amman has become the new york of the middle east! yeah, yeah. it's a nice time to be in amman.enge a few preconceptions and so will my next and final stop, because 20km north—west of amman is fuheis, home tojordan‘s first and only microbrewery. right here, this is our packaging line and bottle storage. jordan — yep, that is his first name — the chief brewer here, told me how they started from scratch four years ago. injordan, there's, like, no infrastructure, there's no culture, there's absolutely nothing related to beer making. so everything in the factory had to come from outside of the country. and it's notjust the equipment — which comes mainly from china, italy and germany — but the ingredients too. this is what's called pilsner malt, so you can see from the light colour it's not been roasted very much, so this actually makes up the base of all of our beers. but what's quintessential about the beer are the distinctive jordanian flavours from local produce, like date molasses, grapefruit from the jordan river valley, and even sea salt from the dead sea. honestly, every step

amman has become the middle east. amman has become the new york of the middle east!e middle east!m is a nice time to be in amman. but's idea of a mind will actually challenge a few preconception and so will my next and final stop because 20 kilometres north—west of amman is home to jordan's first and 20 kilometres north—west of amman is home tojordan‘s first and only microbrewery. this is our packaging line. bottle storage. jordan? that is his first name. the chief lawyer, told me how they started from scratch four years ago. in jordan, there is, like, no infrastructure, there is, like, no infrastructure, there is, like, no infrastructure, there is no culture, there is absolutely nothing related to be making. so everything in the factory had to come from outside of the country. and it is notjust the equipment which comes mainly from china, italy and germany, at the ingredients too. this is what is called pilsner mould so you can see from the light colour it has not been roasted very much —— malt. said this actually makes up a base of all of our peers. but what is qui

amman has become the new york of the middle east! yeah, yeah. it‘s a nice time to be in amman.othing related to beer making. so everything in the factory had to come from outside of the country. but what‘s quintessential about the beer are the distinctive jordanian flavours from local produce, like date molasses, grapefruit from the jordan river valley, and even sea salt from the dead sea. putting this brewery together, selling the beer, making the beer, it‘s been an exercise in educating the authorities as to what craft beer is. let‘s not forget that 85% ofjordan‘s population is muslim and therefore, in principle, largely teetotal. but they‘re pushing boundaries and hoping to create a largely cultural scene. a real tang to it, and you can taste the salt and you can taste the grapefruitjuice. really unique flavour. excellent. and do you know what? it‘s craft beers like this that are gonna help create new aspects to this city and also, i think, break the stereotypes that people might have of bothjordan and the middle east. you‘rejoining me here at the shibuya crossing injapan, o

amman has become the new york of the middle east! yeah, yeah. it's a nice time to be in amman.s is our packaging line and bottle storage. jordan — yep, that is his first name — the chief brewer here, told me how they started from scratch four years ago. injordan, there's, like, no infrastructure, there's no culture, there's absolutely nothing related to beer making. so everything in the factory had to come from outside of the country. but what's quintessential about the beer are the distinctive jordanian flavours from local produce, like date molasses, grapefruit from the jordan river valley, and even sea salt from the dead sea. putting this brewery together, selling the beer, making the beer, it's been an exercise in educating the authorities as to what craft beer is. let's not forget that 85% ofjordan's population is muslim, and therefore, in principle, largely teetotal. 0h! a real tang to it, and you can taste the salt and you can taste the grapefruitjuice. really unique flavour. excellent. and do you know what? it's craft beers like this that are gonna help create new aspec

amman javers is at thee white hoonight with the latest on the trade tensions. >> president trump issuing something of a veiled threat to the world trade organization on a day in which canad announced the retaliatory tariffs havefe gone into against the united states. 25% on steel, and 10% on yogurtf and ketchup coming into the united states. the president met with the prime minister of the netherlands and he had this to say about the world trade onorganiza >> w.t. ofrmt has treated theit states very badly. that's why we were at a big disadvantage with the w.t.o. we're not planning anything now, but if the don't treat us properly, we will be doing somethg. >> wilbur ross the commerce secretary was on cnbc earlier in the da he sai there was no particular level in the stock market that the white house was looking at understood to change its tariff related behavior. >> there's no bright line level of the stock market that's going to changepolicy. the president is trying to fix long term problems in a should have been dealtith long time ago, weren't. and they're obviously is going to be se pu

