u.n. agencies are. it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesperson for the palestine president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase funding in response. well for more on this let's bring in our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem tania what impact can we expect this cost of funding to have on the palestinian refugees who receive support from the u.n. agency. as you said the u.s. has been the single largest donor to in the past decade or so so and they already had announced back in january of this year that they will withhold funds and then reassess their commitment to the agency now this new announcement of course will send the agency into more financial uncertainty has been calling other countries to step in and as we heard germany has said on friday that they are prepared to give more support to the agency also calling on othe

decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is cutting more than two hundred million dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security the u.n. is urging will countries to step up and fill the funding gap. well the u.s. state department spokesman heather knew it said when we made a u.s. contribution of sixteen million dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we had assumed for many years. from washington d.c. . the u.s. contributes about thirty percent of the budget so this drastic cut could have significant effects on already dire living conditions in places like gaza and elsewhere where palestinian refugees live under a says there are five million palestinian refugees these are people who are considered by the palestinian side to have the right to

has cut all funding to the key u.n. agency supporting five million palestinian refugees around thirty percent of funding comes from the u.s. trying to ministration says the agency is irredeemably flawed palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the cut is a flagrant assault on palestinians chris gunness his spokesman he's calling for other nations to help fill the funding gap. we certainly reject any other day she says about that have been made about programs of programs to deep it was the american ministration which just recently as a few months ago praise all operations we deliver to five hundred twenty six million children around the middle east the prime rib the creation of doctors do nine million consultations a year we've been seven students you know people. doing those things which want to be right so i started doing the community including by the u.s. ministration. russia has accused ukraine of assassinating prominent separatist leader alexander. the russian backed leader rebels in the don yes courage and was killed in

the united nations relief and works agency whose operations it called irredeemably flow which the u.n. agency says it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria. the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor a spokesman for the palestinian president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase its funding in response. well a spokesman for the un agency has also commented on the decision calling it deeply regrettable tama gunness rejected u.s. criticism that was inefficient and had failed to make reforms. we reject in the strongest possible terms just a few months ago the us administration was praising our institutional reforms we've been conducting a root and branch efficiency reform we've saved tens of millions for donors and the u.s. was among those donor governments praising us so it's hard to know where this is coming from except perhaps you should be asking for trouble but ministration whether or not they are actually politically instrument lies in. any respect or a correspondent in jerusalem

consul funding to a u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees. well on down jordan this is a lawyer from doha also coming up brazil's former president lula da silva is back home from running in october the election even though he's considered the front runner. talks between the u.s. and canada on a new free trade agreement missed the deadline and we'll look at what happens next . and a pro russian separatist leader dies in a bomb blast in ukraine moscow in kiev blame each other for the killing. of nations as expressed surprise and regret at the u.s. decision to cut all funding to one of its agencies that helps palestinian refugees the trumpet ministration is cutting more than two hundred million dollars in aid to it will in effect and decades of financial support health education and food security the un's urging other countries to step up and fill the funding gap well the u.s. state department spokeswoman had the new it said when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty million dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer

embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv and cutting funds to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees let's talk now to our diplomatic editor james bays who is live from the u.n. headquarters in new york so james what are we expecting that. well we're going to hear both the israeli prime minister and the palestinian president speaking i can tell you that's pretty rare they don't normally come on the same day one is a president one is a prime minister there's normally a gap between the two in fact eight times i've been here at the u.n. general assembly and this is the first time that they've actually spoken on the same day the israeli prime minister will be first expect him not only to talk about the palestinian question but also of course more i think very strong comments about iran and iran's role in the region when it comes to the israeli palestine situation then i think you're going to hear some pretty strong words from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas real frustration about what the u.s. has done in recent months the defunding of the the recognition

says cut all funding to the key u.n. agency supporting five million palestinian refugees it had been providing just over three hundred million dollars that's about thirty percent of unrest funding bush administration says the agency is irredeemably flawed palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the cut is a flagrant assault on palestinian save the p.l.o. says the decision is another destructive move against peace by the trump administration the united states him to disqualified itself for any role in the peace process and they are a major part of the problem not only here. but throughout the whole the whole international community but as the israelis have worked so hard for kids in order to stitch that culture of peace mission state of palestine to the sun but so that the state of israel is in security and to achieve peace with negotiations and influence and have been destroyed in the last eighteen months or the terms of mr russia has accused the crane of assassinating prominent separatist leader alexander sarkar unchained go

is decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as annorah it follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is causing more than two hundred billion dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security the u.n. is all countries to step up and fill the funding gap well the u.s. state department spokeswoman heather not released a statement saying when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty billion dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we'd assumed to many is not a serious paul chodas g.m. reports. palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the decision by the united states to stop funding the un agency helping palestinian refugees is a flagrant assault against his people more than one million of them rely on food aid handed out by so the decision by the us not to pay the anticipated two hundred twenty five

as cut all funding to the u.n. agency supporting a five million palestinian refugees around thirty percent of boundaries funding has come from the u.s. but now they travel ministration says the agency is irredeemably flawed the p.l.o. says the decision is another destructive move against peace by the trouble ministration the united states have totally disqualified itself from from any role in the peace process and they are a major part of the problem not only here. but throughout the whole the whole international community but as the israelis have worked so hard for the kids in order to stitch that culture of peace mission state of palestine into the sun but so that the state of israel in peace and security and to achieve peace who negotiations influence and have been destroyed in the last eighteen months are the terms of instruction russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says talks to resolve will for your standoff between pro moscow separatists in the crimean government are no longer possible that follows the assassina

has cut off funding to a key u.n. agency that's been a lifeline for palestinian refugees jordan which has two million of them is one of the dangerous consequences to regional stability while israel says the cut to aid is a realistic view of the situation and supports israel's position palestinian leaders that have called this a flagrant assault on palestinians. now at the national cathedral in washington d.c. today a funeral service has been held for senator john mccain in fact just concluded a short time ago leaders from across the political divide gathered to pay tribute and to remember mccain former presidents barack obama and george w. bush both of whom of course defeated mccain in their bids for the over last office eulogized the lights and i said. back in the day he could frustrate me and i know each say the same thing about me but he also made me better in recent years we should talk of that intense period like football players. remembering a big game in the process rivalry melted away in the end i got to enjoy i want

cut all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees on the road provides health care education and food to millions of people israel's back to decision which the palestinians say is an attack on their people are a force that has more from the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis in row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening of its schools girls' arriving for class in the journalism refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief on raw has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding. now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the u.s. state department saying the fundamental business model in fiscal practices that have marked on rougher years tied to an endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable the united states will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemabl

says it's cutting off all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees calling it it would be flawed operation. talks between the u.s. and canada on a new free trade agreement missed the deadline we'll look at what happens next plus . a final farewell for the franklin a star studded in the u.s. the queen of soul. brazil's former president listen i see i learned a silver has been barred from running in october is election a majority of judges on the electoral court banned his candidacy the seven a tovia jail sentence for corruption people convicted of a crime can't run for the presidency but louis party registered him anyway and says it will fight with all means to make sure their candidate remains alistair is from the woodrow wilson center as brazil institute he's not surprised by the decision. he's a very popular leader. part will you know use this fact to try to to use to their advantage. there is a cut off date in brazilian law it is the seventeenth of september this year the part you will have debts is delimit for the

cut all funding to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees on road provides health care education and food to millions of people israel's back to decision which the palestinians say is an attack on their people and serious hurry for sick reports from the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening of its schools goes arriving for class in a jealous on refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief unruh has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the u.s. state department saying the fundamental business model and fiscal practices that have marked on rough for years tied to a rise and asli an exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable the united states will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably f

after nearly seventy years the united states has cut all funding to a key u.n. agency that supports millions of palestinian refugees it's accuse the united nations relief and works agency of being irredeemably flawed of the palestinian leadership is calling it a flagrant assault on its people are a force that has more from raw in the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening of its schools girls' arriving for class in a jealous zone refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief on raw has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the u.s. state department saying the fundamental business model in fiscal practices that have marked an ra for years tied to a rise and this leant exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable the united states will no longer commit furth

