of damascus, wanted to be in damascus.very important place historically, religiously and strategically. >> damascus was the first real capital for the islamic empire outside of arabia. and it was so for almost a century under the dynasty that we call the umayyads. and therefore, arab nationalists always dreamt that ideally damascus would be this kind of dream city that could be the capital for the arab kingdom. >> now, the eastern end of the sinai peninsula is this narrow straits that leads to this town of aqaba. >> a crucial port city, aqaba is the gateway to capturing damascus. >> but the problem with aqaba is you'll never get off the beach because the turks have artillery and machine guns all pointed out to sea because that's the natural place where they thought someone was going to attack. so it's just going to be a replication of what the british have done everywhere else, which is go up against the strongest part of the turkish line and be slaughtered. so lawrence comes up with this idea that the way to do it is to g

their temperature started to pick up damascus at around 14 celsius, one or 2 showers. they're sliding out, so for turkey towards the caspian sea want to shout, as you can see into north western parts of iran. snowy weather there ensue were afghanistan. western disturbance heading toward far north west of india, northern parts of pakistan. notice here and cut our temperatures falling away, feeling a lot fresh over the next couple days. a 2425, decrease the best i have in offer, but at least it will be large. he dry allows you dry to north of the equator as we make away into africa. the majority of the shares sitting across the equator to the south of that. plenty of o, seasonal showers right across the seasonal belt. and they do extend a fair way, south zombie, a sing some heavy showers in barbary looking very wet, wet weather there too. for a good part of south africa. the her where to where the will make is where a little further rece woods. it's mozambique, ah, polio, cuz she does says he will bring a new form of capitalism. what does best mean? we bring you the stor

the high end queue weight was struggling to get into double figures for damascus is some wet and windy weather just piles its way him once again into the live. and so we're coastal parts of syria pushing across the lebanon. seeing some live the showers longest, both the frame, right? the white down into israel. when free, make still in place there. you notice just around turkey, add the coaxes. that'll sink a little further southward. pushing the cooler air further south. doha struggling to get to $24.00 celsius that on wednesday, are they still not too bad? it has to be said at troy by the stretches its way down across the whole of africa . plenty of showers just around the tropical belt, those showers. a standing further south now, course out where does they marks the winter solstice. so the, the sun getting as far south as it's going to get we are seeing some live the showers. right, the way down across botswana, pushing into south africa and went to where the coming through here we some show us to madagascar ah informed opinions. there is a need, fabulous federal government take ac

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you were going to be an academic, and then on the road to damascus kind of epiphany, you said, i am notn academic, i am going to be something more important, an investor. is that right? reid: it did not start with investor. it started with product creator. i wasn't necessarily starting with entrepreneur. it was, how do we think and speak better? how do we make ourselves better as individuals and as a group? well, this medium of software, this medium of constructing new products, i was like just beginning to get that lens of, what does internet mean and how do we work together and play together and live together using the internet to redefine our space and our networks in order to be better, and i should go create that. david: as you were starting this career, you were invited to join a company called paypal. paypal turned out to be a gigantic success, later sold to ebay. what was your job at paypal? reid: well so, when peter thiel and max started paypal, they each invited their friend who most understood and had the entrepreneurial experience to be on the board. that was me for peter. t

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it happened just outside damascus, gate and occupied east jerusalem video appears to show israeli police pointing that guns. paramedics, preventing them from treating, with kind of sitting in those the headlines. now, let's get you back to the portal. ah mm. welcome to portal. i'm sandra gammon back with more great content from the digital side of al jazeera as our website, social media and podcast. now this week it's all about afghanistan. we've got a film about the struggles of some young african refugees in norway and the woman who helped them. we'll show you that a bit later. but let's begin with what's been happening in afghanistan since the taliban took over november 23rd marks their 1st 100 days in power. so for this episode of start here, my team and i decided to take stock. we looked at how things have changed under the new government and the desperate situation now facing millions of afghans as winter sets in. ah, let's talk about afghanistan. and what's happened since the u. s. pulled out. and the taliban took over. there was the desperate scramble to leave and there were fear