but i'd have to pay the price of his political maneuver at an arab summit in amman in one thousand nine hundred seventy king hussein refused to receive the palestinian leader at the airport as well as this diplomatic snub the palestinian issue was relegated to the periphery of the agenda and in fact departed claiming he was satisfied with the results of the summit but he appeared to have reached the limits of his tactical capabilities. but as before the p.l.o. leader from the lifeline. it was to come from an unexpected source. after decades of oppression the palestinians did living in the occupied territories use their words. a beleaguered identify paying the price for his political maneuvering. now desperate for american recognition and observe your clique denounce. goodies how did the p.l.o. find strength and support from their own life for oppressed palestinians living in the occupied territories chronicling the turbulence during the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. to . the carter center. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. g

alliance the king allowed the palestinian parliament in exile to convene in the jordanian capital amman in one nine hundred eighty four. this proved a lifeline try to fight his ability to convene the palestine national council with the required one allowed him to maintain the legitimacy of his leadership of the p.l.o. . bath now unlawful in a thirty minute that measured we looked for locations to hold the p. and c. meeting there were suggestions of holding it on board the ship it was the session of the p. and c. hadn't taken place the p.l.o. wouldn't have finished and tell us any legitimacy last so in spite of our reservations it was convened and i'm on. the jordanian p.l.o. repr small led to the signing of the i-man accord in february one thousand nine hundred five according to its terms the p.l.o. and jordan would form a joint delegation to future negotiations for resolving the out of israeli conflict syria opposed the accord and sought to exact retribution for out of its move once again lebanon was the battleground. the syrian backed a militia and anti out of fact factions besieged t

asked me my relatives came together and decided to marry me off to a seventy five year old man from amman they only told me on the day of the wedding when i saw the old man all i could do was cry i tried to persia estan said i'm far too young. to me. india outlawed child marriage in two thousand and six but in my nearest case as with many other women here the marriage broker used falsified documents a corrupt imaan precisely did over the wedding ceremony munira was forced to go with the old man for three weeks he sexually abused her in a hotel in hyderabad then he disappeared when the man was informed that munir was pregnant he divorced her over the phone from amman that was eight years ago until recently the muslim practice of instant divorce was legal in india when there is still so much khan has never seen her father. suffered a great deal whenever i think about it it still upsets me immensely i don't want to cry here in front of my daughter. can shouldn't have to ask why her mother is unhappy that would upset her too much. to me but to go. near it takes us to her parents she had no ch

from egypt to jordan, from amman injordan i took a plane to cross syria, to sofia in bulgaria, then romaniaom romania across belarus. then i entered the russian border, and moscow was my final destination. the journey was completely new experience for me. it was the first time to be in europe. i met new people, new cultures. it was my chance to know more about myself and discover many places in the world we don't know about in our world and the middle east. so it is like a bigger chance for me to show these areas to my country. of course, the world cup is the biggest event in the world. it is not just about football, it is about people from all over the world. i was so excited, the arrival, so many special moments for me, i think i will not forget this great moment, to be in moscow after 65 days, i can't believe that up until now. still to come on the travel show, lucy is looking for luggage that will survive a proper pounding. you can afford to be a bit more careless in this, safe in the knowledge that your wheels won't crumble under the pressure. and rajan heads to colorado to join the ba

alliance the king allowed the palestinian parliament in exile to convene in the jordanian capital amman in one nine hundred eighty four. this proved a lifeline to affect his ability to convene the palestine national council with the required one allowed him to maintain the legitimacy of his leadership of the p.l.o. . the has now lawfully measured we looked for locations to hold the p. and c. meeting there were suggestions of holding it on board the ship it was the session of the p. and c. hadn't taken place the p.l.o. wouldn't have finished and tell us any legitimacy last so in spite of our reservations it was convened and i'm on the jordanian p.l.o. representative led to the signing of the i-man accord in february one thousand nine hundred five according to its terms the p.l.o. and jordan would form a joint delegation to future negotiations for resolving the out of israeli conflict syria opposed the accord and sought to exact retribution for out of that small once again eleven on was the battleground. the syrian backed militia and and the other factions besieged the palestinian refugee