the trump adminisation is stopping all funding for the u.n. agencyts palestinian refugees. the soul singer aretha franklin has been given a musical farewell at ade star-st funeral in her home city of detroit. now let's get more on our top story now. theputy director of the arab american institute from washington. thanks so much for joining us. what is yourn react to the trump administration halting all funding? >> it'slieally app and hard to find the right words to describe it. he isti effly going after some of the most vulnerable populations around the region. it's morally reprehensible because of the direct impact on these refugee i s politically stupid because it gets us further from peace. it's also potentially destablizing because we don't know the consequences of denying millions of people the assistance they need. it is really negative fromle every a >> this hasn't come out of the blue. they did say they were going to sido this py earlier this year so that should have given at least some time to prepare? >> yeah. although it's very difficult t

members of its own staff they're the ones feeling the immediate pain of the budget cuts to the u.n. agency that helps palestinians nearly six hundred annual contract workers who have lost their jobs by years and more than one hundred longer term staffers like ismail teller have been dismissed or forced to take early retirement. invites us to his home where his twelve hundred dollars monthly wage supports an extended family of twenty eight people. he'd worked for enron for sixteen years it's here that you see in an economy like garza's how much can rest on just one job. now i want to be able to help my brothers which is going to affect them mentally their families depend on me because of the difficulties of life if i knew that this would happen i never would have joined in the first place and ross says it's hard to prioritize borrowing money from elsewhere in the organization to ensure that garza gets essential services after the u.s. decision to end its three hundred sixty million dollars annual contribution. more than half of gaza's two million population are refugees it's here that the n

u.n. agencies in particular to provide these people with basic necessities but there are problems. the fluidity itself is not ten out of my dad would these two do that don't now finding that comes in i do quickly and that's the reason as to why oftentimes they're able to bring in what they have. and that even though uganda's refugee policy is considered exemplary these are not camps in which refugees sit around idly these are settlements. refugees building materials are donations they can move freely around the country they're allowed and encouraged to find work. but the situation is deteriorating there is a shortage of everything food schools teachers doctors the e.u. is one of uganda as biggest donors yet it now spends less on each refugee here than it used to at the same time the transit countries that lie on refugees route to europe are getting more funding under brussels new policy. uganda feels it's losing out. for their guppies to be caliente according to him and see the funding he's. disposes of our own site to five percent the utopia humans keep but even as increasing you

cut all funding to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees israel's back to the decision which the palestinians say is an attack on their people are a force that has more from the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening of its schools girls are arriving for class in the refugee camp in the occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief unruh has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the us state department saying the fundamental business model in fiscal practices that have marked an rougher years tied to an endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable the united states will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation for the palestinian leadership that isn't is not about the specifics o

hello again adrian fenty going to here in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees says that it's surprised by the u.s. is decision to end all funding it will end decades of financial support for health education and food aid palestinian president mahmoud abbas says that it's a flagrant assault on the palestinian people more now from al-jazeera as rob reynolds in washington. the u.s. contributes about thirty percent of the budget so this drastic cut could have significant effects on already dire living conditions in places like gaza and elsewhere where palestinian refugees live under a says there are five million palestinian refugees these are people who are considered by the palestinian side to have the right to return that is the people who were removed or fled from palestinian territories when the state of israel was founded in one nine hundred forty eight and their descendants have the right according to the palestinian and side and according to u.n. resolutions to eventually return israel of course has opposed this from the begin

pulls funding from the u.n. agency that supports palestinian. hello again we're here cross parts of north asia we are watching some rain here across japan now this rain has been really here for the last several days because of the stationary boundary there we're going to see that station about to start to make its way towards the south so for japan you're going to have a day or two of drying conditions and you really need that because as we go towards the middle part of the week we are watching a typhoon make its way to the north or get to that in just one moment of tokyo a dry day for you on monday at thirty one degrees but on tuesday here comes typhoon jenny that is going to be making its way out of the south we do expect it to be a quibble into a category one or category two storm making some very heavy rain showers here for saka and then tuesday into wednesday we do expect to see some flooding rain really across most of southern parts of japan where here across the southern part of china is finally going to get a break from the rain we did h

