the americans rewind returns to iraq after the americans at this time on all just israeli media reports prime minister benjamin netanyahu held a secret meeting with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman. i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. the hong kong pro-democracy activist, joshua wang remains in police custody. after pleading guilty for his role in the anti-government protests, the thai humanitarian situation along ethiopia's border. i would sudan is worsening, close to 40000. people have fled the fighting and are in desperate need of help.

and after decades of fighting and being forced from their homes, a series head back to rebuild their lives and revive a culture. so there are reports in israeli media that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a secret visit to saudi arabia. according to these multiple reports, netanyahu met the crown prince mohammed bin salman, as well as u.s. secretary on peo who was in israel only last week. as far as the recent washington brokered normalization deals between israel and the u.a.e. as well as bahrain harry for sit in ramallah is following this story this monday. so an unusual move to say the least. harry and the news is come out very quickly. indeed, not just unusual, unprecedented watershed as some of the words that being used in this reporting of

this visit. and as you say, it is not something that has been concealed for months and years and then gradually comes to light. it is happening this reporting of this event just a day after it reportedly took place. how it came to light was tracking of a business jet that has been used by netanyahu in the past least by from a friendly businessman, by the israeli government. and this jet went from ben-gurion airport in tel aviv, in the evening of sunday, down to the red sea resort of neon, which the crown prince mohammed bin someone wants to make a major saudi tourism and innovation hub. and it stayed there for some 5 hours before returning. and when israeli media, when israeli reporters put this visit to the prime minister's senior officials, none of them came on the record and confirmed it. none of them though, have denied it, and it seems to be pretty leaky. so it's very clear that at least there are no

efforts to stem this tide of information. so you could see that as a pretty clear tacit admission that it did take place section of state no state separate state might compare was their meeting. mom had been summoned at the same time, so it seems there was a 3 way meeting that took place. and the israeli intelligence chief, the mustard boss, your c. cohen also reportedly went along at the same time. now we've put these reports to palestinian officials here in ramallah again, no one is going on the record at the moment because it hasn't been officially confirmed. but one told us that if it had taken place, it would be heartbreaking. another pointed to recent comments by the saudi foreign minister saying that as far as saudi arabia is concerned, it would not normalize ties efficiently with israel before a palestinian state was created that has been the saudi position for nearly 20 years now. it was also the position, the u.a.e. in bahrain and sudan who have normalized ties in recent weeks that policy official

told us that nothing was taken for granted, nothing was guaranteed at the moment. so let's go back to a point you made about the fact that my pump a it was the u.s. secretary of state. there is a lot going on in these last few weeks and months of the trumpet, ministration, foreign policy wise, particularly, do you think we can sort of fit that into the this story into the now as well? well, that's very possible. it's certainly notable that this long, presumably, final foreign trip by might compare where he's been going around various countries, certainly in this region, making some policy changes as well as going over what has been done during the 4 years of the trump administration. and that this is part of that certainly when he was here in israel last week or asserted when he was in israel, i'm in the occupied west bank when he was in israel. i'm usually in jerusalem, apologies for the slip when he was in israel last week. he said that,

the u.s. government would see b.d.s., the boycott divestment, divestment and sanctions movement as explicitly anti semitic. as far as the u.s. government is concerned, that he would ensure that goods made in the occupied west bank in israeli settlements would enter the u.s. market labeled only israeli, not from the occupied west bank. these are things that are difficult or at least publicly that the biden ministration have to publicly pick and undo. so it's possible that specifically on iran, they could be trying to come to some kind of arrangement here. some speculation as to whether iran really was the key topic of discussion for this very, very unusual meeting. and one other thing to note that this doesn't just have a potential long term implications for u.s. and israeli foreign policy. it also has potential shorter term implications on israeli domestic politics. it's been reported that benny gantz, the alternate prime minister and gabi, ashkenazi, the foreign minister,

