to 0. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east. the u.s. brokers an agreement for israel and the united arab emirates to establish full diplomatic relations israel will also paul's but not scrapped plans to an explicit indian territory. palestinian factions unite to condemn the deal describing it as a betrayal. obstacle robin you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up for you again both already israelis thousands detained in demonstrations

against the reelection of president alexander lukashenko the government issues also a rare apology. and mexican argentino work to ensure latin america doesn't have to wait in line once a vaccine is to valid but. also britain removes france the netherlands and others from its coronavirus safe travel list. welcome to the program the palestinian ambassador to the united arab emirates is being recalled after the amorality government struck a deal with israel to normalize relations the agreement was announced by u.s. president donald trump who helped broker it as part of the deal israel will suspend but not scrap plans to an explicit indian territory. has more from washington d.c. . it was perhaps unusual that the president of the united states would. once

a treaty between 2 other countries but that's what happened in the oval office it is a truly historic moment the president said he brokered talks over the past year that brought what we know in as the abraham a court to be signed by the united arab emirates and israel at the white house in the coming weeks this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east i decided the u.s. ambassador to israel and his son in law a senior advisor jerry cushion or his middle east peace plan was released in january and he played a key role in this new a court would like to say to the people of the region muslims jews christians that this does give hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to a future with conflict there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential and this will benefit you and this will also benefit people here in america as part of the accord israel will suspend but not cancel plans to an exporter of the occupied west bank speaking to al-jazeera mustafa barghouti said if

there was a peace deal it should have been with the palestinians this. is nothing but a stab in the back. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had earlier cheered the coronavirus task force meeting of his government but left abruptly telling those present you'll soon find out why but while speaking in jerusalem he will be aware he may leak political support domestically for shelving an existing plants. little additional interim president trump put the annexation into his peace plan those who criticize me should know i said time and again that an exaggeration only be made in accordance with the united states without that it is worthless and it will damage the settlements so there have been discussions of various levels between the u.a.e. and israel for years it seems no. each was preparing the ground for this

announcement from the official twitter account of the e.u. leader mohammed bin zayed a simple statement during a call with president trump and prime minister netanyahu an agreement was reached to stop further is really an exception of palestinian territories the u.a.e. and israel also agreed to cooperation and setting your road map towards establishing a bilateral relationship the idea is that both leaders war visit the white house in coming weeks to sign the deal with donald trump center stage he obviously believes that this will help in the run up to the presidential election in november but rarely are american elections this sided by events abroad particularly during a public health and financial crisis alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. shortly we'll hear from him in the occupied west bank who says it's not just the palestinian leadership who feel betrayed 1st sorry for said has the view from west to receive them. for israel it is certainly

a big moment it is the big story i think that's partly fueled by the fact that it came as such a big surprise and for mainstream jewish israeli opinion there has been a good level of support for this i think the outliers would largely be on the far right the settler communities who are already talking about betrayal because of the suspension of the annexation process netanyahu himself put it in historical context talking about 979 with egypt 994 with jordan and now this with the united arab emirates one difference is that this isn't really a peace treaty there was never a conflict or any water and officially with the u.a.e. but it is a major change at least in the public nature of this this relationship which has been going on behind the scenes to a large extent for many years. we've heard from the palestinian president's spokesperson the d.n.a. you've read the statement on the palestinians he's just now saying that the

palestinian leadership has met and considered if this decision by the you we at the trail to jerusalem and the palestinian cause he said that this is a blow to the arab peace initiative and all the resolutions that has resulted from the arab and islamic beliefs summit namely because the arab peace initiative talks about normalizing relations between israel and the arab states but only after israel and its occupation and as of what it is said this is considered an acknowledgment by the u.a.e. that just loose a limb is the capital for israel this is something that many palestinians have denounced especially when the u.s. has decided to recognize truth to them and has moved its embassy and for many palestinians in the street they would tell you that they've lost faith a long time ago in the arab regimes that that a brutal learns that they were. are going to be helping them on the contrary they