to come here at al-jazeera including warnings of catastrophe after the us pulls funding from the u.n. agency that supports the palestinians. rival armed groups battle for control of libya's capital with civilians caught in the crossfire. from cool briskness and fuel. to the one trying call to those of southeast. hello you know about international weather forecasts we're here across central europe we are watching one area in particular that's area of low pressure here across northern italy bringing a lot of rain now it's moving so slowly we could even see some localized flooding but what's going to be happening as we go through the rest of day today heavy showers all the way from rome towards vienna up towards berlin temperatures in berlin twenty four degrees but as we go towards tomorrow that shifts a little bit more towards the east and the temperatures up here to the north begin to come up slightly we are going to be seeing berlin warmer about twenty eight degrees down towards croatia some heavy rain few as well but over here towards the west in the u.k. not looking too bad for london more

star from the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees in gaza say they don't have enough money to keep going thirteen thousand teachers and health workers have now gone on strike in protest comes after the united states decided to pull its funding from last month the agency needs funding to run schools hospitals camps and social services for millions of palestinians u.s. relations with palestine have to derated since president trump announced his support for israel and recognize jerusalem as its capital last year reversing decades of u.s. policy or a force that reports from gaza. we're here at the guard h.q. of the owner agency you can see some of the thirteen thousand local employees who are on strike this monday the consequences of this strike is being felt all across the gaza strip two hundred seventy four unreal schools serving two hundred eighty thousand children are closed along with sixteen food distribution centers twenty two medical clinics the reason for this strike can be traced back to a decision by t

ok and you're in the stream the u.n. agency providing assistance to millions of palestinian refugees is facing the biggest crisis in its seventy year history after the u.s. announced it will no longer make funding contributions imo we could be a lot of today will consider what this means for those in need send us your comments your questions and i'll pose them to our panel as always at stream. more than five million palestinian refugees in the occupied palestinian territories jordan lebanon and syria are waiting to see how un services they rely on will be affected now that the u.s. has stopped future contributions the u.s. has long been the biggest funder to the u.n. agency known as on the run it granted more than three hundred sixty four million dollars to the organization and twenty seventeen but on friday the u.s. state department called on iraq and irredeemably flawed operation while announcing future contributions will be cancelled the scots to just a week after the us canceled two hundred million dollars in direct assista

after nearly seventy years the united states has halted all funding to a key u.n. agency that supports millions of palestinian refugees it says it is no longer willing to shoulder what it calls a disproportionate share of the burden the u.s. accuse the united nations relief and works agency of being irredeemably flawed palestinian leadership is calling it a flagrant assault on palestinians and in violation of a un resolution which led to the creation of the un agency in one thousand nine hundred nine u.s. president donald trump whose promise what he calls a deal of the century to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict has unilaterally declared jerusalem as israel's capital and one hour from harry for sit in ramallah in the occupied west bank. well this is the jelas own refugee camp just outside ramallah in the occupied west bank it's in places like this where the impact of this u.s. decision will be felt most keenly already the united states this year only handed over sixty million dollars of its pledge three hundred sixty five million dollars contribution to the agency

has cut all funding to the u.n. agency supporting five million palestinian refugees around thirty percent of andras funding has come from the u.s. the trumpet ministration says the agency is irredeemably flawed palestinian president mahmoud abbas calls the cuts a flagrant assault on palestinians. russians accuse ukraine a assassinating prominent separatist leader alexander hanko the russian backed leader of the rebels and on yet don yes died in a blast in a cafe ukraine's government has denied any involvement. it got a pop star turn opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to the u.s. he boarded a flight on crutches on friday night after the government allowed him to leave the country why is seeking medical care overseas for injuries he says he suffered while he was in detention is been charged with treason. argentina's government says it will discuss a fifty billion dollar bailout with the international monetary fund on monday the currency has lost half its value against the u.s. dollar this year i'll let america ne

