tanya kramer at the rally in tel aviv thank you so much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey's president russia type editor one has announced counter sanctions on two u.s. officials after the u.s. froze the assets of two turkish ministers earlier this week the route was sparked when turkey detained a u.s. pastor working in the country on allegations of terrorism and espionage. amazon has begun removing products with nazi symbols from its online store the decision comes after the internet retail giant was criticized for allowing third parties to sell right wing paraphernalia the company says it has blocked several seller accounts and is reviewing the status of others amazon's regulations banned third parties from selling products that promote hatred violence or racial or sexual intolerance. chinese artist and political activists i way away says his studio in beijing is being demolished by chinese authorities i posted a video on his instagram account of an excavator demolishing a wall i has been an outspok

middle east correspondent tanya famous after a rally in tel aviv thank you so much. temperatures in europe are forecast to reach the highest ever recorded on the continent this weekend in spain at least three people have reportedly died from heat stroke eight places in portugal have already broken local hit records with some areas hitting nearly forty six degrees celsius that's close to the record forty eight degrees set in greece more than forty years ago. mercilessly the sun beats down day after day driving the temperatures in portugal to record breaking highs. people do whatever they can for relief. authorities have issued a nationwide health alert and urging people to take precautions against heat stroke the most important thing is to drink lots and lots of water. i need lots of water something cool and i try to stay at home. easy doesn't stay in the shade and drink a lot and that's. right. emergency services are at maximum readiness because of the threat of forest fires last year wildfires killed more than one hundred people in portugal. expect the risk of fires

middle east correspondent tanya famous at the rally in tel aviv thank you so much. the british government says it is deeply concerned by the violence following zimbabwe's election as well as the quote disproportionate response from security forces at least six people died on wednesday after troops opened fire on a demonstration people taking to the streets to protest against alleged vote rigging by president emerson. today more than twenty members of the main opposition party appeared in court and harare they've been charged with inciting violence at the rally. marched into court to face charges of inciting public violence dozens of members of the opposition movement for democratic change who were arrested at the party headquarters police accused of violence while awaiting election results at least six people died in clashes with security forces but the m.d.c. as leader nelson chamisa says it is the government that should face justice. we have been subject to all. intimidation in. the reason why. roy. and i must. follow is to keep a seat challenges the election outc

our section read a local takes us to tel aviv. and we take a dive in the philippines with this week's female. first things first breakfast at the bauhaus cafe a great way to take in some energy for the day while already beginning the tour there's a lot to see and test out before we take things off i want to take a look back with a lot of things will be different nowadays how about house never existed it's unique so greatly impacted the evolution of design and architecture throughout the globe which is quite impressive considering the school. only that for about forty. the ban house story began a hundred and fifty kilometers away from death our environment in one thousand nine hundred nineteen vul to us was made director of the grand duke old school of arts and crafts and the academy of fine art he merged the two and created the bow house he invited artists such as vassili convinced poor play to join him in his endeavor to bring all the arts together including architecture. they developed a new language of form shape and color. the

in tel aviv on saturday. saying that's one of the reasons the law was passed critics believe the bill. into second class citizens. protest as gathering on the streets of charlottesville a year after the violence killed one person joins us live now from the city in the u.s. state of virginia so just bring us up the dates on the protests what's been happening . or down as you can see behind me this is one of several peaceful protests that have been planned to mark twelve months since those horrible scenes we saw last year in charlottesville that resulted in the death of one protester heather heya another reason we're at a city park away from the city center is because there's been a huge deployment of police here at the streets in charlottesville of basically being blocked off has become a restricted area but this is really a moment of self reflection for this city since last year most of the city officials resigned including the mayor and the chief of police there is new leadership in place here and there is n

protect israel its status as a jewish state on saturday the minority jewish community led a rally in tel aviv against the log online retail giant amazon has removed products with nazi or white supremacist symbols from its website advocacy groups and a u.s. politician complained to amazon after several items with the logos and imagery were found for sale online well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of watching. will the druze remain loyal to the state of israel the arab speaking minority long thought they're part of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and other minorities are outraged and they fight the discrimination this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the new law declares israel is a homeland solely for jewish people non jewish minorities are understandably outraged including the druze minority tens of thousands rallied in tel aviv for one of their largest protests in recent history they say the new nation state law passed last month makes them second class citi