feel that they've been left out alone by these regimes but they still believe that the arab nations support them it's important to note that many here fear that other r. of an islamic states might. and speaking of the white house briefing president trump palestinians will eventually see peace when more countries make deals with israel i think the palestinians will without saying that this is sara lee i think they very much want to be a part of what we're doing and i see ultimately the palestinians see peace between israel and the palestinians as i see that happening i think as these very big powerful wealthy countries come in and i think the palestinians who are following. the parsi is executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft he says the main aim of the deal is to keep the u.s. involved in the region. when it comes to the iranians the real the tensions that

have existed there are at a much higher level now than what they have been in the past i don't think it is so that you know historically the u.a.e. any iran has had that anti going to stick relationship in fact dubai itself and iran has a very close relations and very very close business ties with this is more about is that the alliance between the saudis the israelis and the u.a.e. is and more about the fact that they are terrified of the idea of the united states leaving the middle east amplifying exaggerating a threat from iran is one very potent instrument to keeping the united states committed to the middle east keeping its troops in the middle east and providing them with diplomatic maneuverability that they otherwise would not be able to get if there it was if it was solely based on their own power so in that sense the threat from iran fulfills that function but it's not the threat from iran that is bringing those states closer together i think what is bringing them closer together

is the desire of keeping the united states militarily engaged in the region. the belorussian government has begun releasing people who were arrested during antigovernment protests this week well the government has also issued a rare public apology that water appears to be an attempt to call days of unrest nearly 7000 people were rounded up during demonstrations that often turned violent and they accuse the president alexander lukashenko of rigging the weekend election which he won in a landslide. the australian state of victoria has reported another 14 deaths from krone virus among them is a man in his twenty's he's the country's youngest victim new delhi infections of also gone up by about 100 the state capital melbourne is under a 6 week lockdown with nightly curfews and compulsory mask rules. in seal and is waiting to hear of prime minister and will extend or ease the lockdown in its

largest city or plant where a new covert 19 cluster continues to grow the government's confirmed 12 new infections almost 40 people linked to the cluster have been moved into quarantine facilities until this week amusingly recorded no locally transmitted cases for more than 3 months mexico has recorded more than half a 1000000 cases coronavirus it's just reached a deal with argentina to mass produce a vaccine currently in development at the u.k.'s oxford university and that it will be made available to all of latin america john holdren has more from mexico city. argentina or mexico calling it a landmark vaccine the u. not just for them but for latin america the 2 countries have agreed to produce hundreds of millions of doses for the region of the highly regarded astra zeneca vaccine designed by oats with university scientists. and they say it will be free for all mexicans and so without profit elsewhere in latin america during the

pandemic. and this is truly something exceptional there will help us a great deal to maintain hope to put an end to uncertainty. the hope is that it means this poor region when have to wait in line behind wealthier nations for a potential lifesaver to pull the end of a corner will be able to access the vaccine thanks to this deal between 6 and 12 months earlier than if there were no such agreements with the governments are doing it together with mexican carlos slim once the world's richest man this is his son. he put up with carlos slim tom de she will participate with the available resources together with the governments of the countries to initiate the process of production of $150000000.00 doses with the possibility of increasing to 250000000. but this is not a sure thing yet the vaccine still has to finish base 3 of clinical trials and if

it does that production will only get going next year nor a short term solution then but still a bit of good news for latin america the region is the worst hit by climate in the world let's go alone for 3rd why is there a many other countries are struggling in the current. mess because governments being criticized for their management of the pandemic and reluctance to put money into the economic recovery now it is ready to invest in a vaccine that it believes could be the light at the end of the tunnel john heilemann al-jazeera mexico city. indonesia has started human trials of a chinese made vaccine as many as 1600 patients could take part that if the vaccine prove safe and successful indonesia has secured the rights to produce at least 250000000 doses for its population china has struck a similar deal with brazil where human trials are the vaccine already underway jessica washington has more from jakarta. there are

