mesmerising challenge to the official history denies people's contribution to the peace process witness seeing again. and then 2 years of conflict could be in sight in libya an interim government is chosen ahead of elections later this year. alone i'm sami say this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up objections from the u.s. and israel to an international criminal court ruling that could lead to war crimes investigations in occupied palestinian territories russia strikes back expelling

diplomats from several nations using them of supporting jailed opposition leader alex intervallic plus. only 2 years older than me darling where every real normal. skull winning actor christopher plummer perhaps best known for his role in the sound of music dies at the age of 91. more do you agree. we begin in libya where rival factions have agreed to an interim unity government until elections are held in this number this hope the landmark decision could start fighting that in golf the country since the toppling of mom almost 10 years ago malik traina reports from tripoli. in what the u.n.

is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue for voted in a new transitional government their objective lead libya to parliamentary and presidential elections in december this is a moment for historic compromise for reaching we've already seen that people are reaching across the divide. you know the guarantee is that what you are doing now will. serve your people libya has been golden conflicts for the last 10 years since an armed revolution toppled longtime leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 and april 2019 just days before a un facilitated national conference warlord khalifa haftar began a military campaign in tripoli with support from egypt russia and the u.a.e. in june 2020 they were forced to retreat towards eastern libya after the un

recognized government with turkish support retook western libya. here in tripoli most people are hopeful that this transitional government can make some changes. the government will have a large task at hand it will not be easy we hope they will be able to make some changes but because it's such a short term i doubt they'll be able to dinner. the only thing we want from this government is for it to bring us elections we want the decision for who holds power to return to the people although hope for some have doubts that the elections can take place so the last government was supposed to stay in power for one year but they've been in power for over 5 years we hope they stick to their promise and help the average citizen and provide basic services after years of violence and political divisions most libyans want something to believe and to hope for and for now many hope that this new transitional government can leave

a reconciliation process and bring about elections now trainer al-jazeera tripoli or u.n. secretary general antonio terror hailing it as a step towards peace i do believe it is a breakthrough and it is following the successful result of the negotiations of the 5 plus 5 the military the joint military committee that led to a cease fire so now we have a cease fire we have a political agreement about elections we have a new transitional authority being put in place or going to be put in place the international criminal court has ruled it does have territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territories this bolsters the i.c.c. chief prosecutor's effort to investigate alleged war crimes by israel and potentially by palestinian armed groups in 2019 the i.c.c.

as chief prosecutor fattah bensouda said she was satisfied war crimes have been. or are being committed she asked the court to determine if she had jurisdiction for an investigation prompting the ruling the palestinians who joined the i.c.c. in 2015 have been asking the court to look into israeli military actions in the gaza strip in 2014 but also want israel's construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem investigated. by net ministrations says it objects to the i.c.c. decision the israeli prime minister is accusing the international criminal court of anti semitism the i.c.c. investigators will fake war crimes this is pure anti semitism the court established to provide to trust that he's not a nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously claims that when jews live in a home and this is

a war crime circuit it claims that when democratic israel defends itself against terrorists who murder our children rocket our cities we're committing another war crime yet the i.c.c. refuses to investigate brutal dictatorships like iran and syria who commit who refused to transfer these almost daily is prime minister of israel i assure you we will fight this perversion of justice with all our might. spoke to dr susan powell from hark a palestinian human rights organization she says efforts must be made to avoid any further delays to the investigation. i think the important thing to know from today the pretrial chamber. preacher has never find that the once the preliminary examination has been close and back at the end of 2019 past the caucus you had already moved into the investigation phase so we could see even

a meeting at the coffee shack and i was but she was already infected patients so i think we're starting to see the prosecutor already has fines which can identify for the officer the prosecution or and the fire he has taken and ringback i think the one thing that we are concerned surprised from the decision today is back at creech watching for fact that there might be a protracted process and. types of cases that we've seen coming before the court has gone on for years and years and years and once we thought it went for trackage that kind just picking fights to us but also where we're not very much in the investigation stage but you know could be present and they would be very very concerned with class because as far as we're concerned we have since 2009 with the 1st premium rate nomination really pushed the courts to open investigation when that was killed 3 years neisha we don't have to wait on shows

