0. 00 there are no stars and this is the news out live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the united arab emirates an environment sign a deal to normalize ties with israel president trying to hail a dawn of a new middle east. we're. told palestinians say it's a stab in the back protests are being held against. hundreds of

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a betrayal by the palestinians but donald trump says it represents the dawn of the new middle east and has marked the moment with an elaborate ceremony at the white house. together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region something which nobody thought was possible certainly not in this day and age maybe in many decades from now but one founded on shared interests mutual respect and friendship to our honored guest from israel the united arab emirates and bahrain congratulations on this outstanding achievement congratulations. well israel's prime minister thanked the 2nd train saying the deal could be the momentum needed to end the conflict once and for all i thank you both for your was leadership and for working with the united states and israel to expand the circle of peace i'm grateful

i'm grateful to can come out of book rain and to you foreign minister abdul latif. for joining us joining us in bringing hope to all the children of abraham. corresponding to abraham is in the occupied west bank where they have been protests before so it is in west jerusalem will be speaking to them and just a few minutes but 1st let's go to heidi castor who is outside the white house for us you were with protesters there and i want to get to that and when that but let's start with the dale talk us through the significance of what we've seen really over the last couple of hours or so. but we saw the parties to the signing call this a moment that was at least 27 years in the making president prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu and the foreign ministers of bahrain and the u.a.e.

saying that this is a reset for peace in the region asking for cynicism to be put aside and in those lofty terms saying that it is still involving the entire region may be in sight but certainly the cynicism is on large display here at the protest behind me you can see that the flag of palestine is on display notably the one flag missing from the ceremony that we just saw unfold with the palestinian americans voicing their opposition saying that they were left out that palestinians were left out of the deal and calling this a beach radio from the brothers they say in the u.a.e. and valerie. heidi i do want to ask you about what you've been hearing for protesters that we saw so much anger so much emotion and also from the pro israeli side and they were there almost clashes what's been the mood on the streets today.

well sure it has been relatively small a few dozen protesters but they certainly have been vocal earlier in the midst of the signing ceremony they march in a wide perimeter around the white house kept at bay a few blocks from the signing ceremony itself by secret service and police they were trying to have their. boyce's heard it during the signing that did not come through and at times there were some moments of tension as they encountered even smaller groups of counter protesters who were pro israel for president trump and we will hear that from them in a moment but 1st a palestinian american man told me that he had traveled to washington from the state of illinois driving 12 hours with his family to simply bear witness to this moment which he calls a betrayal and it certainly a disappointment. with hoda but of those that are they about rights of the body and

comes here to sign a peace agreement with israel they can also send a peace agreement with the palestinians the boasting that is a bit of this they deserve to have it be a stool and they have to have lived there does it have to have to. give them some if they just go live these would do without the bullets then have a problem. that isn't going to be this would be a good with the leads i didn't vote for him and into the 16 i'm going to be voting for him in 2020 because of his also stance on israel. is the best foreign policy president we've had in do in generations. and that last man you just heard from a jewish american who says he will vote for president trump this year as you heard that support for the president is greater which is certainly part of the motivation here as president trump has been very happily gloating over the signing of this

deal less than 2 months out from the u.s. election and castro that just outside the white house for us with those protesters thank you so much well let's now go inside the white house to house correspondent candy how it she is there and she was on the south lawn as that signing was taking place candy was saying it this is being regarded as an incredibly important rylan to the landmark deal talk us through the implications of what we've just seen. i think what's important to note here is what the participants them says themselves specifically from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he saw this and the other leaders echoing this in their own speeches that this was a pivot point for the middle east in history that they are hoping that this is a framework that will build not only peace but also prosperity so we heard the israeli leader of course is language that he speaks hebrew but he spoke in arabic

saying that of course that is peace be with you that is really sort of the overture that was seemed to be extended on every side from whether it was the foreign minister of the foreign minister of the u.a.e. that they felt that these animosities that have existed between arabs and jews and even christians in the region has held generations back that it has stifled economic opportunity scientific advancement even economic prosperity and that it was as through that desire and common interest for greater prosperity and opportunity for the next generations that these men all coming together and setting aside key differences in order to achieve this framework now there's been a lot of criticism that the abrahamic corps that have just been signed do not include the palestinians or any resolution to the israeli palestinian conflict just prior to this the u.s. president saying in the oval office that they are talking to the palestinians that they believe when the time is right that they will participate along with he says 5