ok and you're in the stream the u.n. agency providing assistance to millions of palestinian refugees is facing the biggest crises in its seventy year history after the u.s. announced it will no longer make funding contributions imo we could be a lot of today will consider what this means for those in need send us your comments your questions and i'll pose them to our panel as always at a.j. stream. more than five million palestinian refugees in the occupied palestinian territories jordan lebanon and syria are waiting to see how u.n. services they rely on will be affected now that the u.s. has stopped all future contributions the u.s. has long been the biggest funder to the u.n. agency known as on the run it granted more than three hundred sixty four million dollars to the organization and twenty seventeen but on friday the u.s. state department called on iraq and irredeemably flawed operation while announcing future contributions will be cancelled those cuts to are just a week after the u.s. canceled two hundred million dollars

doubt after several recent decisions by the trumpet ministration withdrawal of funding to a key u.n. agency for palestinian refugees as one of them high force that reports from gaza. is an agency besieged by a funding crisis on the international stage and here in gaza by protesting members of its own staff they're the ones feeling the immediate pain of the budget cuts to the u.n. agency that helps palestinians nearly six hundred annual contract workers who have lost their jobs by years and over one hundred longer term staffers. have been dismissed or forced to take early retirement. invites us to his home where his twelve hundred dollars monthly wage supports an extended family of twenty eight people. he'd worked for enron for sixteen years it's here that you see in an economy like garza's how much can rest on just one job. now i want to be able to help my brothers which is going to affect them mentally their families depend on me because of the difficulties of life if i knew that this would happen i never would have joined in the first place and ross says it's hard to prioritize borrowing

cut off all funding to the u.n. agency that provides schooling and health care to five million palestinian refugees . killed in a cafe bombing in ukraine the death of a pro russian rebel leader brings a sharp response from moscow. in sport asian games host indonesia announced their intention to bid for the twenty thirty two olympics the country has won its thirty first gold at this event the biggest ever medal haul out the games. the saudi amorality led coalition fighting in yemen has admitted that last month's bombing of a school bus was unjustified fifty one people were killed in that attack including forty children an official investigation has ruled that those responsible must be punished as alan fischer has this report from neighboring djibouti. it was an attack which threw international condemnation and left the parents of forty children crying over their graves eleven others are also killed in the attack on a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the saudi led coalition

pulls funding from the u.n. agency supporting palestinian refugees. plus they were once banned from school now rangar refugee children have a chance to learn. and in sport finland's former world champions that's the fastest lap time in history head of the italian drum for. syrian state media has denied there was an israeli attack on an air base near damascus on saturday night. loud blasts have been heard near the mess a base in the western outskirts of the capital say media say an electrical folds led to the last munitions depo. more from antarctica those techie sariel border. the first you know the first thought and the first for a lot of people certainty is that israel would have been behind this it's not the first time that israel has struck this military base outskirts of damascus israel's concern of course is always iran weapon shipments to iranian forces particularly hezbollah that can bend threaten israel security israel never comments on these strikes however they do admit that yes they do target these kinds of weapons shipments or weapons sto

has cut all funding to the u.n. agency that supports five million palestinian refugees ministration says the agency is. flagrant assault on. russia's war and diplomatic talks to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine are impossible after the killing of the kremlin backed separatist leader on friday moscow's accused ukraine of killing alexander he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in. for us president barack obama and george w. bush will lead mourners at a final public sendoff for john mccain in washington a long time arizona senator will be eulogized by the two men who defeated him in each of his bids for the presidency the current commander in chief president donald trump has not been invited to the nationally televised. i uganda's opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to the united states he boarded a flight on friday night after the government allowed him to leave the country one is seeking medical care overseas for injuries he says he suffered while he was in detention he's been charged with treason for hi

u.n. agencies that you will be involved in are critically important. thank you. and, mr.cher, i appreciate your interest in morocco and was happy to learn that you had been there several times in the course of your life out of just general interest or business interest. there are a couple issues that committee staff raised that are important to give you a chance to address. there was a concern over the 19 -- i believe it's in '87, 1987 case involving linda day and her concerns both about her treatment in the company and about the way she was terminated. and we know a settlement followed, but would you submit to the committee a detailed accounting of that situation so that members can examine that? >> senator, thank you for that question. as we had the opportunity yesterday and i welcome the opportunity to talk about it again, we have talked about it with senator menendez's office. we have given a great deal of detail. that case was dismissed without prejudice. the counts in the lawsuit were all dismissed. please recall that while i own the company, i am the registered age

