it becomes us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line the big questions on out is the what's most important is talking to people understanding what they're going through here and i just see it or we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. at least 20 palestinians are killed including children in gaza as israel responds to rocket attacks on jerusalem. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up israeli security forces storm alex a mosque once again injuring hundreds of palestinians attending prayer services that one of islam's holiest sites. its target that size take steps to.

deescalate the situation the u.s. secretary of state joins an international chorus calling for calm. and a cyber attack on a major oil pipeline supplying fuel to much of the u.s. east coast the severe vulnerabilities in american infrastructure. we begin with the latest escalation in the israel palestine conflict tensions have been running high after days of protests and now the anger in the violence has spread from occupied east jerusalem to gaza at least 20 palestinians have been killed after israeli airstrikes hit gaza israel struck targets across the city after hamas fired a barge of rockets from the strip into jerusalem well hamas launched that attack over what it called israeli aggression in the compound israeli. forces fired rubber

coated steel bullets tear gas and stun grenades at more than $300.00 palestinian worshippers for a 2nd time in a week and there's been widespread international condemnation of the continuing violence and recalls are growing louder for a deescalation between both sides. focused. on the situation in israel the west bank gaza. very deeply concerned about the rocket attacks that. need to stop and he stopped. al-jazeera how the force that has this report from occupied east jerusalem. for days the question is hung over this simmering city would monday jerusalem day 2 israelis marking the start of israel's occupation of east jerusalem be the day of definitive violent eruption as the hours tick by the answer came repeatedly grimly in the affirmative at 6 o'clock hours threatened hamas launched a long range rocket attack on jerusalem's outskirts.

and by nightfall it was counting a growing number of dead including children as the israeli military struck gaza one blast in the northern city of beit hanoun killed 9 people including 3 children and the side let it out that the children 8 months old were killed mohammad who is getting married 5 days after eat was killed how is this a children's fault that girls between the ages of 7 and 9 have died how is this their fault we were just sitting outside the house waiting for the call to prayer from us military sources told us they believed israel was targeting a palestinian islamic jihad fighter who they said had earlier fired an anti-tank missile at an israeli jeep narrowly missing its civilian owner. have that attack coincided with the hamas rocket strike on jerusalem 7 missiles fired one intercepted 6 falling in open ground israel's prime minister said that

crossed a red line requiring a forceful response on his ball to colonel we will not tolerate harm to our territory to our capital tossed citizens or to our soldiers here attack says will pay a heavier price. a new move. no i tell you citizens of israel the current confrontation the last for a while we didn't want to scale ation but here chose to escalate well phil are on strike. and i said earlier blamed israel for crossing the line with the actions of its security forces in the al aqsa mosque compound known to jews as the temple mount. they moved in in large numbers using tear gas rubber coated steel bullets batons and stun grenades for a 2nd time in 3 days the inside of the mosque became a scene of battle. so it was good hard to come. and jerusalem our red line whoever bears all the consequences of this dangerous sign is

aggression is the israeli occupation this is why the situation is exploiting. israeli officials said palestinians triggered the violence with stone throwing palestinian witnesses blamed the israelis for firing rubber coated steel bullets from long range injuries quickly mounted into the hundreds the palestinian red crescent said its own medics were among them in the neighborhood of shakespeare or where palestinian families face eviction palestinian israeli members of parliament faced off against representatives of far right israeli parties israeli jerusalem day march was called off after the government barred the usual route through the muslim quarter of the old city citing the risk of violence but through the day into the night that violence came anyway the day that ended with violence just now and doing and. then holding not that began here simmering tensions has spread those tensions spreading into truly dangerous territory now deep into the

night waves of rockets continued to be fired from gaza at the locks a mosque the confrontations flared again setting a tree alight a violent day over dangerous days still ahead harry force at al-jazeera occupied eastern. well need to abraham as more on the situation from ramallah in the occupied west bank. it's a cautious call on now in such a compound in occupied east jerusalem but there has been confrontations from between the palestinians and the israeli police since the early hours of monday and as a result of cording to trusting in red cross and they had more than $600.00 injuries and $400.00 of those were transferred to hospitals we're talking about palestinians now also we have an update from protests and confrontations with them is read

itself in a city at palestinian was shot dead and he was killed in. there are some sources who are saying that this palestinian bike and all armed israeli civilians so we're yet to be able to confirm that piece of information but also another palestinian was critically shot so it is still a tense situation in the gaza strip we are talking about the latest barrage of rockets fired from gaza they may be a response to what. he is the spokesperson our military wing and he has said around 2 hours ago that they were giving israel 2 hours to. see what they called it the siege on the compound before they would. attack the israelis and it seems that this is what happened with these rockets well

