the present day hoax is. raising memory. during your current church may 3rd. this is date every new year's live from berlin jordan's king signals a tough lied on dissent in the royal family government officials insist a former crown prince is part of the plots to destabilize the kingdom prince hamza ses he's being silenced for speaking out against corruption also coming up. pressure mounts on benjamin netanyahu the 1st witnesses on board in the israeli

prime minister's corruption trial and the country's presidents prepares to launch a coalition told us that could see as a young side. hello i'm christine one it's good to have your company jordan's prince hamza say's he will not follow orders to restrict his freedom of movement and speech the whole crown prince was ordered and the house arrest amid charges that he and other high level officials were plotting to destabilize the kingdom that denies being part of a conspiracy and sais he is being silenced. according to jordan's security officials the king's half brother bin hussein had been under investigation for some time the country's foreign minister said the former crown prince was trying to mobilize tribal leaders against the government with support from abroad.

the investigations monitored interference including calls with foreign parties regarding the suitable timing to start steps to shake the security of our steady jordan. 16 people including a former adviser to king abdullah and another member of the royal family were arrested the military initially denied arresting hum's i've been hussein and said it had issued him a warning for his actions but in a video statement sent to media on saturday prince homes are claimed he had been placed under house arrest for associating with critics of the royal family. it's my movement restricted it's my ability to communicate has been stripped of its people. to try to strike from the fundamental.

because. though he no longer holds an official title that remains a popular figure in the country see my view it's just not right for prince hamza to be linked to these people these are people who jordanian see as questionable who are really frowned upon. in what. we do not want to see anything no matter how small happened in this country this country is now in a stable and secure and i ask god to have this country remain stable and secure. and many see the stability in king abdul of the 2nd he has enjoyed widespread popularity during his reign jordan is widely seen as an island of carbon a troubled region strategically located between israel syria saudi arabia and iraq

the u.s. u.k. and several arab nations of all expressed their full support for the reigning monarch. and for more on this i'm joined by reporter avraham and she is following that story for us they are the all forces have essentially accused prince hands out plotting a coup it's very serious this charge. good morning to you christina well it's also extremely unusual for a feud of this kind to be happening in a country like jordan it's almost unheard of to see senior members of the royal family you know be at odds the way that we have in the past 2 days but you are right that the accusations are extremely serious we saw you know prime minister deputy prime minister going to suffer and yesterday say that they have you know tracked calls and interface between the former crown prince and powers discussing the timing of you know action to destabilize the country allegedly

according to the deputy prime minister they have also said that they've tracked calls between again a foreign agent a foreign power something very vague and the crown the former crown prince's wife telling her that you know a plane can be available at the time of her choosing to take her out of the country i mean these are essentially accusations that are tend to mount to treason accusing a former crown prince of such serious accusations to destabilize the country absolutely serious and very unprecedented and prince hamza is said to have had foreign support in in this alleged plot have authorities said anything about where that fine support might be coming from. they haven't they've stayed very vague about what this foreign support could look like what possible countries could be behind it so i mean all we can do is guess and speculate but i will say that this

excuse of people in the country trying to destabilize it with the help of foreign power is a line that we hear unfortunately all over the arab world oftentimes to silence dissent oftentimes to rally popular support behind the rule there. of of the country against any kind of dissent or anybody who falls out of lines we don't know what that is you know we have no concrete information as to whether that is indeed the case jordan but it definitely is something that we've heard to to skitt to to sideline cry critique around the region. and we also know that there's been a long standing feud between prince times and king abdullah but could could these development speak be a signal off why did discontent end in jordanian society i think it's very reflective of the moment in jordan perhaps i mean jordan is a country with very few resources and you know the cove in 1010 demick has had this

country quite hard especially with some very harsh winter and some of the harshest in the region actually and so you know there is economic discontent of course the country is also you know host to something like $1300000.00 syrian refugees so it is reflective perhaps that economic situation but we have to we have to wait and see if it's reflective of a bigger feud between the king and the former home prince. abraham from the. news team thank you. an israeli court is calling its 1st witnesses today as the corruption trial of prime minister benjamin netanyahu resumes netanyahu has appeared in court where he faces multiple corruption charges including bribery and fraud he could be jailed if guilty but the trial is expected to last 4 years israeli politics are in chaos soft and incontinence of election

