recognized all of jerusalem as the capital of israel and jordan's economy continue to struggle everything combined to intensify jordanian public opinion against israel and these were all issues that king abdullah reflected on that sunday state opening of parliament. last old model or don't be so that's our national position on the palestinian cause a steadfast supporting our palestinian brethren to establish their independent state along the 4th of june 1967 lines with east jerusalem as its capital today i also announced the expiration of the peace treaty annex is on the outcome and backer and the imposition of a full sovereignty over every inch of those lines. perhaps the most important crop the fruits of peace has failed to take root here the jordanian government now says that the israelis will be given continued access to the farmland until the end of the season next april as long as they apply for visas and the farmers hope that by then some sort of longer term the arrangement can be found to allow them to continue farming. burnitz with al-jazeera on the jordan israel. and in certain

recognized all of jerusalem as the capital of israel and jordan's economy continue to struggle everything combined to intensify jordanian public opinion against israel. what's important for jordanians is the ending of this agreement because they don't want any relationship with israel ending it was an easy way for the government to respond to the demands of the street there is no sympathy for the peace agreement with israel because jordanians believe that had no benefit from it perhaps the most important crop the fruits of peace has failed to take root here jordan's foreign ministry has told al jazeera that the ending of the deal means they got their land back there is no indication though as to who will farm this land in the future and the israeli farmers have said that they hope that can be some sort of new arrangement that will allow them to continue using this land burn its red al-jazeera on the jordan israel border angola merkel has used their pet or moment in germany's history to urge european leaders to defend democracy the chancellor has a close connection to the fall of the berli

recognized all of jerusalem as the capital of israel and jordan's economy continue to struggle everything combined to intensify jordanian public opinion against israel and these were all issues that king abdullah reflected on at sunday's state opening of parliament not called model or our national position on the palestinian cause a steadfast supporting our palestinian brethren to establish their independent state along the 4th of june 1967 lines with east jerusalem as its capital today i also announced the expiration of the peace treaty an excuse on the outgoing mayor and backer and the imposition of our full sovereignty over every inch of those lands. perhaps the most important crop the fruits of peace has failed to take root here the jordanian government now says that the israelis will be given continued access to the farmland until the end of the season next april as long as they apply for visas and the farmers hope that by then some sort of longer term arrangement can be found to allow them to continue farming their. burnitz with al-jazeera on the jordan israel. now monday marks the

israel. there may be a peace agreement between jordan and israel but it's under considerable strain. so these are some of the last israeli tourists to walk across the border without passports to visit jordanian sovereign territory that's been owned and farmed by jews for almost 100 years jordan is not renewing a 25 year deal that granted privileged access and. will lose some of our income and a kibbutz makes a living from these lands move got a deep emotional attachment to the area. israel got vital security cooperation along its longest land border when it signed the peace treaty in 1994 our viewers to see this very becomes a very old piece jordan's king hussein and his people were promised political and economic benefits but they've not materialized i think it's true that if there'd been progress on the palestinian issue it would have helped with a way to tional jordan i think jordan is also disappointed with the economic benefits that it hoped to gain from the peace treaty there was talk of one stage that we would have one airport in the south of and so forth jordan is well and is

them illegal and mocks the latest shift by the trump administration and its policy towards israel rosen jordan reports now from washington d.c. . for 41 years the u.s. has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under international law that u.s. policy changed on monday calling the establishing of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law hasn't worked it hasn't invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ailes announcement is the latest in a string of culture. herschel white house moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israel's official capital moving the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u.s. apart from at the united nations pompei o. said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz as efforts to form a new israeli government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic polit