the u.s. and the e.u. have called for an immediate end to the violence visit to washington jordan's foreign minister calls for peace and peace and. maintaining peace and stability in the. story. let's bring in rami khouri he's director of global engagement at the american university of beirut and joins us via skype from boston let's talk 1st then about these tit for tat rocket attacks in the dozens of palestinians killed in gaza by israeli rockets and how dangerous is this latest escalation we're now seeing between both sides. it's definitely a dangerous short term escalation that so ready escalated the core issue is that the israelis keep expanding their control of palestinian land illegally by alex saying an occupying and terrorizing palestinian residents getting them out

chipchura has the latest example of this but it goes on in civil war and in many other parts of the occupied palestinian territories and then at some point the palestinians can't take that kind of the degradation anymore and life's threatening moves by israel and they push back most of them peacefully out in the streets throwing stones or chairs or plastic shoes or whatever they have available and the time point how messed up some after the israelis shoot inside the most holy mosque one of the holiest mosques some mosque in with the tear gas and and bullets inside the mosques didn't soldiers chasing people then of course hamas says look we can't take this it's too much and they shoot a couple rockets which injure almost nothing but still the escalation goes on but the the real driver of this is the continued subjugation of palestine an occupation an accession colonise ation of palestinian land and people by the israeli state

that wants a jewish majority 2nd in all of historic palestine and rami we are seeing days of violence and unrest of the al aqsa mosque compound and then we have these impending evictions of palestinian families from shaked so we have only gradients here i mean for an extremely volatile mix which was bound to explode and we saw that happen today. yes and it's happened many times and it will continue to happen and it's not just because of the occupation 1967 this is were going on since 1915191710221933 there's been constant tension friction fighting and killing between indigenous palestinians and a growing jewish population in palestine that was about 56 percent of the population in 1000 fifteen's or so and now is about 7075 percent of the population of the state of israel but that this is going to keep going as long as

this fundamental dynamic is not resolved politically which is the only way it can be resolved those it is a political dispute about land about national rights and about human about the human dignity all right rami khouri good to talk to again rami khouri thank you so much indeed for your time. all right time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back a report from sudan on how people smuggling has flourished since conflict broke out in neighboring ethiopia plus. it's got harder in bangkok where thailand's indian community is scrambling to do what it can to help with the covert crisis in their home country. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello we've had some lovely sunshine across such

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welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera at least 20 palestinians have been killed after israeli airstrikes hit gaza israel struck targets across the city after hamas fired a barrage of long range rockets from the gaza strip into jerusalem. well that happened after israeli forces fired rubber coated steel bullets tear gas and stun grenades at more than $300.00 palestinian worshipers at the al aqsa mosque for a 2nd time this week. and has been widespread international condemnation of the ongoing fighting and there are calls for a deescalation between both sides the u.s. and the e.u. say the violence means to stop immediately. u.s. regulators have approved pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine to be used on children as young as 12 most covered 1000 vaccines worldwide have only been authorized for use on adults the head of the european medicines agency has also

said the job could be approved for 12 to 15 year olds as early as this month. british prime minister barak johnson has announced the further relaxing of coronavirus instructions in england from next monday people will be allowed to meet in groups of up to 30 out doors and restaurants and pubs will reopen for indoor dining scotland wales and northern ireland decide their own code 19 rules today we are announcing the single biggest step on our road map and it will allow us to do many of the things that we have your own and to do for a long time so let's protect these games by continuing to exercise caution and common sense infections in sri lanka's 3rd wave are at their peak with almost 2000 reported each day the island is facing restricted vaccine supply from india as cases surge there lanka is relying on donations of

a sign of farm job from china the country started administering the vaccine on saturday after was approved by the world health organization. now india and thailand share centuries old cultural and religious ties even tyrol family traditions and names are steeped in indian heritage well now many communities in thailand say their lives are being affected by the dire situation unfolding in india scott haile reports from bangkok. the devon and dear hindu temple would normally be filled with hundreds gathered for morning prayers. but these times are anything but normal here in thailand and especially in india. the faithful now forced to participate through a facebook live stream not only is the temple community praying for family members facing the covered crisis there but they organized the delivery of donated oxygen. nearby the tight alleys of little india's shopping district would usually be