tel aviv could not be complete without a visit to defame mr v.v. it's. great to relax here thank. you thank. you now i want to show you something unique about the fifty delivery vehicles of the why do you think in two thousand and three you've got recognition is the unit award heritage site and that is because we have the largest concentration of both buildings in the ward. genevieve is also known as the city that never sleeps it isn't lively nightlife and the famous gay scene so let's go party and head sometimes. that's. what so this is my they have me i hope you're enjoying it you're all invited to come now it's time to body the dark thank. god. i'm now in the city park in the middle of death south where the new bauhaus museum is under construction ahead of the battle houses hundredth anniversary celebrations . held press officer for bauhaus death so she's going to show me the building site. the museum is scheduled to open on september eighth twenty one thousand. for the some of you most involved a very young spanish on to take to collective designed to museums i don't was for t

thousands gather in israel to protest a new law they say to marginalize and non jews our correspondent in tel aviv has the latest. and protestors and counter protesters face off outside the headquarters of the u.s. gun lobby our u.s. correspondent was right in the middle of x. . i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us europe has been sizzling under a record breaking heat wave that's been leaving its mark in various ways up north in sweden a glacier atop the cabinet chis a mountain has melted so much that it's no longer the country's tallest peak experts say the mountain has shrunk by more than four meters in july alone meanwhile bathers in the baltic sea have been more and after thousands of jellyfish invaded shorelines in recent days in one day more than ninety people required treatment at the resort of haile after receiving painful stings researchers say the warm weather has increased jellyfish for the populations in the area but the hottest place in europe right now is the i've been in peninsula in spain at least three people have died from heat stroke this week in portugal could break e

tens of thousands of people rally in tel aviv against a controversial nation state law that defines israel as a jewish state. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up yemen's hoofy rebels say they used a drone to hit saudi arabia's king holiday based targeting a wrong way the kingdom uses to launch its fighter jets. a leaked report reveals pyongyang is forging ahead with its nuclear program and invading sanctions on a massive scale. and bail denied in zimbabwe for position members who have paid in court on charges critics say are unwitting can motivated. we begin in israel where tens of thousands of people are protesting against the controversial nation state law which defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language this is the scene in tel aviv where people are waving both israeli and druze flags critics say the new law turns israel's non jewish minorities into second class citizens andrew symonds is at the demonstration in tel aviv and joins us now under tell us more about who specifically has turned out for this demonstration today. w

fany decker joins us now live from tel aviv phonies that proto stephanie give us an idea of what the protesters are saying and the mood there. is a couple of thousand people here there are gathering starting around now this is the crucial start time it is organized really representing the israeli palestinian citizens of israel what the protesters are calling for is for a full cancellation of the will many people were speaking to here calling it an apartheid goal many people are telling you they say well we were here first this is our land we should not be second class citizens other younger israeli palestinians are saying you know they feel part of the state of israel they say they speak fluent in hebrew obviously as so many do go to jewish universities but they say they want a quality they want a better state of israel even one gentleman who's actually sitting very close to where i am is eighty two years old who says he remembers what it was like before the establishment of the state a visual jewish israeli gentleman who says we had no problems that no problems with each other so th

hebrew its sole official language the druze community and jewish activists have had big protests in tel aviv they're angry at how the law defines the country and downgrades the status of the arabic language or to understand the consequences of the new law it's important to trace israel's demographic changes priyanka gupta has that sparked by political zionism in europe jewish immigration into historic palestine began in the late nineteenth century but it was minimal at the beginning of the first world war there were little more than thirty thousand jews out of a population of over seven hundred thousand people but jewish immigration so just before and after the second world war with the persecution of jews in europe and different parts of the world when the state of israel was created in nine hundred forty eight its population stood at eight hundred six thousand that's close to the number of palestinians who were violently expelled from their homes to make way for this new nation in the last seventy years is just population has increased by ten times largely because of state sponsored m

