the great benefit of britain for the whole country obviously would like to see the whole country behind it he doesn't want to be doing anything now to deepen those wounds and he said just an hour or so ago that his big priority one of them would be reconciliation and an enormous challenge that will be as we hit now i think the stroke of 11 pm jonah thank you. i be watching out jazeera is just after $2300.00 g.m.t. of the u.k. has officially exited the european union. time there was projected onto the front

of 10 downing street the british prime minister promised johnson has called at this moment one of national renewal pollin square that you're seeing there in central london but supporters have gathered to celebrate than celebrate and among the man you just saw just their prize key figure in the backseat campaign well in poland square that crowd. is rory chalons i think we're going to hear the national anthem there. murray says what an interesting set up that with this gathering which is kind of somewhat unofficial it feels opponents plan. this is the policy to speed all that

ice by no i join. him ahead of me over the. silly. quite deafening rendition of the national anthem this ring out of a nigel for all is of course the hair writer. writes it means that he's the right since here he's the man more than anyone else really who made the scale happen he put so much pressure on david cameron with his u.k. independence odyssey that sort of you can hear any bad language going on in the background that david cameron was forced to pull out 2016 referendum and now they have it sold those people voted for. britain to leave the european union back enjoy the 60 will they have it now oh they have their rights it's it's taken a long time for them they think that it should have at least a little hero to

a guy but it's their moment this is that night so. that someone on the stage put it whether or not you agree with rex it is only neighbors already does it doesn't matter anymore everyone in the u.k. as a lever. and so now that it's actually happened how difficult will it be to achieve that the cohesion that the from this to any to that area. it's going to be i think that the greatest challenge that faces the u.k. in the coming year is it's not just a cultural issue is a constitutional issue as well because the that the divisions that sub brecht's it has unleashed. very deep in society but also they have 3 kids. it's the only people in it for independence in scotland so recent polls 'd are showing that it for the 1st time in a in a few years there is now a majority for another referendum on scottish independence in scotland because

scotland of course voted primarily to stay inside the european union that didn't matter because this was and national vote a national referendum but yes there are many people in this country. who feel that this is not their movement it's not their decision and they don't want it to happen but yes the the task of healing this country of moving forward and uniting people is a great one indeed. for a chance for time being at thank you very much indeed as we heard in a national address from mr johnson said this was a moment of hope and opportunity for britain and urged citizens to come together to move the country forward after breaks it tonight we are leaving the european union for many people this is an astonishing moment of hope a moment they thought would never come and there are many course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss and then there's a 3rd group perhaps the biggest who had started to worry that the whole political

wrangle would never come to an end i understand all those feelings and our job as the government my job is to bring this country together and take us forward the most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end but a beginning this is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drug calamity jane hall who's in central london and i suspect what he's hoping for is that the drummer isn't too kind of difficult to get through because there are lots of obstacles in the way of a trade deal with the e.u. and other trade deals beyond. well he may be hoping that we've no way of knowing that and frankly nor does the prime minister he's got 11 months. in this transition period to do the straight to go she asians with the women come away with some sort of a deal that would be recalled timing if you ask economists and analysts they'll tell you the sorts of deals take years the best he will end up with everyone seems to

think is some kind of trade deal liked with lots of work to come in years after that so the promise is no doubt hoping for a happy outcome clearly he's got a divided country he's got a lot of work on his hands to achieve reconciliation and he's got to do that pretty quickly because he really wants to be able to pull the country behind him in these talks with the european union to come let me bring in my guest vicky pryce who has a bit of knowledge of these sorts of things an economist of course also former head of the government economic service thanks so much for joining us vicky thank you there's enormous ambition in what boris johnson is trying to achieve here not just his insistence. that this country stick to the transition timetable only 11 months left he won't countenance an extension but also the idea that he will get a trade deal with the e.u. at the same time as getting a trade deal with the united states one almost necessarily negates all undermines the other is it doable do you think it's going to be difficult or depends what type