also defense minister. neither of them were informed about this there from a rival party in coalition with netanyahu. there have been various pretty major ruptures in recent days, between netanyahu and those figures, so it could well speed the collapse of this coalition government and yet another round of israeli elections. oh my goodness. erin for theatre reporting from ramallah today. thank you. harry. on to other news, the hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wang, has pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. he was joined in court by 2 other activists. and the 3 of them will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. protests outside hong kong's police headquarters were triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill. well ahead of his appearance in court won't promise to continue his fight for freedom perhaps

but i'm persuaded that the election is not any other power. will stop us from activists on what we are doing now is freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so much, we are willing to sacrifice our freedom more from t.v. or go palin, who's following events at the court in hong kong. the prosecution spent most of the day's proceedings, presenting evidence mostly in the form of video footage, showing the events of the night of june 21st 2019. it shows thousands of people who had surrounded the police station, blockading the police headquarters. but the footage mainly focused on joshua long, ivan lamb, and i can this child chanting slogans and calling on the police commissioner to come out and face the public. they all have pleaded guilty and could face up to 5

years in jail. perhaps a foretaste wish me to stay in prison, but i would 1st say that neither person boss, no election bios nor any other avatar apollo will stop us from activists and this would be the 4th time joshua long is being sent to jail. his 1st prison sentences back in 2017, he was just a teenager then. but it was also for protest related offenses. back then he was seen as one of hong kong's 1st political prisoners and it sends shock waves across the city. but this is a very different hong kong, especially in the past few months where the arrests and detentions of political and democracy activists have become a frequent occurrence. under the calling you a crackdown against the city is. this is this generation of you've go from protests to prison, to safeguard liberty for the place that we are born. all of them have made silas, but we got less 2nd, feis, this is just the latest in

a growing number of activists being taken to court for relatively minor offenses. stemming from last year's protests since 2091 than 10000, people have been arrested with the least 2000 of the charge for protest related activities. the leader of ethiopians to cry region has dismissed a 72 hour deadline to surrender issued by the ethiopian gun. this is according to reuters, which courts the brits michel's saying. people are ready to die in defense of the region. prime minister has told the people's liberation front to lay down their arms by weapons, day or face a final assault on the main city of mckayla. local media is reporting the forces have destroyed an airport in the town of axiom, to slow down the government's advance. nearly 40000 refugees meanwhile, are fled, the fighting to neighboring sudan, and the un has warned that number is likely to increase. it's also want 2000000

people in take a day are in urgent need of food, medical supplies, and feel. the european union's already pledged 5000000 dollars in aid. well, aid groups are calling for immediate action. we're seeing a new report from refugee international with once a ceasefire urgently negotiated and says of the conflict isn't resolved, it could spread to other regions of ethiopia. it also wants to see access to the region restored so that they can be brought in without restrictions. and across the border in sudan, refugee international says more camps a needed for refugees, along with a big boost in humanitarian assistance. now, the sudanese authorities have opened 2 camps to cope with the influx of refugees. some have experienced life in these camps before. as here. morgan reports now from the gallery of state refugee camp in sudan's got out of state is need too many refugees. but not that has. her parents fled to the camp in 1085 to escape war and

famine back in their home country. she's back to the same old camp this time with her 10 day old child who she gave birth to while fleeing conflict in ethiopia degree region. the more data i went to america to give birth to my child, but then the fighting started and you had to flee. i gave birth to my child while i was running away to come here. he was born on the road. now i'm back to the camp where i was born as a refugee and my new born is at the same camp. also, refugio was closed in the year 2000, following the return of most of the refugees who once lived in the capital back to ethiopia. but 20 years later, the camp is open again to cope with an influx of ethiopian refugees who started arriving to sudan. 2 weeks ago. all here have escaped from various parts of degree . nearly 40000 refugees have fled to sudan altogether, following a government offensive on the to great people's liberation front. the offensive was a response to an attack by the front on a military base,

