benjamin netanyahu's plan would effectively annex the jordan valley and northern dead sea areas.nians hope all of the west bank will one day be included in a state of their own, and say the plan would destroy any chance of peace. the arab league described the plan as aggression and saudi arabia called it a dangerous escalation. mr netanyahu made the announcement in a televised address. translation: but there is one place where it is possible to apply israeli sovereignty immediately after the election, that is if i receive a clear mandate to do so from you, the citizens of israel. in recent months, i have led a diplomatic effort in this direction, and in recent days, the conditions for this have ripened. today, i am announcing my intentions to apply with the formation of the next government, israeli sovereignty of the jordan valley and the northern dead sea. the chief palestinian negotiator, saeb erekat, called on the international community to condemn mr neta nyahu's statement. mr netanyahu and those who help or aid mr netanyahu in such a vision of annexing jerusalem, annexing th

they cannot even axis the dead sea for leisure. imagine living near the dead sea, which people from all over the world travel to, and you cannot access it because you are palestinian? you cannot float in the water because you are palestinian. we are talking about and apartheid system that we are not addressing. finally, i wanted to get a quick comment f from you on the snap election comingng up, lieutenant general versus netanyahu and the fact that the white house has just announced that the new middle east peace envoy will be 30-year-old white house administrative assessment -- assistant berkowitz. , trump'slacing jason friend real estate lawyer. what did former white house spokesperson hope hicks, berkowitz'sescribed duties as? correlatingee and meetings. as we wrap up the significance of all of this. think that point is very important. who is playing the role is very important -- not as important. a was educated partly at right-wing yeshiva in israel. this is a consistent piece. the more important point from what normal was talk

more evidence of climate change — the dead sea shrinking by a metre a year. —— the dead see.nd salvage some pride in the ashes — winning the fifth and final test. good evening. the liberal democrats say they will cancel brexit altogether if they form the next government. at their party conference today, they adopted a new policy — to abandon our departure from the eu without having another referendum. their leaderjo swinson said it makes the liberal democrats the stop brexit party. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports from the lib dem conference in bournemouth — and his report does contain flash photography. the liberal democrats have just taken their stop brexit stance a step further. so far, they've supported a second referendum as a way back from leaving the eu. all of those in favour of the motion, please raise your speakers‘ cards. but the party has now voted overwhelmingly in favour of revoking article 50 to pull the plug on brexit if it wins a general election. the policy is very clear. if the liberal democrats, at the next election, win a majority, if pe

pataki about annexation of the jordan valley and parts of the north of the northern part of the dead sea that is a complete different things the jordan valley is by israeli consensus and the integral part of israel. it is true though that benny gantz haven't highlighted it high enough as bibi netanyahu has asked for what's going to be the fate of these areas. if you know whoever is going to be the next prime minister as long as long as he's going to have a good relationship with president trump you know in the end of the day everything revolves around the president trumps decision my best bet that there will be this sort of an extension of the jordan valley and and the dead sea because after all both right wingers and left wingers in israel they consider the jordan valley and in the oven part of the dead sea as one of israel as for hamas. no too much of you know there's no too much of explaining here everybody wants him most to be vanquished. and some say that it's just inevitable to go through another unfortunate round of military operation in gas. it's matter it's more a matter off whe

benjamin netanyahu's plan would effectively annex the jordan valley and northern dead sea areas.ll the west bank will one day be included in a state of their own, and say the plan would destroy any chance of peace. the arab league described the plan as aggression and saudi arabia called it a dangerous escalation. mr netanyahu made the announcement in a televised address. translation: but there is one place where it is possible to apply israeli sovereignty immediately after the election, that is if i receive a clear mandate to do so from you, the citizens of israel. in recent months, i have led a diplomatic effort in this direction and in recent days, the conditions for this ripened. today, i am announcing my intentions to apply with information of the next government, israeli sovereignty of thejordan government, israeli sovereignty of the jordan valley and the government, israeli sovereignty of thejordan valley and the northern dead sea. the chief palestinian negotiator, saeb erekat, called on the international community to condemn mr neta nyahu's statement. mr netanyahu and thos