other nations that he did not expressly name so there's no question that there is a feeling of optimism but in terms of your original question with regard to how this might be scrutinized moving forward the u.s. congress watching this carefully particularly house speaker nancy pelosi releasing a statement calling this an important day but also concerned that this could be not just a framework for peace but a framework for a new arms race and so watching very carefully will be the u.s. congress to see how this materializes. the future arms sales with respect to f. $35.00 to u.a.e. and other nations and whether this will bolster the u.s. interest the u.s. is hoping for at least from the standpoint of congress for there to be peace and stability or whether this could foster conflict an unintended consequence indeed can be mentioned the f. $35.00 said there has been a lot of talk of the security ties but also the economic ties that come along with this one of the practical implications of this agreement going forward it doesn't

really change anything at all it's a really good point because many would argue they keep calling these peace accords but these nations are not at war the united states is certainly been helping to foster all of this between the rain the u.s. israel but they already had channels of communication that were taking place they already had a united front in confronting iran something that the u.s. has underscored and even a bold and so in many ways one would argue that nothing has changed as a result of this that this is nothing more than a show in advance of the u.s. election and that is one of the chief criticisms particularly from more liberal leaning americans as well as politicians here in the united states that this is a president eager for a distraction with covert 19 with the economy struggling at his scrutiny that the coronavirus handling that is looking for a win this is

a quick foreign policy win but really was already in place can be had at the white house correspondent who watched that ceremony for us thank you so much kimberly. kimberly also spoke to president trump's advisor on israel jason green about let's take a listen to what he had to say. as a matter of fact i would love for the palestinians to come join but their leadership has 2 problems the 1st problem is there are 2 leaderships there are the terrorist thugs in iran funded in gaza who cause so much suffering to 2000000 palestinians and tremendous danger to israel unless and until they change their ways there's little hope of a peace agreement with all of the palestinians separately have the leadership in ramallah who time and time again refused to engage refused to engage directly with israel their method is to go to the united nations the european union the road to peace is not through the united nations. well that's not how they ever have joins us from the occupied west bank where protests have been taking place throughout the day. what sort of reaction have you been seeing to the signing off to or the anger

that we saw in the streets today. of the palestinian prime minister and how much they has called this a black day and a death blow to the arab peace initiative peace initiative talks about the normalization of relations between the arab states and israel but only after israel and its occupation for the arab and palestinian lands and that would have allowed israel to have normal relations with more than 50 arab and muslim states of course palestinian officials have been warning against some arab states going against the arab consensus because their peace initiative has been sawing sorry has been suggested by saudi arabia and then adopted by the arab league and the arab league has gone from time and time again in different sessions on the importance of the peace initiative now for palestinians in the street they feel like they stand alone now in their fight and that they've been abandoned by the rest of the region

and specifically the arab countries in a poll that was released today there's a lot of anger among palestinians but there's also a feeling that the palestinian diplomacy has failed them this time specifically palestinians refer to the timing of this the palestinian leadership has strongly opposed the u.s. mideast peace plan because it doesn't meet any of the palestinians a spirit for a future states and it negates a lot of their rights so they feel like the beheading and the deals with israel are indoors saying. the u.s. mideast peace plan that palestinians have been rejecting time and time again now as for the palestinian leader. they say that they want unity they say that they are left alone and they want to recon soil the 2 parts of the palestinian territory occupied west bank and the gaza strip and held as the leadership meeting after the

declaration of the u.a.e. deal and big it's rated the importance of reconciliation also today the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has talked to the top hamas leader ismail haniyeh they both vowed to work together but the palestinian street really do not have much trust the faith that the palestinian factions will actually reunite and fulfill their promises to the people when it comes to that it conciliation but the message we've heard from many protesters here and obama was clear they don't want anyone to be speaking on their behalf or say that these deals with israel is bringing any benefit to the palestinian people on the contrary it is really measures on the ground are ongoing including house demolitions and land confiscation. or have all the reaction from the occupied west bank thank you very much well just after that agreement was signed there were reports that 2 rockets were fired into

gaza from israel and that's. for us just what do we know about this potential rocket attack. well it has been confirmed now by the israeli air force that at around the same time as we were hearing live from the amorality foreign minister in washington d.c. these 2 longer range than what we've seen in recent months rockets were fired from gaza north along the coast one was intercepted one fell in the israeli town of ashdod and the israeli authorities are saying that 2 people were lightly injured by shattered glass these incidents are always on a knife edge depending on the extent of injury but eventually death involved in terms of how much it could lead to an escalation i think it is pretty clear that we will see israeli airstrikes going in on sites in gaza later on this