in tel aviv two people live in bauhaus buildings when the nazis came to power and germany many jewish architects fled to the mediterranean troublous and with them they brought the ideas about how in the thirty's about four thousand houses were built following the teachings of the revolutionary german design school a.t.l. da that one of our viewers is now going to show us a couple of them as well as many other cool things let's go with a local. social vehicle in my name is a other video and i have the pleasure to welcome you today in my home city where i was born with a beautiful day out there so please follow me and that's exploded sissies. well first up will be the story out of the city. we are now in the narrow streets of stability for the city of jaffa it is mentioned in the greek mythology and in the bible and the story of jonah and the whale the romans were here the crusaders were here napoleon was here the british and now we are it is full of god areas and we think stores and restaurants. look at this isn't it amazing one of my favorite spots in the city sitting here in the stor

in the city sitting here in the story side of java and watching towards the new and modern city of tel aviv i have to come here with my friends drinking view and even take my romantic dates here at night. we are now in atlanta the first train station of tel aviv one of the popular and hard this is the nations of the fifty years you can see so please join me. ditto but today. as you can see we have beautiful weather so everyone is out there our festival is here and the beautiful is. the great thing about it the night that every day morning they have to make you going in for jordan you don't let. a lot of event i know he can vibe in atmosphere i enjoyed the dances thinking together with the dancing it's just amazing it's a great feeling. so of course the visit to the view could not be complete without a visit to the famous to be. great to relax here. and now want to show you something unique about the city that have even those of the white fifteen in two thousand and three you've got recognition is a unesco world heritage site and that is because we have the largest concentration of both

israel's palestinian minority has met a mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law that officially affirms israel's jewish but critics believe it turns not only jewish minorities into second class citizens turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month the week after israel's jews community also rallied against the war i was at the protest in tel aviv. the museum is. a policy. for. the moon there's a. lot of jews who are saying that they are not happy with the direction. the message is one of unity. because we don't need this of this and you won't loan off netanyahu that. number two event is not i'm not. giving him to citizens this is amazing this is. a member of our. fight for something and this is. the people that really believe in democracy and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in words and towards arabs and this is a fascist regime is turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as soon as we can. move forw

israeli prime minister is taking in over another large scale protest in tel aviv against the recently passed nation state law which arab israelis claim makes non jews second class citizens benjamin netanyahu says the rallies underlined the need for such a law though. we received clear testimony of the urgency of the nation state law we saw palestinian flags in the heart of tel aviv we heard the calls with blood and fire we will redeem palestine many of the demonstrators want to repeal the law of return cancel the national anthem for the power flag and cancel israel as the nation state of the jewish people now it's clearer than ever that the nation state law is necessary we passed this law and we will uphold it saturday's protest was the second in as many weeks and soar tens of thousands of arabs and jews turned out in tel aviv they carried banners in both hebrew and arabic appealing for democracy equality and for the law to be abolished some sides said resist apartheid the nation state laws passed last month it's civil it's a constitutional amendment and recognizes israel as the homel

in a rush of unity thousands protest in tel aviv against israel's controversial nation state law. and nobel and booker prize winning author vs knightfall dies at the age of eighty five we look back at his life and his legacy. up to the program after twenty two years of negotiations an agreement looks like it's about to be reached to settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea now the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the catholic port city of act now they're expected to sign an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea and how it will be divided up now the caspian sea is landlocked which raises the question whether it is indeed a sea or a lake five countries share its coastline and that's led to the dispute over which the country lays claim over to the caspian and how much of it if an agreement is reached to legally designate because spain and lake it would be divided up equally between the five nations so twenty percent each. if it remains to see the territory would be split between those countri

protests was the second in as many weeks and saw tens of thousands of our observant jews turn out in tel aviv the. both are a bit appealing for democracy equality and for the law to be abolished some sign said resist apartheid. well the nation state law was passed last month it is similar to a constitutional amendment recognizes israel as the homeland of the jewish people it also underlines the quote unique right to self-determination but also during raids or a break from being an official language critics say the law not only undermines fragile guarantees of a quality in israel but opens the door for open discrimination against non jews but this law is trying to incite in the state a war between brothers a war between the jews and the arabs and we will not accept it we have lived together and we will die together in this land because i'm not asking for a right i deserve to have these this is what i deserve a someone who lives in his country i'm not scared of anything but i fear that this law being a basic law will drag other laws from which we will suffer this is the law it is. a langua

