. of kiva on global research and a former adviser to israeli president shimon peres and from ramallah who's he secretary general of the palestinian national initiative and former palestinian

information minister and from washington d.c. on skype abani coeditor of jeddah leah an online magazine focusing on middle east politics and culture welcome you all to the program let me start with mitchell brock in west roussillon 1st the annexation is this electioneering chutzpah or i dead lee serious plan well that's a great word hutzpah i mean i really can't believe that you've taken his declaration so seriously that you're dedicating a whole show to it his campaign strategy so far has been to scare everyone scare the israeli public scare the palestinians scare the world and get people to vote and whatever it is he finds something and if it's not the thunder then the lightning will get you and if it's not the lightning it's the hail storms and it's the earthquakes and it's some catastrophe that's going to take place and that's what he's doing you cannot take anything that he says seriously during this election period especially the last week we have to take him seriously let's be

honest is the there's the issue of the golan heights there's the move of the embassy to from tel aviv to jerusalem there is a number of things that happened it's not without the bounds of imagination that he might well be serious about this i think we do have to take him seriously let's bring in midst of a booty in ramallah do you take the israeli leader seriously when he says he my onyx the west bank or the jordan valley i do not agree with what i didn't agree with what was the you think it's very serious it's a bit dangerous bottle for purposes which is led by an opinion but there's actually. reflecting the actual behavior and policy of those aniston movement in israel. let's talk about realities and facts unprecedented level of expansion of israeli illegal settlements in the occupied territories. agreement between netanyahu and his government and trump steam which seems to be working for

netanyahu more than working for trump to implement his ideas that a coalition of you lose a limb as a couple of israel as a condition of the annexation of the golan heights. and attack on a new rule and cut of lot of funding from palestinian authority and the united nations relief and works agency an actual plan to liquidate the palestinian refugee rights and an actual change in the american policy which stopped supporting the 2 state solution and now is talking about self governing authority under a system of apartheid on the ground what we see is a full fledged system of apartheid and frankly speaking i do not see much difference between gantz and that and you know they all are against stablish want of a palestinian state they are all for continuation of occupation and they are both. participating in consolidating a system of apartheid so no i take this very seriously. also speaking about

an exertion not only of jordan valley but of the whole area of sea and i believe this is a trend that is going on the fact to really to consolidate apartheid and kill the option of 2 state solution which we are hearing that the palestinians are we not just from us for barghouti but the palestinians are taking this very seriously but there's another side to this is well. now that netanyahu has actually made this announcement he's playing to his right wing supporters those people will come out and vote for him after the election if he wins they going to hold him so this announcement they're going to want to see it done and if you can't give it to them there may well be another political crisis in israel surely. in the because. the only way that it's and now has a real path to government and i think he's in a real danger now and he was even on the radio today saying according to his

internal polls he's going to lose which is another scare tactic another thing that he's telling people. what's probably going to happen is they're going to be some kind of unity government after the election which includes the likud or pieces of the likud without it to now and the blue and white party of benny gantz and the lieberman party this will be one of the 1st things that's taken off the table because as mr barghouti said you know the facts on the ground are such that it's not going to really change anything meaning there are there are communities and settlements there it's regular life there nothing's going to really change so why do you need this change in legal status i think the only thing that we have to look for is what is the trump peace plan going to say i mean is this in the trump peace plan and the other thing that as i mentioned and maybe mr barghouti or the other guest can mention that is as you know there hasn't really been a partner on the palestinian side during the time that it's and now has been in office now isn't the greatest you know pursuer of peace and looking to settle the

palestinian issue at the same time you know we are having a double election in one year it would be nice if the palestinian people could vote to as president abbas is entering his i don't know 12 year of his 4 year term so there isn't a partner on the other side so i think a lot of israelis are hopeful that there will be some kind of change here in israel because he's been already a decade now in office and then on the palestinian side of things could be shaken up to there may be a chance to come to some kind of agreement especially with the trumpet ministration trump likes to shake things up he's got a plan he's working on for 2 years and you know i think his patience is also running out with israel and specifically with the turnout and he's going to want to do something to show especially now before the election he's got to show some pride progress in the middle. least in israel what the palace and he's given israel a lot of concessions for free and as we know there's no such thing as a free lunch someone's going to have to pay for it and we're going to have to pay