for a new israeli suffer there are about one hundred eighty palestinian bedouin villagers living in amman they mostly raise sheep and goats living in tune and wooden shacks kramer has this report from the village. the small bedouin village of qana maher is threatened with demolition. this is where abu homies tends his sheep and goats in the occupied west bank a few kilometers outside jerusalem. for years he's fought in court against the demolition orders issued by the israeli military but in may the israeli supreme court gave the go ahead for the village to be raised it was the final appeal. here and the people here are very worried and afraid. that they were hoping that the international community would help. but after everything that happened they became frustrated and desperate us did. about one hundred eighty people that's thirty five families live in the village which israel says was built illegally but for palestinians the required building permits are almost impossible to obtain in the israeli controlled areas see in the west bank in this decision and it's written and signed by thr

head south from the capital amman towards the saudi arabian border, and you find yourself in another. wadi rum. a natural wonder, a geological phenomenon. a valley that is just basically huge swathes of red sand surrounded by mountains and ridges of really strange shapes made of sandstone and granite. astonishing. so otherworldly is wadi rum that it's actually been used by hollywood as a stand—in for mars. it's now also the scene of a thriving tourism economy run by local bedouins. wadi means "valley" or "channel," and it's hard to believe this was actually a seabed many hundreds of thousands of years ago. today it pulls in an eclectic mix of backpackers, tour groups and hardcore climbers. but i'm not here for the climbing — thank god, it's boiling — but to witness a little bit of history being re—created. it's all to do with the great arab revolt of the early 20th century when this region was ruled by the ottoman empire, and the famous british adventurer and army officer te lawrence joined the guerrilla attacks with the arabs. archive: the attacks proved to be highly effective. this

the sponsible and the american embassy in amman he told them they do not. have the syrian army and obey the russians something like this is all i think there is the syrian there are russian american agreement concerning the advancement of the syrian troops to the syrian jordanian border right ok i mean this is all supposed to be a deescalation as is in the north which is the rebels stronghold in syria do we expect or should we expect the fighting once it's done here in the south to then move to. yes the situation is that much complicated because there are about one hundred fifty thousand from the affiliated groups that are. of the muslim brotherhood and other organisations. and the province and west aleppo although the area there is dominated by the turkish intelligence and the influence so it's difficult to pick any measure in the north and syria without. coordination with the turkish authorities as well which will be taken by the russians and maybe by the united states and the iranian and as well. any military measure in the north will be a conclusion of.

to leave four villages burned a smith is in amman having just returned from the jordanian syrian border bernat what's gone wrong here. peter we understand that there's one rebel group holding out in an area to the north of the crossing me now this crossing is strategically extremely important for the assad regime because it opens a highway opens a connection between the beirut ports in the north and the turkish border in the north all the way through to jordan and all the way through to the gulf states is a vital trade routes and the syrian regime wants that open as soon as possible but one rebel group just to the north of now see says that the russians and the syrians are not holding to their side of the bargain and so fighting continues there now the cease fire agreement and the surrender terms were that the opposition groups would hand over their heavy weapons those that wanted to would be given safe passage north to an opposition stronghold up there and that the russian military police would supervise security along the border area this was particularly important also to the jordani

rocket propelled grenade shooting in the streets of amman in war which is a neighborhood in the city of my of of amman our capital there too apparently two people were killed there the policeman if they'd there and apparently when they precedented that he loved they headed there today with his wife the vice president of suddenly york and thousands of followers in this caravan that they took all the way to much the president there talking about. asian and peace however that's not what was happening here at the university in the in the center of man our work and these students who were unarmed were pleading for their lives with. paramilitary shooting from another upon the other end of the barricade and directly at these students the police in chile have raided the offices of the catholic archbishop in two cities as part of investigations into sexual abuse by the clergy officers questioned staff and seized documents into mco and charge five priests in those areas are accused of crimes dating back eighty. ania's and another priest has appeared in court charged with raping seven children