the middle east where the israeli prime minister is digging in over another large scale protest in tel aviv against the recently passed nation's state law which are a bit released claim makes non jews second class citizens benjamin netanyahu sais that rallies underline the need for such a law. we received clear testimony of the urgency of the nation state law we saw palestinian flags in the heart of tel aviv we heard the calls with blood and fire we will redeem palestine many of the demonstrators want to repeal the law of return cancel the national anthem fold up our flag and cancel is rather is the nation state of the jewish people now it's clearer than ever that the nation state law is necessary we passed this law and we will uphold it. well saturday's protest was the second in as many weeks and saw tens of thousands of arabs and jews turned out in tel aviv they carried bombers in both hebrew and arabic appealing for democracy equality and for the law to be abolished some scientists said resist apartheid. well the nation state law was passed last month it's similar to a constitutiona

jewish minorities are understandably outraged including the druze minority tens of thousands rallied in tel aviv for one of their largest protests in recent history they say the new nation state law passed last month makes them second class citizens and after decades of loyalty to the israeli state they're disappointed at the discriminatory legislation which affects them and many other non jewish people the israeli cabinet met on sunday where prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. the deep ties with the jews and our commitment to them are also essential we will establish today a special ministerial committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and ethnicities anderson ends reports from the village of beit jan in northern galilee. is from a minority excluded by israel in its nation state law she's a druze arab and her two sons were killed during military service for israel. and state law she's a druze arab and her two sons were killed during military

stuffing teka was out about protest in tel aviv. the museum is recognized by israeli policy. for the cancellation of the moon there's a lot of jewish. saying that they are not the direction. the message is one of unity. we owe it because we don't need this of this and you won't loan off netanyahu that. month but two events isn't much i'm not. giving him till this is you know what this is amazing this is. the item number that i was. fighting for something and this is the real story of god i. think the people who really believe in democracy and equality we have and take them across it moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in wards and towards arabs and this is the fascist regime is turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . move towards the end of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big question of whether the. going to continue with this momentum becoming law against this government or massive people who do not agree

israel's palestinian minority has that a mass protest in tel aviv thinkings the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's a jewish character but critics believe it turns jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show that anger at the bill which was passed last month became the week after israel's truce community also rallied against the war stephanie deko was at the protest in tel aviv. the museum is going to rise by israeli policy. what is next for the calculation of the moon there's a lot of jews of the usa are saying that they are not the direction was really the message is one of unity. we owe it because we don't need this of this and you don't loan off netanyahu that. enough but you event this is not i'm not. giving him to look i don't citizens this is amazing this is. the item number that i was. fighting for something and this is the real story of god the. people that really believe in democracy and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in wards and towards arabs a

protest was the second in as many weeks tens of thousands of our observant jews turned it in tel aviv. both hebrew and arabic appealing for democracy quality and for the law to be abolished some sign said resist apartments. well the nation state law was passed last month it's similar to a constitutional amendment on recognizes israel as the homeland of the jewish people it also underlines the unique right to self-determination but it also doesn't grades are a big from being an official language critics say the law not only undermines fragile guarantees of a quality in israel but opens the door for open discrimination against jews. this law is trying to incite in the state a war between brothers a war between the jews and the arabs and we will not accept it we have lived together and we will die together in this land. i'm not asking for a right i deserve to have these this is what i deserve a someone who lives in his country i'm not scared of anything but i fear that this law being a basic law will drag other laws from which we will suffer this is the law is. a language. against the. v

thousands of israeli arabs came to the heart of tel aviv to demonstrate ina big the heart of tel avivn of this controversial law. the law does not make them equal to otherjewish citizens in a state of israel. they are carrying banners which demand justice and they are also calling for otherjews to support them in their quest. i want to remind our reviewers that these arabs are actually forming 20% of the israeli population which the new israeli state law says they are not equal with the otherjews to are citizens of the state of israel. scientists working to stop the spread of malaria have developed a new net which could save more than a million lives. the teams from durham, liverpool, switzerland and burkino faso have created a new bed net treated with insecticides which reduce the life span and reproduction of mosquitoes carrying the disease. a trial of the nets has already reduced the number of children catching malaria in west africa. megan paterson reports. after two decades of decline, malaria rates in some parts of sub—saharan africa are rising. mosquitoes have become resistant

