the only power that can deliver the whole of the balfour declaration and make good on the second half as well as the first half is the state of israel it has the power it has a security guarantee from the world's greatest power of twenty seventeen and it has i believe the responsibility i did. the self interest to try and rediscover the moral force that lay behind the founding of the state of israel to give a a secure highly for global jury after centuries of oppression which is a significant achievement but now israel needs to be in the business of making good on the hundred years of the awful awful prices being paid by the palestinians as a consequence all right so i'm not come to you in just a moment but first i think it would be useful just to to outline the exact wording the sixty seven was that i mentioned earlier now it starts his majesty's government view would favor the establishment in palestine of a national home for the jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object now this is the controversial bit that crispin was just referr

by october of one nine hundred seventeen the final draft of the balfour declaration was ready and waiting only british government final approval. there was a rumor that germany was about to issue a similar declaration supporting the rights of the jews in palestine when balfour heard he rushed to get his final draft discussed at the cabinets meeting on the thirty first of october one thousand nine hundred nineteen. so when we think about the centenary of the balfour declaration everyone considers second of november nineteenth seventeen as the moment of the day creation itself but it was actually agreed to by the british cabinet on the thirty first of october and this was a hugely significant meeting and in the minutes of that meeting balfour reiterates the principle reasons for supporting zionism and highlights its expected propaganda effects amongst jews around the world particularly in the united states and in russia the argument was was put forward most strongly by lord balfour at the meeting of october thirty first and what he argued was that issuing this declaration would be extremely

around the world are demanding an apology as they mark the one hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration this was a british government policy statement widely seen as leading to the division of palestine protesters in bethlehem in the occupied west bank have made an effigy of the man after whom that declaration is named author balfour was the u.k.'s foreign secretary in one nine hundred seventy. you are right up to date with all the top stories on back with a quick summary in about twenty five minutes between now and then al-jazeera well i'll see you soon. good. luck. thanks thanks. thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks. thanks thanks. thanks thanks. thanks thanks thanks. thanks for the voice of david ben-gurion declaring the establishment of the state of israel in maine one nine hundred forty eight. the balfour declaration was a letter sent by british foreign secretary arthur balfour to a member of the british house of lords child on the second of november one thousand nine hundred seventeen. this letter sent to a leading figure in the british jewish community one hundred years ago had rep

the balfour declaration when britain promised the creation of a jewish homeland in palestine he said mark the occasion with britain's to resume a declaration has long been condemned by palestinians. america's top diplomat is to visit me in mar to discuss the range of crisis secretary of state rex tillerson will be leaders and officials on the there but the fifteenth pressure is increasing on the white house to impose measures against the government they put all in the senate a bipartisan group has introduced a bill which would restrict military cooperation until. violence stops i mean mars leader and son suchi has visited rakhine state for the first time since a military crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand rohingya go to flee their homes. has been facing international criticism for failing to stop what the u.n. describes as ethnic cleansing from young gone from slavery reports. this is all signs you g.'s first time in rakhine state it's a renewed military offensive began in august accompanied by government officials and prominent business leaders she visited several villag

britain and israel will be celebrating the centenary of the balfour declaration in the coming hours it marks the day foreign secretary lord balfour pledged to help establish a jewish homeland in palestine israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on his way to the u.k. to meet prime minister to resign may we will have attended a dinner to mark the anniversary in his speech may is expected to call a peace deal based on a two state solution between israel and palestine. the balfour declaration is a significant event in the history of zionism and will mark this at an important event thursday in london in addition to marking this is storable event i will have important diplomatic and economic meetings i will meet with u.k. prime minister to reason may and foreign secretary boris johnson in the meeting with reason may i intend to raise concrete proposals on how to deal with the failures of a nuclear agreement with iran well thousands of palestinians were forced to flee their homes as a result of the balfour declaration smith met one man in gaza who remembers the final years of the britis