of deal we end up with a could end up with a bare bone deal was really just saying off a lot and leaves many things still to be decided later and if that is the case of course then businesses will continue to have a very uncertain future because you don't know what's going to be happening with individual sectors whether we're talking about the financial sector or the car industry which has suffered very significantly already from lack of investment but remember we're talking about a shorter period the just 11 months 1st of all negotiations do not start until early march and 2nd in order to get anything right if either the end of the year by the you be in a countries then what you need is some agreement possibly by jews. maybe you can extend it by a few months so we're talking about if very very short window of opportunity and the idea that we'll be able to really seriously have a deal with the us when we don't actually know what the deal is likely to be on many sectors with the you and in an election year no no absolutely in the states so though of course a president trump will want to show that he can strike deals and maybe he come to

some sort of small agreement with the u.k. that he can say is actually a trade deal but in fact is going to again leave so many things to be decided later on and it would be very and satisfactory and that's really one to the crunch of what boris johnson is pledging here tonight just an hour or so ago to the 1st time we've heard it of course but he's also he owes a debt doesn't he to the labor heartlands in the north that delivered him this enormous victory in december he says he's going to level up opportunities for all it won't matter which part of the country you come from big promises of interest in for a structure and other spending does the country have the resources for all of this out the country's going to have to borrow an awful lot especially if it's not going to be growing very fast i mean remember the latest forecast i just came out from the bank of england just yesterday. is saying that this year we can see growth of just point 8 percent the other was less than one percent growth even if was you an orderly exit by the end of the year and a dice deep trade deal and then we might end up with growth of possibly 1.11.5

percent if we're lucky in the following 2 years that's not fantastic growth worries the money going to come from how you're going to be distributing money to the rest of the country especially for remember that over the last 10 years not only we have a stereotype of this conservative party has presided over a long period of cutbacks and cutbacks but the regions themselves saw a few just decline in the money that they were getting their bondage the reason development agencies took ages for some of that money to stop coming back again to the regions it's going to be a massive deal to reform or that it's not going to have. you know harry and i think it's going to be a serious threat i think to what may happen next with boris johnson if he does not manage to get that levelling out as he calls it to happen quickly but i suppose in a sense he has the luxury of an enormous majority in parliament so is his job is not a threat unlike his 2 predecessors let me ask you vicky pryce as

a respected economist former joint head of the government economic service no less is it conceivable to you simply this that this country could find itself better off outside the e.u. than it has been for all of these years inside. well who knows how things might develop but most economists i know and most economists i speak to the there are a few who think differently all say that leaving the u. and adding friction to our trade in areas where a fact we do most of our business with will definitely be negative for growth as we've already seen happening in anticipation for the last 3 years so it's difficult to think of opportunities maybe we can cut regulations in some places but the fact is that it's not going to make much difference and therefore i'm afraid it's inconceivable that we'll do considerably better or any better at all than we're doing at present thank you ross many thanks for your thoughts are somewhat less

optimistic outlook there from a respected economist or johnson hailing though the beginning of a new era unleashing the great potential of this country and it starts now back to you jonah thank you very much indeed tasha butler is in brussels for us so natasha over the years the relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. was it at times tumultuous overall what's the mood now as as they leave after 47 years. i have to say listening to those crowds in london watching those pictures is the contrast with what i am in brussels couldn't be ok. great because the mood here in the symbolic heart of the e.u. is very muted it's been very low key all day today i mean the only sign that there is something so mentors that has happened is that a little bit earlier we saw a european union parliamentary officials start taking down removing the british

flag from outside the european union parliament replacing it with a european union flag but apart from that there be no special ceremonies no special friends and that's really deliberate move on the part of the european union to try and keep today located because this is a some good day for you lead as we've been hearing that message all week e.u. leaders did not want the u.k. to leave they didn't agree with gregg's it's a many of them have been repeating today how they've requested that we heard for example from the french president about omar crocker chose to address french people with a television and television statement this evening and he said that it was an extremely tragic day for the european union and one for introspection on behalf of the bloc of course that they managed to lose a key member state one that was a big financial contributor one that had been with the european union of course for nearly half a century says a very somber mood here this evening and one of the biggest concerns for the e.u.