that have to wait on chess and 2015 hours for the 2nd preliminary examination show from and we think waiting all of the time i was preparing the mission pillow at the at the end just 2019 were over a year waiting for at the pretrial chamber to make that decision and we would say we can no longer waste any for their. the u.s. state department is also intending to drop its terrorist designation for yemen's houthi this comes after president biden highlighted the need to find a diplomatic solution to the war in yemen during his 1st major foreign policy speech fees were labeled terrorists by the trumpet ministration by humanitarian groups warn this could affect a deliveries. the u.s. secretary of state has criticized china's human rights record in his 1st call with beijing's top diplomat antony blinken told the yang jiechi that america will stand

up for democratic values including engine jancsi bet and hong kong lincoln also called on china to join international condemnation of the military coup in me and mar he warned the us would work with allies against any chinese threat to stability in the pacific region including across the taiwan strait. u.s. president joe biden moves a step closer to passage of his $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan the house of representatives approve the budget blueprint democrats want the deal completed by the end of the month is all white house correspondent can but he held his. it's a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic plan designed to rebuild the u.s. economy decimated since back in march due to the spread of coded 19 this is about people's lives biden's plan includes direct payments to struggling americans of $1400.00 unemployment benefits would be extended until september $400.00

a week the plan would provide relief to working and middle class americans particularly communities of color disproportionately harmed by the pandemic and i want to say very clearly on this speech very clear at this point it's better economics not only addresses the immediate crisis room it's better for the long term economic health of our nation and our competitiveness. still republicans and democrats are other able to agree on the details so democrats have cut republicans out of the process the vice president votes in the affirmative in an early friday morning vote vice president connell harris broke a 5050 tie in the u.s. senate over details of the rescue plan paving the way for democrats who control congress and the white house to pass their legislation into law if i have to choose between getting help right now to americans who are hurting so badly and getting

dragged bogged down in a lovely negotiation or compromise in a bill that's that's up to the crisis this is easy choice i'm going to help the american people are heard now the relief is badly needed on friday the labor department reported the u.s. had added just 49000 jobs. with covert infections high and businesses shut down millions remain out of work and economic recovery at best is sluggish there's fear even with economic stimulus checks americans will save instead of spending giving you what you usually spend in a bug every 5 once again better than not getting ok and i don't need it but it's just not a solution right it's stop the bleeding it's not. a large stimulus comes with risk there is fear of unintended consequences like inflation and

a weakened american dollar but democrats in congress and the white house believe that right now those risks are worth it if americans can get back to work can really help get al-jazeera washington. biden says he is very decisive donald trump should not receive intelligence briefings speaking in interview an american network c.b.s. he says trump simply can't be trusted to keep the information confidential should former president trump still receive intelligence briefings. i think not. why not. because of his rabid behavior unrelated to the insurrection i mean you've called him an existential threat you've called him dangerous you called him. who are believe what your worst fear if he continues to get these intelligence briefings. i would rather not speculate out loud

i just think if there is no need for him to have the intelligence fusion what value is given him in and tells you what impact does he have at all other than the fact he might slip and say something. head on al-jazeera after facebook twitter is blocked and as the military joins the tries to stifle this a. 10 day stay in a quarantine hotel will soon be compulsory for many visitors to the u.k. government's accused of not acting quickly and. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point cut some ways that the weather looks a little unsettled for the middle east over the next couple of days we could see

some rain coming through for many parts even us here in casa so we've got that western weather sliding across the levant through syria lebanon jordan pushing across iraq into iran it will be heavy at times quite widespread you can see how it runs down across q 8 northern parts of saudi arabia sees them right so ways large to cause some flooding and then it will continue to edge its way further east what's happening up more as it goes into that western side of iran very close to us here in qatar said don't be surprised if you see a spot or 2 for a through the course of sunday afternoon temperatures around $23.00 degrees well it amount to much at least here dry skies slushy sunny across southern parts of the region that sunshine stretching down into the horn of africa where again they stay slushy settled and sunny there will be some showers just around lake victoria you got to see some showers running right down the rift valley and then the spread of showers across a good parts of southern africa having a show is in place that cross eastern parts of namibia maybe into

a botswana northern and eastern parts of south africa seeing some heavy rain for a time rain will gradually not just way up into good parts of mozambique. sponsored paul qatar airways told to own their own we heard so tell us are we in a case where us in compensated civilians or we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silent we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that go to 0. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center. on al-jazeera.