for it after the election and that could be to the benefit of the palestinians let's bring in more in rabbani here from washington d.c. that all of the to guess that the palestinians clearly taking this latest announcement very seriously mitchell barak saying well actually this is just electioneering what are your thoughts do you think that this is the death of the 2 state solution and it's now time to really take a look at alternatives. well it is a deluxe and get it in the sense that netanyahu is saying. this annexation it won't happen unless you both for me and i for the next government if you don't nothing changed but i fully agree with dr but hold to that it also reflects a much deeper agenda set a sense the logical culmination of half a century israeli occupation and expanding the colonization of the west spec and i think the key issue here is that israeli leaders see the period between the conclusion that is really elections next week and the american presidential

elections next year as a golden opportunity that may not be repeated to unilaterally seek to resolve core issues of the israeli palestinian conflict and close coordination with washington in terms of the final part of your question i mean it israel has always wanted the 2 state settlement to be off the table and i bite my responsibility that this makes it that much more difficult doesn't take anything off because israel out of the table the key issue here i think is when it comes to these actions of the occupied territories israel has for all intents and purposes and acting with impunity for the past half century and the key issue now is will the international community continue to give israel at most a slap on the rez look the other way or will it confront israel with serious

meaningful consequences for its conduct most of about who would say in ramallah i mean what are the palestinians options right now what can you dave. well let me 1st say that tomorrow will be the 26th anniversary of illusion i don't call it an agreement i call it an illusion it was a trap. palestinians fell in and israel used the time that it will to consolidate settlement expansion of the patient and the system for apartheid. i do not see a difference i don't see any perspective for the peace process as long as the balance of power between us and israel is source skewed in the interest of this israeli trend which is the right to enter in i don't see a peace camp and there is no peace camp in it which can in gauge an ideal food for the process and let me let me put it clearly what is the difference between gantz an attorney al gore and lieberman on the issue of yours and him none what is the

difference between attorney elegance and the government on the issue of removing settlements mun what is the difference between the 3 of them and the issue of palestinian statehood also none they are all against separation of you lose a limb that are all against removing settlements that are all against palestinian state and in that sense i don't see a peace camp and that's why i think what we witnessed today and the israeli announcement liquids in a an ounce mr kids' announcement is about declaring the deaths of the so-called 2 state solution what could change the situation only 2 things palestinian resistance to this plan and international sanctions on as i don't see sanctions coming in i see a growing boycott divestment sanctions at the public level at the grassroots level but the governments of the world only issue a condemnation and statements which mean nothing unless there are acts of punishment unless as israel knows that there will be punitive acts against

coalition of international law this course will not change but that does not leave palestinians without an option i believe what we should do is 3 things 1st of all immediate end of internal palestinian division only fight palestinian leadership as soon as possible 2nd in doing the illusion of possible and declaring a new alternative palestinian strategy which is based on popular nonviolent resistance as well as boycott divestment sanctions. pain and helping palestinians steadfast and still on the ground because we all know the israelis know that our number here in palestine is equal to the number of israeli jewish people and that is the main obstacle to the zionist plan finally i must see we should declare as palestinians that if you kill the 2 states option which is happening we will demand one state solution one state with full democratic rights for everybody from that

over to the sea they don't want to stay it's ok we'll fight against apartheid i know it will take a long time but that's the only course we have we have to fight for freedom we have to struggle for justice we have to struggle for real peace for a lasting peace that can only happen on the basis of equality between the both people let's bring in mitchell brock when israelis have somebody like was speaking that way saying actually the 2 state solution is dead we need to look a real alternative in a one state solution that will scare a lot of people in israel but clearly what you've said and what you have been saying is that fair work for netanyahu is something that he's using to his advantage. well you know i 1st of all have to disagree with something dr barghouti said he says there's no difference between netanyahu gaunts and lieberman but there is a very big difference because netanyahu campaigned in 1996 that he would cancel the oslo accords he did it he was the one who implemented the oslo accords ok he was

the one that withdrew from hebron ok against the wishes of the israeli people he was the one that enforced the oslo accords in the beginning when he was prime minister when he took over as prime minister a decade ago when he took over as prime minister there he gave the speech in bahrain long supporting a 2 state solution i didn't hear ganser lieberman do that he was the finance minister i'm doing it is a single easement one month before the disengagement they made sure all the money was there to do that so any of the people and it's a now is the most liberal it's and now it's done more for 2 state solution it's a now does more than any of the one i'm sorry i'm not i only caught you i stick around i like you i can't let you say that without with impunity mitchell he has built more settlements and that all illegal under international law than any other israeli leader and he hasn't read the peace process i believe that is not correct i die i actually think it is but let's say there was