a number of vaccines all over the world in the early stages of development but this vaccine by the chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer sinner back is one of the handful that's in this really advanced stage of testing so while the vaccine has been developed by sin of back here in indonesia the trial will be monitored by a university in the city of bundle and also indonesia's state run pharmaceutical manufacturer biopharma if all goes well it's expected that this trial will take around 6 months so today on friday in indonesia around $100.00 candidates received the vaccination over the next few weeks more participants will and in total it's expected that there should be around 1600 participants in this trial biopharma says that if all does go well they'll be able to scale up their capacity and they'll endeavor to produce around 250000000 doses of vaccine by the end of the year that

would of course be welcome news here in indonesia this country has been hit incredibly hard by the corona virus outbreak with more than 130000 confirmed cases . posing travel quarantine restrictions on fronts in the netherlands as quote a virus case is rising across europe france is seeing its highest number of cases since districts. in spain the government says that all 675 active outbreaks. its highest increase of cases nearly 3 months when it came from the german capital . here in germany there's a great deal of concern about the way that these new infections are manifesting themselves because the mantra from ministers has been that it is people coming back from high risk areas tourists who travel to other parts of europe and unwittingly brought the infection back with them and yet actually paradoxically the majority of

new infections taking place in germany take place inside germany elsewhere in those countries france the new infection rate is twice as large as it is in germany and certainly you see in cities the capital city for example in paris where the requirement for mask wearing is back in place but also separately the organizers of the paris marathon the marathon event which would normally attract many tens of thousands of entrants well they weren't planning to have to stage the event until november and already they've said that cannot take place and then of course in spain you see several regions there where the flare up of corona continues apace and from the german perspective looking at spring we know that the german government has said that there are 3 regions where it is highly advising its citizens its residents tourists from germany not to go there where there will be the need for some form of quarantine when they come back or indeed

a negative test. still ahead here on al jazeera new evidence emerges about the staggering scale of a crackdown against the opposition in ethiopia. and what president donald trump is doing to try to stop the daily. for the upcoming election to stay with us here on officer. however the weather is looking nice and quiet across much of the middle east basin places of cloud down towards the south but some places a plan it was a fog also around the coke says they'll be one or 2 showers but that aside is largely quiet we've got quite a key just picking up once again temperatures impact at around 45 celsius lifted dust and sand dragging its way right across a good part of kuwait down into that northeastern corner of saudi arabia and maybe

a little bit of if you just the sand from time to time here in qatar temperatures to fall back here in doha as we go on into saturday to around 40 degrees celsius the waynes just not going north of where we're picking up a little more in the way of moisture as it pushes in from the gulf meanwhile fania showers on the other side of the red sea showers there rolling off the highlands sedan south sudan seeing heavy showers uganda west and there is of kenya also looking rather disturbed in some really heavy rain there into northern and central parts of nigeria over the next day so making its way a little further west was to the south of that it is generated by we have got a few showers just pushing into central parts of the next couple of days and tending increasingly cold for the south of africa.

stories in line. and. inspiration. a series of short documentaries from ground 0. that celebrate the human spirit against the arts. al-jazeera. but the market watching on to 0 means the whole rama reminder of our top news stories u.s. president donald trump has announced a deal to normalize ties between the united arab emirates and israel under the

agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to an extent palestinian territory palestine is recalling its own bastard to the u.a.e. calling the deal of the trail a stab in the back and in other news the belorussian government has begun releasing people who were arrested during protests against the president alexander lukashenko election when the government has also issued a rare public apology because shanker is accused of rigging the vote. the israeli military has launched airstrikes and fired artillery shells at palestinian armed groups in southern gaza is the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency was damaged by the airstrikes the school was empty at the time israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed group has been sending balloons which start fires into its territory. ethiopian police have arrested more than $9000.00 people