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in london to mark the centenary of the balfour declaration when britain promised the creation of a jewish homeland in palestine. with britain's to resume a declaration has long been condemned by palestinians. and groups are warning of the potential for a major cholera outbreak among muslims who fled me and more than six hundred thousand people have crossed into bangladesh cox's bazar since late august face poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene facilities in makeshift camps. but as i am president nicolas maduro says he plans to renegotiate all future foreign debt payments with banks and investors it's in response to financial sanctions imposed by the trumpet ministration the move will start after the state and all company makes its next debt payment the country sank into a deep recession following the collapse in oil prices and struggling to deal with shortages of basic products such as food and medicines. venezuela has always met its international obligations we have met them in june oil times and during times of little prices we have paid ev

analyst marwan bashar for a look at the bigger picture here marwan you know we talk about the balfour declaration today and you know the consequences of it but there were thirty one years of history between the bar for decoration and the not by the declaration of the state of israel thirty one years so to what extent can all the weights be put on that moment in one thousand nine hundred seventy i think might you seventeen was a starting point not more than that it was an important date because the colonial power at the time the superpower the world superpower at the time where the sun never sets the british empire decided even before controlling those territories to promise them to the jewish people. but it was it was an opening chapter of many more chapters to come because britain over what it is presented in terms of western powers continued to be complicit against the palestinian rights in palestine through the partition and on to british support for israel between one hundred forty seven and nine hundred sixty seven leading to the occupation of the west bank gaza and east jerusalem britain co

i think the balfour declaration was obviously a really important step along the way towards establishing the state of israel and palestine now i think that that is perhaps the biggest thing he had that there could well have been a state of israel and we know that there were a number of different possibilities considered but whether that would have been in palestine or not i have doubts that the question so i think that the felt the declaration was important for getting the state of israel to where it is today all right simon member that's lancaster university in the u.k. so i mean as always we appreciate your insights good to have you on the day thank you. thank you. well for the first time a collection of paintings stolen from their jewish owners in the nazi era are being exhibited in switzerland in germany now for decades they were hidden in an apartment in munich until one day the tax man paid an unexpected visit. the hoard of precious artworks is going on display for the first time in bern switzerland and bonn germany the linked exhibitions include master works from the likes of kirs

british prime ministers spend the evening at a dinner to mark lord balfour declaration but the british are careful with their language because as rival demonstrations suggest there is too much division and anger for britain to truly celebrate this and to. be philip's al-jazeera lancaster house in central london. so well to reason they benjamin netanyahu met for dinner to mark the anniversary of that declaration the palestinian president mahmoud abbas spoke about it on local t.v. he said that while the people of palestine cannot accept the hatred prejudice and injustice that the declaration has caused palestine is still committed to a two state solution with israel about said palestinians are suffering under the israeli occupation but is still determined to live in peace now u.s. president donald trump has named jerome powell as his pixley the federal reserve power is a multi-millionaire who currently serves on the bank's board is one of five candidates interviewed for the role including current chair janet yellen who's term finishes in february unofficial reports it is my pleasure and

later the countries of jordan and israel emerged israel sees the one nine hundred seventeen balfour declaration as an important step towards statehood but the original document stated that nothing should be done to prejudice non jewish peoples living in that territory a century later israelis and palestinians remain bitterly divided over the balfour legacy this is a message to the british government that well that it before one hundred years will never bust. a new never before to get. money stein thought of that. he would let the. palestinian population here and. we have walked in penance to express our sorrow for the one hundred years of suffering dispossession injustice and conflict which the balfour declaration has brought the palestinian people the palestinians say. about for directly looked worse than it was a tragedy that wasn't a tragedy what's been tragic is the refusal to accept this one hundred years later i hope that change your mind because if they do we can move forward finally to making peace between our two.

and of us three so bitter that even a satirical tea party marking one hundred years since the balfour declaration is too much for some palestinians to stomach. and we talk to victims of election violence in kenya killed dozens in small west rights groups say they used excessive force. and the u.s. president donald trump says he will shut down the visa program which are now the suspect in the new york truck attack to enter the country so for those type of came to the u.s. what was back is time in twenty ten under the diversity visa lottery program better known as the green card lottery eight people were killed and eleven others injured when a pickup truck plowed into cyclists and pedestrians in manhattan. i am today starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program. i am going to ask congress to immediately. initiate work to get rid of this program diverse array and diversity lottery diversity lottery sounds nice it's not nice it's not good it's not good it hasn't been good we've been against it but we can speak to our white house correspondent can really help it so swift move here