evening and potentially into the early hours of tomorrow morning it's not entirely unexpected the palestinian factions inside gaza have spoken of betrayal by and behind and as i say not entirely unexpected that an incident like this should take place and what kind of reaction have you been saying that to the actual they are signing here is there an aspect of celebration around what we have same today. well israelis are pretty preoccupied with what is now clearly a pretty out of control situation when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic and yet there is a sense of just how big a movement this is for israel and its place in the region for individual israelis in terms of being able to within potentially weeks or months travel to these places do business there have some sorts of partnerships getting advertisement of to buy

property in arab regional countries this is a pretty big deal and benjamin netanyahu has been making the most of the potential such practical implications he also spoke at the white house about his long term strategy of trying to engineer such deals through strength and it really is for him a vindication in his own terms of the strategy of trying to marginalize the palestinians and yet achieve these normalization deals both the foreign ministers from the from the emirates and from buffer ain spoke about trying to use this deal to engender more support for inspect independent palestinian state that both explicitly talked about that we have an interesting lead seen exactly the text of the u.a.e. israel deal yet and to what extent that is mentioned in the text but netanyahu is only mention of the palestinians was to talk about the realistic vision that

president trump had put out earlier this year of course a vision of the palestinians entirely ignored that and yahoo is saying that this is a pivot point of history's talking about wider regional relationships and it is a message that is i think one which which will be welcomed especially among is support but at the same time there are also those who are criticizing netanyahu for being away from israel at a time of such emergency when it comes to the pandemic just a couple of days away from another a 2nd nation. why very severe lockdown the 1st country in the world to have that happen leaving as this was going on there was still debate about whether a last minute closure of schools would take place tomorrow or not they've just decided to allow schools to remain open still unclear what will happen after that so there is a real domestic problems that netanyahu has to face when he gets home to harry force that there our correspondent for us in restoration thank you very much very well i am now also joined by a palestinian official ambassador on the hejazi is assistant foreign minister for

multilateral affairs and he joins us now from ramallah ambassador thank you for being with us thank you for your time i do want to start by asking you. how did you feel as you watched that signing today. well we felt like the rest of the palestinian people it's a sad day for peace for international law for rules based international system. for peace to be predicated predicated on wardlow going. on through war the war criminals and. those who commit crimes against humanity or we heard from president trump saying that here is optimistic that other countries might sign on to this deal including palestinians person in factions would you ever consider signing on to such a deal. i think the only for peaceful is

a palestinian is in this brutal israeli occupation and granting palestinians ryland in a lean over rights to insult determination and dependence without there is no path for peace in the city region and region starts and he starts in palestine and the war 'd starts also in palestine so this photo or that we saw in the white house does not deliver anything to piece it all accounts this story as the policeman of the region and its for the. region and only sells more weapons which needs a for itself diplomacy and ending the conflicts rather than encouraging them as the trumpet minister has been doing well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today was also saying that he believes that's going to end the arab israeli conflict once and for all i mean you clearly don't believe than let me ask you

about how relations between different palestinian factions are now with the other countries the u.a.e. and bahrain and potentially other arab countries that may sign on to such an agreement. in and basics the relationship between state of palestine. is determined by the p.l.o. the sole representatives of the palestinian people and the p.l.o. has said it's will it will cut ties with any. regime or any government that normalizes relations on the basis of ignoring palestinian rights and rewarding to. the palestinian people as a whole has set its world saw its parties and its. there was a meeting. earlier which has determined also the birth for war for the palestinian people which is continuing our struggle peacefully towards

independence and towards achieving our rights is there then a concern that the state of palestine itself is becoming increasingly isolated even within the international community and if so how do you address that well i think the world war does attempted to isolate the palestinians. to completely. wipe them off the. palestinians who. number 2 to break and they will continue their state from 1987 to. sixty's the palestinians were not present on the international ledge and they are the ones who brought the question. and they will continue the struggle we were here thousands of years ago and continue to be here until the end of time it's just a matter of time that the palestinian people. are independence and the state and

the acid are on the hejazi there they're stressed out foreign minister for multilateral affairs speaking to us from ramallah thank you sir for your time and thank you for being here with us on out of there. and that's nasty tomorrow bashar is al jazeera senior political analyst and he joins us now on skype from paris and i want to start with a broader view here there's been so much talk of the implications of this for middle east peace and to end the conflict entirely do you see that. no no but i think but i don't think anyone anyone does to be honest with you i mean of course we went through a whole segment today and the nature of those sorts of seventy's is a book about the sun and historical and you know probably the only thing historical advice is how much how many times the word historical has been repeated and how many times the word peace has been repeated whenever no one knows there's something historic about it and then what is the war in order to be peace between but i mean

