this hour's headlines stories the president of the palestinian authority suspends all ties with the united states and israel in response to donald trump's middle east the scribed palestinians always the slump of the century also ahead. after 47 years the united kingdom marks a historic day cutting ties with the e.u. as bragg's officially comes into effect but the road ahead for britain is still unclear. on the sweeping new study by academics of the university of cambridge

finds that the discontent of democracy in developed countries is on its highest level in 25 years with american citizens among the police officers. 247 news live from moscow every hour of the day this is your r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program. the president of the palestinian authority. said he is suspending all ties with the united states and israel the announcement came an emergency meeting of the arab league in cairo following the release on choose the of the trump administration's long awaited peace. here that we are causing all relations with you and with america we have said the same thing to america including security relations.

obviously the palestinian president's remarks did not come as a surprise right from the start the palestinians have not been part of the so-called deal of the century and we've heard repeatedly the palestinians say that neither their aspirations nor the future of jerusalem is something that's up for sale. i won't accept the solution simply by saying that jerusalem will not be part of israel will not be accepted in any way and i won't have it written in my history my country's history but i have seen jerusalem we have also heard from the arab league that they adopt the position of palestine and this was at this emergency meeting that was held this often in saturday now over the past few days there have been protests at a number of palestinian cities. was was. there's also been

a flare up in violence between the israeli army and hamas. there are a number of points at the palestinians are not happy about 1st and foremost that they were excluded from the whole process also the point that at least 30 percent of what is today palestinian territories senshi the west bank is to be ceded over according to this plan to a future israel and in this respect we've already heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he's going to put forward at tomorrow's cabinet meeting and mixing the jordan valley and the west bank settlements the palestinians also hugely angry over the proposal of the future of jerusalem the plan talks about a future palestinian state with a capital in jerusalem but that capital is not in visit as the part of jerusalem where any of the muslim holy sites are and in fact there is some kind of understanding that it would be the city of this which is on the outskirts of east

jerusalem. and i spent some time there and even the residents of our bodies say that there's no way that this small city can serve as a future capital of a palestinian state however the united states doesn't seem to be too disturbed or too concerned with what the palestinians themselves think we heard this from the american ambassador to israel david friedman it doesn't matter what the palestinians say we're going to keep this option open for them for 4 years that's what we want israel is committed to negotiating a 2 state solution with the palestinians over the next 4 years even if the palestinians rejected in the short run. the situation is hugely while in and the question is open as to what fun is next after we see now and hear the announcement of the cutting in time is. let's try to get into that issue just brought up there by a correspond we go live to tel aviv work ariel levy a columnist at the israeli newspaper ha'aretz joins us live good to see you where

does this indeed this is spend should of ties with israel in the u.s. and the rejection of the peace deal of course leave the palestinians. it leaves them in a very poor place maybe in the poorest. weakest point. when then. couldn't care less and their frustration is really so understand the. universe. because this is not a peace plan this is a human relationship. from the server more new which was overcrowded with jewish and israeli prisons no palestinian presence whatsoever to the effect that nobody would really give them anything except of humiliation i called it in one of my pieces is this the palestinians i don't think i did the jury

should. they have come at least to negotiate ing table and try to work something out there are of course reasons why they would object to the deal but they really have no choice as you're going through they're in a weak position if they want some sort of state. know by all means not they shouldn't come to any negotiation on the d.c. humiliating conditions it least keep the dignity i think the decision not to take. first of all to do with the united states and now was israel is the only outlet he has he doesn't have many other options because negotiating on these bases on the basis of these peace is really just more you malaysians no palestinian state will come out of feet just humiliation all known things can come from tough times that we saw this week getting in didn't we fatah and hamas

actually coming together which has not happened for quite some time in such high profile talks do you do you see that as perhaps establishing more of a link between the 2 factions on the palestinian side. i'm afraid this is pretty much used to because there is so much bad blood between the homecoming i don't see being over a bridge but who knows i mean i wish the palestinian people to get reunited for sure one of their weaknesses right now is the vision between hamas and fatah and the fact that they cannot work together and cannot function together and the great thing will the late yasser arafat was when he could at least unite the palestinian people while abbas totally failed in it but it's still a long way to go for a unification to refer the attacks this week as well.