a listening up with the prime minister is he then born settlement he's declared his land in 94 or it will he is not what he had but he hasn't been prime minister well that's an occasion that i believe that i think in this. place who i mean to me or busy it's i totally disagree with what was said not then you know who perhaps in the land the death of agreement he planned the death of 2 state solution or you need to do is to go back and that he has a book which he showed in 1900. police under the sun in which he said he's going to fight the possibility of a palestinian state that it was the bank some idea that he would put building settlements he added if it did the israeli public to assassinate the it's. graben he was behind that and he's the one who blocked the implementation of oslo agreement and he and shot on later did everything they could to bury it he is the one who built so many settlements that not only him of course shot on participative

every israeli that did that and that's why i said there's no difference between guns and not then you know india lity they are all the prison think one zionist movement that believes that the whole of palestine is jewish and that's why they passed the jewish state law under not then you know what is the jewish state law it's about that isn't it's about saying that palestinians has not i to be in this land this man has contributed and established and consolidated not only occupation but a system of apartheid that is trying to kill any opportunity for peace and an opportunity for a future palestinian state that is the reality if there is a man who killed or slow more than anybody else it's not any oh let me bring in more in rabbani here from washington d.c. you've heard our other 2 gas agreement is nowhere near or even a consensus and fags between them what is left for the israeli palestinian peace process they don't seem to have an honest broker in the u.s. the e.u.

seems to be failing when it comes to all of this and special organizations there doesn't seem to be any light on the horizon or am i being very pessimistic. well let me 1st start by pointing out regarding the differences between the main history of the leaders contests in next week's election the response of blue and white leader and it dance to netanyahu is an exhibition proposal was to accuse netanyahu of stealing its ideas so that perhaps gives an indication of how close the mainstream israel of leaders are or that leaders who currently represent the israeli mainstream on the issues when it comes to the city and i would argue there was a 60 meaningful peace process from the outset oslo was never about ending the israeli occupation of the west bank and the gaza strip and lamenting the city

insult determination throop our city and state but just as a refugee question oslo was a way to get around that consensus and a mechanism through which israel could reconfigure its relations with the palestinians and in the aftermath of the 1st intifada that because israeli leadership came to that was an satisfy it was untenable but it was simply to continue the occupation through different means and that's the real issue i think if we're going to have a meaningful peace process i think the last 25 here is as demonstrated well beyond any reasonable or unreasonable doubt that israel is and capable of major game the kinds of compromises that are necessary for a durable israeli possibly in peace and the balance there for agreement in the correct of the international community. to take the necessary measures and i think

there would have to be served by palestinian actions to demonstrate that the status quo that was established by ausiello is as untenable as a satisfy that we had and the late 1980 s. and early 1990 s. so i mean it's a very bleak horizon we're looking at but i think over the longer term it can be successful the challenges. let me bring in mitchell ok we are running out of time but when i watch you this question you've heard most of a barghouti speaking in ramallah you've heard our guest in washington d.c. morning rabbani do you still believe this is electioneering chutzpah from netanyahu it's actually the palestinians shouldn't worry about this announcement and once you know the election is over and done with everything will go back to normal for want of a better word. i mean let's just where do you think that's a now is today he had to go to russia 5 days before the election to meet with president putin is there something that is so pressing right now that it's urgent

to leave the country during an election campaign no he's actually going out there for the photo op so that the russian voters can see that he is as he says in a different league he was last week with boris johnson in the united kingdom the prime minister there today he's with the russian president. it's just electioneering meaning and he never is held to this these standards of what he said during the election and he'll retracted and the question that has been asked by many people mr nixon yeah you've been prime minister for 10 years why didn't you extend israeli law before that why didn't you extend it anywhere on the west bank through the settlement blocks of arielle of the should see own of doomy why haven't you done that why did you wait for the last election to declare that you were going to do it but in a whole decade you haven't done it and the reason he hasn't done it is because he doesn't necessarily have intention to do it he realizes that to take a unilateral step like that is something that has to you know have

a real reason to do he also knows the trump plan is coming out and this is just electioneering i really don't think we're going to see that anything concrete take place again it's going to depend on where he comes out in the election but i wouldn't take too much seriousness and even whoever's elected weather center yeah our gods the likelihood is is it's not going to be a hard core right of center government and we may see some real change in the middle east especially now that trump is going to look to be reelected we already know out sometimes and i do want to bring about who is he and who responds to you michel brooke is that anything that you've heard from a guest in ramallah that may have helped you change your mind or are you convinced that it's still the same. again unfortunately i have to say i totally disagree with mr barak totally because actually what netanyahu is doing is step by step and next in the west bank step by step separating completely gaza from the rest of