funding of an ra the u.n. agency that assists palestinian refugees the ending of u.s. money twenty five million dollars worth annually for palestinian hospitals in occupied east jerusalem and so the palestinians are saying that this is very much in accordance with that kind of pressure against the u.s. against the palestinians right and that as much as the united states is saying that this is punishing the palestinians over the i.c.c. pressure to get israel up in front of the i.c.c. it's part of sort of bullying pressure tactics more generally it sounds like carried the americans intentions to force the palestinians to return to the negotiating table is having the opposite effect but where do the palestinians go from here in light of all this pressure not just on them but also on the i.c.c. now. yes they say they will redouble their efforts in terms of seeing israel investigated and in due course they hope prosecuted at the i.c.c. . saying that they will also raise the issue of the impending destruction of a bedouin village in occupied in the occupied west bank which.

millions of palestinians on the ground it was his administration's decision to cut funding to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees that's affecting their daily lives let's talk to our diplomatic editor james bay is joining us live from the u.n. headquarters in new york to set the scene for us james tell us what we should expect from the u.n. general assembly soon. well the speeches of the general assembly go on leader after leader some of the dignitaries are actually in the security council discussing north korea as we speak but the important speech coming up this hour we think is the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu it is quite rare to have the israelis and the palestinians on the same day normally they don't come down on the same day because palestine has a president and israel has a prime minister and president speak before prime ministers but they are both speaking on the same day expect benjamin netanyahu i think not only to talk about his issues with israel and palestine but also about iran and i'm sure he'll be very strongly condemning the iran nuclear deal and the work ar

ok and you're in the stream the u.n. agency providing assistance to millions of palestinian refugees is facing the biggest crisis in its seventy year history after the u.s. announced it will no longer make funding contributions imo we could be a lot of today will consider what this means for those in need send us your comments your questions and i'll pose them to our panel as always at a.j. stream. more than five million palestinian refugees in the occupied palestinian territories jordan lebanon and syria are waiting to see how u.n. services they rely on will be affected now that the u.s. has stopped all future contributions the u.s. has long been the biggest funder to the u.n. agency known as on the run it granted more than three hundred sixty four million dollars to the organization and twenty seventeen but on friday the u.s. state department called on iraq and irredeemably flawed operation while announcing future contributions will be cancelled those cuts to just a week after the us cancel two hundred million dollars in dire

u.n. agencies they must pass they must have they must. have meant much without medical help the the whole range of the whole many care in a needed and these in a situation of war so these it's reading the might become. local said very very big money can catastrophe probably the biggest we have seen on the twentieth century and young you know we have seen humanitarian disasters before in aleppo and eastern new guta do you get the sense there that there is this there's this feeling that they just need to brace for the inevitable that this is going to happen. well yes. and you know at the same time as the old regime is sort of comparing the ground offensive we have u.n. troops the engine even between the u.n. special envoy on the one hand and syria. is to russia and iran and on the other hand and he's trying to dissuade. the russians and the iranians to stop the offensive but i think that's a huge tonic for sighed the feeling among so many. workers and the many caring she said that this. it's adult to come. ok journalist young india temperam

netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote we have billeted the refugees the u.s. had been the agency's largest donor palestinians have condemned the decision. in russia protests are growing over the government's plan to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to buy food widespread criticism has pressured president vladimir putin into making changes but some are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they oppose the government's plan to raise the pension age critics here say the changes won't just have a negative impact on the old younger generations will likely have a harder time finding jobs as older employees keep working longer. the reforms put forward will take away normal pensions for women and future jobs for young people. one for youths is unemployed and one in three can't find work that suits their qualif