since the killing of a popular musician in june which sparked days of violence among those detained is opposition activist. tougher who was driving traumas harassed by police in the middle of the night catherine saw reports. i saw. 2 says her husband dead janet has been in cassidy in ethiopia says july and has tested positive for harvard 19 he's a political activist being held without charge alongside many others rounded up after protests against the killing of a popular musician and activist a child who death the capital addis ababa with death as death sparked days of violence in which at least 178 people were killed and property destroyed across this and their army a region. we never anticipated the occurrence of a situation we felt we had transitioned to a democratic system exactly

a month ago they came and knocked on our door at 4 in the morning we told them we can't open it before sunrise for a while they didn't try to break in but they kept banging on it so it 5 he was afraid they'd break in and he opened the door. is human rights commission says 9000 people have been detained since june and this includes john muhammad an opposition leader who came back home from exile last the government accuses him and others of inciting the violence of the human rights campaign i see they're also worried at how the government is dealing with political dissent. is. going back to. just that's. detaining people is a proper investigation. a protracted. our prime

minister ahmed came to power. promising to respect human rights and he has been implementing democratic reforms he has won a nobel peace prize for his efforts to achieve peace and resolve a border dispute with neighboring areas traffic sami theo paeans all of us say he has not achieved what he set out to do and the country still deeply divided along ethnic lines government officials accuse protesters of being violent and their leaders of trying to destabilize the country visiting the negatives family say he was just exercising his right and the government should either release him or charge him catherine sawyer. north korea's leaders because of the risk of coronavirus the country won't accept any foreign aid to help with heavy flooding weeks of rainfall have caused extensive damage in several provinces thousands of buildings have been destroyed and roads and bridges damaged but korean leader kim jones says borders will remain shut to protect against the infections

bryant has moved from seoul in neighboring south korea it's pretty extraordinary shows the extent to which north korea simply obsessed that it will continue to keep a coronavirus outside of north korea famously is of course it says it has 0 cases of the virus from the very beginning it isolated itself and despite its need for aid out to these floods says after this meeting cold of the politburo by kim jong un yesterday thursday that they will not accept any incoming aid because they might of course divert and they also get the virus but we do know that there is a need for a raid we do know that there has been damage to the north koreans themselves tell us that 40000 hectares of rice paddy have been damaged they are of course very much dependent upon their crops and they're in big trouble if the harvest fails also 17000 buildings have been impacted and we do know that kim jong un has been out to

the countryside to see for himself the damage and in fact has announced that emergency stores from the kim dynasty zone reserves which are normally only kept for use in natural and emergency like war time all being made available show it shows you the extent to which north korea itself does see with all of its multitude of problems now it seems to be on almost a wartime footing. the u.s. justice department says it seized millions of dollars from digital currency accounts used by armed groups like i saw an al qaeda official say the groups use the accounts to solicit donations including by trying to raise money from the sale of forgery and personal protective equipment washington says it's the largest have a seizure of digital currency funds related to what it calls terrorism. president trump has acknowledged that he's starving the u.s. postal service of money he wants to make it harder to process of expected just mail in ballots he claims that postal voting will be subject to widespread fraud

particle haid reports. the u.s. postal service is in many ways a backbone for the u.s. economy and it's in financial trouble. democrats want to add funding for to be able to process melon ballots in november but the president is resisting and now he's giving a rather explicit explanation they're not going to do. a deal that's good for the american people therefore they're not going to get the 3500000000 therefore they can't do. a universal. mail in vote it's very simple he's admitting his real intention is to stop mail and voting on the same day that the u.s. supreme court issued a ruling making it easier to vote by mail something that an unprecedented 75 percent of americans will be able to do for the 1st time because of the coronavirus pandemic democrats say he's trying to steal the election the president is afraid of