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. meanwhile israel says its intercepted 4 rockets that were fired from syria towards the occupied golan heights warning sirens were heard in the area as the rockets were down by israel's eye and defenses israel has occupied the syrian territory since 1907 meanwhile syria's state run news agency is reporting explosions have been heard near damascus airport no other details have been reported on the blasts 3 taliban commanders have been released by the afghan government as part of a prisoner swap sources have told our jazeera they've landed in qatar senior taliban leader and colonies among them in exchange 2 professors from the u.s. and australia have been released after spending 3 years being held by the taliban afghan president after afghani announced the swap last week. that kerry lamb is urging protesters still holed up inside a university campus to leave peacefully and for police to treat them humanely lamb says about $600.00 left so far after sunday night's vi

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. and israel says his intercepted 4 rockets that were fired from syria towards the occupied golan heights warning sirens were had around the golan heights as the rockets were downed by. israel's. defenses israel's occupied the syrian territory since 967 meanwhile syria's state run news agency is reporting explosions have been heard near damascus airport no other details have been reported so far nichols will bring you any more information on those incidents as soon as we get it. now airstrikes have killed at least 7 people and injured more than 30 others in southern areas of libya's capital and according to government sources the warlord holy for have to. targeted a factory where the victims were working they're mostly bangladeshis while others came from african countries mark wood up to what it is in tripoli the libyan capital. military sources with tripoli and back the government of national accord say that the airstrikes which started a factor in whether to be

jordan says it's committed to its peace treaty with israel despite ending a 25 year deal that allowed israeli tourists and farmers visa free access to to launch stretches of its territory along the border jordan's foreign minister ayman safadi says it's acting in accordance with the treaty in not renewing the deal analysts say it's another sign the relationship between the 2 countries is under strain over israel's treatment of the palestinians at least 6 people have died and dozens more have been injured after 3 blasts hit a kurdish town in ne in syria the 2 explosions in the town of chemistry which borders turkey were caused by a car bomb in a shopping street used media says the 3rd exploded near a hotel. china's president has met the greek prime minister in athens on a visit focused on investment and trade version xi jinping toward pirouette is the port controlled by china's state owned shipping company cosco it's his 1st visit since the approval of china's $680000000.00 plan to expand the port johnson hapless has more from athens. the greece china relationship has been developing v

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. and israel says its intercepted 4 rockets that were fired from syria towards the occupied golan heights warning sirens were heard around the golan heights as the rockets were downed by israel's iron dome air defenses 3 taliban commanders have been released by the afghan government as part of the prisoner swap sources have told al-jazeera they've landed in qatar senior leader counties among them in exchange 2 professors from the u.s. and australia are being released 3 years after they were kidnapped hong kong's either kerry lamb is urging the protests is still holed up inside a university campus to leave peacefully and for the police to treat them humanely she says around $600.00 left after sunday night's violence that led to the sand of offices of surrounded the campus and are arresting anyone who emerges but those under 18 are being released to their parents. south korea has confirmed that 2 of its vessels have been seized by yemen's who the rebels in the red s

interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well the move is the latest shift in israel's favor under president donald trump in december 27th seen trump formally recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel he then ordered the us embassy to relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem this angered palestinians and drew widespread international condemnation in march this year trump recognize the occupied golan heights as part of israel the directive made the u.s. the 1st country to recognize israeli rather than syrian sovereignty over the region or this is trump is also promising a so-called deal of the sentry to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict and bring peace to the region. is executive director of the arab center of washington he says the decision doesn't come out of the blue. i'm not surprised at all with regards to the content of the statement by the secretary of state i'm so surprised though like everybody else probably by the time you know the statement itself was somewhat inconsistent i think it was definitely. considered

jordan says he's committed to its peace treaty with israel despite ending a 25 year deal that allowed israeli toy sense of free access to 2 large stretches of its territory along the border jordan's foreign minister a man safadi says is acting in accordance with the treaty and not renewing the dia analysts say it's another sign navigation chip the relationship between the 2 countries is under strain over israel's treatment off the palestinians. still ahead on the program putting further pressure after a fragmented election verdict in spain castle and separatist block traffic at the french quarter. at logan a welcome back where cross parsa sudden china we are looking quite nice over the next few days the satellites not showing a lot of clouds in place across the region so the sun is going to be on trend anywhere from tuesday as well as into wednesday but up towards the north though it is going to be quite cloudy we are going to see temperatures coming down as well though the winds are going to be switching out of the north and that's going to bring shanghai down to about $1000.00 recei