it begs the question in that region would the deal not be better than what the current situation in the west bank and gaza is right now we're looking at pictures as you're speaking. the situation there is would it not be better with some sort of deal getting people talking than really what we're seeing in the west bank and gaza you say people have their pride but they need more than. they need more than the deserve more than that but. talking about wats about waiting for years to get some kind of been to style it's really not serious the maximum that they can get will be like 11 percent of their original palestine

and that's really i mean it's not the start point for anything and i think they have to wait for better times i'm not sure that we are facing another uprising or a lot of violence because there is no spirit of uprising right now in the palestinian streets they are still bleeding from the 2nd intifada they are smashed they are divided the elect leadership and i don't see it coming now in any case it's not very hopeful the situation that ties have being cut how will the u.s. and israel react to what extent are based on the benefit from the palestinians rejection of the the sunni and deal of the century. first of all we have to restrict ourselves because their boss declared already few times in the past that he will cut the relations with israel and he never did so so it might also be another holo clear asian yes with the right it states the religious

don't forget that the united states also closed their embassy in washington the palestinian representative in washington was expelled from washington but with israel the only question is really about the. security. relationship and time will show if they are really being caught or it's another holo they can ration i'm not sure that he's going to cut all the relationship because he has a lot of to lose. quite a pessimistic view that gideon levy israeli newspaper haaretz columnist thank you very. much for your time this saturday. was taken more than 3 years and divided people up and down the nation but after almost half a century the u.k. has finally bid farewell to the european union i believe in pm g.m.t. on friday the result of the biggest democratic referendum in british history was

finally inducted parts of the u.k. burst into celebration with leaves voters turning out in force but while bricks and tears partied in london's parliament square some were not enjoying the festivities north of the border in scotland cumberland vigils were held our colleagues in london were covering the historic event as it happened here some of the highlights . so. it was a bit louder. we're all still here only you know yeah it's like millennium bug nothing's happened you know the big you will have. been campaigning this for this for your whole life i mean how do you feel very pleased very pleased i have to say i mean you know we're not allowed to be triumphalist and i don't want to be

triumphalist but i am pleased you know finally from my point of view we got to the end of 3 and a half years worth of wrangling we've got a functioning parliament that's actually delivered a result and we've actually got a prime minister who's actually delivered a play which norman is a form of the minister how do you feel bearing in mind the lib dems would to revoke article 50 well i did not should be without particular policy to decide but i feel very worried for the country i mean the interview on this politician there are so you and she's absolutely straightforward in her views and she you know what i believe is the best thing for britain i thought and to believe the opposite why what's the problem what we want the best and we want to win a world of power blocs with us over the china russia. the e.u. and britain are very small fish in a very big shocks the whole economy is integrated absolutely you know we end up leaving a single market and having and how we trade barriers. and address the nation a preacher accorded video message and he claimed we are at the start of

a new era. but the beginning the e.u. has evolved over 50 years in a direction that. this country and that is a judgment you the people who confirmed the polls not once but twice. well ahead of the brakes a deadline of a union jack was quietly removed from the european council building in brussels was also taken britain's offices in the city blocks high representative for foreign affairs how the u.k. will remain a close partner of the e.u. echoing comments by the commission president or so the underlying. leader of the brakes and party has hailed what he called a historical. niger your watch your whole life. it was said to me it was

impossible. to go back to business it just shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how westminster sold to europe it is you have a country but i did was to go in there and expose it so that i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and your opinion what 26 days after the referendum i believed more for me what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it all and it then became a total mess but i came back into it off years later and reset the agenda i am not going to run away i'm going to keep a very close watch on all of this over the next year. i would praise the promise of the rooftops if it was going well and the better if it's not this is a big history and it's not triumphalism it's celebration it was really. what really happened here is the people of the westminster establishment 10 years

ago there was no building that would leave the european union. one of the leave european union this was a grassroots campaign that succeeded so the real winner here is democracy and goodness me that is worth celebrating and i want to be. in the european commission but. thank you thank you very much. for a u.k. has now entered. transition period with the e.u. current arrangements will remain in place with trade talks set to start on the 3rd of march then has to be worked out by the 31st of the summer if an agreement is not reached a new extension is agreed upon the u.k. will leave with. a number that will take. the. british prime minister said has been kind enough to answer the tough questions about transit in this city and.