in terms of thrashing out any future trade relationship with the u.k. . well i think once you know the the form farewells rover and once the reality is actually sunk in that the u.k. has left the e.u. both sides will then have to put forward their priorities a negotiating parties are going to see that happen over the next few weeks and then we're expecting for march really real negotiations to begin and we've heard from e.u. leaders saying that for them the priorities to maintain integrity of the single market and to maintain what they call a let. the level playing field when they go into these trade negotiations with the u.k. the e.u. commissioner 1st move on to lead said it was absolutely essential that the u.k. understands that europe will protect its businesses will not put up with any unfair competition so i think we're going to see some very tough negotiations ahead both

sides of course fiercely protecting the interests of the british prime minister saying that he's looking for some form of trade deal to be all wrapped up by the end of the year but of course we've been hearing those e.u. officials again and again saying a fully comprehensive agreement highly unlikely by the end of 2020 but perhaps the outlines of something less detailed and tell us a bit about the people who are caught up in all those people who perhaps live in a different country and within in the e.u. were able to move around freely in the u.k. has left that that changes what about the kind of practical realities for ordinary people in this. i think most people know for example the u.k. systems they live in the european union they know that from tomorrow february the furthest from today i should say because we are going for every 1st brussels time. change immediately because there is going to be this transition period but there's no doubt that other people being really worried that there are many people who live

and work in the european union who are purchased nationals who concerned about their future what will it mean for them people who perhaps are family members in the european union who are very attached to the european union we certainly see a lot of the british in any peace who are based here in brussels just a couple of days ago we spoke to some of them i spoke to one green m.e.p. said she was absolutely devastated to have to go back to britain she felt that this was where her work what she felt that britain's place was part of your opinion is that there's a lot of shock there's a lot of sadness amongst the british nationals in the e.u. and of course a lot of uncertainty because nobody knows what will happen over the next few months nobody knows what will happen often at the end of 2020 and exactly what their status will be so is uncertainty sadness or shock and i think this evening a lot of people just still absorbing the fact that least for them if they didn't want to leave the european union their absorbing that this is now their reality that ash about here in brussels thank you very much indeed. so what happens now is

the u.k. has formally left the e.u. challenger takes us through some of the key dates and targets. just because it has happened it doesn't mean the story is over britain has now left the easy institutions and lost its vote in the e.u.'s bodies but the 11 month transition period means almost everything else stays the same it's now crucial for the u.k. that it so it's a trade deal with the e.u. the u.k. is still signed up to e.u. rules but can negotiate a new deal up until the 31st of december can a deal be done by then while the european commission president us live on the land was blunt she said it would be impossible to complete in the time frame and without an extension of the transition period beyond 2020 you cannot accept expect to agree on every single aspect of our new partnership we will have to prioritise one option to speed things up is the slicing tackling the negotiations area by area

making smaller separate deals on aspects of trade fisheries and transport for example then there's an interim deadline at the start of july the final time britain can ask to extend the transition period but prime minister boris johnson says he won't and made it against british law to do so this means the u.k. could be left with the prospect of a cliff edge the deadline expiring with no trade deal in place doing business on world trade organization terms with all the tariffs and border checks that entails but don't forget one final date december 31st 2022 that's when the transition period could be extended to if boris johnson changes his mind and asks for an extension. still to come on out there in this news hour more restrictions on travel to china as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide pos is those at the 2003 songs epidemic. trump administration expands the travel ban adding 6 new countries

to the list including nigeria. the capital under fire australia's camera because a state of emergency has bushfires threaten its southern suburbs. the u.s. senate has voted to block any witnesses or additional evidence in the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump it pushes one step closer towards a vote to acquit trump senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the trial will conclude in the coming days trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden if we tell the president effectively you can act corruptly you can abuse the powers of your office to coerce a foreign government to helping you cheat in the election by withholding military

aid and when you are caught you can further abuse your powers by concealing the evidence of your wrongdoing the president becomes unaccountable to anyone if people of power and influence can insist to the judge that the house that the prosecutors that the government that the people must prove their case without witnesses or documents a right reserved only for the powerful because you know only donald trump only donald trump of any defendant in america can insist on a trial with no witnesses if that should be true in courts throughout the land. then as adams wrote the government becomes arbitrary. the senate is not here to do the investigatory work that the house didn't do. where there's been a process that denied all due process that produced

a record that can't be relied upon the reaction from this body should be to reject the articles of impeachment not to condone and put its imprimatur on the way the proceedings were handled in the house and not to prolong matters further by trying to redo work that the house failed to do by not seeking evidence and not doing a fair and legitimate process to bring the articles of heat of impeachment here thinking. that's going to hide your question who's on capitol hill so the senate voted to block any further witnesses coming and appearing at this trial where do we go from here. that's right and the result of that vote was no surprise given that the moderate republicans who had been seen as the swing voters on that question decided to side with their republican caucus at least 2 of them decide to side with the republican caucus which was enough to shut down the possibility of