hello i'm daryn jordan doha the program out of the top stories here on al-jazeera israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption extends from 3 cases in which netanyahu was accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust are a force that reports from western. there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st but. today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under an inch manilla concludes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a seated prime minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. and i later shocked looking benjamin netanyahu began his battle to stay in office while indicted. tonight we are witnessing an attempted coup against the prime minister using false accusation and a systematically tainted and vice

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha the quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera israel's military says it's killed the commander of the armed group islamic jihad and then a strike on gaza the health ministry that says a man and a woman died in the attack israel accuses the iranian backed palestinian group of carrying out rocket attacks inside israel well let's get more now from harry for set in west jerusalem how so what more do we know about these israeli airstrikes on gaza and the targets they hit. well the the main a strike was the one that killed. the palestinian islamic jihad senior commander whom israel blames for the spate of rocket attacks that have come from gaza fired by the. military wing of islamic jihad of many months now they say that. they targeted the building in which he was sleeping the prime minister's office here has confirmed that he has been neutralized the israeli military calling him a ticking bomb saying that he was planning for the imminent attacks and that this is not a return to the kind of targeted assassinations that the israeli leadership carried out

israel says one of its strikes is kill the commander of an iranian backed honest in-group. blown down jordan this is obviously live from doha also coming up but libya's former president seeks a safe haven in mexico as troops are deployed to control protests by supporters of . hong kong's leader calls protesters selfish after one of the most violent days and months of anti-government demonstrations. and bushfires reach australia's biggest city as emergency workers warned they've already exceeded catastrophic for cuts. israel's military says it's killed a commander of the armed group islamic jihad in an airstrike gaza's health minister says a man and a woman died in the attack israel accuses the iranian backed palestinian group of carrying out rocket attacks inside israel let's get more now from our aforesaid he's in west jerusalem how is somewhat more than do we know about these israeli airstrikes and the targets they hit. well yes the main strike was the one that killed but. he is he was a senior figure in palestinian islamic jihad he was in charge century of the military operations in the m

by the trumpet ministration in its policy towards israel also in jordan reports from washington d.c. . for 41 years the u.s. has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under international law that you. us policy changed on monday calling the establishing of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law hasn't worked it hasn't invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ailes announcement is the latest in a string of controversial white house moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israel's official capital moving the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u.s. apart from at the united nations pompei o. said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz his efforts to form a new israeli government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic politics anywhere in israel or otherwi

declared israeli settlements in the occupied west bank illegal israel's prime minister muse ahead with a plan to annex the jordan valley. a 4 day standoff at a hong kong university comes to an end as anti-government protesters surrendered to police. oh a key witness in the u.s. impeachment inquiry into donald trump has described the president's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart as improper attendant colonel alexander van men has been testifying before congress you listened in on trump's phone call with skin in july and says he was concerned that the president asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival joe biden. correct and then later you 2 are on the white house call am i right you heard it with your own ears correct not secondhand not from somebody else not hearsay right correct you heard the president's voice on the call i did and you heard him raise that subject again that ambassador saw and had raised before about investigating the bidens right i did and i want to ask you when you heard him say that what was the 1st thought that went through your mind frankly i couldn't believe wh

israel prevented him from departing from the west bank for jordan where he was planning to attend a relative's funeral. israel also denied entry to congressmembers ilhan omar and rashida tlaib. later granting permission for congress member tlaib to visit her family in occupied palestine -- occupied west bank on humanitarian grounds, but she rejected the offer, which included the condition that she not promote the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. israel has also issued a seriess of travel bans against omar barghouti, the founder of bds movement, and shawan jabarin, director of the palestinian rights organization al-haq. can you comment on these? >> absolutely. this decision is coming amid a context in which there is a systematic assault on human rights organizations. and there is a reason why the israeli government t is doing this. they are trying to silence the messenger instead of dealing with the human rights issues that are taking place on the ground. but the reality is, these efforts are failing. these efforts s of only -- have only shined a light on the very issues that israel