also this morning his very prime minister is digging in over another large scale protest in tel aviv against the recently passed nation state law which arab israelis claim makes northern jews second class citizens benjamin netanyahu says the rallies underline the need for such a law of. mr peabody new book put the. we received clear testimony of the urgency of the nation state law we saw palestinian flags in the heart of tel aviv we heard the calls with blood and fire we will redeem palestine many of the demonstrators want to repeal the law of return cancel the national anthem for the power flag and cancel israel as the nation state of the jewish people now it's clearer than ever that the nation state law is necessary we passed this law and we will uphold it saturday's protest was the second in as many weeks it saw tens of thousands of arabs and jews turnout in tel aviv they carried banners in both hebrew and arabic appealing for democracy equality and for the law to be abolished some signs read resist apartheid the nation state law was passed last month it's similar to a constitutio

nawal assad, bbc, tel aviv.an a million lives. treated with insecticides, they reduce the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying the disease. a trial of the nets has already reduced the number of children catching malaria in west africa. megan paterson reports. after two decades of decline, malaria rates in some parts of sub—saharan africa are rising. mosquitoes have become resistant to existing insecticides. that is where this new net, treated with different chemicals, will help. it looks just like an ordinary net, but it's robust, and most importantly contains the insecticide inside the fibres, and it leeches it out slowly over time. so you can wash this net 20 times, but it still has insecticide on it. it's still protective, it can still protect people against mosquitoes. so this is a very sophisticated piece of equipment. it doesn't look it, but it is. and for you, that will cost about $2 a net, so it's very cheap. the bed nets have already been tested in burkina faso, where they reduced clinical malaria cases by 1

the israeli prime minister is digging in over another large scale protest in tel aviv against the recently passed the nation state law which are a bit released claim makes jews second class citizens then human that say's the rallies are the need for such a little image. we received clear testimony of the urgency of the nation state law we saw palestinian flags in the heart of tel aviv we heard the calls with blood and fire we will redeem palestine many of the demonstrators want to repeal the law of return cancel the national anthem for the power flag and cancel israel as the nation state of the jewish people now it's clearer than ever that the nation state law is necessary we passed this law and we will uphold it. or saturday's protests was the second then as many weeks tens of thousands of arabs and jews turned out in tel aviv they carried banners in both hebrew and arabic appealing for democracy equality and for the law to be abolished some signs said resist apart and. well a nation state law was passed last month it's similar to a constitutional amendment recognizes israel as the homela

israel's prime minister has reacted angrily to a mass protest in tel aviv against a nation states law tens of thousands of people took part in the protests led by israel's palestinian minority and the law officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns non jewish minorities into second class citizens a process came a week after israel's jews community also rallied against the law. you know why don't more of us of the billy bush and we saw the palestine liberation organization flags yesterday flying in the heart of tel aviv in the heart of tel aviv we heard the chants with blood in fire we will redeem palestine many of the protesters want to cancel the law of return for jews they want to and all the anthem they want to fold up our flag they want to nullify israel as the nation state of the jewish people and turn it some of them say into an israeli palestinian state others will say a state of all its citizens precisely for this reason we passed the nation state law . the turkish lira has plunged to a new record low of seven point two four to the dollar in early

tel aviv. the march robbery squad to the museum is going on ice by israeli policy. but it's how the next for the calculation of the moon there's a lot of jewish history you say are saying that they're not the direction the jury has found the message is one of unity. we owe it because we don't need this about politics of this and you don't loan off netanyahu is amazing this is was you know i don't remember but i was. fighting for something and this is really very very well known. people that really believe in the us and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in words secular and were exempt and this is a fascist regime it's turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to be the buddha first and then of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big rush to the survival of the. going to continue with this momentum becoming law against this government a message that people do not everybo