the letter the change palestine ever mass protests mark a hundred years since the balfour declaration. the suspect accused of killing eight people with a truck in new york city makes his first court appearance. we begin in madrid where deposed cattle and ministers have appeared before the high court today they were being questioned over last week's declaration of independence former vice president order was the first to arrive is one of fourteen members of the sacked. cabinet have been summons to appear they're facing rebellion and sedition charges. by. the catalan parliament speaker i come from a fortune ellen was met with cheers as she left a separate chairing and spain supreme court it's of john adjourned the questioning of six separate catalan m.p.'s until next week out of the hundreds outside the court in madrid so a busy day in the courts there had a chance what's been happening. well the hearing in the supreme court that was a hearing of the speaker of parliament and five members of the board of the now actually dissolved catalan parliament has been postponed to november ninete

palestinians parade an effigy of off the balfour as protests mark the run up to the santini of his famous declaration should. be limping flame arrives in seoul ahead of next year's winter games but can it rekindle public interest in him that. police say the suspect in tuesday's new york truck attack was acting in support of i cell and had planned it for weeks new york mayor bill de blasio says his city will not be intimidated eight people were killed and eleven of those injured when a pickup truck drove down a cycle lane in lower manhattan the suspect is a twenty nine year old man originally from his back is stung u.s. president donald trump has condemned the attack and says he's considering terminating the green card lottery program i am today starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program. i'm going to ask congress to i'm really really. initiate work to get rid of this program diverse array of diversity lottery diversity lottery sounds nice it's not nice it's not good it's not good it hasn't been good we've been against it. so let's get the latest from kristen salumi his life fir

so let's get to two perspectives on the legacy of the balfour declaration and bethlehem we have five a katana political analyst and in tel aviv akiva eldar senior political columnist for a monitor dot com that's a news website welcome to you both thank you for joining us on our program the let's start with you first israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today calling the balfour declaration and historic event in jewish and world history how do palestinians view that. well i think we should start by looking at things in the context they are the balfour declaration was a promise for jewish homeland at the time one hundred seventeen i personally think today and the palestinians do look at things like this also since the creation of the state of israel in the nineteen eighty eight where yasser arafat and the p.l.o. recognized the two state solution we should stop saying the jewish people but we should say the is really is is the reality on the ground is you do have is really is of jewish faith and other faiths and the palestinians of muslims american and christian faiths and some of

the palestinian authority says it's planning to sue the british government over the balfour declaration a policy statement that pave the way for the creation of israel for just as in bethlehem in the occupied west bank made an effigy of affable for who was persons foreign secretary on november second in one nine hundred seventeen when the declaration was signed the pledge is generally viewed as one of the main catalysts of the not the ethnic cleansing of palestine in the one nine hundred forty eight many palestinians blame belfour for a century of conflict. elsewhen breath landing banksy has been marking the anniversary in his own unique way sorry for said was that. between the separation wall and his walled off hotel here in bethlehem the british street artist banksy is putting on a twisted version of a street party a british street party in commemoration of one hundred years since the balfour declaration in which britain signed up to support the project of a jewish national home here in palestine only committing to the support of the civil and religious rights of the ninety percent of

the balfour declaration is a significant event in the history of zionism and will mark this at an important event thursday in london in addition to marking this is storable event i will have important diplomatic and economic meetings i will meet with u.k. prime minister to reason may and foreign secretary boris johnson in the meeting which reason may i intend to raise concrete proposals on how to deal with the failures of a nuclear agreement with iran well norman finkelstein is a political analyst specializing in the israel palestine conflict he says it's highly unlikely that britain will ever apologize for the balfour declaration even. really sure. about. zero israel as you know. the movie real is not going to go. or for that matter. it's not going to happen. the fact of the matter is the past year. twenty seventeen was also the fiftieth anniversary of israel's occupation of the west bank who needs troops from gaza now that's a lie. israel is a done deal but the occupation is a life issue whether the palestinian authority due in june this past year come our occupation it exactly nothing or