well the early reaction i have seen is from jordan which of course has signed its own peace treaty with israel but it is condemning not just the existence of those settlements but it is also saying that the change in u.s. policy is setting a very dangerous precedent and could lead to more instability in the region for the u.s. as part the embassy in jerusalem has put out a caution to u.s. citizens and nationals in the country warning of potential disruption or violence because of this announcement whether inside israel proper in gaza or in the occupied west bank frozen in jordan thank you very much indeed yemen's who the rebels say they've seized 3 vessels in the red sea including a saudi ship saudi arabia had earlier accused them of hijacking a ship towing a south korean drilling rig hoofy official has told al-jazeera they will release the draining rig once they can confirm it belongs to south korea the saudi government is calling the incident a terrorist operation they say rebels have released a statement explaining why they seized the vessel my madonna tom has more details from santa. the w

and i'm daryn jordan and a quick reminder the top stories on al-jazeera israel's military says it's killed the commander of the armed group islamic jihad and then astrakhan gaza the health ministry says a man and a woman died in the attack israel accuses the iranian bat's palestinian group of carrying out rocket attacks inside israel well let's get more now from harry for set in western somehow so what more do we know about these israeli airstrikes on gaza and the targets they hit well really could mean a strike or the one that's killed. the palestinian islamic jihad senior commander whom israel blames for the spate of rocket.

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. hong kong leader kerry lamb is urging the protesters who are still holed up inside a university campus to leave peacefully and for police to treat them humanely carol lam says about 600 have left so far after sunday night's violence led to the standoff officers have surrounded the campus and arresting anyone who emerges but those under 18 are being released to their parents we will use whatever means to continue to persuade to enter arranged for the remaining protesters to leave the campus as soon as possible so that this whole operation could be able to end in a peaceful manner and laid a basis for the subsequent work by the police to stop violence in hong kong. all right let's go live now to our correspondent sara clark she is outside the university in question and is there any sign sara that this demonstration inside the university campus is about to fizzle out carol suggesting there's only about $100.00 of the protesters there. there are about 100 remaining

said that he didn't want anti breaks in audie's to win the vote jordan's prime minister says it is committed to its peace treaty with israel despite ending a 25 year deal that allowed israeli tourists and farmers fisa free access to 2 large stretches of its territory along the border a month safadi says it's acting in accordance with the treaty in not renewing the deal several of lebanon's banks will close on tuesday as workers plan to go on strike because of safety issues the bank employees union cited the demonstrations and customers demanding to withdraw their deposits among their concerns coming up next here on al-jazeera its inside story to stay with us. free thought with limits cambodia's opposition leader is released from house arrest about his colleagues facing hurdles as they try to return from exile can they maintain pressure on the prime minister despite a government crackdown this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm the stasi attain cambodia's prime minister hun sen has silenced nearly all voices of dissent in recent years his government has shut down independent media and dissolved the main o

a ceasefire in gaza breaks down after israel launches airstrikes in response to rocket fire. blowing down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a cry for justice whips up more anger in chile the demand for action on the killing of an indigenous student. being. best threatening civil war supporters of bolivia's ousted president say the interim government is racist. and why new zealand's well.