aviv in the heart of tel aviv we heard the chants with blood in fire we will redeem palestine many of the protesters want to cancel the law of return for jews they want to and all the anthem they want to fold up our flag they want to nullify israel as the nation state of the jewish people and turn it as some of them say into an israeli palestinian state others will say the state of all its citizens precisely for this reason we passed the nation state law. in india four million people are waiting to hear why they've been excluded from a citizenship register authorities and a some state say the ones left out illegal immigrants from bangladesh the government insists it's a genuine attempt at a census as andrew thomas reports from long in assam some believe the exercise is about whipping up nationalism ahead of elections. all has been nessa knows about her is that her younger sister is ninety seven so she must be older passport she says has her date of birth wrong but she does have an indian passport she is she insists indian. yet when the state government of a sound published a draft nat

aviv in the heart of tel aviv we heard the chants with blood in fire we will redeem palestine many of the protesters want to cancel the law of return for jews they want to and all the anthem they want to fold up our flag they want to nullify israel as the nation state of the jewish people and turn it as some of them say into an israeli palestinian state others will say a state of all its citizens precisely for this reason we passed the nation state law. a confidential report by israeli military police investigators say an armed drone deliberately killed four palestinian boys who were playing on a gaza beach in two thousand and fourteen that's according to the online publication the intercept the reports includes testimony from officers involved in the attack who say the four cousins aged nine to eleven were pursued and killed by drone operators they were mistaken for hamas fighters the testimony raises new questions about whether the attack was carried out with reckless disregard for civilian life and without proper authorization. it has been six hundred days since al jazeera journali

aviv in the heart of tel aviv we heard the chants with blood in fire we will redeem palestine many of the protesters want to cancel the law of return for jews they want to an old the end they want to fold up our flag they want to nullify israel as the nation state of the jewish people and turn it some of them say into an israeli palestinian state others will say a state of all its citizens precisely for this reason we passed the nation state law earlier we spoke to law professor eugene who helped draft that nation state law and this is his response to suggestions it's discriminatory nothing in the law discriminates against any individuals based on any basis it does not take away anybody's rights and it does not give a special rights to any individuals the notion of having an official language of the majority language in the country is not a weird idea most western european liberal democracies have it and every arab country has that there's nothing racist there's nothing discriminatory in this law and of course the fact that you can have huge protests in tel aviv with the palestinian f

aviv we are expecting similar size this saturday in tel aviv called for by israeli citizens palestinian citizens of israel and also many others israelis we've been speaking to say that this is a law that is discriminatory and they do not agree with it. funeral supreme held for two members of hamas killed by israeli tank fire in the gaza strip they were part of the brigades the military wing of hamas that released this video which appears to show the group in gaging in the military training exercise before being targeted the israeli army says it was retaliating after its soldiers were fired on the un in egypt to trying to mediate a long term truce between israel and hamas to end four months of violence along the israeli gazan friends. turkey has become the latest country to announce it will keep buying natural gas from iran despite the new sanctions imposed by the u.s. the u.k. is calling for talks between the u.s. and all trading partners over the sanctions president on trump says anyone doing business with iran will not be allowed to do business with the united states simcoe solo has m

of members of the druze religious sects and their supporters are protesting in the israeli city of tel aviv against a controversial new nation state law we are here a week and a poor message to their israeli government we will not settle down for anything less than equal rights as an israeli citizen. we feel we've been betrayed by the government. we don't understand how like these have been taken in didn't look at the. state like is that we like this state we are fighting for the peace of the state. the legislation which was adopted back in july has similar way to a constitutional amendment in the u.s. it would be very difficult to repeal and in shrines israel as the home of the jewish people and says national self-determination is the unique rights of the jews it also downgrades arabic stripping the language of its official status now the law .