and do you see in the one side and is on the other side so i think it's a given i mean we keep asking the questions because the circus is of course one when nick us in the media but everyone understands that this is a broader public relations than anything else and if anything as you would say that the nature of this schmoozing got razor and at this point to prime this she moves in on president trump at this point in time on the part of the u.a.e. and up ahead and important as there's going to connect a whole other reality than that of reconsideration obese it affects 70 out of the all clear it makes it makes every unit of intimidation that any additive in security on the part of a great number of gump states and that's why i would put it for you this way the missing elephant. the 1st missing elephant in the room is saudi arabia.

because the. certainly now we know the trade with not be present in washington signing a peace deal so full with israel without greenlights without the complicity or the not just of the saudi so we know that the saudis are on board and that's a very important thing that means they could not come to cells because they have all of these issues internally and in the muslim world so they send a partnership is there such neighbors there you hear about having to sign the deal the question is why would saudi arabia want a deal to happen now with its neighbors where this serve and that the access to the real issues in the region which is so dearly bent israel trying to stand up to or front that to others may increase not ours to be an iran. let's get to iran in one but i do want to ask you about the timing of all of this

well obviously an election year in the u.s. the u.a.e. and bahrain and saudi would like to see trump in the white house for now the 4 years is that why we're seeing this now and coupled with that would would you then expect to see for instance amman jumping on the bandwagon as well and in the coming days and weeks. look clearly the question of elections you can this is you know it's so it's so obvious you know once again it's so obvious that everyone knows that this is a cynical you know timing on the part of the problem mr chips but it's also very cynical that in the department and you know that one because the is also facing off problems but back to my issue of saudi arabia but in the u.a.e. so you arabia is also in deep deep deep trouble and it meets some initiative of some sort to break out of this misery that it got it so into the last 5 years you know it cannot you know climb down the tree and make peace with its own you have

a cut it cannot make peace with its own name but you're on it kind of make peace with its own neighbor yemen it's reaching out there you would suck lives with israel it's so bizarre so many arabia is and then we'll we'll be trouble like the u.a.e. and by rape because all they are regional scheming has failed it's failed in the gulf without security field would cut that field in yemen than libya you know in general even if you know you know it would stay in iraq and so on support give me chewing out those are and that's why this is more a piece of that desperate if you will you know trying to reach out to trump and then you know in order to save themselves within riyadh and the and my mama while the same time netanyahu and trump of course spent the better part of that on many steps you know $63.00 political personal reasons does that most any month really

imagine that this will bring peace to the region of course no one does and that's where the 2nd elephant is in the room which is of course you spoke about that but the last stop on our one hour which is that of stadiums and bring what. the palestinians have been screwed by this deal all the good footing. a. you know a sort of a courageous face a brave face on this but everyone knows that the palestinians for the time being a peace for the short run will be screwed by this so called whoa ok ma and then i want to bring in the idea of iran here with the issue of iran kayleen not happy about the state leave that we've seen some where he said rhetoric from tehran over the last few weeks how does that change things how in the region how does the issue of iran and potentially all these countries considering them and uniting against a common enemy so to speak how does that change dynamics in the region so you know

we talk about your own because the obvious candidates right and because that's the one that the we spoke a lot about the part although of the u.a.e. treats more with iran than almost any other country but be that as it may let me quote our our poor our viewers around the world let me put this in a greatest you know a clear and specific way in that middle east for the last 40 years iran has continued to be a prominent and important because of power because of the saudi geographic view political and if the other possible reason to get the book it really boils down to the stomach of the other party that has also risen to be a regional power over the last 20 years mr especially under president who won so and iran on a major major group of middle eastern problems so a good deal has been pending the last 5 years and israel was basically have found

his finding not reached the rule of 40 percent over the last 10 years since the arab spring and found common interests common interests where so many are you going to sort of if they could work together along with you we need somebody down some support. then they could stand up to the jew right using the only present regional alors you want. the united states russia europe china and everyone else would be look at the middle east that would have we were looking at rockness who are department obama he supported be mentally iran but also israel so. russia pings and games of. china things in terms of took you on and back as being quite well there some to israel so you get so coming together that certain gods go along of course yes but egypt.