welcome back time to recap the headlines here now to c.n.n. now delegates from libya's rival factions have agreed to an interim unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will have the presidency council and businessman from the west will be prime minister. u.s. president joe biden has congress to pass a $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan and outline is being approved in the house of representatives democrats are hoping to pass a final version by the end of the month. the international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territory both israel and the u.s. have opposed the decision that. the number of violent deaths in palestinian israeli communities is been rising steadily for years that still spike government promises

to tackle the problem activists blame the mixture of organized criminal gangs and lack of action from police herefore said has more from northern israel. as most of israel focuses on the covert crisis for palestinian israelis a different issue dominates daily life gun violence this what it was captured in january in the northern town of farm in the moments after its latest killing 21 year old mohammed was shot dead on his doorstep he just returned from a protest against violent crime he was the 4th member of his extended family to be killed in just 18 months the family say they don't know why they've been targeted mohammed's cousin and anti-crime activist says it's up to the police to provide the answers. there is c.c.t.v. there is d.n.a. i don't need to teach them their job even if they can find all the evidence 50 percent will be there search and ask and investigate. this is your job not mine

it's a long running accusation by palestinian israelis that negligent law enforcement allows crime gangs freedom to operate in their towns and villages 2020 was the deadliest year for many with 96 violent deaths in arab communities there is general agreement about one thing an epidemic of violent crime is sweeping palestinian israeli society not for the 1st time your forty's a promising more engagement and more unfortunate. the israeli prime minister who unusually has been campaigning for palestinian israeli votes in next month's election has pledged an overhaul of policing an investigation promising to target the violence in the same way as terrorism from our farms mayor says previous such promises have failed to make a difference lets us know that sort of i mean that unfortunately the israeli police treat us as enemies not because of the state just last friday there was a peaceful protest by the youth in front of the police station and the police attacked with extraordinary equipment and force and undercover officers it's

unacceptable an investigation by the hour it's newspaper in november found that only a 5th of murders in palestinian israeli communities resulted in charges compared to more than half in jewish areas. we face obstacles in the arab society most importantly we need to make clear that cleaning the crime scene hiding the weapon organizing testimonies not cooperating not informing the police all of these form an obvious barrier to solving murders meanwhile the violence continues thousands took to the streets in the town of timer to mourn the death of another young man a committed jersey was a 23 year old nursing student a bystander killed in crossfire as israeli police in gauged in the gun battle with a gang who were shooting into a nearby house another young life ended in another neighborhood turned into a crime scene are a force at al-jazeera northern israel. now in may and mother our reports hundreds of people are rallying against the military in the largest city and gone there is

anger against the generals who seized power from democratically elected leaders in monday's coup meanwhile a digital crackdown by the jointer on protesters organizing online is intensifying after facebook now twitter and instagram a blog and reports. by the way 1st it was the doctors and nurses now educators and other government employees around 200 teachers and professors in yangon stood up to the army on friday and echoed a message heard so often this week you know what i've been having for a lot of money and we don't want this military coup which unlawfully seize power from our elected government we don't want anyone who steals power and then forms that own government we're no longer going to work with them we want the military coup to fail and that government about 5 officials from a number of government ministries chancet openly in the capital let the military dictatorship fall. was built by the previous military government as its seat of

power and has a heavy police presence the threat of arrest is real a top in the party leader and key aides on sun suchi was detained on friday on charges of sedition when tain is a long time campaigner against military rule who called on the public to oppose the coup suchi and the deposed president are unreachable according to their attorney who out of a job as far as i know they're under house arrest on song suchi is in her private home not given from the government and when me and it is not the president's residence but in a separate home that is what i've heard. activists are also being held incommunicado this is the moment that weighing in says her father a former student protest leader was taken away by soldiers it's been 5 days since my father and other activists were arrested early hour on monday morning and then we haven't heard anything about their situation where the are being held or

a health condition all the family members a very worried about them the military is gradually cutting off the population from one another and the outside world blocking twitter and instagram along with all other facebook products you know with their with reaction though the social media i think we we will see more and more protests on the street and i hope that it doesn't escalate. party has declared itself the sole legitimate representative of the people seeking international recognition the military rulers are growing increasingly isolated but still appear to be firmly in control. al-jazeera the diplomatic fallout over russia's treatment of opposition leader in the valley is intensifying it comes after russia expelled 3 foreign diplomats for joining protests against the valley's arrest and now the opposition leader is a paid in cold for the 2nd time in a week he's accused of defaming