more witnesses so now we're waiting for this recess to result in some more instructions whether or not that means having the senate come back today and move toward a vote on whether or not to acquit the president or to defer that final decision to the coming days as mish mcconnell the senate majority leader has said in his statement but chuck schumer the minority leader the top democrat in the chamber has voiced the disappointment of his party immediately after this vote concluded he said that this was a tragedy and a day that americans will remember of the congress having failed them in not delivering a fair trial and it is interesting because one of the key swing votes on this question was republican senator lisa murkowski who is a moderate and prior to voting no on witnesses she explained in a statement that she believes that this is not

a fair trial she said that it is sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress * has failed so despite the criticizing congress having failed in delivering a fair trial she in essence participated in that by voting no on letting additional witnesses come forward democrats certainly reeling from that decision and saying they're very disappointed and now with president trump's acquittal all but certain in the coming days if not the coming hours and what will vote to make of all this you think. right so the polling has been pretty consistent since the ukrainian allegations surface again strawman that has been a near even divide among the greater american public 5050 those who supported impeachment and removal and those who opposed both of those measures what voters did seem to agree on to a degree though was having

a more fair trial of having more witnesses because 75 percent of those who responded to a recent poll said they had wanted the senate to vote yes on this question of getting more witnesses ultimately appears at least that 75 percent of those polled voters did not get their way today a jackass or thank you very much. baron is a former special impeachment counsel to the house of representatives he joins us live from washington d.c. what do you think was the thing that swung it for the people who were wavering at one stage republicans you thought they might vote and allow witnesses what you think turn their minds against it one possible thing is that they do not want to be on mitch mcconnell's bad side he can make their life pretty miserable and sort of marginalize them in the future. and they may have felt there was really just not enough of a percentage to seek witnesses. with their own constituents it's hard to read their

minds but clearly they were under enormous pressure to back mcconnell and his caucus in terms of the potential damage from witnesses was the worry was the concern for the republicans the fact that john bolton might be called. oh i think he was the primary reason that they did not want to go there. there are indications that trump specifically said to him and that's been a little piece that's been missing in the democrats' case that he would withhold the support for ukraine unless they put. the bull's eye on the bias so that would have been right from trump's mouth and then there was some another thing came out today that trump had asked bolton to kind of dig into the ukraine situation to try to find dirt so he had

a few. very serious points to make but what i don't understand clearly is there was no question that they were going to lose 20 votes which is what it would have taken to impeach and i thought the republicans made a mistake why wouldn't they let the testimony come in the the result is still a foregone conclusion and they look as though they've tried to do it on a fair basis this way not only is it a they let trump off the hook but they didn't let the evidence come in that might have been relevant that's doesn't seem to me be a very smart move and they will pay for that in november how important is precedent in in the kagan impeachment trials i mean does it does it kind of amount to civic a you know case little thing which they people can look back off to it and say what do you do this this time then you asked me this way the next time which is it just does it just kind of different every time you have any pictures at trial. there's

no binding precedent either as to content or procedures there is a basic almost a handbook for the senate but they're not bound by it it was something that was drawn up by senate counsel maybe 2030 years ago it is somewhat freewheeling for example in the in the clinton impeachment you didn't have any live witnesses you had. the report of a $700.00 page report so it it's kind of free wheeling and there's really no appeal to any court to say this is unfair tell me about the timing of what's next to me we expect the vote on the challenges themselves to be to be quite soon but it sounded as if it could be it could be anywhere between tonight and wednesday or something like that is that look forward to be thrashing out to know what to make that decision well i would think the critical issue for the republicans is to get this out of the way before the state of the union address so that the president

can crow to his backers that look i was vindicated it was all of fake news or whatever else he would call it and you know it's a big moment for him regardless of how he got there and i would think the republicans tops on their agenda would be to give him that speech point so that he can you know take a victory lap with the with the car with the congress with all the congressman and environ thank you very much indeed to you not a says thank you when i was president trumps impeachment trial continues in washington u.s. extra state might pompei or has pledged unwavering support for ukraine on a visit to kiev. met president you know to me is a landscape you called for the u.s. to be more involved in 2nd in its conflict with russian backed separatists. payor is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine since trump's impeachment trial began trying places