then in april came weeks of protest and confrontation, starting at damascus gate, encroaching into the courtyards of the alex or mosque compound or temple mount. and flaring repeatedly in shape. sure are you are engaged in the left of nuclear fusion . so it's not an accident that when you had a confluence of events surrounding the temple marked and shaped europe in may, the tremors were felt in garter. hamas explicitly cited the events in shakira and alexa as justification for its launch of rockets toward jerusalem in may. the 1st act of an 11 day war which, according to a new report by the air, was monitoring group killed more than a 150 civilians and garza, as well as 12 in israel. one leading gaza analyst says hamas was motivated by events in jerusalem, but also by the palestinian authorities, canceling of planned elections to go or into a new round of escalation with israel to uh, basically a claim that that um, as, as a major, a palestinian faction and a major determinant in palestinian and deland elections and also to undermine the palestinian authority and the leadership of the

it happened just outside damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem on saturday. for the appears to show his ready police pointing their guns of paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian israeli stabbing victim was treated and is now in hospital fonts in saudi arabia. held a joint phone call with lebanon's prime minister, and was seen as a gesture in resolving a diplomatic crisis. the call was made as french president, emanuel micron visited saudi arabia, off the trips to the u. e and culture. the kingdom and other gulf states withdrew their ambassador from beirut last month, angered by government minister who criticized the saudi led war in yemen. the minister resigned on friday. farmers in west enough canister have just finished harvesting flowers that produce saffron is the world's most expensive spice. and the crop offers hope in the country. petering on the brink of economic disaster. from mcbride reports from the western province of haddocks. in the fields of hair at the end of the saffron harvesting, is often marked by children from nearby v

i'm pleased to say, but cool enough, 11 celsius there for damascus and for jerusalem, and co within of late to hear and cut much fresher, temperatures around 25 degrees celsius. meanwhile, the dry weather that stretches its way down towards the horn of africa. still the usual showers there across the equatorial belt majority of the showers are south of the equator. they are running out of angola, pushing towards zambia, zimbabwe saying some lively showers, not quite as wet throughout western side of south africa as it has been recently. but still some pretty wet weather into central and eastern past the wettest weather will make its way a little further east for the coming in behind. turning increased the weather for southern mozambique. ah frank assessments, this crisis just continue to recon llc or show up, even though they're cap cbd, of them the beginning of the spectrum, informed opinions. i think politicians will now be under incredible pressure from the young people. that is one of the most things to come out of these critical debate. do you think that they should be facilitated

were in syria to fight terrorism, it would be working with the legitimate government of syria in damascus. and it is not. com instead in 2011 with the ies help and connivance of its allies, including unfortunately, canada. the u. s. imported whole proxy armies of terrorists into syria, who proceeded to lay waste to whole cities. and the death toll so far has been not 95000. but closer 260-0000 total deaths in syria, which many of them are civilians. and again, in 2014 the u. s. was responsible for birthing isis dyess. and it will did so in order again to bring down the syrian government, but also as a pretext for keeping its truce inside of iraq. and the cost of the feeding isis is also in this, in the 10s of thousands of civilian deaths. so again, the u. s does not care about civilian deaths, they are merely collateral damage in its foreign policy aims to achieve hedge ammonia in the middle east, and in fact the entire world. earlier this year we saw the tronic truen strike and couple that killed many civilians, including a number of children the u. s. admitted it made a mistake, but giv

and a dialogue with damascus should be established. and then the donald trump was disavowed. and someone in pant again, a sad that the american civil wouldn't leave undone as no. the post cards are not interesting. it was interested in the dollar good. and it became clear that the americans it would go away. there are many problems including burg, bonnie camper and a large here's what i zone around at town for the moment the dispute shoes where they try to restore order, but in fact they could not to maintain order. they're either romanian bounded sir and teresa among the refugees. who so good friends? i am convinced that the card says should nobles of him, you will take a principal position and they will visit to russia. mister med high sir visited moscow that she was the representative of the country democratic forces and what we tried to explain to our colleagues that till we would not to ship land or any stabilisation doable when we would like to ensure that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of celia and take into account the interests so vast inc. minorities, thi