politics is the complete interview for us is a politician and he lives so let me try to answer those questions for you honestly . think jose well not immediately but do expect an extra serving of spectacles n.u.'s sangria when you hit the costa del sol also you're going to have to get in a slow line. with all the people from the. country is like america but that won't happen until next year. there is a british spud's a still going to be growing big and proud but get out your pits. folks because soon they'll be no one dirt cheap lithuanians to dig them up as brits. how cool is it yeah probably well if the trade negotiations don't go well over the next 11 months the government will be panic selling my grannies to the highest bidder and want to

make a quick buck or rupee or a lira whatever comes their way. so pretty damned right it will somebody will be taken back from those pesky europeans and returned germans rightful owners the attorney is and finally will brags that stop all the arguing about brags that. now is just 70000000 people alone on an island where one off is accused of being racist and the other half is accused of anything that country probably brags that day everyone. new research suggests people in the united states are the most on hopi with our democracy is working on it we brick adult story don't you after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race on all sides clearly dramatic to follow through the only person i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to be close this is what before 3 of the people. interested in the wives at.

19 minutes past the hour welcome back a major new study by academics in the u.k. does following the developed countries popular discontent with democratic politics has reached its highest level in 25 years the report by cambridge university center for the future of the marcus ses americans are the least satisfied reporting from there get up and. we're used to hearing that the usa is a cradle of democracy and in case you might forget they remind you at every opportunity impeachment is no exception this is not a banana republic. it's the democratic republic. of the united states of america

a moment when our democracy was gravely threatened embattled democracy being invaded by this by the by russia democrats accuse donald trump of using his political position for personal gain and thus corrupting the entire system trump shoots back that the democrats are manipulating the constitution in order to go after him by proceeding with your invalid impeachment you are violating your oath of office your breaking your allegiance to the constitution and you are declaring open war on american democracy interestingly new data has been published by the u.k.'s cambridge university showing that among americans there's been a dramatic decline in people's confidence in democracy we decided to talk to new yorkers and see why they might be losing faith in the founding fathers i feel most people are in misinformed more than anything and they need to understand that we don't live in a true democracy where you know specifically every vote counts directly we know it's a representative democracy rights people vote for things and then other things happen

or other people with you know people get more votes and then they lose that's not it's not really democracy is that i do believe that within the system we need to do a better job of including everyone into the conversation and i also think that the current state of affairs is what makes people just really turned off. to supporting democracy as a whole you know the institutions which were set out with. i think right frame book are not being used or the loopholes are being exploited democracy sexy being taken out of the hands of the people it's in the hands of private cloud big money and corporations but it's not just americans according to the poll that was conducted around the world there has been a decline in democratic values in countries like france and the u.k. people just don't feel they've got a voice anymore it seems that you have you just going to do their own thing anyway they have their own agenda to people on trusting politicians as much as you know there's a lot of groups and minorities that. not being made and you know democracy should

be to serve everybody and particularly those who are disadvantaged if it's not serving those who are disadvantaged then i don't think the democracy is working in some of the parliaments in the world's especially the a you know you are not listening to the people one thing off on democracy being that is i think people need to have. information morici cation to realise my democracies think that people should fight for it or not most of the people. but this points to a bigger question what does democracy actually mean now in theory it's supposed to be the rule of the people but it seems like around the world in many different countries many feel like the people's will is not being enacted and they are not happy about it caleb mufon artsy new york. we discussed the story with investigative journalist david lindorff he thinks the politicians are losing touch with what voters really want. i wouldn't say they're dissatisfied with democracy