has cut off funding to the u.n. agency which supports five million palestinian refugees nearly a third if you enter fiji's agency's funding comes from the u.s. the trump administration says the agency is a redeemable a flawed the newly appointed u.s. representative to syria james jeffrey is making his first trip to the region his visit comes as speculation grows that russia and syria are planning a military offensive and it led to violence has broken out in the libyan capital tripoli once again despite a cease fire agreement in the city several days of fighting between rival armed groups has left almost forty people dead and more than one hundred others injured. a memorial service for senator john mccain has been held in washington d.c. former u.s. presidents barack obama and george w. bush led tributes to the career politician and vietnam war veteran and pro and anti immigration protests have been held in the eastern german city of cabinet's rallies follow the arrest of two asylum seekers suspected of stabbing a german ma

netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugees and us had been. condemned the decision. now is venezuela's economic and political crisis whereas on hundreds of thousands have been fleeing the country some have made their way to the south in the united states florida is home to a large community of venezuelans in exile with several trying to enter u.s. politics in order to influence the situation of their home country we have this report now from florida. the venezuelan community has been growing for years but none of them hold a political office in the u.s. and dependent candidate rafael deniro has an ambitious goal he's campaigning to be commissioner of the miami dade county in florida. important things to start getting a political representation. and i'm proud to be representing this growing community . last year nearly twenty eight thousand venezuelans applied for asylum in the u.s. and eighty eight percent increase from

staff from the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees in gaza say they don't have enough money to keep going thirteen thousand teachers and health workers have gone on strike in protest this comes after the u.s. decided to pull its funding from the last month the agency needs funding to run schools hospitals camps and social services for millions of palestinians u.s. relations with palestinians have deteriorated since president trump aroused his support for israel and recognized routes for them as its capital last year reversing decades of u.s. policy. harri forces in gaza. were here at the gaza h.q. of the un or agency you can see some of the thirteen thousand local employees who are on strike this monday the consequences of a strike of being felt all across the gaza strip two hundred seventy four unrushed schools serving two hundred eighty thousand children are closed along with sixteen food distribution centers twenty two medical clinics the reason for this strike can be traced back to a decision by the us adm

has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of costs for the united nations relief and works agency whose operations are called the fraud now that agency says it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan and lebanon and syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor a spokesperson for the palestinian president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase its funding in response. we spoke to our correspondent in jerusalem and we asked her what the palestinian reaction had being to the u.s. announcement. well i mean there is a sense among palestinians that this could be a political move because it has opened up speculations about the real intentions of the u.s. administrations there has been a debate on going here whether they will also try to redefine use of refugees and to reassess the right of return which is so fundamental to many pubs stimula

stories here on al-jazeera the united nations is urging all countries does night more money to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the biggest contributor the u.s. has decided to stop all funding ill and decades of financial support for health education and food aid the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says it's a flagrant assault on the people from brunell's as more from washington d.c. the u.s. contributes about thirty percent of his budget so this drastic cut could have significant effect already dire living conditions in places like elsewhere where palestinian refugees live under a says there are five million palestinian refugees.

benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision from washington to end decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he says the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugee u.s. had been agencies largest donor have condemned the decision. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer now obama and bush praised him as a consummate states man who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president donald trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain serving senator an american hero lies in state. the great and the good from across the political divide paying their respects. was a rebellious young. in his case that's understandable what faster way to distinguish yourself when you're the son and grandson of admirals then to munich. eventually though he concluded that the only way to really make. his mark on the world is to co

members of its own staff they're the ones feeling the immediate pain of the budget cuts to the u.n. agency that helps palestinians nearly six hundred annual contract workers who have lost their jobs by years and over one hundred longer term staffers like ismail teller have been dismissed or forced to take early retirement. invites us to his home where his twelve hundred dollars monthly wage supports an extended family of twenty eight people. he'd worked for enron for sixteen years it's here that you see in an economy like garza's how much can rest on just one job. now i want to be able to help my brothers which is going to affect them mentally their families depend on me because of the difficulties of life if i knew that this would happen i never would have joined in the first place and ross says it's hard to prioritize borrowing money from elsewhere in the organization to ensure that garza gets essential services after the u.s. decision to end its three hundred sixty million dollars annual contribution. more than half of gaza's two million population are refugees it's here that the need i