the letter the change palestine wherever as protests mark one hundred years since the balfour declaration. plus a warm welcome canada says it will admit nearly one million immigrants over the next three years. they begin in madrid where spanish prosecutors have asked the high court to jail depose cataloged ministers while they are being investigated for sedition fourteen members of the sacked cabinet had been summoned for questioning over last week's declaration of independence but the region's ousted president carlos pushed him on to not appear across the road the speaker of catalonia was dissolved parliament was greeted by a cheer. merge from a separate hearing in the supreme court come on watch what you tell is one of the six other m.p.'s being investigated there both courts are in madrid been a show of defiance pro independent supporters rallied outside the parliament building in barcelona so let's go to hood up to hamid who is live in madrid so as we said there's there was a couple of things going on in madrid so kind of lay it out for us. well at the moment there was the hearing tha

the balfour declaration helped pave the way for the re—establishment of an independent state for the declaration, a brief letter committing britain to help establish in palestine a national home for the jewish people. but not at the expense of non—jewish communities. lord balfour himself visited in 1925. although later britain did try to delay the creation of modern israel, his declaration set the tide of change running. in tel aviv, at balfour school on balfour street, jewish children recreate israel's view of a divisive history, portraying britain's edwardian foreign secretary as hero. and somehow, the queen is drawn in, too. but for today's palestinians, the centenary marks betrayal by britain, failure to protect them from dispossession and israeli occupation. the suffering is not easy. what we have lost is not easy. a lot of people died due to this promise. a lot of people lost their houses. the palestinian people, 60% of the palestinian people are refugees. when the balfour declaration was being crafted here in the foreign office a hundred years ago, it was clear it had to strik

the balfour declaration helped pave the way for the re—establishment of an independent state for the eland. and this is the declaration, a brief letter committing britain to help establish in palestine a national home for the jewish people. but not at the expense of non—jewish communities. lord balfour himself visited in 1925. although later, britain did try to delay the creation of modern israel, his declaration set the tide of change running. in tel aviv, at balfour school on balfour street, jewish children recreate israel's view of a divisive history, portraying britain's edwardian foreign secretary as hero. and somehow, the queen is drawn in, too. but for today's palestinians, the centenary marks betrayal by britain, failure to protect them from dispossession and israeli occupation. the suffering is not easy. what we have lost is not easy. a lot of people died due to this promise. when the balfour declaration was being crafted here in the foreign office a hundred years ago, it was clear it had to strike a very difficult, delicate balance. it went through at least five drafts. mark

the balfour declaration this is another pointless exercise by me. to the slack from divert attention from where the real political issues even cover the case that the british were to apologize home for about for that ration by practical effect would that have. zero israel is a done deal. a movie rio is not going to go in reverse and we're going to go back to nine hundred seventeen or for that matter and more hey it's not going to happen . the fact of the matter is that this past year. twenty seventeen was also the fiftieth anniversary of israel's occupation of the west bank couldn't east roussillon and gaza that's a lie. israel is a done deal but the occupation as a law it was a coalition why did the palestinian authority due in june this past year come mark occupation it exactly nothing or are there any demonstrations there were no demonstrations whenever comes to practical political work which can actually have and the fact real life suffer on the palestinian authority does nothing but the simple reason that it's paid for by the united states and

minister benjamin netanyahu has traveled to the united kingdom to mark the centenary of the balfour declaration with his u.k. counterpart to reason may about declaration is considered one of the most controversial and contested documents of modern arab history it led to the creation of the state of israel and the forced expulsion and displacement of millions of palestinians from their historic land this is what palestine looked like a hundred years ago a swathe of land marked in white slowly encroached upon by a sea of gray it shows how palestine disappeared from the map palestinians are now only allowed limited self rule in small pockets under israeli military occupation the longest in modern history. the phillips reports from central london his invitation to downing street on this day to israelis an affirmation of friendship to palestinians an insult to reason may says that britain is proud of its support for israel. at a lecture in london organized by the british jewish community a leading historian says the balfour declaration should be celebrated as a lead to the birth of a great country f