it happened just outside damascus gate, unoccupied. east jerusalem video shows is where the police pointing guns at paramedics and preventing them from treating the palestinian south africa has confirmed more than $16000.00 corona virus infections. in the last 24 hours, health officials are urging people to get vaccinated. the ami chrome variant has now been detected in 41 countries. a week long vaccination drives underway in south africa from either mila has more now from johannesburg. a week ago this vaccination center had about 50 or 60 people coming through every day. and now that number has doubled, so that is encouraging for people trying to make sure that south africans are getting vaccinated. but we've also been to several vaccination centers in this province. some entirely empty, some with people trickling through and others more busy. so there's still an issue around vaccine hesitancy, but certainly a significant proportion of the sub african population has been swooped by this new ami con variant. and more people are coming

it happened just outside damascus, gate, and occupied east jerusalem. and the french president emanuel, my call, is in saudi arabia, where he's an anson initiative to help solve the rift between the kingdom and lebanon. he's been holding talks with the crown prince. mom had been selma earlier during a visit to castle, the french president said, efforts are underway to open a joint european mission in the afghan capital, monsieur mac. raul said the plan would allow several e, u ambassadors to share a building when they return to cobble. he also thanked cattle for its role in helping evacuate afghans during the taliban takeover. present assume was, will do year to day or representation. afghanistan has been done by our ambassadors from paris, but we are thinking of an organization as you know, among several european countries. and so our approach would be in conditions that have yet to be identified with the idea of having a common location for several europeans where our ambassadors and our administrators could be present. let me remind you, this is a di

it happened just outside damascus, gate and occupied east jerusalem. video appears to show his ready police pointing their guns of paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian huge numbers of people have joined the latest protests in serbia against new laws that environmentalists say will let foreign companies exploit local resources. they blocked bridges, most ways. in belgrade and cities across the country, others bad, laboriously here on al jazeera. also today's inside story, coming up next. ah good writing policies in europe build a united front populous leaders, meat and poland to discuss the continent future. but how much impact do they have in european politics? this is inside story. ah, hello, welcome to the program. i'm kim vanelle. the leaders of 14 european right wing parties are at a conference in poland. among the nationalist and populist issues up the discussion is the building of an alternative center of power in the european union. now it's aimed at opposing the you on issues like migration, national sovereignty as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and tran

i'm pleased to say, but cool. enough 11 celsius there for damascus and for jerusalem, and co within of late to hear and cut much fresher, temperatures around 25 degrees celsius. meanwhile, the dry weather that stretches its way down towards the horn of africa. still the usual showers there across the equatorial belt majority of the showers are south of the equator. they are running out of angola, pushing towards zambia, zimbabwe, seeing some lively showers, not quite as wet throughout western side of south africa as it has been recently. but still some pretty wet weather into central and eastern parts. the wettest weather will make its way a little further east for the coming in behind, turning increased the weather for southern mozambique. ah, killing the debate, 90 percent of the world's refugees have come from a common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future 8. now, this is not our risk with please get a lot concrete is completed. we cannot lose hope. we know what to do, and we hav

it happened just outside damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem. video appears to show his rainy police pointing their guns at paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian. these rainy stabbing victim was treated and is now in hospital. every force has more from the scene. well please say that this was a stabbing attack or they released cctv video of a palestinian man walking across the crossing behind his here and then being followed by an altar orthodox israeli man. the policy man turned and started striking the ultra orthodox man. it was impossible to see from those images whether or exactly what he had in his hand, but please say that this was a stabbing the man. then confronted is ready, security forces. he was shot and fell to the ground as what took place after that though, which is provoked such outraged, especially among palestinian social media. they continued to fire at him from several meters away as he lay almost motionless on the ground. now these are the prime minister, natalie bennett, has praised the security forces, saying that they acted with speed and di

it happened just outside damascus, gate, and occupied east jerusalem. video appears to show as rainy police pointing their guns of paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian is really stabbing victim was treated and is now in hospital. there was scuffles and fighting between palestinians and israeli police. shortly after the attack. huge numbers of people have joined the latest protests and serbia against new laws that environmentalists say, well, let foreign companies exploit local resources. they blocked reducing most ways in belgrade and cities across the country. the government's opponents accused of making it harder for people to protest against high polluting projects, while making it easier for private lands to be acquired. russia has stopped exporting coal to ukraine, saying that it needs to cover high demand at home. ukraine depends on russian coal to keep it slight song, but as long accused its neighbor of using energy as a weapon. charles stratford reports now from tourette's in eastern ukraine. home line close to the front line in eastern ukraine. bind such