they're dissatisfied with the way our democracy is working these days it has really lost its connection to the people all the money in the political system incredible amounts of money billions of dollars to run for president are coming from corporations and rich people and the average person norm is cut out of the picture i think at least in the us. fortunately people are not saying we don't like democracy they're saying we want to see that works so it's not people are saying oh we need a dictator the vast majority of americans have been brought up on the notion that people are supposed to run their own government want to have a government that works for them but they're not able to get it. it's a story getting a lot of people talking one of the internet's most popular alternative news websites twitter accounts suspended 0 hedge the financial and political site which had over half a 1000000 subscribers was accused of engaging in abuse and harassment as you had

say or a suspension was over accusations that they had revealed they personal details of a scientist from china who falsely claimed he had created the corona virus as a biological weapon and those claims emerged on both feet another online alternative news site 0 hedge denies all the accusations although twitter has recently published guidelines regarding and how it deals with the outbreak. but those were the rules not the company accusing violating. we have launched a new dedicated search prompt to ensure that when you come to the service for information about the coronavirus you met with credible authoritative information 1st we do not permit platform manipulation and we encourage people to think before sharing or engaging in the liberated thames to undermine the public conversation are we then to understand that we have now reached a point where the may gather enough information is now synonymous with abuse and

harassment a coincidence and certainly our competitors in the media the answer is yes in any case you have e-mailed tweets a c.e.o. a chick dosey who incidentally happens to follow 0 hedge well there is a long line of censorship ickes ations against twitter particularly recently in the past few days in fact the account of british right wing commentator katie hopkins will suspend last week it's touched a warning usually reserved for graphic violent imagery to a pro-life campaign video has also been accused of engaging in a hybrid war for by suspending accounts linked to come creased targeted by the us government. the corporate censorship of independent media outlets is escalating rapidly off to suspending dozens of iranian in venice weighing in accounts twitter now suspended 0 hedge one of the largest alternative news websites the account had 670000 followers and was active for 10 years 0 hedge was just suspended from

twitter this is the biggest case of mass censorship of conservatives since in 4 wars was de platform and internet consumer bill of rights now twitter and facebook opposed to dramatically increase their their censorship efforts in the last few weeks they have attacked a wide variety of sources that from venezuela iran for example. they're striking out more broadly and 0 heads is seizing the latest example of that increasingly sweeping effort. but i think of the merits of this individual case are really secondary because i mean they really important thing is the is the trend that shows that that is so an ever more aggressive attempt at tempted by social media. to do the bidding of governments and to eliminate voices they regard as somehow disturbing and controversial counter to the official narrative i mean

there's been a just a change in general attitude since 2016 when the intelligence agencies accused russia of using social media to manipulate. us voter attitudes. is our news for this hour on this the 1st day of february hope you're having a fine weekend so far live from moscow this is r.t. international. i'm going. tough and i mean i'm on the flip side is to my fellow huevos to the food. bank itself mukti about. closing this way got to dog it's so hard not to think of the

mother disappeared this woman the look of a power and an empty stomach and if. this is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights his way to. the floor you can move the 50 pound is worthless woody allen called the ability to put a hold on the. what i think is this is the fans that is a constant. albert einstein is often credited with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result this is essentially the argument behind the trumpet

ministrations deal of the century aimed at putting an end to the israeli palestinian conflict. is the american president indeed insane or a genius breaking with decades of fruitless mediation. thinking of getting a new job on the ones we got in her she'll come out alive as he didn't know until he was trapped in this tiny little wired how much we don't need a crate with him the wall just. freaking out and he will want to spray him anywhere near and thousands of breeding dogs are caged in inhumane conditions on puppy foams i mean 67 years you know they've been locked up in cages outside you see no protection from the weather the heat you know the cold air the rain the snow the thunder nothing they have no protection. to get what you. get through kids. across the u.s.

cruel puppy mills are supported by dog shows and pet stores most of the puppies that are coming from these large scale factory farming kind of operations are being sold in stores even joined a group businesses are involved like ogling mom santa there has been a shocking amount of the organizing opposition to efforts to increase the standards of care for dogs bred in commercial rating for so many most of that opposition is coming from huge agricultural groups and industries that have nothing to do with dogs don't buy dog on o.t. .