flowing with shoppers from across bangkok. many who work here are part of an indian diaspora that have lived in thailand for generations india's influence particularly religious isn't twined in thai culture when he said has worked in her family shop her entire life her father's indian her mother tie i know her father is now in pradesh a state that had 40 percent of all the covert deaths in india last month she tries to talk to him every day. i am i worried about my father yes i am i don't want him to go but he's already about his son he wanted to go i want him to come back. because of the 3rd and strongest wave of cove it to hit thailand many here in bangkok india are struggling but the community is still strongly dedicated to doing what they can to help people caught in india's devastating crisis indian

business leaders in bangkok also stepping in putting aside their day jobs as they gather and send direly needed medical equipment a lot of connection between the in thailand historically in religious ways and many of the gods are the same they prepare to send another shipment of oxygen concentrators to help alleviate the massive strain on hospitals and the serious lack of oxygen the concentrators can be used for milder cases at home and don't need direct connection to an oxygen supply imagining so many people not being able to breathe you know just that picture going in their head is. something that many of us can't live with so while they do everything they can to help their homeland in crisis indian thais will have to continue to pray via video link for their loved ones in danger but also pray that their situation does not worsen scotland al-jazeera bangkok. a u.s. coast guard ship has fired warning shots of 13 boats belonging to the iranian

revolutionary guard came close to american navy vessels in the strait of hormuz this is the 2nd such incident in less than a month that washington has accused terror on of unsafe behavior this all comes as world powers and iran seek to speed up efforts to bring tehran and washington back into compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal. this group of fast attack books boats approached the u.s. formation at high speed closing in as close as 150 yards after following all the appropriate and established procedures involving ship's horn blast bridged beach radio transmissions and other ways of communicating the coast guard cutter maui u.s. coast guard cutter fired approximately 30 forming shots from a 50 caliber machine gun after the 2nd round of warning shots the 13th fast attack craft from the r.g.c. en route contact iran has confirmed publicly for the 1st time on monday that it's

in talks with its rival saudi arabia an effort to reduce tensions. out of orbit deescalation of tensions between the 2 great islamic countries in the persian gulf region is definitely in the interest of the 2 peoples and the region as a responsible country we think we must always be welcoming of resolving the issues and matters that have existed between the 2 countries we hope with the exchanging of the atmosphere to be able to reach a meaningful understanding for bilateral relations and regional developments we will make our very best effort in this regard. and saudi arabia's crown prince as welcome qatar's any chef to mean been hammered out their need to jeddah in the latest sign of improving relations between the 2 neighbors this is the emir's 1st visit there since gulf arab leaders signed a declaration in january to end the 3 and a half year dispute with a blockade was imposed on qatar in 2017 but since then lifted the afghan

government and taliban say they'll both observe a 3 day ceasefire for the muslim holiday of the ied later this week it comes after a deadly weekend topped off a surge in violence across the country the latest explosion killed 11 people traveling on a bus in the southern province of zabul solid balance reports. travelling in a bus through southern afghanistan these passengers were approaching a chick point around midnight when the bus drove over a mine their journey now one of recovery and new ice regional hospital the latest casualty in an increasingly insecure country was. when our vehicle approached a checkpoint a bomb exploded many people were killed and injured i saw people's hands and feet had fallen to the ground they were not them selves. 2 more bomb blasts followed one in power one that killed 2 passengers another targeted soldiers in weston far province killing several in afghanistan this was a bloody weekend. on monday

a health side in west in kabul was scored with dozens of fresh grapes teenage girls were targeted as they live school on saturday with 3 separate bombs it was the deadliest attack in more than a year in targeted members of the hazaar if knit group a shia minority. according to the new york times in the week starting april 30th $140.00 government forces and over 40 civilians were killed across afghanistan the highest death toll in a single week since october the afghan government said the taliban were responsible the taliban blamed eisel and afghan intelligence services these are not. for killing innocent people and won't these are against our border because out of all it's practical. or the common people are. national project best we have announced the rise in casualties has coincided with the final pullout of foreign troops may 1 was the former did line for the withdrawal of

american troops from afghanistan u.s. president joe biden push that back to september 11th the nato allies will leave then also e.u. foreign ministers met on monday the withdrawal from afghanistan at the forefront of discussions not in. the lead some time after the terrible attacks in the recent days it's all the more important for the e.u. to make very clear that afghanistan and the afghan government can continue to count on europe support we'll do everything we can to ensure the ongoing peace negotiations reach a conclusion or a key goal in u.s. and nato negotiations with afghan intel a ban representatives has always been a reduction in violence and after and horrific weekend some progress the taliban announced a rare 3 day ceasefire for the muslim eat holidays will be only the 3rd break in fighting in nearly 3 years a brief reprieve for those caught in the middle chelate bellus al-jazeera.