which came after months of tension between the regional government and the federal government. had hoped not to come back to the camp when he left here, 2 years before it was closed. but he says the fighting has left him with no option on how to they're killing us. integrate, there are people being killed, our own children. bombs are being dropped on buildings. it's sad that many of us are displaced again, but we want to live. we don't want to die in war. more than 6000 refugees now live in the camp. it's opened less than 2 weeks ago. even though receiving refugees isn't new for the owner of the number of those arriving here has been increasing so far, but many of them are still without shelter. access to basic services such as clean water, food and healthcare is also challenging. for many, this place is once again providing them with a refuge. the united nations says it expects 200000 refugees to arrive to sudan in the coming months if fighting,

integrate along with lack of humanitarian access continues. so these authorities say that camp has a limited capacity and more camps need to be established. and we're urging donors and international organizations to help us cope with the situation because it's very dire. some organizations are provided aid, but there's too many people for the state. and for a few organizations, they need services and they need care, which we can't provide alone. sudan already has its economic problems, so we need the international community to help us with this crisis. that has says, she took her children would never live the life she had left. but with 3 generations of refugees in her family. she wonders when the search for a permanent refuge and stability will end. he will morgan al-jazeera, get out of state. you haven't heard the rebels say they've launched a missile fuel distribution station. this is in saudi arabia's western port city of jeddah. saudi arabia's not commented on the claims. the spokesman says foreign companies operating in the area should exercise caution. warning military

operations will continue. in the news ahead, frustration grows in latin america over the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. and the children's lives at stake as international donors consider the future of aid to afghanistan. but the weather remains largely fine in trying to cross into china at the moment. northern parts of the philippines as well. not fairing too badly. we have got some showers, as with respect coming into central and southern parts of the philippines. show us driving their way into malaysia. some of these on the big side, some active weather coming through here. as we respect to say, some are stressing some lively heat of the day showers and more of the same as we go on into wednesday. indonesia are also seeing some of that western weather,

but you pushed further south into australia and here it is largely fine. and dry high pressure, pretty much dominating things. you've had some showers down towards the southeast and cold around new south wales, pulling away from victoria as going to make its way towards new zealand. not looking too clever in new zealand as we go on through the next couple of days, but frustrated. generally settled and fine and sunny 25 celsius in adelaide, the adelaide a 20 there for melbourne, we're getting up to around 29. come by wednesday in melbourne, picking up to around 33 in adelaide and stays further west again 5 and drive basin places a fair weather cloud up towards northern areas. but i wanted to show was just around the top end up towards the cape york peninsula and noticed some really nasty weather there for central and northern parts in the zealand. it week. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the highs the

lows, the trials and tribulations and soon movements and everyday miracles, the injustices, the defiance, the tests of character and the person. they trace the witness. documentaries with a delicate touch on al-jazeera. so this is of the top stories, israeli media reporting prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a secret visit to saudi arabia. according to the reports,

netanyahu met the crown prince mohammed bin salman, and the u.s. might compare. the prime minister's office isn't confirming or denying the reports . hong kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded guilty to charges relating to last year's protests. they will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. and nearly 40000 ethiopian refugees have arrived in sudan between government troops and forces in the region. ethiopia's prime minister has given those forces 72 hours to surrender, voices this reporting the has rejected the ultimatum. let's look at coronavirus news on another pharmaceutical company has announced promising results from its trials of a vaccine astra. zeneca says late stage testing of its code in 1000 treatment shows, it can be up to 90 percent effective. the company's been developing the vaccine with the oxford university. meanwhile, the u.s.