it happened just outside damascus gate and occupied. he's too shallow on saturday. video shows is ready. police pointing guns at paramedics and preventing them from treating the palestinian israeli medics, however, were able to treat the stabbing victim, who was later transferred to a hospital clashes between palestinians and israelis. police continued shortly after harry force at joints as live now from occupied east jerusalem. harry, what happened? well, there is a video that's been released by the israeli police a cctv video video, but appears to show the man in questioner a 25 year old palestinian man from the west bank town of south fit. so fit mohammed selim up please saying that he was in east jerusalem illegally showing him crossing the road, seeming to track him as he crosses the road and then turning as he's approached from behind by an ultra orthodox israeli jewish man. and we then see the man striking him repeatedly the palestinian, striking the jewish man repeatedly. it's very difficult to see whether and indeed what he is

the high in queue weight were struggling to get into double figures for damascus is some wet and windy weather just piles its way him once again into the love and so were coastal parts of syria pushing across a lebanon, seeing some lively showers longest both to frame right, the way down into israel, when fi make still in place there, you notice just around turkey add the corks is that'll sink a little further southwards, pushing the cooler air further, south. doha, struggling to get to 24 celsius there. on wednesday. are they still not too bad? it has to be said at troy by the stretches its way down across the hall of africa. premier showers just around the tropical belt, low showers, extending further south. now course so where does they marks the winter solstice? so the, the sun getting as far south as it's going to get, we are seeing some lively showers. right. the way down across are botswana pushing into were south africa and where to weather coming through here we some showers to madagascar for the weather. sponsored by catera, always killing the debate. 90 percent of the world'

it happened just outside damascus gate and occupy the east jerusalem on saturday. video appears to show his ray police pointing their guns at paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian israeli stabbing victim was treated and is now in hospital. farmers in west, in afghanistan have just finished harvesting flowers that produce sac from. it's the world's most expensive spice. the crop office hope in the country teetering on the brink of economic disaster from mcbride reports from head out province. in the fields of hair at the end of the saffron harvesting, is often marked by children from nearby villages coming to pick what's left for pocket money for there is real value in these small purple flowers of the crocus family that yield the world's most expensive spice since its introduction from neighboring iran, saffron cultivation has boomed in this province in recent years, and its value to afghanistan given its current economic plight, has never been more important. for saffron produces the turmoil of the taliban takeover has caused disruption for the shipping and banking

it happened just outside damascus, gate, and occupied east jerusalem on saturday. video shows is where the police pointing guns at paramedics and preventing them from treating the palestinian. it's really medics, however, we're able to treat the stabbing victim, who was less transferred to a hospital. clashes between palestinians and israel police continued shortly afterwards. the u. s. president joe biden will hold a video cold with his russian counterpart vladimir putin on tuesday. that's just confirmed in the last hour or so via the kremlin ukraine is likely to dominate those talks. washington has warned it he is prepared to take action against moscow if it invades ukraine. the number of russian troops has been rising along the border on friday. mister bite was asked about the crisis there by a reporter. a a, a. a with the turkish president has outlined government plans to salvage the economy after the value of the turkish lira sank to a historic low wretched type. one says foreign exchange rates will soon stabilize high inflation is pushing up the cost of goods, making manufacturin

the attack took place just outside damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem on saturday. video shows israeli police pointing guns ad paramedics and preventing them from treating the palestinian israeli medics, however, were eventually able to treat the stabbing victim, who was later transferred to a hospital. clashes between palestinians and is really police a ruptured shortly after harry force it is at the scene in occupied as teresa. well, please say that this was a stabbing attack or they released cctv video of a palestinian man walking across the crossing behind his here. and then being followed by an altar orthodox his railey man, the policy man turned and started striking the ultra orthodox man. it was impossible to see from those images whether or exactly what he had in his hand. but police say that this was a stabbing the man then confronted is really security forces. he was shot and fell to the ground as what took place. after that though, which is provoked such outraged, especially among palestinian social media, they continued to fire at him from several meters away as he