and it's notjust the dead sea that's suffering. 80s you would walk around and it was like walking through a forest. but a few yea rs later walking through a forest. but a few years later a drought suddenly seemed to take over the area. you would no longer see so many trees. so farmers started leaving their farms. many who leave her to the cities and the highlands, where it's getting much more crowded. jordan has received huge numbers of refugees from almost every war in the middle east. to meet growing demand, the government started pumping water out of the ground. many houses only get up to 2a hours of water all week. and over half the capital's supply comes from a massive pool of underground water, and aquifer. but aquifer is need rain to fillup and aquifer. but aquifer is need rain to fill up again and it's raining less and less. well, according to the science reports, the aquifers can last 50 years. what happens after 50 years? after 50 yea rs happens after 50 years? after 50 years we will go to the deep aquifers. but the deepe

are ripe to do this very soon if i'm elected i commit to next the jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense wall which chief palestinian negotiator is cya barack out describes his proposal as a war crime what prime minister netanyahu are certain are about asking his people for a mandate to allow that really made him an x. the jordan valley. is paramount to a war crime in excess in a fuck about accurate theories of war crime thought mr netanyahu and those who help or ed mr netanyahu and such a vision of annexing jerusalem annexing hebrew and actually the jordan valley the jordan river that did see and then keeping palestinians inside there's a small towns and villages as prisoners without any freedom that is a war crime and has about as we are about to enter the 74th session or the general assembly of the united nations then to national community must stand now or to say a big no and to stop treating it as a country above the laws of man netanyahu said the trump administration so-called middle east peace plan would provide a historic opportunity for exten

he said he wants to annexx the settlement in the jordan valley and north of the dead sea.nd also in light of the possssible revelation n of the p stand afteter the elelections ad that he needs the mamandate from his voters, the israeli p public to do o so immediately aftfterhe elelections. it's not really a new plan. israel has always said they want to keep this jordan valley, especially as a security barrier, as a a possible eastern border. ofourse, it is a big if, if he is reelected, that w would be a dramatic developopment. because it would put towns like jejericho, israel occupupied the west bank in 1967. anand of course, they made the occupation permanent.. and also, the notion for r the palestinians over possible palestinian sosoreign state and the two state s solution for the people who stitill believe in aa two state solution wouldld actually go o away. of course, it is against international law,, and against the notion of a negotiated deal. that we would see a sovereieign palestininian state. brent: what about t the timing f ththis? is netanyahu making t this prom

elections and he said he wants to the next the settlements in the jordan valley and north of the dead sea and also in light of the possible revelation of the u.s. peace plan after the elections and that he needs to mandate from his voters from the israeli public to do so immediately after the elections now it's not really a new plant in israel has always said they want to keep this jordan valley especially as a security barrier as an east of a possible eastern border but of course there is a big if if he's reelected that would be a to mattick development because it could seen in towns like jericho in the jordan very little enclaves israel occupied captured and occupied the west bank in one to $67.00 and of course such a move would then make at this occupation come an end and also you know the notion for the palestinians of a possible. suffer and palestinian state and 2 state solution for those people who still believe and a 2 state solution would actually go away and of course it's and against international law and against and no notion of an negotiated deal you know that would see a sove

immediately if he secure was a 5th term the jordan valley and the northern dead sea make up 30 percent of the occupied west bank approximately 65000 palestinians and 11000 israelis living in illegal settlements reside in that area the main palestinian city is jericho and that has about $28.00 villages and some bedouin communities under netanyahu plans jericho would largely be cut off from the rest of the west bank and excise would also in circle any future palestinian state there's a lot to get into with our guest but 1st i need a brain has more from the jordan valley. we're standing and ross an older village in the jordan valley this really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants to annex this area he doesn't want to annex that area over there jericho and a lot older because he says he wants to complete and carry out his plan without annex in any single palestinian but there are palestinians here bedouin communities we've spoken to some of them and they believe that what netanyahu is saying is part of his elections campaign. every time they have is really elections they do it

