rain and egypt agreed last week to restore ties with qatar israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has approved the construction of nearly 800 homes for jewish settlers in the occupied west bank it comes just days before u.s. president elect joe biden is sworn into office i've been has been critical of israeli settlement policies in the past donald trump has largely supported them. those are your headlines the news continues after witness so stay with us here on our dizzy hour. already. her. birth. already and will be a pretty day europe are real. and we do the raise money for our frown off grid thank you last november and. don't know what a strong side of. this is where we're. seeing we're taking pride in the way we look but not done really is a really nice thing out before and people think they're playing for a version of. what is a hillbilly living not familiar with modern time this is why we're calling our capability or passing like a better flag doc type job with your left a on the end of. black family but don't live one i'm not going as much now ma'am an inch thick and magnum

water cannon to disperse protesters in jerusalem as thousands gathered to demand prime minister binyamin netanyahu is resignation over corruption charges and to know who denies wrongdoing but the protesters say he can't run the country property while under indictment protests have taken place every week since the summer. afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack claimed by the taliban militant group a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base the u.s. claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed to under the peace deal. a world health organization team investigating the arjun's of covert 19 has visited a market in china where the corona virus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shut for a year and the visit took place under tight security. and millions of hong kong residents now have the chance to become british citizens as. the u.k. introduced a special visa scheme britain says it's fulfilling a moral and historic commitment to its former colony after china imposed a sweeping security bill there and launched a massive crackdown on

cannon to disperse protesters in jerusalem as thousands gathered to demand the prime minister binyamin netanyahu his resignation over corruption charges netanyahu denies wrongdoing but the protesters say he can't run the country property while under indictment protests taking place every week since the summer. afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack claimed by the taliban militant group a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base the u.s. claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed to under a peace deal. a world health organization team investigating the origins of covert 19 has visited a market in china where the corona virus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shot for a year and a visit took place under tight security. millions of hong kong residents now have the chance to become british citizens the u.k. is offering a special new visa after china imposed a security law and crackdown on the territory's pro-democracy movement for those eligible to apply it could mean a fast track to you case citizenship hong kong was a britis

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is moving ahead with the construction of nearly 800 homes for jewish settlers in the occupied west bank announcement comes just days before u.s. president elect joe biden is sworn into office biden has been critical of illegal israeli settlement policies in the past while donald trump has largely supported them are a force that has more now from west jerusalem. we had expected there to be a new settlement announcement to take place before the inauguration of joe biden on the 20th of january and there was a report locally here in israel that it was going to take place next week at a planning committee meeting $850.00 new units approved or in other ways sanctioned at various stages of the approval process and so benjamin netanyahu simply preempted that meeting next week and come out and confirm that report saying that yes there will be such. a large number of new units either approved or confirmed at that meeting it makes sense for him domestically in terms of politics in the run up to an election where he is facing a substantial challenge from hi

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says a new deal with drug company pfizer will allow nearly all citizens to be vaccinated by the end of march the country of $9000000.00 has already inoculated more than 15 percent of its population but on its vaccination program has been successful many aren't following the social distancing restrictions so the government's tightened its national lockdown closing schools and non-essential businesses the u.s. now has more people hospitalized with corona virus that any other time during the pandemic so the worst ever daily death toll almost 4000 people critics say people are being vaccinated fast enough because of a lack of direction from the government california remains the epicenter officials there say that on average someone dies every 15 minutes. brazil's president insists the country cannot shut down is coronavirus death there past 200000 it's also reported a record number of daily cases nearly 88000 experts are warning that the outbreak is set to get worse due to the recent christmas and new year's holidays. near we regret that today we

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is moving ahead with the construction of near the 800 homes for jewish settlers in the occupied west bank the innocent comes just days before u.s. president elect joe biden is sworn into office biden has been critical of israeli settlement policies in the past or donald trump has largely supported them. or one is to appoint a crown prince for the 1st time in significant changes to its constitution so it's on the. side says the shakeup will also include new parliamentary rules and more rights and freedoms for citizens but didn't go into detail so don't hate them came to power in the death of his predecessor so it's an caboose named his preferred successor in a sealed envelope which was opens after he died. the 1st commercial flight switch in qatar and saudi arabia in more than 3 years has landed in periods last week saudi arabia u.a.e. but her in egypt agreed to restore ties with qatar after a blockade that began in 2017 jamal shell was there for the inaugural flight from the house hunted international airport. airways flight 1164 doha true riy