palestinian territories what he is doing is implementing his but it isn't a list of the plan and it's not his plan only i repeat it's a plan of all movement that is supporting him that's why what he says is very dangerous and let me say maybe we used to talk about status quo before but there is no stick to school anymore actually there is a change that takes place every day with every building of a new settlement with the segregated the road to the did not exist even during the apartheid system in south africa what we've seen during the last 15 years especially under netanyahu is the full and total consolidation of apartheid a system of racial discrimination against palestinian palestinians a system that every israeli should be ashamed of a system that has to be fought back at and the system that has to be changed there can be no peace no prosperity and nor good future for both israelis and palestinians without in the end of this system of apartheid without allowing

palestinians to have total equality and total freedom i'm afraid we are out of time i just want to thank all our guests but your brock must about booty and knowing rabbani and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to her facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story for me imran khan and the whole team here i found out. i.

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hello and welcome to the news hour on barbara starr in london where the top story from europe. is this is a worst case scenario which civil servants obviously have to prepare for the u.k. prime minister barak's johnson downplays is own government's report on the possible chaos of leaving the e.u. without a deal. i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with the rest of the day's news that a u.s. house traditional committee has approved a vote that could ramp up impeachment efforts against president donald trump. paying their last respects zimbabweans mourn the former president robert mugabe. and the last known victims of the war in yemen we meet the fisherman battling for survival. i mean sport one of the all time greats of women's tennis is coming out of retirement. let's come back one. year in 2000 when it came carstairs is returning to the pro game at the age of 36.

there's been some relief for the embattled british prime minister barak johnson a court in northern ireland has ruled that leaving the european union with no deal would not undermine the region's 1900 peace process but johnson has been forced to deny lying to the queen about his reasons for the current 5 week suspension of parliament and he also says the bracks said document the government was ordered to release on wednesday was a worst case scenario not what was expected to happen so the whole has the latest. him these have been forced into recess but for boris johnson the battle has shifted to the courts judges in northern ireland have joined those in england in declining to rule the progression of parliament illegal but scottish judges on wednesday said johnson's advice to the queen to suspend parliament had been unlawful and motivated

by a desire to muzzle parliament did you lie to the queen when you advised her to probe to suspend parliament absolutely not. and indeed i say that the high court in england plainly agrees with us but the supremes court will have to decide opposition m.p.'s meanwhile a clamoring to return to work after succeeding in forcing the government to release its internal operation the yellow hammer report it contains worst case scenario predictions for a no deal breaks it clogged up ports fresh food and medicine shortages price rises and civil unrest but of course no house of commons to scrutinise its findings that's why you know that's why i was so angry that palmer was perot's because i should be in parliament at the moment with the ability to interrogate the prime minister and ministers. now approach we can do that and the prime minister again this is a worst case scenario which civil servants obviously have to prepare for but in the

last few months particularly in the 50 days since i've been prime minister we be massively accelerating our preparations boris johnson says no deal breaks it is not his desired outcome he says he's doing everything he can to reach a new deal with the european union at an october leaders' summit just a few days after parliament is due to return no mention of the new law requiring johnson to seek a break city extension if no new deal emerges nor any detail on water new deal may look like and again no parliament so ask any questions it's all pretty b. will during when viewed from brussels i think that is all plan is to take the u.k. out of the european union without any deal but at the same time be in a position to blame the european union for inflexibility all eyes on the supreme court next week then with the government in the meantime giving its very best impression of being entirely unmoved jonah how al-jazeera london. russian security

forces have carried out mass raids on the homes and offices of opposition figures such as were carried out in more than 40 cities and towns targeting associates of prominent kremlin critic. authorities say the crackdown is part of a criminal money laundering investigation step vasant has more. the scale of the rate is unprecedented in modern 40 cities across russia offices linked to the country's main opposition figure alexina folly was searched and employees detained like here in st petersburg and you've got to remember documents and a u.s.b. drive for confiscated is one of those my daughter called me and said the police came to search the apartment actually they cheated their way into the apartment because she opened the door for a neighbor to novelli it is clear the razor president put in 3 french for the loss of the ruling party in sunday's elections but. this time he