to annex a huge part of the occupied west bank the jordan valley and the northern shores of the dead sea some 30 percent or so of the territory of the occupied west bank it would be an enormous deal it would be a real up setting of the entire predicate of how a settlement between the israelis and the palestinians could be reached in the future the whole idea of a 2 state solution depends on the possibility of a viable palestinian state and by saying that israel would merely unilaterally annex such a huge part of that territory leaving the city of jericho as an isolated island within that israeli annexed area that would explode the idea of such a state indeed we're getting that message from senior palestinian politicians kind of ashrawi a senior member of the p.l.o. saying that this is being done in concert with the trumpet ministration to eradicate any hopes of a 2 state solution saberi account the secretary general of the p.l.o. saying that it buries any chances of peace between israelis and the palestinians at the u.n. secretary general a spokesman saying that it would devastate any ho

scientists say the dead sea may be shrinking by a meter a year.year—old second world war veteran has taken to the skies to mark battle of britain day. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are giles kenningham and lynn faulds wood. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. as borisjohnson prepares to meet eu leaders in brussels tomorrow — he's written in the daily telegraph that he ‘passionately believes he can get a new brexit deal‘ — and says he's working ‘flat out‘ to avoid a no—deal departure. according to the i newspaper — as mrjohnson bids to ‘save brexit on october 31st‘ a minister has hinted that the transition period could be extended by two years to hit the brexit date. on the front page of the metro: the eu‘s guy verhofstadt has branded the prime minister‘s comparison of britain to the incredible hulk as ‘infantile‘ — asking — is the eu supposed to be scared of this? a daily mail investigation has found that hundreds of thousands of crimes are allegedly being written off by

change catastrophe for the planet's seas and oceans predicting more super storms rising sea levels and ocean dead zones scientists from the intergovernmental panel on climate change say unprecedented overheating in the world's oceans 'd could raise sea levels by about one meter by the end of this century rendering some coastal regions completely uninhabitable. one senegalese coast the village of popping green is already feeling the effects of rising sea levels the atlantic has washed away several houses and a mosque. there's no. put it down when people's houses have been destroyed they pack up their things and try to make a new start and the countryside if they have the money they go to deckard or another city. in the bin and out of there because. their situation as a result of events happening around the world sea levels are rising too to climate change carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases making the earth warm up. polar regions seeing the permafrost saw play shows and ice sheets are melting rapidly. flooding storms and erosion on tense a frying. in the water global warming is also having

goes fromdge that galilee down to the dead sea. politically, wilill it work fofr him? to be pummeled by crcricism fromom the right and e left. he has beensaying in power for 10 years and the last two years under a verery friendly u u.s. administration. israelianted to extend sovereignty, he could have done it in the last two years. left, his rival sasaying this is n nothingng ne. and this is rereally a nonissue. this is nothing extraordinary. ththis is a position they have d as well. clear they will give him the votes that he wants but it will cause a lot of outrage and condemnation in the region. >> extremely strong rereaction from the palestinians and also internationally. >> we are seeing from ththe palestinian president thahat thy are babasically calling off allf the agrgreements with israel tht he signened under the oslo security agreements to keep the west bank quiet, more or less. leaders are callingng it a violatation of internationonal . the saudidi's are e saying thats is a dangerorous escalation. the minister in jordan says that it could spark violence acros

if i am elected i commit to the jordan valley north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense will rocket fire laser cut short in a campaign rally israel responded with a series of airstrikes on gaza israeli army says 15 targets were hits there were no reports of casualties at least $31.00 pilgrims have died in iraq during a stampede at one of shia islam's most sacred sites so fishel say about 100 others were injured during a parade in the city of karbala marking a shura pakistan's foreign minister shame on with grace she has told the u.n. human rights council there is a risk of genocide in indian administered kashmir the region has been under strict military come down for more than a month india call caray she is warning f advocated narrative venezuela has carried out a series of military drills on its border with colombia the military says 150000 troops are involved in the war games which are expected to continue for several weeks if you're upset with the headlines here on al-jazeera coming up next it's all hail the algorithm say this. the big stories generate thousands of h