the american people he's been afraid for a while he knows that on the ledge it it be hard for him to win so he wants to put obstacles at the decision now deliver in the us has slowed considerably in the last few months and that is a big concern because in 30 states ballots that arrived after election day are simply thrown away many experts blame the slower delivery times on changes put in place by the new postmaster general lewis to joy he's a trump loyalist and donor who has reportedly fired or reassigned $23.00 top executives well instituting new rules restricting overtime and hiring he says ballots will be delivered on time it's not clear if that will be the case but he's also under fire because he has a multimillion dollar stake in a company that has huge contracts with the post office that he now runs he. denied any wrongdoing at exhibitions have been clear that this is a major conflict and that would never have been allowed in any prior administration

joy absolutely should have divest it of his acts. but this is a fight with broader implications not just for the november election but for tens of millions of americans struggling and waiting for congress to agree to a new relief package democrats say they won't vote for one the doesn't protect the post office the president says he won't sign one that does and now we know why at a calling al-jazeera. americans are being invited to west african countries that are. simply removed from the gulf or encouraging them to return explore and even invest. who say they want to leave racism and division behind in the u.s. . it's no i know what the person is thinking go back to africa. in the insult african-americans julissa george really heard it calling a move to send a card to find an escape from the racial tensions in the divisive politics at home

in america people. always look to the corner. there's like a sense of like you know welcoming really. just like everyone looks like. maybe this is home maybe this is. what america is the year return an invitation from west african countries like senegal and. descent to settle in invest in the continent government says hundreds of american families have settled in the country thanks to the i mean there is a. maybe. but i think people. where everybody can celebrate you know. the city is replacing street names in the

french colonial figures with african personalities while politicians argue over whose likeness should replace them it seems young people have already made up their minds. to depict religious figures look at this it's called black excellence you can find. nina simone tammi smith even george florida african-americans that have affected the history of not just the united states but africa as well and so not only can you find them on the streets they're also taught in schools as part of the history curriculum. it's this that prompted 17 year old miriam's family to move from atlanta so that she could attend one of the african-american schools of the city where perhaps really teaches arts and representation like learning about columbus in the u.s. and learning about columbus here it was completely different kind of. like you

discovered america all these great things and when i came over here my history teacher said terrible this man was and this was new to me i was like oh oh no here . in settling in west africa they have found a new home discovered a side of themselves they had not seen before too often overlooked. nicholas hawke al-jazeera the car. your children there would be so rob a reminder of our top news stories the belorussian government times begun releasing people who were arrested after several months of protests it's also issued a public apology demonstrators are angry of a president alexander lukashenko election when he's accused of rigging the vote is what some had to say about the conditions in detention. the detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was

a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got detained even if you just came out of a shop to see what's going on you got to taint the cell is designed for 5 people initially there were $25.00 of us there after that they started adding and taking away groups around 5 people like a factory line the whole night you could hear people being beaten outside. u.s. president trying person else to deal to normalize ties between the united arab emirates and israel under the agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to and expel a stinney in territory palestine is recalling at some bastard to the u.a.e. calling the deal a betrayal understand in the back but president trump says the palestinians will eventually seek peace when more countries make deals with israel i think the palestinian world without saying it there's a sara lee yet i think they very much want to be a part of what we're doing and i see ultimately the palestinians peace between

israel and the palestinians as they see that happening i think as these very big powerful wealthy countries come in and i think the palestinians who are following the australian state of victoria has reported another 14 deaths from chroma virus among them is a man in his twenty's he's the country's youngest victim new delhi infections have also gone up by about 100 and indonesia has started human trials of a chinese made vaccine as many as 1600 patients could take part but if the vaccine proves successful indonesia has secured the rights to produce at least $250000000.00 doses for its population china has struck also a similar deal with brazil where human trials are underway those were the headlines about that more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's the stream to stay with us. talked to al jazeera we ask is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still

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