i mean, the only ones that would really all what's going on right now would be damascus itself and its allies. it's a still an argument to be had on the international of the international agenda. that theory is claim to have the golan heights back is still a legal one. well, i think we thought the representative to the middle east peace process come out and say that, you know, in mind with international law and peace and security, that israel shouldn't take this step on the go on heights. that's all very well and good. but in the media future into the different future serial either be a failed state or run by the criminal i thought family or perhaps taken over by jihad. if so i don't think any israeli government will countenance real negotiations to hand dr. go on heights in the future and i think that's been internalized by the israeli public left center and right and arguably by most of the international committee at this point. nearby silva from the washington institute for near east policy. good, tough time with the thanks for joining us on television. my pleasure. south africa is

just to redraw for the levant by the state, i'm pleased to say, but cool enough. 11 celsius for damascus. and for jerusalem, equivalent of late to here and cut much fresher temperatures around $25.00 degrees celsius. meanwhile, the dry weather that stretches its way down towards the horn of africa. still the usual showers there across the equatorial belt majority of the showers are south of the equator. they are running out of angola, pushing towards zambia, zimbabwe, seeing some lively showers. not quite as well for that western side of south africa as it has been recently. but still some pretty wet weather into central and eastern parts. the wettest weather will make its way a little further east for the coming in behind turning increased the weather for southern mozambique. ah, in the far reaches of the new siberian islands, gold rush, fever is in the air, hunters searching for priceless woolly mammoth tasks of honor the holy grail. an incredible journey into the realms of science fiction, where cloning and synthetic biology have scientist playing god. witness genesis to point toe. th

it happened outside damascus gate in our bodies. jerusalem video appears to show israeli police pointing their guns at paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian. these rainy stumbling victim was treated and is now in hospital worshippers in the pool of held a ceremony to welcome the return of an idol that was stolen almost 40 years ago. the statue of 2 hindu gods wasn't a u. s. museum. an investigation by the f b i resulted in return on saturday from ya to limby reports mel from potash. the peoples of political patton waited a long time for this to catch a glimpse of their long lost and much loved icon. the 12th century, statue of luxury 9, was worshipped for centuries before it disappeared from the town in 1984. we were sad when the days she worshipped disappeared. we're happy to get it back. in the 40 years later, it is back where it belongs to statue was briefly seen at sotheby's auction house of new york in the early ninety's before vanishing again. it then reappeared at the dallas museum about in texas artist and researcher joy lynn davis. spotted it in an online ima

it happened just outside damascus, gate and occupied east jerusalem. video appears to show israeli police pointing their guns at paramedics, preventing them from treating the palestinian. the israeli stabbing victim was treated and is now in hospital. and those that had lies moneys for here on out a 0 after the bottom line coming up next. ah. ready hi, i'm steve clements and i have a question. the u. s. says it wants to fight corruption and promote democracy worldwide. but shouldn't start at home. let's get to the bottom line. ah, today we continue the discussion we started last week on the summit for democracy. the white house is hosting leaders for more than 100 countries to the virtual conference with 3 main goals, according to the by the administration, fighting corruption, promoting human rights and standing up against authoritarianism. but with all the dark money and the questions surrounding the election process and polarization in american politics, shouldn't president joe biden be more worried about the future of democracy right here at home. today i'm talking to sen. sheldon whi

and as really happened, just outside damascus gauge and occupies jerusalem on saturday. but he assures is where the police pointing guns at paramedics and preventing them from treating them . palestinian man is really medics, however, were able to treat the stabbing victim, who was later transferred to the hospital clashes between palestinians and his really police continued shortly afterwards. harry forces choices live now from occupied east jerusalem. harry, what happened here? well please say that this was a stabbing attack or they released cctv video of a palestinian man walking across the crossing behind us here and then being followed by an altar orthodox israeli man. the policy man turned and started striking the ultra orthodox man. it was impossible to see from those images whether or exactly what he had in his hand, but please say that this was a stabbing the man. then confronted is ready, security forces. he was shot and fell to the ground as what took place after that. the witches promote such outrageous, especially among palestinian social media. they continu