ripe to do this very soon if i'm elected i commit to the next the jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense wall. rocket fire late it cut short and it's now campaign rally israel responded with a series of air strikes on gaza the israeli army says 15 targets were hit there were no reports of casualties at least $31.00 pilgrims have died in iraq during a stampede at one of shia islam's most sacred sites officials say about $100.00 others were injured during a parade in the city of karbala to mark a shura nigeria is repatriating to 600 of its citizens from south africa after a week of violence which led to tensions between the 2 countries at least 12 people were killed and more than 100 shops vandalized in attacks over foreign owned businesses being offered to nigerians wanting to return home venezuela has carried out a series of military drills on its colombian border the military says 150000 troops are involved in the war games which are expected to continue for several weeks and the body of zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe's on its way to his h

why they don't understand that -- jerry nadler is fishing in the dead sea. it's like he's chartered a boat, is gone out and put 16 poles with bait on them trying to catch a fish in the dead sea. it ain't happening. >> melissa: nancy pelosi said, "we don't have the votes in the house, democrats simply don't have the votes to impeach trump." and, "you can feel free to leak this." this was according to multiple people in the room. that makes me deeply suspicious. that she's playing good cop, bad cop. that she doesn't necessarily disprove, but wants to be on the record to say that some democrats disagree. if this group wants to do it, everybody is safe. >> leslie: i agree with you, i'm in shock. [laughter] a no -- look, i don't think she's playing good cop/bad cop. i think what she's doing is what she has said along. "we will impeach if there's a smoking gun. congress has to do its due diligence. it's the responsibility constitutionally to go down this road. to that point, she knows not only politically is this helping republicans -- of anything, it helps corey

circumstances are ripe to do this very soon if i am elected i commit to next the jordan valley north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense will rocket fire laser cut short in its now campaign rally israel responded with a series of ass strikes on gaza the israeli army says 15 targets were hit there were no reports of casualties at least $31.00 pilgrims have died in iraq during a stampede at one of shia islam's most sacred sites officials say about 100 others were injured during a parade in the city of kabul to mock assura election material has arrived in afghanistan for a presidential vote now just over 2 weeks away there was concern the polls would be postponed because of talks between the united states and the taliban but the afghan government is pushing forward with the election after the us president declared the negotiations day the body of zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe is on its way to his hometown to be buried he died in singapore last week at the age of 95 mugabe's you know will be have on sunday the r.c.a. with headlines on al-jazeera stay tuned for the stream up

immediately if he secures a 5th term the jordan valley and the northern dead sea make up 30 percent of the occupied west bank approximately 65000 palestinians and 11000 israelis living in illegal settlements reside in that area the main palestinian city is jericho and that has about $28.00 villages and some bedouin communities under netanyahu plans jericho would largely be cut off from the rest of the west bank and exception would also in circle any future palestinian state there's a lot to get into with our guest but 1st i need a brain has more from the jordan valley. we're standing and ross an older village in the jordan valley this really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants to annex this area he doesn't want to annex that area over there jericho and a lot older because he says he wants to complete and carry out his plan without annex in any single palestinian but there are palestinians here bedouin communities we've spoken to some of them and they believe that what netanyahu is saying is part of his elections campaign. every time they have is really elections they do