thousands of people in tel aviv have been protesting against israel's controversial nation's state's law the law officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it makes non jewish minorities second class citizens the bill passed last month was designed to enshrine israel as the nation state of the jewish people in the country's basic law the measure pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is unique to the jewish people but also proclaims the language of the state to be hebrew with arabic given special status now previously they were both official languages and it establishments jewish settlements as a national value of the state must encourage for the one fifth of the population who are israeli palestinians the fear is that all this leaves them as second class citizens. all stephanie join us live from tel aviv stephanie the new law seems to have brought together a lot of just purge groups and protests what have you seen today. while earlier this square when robin square in tel aviv

fear i enjoy tours the visit to tel aviv could not be complete without a visit to the. great three legs great three legs here. and the thousand and three you've got recognition is a unicycle one heritage site and that is because. the movie is also known as the city that never sleeps it is the lively nightlife and the famous gay scene so let's go party and have some fun oh. oh oh. oh. oh oh. oh oh oh oh s. . oh so this is my they tell me i hope you enjoyed it growing by the ground now it's time to body the dog. i'm now in the city park in the middle of death for the new bauhaus museum is under construction ahead of the bauhaus is hundredth anniversary celebration. held at a press officer for bauhaus death so she's going to show me the building site. the museum is scheduled to open on september eighth twenty nineteen. with. a very young spanish architect to collective design the museum i don't miss this design was chosen because the structure is so clear and corresponds to our needs so well they're always spectacular with the minimalist glass facade but. that's a nod to m

but opposition candidate somalia accuses him of fraud israel's arab minority led a mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turned non jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month also anti-government protesters have been rallying for a second day maybe after more than four hundred were injured in violence and police on friday are accusing the ruling social democrats of corruption. vs nightfall the winner of the two thousand and one nobel prize for literature has died at his home in london he was aged eighty five was born in rural trinidad and wrote dozens of books dealing with themes of migration and exile his books cast an unflinching look at the british colonial empire and its legacy his wife called him a giant in all that he achieved and tributes have been pouring in for nobile who inspired admiration and criticism in equal measure author salman rushdie tweeted saying we disagreed all our lives about polit

hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up unprecedented scenes in tel aviv tens of thousands rallied for a druze led protest against the controversial nation state lol yemen's hoofy rebels say they've used a drone to hit saudi arabia's king khalid targeting a runway the kingdom uses to launch its fighter jets. a leaked report reveals is forging ahead with its nuclear program and evading sanctions on a massive scale. on pole race with all the sports including a new boss for the african champions current site off takes over as coach of cameroon. we begin in israel where there's been a huge protest led by the druze community against the controversial nation state law which defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language tens of thousands crammed into tel aviv rabin square on saturday waving druze flags and holding signs calling for the bill to be revote it's the first time in recent history that the druze who are considered fiercely loyal to the state have staged a large protest. this will not be changed should be changed over marigold

i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick reminder of your top stories now thousands of people in tel aviv of been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law the north fishley affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it makes non jewish minorities second class citizens it also proclaims the state's official language to be hebrew downgrading arabic to special status previously they were both official langley. stephanie decker has more. to add up here in tel aviv in the march robbery squad to the museum it's taken eyes by israeli palestinian think. of israel and there. for the castle a shot of the war there's a lot of jewish are you saying that they're not the direction. the message is wind energy. meanwhile a u.n. delegation has arrived in gaza for meetings with hamas in a bid to lower the tension with israel are expected to push for a more permanent cease fire the visit comes as funerals are held for three palestinians killed by israeli forces during friday protests at the gaza border it's the twentieth week that protests were held since the demonstrations

hello again fellows ins of israelis have taken to the streets of tel aviv to a controversial new law the israeli parliament recently passed a jewish nation state law crowd chanted resist apartheid and we are all brothers the noodle created are a big from an official language of israel to a language with so-called special status journalist on a right minimal as there are for forty. we're apt to tell of even if the khalidi at racine square where an estimated eight hundred thousand salmon streeters have shown up to protest the nation state bill one thing here calls for peaceful relations between jews and arabs one can see lots of signs that are in both hebrew and arabic talking about shame a lot of people have come from all over the country in order to protest here today so much just lieschen states that israel is the nation state of the jewish people with exclusive rights to self-determination supporters see that individual rights continue to be protected under israeli can mock the sea and that the p.l.o. is the will of the majority critics of the nation state legislation which has con