is not just one but it's also started up to turkey and iran and really in a position whereby if any global power comes in into the mix we're going to china russia you are or so in the america that they would be or continue to be important. now under sharia that al jazeera senior political analyst breaking it down for us that that landmark deal today thanks so much mara well let's remind you if you're just joining us the united arab emirates and bahrain have now officially signed a deal to normalize ties with israel it's been described as a betrayal by the palestinians but president on trump says it represents the dawn of the new middle east and protests have already been held in gaza and across the occupied west bank against that deal palestinians are saying it's

a stab in the back on that speak to another guest now brian capice is a senior fellow at the center for american progress and he joins us now here on out as here brian this whole idea of a dawn of a new middle east let's start there do you believe that this is a new dawn. i know when i heard that phrase it reminded me of kano is a rice the former us secretary of state when she said that the war between israel and hezbollah in 2006 was the birth pangs of the of a new middle east. look these 2 agreements are a positive step forward in a region where there's a lot of conflict but they don't include the palestinians and the fact that there is barely a mention of the palestinians which these really palestinian issue is central to any definition of middle east peace. shows you just how limited this truly is

so i would say a small step forward these countries that already had relations in the shadows are coming out of the shadows but it doesn't really do much to change the structure of the region and advance the center or free progress on the central issue of the israeli 'd palestinian issue do you say either countries signing on 23 men like this president trump seems very optimistic about that. well president trump did what he often does in these sort of diplomatic photo ops he's done it on north korea and he overstates things on china and other things as well. it believe he said 5 to 6 more countries would be signing simple similar agreements i don't see that happening anytime soon you know maybe sudan but when i talk to officials in places like morocco saudi arabia i don't see them likely moving without there being any progress on the palestinian front without there being clear clear answers on the status of holy sites and groups and questions like that trump also overstated

the potential 'd for an agreement with iran i don't argue that trumps policies have brought america and the region of the world further away from a potential agreement with iran and actually brought america closer to a potential war in the middle east several times the last year or so so as we see on coronavirus and other things trump says a lot but the gap between what he says and reality. is quite wide and there's a huge amount of domestic politics playing into this by especially if. it's an the us i'm curious how much do you actually think israel has given up to get the state of the palestinians to say they've got very little. what they've given up is this threat of an explosion of a house in territory which i would view as a threat that should not have been made anyway if if people are interested in just equitable peace i would hesitate to overstate the domestic political importance of

this signing here in america with our elections just a few weeks away i think president trump would like to portray this is a major success and have that intimate voters but your swing voter in michigan simply is not paying attention to this with their paid attention to is a coronavirus pandemic that still raging out of control economic pain unlike we've not seen in years so like most foreign policy issues today's event for most americans will barely be noticed i happen to think it's an important again small step forward for the region but if you had a steady your hand in america diplomatically that was looking to actually help the israelis and palestinians bridge their divide use the resources and the moment here to do some good but i think this is probably about all we're going to see is this event today brian kept us that american progress quite

a i thought town out there thanks for being with us. thank you. reading on and greece's prime minister has told the rest of europe it's time for a change in its refugee policy as his country struggles with the often author fire and the continent's biggest refugee camp kerry of course mr talk is asking for practical support for hundreds of refugees have now already begun moving into a new tent city on the island of less boss but the total number of homeless is more than $12000.00 many have protested refusing to relocate to the new size they say they want to go to the mainland some locals also want the refugees off last boss saying it can't cope with the numbers several countries are now offering to take hundreds of unaccompanied linus and often early a meeting with the greek prime minister and european council presidential michel

visited that new camp we need to take more european responsibilities and that's why the european commission will meet your concrete proposals in principle next week in any case by dint of the months and it would be the responsibility of the member states of the ministers are they to see that the governments to start agreeing to include those delegates you know to deliver in order to find solutions you know that we improve our tools it is not it's not easy we know that it's a very complex political debate if we were in the world and you still feel the same in europe but we need to progress we need to improve our approach when our correspondent stephanie deck is at that new camp unless boston has this up to. we've seen a couple of more people coming to the camp today moving in because of the p.r. that the authorities here of don issuing papers yesterday in all languages saying that the only way to ensure your safety and to give you food and shelter is for you

to come to this camp and most importantly for them is that their papers will be processed only now if they are inside this county if they remain outside their asylum process will be put on hold it's a fact that the morea refugee camp the biggest camp in europe the situation was was desperate yes you have schools and medical facilities but it was many disturb residents who describe it as calm so what they're saying they don't want to go from with that kind of account to the same kind of the situation here they're also afraid that this time they'll be completely locked up in the sense that they did out for even a moment or before peronne and say that they're not going to get it here people want to get off the island they want to take this opportunity that the fact that the campus burned down to get us off the art and this is something that the locals here want as well in general there's a lot of frustration there is a lot of tension right now but it comes to the situation here when it comes to the refugee population and the local population but certainly the indications as of yet from the authorities here is that they're not going to be leaving the island this