immediately if he secures a 5th term the jordan valley and the northern dead sea make up 30 percent of the occupied west bank approximately 65000 palestinians and 11000 israelis living in illegal settlements reside in that area the main palestinian city is jericho and that has about $28.00 villages and some bedouin communities under netanyahu plans jericho would largely be cut off from the rest of the west bank and would also in circle any future palestinian state there's a lot to get into with our guest but 1st i need a brain has more from the jordan valley. we're standing and dross and always or village in the door than valley there's really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants to annex this area he doesn't want to a next that's area over there jericho adelir all job because he says he won still complete and carry out his plan without an ex ng any single palestinian but there are palestinians here bedouin communities we've spoken to some of them and they believe that what ness and your how saying is part of his elections campaign there are more every gun be have is real

prevail in the elections he would end next and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas. palestinian territories we reject this plan entirely all responses if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated. the u.k. government has admitted to further breaches of a court order that was made in june which barred arms sales to saudi arabia international trade secretary lose trust told the house of commons that export licenses granted to saudi arabia are likely to be used in the conflict in yemen trus also says it's possible that more cases will come to light. my department identified errors that had taken place in the export licensing procedure in relation to the saudi coalition's activities in the conflict in yemen. as i stated publicly on the 16th of september i am reservedly apologize for the export licenses that my department issued in error i have also given my own reserved apologies to the co

are ripe to do this very soon if i'm elected i commit to next the jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense wall. well the un has expressed grave concern over the statement. but we've seen the statement made by. the prime minister the secretary general's position has always been clear and consistent unilateral actions are not helpful in the peace process or position today is unchanged and is reflected in relevant un resolutions any israeli decision to impose its laws jurisdiction and ministration in the occupied west bank is without any international legal effect i think such a such a prospect would be devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations regional peace and the very essence of a 2 state solution more on this one from harry falls that he said west of his and i'm. if spending netanyahu were to make good on this pledge to annex a huge part of the occupied west bank the jordan valley and the northern shores of the dead sea some 30 percent or so of the territory of the occupied west bank it would be an enormous deal it would be a real up sett

but it goes on, one dead cuttlefish, deceased octopus, frozen sea urchin after another, splash, splashs among the rock or along the seafloor to be heroically discovered by turi moments later and proudly shown off to camera. know dead octopus when i see one. i'm pretty sure they don't drop from the sky and then sink straight to the bottom. >> turi: how many we have octopus? three? >> anthony: yeah. >> turi: okay. i try to get some now, and also some -- small abalones. >> anthony: strangely everyone else pretends to believe the hideous sham unfolding before our eyes, doing their best to ignore the blindingly obvious. [ turi speaking italian ] >> anthony: then they gave up and just dumped a whole bag of dead fish into the sea. [ turi speaking italian ] >> anthony: at this point, i begin desperately looking for signs of life. hoping that one of them would stir, become revived. i'm frantically swimming around the bottom littered with dead things, looking for one that's still twitching so i could hold it up to the camera and end this misery. but no, my shame would be absolute. for some reaso

occupied west bank and to impose israeli's sovereignty on the jordan valley and the north of the dead sea this represents the greatest breach of international law the charter of the united nations and resolutions in international law regarding the legal status of the occupied palestinian lands and by way of conclusion i hope that in the proceedings of this session will be successful and that we will meet next year at a time when peace will have reigned in yemen our cause is a noble our will remains a steadfast we will never yield we want to achieve peace lasting peace inclusive peace peace based upon national harmony we. extend mercy to all the larders we hope that all prisoners and abducted persons will be recovered expeditiously thank you. all right we were listening to mohamed he's the minister of foreign affairs of yemen a country torn apart by conflict he spoke about the different countries involved in the conflict there accusing iran of conducting a proxy war by supporting the who the militia said and he also thanked saudi arabia for its support and of the coalition support of the c

prevail in the elections he would annex and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas palestinian territory we reject this plan entirely all responses if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the govern.