got really upset because of the tactical voting you know as his offspring his sweet child i would say the united russia party has been busted in moscow and seriously beaten in the regions after opposition candidates were banned from running in the elections tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest protest in russia in years when the ban remained in place and i found he called for a so-called smart vote against united russia his strategy worked in moscow with the ruling party lost one 3rd of its seats mainly to the communist party for years alexina felony has been the subject of investigations and the tensions the most vocal critic of friday may put in has spent hundreds of days in prison in the last 8 years but never before he managed to hit united russia and directly put them as hard as last sunday now vali says he won't give up but looking at the rates today

he could be facing some difficult times ahead that fasten al-jazeera. i'll have more from london a little later in the news hour now let's go back to come out in doha or looking for there barbara thank you in the meantime lawmakers in the u.s. are voted to move forward with investigative procedures that could lead to impeachment hearings on president on trump the committee voted along party lines approved over unanimous republican opposition but will now allow the enhanced questioning of witnesses the 1st step in a very lengthy process that could eventually lead to an impeachment hearing. this could be is the best gauge it will allow us to determine whether to record articles of impeachment with respect to president dropped that is what we are doing so call this crisis. so. there's the geishas the legal difference between these 2 groups to look at here to argue about that though because you will

get some analysis on this in the moment 1st mike hanna our correspondent in washington as. the house judiciary committee has passed a resolution specifying the investigative procedures that could lead at some stage to the impeachment of president trump now it's agreed on a series of measures such as it hons to questioning of witnesses stuff as would be allowed to question a witness for one hour after the members have completed their questioning it also provides for the establishment of secret committees to hear evidence and of course the establishment of subcommittees to hear evidence now the one caveat to all of this and this pointed out by republicans on the committee who voted against it that these rules were already in place or that the chairman had the power to impose these rules republicans using that as evidence that this is nothing more than political grandstanding an attempt to keep the issue or the word impeachment within

the public debate nonetheless these investigative measures will be in place when the formal can trump chief of staff campaign staff gives evidence before the committee next week now he's likely to be questioned by staffers after the committee members have finished their questioning this will be the 1st test of the rules that are now in place which republicans i'm asked to repeat say have always been in place anyway. with us on skype now a roman who is president of the washington strategy group security and foreign policy strategic advisory joe there's a lot of. you know could happen might lead to starting down the path with all that in mind how do you sort of categorize today's developments how big how significant and you're right this is a could maybe will occur moment but certainly from

a house democratic perspective it's a significant from where democrats have been up until this point over the summer and subordinates know this over the summer the majority of house democrats cime on board ready with the idea of impeachment so right now in the house chamber democrats are in sport of it so in this process enables a more robust interest investigation to occur towards potential that it but how do you do that when i say you i mean these democrats come on board how do they do that when they are lida pelosi has been quite opposed to the whole idea of she said it publicly in fact that she doesn't think should go down the impeachment road. yes bigger pelosi has been the one who is kind of tempered for this because she understands that still in poll after poll the majority of americans do not support a full impeachment but democrats and democratic voters do by 2 thirds in terms of

the latest polling so that means that she's in a bind and she wants to see what comes out so she has pushed the process but not kill it if something comes out in these hearings in these discussions of the next month or 2 that really changes the public mood then demonstrates that there is more there that can be used politically natural to make out those politically for the house not only move one of he then force it into the senate that will tip her scales in judging it right now she's not there. i'm glad you mentioned the senate because that's the point i always come back to what's the point if the senate is controlled by the republicans still it's never going to get through that. yeah there there are several different points at the core the majority of the house members that say they support and say they do because they believe the president is violated the constitution he committed crimes and needs to be held accountable and

they're not concerned about the idea that he will be convicted in the senate which means removal from office on a political level many democrats are saying that if the president impeached in the house in the bogus in the senate and vulnerable republicans will have to then go on record in supporting the president or not they do will help and senate democrats take back the senate in 2020 so there's a lot of that under way in bringing out the nobody this low points senate who actually can president if he's impeached by the house one final thing i want to clear up just for our international viewers and that is strange to us this now but in the united states what a patriot actually is because in other parts of the world if you're in page then you're gone that's not quite the case in the u.s. as it yes yes thank you it's a bi cameral system meaning we have 2 chambers of congress so the house has the duty to conduct an inquiry and investigation in an impeachment and if they do which means the majority supports for my office and then gets with birds in the senate

who then does a trial where does supreme court chief justice goes and conducts a trial in the senate then chooses whether an.