allegations that he pressured selenski to investigate the son of his democratic rival joe biden will pay insists any future of his it doesn't ski to the white house is not dependent on an investigation into the biden family matter i'm unsurprised by your question i suspect you will not be unsurprised by my answer and . you know there's there's no condition of the nature you describe for presidents who come to washington and have that visit it's just simply not the case will find the right time or find the appropriate opportunity. still to come on out . anger in south korea as the 1st batch of people evacuated from the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak arrived home under tight security. testers rally against u.s. president donald trump's plan to end the israel palestine crisis in gaza lebanon and turkey. and if shoes. it doesn't mean you can wear it won't accept it crosses

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armaan of the top stories on our jazeera the u.s. senate has voted to block any witnesses or dish more evidence in the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump senators are likely to acquit trump in the coming days. the u.k. has officially exited the european union countdown was projected onto the front of number 10 downing street home of british prime minister boris johnson has called this a moment of national renewal. it has been one of the most divisive issues in recent british history and the hayward visited the seaside town of great yarmouth on england's east coast where more than 70 percent of people voted to leave the e.u. and now that it's happened those were just couldn't be happier. breaking away from what many have known for nearly a lifetime there is an appetite for

a different picture a moment very much outside the here in the seaside town of great yarmouth where just over 70 percent of people voted to leave 3 and a half years ago and the desire for bricks it is still strong i think it's part time it starts to happen i think the uncertainty of the last few years has been has not been good for anybody really is nothing about immigration it's about being controlled boy for people who got no interest in this country whatsoever. just think europeans really was too much you know we should be all independent words hoping everything is going to get going again businesses and everything just get the borders control just everything we want breaks for where in our chart wars we are no one i think i think i'd be all right short term but long time. in the winter months it can be like this is a place time forgot like other resources ebb and flow to the energy sector has

helped bring money in but there are pockets of poverty and wages are lower than the national average many people are pinning their hopes on bricks it hoping that somehow it will transform their lives on a local on a national level that it will bring prosperity to this town and that it's not just tear it's in leave voting communities up and down the country the imperial hotel has been in the same family since the 1930 s. it's busy all year but there are concerns about what works it might bring i voted against the leave because i feel we were better off in the u. i fully recognize now the fact that we are leaving the u. but i'm still greatly concerned about what the future will hold what the future will hold for this business what the future will hold for getting supplies in from europe what the future will be for getting my staff to come and work here that we need no one knows exactly what brics it will bring what impact it will have only that the changes won't be felt in the next few months but the decades to come and the hayward al-jazeera great yarmouth several countries have now placed

restrictions on travel to and from china as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes those of the sars epidemic in 2003 the death toll from the virus has now risen to 258 with nearly 10000 confirmed cases all in china but those are not down in her bay province where the virus was 1st detected waiting for action and as scott haile reports some communities are taking matters into their own hands . the lockdown of will haunt city origin of the corona virus and the surrounding province is now in its 2nd week so how are the more than 50000000 people there coping we spoke with a few through video chat to get an idea john and his wife live in will haunt their 2 sons postpone their trip from hong kong for the lunar new year because of the virus the dates keep getting pushed back and their biggest concern is the uncertainty the obvious stress of concern about being infected with the coronavirus

but what is it like just the other stress about supplies about your daily life. this. he says he gets his information from friends outside china and contacts at the local hospital. is next to walk on like its neighbor it is sealed off and its streets empty this video was shot by one shin he has a supply of mass and food in the fridge his parents are with him but his wife and young daughter are with her parents outside who pay province. i feel more relaxed because who by province is now seriously hit by the epidemic the place where they are at now has far fewer cases so i feel a bit relieved that they're not with me this cipher at the moment biggest concern is when will we have medication for the virus this is what we care about most all

those people who have problems are under a forced lockdown there are some communities across china who are self imposing a lockdown like this one on the outskirts of beijing they're not letting anyone into this community from the outside they're worried someone might carry the virus inside no matter the type of lock down government force or self-imposed with the spread of the virus accelerating no one knows how long these communities remain safe it's got al-jazeera beijing. on her least $131.00 case is of the. in 25 countries outside mainland china including spain sweden italy and the u.k. 14 are in thailand where a taxi driver has contracted the virus through human to human transmission japan turkey germany and the united kingdom are amongst the nations who have evacuated their citizens from the city at the heart of the outbreak the u.k. evacuees were flown into the air force base of brize norton from western reports on the international evacuation effort. a mission to get foreign nationals out of new