remained as prime minister he would apply israeli sovereignty over the jordan valley and the northern dead seaondemned the move calling it a dangerous escalation. tom bateman is injerusalem. what benjamin neta nyahu what benjamin netanyahu said in this press c0 nfe re nce what benjamin netanyahu said in this press conference that was billed as being dramatic by his party aides in this election campaign, was that israeli policy would apply there but wouldn't include the palestinian —— palestinian city of jericho wouldn't include the palestinian —— palestinian city ofjericho and other areas. it is not clear as to whether this amounts to full israeli annexation but nevertheless, it is the boldest and most specific pledge from benjamin netanyahu about his israeli control in the west bank after the coming election and tied to that, as you mentioned, he said that the so—called deal of the century, that trump proposals or plans for peace between israelis and palestinians would be published in the days after the election. all of this, i think, the days after the election. all of this, ithink, is the d

prevail in the elections he would end next and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas palestinian territories we reject this plan entirely are responses if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated and our us democratic senator has accused the trump administration of supporting egyptian president of the fatah has cc's regime chris murphy is also called on the government in cairo to allow demonstrations to take place egyptian rights groups say security forces have arrested nearly 2000 people since anti-government protests began last week more protests are planned for friday . president trump has been you know an absolute disaster for global democracy causes he isn't powered autocrats all over the world at the top of that list is president al sisi the congress is going to be watching what happens is these protests unfold tomorrow we have seen what sisi has done over the past week or so lock

with the formation of the next government is really suffering on the jordan valley and northern dead sea there. are for more on this now i'm joined by our correspondent on your grammar in jerusalem good evening to you john you so help us understand what netanyahu is doing here when he says he intends to annex parts of the occupied west bank is he talking about an illegal land grab. well you have to see the statement a very dramatic statement in a way in the context of the elections i mean you said it's a week before the elections and he said he wants to the next the settlements in the jordan valley and north. sea and also in light of the possible revelation of the u.s. peace plan after the elections and that he needs to mandate from his voters from the israeli public to do so immediately after the elections now it's not really a new plant in israel has always said they want to keep this jordan valley especially security barrier as an east of possible eastern border but of course there is a big if if he's reelected that the theater matic development because it could have seen in towns lik

ripe to do this very soon if i'm elected i commit to the next the jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense will rocket fire laser cut short and it's now campaign rally israel responded with a series of ass strikes on gaza israeli army says 15 targets were hit they were no reports of casualties and he said he won pilgrims have died in iraq during a stampede at one of shia islam's most sacred sites officials say about 100 others were injured during a parade in the city of kabul marking a sure.

prevail in the elections he would annex and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas palestinian territory we reject this plan entirely all responses if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated. well there's plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including britain's prime minister has suffered and another political blow as he tries to push ahead with bricks it. want to france's most famous politicians former president jacques chirac has died at the age of 86 we take a look at his life. and the cream of wells are less 6 is in doha sarah has the support from international stadium. now donald trump is also proposing to cut the number of refugees accepted by the united states to its lowest level ever if the proposal is adopted the number of refugees allowed in over the next 12 months will be limited 218000 that's down from 30000 let's take a closer look at just how this refugee limit p

are ripe to do so this very soon if i'm elected i commit to annex a jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense wall has the team covering this one for us mike hanna in washington d.c. will be with you shortly starting with the force that in west jerusalem this is harry the very definition of a of a controversial unilateral pledge i guess leading up to the election. it is that i mean in terms of israeli and especially right wing israeli politics it's not particularly controversial it is seen as fairly standard mainstream israeli politics that in any future settlement with the palestinians israel would need to retain control of the jordan valley israel says for its own security but the idea of unilaterally as you say annexing this in this very large area of the occupied west bank or even a significant parts of it as shown in the map the prime minister netanyahu is displaying in this statement obviously is in contravention of of all sorts of international positions on how this must be settled the map displays the agency of jericho as an alignment of orange sur

prevail in the elections he would end next and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas occupied palestinian territory we reject this plan entirely our response is if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated. the syrian government did use chlorine as a chemical weapon in its battle for libya that the finding of the u.s. investigation secretary of state mike payor has condemned damascus saying the trumpet ministration has been working on preventing such attacks or shall i say the regime has been accused of several chemical weapons strikes against syrian civilians during the country's 8 year long civil war president trump has been pretty vigorous in protecting the world from the use of chemical weapons previous administrations haven't been prepared to do that and the syrian regime should know in the world should appreciate the fact that we're going to do. it we're going to everything we can