smaller towns francesco wu is all too aware of their views who is also a restauranteur when he moved to amman suburb his looks became an issue. in the beginning italian customers would come in they'd see my italian staff but when they realized the management was chinese i think that made it really hard at first that it took him four years to overcome the doubts and develop a devoted clientele. it's a similar story in bag imo a popular tourist destination and another league stronghold and have take runs the only african restaurant here that makes some rather exotic although he and his wife haven't had to deal with open discrimination things aren't exactly ideal for them. even if the situation here isn't easy in the quest that i'd most likely have more than one restaurant in other cities that are but when customers show up i can see they're suspicious they're good people from this region are skeptical unlike guests from rome and john were more used to the african cuisine still and on his wife have also developed a regular clientele and feel more or less at home and back imo although wary about

skeptical about green energy as a whole calling this a green bubble so when we first in the or in amman. sure you up on green energy before it's too late. it's true i've written a book called the green bubble and the whole purpose of the book was to really illustrate that if we're not careful how we allocate subsidies and tax payers money it will become a bubble that is very likely to to burst costing lots and lots of money for the taxpayers however i do put forward a proposal where we focus on what is on the technologies and the types of green energy that are likely to be commercially sustainable within the short to medium term and if we do that we have a solid future for green energy i do want to see more green energy but i want to see it implemented in a commercially sustainable way but if one doesn't listen to you and it's not implemented the way you see one do you think the bubble will burst but i think if we do it wrongly the subsidies will just accumulate and build up and build up and build up because there is the most noble political deciders to have more clean energy but if imp

airstrikes on the twenty four teeth on militant targets in the gaza strip amman says the two sides have now agreed on a truce to situation from escalating also coming up. thank you breaks free from a glacier and threatens to a lot of small village in greenland scientists warn such extreme incidents involving ice bergs click the contact work requests. and germany's beats are being a williams to win the women's singles final a little ten camera crews cast williamson's to pick up the main title. welcome to the program i'm mary and. hamas officials in gaza say they've reached a cease fire with israel this comes after one of the most serious uptakes of violence since the war between israel and gaza militants in twenty fourteen report a truce was brokered by egypt on the united nations after two palestinians were killed. the most extensive ass strikes on gaza in four years. they included hits in the heart of gaza city. israel says it was targeting hamas positions in response to a bar of rocket fire from the palestinian own place. its iron dome defense system intercepted some rockets such warn

to middle forty's a little bit down here in the forecast in recent days was still middle forty's in amman and of course the coast and it's still cloudy still daily with drizzle and significant rain inland there are side of the red sea up in the theory and eritrea useful bit of occasionally heavy rain and some of the quite so we've had some rain recently in the western cape but in the forecast it's name walls and a bit of cloud temperatures by day typically high teens or low twenty's and that's as far north as does suck as you can see there real change of the next couple days which is no big surprise. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. as armenians velvet revolution has forced the ruling party to step down you have been to russia twice you've just got back from brussels how are you going to balance that relationship between russia and the words armenia's new prime minister talks challenges era. welcome back of the mind of the top stories here on al-jazeera a group of opposition political parties in pakistan is rejecting the outcome of wednesday's election official results show the p

on serena sister yolanda has turned up she's had a rest after her four hour trip since amman from curch and now it's time to paint the town red. when you. consider it's an important day today the vine festival. like. well the bridge builders are hard at work and the people here are just relaxing. get us out. everyone who's ever been since i'm on takes lasting memories away like the famous writer and poets mikhail lermontov. he was only here for two days and was mugged by smugglers and events that made it into his famous novel a hero of our time. if craftsman. further. some of what i'm going to use just the no regrets not that he cares for you. in the us most but the most of you maybe even the. most. to do will slip through school more of would you put your pots of water. with make this manufacture consent to stick it to the public well. when the right wing closest to protect themselves. with the flaming. lips and be the one percent. we can all middle of the room six. million more you leave the room. right we're all set to start in five guys the studio has a signal. he's not going to tal

head south from the capital amman towards the saudi arabian border, and you find yourself in anothera natural wonder, a geological phenomenon. a valley which is basically huge swathes of red sand surrounded by mountains and ridges of really strange shapes made of sandstone and granite. astonishing. so otherworldly is wadi rum that it has actually been used by hollywood as a stand—in for mars. it is now also the scene of a thriving tourism economy run by local bedouins. wadi means "valley" or "channel," and it is hard to believe this was actually a seabed many hundreds of thousands of years ago. today it pulls in an eclectic mix of backpackers, tour groups, and hardcore climbers. but i'm not here for the climbing — thank god, it's boiling — but to witness a little bit of history being created. it's all to do with the great arab revolt of the early 20th century when this region was ruled by the ottoman empire, and the famous british adventurer and army officer te lawrence joined the guerrilla attacks with the arabs. the armed revolt was led by faisal, the sharif‘s son, and co—ordinated