last month political parties are meeting with the president today to decide who will be tossed with forming a new government. and for more on the story i'm joined by the cream cheese in jerusalem hi time yes so a prime minister is now is in course at the same time he's trying to form a government how is he managing this. what is actually a coincidence that these 2 so important events for this country are happening almost at the same time as you said you have on the one hand prime minister benjamin netanyahu he has to appear in court today this morning hearing the opening remarks of the state prosecutor and he is. being he cold there for the evidence phase of the trial from now on key that this is will be called every week here into the trial on the other hand we have president briefly who has started the

consultation process now party leaders will come up all day meeting with him and they will make their recommendations who they would like to see being recommended for being tossed for their giving the 1st talk to toss to form a coalition government so you see but the done then that this country is and then the one hand you have to political stalemate with 2 blocs so to speak you don't need to have a clear past to form a government and now the evidence phase of the trial was a prime minister standing trial right and as we were saying tanya if found guilty he could face he is in prison but just how serious is this corruption case against benjamin netanyahu. well we're talking here about 3 cases then known in israel as case files 100-200-4020 minutes and you know has been indicted for throat breach of trust and in one case that this case

forced thousands also privately and that's considered to be are the most serious of cases and twix acting to get to date a key victim is a talking about allegations against prime minister netanyahu was and also communication minister that he had given regular regulatory advances for advantages in return for favor of the media coverage now mr netanyahu has always denied all the charges he has said this is a return to against him and his family from the to disagree from law enforcement from the media and from the left wing so but what we are seeing here now this drive that be picking up pace there will be street hearings every week and that will most likely dominate also the media coverage here in israel. very quick to tell you how

is this going to play into the coalition talks the fact that the prime minister is on trial. well it's a it's a whole consultation process today that starts that we have to party leaders making their recommendations and president reagan wrestling has spent time until wednesday to decide you know things has the best chance is to form a coalition that is not necessarily the leader of the largest party that's not mandatory he could also give the toss to another person so we have to wait and see within these $23.00 days what decision will look like all right that's tanya kramer with that report for us in jerusalem thank you tanya. let's take a look at some of the news around the world the death toll from flooding and landslides in indonesia and neighboring east timor is now at 87 dozens more people are believed to missing relief efforts have been hampered by blocked roads and

remote this off the affected area the disaster was caused by a tropical site him. as protesters in what percy's a scuse me a man will continue to defy the military's rule malaysia and say the leaders of the countries in the asian region will need to discuss developments activists say for the 6 protesters were killed at the weekend the military has tried to stop the uprising with lethal force often taking control in a coup at the start of every. rescue was in taiwan are still finishing their recovery work at the site of a train crash that killed at least 50 people last week the express train carrying nearly 500 passengers derailed off the hissing a flatbed lardy that had slid down the embankment lorries and a has expressed his deep remorse. the u.s. state of florida is facing a potential ecological catastrophe officials fear

a leaking reservoir could collapse and leashing a 20 foot wall of water and hundreds of residents have been ordered to leave their homes the governor has declared a state of emergency the race is on to drain the reservoir before the walls give way polluted water has been gushing out of a break in the vinyl lining of the pool at the piney point plant for the last week officials are alarmed. we're hoping that we can just continue to get the water out in an efficient way and to prevent a catastrophic event if it's to plug the leak have failed emergency crews and the national guard are trying to pump the water out in time to head off disaster responding it's a rural area but there are 300 homes nearby residents have been ordered to leave

the wastewater comes from an old phosphate plant and contains high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen some social media posts claim the water is radioactive florida's governor has a reassuring message. but to be clear the water being discharged to port manatee is not radio active that is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff. the governor says the company operating the site should be held responsible for local people can only hope that the reservoir walls keep holding up. and a reminder off the top story we're following for you at the solid jordan ses is has uncovered a plot to destabilize the kingdom involving the former crown prince the government maintains homes have been hussein and those were undermining security as many as 28

high level officials have been arrested. you're watching news coming up next i'll adult film series looks at mit is in the democratic republic of congo one of the world's poorest countries don't forget you can stay up today for the latest that's on our website e.w. dot com we're also on twitter and on facebook terry watch it as you news if that makes us even start. to go. doesn't. take on the. whole boat tours that matter. to.

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