this is deja news live from. a last minute campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll annex west bank settlements if voters return him to office on tuesday right now he's running neck and neck with former army chief of staff benny gantz could the surprise pledge put him ahead also coming up. bro wanda remembers a genocide and honors its victims it's a quarter century since nearly a million tutsis in moderate hutus were killed in one hundred days. corresponded

was at the ceremony. and are signs of peace afoot in the koreas foreigners flock in record numbers to north korea's premier tourist event the chong yang marathon. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he's reelected next week who promoted jewish settlement expansion during his four terms as prime minister but until now he's refused to talk about the future of the settlements which are considered illegal under international law made and yahoo is in a tight race for the premiership with former army general benny gantz. there is only

b.b. they shout for binyamin netanyahu is followers he's the greatest unique and irreplaceable even if he's not alongside his followers on the streets of israel he's been campaigning nonstop alongside his supporters in washington d.c. online and on t.v. his latest campaign promise. i will extend the sovereignty of israel to the settlements i won't hand this land over to the palestinian authority. he's talking about a partial an extension of the west bank music to the ears of right wing voters and netanyahu is coalition partners the opposition calls the pledge irresponsible they say netanyahu is desperate he's been dogged by scandals and accusations of corruption and now on security the most important issue in israel netanyahu is facing stiff competition. benny gantz a former army chief of staff has

a chance of replacing him as prime minister. the citizens of israel will have a prime minister who cares about their interests. not his own personal business. but in the name. clean handed yet tough on security that's how cancer presents himself and people are listening. to him like this is he the change for a new future for israel. the polls predict a. result. earlier i spoke to correspondent benjamin hammer and asked him how the pledge to annex settlements by netanyahu might affect the election but one thing is for sure this is raising the tension in an already tense situation and almost everybody in israel agrees that this is a tactical move and he was so close to the elections he's done this before he's doing it now and he's clearly aiming for right being voters who could vote

otherwise for other right wing parties polls show that the center right parties are probably going to be able to form a government but the polls at the same time show that netanyahu is likud might not be the strongest party the strongest party according to polls could be any guns. lou white in this war isn't it on yahoo because this could mean that is where the president will task any guns with forming a government and not on yahoo he wants not he wants that not to happen and this could explain his move if we look at benny gantz is definitely putting him into an uncomfortable position because benny gantz is aiming for both right wing center voters and on the center left so he needs to really be careful what he says there are people who support the settlements there are people who oppose the circumvents there is a poll that forty one percent of israelis are in favor of

a partial and exhaustion of the west bank but it also means that some people are really worried some people that might vote for guns about what's currently happening with netanyahu if you can just rewind a nine hundred ninety three the oslo accords and the idea of land for peace which is animated the peace process which is perhaps not a dynamic right now how does this announcement if it comes to be affect that idea. well if an attorney who would do what is so far a nonstick would of course make so-called two state solution with a known palestinian state even harder if not impossible the whole climate is is not there at the moment in this region you cannot you can hardly talk of a peace process israelis and palestinians have not negotiated for years and if we look at the overall political climate we see definitely

a right wing shift in israeli politics many guns for example has made clear that israel would keep major settlement blocks and the jordan valley in any case and if we look at parties that in the spirit of oslo are for clear two state solution of the international alliance on the united nations lines we see that their electoral support is very low if you look at a party like minutes they would hardly go and keep the threshold to get into parliament so who knows that the climate in israel has shifted to the right in recent years and this probably explains why he's trying their tactical move so close to the elections ok benjamin hammer in tel aviv thanks for that. rwanda has begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today

in the african country president paul think gammy led a ceremony in the capital kigali commemorating the lives of the ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days gam a pledge that rwandans would never again turn against one another. remembering run this dead on the day the brutal killing began twenty five years ago president could go and ten heads of state breeds at the kigali genocide memorial the burial place of over two hundred fifty thousand victims of the genocide which wiped out close to a million rand and. he had to quit because flame the flame of remembrance will burn for one hundred days that's how long the fastest and so if the twentieth century lost it. in the gandhi convention center right behind me the main commemoration event is taking place we just watched all across the country this is where artists