protesters in the colombian city of cali are accusing the police of aiding civilians who shot of them. 8 people were injured in a road block staged by a group of indigenous nasa demonstrate. because i say so who vigilantes fodder them from their s.u.v.s cali's seen some of the worst violence during recent and government protests. now the u.s. special envoy for the horn of africa is in ethiopia to discuss the conflict integrate fighting in the region is now in its 6th month and aid groups say they're still struggling to reach those affected more than 63000 to ground refugees of fled to neighboring sudan al-jazeera is here but morgan met some of them in got a red state near the border with ethiopia. for months now fatima has been struggling to live with the physical scars of what she went through in her hometown of home after a refugee camp in sudan's got out of state says she was about to give birth when

her soldiers raided the hospital she says all the health workers fled even those in critical conditions like herself to deal with the soldiers how to you know the doctors were preparing to do a c. section on me but when i woke up i found a wound bigger than a normal sereno my belly and amara soldiers were around when i asked about my child they said they taken it and asked me to leave or die more than 63000 refugees have now fled to sudan to get out of and neighboring states the conflict integrate started in early november when the if you can government launched a military campaign against the regional to great people's liberation front it came after an attack on a government military base following months of tension between the 2 sides while the number of refugees coming into sudan has seen little increase over the past few weeks aid organizations say once in a 1000000 are internally displaced inside to grey the u.n. says aid convoys to the region are being blocked as fighting continues between the 2 sides despite this government claiming victory over the take rate people's

liberation front in late november. the u.n. says 4500000 people in the region are in need of relief with hundreds of thousands facing severe malnutrition it's described what's happening in too great an unfolding full scale humanitarian crisis in a video smuggled out of the ethiopian capital last month the head of the ethiopian orthodox church a native to gray and became the most senior voice to call what's happening in the region at genocide it followed a u.s. government report describing the conflict as an ethnic cleansing of to graham's. i'm not sure what the great people did wrong what their crimes are i'm not clear why they want to declare genocide on the people look to agree i don't know why they want to why. the people of to great from the surface of the earth the whole world should know this if you please government has rejected the claims saying that it's ready to work with international human rights experts to investigate any claim of

rights violations the pope has called on the parties to the conflict to stop the violence and protect civilians but many in the region say his appeals are likely to be unheard. nobody. can really just but they don't. bring. in. those who can are fleeing to sudan those inside to great can only wait for aid and for the conflict and thousands of people have already been killed directly by the conflict aid organizations were in fact with their access blocked thousands more could die from starvation people morgan al-jazeera of out of state now a cyber attack targeting these systems which manage an american oil pipeline has raised the price of petrol in the futures market and that could push the price up

for consumers across the u.s. colonial pipeline shut down its systems on friday to stem the damage and it could be several weeks before everything is back online article again as the story. it's the kind of attack cybersecurity experts have been worried about this is the biggest attack that involved vital infrastructure colonial pipeline a private company operates a pipeline that moves 45 percent of the east coast diesel gas and jet fuel from texas all the way up to new jersey almost 10000000 liters a day but they shut down the nearly 9000 kilometer pipeline on friday saying they've been the target of a ransomware attack a group called dark side is believed to be behind the attack it's demanding money to hand back intro of the systems it suggested russian criminals may again be involved at the end of last year multiple u.s. companies were hacked in an operation called solar winds the criminal gangs may have gained information during that hack the company said it was trying to contain

the damage but there are questions as to whether the hackers gained access to the control systems that could cause a major accident the implications for this for national security cannot be overstated the federal government is investigating the department of energy is working directly with colonial to get deployed lines back on line and operate at full capacity as quickly as safely as possible. the f.b.i. also using gauge to assess the who address this attack they've ease restrictions on moving fuel across the country by other means but experts say it could have a huge impact depending on how long it stays shut down because colonial these terminals every 5 days one can bet on day 4 or 5 of a colonial out that we could see a much greater widespread impact through war to areas throughout the middle way i

think in the south east. the by demonstration was expected to unveil new cyber security requirements in the coming days now real world proof of just how much it is needed to call him al-jazeera washington. time for a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera at least 20 palestinians have been killed off the israeli airstrikes hit gaza israel struck targets across the city after hamas fired a barrace of long range rockets from the gaza strip into jerusalem well that happened after israeli forces fired rubber coated steel bullets tear gas and stun grenades at more than $300.00 palestinian the worshipers at the al aqsa mosque compound for a 2nd time this week need to abraham is in ramallah in the occupied west bank. it's a cautious call and now. a compound in occupied eastern.