camp is still being expanded because it's the lobby going all the house 12000 people and interesting is well at the moment they're coming willingly and there's not that many the greek minister of migration are set on greek television that it's up to the state to ensure that everyone gets put into this competition all going to come willingly and the police are going to have to get involved to put them there well daniel houghton is the director of lighthouse reports that's an investigative journalism unit focused on immigration he says the new strategy on refugees just doesn't walk and needs a complete overhaul. there's always been a clash between europe and its vision of itself and the human and human and fundamental rights and the reality of the thing counted by asylum seekers who have been prevented often by states who are who are preventing them from channeling and using almost barbaric means. and it's also it's meant that you use frontline states are essentially containment and warehousing areas

a buffer zone if you will so that's likely to continue those those mechanisms will be flooded with even more money. and yet the whole thing will founder again on what is exactly meant by solidarity and there will be some gestures made but actually any kind of mechanism that will that would that would mean that the number of people currently warehouse thing greece would be substantially reduced. and nobody really foresees that coming morea burnt down this week but mario was the centerpiece of it the terrence strategy from the european union which fundamentally hasn't changed the political calculus in brussels and burly in and elsewhere that will lead to a spectacularly squalid camping europe's largest refugee camp that fundamental logic hasn't changed there's money available and there will be some nice words spoken. but at the end of that process greece will still be

a buffer zone between. refugees and migrants some of them in desperate trouble and feeling conflict and the rest of europe. well speaking of refugees bangladesh is planning to relocate more than 100000 or hinder refugees to remote island but rights groups and amnesty international says the range a need to be consulted about that decision aid agencies say they're concerned that the threat of flooding and sightlines exist in that region and amnesty says the refugees should not be forced to move and those already on the island should be full back a powerful but slow moving storm is now closing in on the u.s. gulf coast hurricane sally weakened to a category one but is expected to gain strength before making landfall on wednesday it's expected to bring heavy rains and strong winds to some areas with forecast as warning of potentially historic flooding alabama and mississippi have already declared states of emergency and some residents have been ordered to evacuate as

well jay gray is a newbie oh alabama he says that the slow speed of the storm is allowing more time for preparation but it could also prove to be the biggest issue. it's going to linger continuing to pound this area with driving rain for 2 maybe 2 and a half days we've been getting rain this morning spinning at times and this really just the beginning of things here we've seen a bit of the chop in the bay behind this here that's going to intensify as well and the storm surge could be significant and so when you pile all of that water together the national hurricane center says the potential is here for historic flooding catastrophic flash flooding in some of the lower lying areas hundreds of thousands of people along the coast really from louisiana through the florida panhandle preparing for landfall and they've gotten a bit of extra time to make those preparations because the storm is moving so slow but the time to get ready is just about over at this point maybe by midday today

people have to have things in order and either move to higher ground or prepare to ride out the storm and if you're going to do that what officials are warning is it's going to take some time again we could see rain for $22.00 and a half days here and then that water's got nowhere to go so it's going to take a while to recede and so some areas may be isolated for an extended period of time with no electricity no water and that's going to be a major issue so again the storm moving in we expected to make landfall sometime early wednesday morning into the midday hours and then not move anywhere fast which is part of the big problem here. than 20 pro-democracy activists had appeared in a hung concourse on charges as a vigil knocking the $189.00 channels square in africa correspondent to take upon a report from hong kong where there are growing concerns of

a street in the speech. it was a familiar scene for many of those who arrived at court to hear the charges against them hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activist have faced multiple charges over the past year over the many protests and events that been a part of the time they're accused of joining organizing an illegal gathering on june 4th to mark the 1989 massacre in tiananmen square the maximum penalty is 5 years in prison or was this year the vigil was banned by the government citing the corona virus outbreak but thousands of people went to victoria park where it's been held for the past 3 decades to join them prompted event hong kong is the only place in china where the 1990 and square crackdown on democracy activists is commemorated so openly and in such large scale. one of the city's best known activists leach again is known for helping the dissidents from the time he also organized the 1st