circumstances are ripe to do this very soon if i'm elected i commit to next the jordan valley north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense will rocket fire later cut short in a campaign rally israel responded with a series of a strikes on gaza israeli army says 15 targets were hit they were no reports of casualties at least $31.00 pilgrims have died in iraq during a stampede at one of shia islam's most sacred sites officials say about 100 others were injured during a parade in the city of karbala to maka sure venezuela has carried out a series of military drills on its border with colombia the military says 150.

are ripe to do this very soon if i am elected i commit to next the jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense wall harry force that in west jerusalem with more on this one harry can you put it into context for us because it is prime minister netanyahu who is speaking but it's very much in the capacity as a political candidate it. that's right indeed the prime minister's office directed us to look could his ruling party when we were making inquiries about the statement before it happened it happened in the hotel very much under the could under the election banner and netanyahu has made similar pledges about annexation or putting israeli sovereignty into settlements in the occupied west bank before he hasn't put together quite such a detailed and and or dayshift really plan to carve out a huge swathe of the occupied west bank we're talking about some 30 percent of the territory he put up a map displaying the proposed annexed area in blue with this this orange dot of jericho within that the palestinian city with what he said would be ways in and out the pales

i'm announcing my intention to apply israeli sovereignty to the northern valley and the northern dead sea it's a sweeping plan and they say it comes with strings attached. >> translator: i will not do anything without clear mandate from the public, and so mandate to do this. >> the 69-year-old israeli leader has made promises of annexation before, but never like this. pulling out a map, he showed specific areas in the west bank he would make official israeli territory, areas he says are crucial to national security but are held as occupied territory by most of the international community. >> this should have taken place many decades ago. >> reporter: netanyahu has staked his future on his close ties to u.s. president donald trump. he connected his annexation plan directly to president trump's plan to obtain peace in the middle east. >> who will negotiate with president trump? who will recruit him to our side? >> an official tells cnn there's no change in policy at this time but adds netanyahu's announcement doesn't get in the way of the peace plan. trump recognized the sovereignty of gola

prevail in the elections he would end next and apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley northern dead sea and israel's colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas are pied palestinian territory we reject this plan entirely our response is if the israeli government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated just before we grab a break a little bit of breaking news coming from the pentagon via the reuters news agency the pentagon saying it plans to send 4 radar systems a battery of patriot missiles and about $200.00 support personnel to saudi arabia in their words to bolster saudi arabia's defenses after the attack on the saudi aramco or oil installations earlier this month this is confirmation of a pentagon plan to send forces there we didn't know exactly how many or what would be sent but as i say now 4 radar systems patriot missiles and $200.00 support staff support personnel is how it's described from the u.s. to saudi arabia. when we come back on this news hour clinging on to hope in

ripe to do this very soon if i'm elected i can make good next the jordan valley and north of the dead seait is our eastern border our defense wall sunnis are saying we're getting reports of a large explosion in afghanistan's capital near the u.s. embassy a plume of smoke is being reported in the vicinity of the compound in the city's green zone there are no reports yet of any casualties and there's been no claim of responsibility it would be the 1st major attack in the afghan capital since president donald trump abruptly called off u.s. taliban 2 weeks at least $31.00 pilgrims have been killed at one of the most sacred sites in shia islam iraqi officials say around 100 others were injured when a walkway collapsed and set off a stampede in the holy city of karbala. and hong kong protesters of use a football match against iran to highlight that cools demonstrators gathered outside the world cup qualifier and sang a protest song over the chinese national anthem hong kong liza will the united states not to interfere with the government's response to the protests and those are the latest headl