hand as quickly as possible as this german air force plane departed from cologne airport it was one of a number of countries that intensified efforts to get its citizens out of the city at the center of the outbreak. there are more than 100 people none of whom are infected there are also now suspected cases amongst these people in order to guarantee the safety of the people in germany evacuee florentine for 2 weeks to german army base to ensure that none of the evacuees is infected. 'd at least half a dozen people in germany were confirmed to have tested positive for the virus and the pressure to contain it is urgent in the u.k. on friday the 1st cases of the illness appeared the same day as the british government transported its citizens back from the lockdown region. aboard the plane of the $110.00 evacuees who managed to make it out. but there are still many other

foreign nationals trapped in the city unable as of yet to get out. those who arrived were immediately taken away by coach to a health facility in the northwest of england they will now spend the next 2 weeks in quarantine monitored for any signs of the disease and if any one of them develop symptoms they will be taken to one of 4 specialized hospitals for treatment. with a vaccine still months away from being remotely ready countries are focusing on containment and management of any outbreaks masks are becoming prevalent in high risk areas such as airports as a threat of the virus is still to be assessed. al-jazeera brize norton england more than one trillion u.s. dollars have been wiped off the global stock markets because of fears over the impact of the corona virus outbreak on global growth european markets have been hit

the hardest as many of the companies there a dependent on beijing's economy china is the world's fastest growing consumer market in the u.s. stocks never quoted some of their west results since october united states is banning foreign nationals who traveled to china in the past 14 days from entering the country it comes as they've declared an official public health emergency after the discovery of 6 corona virus cases u.s. citizens who have been in china in the past 2 weeks will also be screened and quarantined but health officials say these are just preventative measures the risk of infection for americans remains low and with these and or previous actions we are working to keep the risk low it is likely that we will continue to see more cases in the united states in the coming days and weeks including some limited person to person transmission the american public can be assured the full weight of the u.s. government is working to safeguard the health and safety of the american people.

the u.s. government has announced it's expanding its controversial travel ban to include 6 more countries because of security reasons actually homeland security secretary chad wolf said the u.s. will suspend visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals from eritrea kyrgyzstan me and mark and nigeria you also said sudan and tanzania will stop receiving diversity visas travel restrictions have been in place on the muslim majority countries of iran libya somalia syria and yemen since 2017 it really is under has more on the homeland security announcement from washington d.c. . well ministration officials are saying that in their words it's not a travel ban they're saying it's just travel restrictions it only applies in theory at least they say to a certain group of people that want to come to the united states it would be citizens of the 6 countries we just mentioned but they say they're only apply to

immigrant pieces for people that from those countries that wanted to move to the united states administration officials are quick to point out that it will not apply they say to people that are applying for student visas or work visas they also say it will not affect any of the citizens currently in the united states from these 6 countries that are legally here on valid visas they're saying it simply will only affect those that are applying for new visas to immigrate to the united states but that still potentially is a lot of people thousands of people potentially any people from these 6 countries that will be applying from here on out for immigrant visas to the united states with a few exceptions will have those visas denied now administration officials are saying they're trying to avoid the situation in 2017 and that so-called muslim ban on those 7 come predominantly muslim countries where they were coming to the united states airports being detained held sent back to their countries and all sorts of

confusion and heartache for many families the department of justice department homeland security saying they're specifically trying to avoid that by making this a little bit more clear however the big question is when this goes into effect which is february 22nd how will it actually play out at airports in reality and that's a big question the will have to wait and see. president trump is also rolling back obama era restrictions on the use of landmines which have been banned by more than 100 countries jobs that the policy which was implemented in 2014 had put american troops at a severe disadvantage arms control proponents have been quick to criticize the move which will allow the use of anti personnel landmines in exceptional circumstances the u.s. is not a signatory to the 997 mind than treaty israel's military says it nor to air strikes on targets in the gaza strip in response to 3 rockets fired by palestinians there were no reports of casualties or major damage from the exchange