ever candlelight vigil in a year after the crackdown in beijing he remained defiant as he went into court we insist that point them in the premier market go every year will become the light if no prat. well you says they will have their culture where they express also a very fair manasseh and recall their great doleful sacrifice the case has generated much interest it's seen as yet another step in stripping away the city's freedoms and it's putting pressure on activists like joshua long who's twice been jailed for leading anti-government protests much of the day's proceedings focused on the 2 people who did not attend the hearing and both of them are part of the activist or through alongst political group and the 3rd law fled to the united kingdom just before beijing imposed its wide ranging national security law on the territory on july 1st he's accused of violating the law on grounds of inciting

secession and colluding with foreign forces while the prosecution stated that immigration records show that 24 year old sunny german has also left the city it was the basis for their request to ban all the other accused from traveling out of hong kong and it was denied along with concerns that rights and freedoms are slowly being stripped away is the fear that people in hong kong may never again be allowed to publicly remember the massacre in tiananmen square if you go pollan our desire a home kong. well european leaders have pressed china on its human rights record during a virtual summit president xi jinping dismissed the concerns pushing instead for greater economic cooperation but he stopped short of making any concessions on european demands for greater access to the chinese market has really reports from the chinese capital. launching an online charm offensive chinese president xi jinping called for closer ties with the european union he spoke in

a video conference with german chancellor angela merkel you counsel president sean michel and you commission president of wonderland the monday meeting focused on trade the 27 nations block is china's 2nd largest trading partner but after 7 years of negotiations a comprehensive investment agreement still hasn't been finalized e.u. leaders say china isn't moving fast enough when it comes to leveling the playing field it's a question of rebalancing the asymmetry and the question of openness of our respective markets so we need to china to move on these 2 issues and we needed to move if we are to achieved to achieve our shared objective of finalizing the goshi ations this year president xi pledged to expedite treaty talks and expand agricultural imports but stopped short of promising to improve market access. in an annual report released last week the e.u.

china chamber of commerce repeated urgent calls for chinese economic reforms we have been seeing that china promises opening up but actually there has been very little baby steps happening. says unlike the u.s. the e.u. isn't interested in decoupling but european companies operating in china are worried about their future the reason comes at a time of increased strain between trying europe there's been growing criticism over beijing's handling of the run a virus outbreak allegations of human rights abuses against the freedom in ours and sends out the new national security codes on. this kind of. nearly freefall of soft power of china in the in the or is it the countries is extremely worrisome because we rely on the goodwill the support from our home government public opinion customers e.u. leaders raised these concerns but she didn't peeing who responded by saying china would not be lectured on human rights he chose instead to focus on an increasingly

short list of areas of agreement digital partnership with climate change and close a corporation katrina you al-jazeera beijing. also ahead here here in sports the tour de france is clear as a continue as all riders test negative for climate 19. hello there more horse and mostly dry weather across much of the middle east now to the north through turkey to house in bits and pieces of clabbered it's mostly dry as we continue through wednesday temperatures on the rise again a high of $31.00 degrees celsius just very lightly scattered showers really on towards the caspian sea maybe into these northern areas of iran and again. a few more showers into the far south and west of yemen with more of that cloud

developing across western as the saudi damage is still on the high side 45 wednesday 40 celsius in doha this time was or is set to come down a little bit further on thursday right the way down to 36 degrees a feeling quite humid the winds very light generally throughout much of the region then down into africa central regions plenty of heavy rains and in fact we'll see more in the way of rain across the democratic republic of congo certainly throughout wednesday those rains really stepping out a bit further south all the while quite a strong flow through areas of the towns and up towards somalia maybe one or 2 coastal showers there and certainly through areas of eastern south africa maybe a shower in johannesburg that should play is certainly by thursday and if i were in a fairly clear spell further to the south so cape town for the next few days mostly dry fine and sunny on the same sort of scenario across into port elizabeth.

it is now time for sports and. thank you organizers a very tall carolyn pics have dismissed a report which crimes the games will be the most expensive ever the official budget released in december was 12 point 6000000000 dollars that was before the year long postponement because of coronavirus the report from oxford university has the figure more than 15000000000 and still. 20 twentieth's chief executive was asked about it after the organizing committees executive will be saying. i'm aware of these reports in the media but there's been no official statement given to us there are no financial grounds for the numbers revealed in that report so i'm