a world war 2 veteran under simmons' now. russia's foreign ministry says the diplomats had attended what he called illegal demonstrations last month in support of alexina valmy thousands of protesters were arrested in a series of rather is the ministry isn't saying how many of the diplomats from germany sweden and poland their expelling. but the engine comes only now was often the only was back in court again on the european union's top diplomat was also in moscow calling for the opposition leaders released only 3 days after being. hold on a separate charge of ali is accused of defamation he called kremlin supporters appearing in a video corrupt stooges the prosecution say he insulted a 95 year old man one of russia's revered world war 2 veterans told the court singling out a war veteran was a p.r. stunt to discredit him and he was disgusted by it in the kremlin

barel the head of e.u. foreign policy was meeting survey lavrov russia's foreign minister i on burrell's agenda was the plight of no valley who were being poisoned with a nerve agent novacek and received lifesaving treatment in germany last september i have conveyed to minister lavrov our deep concern and great to rated our appeal to release on to launch of an impartial investigation of a case by sion lavrov talked of the low points in relations with the e.u. so just pushed on you because it's true that not at their best partly due to their illegitimate restrictions which are introduced by a used under trumped up pretext it's a reference that each trade and financial sanctions imposed after russia's annexation of crimea in the ukraine conflict in 2040. there

were no breakthroughs in the view is considering further sanctions against russia over the balance of. andrew symonds. travelers arriving to the u.k. from corona virus hot spots will now have to quarantine for 10 days the so-called red list of countries includes most of latin america southern africa and the us thousands of hotel rooms near sea in airports are being blocked arrivals will have to foot the bill is designed to stop the spread of mutated virus strains the same barber has more from london's heathrow airport. we know precious little about the details of this corn team hotel scheme apart from the obvious fact that it's going to be a big challenge to get it in place by the deadline of february the 15th so 10 days for the government to convince hotel groups to get on board and to make rooms available the government's trying to block books thousands of rooms across the

country at airports like here at heathrow and around the u.k. as well as sea ports on friday the head of one london hotel group said that it wouldn't be enough time to implement the covered 19 safety procedures necessary on thursday just hours before the announcement the head of the u.k.'s biggest airport hotel group said that they had been left in the dark about how the scheme would operate that was a week after prime minister boris johnson said that the scheme would be coming in and many people are asking why the delay the opposition labor party have accused the government of risking lives with its failure to act more quickly pointing out that the announcement came 50 days after the south african variant of the virus was 1st known about the government of course saying that these measures are necessary because of new variants many of the countries on the list of 33 the so-called red

list are in south america and southern africa let's not forget that there was a variance also from brazil that's worrying scientists here possibly more easily transmitted and more resistant to vaccines which the government has been so doing so well on so there's a big challenge we don't know exactly how many rooms will be available arrivals by u.k. residents from those countries well they'll have to stay in a hotel for 10 days at their own cost around $110.00 per night that will be. and 3 but many people are saying we shouldn't be all right what's the government saying that that would be unfeasible and it would unfairly hit people from low risk countries the british medical journal has published a scathing editorial on the global cove in 1000 response likening it to murder it says the actions of some politicians amounts of premeditated reckless indifference

to human life the authors call for leaders to be held to account for the 2000000 deaths worldwide. oscar winning actor christopher plummer has died aged 91 he was best known for his role as captain von trapp opposite julie andrews in the 965 blockbuster the sound of music kristen salumi looks back on his 6 decades in film television and stage. christopher plummer was a classically trained actor in his native canada on broadway and on the london stage. just sadness. because both a comedy and tragedy the world came to know him as captain von trapp and one of the highest grossing movies of all time the sound of music.

and the more do you agree. the film's success caught him by surprise here are words of a sudden you're very famous. none of us really realize it would. go word and of course of course everybody snort so i was a real disappointed that the part i was playing it was rather boring are 4 and i tried so hard to america remender sternberger route very difficult when i had roles in more than 200 films including the royal hunt of the sun the last station and the insider so what do you think i don't plan to spend the end of my days wandering in the wilderness of national public radio. he won the best supporting actor oscar and the british film academy award for beginners in 2012 at the age of 82 playing a man who discovers his true sexual identity in old age only 2 years older than me

dolly would be the real normal. in the years since plummer remained active on the big screen stepping in to replace kevin. spacey in the 2017 film all the money in the world after spacey was dropped from the movie as a result plummer then aged $88.00 became the oldest oscar nominee for his role as j. paul getty he survived by his wife elaine and daughter the actor amanda plummer. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now just here and now libya's rival factions have agreed to an interim unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will head a presidency council and the businessman from the west will be prime minister the 2 sides have battled to control libya since 2014.