the balfour declaration is now seen as a major step in creating the modern state of israel in 19118. ians are taught that it sowed the seeds of their long—standing conflict with israel. the current lord balfour takes a special interest in the middle east and this centenary. i think we should commemorate it rather than celebrate it. i don't think we can celebrate while we have this friction. now the israeli prime minister is in london for the anniversary of the balfour declaration. but palestinians are angry. they feel the uk owes them an apology for what they see as an historical injustice. the uk has rejected the call, saying it will mark this occasion with pride. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins is in downing street. theresa may and benjamin netanyahu meeting this lunchtime. this is a difficult balancing act for the prime minister here? it is a very difficult balancing act for theresa may, who is meeting israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, behind me in number ten. i'm looking up at the foreign office, where of course the foreign

reilley a british prime minister's spend the evening at a dinner to mark lord balfour declaration but the british are careful with their language because as rival demonstrations suggest there is too much division and anger for britain to truly celebrate this and to. be philip's al-jazeera lancaster house in central london while tourism in benjamin netanyahu met for dinner in london palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressed palestinians on a local television station he said the people of palestine cannot accept the hatred prejudice and injustice that the declaration is cause but it is still committed to a two state solution with israel said palestinians are suffering under the israeli occupation and want to live in peace it's estimated more than one point two billion people play video games worldwide most play to enjoy but a percentage of them do so to excess some so much it interferes with normal family life and of a report on the growing recognition of the threat of gaming addiction. this is college blackout three it is known for having realistic gunplay alexandra de mint shows u

benjamin netanyahu lauren has said that the balfour declaration was not a tragedy as the palestinians believe but rather the tragedy is in the failure of the palestinian leadership to embrace the meaning of the balfour declaration the creation of a jewish homeland and he says that this deanery should be the occasion when the palestinians finally embrace the existence of a jewish state the british position is more nuanced yes there is pride at britain's role in the creation of a jewish homeland says the british government but a minister has also spoken about how that pride is with sadness as well the british believing that there is still so much unresolved business between israel and palestine that the british stated objective of a two state solution is still some way off and so we think this dinner tonight to reason may will affirm britain's friendship for israel once again but she will talk about how britain believes that the continued spread of illegal settlement construction across what remains of palestinian occupied land is undermining the feasibility of a two state solution and

and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in london to mark percent of the balfour declaration and britain promised the creation of a jewish homeland in palestine. yes president donald trump says the man charged with carrying out a new york city truck attack should get the death penalty trump said he would consider sending cypher sipos to the u.s. prison camp at guantanamo bay in cuba he was back in madrid has appeared in court charged with terror related offenses eight people were killed and several more injured when a truck drove through a bicycle path in manhattan on tuesday candlelit vigil has been held for those who died christianson him his life or set the scene of the attack. on the investigation . twenty nine year old. appeared in court late on wednesday to face two charges one of providing material support to terrorist organization i sold the other for using a motor vehicle to kill pedestrians and i'm reading more about what he's been telling investigators from those court documents including the fact that he admitted he was inspired by eisel videos that he saw online

around the world are demanding an apology as they mark the one hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration the declaration was a british government policy statement widely seen as leading to the division of palestine protesters in bethlehem in the occupied west bank made leveraging of the man who after whom the declaration is named after balfour was with his foreign secretary in nineteen seventeen. it's inside story now stay with us. three of donald trump's forma advisors are indicted the probe into russia's involvement in the u.s. election is digging deeper so whose name could be honest next and could this investigation sink the u.s. president's administration this is inside story.

had on al-jazeera the letter that spell the end of palestine we mark the anniversary of the balfour declaration. and will welcome canada boosts immigration to one million over the next three years. by the springtime flowering of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. hello there people in viet nam are preparing for a storm it's all thanks to this area of cloud here is really intensified over the past few hours you see a big swirling mass there that's a tropical storm and it's gradually working its way towards the west it's moving fairly slowly though so it probably won't make landfall till just before midnight to g.m.t. on saturday so a good to forty eight hours nearly a very heavy downpours between now and then following it there's still plenty of showers here so for the philippines where we've seen very heavy rains over the past day or so more wet weather still to come but of course the main feature will be over the southern parts of vietnam that's where expecting the flooding and some damaging winds as well as we head down towards australia here for many of us is fine and