not in a position to make a comment on that currently so i'm simply a bit confused by it incidentally the 72000 olympics started 22 years ago today to mark the anniversary of the original cauldron was released by young athletes the sydney games are considered one of the most successful of the modern era and there are hopes that they're going to return to australia in 2032 that would be britain major league baseball has agreed with the players' association to hold the postseason playoff games inside neutral bubbles it follows the success of the final 4 might be used by n.b.a. basketball i'm n.h.l. ice hockey families will be allowed inside the bubble as long as they call in saying that the player they are with just 7 days before series the bubbles will break texas and california. for a lot more child killer is howard stern has told his instagram followers he won't stop campaigning against racial injustice that comes as the sport's governing body confirmed there will be no investigation into the t. shirt he wore at the task it said of rest the cops who killed brother taylor

a black woman who was shot and killed by police back in march in kentucky how much of a vow to kill using his platform to highlight such cases and issue is. the sort of france is almost certain to be completed after no positive coronavirus cases were reported in the latest round of testing all right isn't stuff we tested on monday or west and everyone was clear including printers rockridge who continues to lead the race over by 40 seconds tuesday stage 16 was won by german wider than 100. no freeze gearing up for its 2nd major championship of the year which is the delayed u.s. open 23 year old american colleen mccullough is feeling confident after winning the p.g.a. championship last month which was only his 2nd ever appearance of a major is going to want his being how the wind of comp in new york state walking here is a major championship or major champion you have a sense of knowing how to get things done and you know yes i've only done it once

but it's you know i've done it and you just want more you know you get that little taste of what it's like and and you know why guys marking the calendars the major championships for the year. the top football teams in germany have returned to watch in the german cup 1st round. made an excellent start dragging sunchild got them off the mark against the 3rd to take duesberg bellingen. joe raina a marker voice also from the back of the net in a 5 mil flushing dome of others caught 4 times most recently in 27. but there was a mockery sayings in one of the other goings harmed by defender tony last night climbed into the stands to confront a fine of the opposition to his old club drugs the person who said he'd been insulted hundreds that have apologised and condemned to the supporter. meanwhile over in south america supporters of brazilian club corinthians have been showing

their frustration at the club's poor performances by guys their teams players are hostile reception a sour paolo's approach after a 21 defeat a good for an answer corinthians are struggling with 15 position in the brazilian make the front certainly not holding back their anger. but let's finish with some karma pitches from the waters of great frenchman gerald has broken the deepest dive world record for a 2nd time the 24 year old descended to a depth of 112 metres with the help of friends that bettered his own previous best by the way to the last of 3 minutes 24 seconds extraordinary and that saw the sport for now and he might. have a wash there while the latest book about donald trump's presidency hits bookstores across the u.s. on tuesday and in it veteran journalist bob woodward accuses trials of deliberately playing down the coronavirus pandemic our correspondent alan fischer takes

a look back at all the controversial books published about the president over the years. they've come from insiders outsiders and even family members the record that the history of the moment the character of the man the nature of the administration no modern presidency has driven book sales like donald trump's the 1st year of the term presidency generated around 4500 books in the english language compare that to the obama presidency there were about 800 since then many many more books have been placed on the shelves more than 70 have become bestsellers generating millions of sales for their authors the 1st blockbuster came from journalist michael wolff the president tried to block publication and field others who've served in the administration have written books to give their side of the story so i just i was offered other supplied support in print the don't tend to sell as well people want

to be the plans they wanted me then to you know confirm their own beliefs right but it is. political entertainment at the same time right on the things that are going on and it is certainly. is a great subject for a book sale one of the authors of the bestseller a very stable genius admits there have been a lot of books but some are the 1st draft of history some people are motivated by the quick payday sort of elements like if if there's a circus in town it's a good idea to sell tickets and there are folks who are are certainly looking at this is an opportunity film i looked at it as an opportunity in a different way which is we're serious journalists there's no other there's no other journalism like this going on and we wanted to tell it accurately and fairly the presidency generates on average 2 books a month many have common themes shocking revelations insider gossip but few have

had any lasting political effect on don't some i wonder whether or not somebody like i can write good like i'm a loser people can't stop reading about him alan fischer al-jazeera washington. well you can always find much more on our web site including all the latest about that deal signed into law by the u.a.e. bahrain an israel and just what it means. corruption it is that invisible behind a wall of saddam's. corruption corruption is not something to be told and it. is a. country. let's destroy this war.

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wild of god a child. on al-jazeera. the united arab emirates and behind sign an agreement to normalize relations with israel a deal donald trump described as a dorm of the new middle east but palestinians mourn what they call a black day saying the resolution is a stab in the back. and taylor says al jazeera live from london also coming up hundreds of refugees begin moving into a new less boss camp as leaders say it's time to change europe's approach to migration. maintaining their rage.