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well let's bring in neda abraham our correspondent is live for us and ramallah in the occupied west bank as a nother blow for palestinians one of the but is this some comfort in the united nations and russia saying their stance hasn't changed. the international community has made it clear in several occasions the u.n. and the e.u. by saying that these settlements are against international law however on the ground they have been under construction since 1967 if course it goes on abs and flows sometimes we see an acceleration of building for example in the time since donald trump was elected as the us president the israeli plans to build more settlements has doubled in comparison with the 3 years before that so it's an issue that palestinians have been fighting against and talking about over the years they feel that the israelis are trying to kind of impose facts on the ground and then building these settlements which are against international law but then asking

jordan says it's committed to its peace treaty with israel despite ending a 25 year old 25 year deal that allowed israeli tourists and farmers vsa free access to to launch stretches of its territory that area runs along the border between the 2 countries jordan's foreign minister immense afai says the country acted in accordance with the treaty in not renewing the deal analysts say it's another sign the relationship is under strain over israel's treatment of the palestinians. the funeral has taken place meanwhile of a palestinian man killed during clashes with israeli troops in the occupied west bank the health ministry says 22 year old omar badawi was shot in the chest during fighting in a refugee camp he was taken to a hospital in the nearby city of hebron where he was pronounced dead. in lebanon several banks are due to be closed on tuesday as workers strike over safety concerns ongoing protests or frequently forced financial institutions to shut down the bank employees union says among that concerns are demonstrates demonstrations and customers demanding the withdraw to withdraw

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. all this hate his move is plot of a bigger shift in u.s. policy under president donald trump in december 2017 trump formally recognized jewel slim as the capital of israel he then ordered the us embassy to relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem the sign that palestinians enjoy a widespread international condemnation and then in march to see a trump recognize the golan heights the occupied golan heights as part of israel the directive made the us the 1st country to recognize israeli sovereignty rather than syrian sovereignty over the region all this s. trump is also promising a so-called deal of the century to resolve these or any palestinian conflict and bring peace in the region that's now speak to who is the executive director of the app center of washington he's via skype from washington thank you so much for being with us so as as we saw there another big shift in u.s. policy on the palestinian israeli issue are you at all surprised by this what do you think is

jordan says it's committed to its peace treaty with israel despite ending a 25 year deal that allowedisraeli tourists and farm is a visa free access to to launch stretches of its territory that area runs along the border between the 2 countries jordan's foreign minister ayman safadi says the country acted in accordance with the treaty in not renewing the deal analysts say it's another sign the relationship between the 2 countries is under strain over israel's treatment of the palestinians in lebanon several banks are due to close on tuesday as workers strike over safety concerns ongoing protests frequently forced financial institutions to shut down the bank employees union said among their concerns on demonstrations and customers demanding to withdraw their deposits the central bank says it's taking measures to safeguard deposits and stab allies the lebanese spotlight. a state of emergency has been declared in the australian state of new south wales as firefighters battle wildfires authorities have warned of a catastrophic threat people living on the outskirts of sydney. their homes i

hello i'm darren jordan doha with a program out of the top stories here on al-jazeera israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption that stems from 3 cases in which netanyahu was accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust are a force that reports from western. there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under an image that manila concludes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decide to set.

they did what everyone regarded was ukrainian territory in 1067 when israel retake the west bank it was not drew dainian territory jordanas not the sovereign it was not there was no palestinian state it's not occupation as for the idea that all of this land belongs to private palestinians it's ridiculous that's because international organizations refuse to recognize the validity of sales to private jews jews by land own land from the 1920 s. with omar agree the jews could live in a land that has been in private jewish property since the 1020s or does it say there is no such thing as private property in the west bank overdrawn respond to that. absolutely look eugene is trying to muck up what is black and white eugene is right there is some land that were own privately by jewish families before 967 but the reality here is eugene is trying to make complicated but it's not every country in the world recognizes the west bank any shoes by the way even this u.s. government to this point. but every other country the world considers it to be occupied territory this is not some matter that needs to you know an international law p