of fire israel said it hit targets linked to harass including an underground infrastructure used to manufacture weapons tensions are high because of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan palestine ambassador to the u.n. has refused to engage in talks with washington. in our palestinian protesters have been rallying against the plan in gaza lebanon and turkey thousands of hamas supporters demonstrated in the gaza strip where they burnt u.s. and israeli flags also torched pictures of u.s. president donald trump and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu proposal allows israel to maintain control of all of its settlements in the occupied west bank the plan that was released this week is extremely unsettling for the palestine refugees living under occupation under blockade and through conflict of the conflict and crisis of the crisis hoping for justice and human rights and with the constant fear that the international community will want to abandon them today more

than ever there is a need for stability and today the international community must send a clear message to the palestinian refugees and to the world at large that the international community stands firmly behind them stephanie decker was at the protest in the gaza strip. a few 1000 people came out after friday prayers here to the northern parts of the gaza strip to protest the war by having. lost about an hour or so people now starting to leave the service at the mosques across gaza focusing on injecting the teaching of the century specifically talking about it saying. that they too to be rejected and that the syrians will remain steadfast but certainly if you look at these numbers a few 1000 to get to the population there was 2000000 people and that's because people say they didn't expect anything to. participate

today to express a rejection of this shameful deal the trumpet netanyahu made along with the traitor arab leaders we're here to say palestine from the river to the sea and no one has the right to sell or give away any part of it. if these public activities will be followed by a fight is in these public movements or preparation for all the forces we have been gaza and with spanking resistance will undermine completely the deal of the century one other thing the sermons in the last little is $201.00 the complete absence of that nation of the arab world and only our leaders is something that a lot of people might like to do or they would also do that all they want really what they focus on americans are try and ease the blockade lift the blockade and give them are the opportunities and everyone else how did not meet a long term political solution what this plan is done people didn't expect anything different what was done in the dog was only highlighted how far away from a political solution we are. australia's capital camber is under state of emergency

as bush does threaten its southern suburbs there are concerns that hot weather and strong winds over the weekend will spread a fire that's currently burning out of control south of the city people are being advised to prepare for possible evacuation priyanka gupta has more. smoke billowing towards the australian capital canberra bushfires in a national park to the south post the most serious threat to the australian capital to a tree or a city in nearly 20 years government officials fear that strong winds blowing over parched land combined with high summer temperatures can make the fire is even more unpredictable and difficult to control the ice ha is now facing the worst bushfire threat since the devastating fawaz of 2003. the combination of extraneous hate weened and a dry land skype will play suburbs in camber say off at risk in the coming dies.

the oral fire has now grown to itanium a half 1000 hectares that's 195 square kilometers or nearly i percent of the total land mass of the striding capital territory. people preparing for the worst and stalking up on water many remember the 2003 bushfires that killed 4 people the canberra and destroyed hundreds of homes on concern that the ice in turkey does not have relief report for 2003 at a little small thaw it burned for oh it was either candidate is that what came from given to what and then and when other result of that the unpredictable weather through the summer has made the fight more difficult this video shows how bushfires have exploded in minutes because of sudden gusts of wind about 90 bushfires a body in different parts of the country the largest are new south wales where high temperatures are returning back in the forty's in the next 24 hours before it's

ready canberra is also moving to a new south wales the state's government is investigating white this fire season is so bad we've got everything to gain from this process and nothing to lose we won't leave any stone unturned it's in our interest it's in our citizens' interests to find out everything we can into and to bring forward those recommendations that are critical for the future. this is been australia's most devastating summer in decades dozens of people have been killed by the fires thousands of homes have been destroyed and more than 11000000 hectares of land scorched and with some are far from over there are many more testing days ahead. dizzier. still to come on out there this news hour the los angeles lakers basketball team better make an emotional return to competitive action.

the sport here's andy. thank you very much the match up for sunday's australian open men's final has been decided austria's emerging style dominant saying will take on defending champion of a joke of it for the title on friday same plate alexander's fire of as tennis got a glimpse of its future beyond the current big 3 of djokovic and federer poorest reports. tennessee's next generation is an increasingly familiar sight in the later stages of grand slams. but friday's match between alexander's verify and dominic

team was the 1st time 2 of the next gen have faced off for a place in a major final. and it was 1st blood to the youngers vera in his 1st ever semi and taking the 1st set of the 22 year old german is 4 years younger and 2 ranking places below team but showed no fear as he battled to stay in the 2nd set was austria's team has been to 2 previous grand slam finals though and his experience and movement began to tell as he levelled that much i he would win the 3rd on the tiebreaker befalls vera of forced another decider in the 4th was but given the chance to win it his austrian rival and friend showed no mercy i team taking it in 4 sets to set up a final against defending champion novak djokovic which facing north here he's the