the people who get a few at the airport and decide to delay flights so they can dine the hill of damascuscan stuck a bucket of eggs. i will miss number of the standards to prolong the virus to get the polarized jolly. health officials can encourage, not required. it's not the job of the state to punish arbitrarily and mandates are nothing. it's not arbitrary. knock yourself out but if you want to protect yourself from the virus, i don't know, eat better, lose weight, stop blaming the world for your aggravated comorbidities if you remain compliant demand compliance from others, the next move will be to measure your bmi and test your insulin every morning. if that's the america you want to live in, i'll go to texas. that's the memo. new tonight, california the imposing statewide indoor mask mandate if the rule starts wednesday and runs as the global state tries to get a grip on rising covid cases. first new york, cap california. crash course back to authoritarianism of 2020. party panel is back. abby want to check, spike comments and richard fowler. great to see you. abby, do you hate freed

. >> yotam: i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city and these the deepest go back to king david, and then as history progressed, they built up the walls so that the top bit is the -- is the newest bit. >> anthony: and by newest you mean -- >> yotam: i mean up to the ottoman time which the turks left here about, you know, about 150 years ago and the brits came and they conquered us. i wasn't here. >> anthony: born here, now cooking in london, yotam ottolenghi is the widely known, respected chef and coauthor of the book, "jerusalem." >> yotam: basically this city was divided into two until 1967 when there was the famous six day war. and the whole of the bit that we're traveling in now, walking in, is east jerusalem, it's the palestinian part, that was up until '67 was -- belonged to jordan. so now, it's under israeli control. very controversial because for the jews, for the israelis, their city's been unified but obviously for the palestinian, they're under occupation as far as they're concerned. we have to go through a typical falafel place becau

while there there this horrific attack takes place in damascus and to the south in this region these attacks are really not large in terms of number of victims. there are a couple dozen of the most. there's just one attack on a single morning in august that ends up killing k1400 people, nearly all of them women and children. sleeping and underground basement shelters because seven gas seats down into the lower structures of the building so you have this massive casualty count right away and the images of this attack are beamed around the world. everyone has a cell phone camera these quickly come out. this begins this great diplomatic struggle between the united states, un and russia of how to respond to this. these inspectors who are in syria to witness it and close enough to the scene of the crime to investigate take arms on this as well because the us once them out because they want to launch an airstrike and you got this fact-finding mission on the ground and what the optics of pulling them out when you're trying to find out what happens? you've got the un trying to be low-key on

the left is not doing this because they suddenly support the constant with some road to damascus moment no, no -- no they're doing it because they're constituents are demanding you're demanding it, you and you're winning. the final and most important silver lining is this folks listen, the country the odds aren't we shouldn't be here we shouldn't have won revolutionary war odds against us sheengt have been made it through war of is 12 or survive silver warp and calamities that come our way but we did country about that touched by hand of god i'm convinced. and no that is not hyperbole i'm sure of it. we survived a lot. we'll survive joe biden too. that's the biggest silver lining of all. folks this is all result of failures of the biden administration remember one of joe lines remember that line promise is made. promises kept. well joe biden's line should be promises made promises ignore and flushed down the toilet. it was broken promise number one for biden remember when he promised to shut down the virus. >> what i would say itst is i'm gopg to shut down virus not the country. i'm goi

syria and you have a riveting story in the book about the christian town of melula northeast of damascus and of course rebel forcesattacked it during the syrian civil war in 2013 . similar to what you were describing about the iraqi question, this is a christian community that had a couple get it to say the least relationship with bashar al assad who was providing at least some semblance of stable any. this is a community that is in some ways thankful maybe. what's your view on how assad has come out now having almost won the civil war with of course the support of iran and russia and hezbollah but in this horrific series of atrocities this was still the person who this community looked to for some semblance of security and stability so how do you understand where this community stands today given all that's happened from the situation in syria. as you note so many have fled but where do we go from here? >> it's like a sad conclusion that we have to make is that assad has won the war. i don't think winning is the right term because it's a devastated country that he's now going topreside