says it's hoping to begin a vaccination program against corona virus as early as december 11th. the head of the white house vaccine task force says the plan is to vaccinate 20000000 people. before the end of the year, mike hanna reports from washington. hundreds of thousands of americans are heading home for the thanksgiving holiday. and health officials view these long lines in the airports as ominous predicting that the already calamitous coated figures could rise even further. as the consequences of this mass travel of measured despite an urgent call from the centers for disease control for all americans to stay at home . more than a 1000000 passengers traveled on friday alone. didn't stop me now and i am nervous . but i want to be with my babies. i feel safe to fly. i think i think we should all 5, pretty sure. the nation's top infectious disease expert at the round of sunday talk

shows right now. the curve is like that. it's going up at a very rapid rate and you looked at almost every single day. in fact, gives you another record. the long lines that persist at testing stations around the country are tangible evidence of the absence of any federally controlled testing program. just one of the reasons, say, health experts, why the virus has not been brought under control. the only ray of hope in a bleak winter, the possibility of new vaccines show is on the way. traditionally, historically, the wreck scenes have crushed epidemics like smallpox and polio, and measles. we can do that with the scenes that are going to be coming online. experts from the food and drug administration are reviewing the data from what the makers claim are highly successful vaccine trials. the f.d.a. will meet with independent experts next month. and if it's decided to grant an

emergency use authorization, it's possible doses of the vaccine could begin to be distributed within days. our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. so i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the united states across all states. president trump has claimed the unprecedented speed of vaccine development as a personal triumph. but while continuing to play golf for the 2nd week in a row, he still refuses to accept the outcome of the election and with no formal transition and place. there is the real danger of the pandemic continuing to bloom in a vacuum of national leadership. mike, hanna al-jazeera, washington,

the governments across latin america and the caribbean are among those putting their faith in the coronavirus vaccines, particularly as deaths and infections continue to rise right across the region. are reports from point to cyrus. the number of people killed and infected by the corona virus across latin america in the caribbean, continues to rise. so too, does anger at the way governments have been handling the pandemic protests in mexico with more than 1000000, people infected to brazil with more than 6 and a half 1000000 hopes rest on a vaccine. we know that they're leaving the vaccine. in fact, late this, the but i was actually from blocking the american recovery. if you make the vaccination, i want to do it better for all of the population. we want the $1000000000.00. but already weak economies have been devastated by the pandemic with businesses closed

thousands losing their homes and health service is stretched to breaking point. all are impatient to see an effective vaccine introduced that then show me the medical care vaccines and medicines must be free in universally available to few others are expecting the vaccine to be free, but affordable and easily available. argentina has already pulled $9000000.00 doses to cover 10 percent of its population corporation in solidarity of a key elements in the fight against the pandemic. this fight is not just a task for governments. it's a collective responsibility for the international community that's acquires a great global solidarity pact, international health bodies, pharmaceutical companies, banks, donors, and governments are working together to ensure that when the vaccines already they'll be available and affordable to wall in america. and you know, in latin america, the exact same pattern has been followed as in the united states. there are some countries that have a regulatory authorization for use in emergency situations and it others were

working to make this happen. 23000000, people across latin america have been infected by the coded 1000 virus. nearly 700000 have died. several countries including argentina, mexico, peru, and chile are in the go to ensure they don't miss out when a vaccine is ready. the hopes and expectations of an imminent end to the nightmare against growing impatient of the measures imposed to try to control the pandemic when a siren well health authorities in the gaza strip. so the recent rise in corona virus infections could overwhelm the medical system within a week. they want critical patients will soon be turned away as intensive care units, a near capacity recorded more than 14000 infections and 65 deaths. now israel's cabinet has approved a mutual exemption agreement with the united arab emirates ministers ratified the

treaty, which was signed in tel aviv last month. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he hopes the development will strengthen economic ties with the u.a.e. . normalize the relations with israel back in august, world leaders, the jews are made virtually to decide how much international aid afghanistan will receive over the next 4 years. many contributions are now expected to be reduced, and the un's child agency says that is hurting efforts to tackle malnutrition from kabul. filio come forward, reports a year after omar was born, his body started to swell and his mother rushed him to kandahar as hospital for urgent treatment pressure doing what he should is the death of them. he got missiles, now he's feeling better, but doctors told us he's malnourished and admitted his hearing. this war was over. they did for john and didn't know her son suffers from acute malnutrition. so didn't the mother of 10 month old want to la,