are performing songs in honor of the victims and survivors of the haunting testimony here president paul kagame talks about remembering uniting and renewing all borders under my arms. i'm jewish. but none of us. who. we. will run the third roads over. in true in new cockpits. thousands of runners have embarked on the somber walk to remember it's a month to mourn those who lost their lives during the genocide but it's also symbolic walk the perpetrators and survivors walk side by side from run this dark and violent past to have these people want to be as a country and it's not just those who witnessed the atrocities committed during the

genocide but also the youth the future of this country which is here to highlight their role and responsibility in making sure history is never repeated. the mrs we have to love each other so the things that's happened i mean. to him that he should have to be united to. marching for my family plus my relatives who crossed them during this period of genocide that took place again today before they let us go first to get their future especially remembering what her parents before and freight see it's never happened again twenty five thousand london's have come together and omaha national stadium to a final emotional performance today draws to a close handles lighting up tonight john and the memory of the genocides make its unmoving hopeful and collected by the wounds of many run in heaven and might never

really. know to some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. department of homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen has resigned that's according to a tweet by u.s. president donald trump in the last few minutes nielsen served in the post since december twenty seventh team sources say trump has been frustrated with the current u.s. asylum laws. in libya fighting around the capital tripoli is intensifying with at least thirty five people killed in recent days a militia led by general keane. if i have to our aims to take the capitol where the united nations backed government is based militias loyal to the government have mobilized to defend the city. police in romania have mounted a massive search operation along the country's black sea coast after one hundred thirty kilograms of cocaine washed ashore authorities are urging residents not to

open the packets which began appearing on the beaches friday mania is a key transit point for drugs from latin america destined for western europe. authorities in sudan say the country has suffered a total power block out the power outage as thousands again take to the streets of the capital khartoum and elsewhere demanding the resignation of president omar al bashir. they shall see freedom whilst they march to the city center. the sudanese opposition has been growing and protesters say they continue to gain allies. i'm going to have we here in front of the sudanese army's headquarters. even the army is on the side of the revolution because it's peaceful unhappy. so far the military has

not intervened. whether that's a sign of approval remains unclear but soldiers do not seem to consider the protests as a threat for a second day crowds called for president omar al bashir to resign they say his nearly three decades in power have brought suit down to the brink of ruin. the corrupt have said they will rule this country forever and that they will scare us with bullets but look what's happening. protests also erupted elsewhere in the country despite police attempts to stop them activists groups say that at least sixty people have been killed since the demonstrations began in december. now could this be a step towards a new opening up in north korea the annual jonghyun marathon was held today twice as many foreigners registered to compete in the north korean capital as did last year so it's a marathon like in one of the most reclusive countries on earth let's take

a look. and there off is the highlight of north korea's tourism calendar the annual pyongyang international marathon but what sets this race apart i hope it does and we'll tell you that it was a great atmosphere as you can see. him doing that so and there were many people in the stadium as well as along the streets. for me and so old the locals waved and shit for us i managed to take a lot of photos a little because i was moved to kingdom running to see the. runners can see the sights of a tightly controlled city and for most of them the journey itself is the reward. bad. more than one hundred westerners enter the race over twice as many as last year i'm just so i wouldn't want to go to this is the thirtieth event and there are more runners an effort to make the event more

significant he adds billions to the day of the sun when the great president kim il sung was born. tourism slowed to a trickle after north korea carried out a serious of missile tests in two thousand and eighteen but with tensions now easing between the u.s. and north korea more western tourists have signed up for the marathon but there were still no americans because a u.s. travel ban remains in place but north koreans are happy with the turnout. the event will generate revenue for an economy that's long felt the burden of international sanctions. and you're up to date now with g.w. the. goodness legal show follows after the break when our guest is fortunate dusseldorf sporting director ludes fan and steal he will be giving his views on buyer malling dortmund this weekend we will also bring you the goals from sunday's games find out if both these seven show could reignite their push for

a top four spot when they hosted. visitors also have aspirations of a place in european competition next. that's coming up in just a minute on behalf of the whole team thanks so much for watching. for students school in the. first clueless.