king of australia of more than 7 titles here i think more so than than any other men so i'm always facing the beginnings of the serve because lemon a final. with 2 french open final defeats to rock on the ball already part of his learning curve team will hope he can finally beat one of the best to become one of the best hole reece al-jazeera. the women's doubles title has already been decided hungary smear boss and francis christine a lot of it's beating top seeds shay seaway and barbara streets of are in a pretty one sided final winning this one in straight sets for the loss of just 3 games it is the 2nd time in st years this have won the melbourne side. we all have our ups and downs we had it here both of us and still each match we were in there and we gave our best and we held each other and. and it turned out

pretty solid because we went all the way without dropping the south and that actually never happened to us. all along or for saturday's women's final would have been hard to predict spain's got is that suit song grand slam champion but a huge drop in form last season when she was unseeded for this event should be taking on american saffir cannon at 21 she is the youngest australian open singles finalist since 2008 of course i mean i don't i don't have a book i didn't know exactly when but i feel like at this young age i think it's incredible and it's you know not everyone gets to live this moment of this dream and i'm just really grateful for it and i've worked so hard and i've put all the efforts into my practice is my fitness and all the efforts i've been doing it got me here and i mean it's just paying off and it's like a dream come true. the l.a. lakers asserts a play their 1st game since the death of kobe bryants the lakers face the portland trail blazers brown spent 20 years with it seen before it's hard and 2016 he was

killed in a helicopter crash on sunday a ceremony to remember his life will take place before the game. used in a historic subzero hour marathon run have been banned by athletics governing body world athletics introduced an immediate ban on any shoes like the nike alpha phi worn by kit charge if the run in austria last october that have a soul thicker than 40 millimeters but nike's vapor flying shoes which have been used to set a number of other records were given the all clear. now the northern hemisphere is biggest international rugby tournament that sunday on saturday in the aftermath of last year's world cup 4 new head coaches are in place for this year's 6 nations championship and the german still there to guide beaten finalists england they play france on sunday but a new era is beginning for reigning 6 nations title holders wales with one pivotal replacing warren gatland. we're

a new management group this new plan as you see are some of some plans or want to but we want to go at the nail like every other team and trying one of this year so we're no different from the other side but we certainly don't see ourselves as defending it that we're going to get there and want to you can play some good rugby along the way. and france's big surprise holds a one shot lead at the halfway stage of the saudi in some ashton running open champion shane lariats a few unwelcome dates alls during his 2nd round the r. schumann is 6 shots off the late hours but it 4 of his last 6 holes to shoot a 2nd straight round of $65.00 ok but as always for for our more lighter and a reminder of our top story the u.k.'s official exit from the european union just under an hour ago the countdown was projected on to the front of number 10 downing street home the 1st from mr boris johnson has called this a moment of national renewal. pro europe demonstrations were held in london in the

lead up to that moment and there were celebrations outside the houses of parliament in westminster as breck's it became reality. i think whatever people's view was on the bricks it hurts the fact was parliament should have wanted it we knew exactly what would be told when to stop people who did well exactly what we wanted how we voted to leave the title what we wanted that's what we were asked if we get our country back we get something back we don't meet we're not going to be dictated to anymore we can say things freely about the. more they want to call it. that they want to give out here is that we have to use. the light bulb we feel is the thing here i think the law i mean we've researched the lines anyway but again it's just been able to say you will be one and not have the 1st of all tell us what we should or shouldn't be. that's a familiar tale of this news hour likes watching. in

the philippines the black market for gold is worth hundreds of millions but not everyone is reaping the rewards to some of paying the ultimate prize when i went to east investigates why people like dying for gold on al-jazeera the u.s. is always of interest to people all around the world this is been going on for a number of those with tear gas being used to call. ugly to report stories from an international perspective we try to explain to our global audience why it's important how this could impact be allowed at the height of discord the water was so high that we didn't fall 5 hey this is an important part of the world people pay

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time's up britain leaves the european union after 47 years. this is the bit with the dual brakes. on the us. wrong. time harlem ahead scene and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up donald trump is a step closer.