with his british counterpart to reason may to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration the declaration signed in one nine hundred seventeen and endorsed by person led to the establishment of the jewish state of israel and the dispossession of palestinians from the one wanna be phillips reports. his invitation to downing street on this day to israelis an affirmation of friendship to palestinians an insult to reason may says that britain is proud of its support for israel doubtless. at a lecture in london organized by the british jewish community a leading historian says the balfour declaration should be celebrated as a lead to the birth of a great country for all its problems and troubles for the acts obstinately liberal zionists like me ardently wish were not in the act for all the demolition. and terrorist atrocities on the other side that make a share them further and further out of reach israel still stands as a living breathing debating thriving rejoicing democracy on the streets of ramallah very different sentiments. to many palestinians balfour even britain itself

was wrong proud of its legacy it's very important because balfour declaration was. project. it used the jewish people for their colonial purposes against the palestinian people it was a crime that led to several other crimes including the ethnic cleansing of palestine and it's a crime that is still going down it's not finished the crime is being conducted to do banking guys. and we want to. root for the british government is proud of having helping to create the state of israel it also has another series of. hundreds of thousands of palestinians. bridging and diaspora of about million. and while there is a lot of political will to fry. onside for the british government and certainly in terms of israeli lives and just brings that britain. seems really a little told. that there is some form in the. palestinians own state. an american woman accused of insulting zimbabwe's president robert mugabe on twitter has appeared in court in harare mothra donovan who works for mcgann the t.v. is charged with attempting to overthrow the government shill remain in custody over the weekend s

bethlehem in the occupied west bank made an effigy of the balfour who was britain's foreign secretary one hundred years ago when the declaration was signed many palestinians blame balfour's pledge for a century of conflict with elsewhere in bethlehem the british artist banksy has marked the anniversary of his own unique way perry force that reports. in the occupied west bank a twisted version of a british street party to mark the hundred year legacy of the balfour declaration it's the work of street artist banksy outside his bethlehem hoto the guests of honor palestinian children from nearby refugee camps and her majesty queen elizabeth the second sort of. sort of saying sorry. to support of the national aspirations of a people could suffer discrimination and violence for hundreds of years the wording of the declaration contained a disparity that's borne bitter fruit in the hundred years since promising a national home for the then and future jewish immigrants while only safeguarding or committing to the civil and religious rights of the non jews who lived in palestine of a time ninety percent of the population here. on the ot

works for both the israelis and palestinians however for the those protesting here they see the balfour declaration as a key moments which really did give the zionist project. and one which led to your paypal good luck by logic forty eight which will celebrate as its declaration of the foundation hundreds of thousands of palestinians are. dispossession displacement and now here in the west bank occupation as well and also some negative comments made against terrorism a senate says leave it there in force and go over to london petersham brooke is a historical consultant at the project and he joins us live from london the capital i'm just wondering how to reason may is playing this we know that she's spoken out in support of that i mean do you agree with her in any way the declaration. in april she made a statement saying that this government has no intention to apologize for the declaration not the british government was proud of its role in creating the state of israel so. and where does the pride officially she's going into what emanates what feeds that price. you would have to ask her but. one ha

related illnesses and the later that spell the end of palestine we mark the anniversary of the balfour declaration. and son is visiting northern rakhine state for the first time since a military crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand minorities to flee their homes she has been facing international criticism for failing to stop the army from what the un has described as ethnic cleansing rangar muslims have accused me and soldiers of rape arson and killings and are taking shelter in neighboring bangladesh joins us now from him as largest city yang gone from why is she there now. while she's there on a trip according to the rakhine state spokesman to show that barest ability in the region now she's accompanied by a group of some twenty other people including ministers the home affairs minister and resettlement minister police officers as well as prominent business people including swords all who at one point when the country was still led by the military government was blacklisted by u.s. authorities now we spoke to the government spokesman who said she was going to visit northern rakhine st