the druze one of the druze army senior members of the israeli army in the protest last saturday in tel aviv saying that this was a move by the prime minister basically aiming at his political base at the expense of many many citizens of the state of israel we've seen tens of thousands of people take to the streets were shot last saturday in tel aviv rabin square packed with people with jews with israelis with others with the israeli left we are expecting a new protest again this saturday in tel aviv cold by the israeli palestinians we are expecting also druze to be there israeli citizens to be there so there is a growing call that this is not excepted the bottom line is nothing is going to change the law in there today it is a debate it is nonbinding and there is a petition with the israeli high court that's been filed by a legal and human rights group here and the only time in fact the high court has never overturned a basic law which is technically almost like the constitution of israel the only time it can do that is if it deems that did the democratic and equality nature of the sta

israel's palestinian minority has led a mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns non jewish minorities into second class citizens tens of thousands turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month came a week after israel's druze community also rallied against the law. we look to for israelis believe they're. entitled to be equal to us it's the jewish state but the people that live here entitled to be equal to us because they're bored but binyamin netanyahu reacted angrily to the protests taking particular aim at the presence of palestinian flags at the rally. you know when one morning. we saw the palestine liberation organization flags yesterday flying in the heart of tel aviv in the heart of tel aviv we heard the chants with blood in fire we will redeem palestine many of the protesters want to cancel the law of return for jews they want to and all the and they want to fold up our flag they want to nullify israel as the nation state of the jewish people and turn

thousands protest in tel aviv against israel's controversial nation state law. hello working dodge's there live from doha. coming up. the desperate search a father looks for the remains of. the m.r. r.t.s. strike has been called the worst attack yet on the children of yemen. a second night of protests in romania as thousands take to the streets to demand a change of government. and the british nobel prize winning author vs nightfall has died at the age of eighty five. thousands of people in television been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law in officially a fans israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns the non jewish minorities of the country into a second class citizens the bill passed last month and was designed to enshrine israel as the nation states of the jewish people. well the measure pushed through by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is unique to the jewish people it also says that hebrews ian lee official language downgrading the sages of

in israel thousands rally in the city of tel aviv furious at a controversial new law that says. is this group meeting against jewish citizens. working towards the international law from moscow on banning holkins river you are today thanks for joining us this hour. the first the rest have been made in portland oregon during a rally which is seen the right wing group patriot prayer face off against self described anti fascist counter protesters police of all across the disperse after some demonstrators threw rocks and bottles at them officers used flash bangs in an attempt to control the demonstrators. i. already was several injured as hundreds of demonstrators many of whom are valid to bring guns have gathered in water from a park in the city center as mentioned other schools themselves and the fascist activists have also gathered for a counter protest is the third paid for a rally this summer in portland the previous two also descended into violence as its members clashed with police and counter-demonstrators police say the extra security measures that have been set up include b

i was just in tel aviv.o egypt or to israel, you know, israel -- you know, the food in israel has become great. mostly because they love the food from all around them. the music, the art, the food, that's a connecting point. that's possibly the most important connecting point. and that's why when we or any administration cuts funding for the arts, they are really cutting just yet another one of those connections. >> regarding your play, the arts are being given short sha riff no matter where you look around the world. the united states, schools in europe, no matter where you look. andrew lloyd webber has his own arts foundation where he tries to encourage people at state schools, kids to have some art and music in their lives. from your perspective, what is an education, an adolescence, without the arts? >> it is a one-way ticket to trumpsville. that's how it feels to me. when i say this, i mean there is this move towards authoritarianism everywhere that you are talking about. and you -- if you really are in

israeli arabs are holding a protest in tel aviv against the country's new nation state law.srael as a principally jewish state, and removes arabic as an official language. last week, thousands of israelis from the druze minority also protested, saying the new law will legalise discrimination. bbc arabic‘s nawal assad reports from the rally. thousands of israeli arabs came to the heart of tel aviv, near rabin square, to demonstrate in a big rally with thousands participating, demanding to abolish this controversial law. the law does not make them equal to otherjewish citizens in the state of israel. they are carrying banners, demanding justice, and they are also calling for otherjews to support them in their quest. i just want to remind our viewers that these arabs are actually forming 20% of the israeli population, which the new israeli state law says they are not equal with the otherjews who are citizens of the state of israel. a memorial march is taking place in cha rlottesville, virginia to mark a year since a protestor was killed following clashes that were triggered by