on serena sister yolanda has turned up she's had a rest after her four hour trip since amman from curch and now it's time to paint the town red. it's an important day today the vine festival. look like good luck. to you and. i do it. well the bridge builders are hard at work with the people here are just relaxing. everyone who's ever been since i'm on takes lasting memories away like the famous writer and poets mikhail lermontov. he was only here for two days and was mugged by smugglers and events that made it into his famous novel a hero of our time. if the craftsman. pulls well. further than. some other one going to use just enough interest not that he cares for you. you must want but the most of you know if you have any more food in your youth must do so not to do you will slip through school motivated but you will put some water . communicating with your everson even here in the week even your didn't use with is a good idea but i think a lot of americans disorder stand being stupid which the ways in which we were is to communicate for example where there are military operations in s

new amman was surely. born in a home. with a to see the thoughts of us or may not be buffeted here in europe or not a home. part of the home. the feel heavier medina that only connected to. and the thought pattern in a city here here let's talk for i'll tell you the words you have seen many etc and will see me in a leadin are you at the you know. there was even home. it's a scene of first communion or often played out in mainland spain the priest officiating doesn't see any divisions between same as christians and muslims. no no you have a call about who you're going to get out of your name so we proceed to. the door sort of thing i will manage it all all the way here and there have been a lot of it i think into only that it some we got of the i live. in door and i could you get more that i'm all that you know this i will add nothing that i have not been to the moment about my say that you know what i feel what happened without the last you know all that is what i mean you know my mind called about you know the fat intake

are back in control of a local airport until recently the got an airport near yemen's border with amman was supervised by saudi led forces but the change in control appears to be inspiring protests in other parts of yemen charlotte tell us reports of success in negotiations roughly one year after taking over the airport and southeast in yemen the saudi u.a.e. coalition has agreed to give up control it will not hand it back to local civil authorities it's the foo such a move in yemen civil war and the decision follows months of protests from local tribes. who were given control of the airport and friday morning the public all the broadway and all the civil aviation gates this is opposed to step from saudis monitor for some. having control of the airport is one of the six demands issued by protesters any student yemen this victory is inspiring other communities to take action. in the city of tire is people are calling attention to other problems with local governments from corruption to lack of security. three years into the war thousands have been killed and entire communities displaced

what it calls the biggest daytime air strike the transports mean a militant targets in the gaza strip amman says the two sides have now agreed on a truce to stop its relation with the escalating also coming out. and huge iceberg breaks free from a glacier and friends of lot of small villages in greenland.

just a year earlier at an arab summit in amman the palestinian issue had been relegated to the bottom of the agenda. now in june one thousand nine hundred eight at an extraordinary meeting in algiers and appends of state pledged strong support for the intifada and the palestinian people as opposed back honestly i'm not happy where. they said because i reckon busy a lot of. we're living. just in that i mean i couldn't. have been. at the end of july jordan formally broke off all political and administrative ties with the west bank king hussein effectively renounced his kingdom's historic claim to the west back paving the way for the area to be part of a palestinian state if ever israeli occupation worked and there. and then i lend. i would like them a soup you know to have a shabby infelicity feed that could be a must see it. to be hidden what by me b m f e the elica have all who. let the heli villas they need to step it. up that article. be x.r. me and i may. well have. all of them ok for love the son of a little more than a sikh you know. it and you will have because shabbat for the s

and military analyst joining us there from amman in jordan thank you. now to pakistan where the predominantly pashtoon tribal region will vote for the first time in next week's general election the federally administered tribal area is an autonomy region within pakistan as home to five million people who are mainly from the pashtun ethnic group the passions of pakistan's second biggest ethnic group making up fifteen percent of the population of two hundred seven million major military campaigns has been carried out in five regional and international accusations of it being a breeding ground for terrorism especially following the nine eleven attacks in the u.s. almost two million people have been displaced and sees military operations began in two thousand and one and they say they have been the targets of military operations internal displacement ethnic stereotyping and forced disappearances has more from impacts on. election under twenty fifth of july and fordo full time their tribal people. who were administered from islamabad will be digging part in