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in london to mark the centenary of the balfour declaration when britain promised the creation of a jewish homeland in palestine he's marked the occasion with britain's theresa may the declaration has long been condemned by palestinians. aid groups are warning of the potential for a major cholera outbreak amongst souffle. more than six hundred thousand people have crossed into bangladesh as cox's bazar since august the twenty fifth they fixed poor sanitary and conditions and a lack of hygiene facilities in makeshift camps. venezuelan president nicolas maduro says he plans to renegotiate all. future foreign debt payments with banks and investors it's in response to financial sanctions imposed by the trumpet ministration will come into effect after the state owned oil company makes its next debt repayment the company has sunk into a deep recession following the collapse of oil prices it's been struggling to deal with shortages of basic products such as food and medicine and that's going to be one thought we got to you know you've got to listen o

the letter the change palestine for ever mass protests marked one hundred years since the balfour declaration and with the latest including. sixteen. used. to claim the biggest prize in baseball. began in madrid bird oppose cattle on ministers have appeared before the high court there they were being questioned over last week's declaration of independence the former vice president oriel harris was the first to arrive he's one of fourteen members of the sacked cattle on parliament who have been summoned to appear they're facing rebellion and sedition charges of delimeters outside the courthouse and madrid so there was a there's a few different things going on today so explain it to us. yet or to court hearings going on one behind me in the supreme court and that forward to speaker of the dissolved got talent parliament and five other members of board members of parliament however we just heard that you know and got suspended and postponed until november ninth simply because the defense has argued that they didn't have enough time to prepare they were summoned actually days ago so basically thi

and thirty's britain governed palestine as a league of nations mandate and discovered that balfour declarationhad not balance the demands of jewish and palestinian nationalism it had exacerbated them. by the time the british left with the foundation of israel in one nine hundred forty eight they were despised by many on both sides with the creation of the state of israel and the palestinian nakba that resulted from that the consequences of still with us all today and palestinians do see a direct link if you talk to. the israeli occupation today it's. just markets. fiftieth is a direct result. in. a gathering in london to mark the centenary the. with. the thanks. i think with drew lines on maps and give away territory without consulting the people who live there yes different era but one with profound consequences today many israelis will celebrate the centenary many palestinians. for britain this is put on the classroom. abare phillips is live for us now in london so barbie britain is a far different country today than it was a hundred years ago but the role that it played in a conflict that s

under the anniversary of the balfour declaration being marked here in ramallah new york the pied west bank by protests there was a march to the british cultural center here also one hundred thousand letters from palestinian high school students were handed in to the british consulate in east jerusalem expressing their feelings about the legacy of the balfour declaration we got a statement two from the prime and from the president's office what about his office in which he called again for an apology from britain in recognition of the state of palestine and compensation to that i was asked to do people both in political moral and material terms as for the israeli recognition of this moment it's relatively muted in israel proper there are some conferences going on the real focus is in london where benjamin netanyahu and the british prime minister reason may be attending a dinner we expect to hear from the british prime minister in which she is likely once again to express the pride of britain in helping to create a homeland for a persecuted people and we also expect her to talk about th

hundreds anniversary the balfour declaration being marked here in ramallah new york replied west bank by protests there was a march to the british cultural center here also one hundred thousand letters from palestinian high school students were handed in to the british consulate in east jerusalem expressing their feelings about the legacy of the balfour declaration we got a statement two from the prime and from the president's office what about his office in which he called again for an apology from britain in recognition of the state of palestine and compensation to that i was promised to people both in political moral and material terms as for the israeli recognition of this moment it's relatively muted in israel proper there are some conferences going on the real focus is in london where benjamin netanyahu and the british prime minister reason may will be attending a dinner we expect to hear from the british prime minister in which she is likely once again to express the pride of britain in helping to create a homeland for a persecuted people and we also expect her to talk about th

minister benjamin netanyahu has traveled to the united kingdom to mark the centenary of the balfour declaration with his u.k. counterpart to reason may the buffel declaration is considered one of the most controversial and contested documents of modern arab history it led to the creation of the state of israel and the forced expulsion and displacement of millions of palestinians from their historic land this is what palestine looked like a hundred years ago a swathe of land marked in white slowly in create chrichton upon by a sea of grey that shows how palestine disappeared from the map palestinians are now only allowed limited self rule in small pockets under israeli military occupation and longest in modern history want to be phillips reports from central london his invitation to downing street on this day to israelis an affirmation of friendship to palestinians an insult to reason may says that britain is proud of its support for israel doubtless still. at a lecture in london organized by the british jewish community a leading historian says the balfour declaration should be celebrated as a