promise to take over large portions of the west bank including jordan valley and areas north of the dead sea if he wins. the 13-year leader of israel said this would be done with the support of the trump administration. the white house has indicated that the president's deal of the century would be released later this week. annexing more parts of the west bank is his plan if he wins re-election, is a very controversial thing with palestinians. we did receive response from the palestinians that called this illegal. >> shepard: trey yingst live in jerusalem. here in the u.s., an inferno following a train derailment in dupo, illinois just south of st. louis. you can see the flames and smoke around this. if we go to the videotape, you'll be able to see it rising into the air over a long stretch. we watched as the flames spread on top of the water near a nearby creek and the derailment roared nearby. mike tobin gathering details from the midwest newsroom. mike? >> the area we're talking about is on the illinois side of the mississippi river. as the big river bends, it's due south of st. louis, ab

i am announcing my intention to apply israeli sovereignty to the jordan valley and the northern dead sea reporter: it's a sweeping plan and critics say a play to his base that comes with strings attached. >> translator: i will not do anything without getting a clear mandate from the public, and so the citizens of israel, i ask you for a clear mandate to do this. >> the 69-year-old israeli leader has made promises of annexation before, but never like this. pulling out a map, he showed specific areas in the west bank he would make official israeli territory, areas he says are crucial to national security and are held by occupied territory by most of the international community. >> taken place many decades ago. >> netanyahu has staked his future on his close ties to u.s. president donald trump. today's announcement was no different. the israeli prime minister connected his annexation plan directly to trump's soon to be released plan for mideast peace. >> translator: the most important question facing us in this election is who will negotiate with president trump? who will recruit him to our

prevail in the elections, he would annex and apply his sovereignty to the jordan valley, the northern dead sea, and israel's colonial settlements. despite the fact that all of these areas are occupied palestinian territory. we reject completely this plan. amy: this week, israel's president threw netanyahu a lifeline, giving the long-serving prime minister a chance to form a new government after last week's election provided no clear winner. the u.s. state department said thursday president trump will slash the number of refugees admitted into the united states from an already-low 30,000 people to just 18,000 over the next year. the head of the aclu immmmigra'' rights project, omar jadwat, respondeded in a statement -- "this administration's eagerness to unilaterally abandon our national commitment to protect people who are seeking safety from persecution, torture, and genocide is sickening. from the muslim and refugee bans, to the asylum bans, to the severe mistreatment and separation of families seeking asylum, these attacks have been deliberate, disgraceful, and fundamentally inhumane," the

with the formation of the next government, israeli soverereign on the jordan valley and northehern dead sea>> netanyahu's plededge was widely deununced by leaeaders in the region in part because it would crush hopes of an eventual palestinian state. longtime palestinian negotiator saeb erekat said the move would add to israel's long history of violating international law. >> what prime minister netanyahu said tonight about asking his people for a mandate to allow that to enable him to enact the jordan valley and it is paramount to a war crime. >> scotland's highest court has declared british prime minister boris johnson's decision to suspend parliament for five weeks to be unlawfwful quote "bececse it had d the purpose of stymieing parliament." but itit remains uncnclear what impact the ruling will have. critics of johnson have accused him of suspending parliament to limit the ability of lawmakers to pass a plan ahead of october 31 when britain is scheduled to leave the european union. fallout from the nuclear disaster at the fukushima nuclear plant in japan continues eight years after the

are ripe to do this very soon if i am elected i commit to next the jordan valley and north of the dead sea it is our eastern border our defense wall. and following the rocket fire israel launched a series of asterix on gaza the israeli army says it struck 15 targets in central and northern parts of the territory including what it says was a site for the production of weapons. at least 31 people have died in iraq during a stampede at one of shia islam's most sacred sites officials say about 100 others were injured when a walk like collapsed and triggered the stampede in. millions of people to commemorate assura. venezuela is carrying out a series of military drills on its colombian border the military says 150000 troops are involved in the war games expected to continue for several weeks the body of zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe is on its way to his hometown to be buried scaring his body just left a funeral in singapore he died there last week at age 95 and his funeral will be held on sunday well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after a sports dopin