who was admitted with diarrhea. both survived, but the u.n. styled agency. unicef says nearly 800000 children under 5 suffer life threatening malnutrition, and merely $200000.00 of those cases developed in the 1st 5 months of this year. most children are covered, so we would have no way of really knowing what happens to 400 or 500000 of these children. most of these children will die of pneumonia or die riya because of death. it is their malnourished state that puts them at risk when they catch something else. and so their desk would be labeled. otherwise, unicef says more than 2 and a half 1000000 children face acute malnutrition. the number has doubled within the last 3 years in afghanistan as it suffers rising poverty, violence, unemployment. and the pandemic and international aid to afghanistan has fallen in

recent years. a meat concerns among donors over instability and corruption. that's left hospitals struggling to cope with the support. if we lose the support of the international red cross, we will not even have a bandage to offer the supplies that we get from the government for the entire year are not enough for a month, especially right now because we have more patients than usual. doing that got out of ghana, stans, largest children's hospital in kabul facilities are limited care. there are only 2 rooms available for home, morris children. and if there are not enough, they're also here for the treatment of life threatening conditions like him only out and wanting to head not survive. units of supplies and attritional milk to help treat the children. but there is a temporary storage. the situation has been made worse in the country by the spread of call, that 19 fragile countries like afghanistan when they, when they undergo

a shock like cold, it is just one shock to many. and we have a huge number of children and into erm. you know, very severe malnutrition and we need and then we have to focus on treatment and operation and are, it's good to do a little bit. and that's right now the situation there in terms of treatment. and we just don't have the funds even with talks between the government and the taliban taking place in qatar's capital doha. many are hoping peace may be possible, but many children facing monitor ation and famine will have to survive the coming months if they're to have a chance to see it. kabul. now, of course, last week, and azerbaijan signed their agreement to end 6 weeks of fighting over the disputed region of, i'm going to cut back as part of that deal. troops are withdrawn from our district and as it comes back under control, many displaced from their decades ago are preparing to return some of the support

since the 1970, s. has been known as a car about google on 1000 music went quiet in the 1990 s. when bombs and bullets echoed through lugo in a car, in a conflict between other by john in armenia. the folk singer was forced from his home. but since then, the award winning artist has lived close by on the armenian other by john border here on the a very controlled region. the recent conflicts or shells rained down on villages on both sides. but that didn't stop him from doing what he loves most. all of them as the i've done is my heart and soul. that's why i live here. i never stop singing even when the shells rains down . after getting back, i'm very happy. many of his friends were forced from their homes in the 1990 s.

as well. an estimated 200000 were displaced after more than 70 percent of our was taken by armenia. now they plan to go home when armenian forces have drawn. the wagons are still there and have aged as well. people lived inside and under the rail cars for years. it's the end of the line now, but this used to be a real link between art and con, can be arsed to find occurred. the tracks have been severed, but not the links. famous for racing and riding the car about horses are a symbol of the region inhabited by ethnic armenians, and as very the horses exercise for an hour a day. and now the stepfather has more than $260.00. thorough bred refuted stallions are worth so much that selling 10 a year before the horse stable, displaced from his home in up. you has been an excellent trainer for over 40 years . now eager to return, he says, the better in water and will be like white de mint for the horses or even the

horses or i.d.p.'s like people very sensitive and i could tell the horses felt they were being kicked out from their own land. i feel very emotional. once of them is cleared of mind, an infrastructure is redeveloped, the plant there is you worldwide auctions in car of the people of the horses, their music, the singing is all displaced from the region where it originally belonged to. and they can't wait to return home down to 0. past the hour and these are the top stories. israeli media is reporting prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a secret visit to saudi arabia. apparently met the crown prince mohammed bin salman, and the u.s. secretary of state mike on peo, who was in israel only last week off mary for sit in ramallah.