a ceasefire in gaza breaks down after israel launches asteroids in response to rocket fire. blowing down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a cry for justice whips up more anger in chile a demand for action on the killing of an indigenous student. threatening civil war supporters of bolivia's ousted president say the interim government is racist. and why new zealand's welcoming a refugee who wrote a no movement in book on the notorious australian detention center. a ceasefire in gaza between israel and the armed group islamic jihad has broken down less than 24 hours off it began just a few hours ago israeli forces bombed numerous doggett's and us bonds to rocket fire fighting between the 2 sides began on tuesday after israeli forces killed a senior leader of the islamic jihad in gaza 34 palestinians have been killed since then are a force that has more from gaza. well the early hours of friday morning another round of airstrikes from israel targeting it said islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip we're hearing they were largely empty training grounds and the like but some o

that ceasefire in gaza breaks down after israel launches as trucks in response to rocket fire. and i wonder in jordan this is live from doha also coming up. a cry for justice whips up more anger in chile the demand for action on the killing of an indigenous student. that's threatening civil war supporters of bolivia's ousted president say the interim government is racist i was.

roslyn jordan live for us there in washington rockets have been fired from gaza into israel hours after a cease fire was agreed this would appear to have violated a truce struck me tween israel and the islamic jihad 34 palestinians have been killed in israeli ass tracks the escalation began after the israeli army assassinated a senior leader of the group on chews day rob matheson has more from west to recent . those immediately after the announcement of the ceasefire on thursday morning were relatively quiet but it was in mid morning that we started getting reports that 5 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel we don't yet know who was responsible for firing those rockets we understand from the israeli military that at least 2 of them were brought down by israel's iron dome aerial defense system but it doesn't seem to have had any impact on the the ongoing cease fire itself we understand that israel islamic jihad is saying that it has got to gain some agreements from israel in order to achieve this cease fire one of those agreements is related to israel's use of what's called tar

and jordan has recalled its ambassador in tel aviv after israel refused to release two jordanian citizens who have been held without charge since their arrests in the israeli-occupied west bank in august. isisrael routinely uses its "administrative detention" policy to hold palestinians indefinitely without trial in military jails. on thursday, palestinian protesters in the west bank city of ramallah held a solidarity rally. this is demonstrator raya zeyadah. >> these protests and rallies are in solidarity with our female and male prisoners in the occupation jails, especially the prisoners who are on hunger strike and the prisoner whose life is in danger. we are all here in one voice that says we are with the prisoners, both men and women. amy: jordanian-palestinian hiba al-labadi has been held in an israeli jail without charge since august, when she was arrested after crossing between jordan and the occupied west bank. she's been on hunger strike for nearly 40 days and was hospitalalized after her health deteriorated. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracy

cease fire in gaza breaks down after israel launches as trucks in response to rocket fire . along daryn jordan this is a live from doha also coming up. a cry for justice with more anger in chile the demand for action on the killing of an indigenous student. that's threatening civil war supporters of bolivia's ousted president say the interim government is racist my. only out and we're at a vigil for a black man who's been on death row in the u.s. for killing a white woman more than 20 years ago. a ceasefire in gaza between israel and the armed group islamic jihad has broken down less than 24 hours after it began just a few hours ago israeli forces bombed you must targets in response to rocket fire fighting between the 2 sides began on tuesday after israeli forces assassinated a senior leader of the islamic jihad in gaza 34 palestinians have been killed since then are a force that has more now from gaza when the early hours of friday morning another round of airstrikes from israel targeting it said islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip we're hearing they were largely empty training grounds and

issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. protesters are still holed up inside a university campus in hong kong following a prolonged standoff with police dozens escaped the building on monday night after a night of violence and fled before they could be arrested but he's ended the grounds and faced a barrage of petrol bombs and arrows there responded with tear gas and water cannon saudi arabia says yemen's who fees have hijacked a ship towing a softcore and drilling rig in the red sea the rebels still say they've seized 3 ships including a saudi one the sailors on board have been taken to a who they control port data the official has told al jazeera they will release a drilling rig if they can confirm it belongs to south korea a saudi government describing the incident as a terrorist operation. in libya as strikes have killed at least 7 people and injured more than 30 others in 7 areas of the capital tripoli according to government sources war 24 have taz drones targeted a factory where the victims wer