baku open air two thousand and ten starts august second on the amman. fix the temple of technology. such. as the result of the markets. the momentum of the board. made in germany. your business magazine d w. birth place home going to have species led a home worth saving and. yet most of those are big changes and most start with small steps but global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world blames the country when it comes to printed solutions and resource to show. the current interactive content teaching the next generation doesn't want them to touch a. plane using all channels available to inspire people to take action and more determined to build something here for the next generation the idea is for the environment series of global three thousand on t.w. and online. play . this is it we news live from berlin out of control wildfires. but of the arctic circle sweden is struggling to contain historic wildfires marred by soaring temperatures the government now turning for help to other e.u. nations is climate change the culprit will ask and cli

on serena sister yolanda has turned up she's had a rest after her four hour trip since amman from curch and now it's time to paint the town red. when you. consider. it's an important day today the vine festival. look like good luck. to you and. well the bridge builders are hard at work with the people here are just relaxing. with everyone who's ever been since i'm on takes lasting memories away like the famous writer and poets mikhail lermontov. he was only here for two days and was mugged by smugglers and events that made it into his famous novel a hero of our time. if the graph of the bulls was. further. some of what i'm going to use just in a new government there you hear story. in the us most but the most of you may even be thinking you're right most the most i'm going to do will flip through school motivated but don't go but so what is. the very idea of a trump who the summit was controversial from the start they met in helsinki in essentially agreed the u.s. and russia should at least the g.h. in dialogue to start a process of mending a very damaged relationship much of the media

calls the biggest daytime air strikes those twenty four teams a militant targets in the gaza strip amman says the two sides and down to read in the troops stop the situation from escalating.

was this after your family had moved to amman so did you know your husband at the time when his family approached your family and had never seen him before and never spoken to him what about if it would make you what did you think when your parents first told you that first of all how old was your husband at the time sitting with us he's nineteen i don't know i was old in a christian a can all of us of a bad one how much older is he even knew who that i'm sister what did you think when your parents first told you that this man wanted to marry you now add them to the defense of the lesser of the list told second was that he made a handle on what. i stand. with the busy of a month in the fact that at the moment let it be that he met that even before you met him you were thinking must. tell me what your parents said about why they didn't think it was appropriate for you to get married at thirteen and no on a lid and they could have had a field. for one instant what was that period like korea you. did what that man i mean soldiers abusing his then i had an eclipse of the head but that was

but i have to pay the price of his political maneuvering at an arab summit in amman in one thousand nine hundred seven king hussein refused to receive the palestinian leader at the airport as well as this diplomatic snub the palestinian issue was relegated to the periphery of the agenda and in fact departed claiming he was satisfied with the results of the summit but he appeared to have reached the limits of his tactical capabilities. but as before the p.l.o. leader from the lifeline. it was to come from an unexpected source. after decades of oppression the palestinians still living in the occupied territories use their words. beleaguered paying the price for his political maneuvering the middle east now desperate for american recognition good technique and absolutely denounce. goodies how did the p.l.o. find strength and support from their only lifeline oppressed palestinians living in the occupied territories chronicling the turbulence during the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. we here to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian aff

of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute he joins us now live from amman let's talk about that that egypt broke broke a deal that hamas has said it now accept with fatah what do you make of it i think it's an important step but these efforts have been going on for four months ever since december last year the they've not been able to progress the hamas. p.a. talks very much on the side of the egyptians it is actually quite positive that egypt is willing to deal directly with hamas which means they're no longer holding them responsible as they used to for all sorts of attacks in sinai or associations with so-called terrorist groups in sinai and i think it can bring some hope for management of borders between gaza and egypt and hopefully relieving a little bit of pressure in gaza what about gaza and its relationship with the west bank that how will fatah respond. there are no two ways about it i mean five to his demanding full control of security in the gaza strip and i suspect hamas would be happy to hand that over to to the p.a. as long as they guarantee t