residence in a western thousands of people have been holding weekly protests for 6 months demanding binyamin netanyahu steps down of a corruption charges netanyahu is charged with fraud breach of trust and accepting bribes in 3 separate cases he denies any wrongdoing israel is headed for a 4th general election in 2 years next month. african union and u.n. peacekeepers will begin leaving sudan's darfur region the joint mission to protect displaced people and on new year's eve and that's causing among the thousands of lived in displacement camps for years i was there as here in mobile reports from outside a company allah in south darfur. this little space is high level and his family's home in camp in south dar for helen says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflicts reached his village he started his family here his children know nowhere else i would say one will hear more about who. i know my home village and to recognize it but my kids were all born in this camp this is the only home they know they don't know their ancestral home if you ask them which village they come from the

jerusalem thousands of people have been holding weekly protests for over 6 months demanding binyamin netanyahu steps down of a corruption charges netanyahu is charged with fraud breach of trust and accepting bribes in 3 separate cases he denies wrongdoing israel is headed for a 4th general election in 2 years next month. rival palestinian political factions say they're pushing ahead with reconciliation efforts political chief ismail haniya has written to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas expressing his side's willingness to end divisions fatah and hamas have been split since 2007 times reaching armed conflict african union and un peacekeepers will begin leaving sudan's darfur region joint mission to protect displaced people ended on new year's eve and that's causing unease among the thousands of lives in displacement camps for years out as there was here the moment reports from outside a camp in the ana in south darfur. this little space is and his family's home in camp in south dar for alan says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflicts reached his village his tho

water cannon to disperse protesters in jerusalem as thousands gathered to demand prime minister binyamin netanyahu his resignation over corruption charges netanyahu denies wrongdoing but the protesters say he can't run the country property while under indictment protests protests have taken place every week since for some. 8 afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack you claimed by the taliban militant group a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base do you ask claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed to under a peace deal. a world health organization team investigating the arjun's of covert 19 has visited a market in china where the coronavirus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shut for a year and the visit took place under tight security. now millions of hong kong residents are getting the chance to become british citizens the u.k. is offering a special new visa after china imposed a security deal crackdown on the territories pro-democracy movement hong kong was a british colony until its return to china in 1997 and the u.k.

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is moving ahead with the construction of nearly 800 homes for jewish settlers in the occupied west bank their answer comes just days before u.s. president elect joe biden is sworn into office wise and has been critical of israeli settlement policies in the past on donald trump has largely supported them . the 1st commercial flight switch in qatar and saudi arabia in more than 3 years has landed symbiont last week said he arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt's agreed to restore ties with cutter after a blockade that began in 2017. it was there for the inaugural flight from doha has hunted international airport. airways flight 1164 though how to riyadh now usually this would just be a normal flight squatter which has been flying to saudi arabia for years but that hasn't been the case since 2017 when the blockade was imposed by saudi arabia united arab emirates egypt and bahrain on qatar now that reconsideration seems to have been achieved between qatar and its neighbors this is the 1st flight from doha directly to saudi arabia the hope is that not o

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is moving ahead for the construction of nearly 800 homes forjewish settlers in the occupied west bank the innocent comes just days before u.s. president elect joe biden is sworn into office biden has been critical of israeli settlement policies in the past or donald trump has largely supported them. search and rescue teams in indonesia are working to recover the black boxes of the passenger plane that crashed with 62 people on board so on saturday the devices are expected to shed light on reasons behind the sudden plunge of the plane into the java sea just minutes after takeoff. china's foreign ministry has strongly condemned the decision by the u.s. to lift restrictions on its relationship with taipei and south to taiwan's foreign minister praised the move saying relations with washington have been elevated to a global partnership china considers taiwan to be part of its territory and ministry spokesman said resolutely fight back any attempts to sabotage its interests north korea's leader has a new title a symbolic votes elected kim jong un as

international affairs think tank the carnegie endowment for international peace israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is moving ahead on the construction of nearly 800 homes for jewish settlers in the occupied west bank the announcement comes just days before u.s. president elect joe biden is sworn into office biden has been critical of israeli settlement policies in the past while donald trump has largely supported them for this let's cross over to harry for certain joining us now live from west jerusalem so it's not a coincidence is it that we've got all this illegal settlement activity which contravenes international law just before biden comes into office is this the message being sent. that's certainly how it's being seen in many quarters here as you say it's not unexpected we had expected there to be a new settlement announcement to take place before the inauguration of joe biden on 23 january and there was a report locally here in israel that it was going to take place next week at a planning committee meeting 850 new units siver approved or in other ways sanctioned at various stages of the ap