occupied east jerusalem and since this area is illegally occupied by israel illegally annexed velvia is actually doing something illegal by providing israel with this service now because of all the pressure by the international community owned. to stop dealing with israel they've lost several contracts around the world and the most important of which is build the building of the tramway in stockholm and that was a project worth three billion euros so after velvia lost such a huge contract they've decided actually they want to sell their stocks in israel and they want to pull out of the project but right now nobody is willing to buy their stocks for the tramway in jerusalem putting them in a very difficult position i think the result of companies like valium getting into this difficult position where they committed the illegal act then they face international boycott is that other companies would think twice and maybe thrice before getting into an involvement with the israeli government now when i first heard about the boycott it reminded me of the boycott that was put on barclay's ba

in fresh clashes have erupted in east jerusalem with palestinians throwing stones at israeli police and setting cars on fire tensions have been high in the neighborhood over a settlement plan palestinians don't want to see any more construction on the territory they see the sight of your state the fate of east jerusalem is to figure in israeli palestinian peace talks set to resume next to me. watch what you eat america's fast food culture is not just a threat to waistlines but also national security the genetically modified food that makes up a lark. portion of america's diet is thought to be a main suspect in the country's battle with obesity john hafitz reports. among all developed countries americans are the fattest in the world that's according to the world health organization where over sixty percent of the general population in the u.s. is obese what's even more disturbing the u.s. is the only country in the developed world to label obesity as a prime national security health threat. it's all part of a growing epidemic in america supersizing questions like why are americans so fat

palestinians want to have east jerusalem as their capital. the issues exist with borders and security. the issue is more complicated. >> an air and sea lift of humanitarian supplies. the first plane left from germany sunday carrying relief supplies. flooding has affected about one- fifth of pakistan and an estimated 20 million people. tens of thousands of villagers remain under water and billions of people still need immediate emergency aid. >> orders continue to grab the northwest, in and day, inundating fields. after the harshest monsoon season, aid groups feared these fields may remain submerged for months. there is mounting criticism to the disaster, a deepening the sense of desperation. >> we're living outdoors. we are not getting food. we're dying of hunger. >> 8 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. pakistan authorities and international relief agencies have set up tent villages to house refugees. long-term economic damage has already been caused. >> it ruined everything. then i gave birth to a baby. i'm worried

headlines around the world palestinians have clashed with jewish sideburns and border guards in east jerusalem and saw arab residents setting cars alight and probably stoned out soldiers demonstrators say the clashes began when others tried to break down a gate to a mosque an accusation from the government plans to demolish illegal housing developments have raised tensions in the region. in mexico police discovered seventy two bodies at a remote welsh close to the border wanted man told marines that a drug gang had kidnapped and was killing american balloting migrants one marine and three says that the gang members died when soldiers became involved in a shootout out the way out corpses of the migrant workers were later found piled up inside the building this is the biggest discovery of its kind. gang wars. coalition forces in afghanistan have seized drugs over one billion dollars officials claim this is the big is out there ever confiscated the world almost eighteen months of opium terror when and now donald found during an operation against the taliban in the southern province of helmand in

stories dominating world news palestinians have clashed with jewish settlers and border guards in east jerusalem the incident saw arab friends of inciting cars alight and throwing stones at soldiers demonstrators say clashes began in one of those tried to break down a gate to a mosque and accusation they deny government plans to demolish illegal housing developments have raised tensions in the region. coalition forces in afghanistan have seized drugs worth over one million dollars officials claim this is the biggest battle ever confiscated in the world almost eighteen tons of opium heroin and marijuana were found during an operation against the taliban in the southern province of helmand in the course of the fighting sixty three militants were killed ten people were arrested and fourteen hostages were freed. biologists say humpback whale stranded on a beach in southern brazil is on likely to survive the eleven metre twenty five ton animal has beached on the same patch of sand for the second time in as many days activists are trying to coax it back into the ocean but say it is breathing with diff

abbas wants east jerusalem as part of the state. mr.yahu says the state on the west bank must be demilitarized. must be forbidden to have relations with hezbollah and iran. it must have on it an israeli presence to make sure that weapons do not come in from the eastern borders. >> given a lot of those positions, and security is primary, certainly for the israelis and the government, where do you think this can go? if any of you are thinking of it because there were previous parameters. there were the clinton par meters. the prime minister. >> in spirit of full disclosure, going back before that, i covered the camp david negotiations under president carter with sadat and begin. i talked to someone from that era. very pessimistic about the outcome here for many of the reasons george laid out. and yet, this individual, again, who watches it closely, this individual said it's at least good that president obama has put a one-year deadline on that. >> so did president bush. >> and that after december, president obama may be in a position, and

went down on friday that unless theme israelis extend the settlement freeze and expand it to east jerusalem that this will be a very short round of talks, like baseicall -- basically two days. what are you guys doing with the israelis to avert this? >> we look forward to the first meeting next week with prime minister netanyahu on september 2 as well as the individual meetings. we look forward to getting into the direct negotiation and the forward to that when the bigger share action starts will be incumbent on the israelis and palestinians. >> what seems to be the prime issue for the palestinians? >> we expect to address settlements as well as the other crucial issues within the context of the organization. "-- >> this is the one that will break this down for the owens. we hope this comes up for reconsideration during september. we are very mindful of this. we are mindful of the importance of the issue within the negotiation. that is why we want to get to the negotiation so know this can be resolved outside of the organization. are you working now with the israelis -- >> are you working no

jerusalem remained tricky. what do you do with the temple mountains? east of jerusalem?t about the right of return for all israelis of all political stripes? it is not clear if that is satisfactory to the palestinian public. host: will they take this opportunity to hammer out those details you talked about? guest: it is hard to get into that type of state that martin writes about. but would abbas is -- mahmoud abbas is the leader of only half of them host: our conversation with yochi dreazen continues with keefe. caller: just a couple of comments. the earlier caller was 100% correct. i am an african-american. president obama is the biggest doubletalk her i have seen in my life. by following his actions, i am sure president obama is taking troops out of iraq to go into iran there is no way we can win a war in iran with troops in afghanistan and iraq. that is my first comment. hopefully, a lot of these born- again christians listen carefully. the so-called jews in israel right now are not the jews from israel. negros in america are the original hebrew is. they are massacri

me to discuss it is richard hellman president at the middle east research center and yourself money here the executive director at the jerusalem fine and the palestine center jeremy thanks so much for being here. you know some people have called this israel's grave do you agree with that or not you know. extreme first the facts aren't all known yet this is may just be a one off thing and it remains to be seen i think the interesting part is that israel is really the only pretty representative democracy that meets for example the conditions that are not on sharansky said in his book on defense of democracy where someone can stand up and say whatever they want in the town square without being shot or imprisoned i think they're going to investigate this the army's going to investigate this and i mean she has already been criticized by a number of people in the nation and in the army and she may even be prosecuted this is the facts are going to play out but i think it's interesting everybody has a facebook page and a lot of stuff that maybe shouldn't be there inappropriate things show up there so i think we still have you. to see

east and from iran for that country's presidential election. charles sennott, longtime foreign correspondent for the "boston globe," was bureau chief in both jerusalem and london and has more than 25 years of experience covering the world. he's now the executive editor of a new venture, an entirely web-based service devoted exclusively to global news. it's called global post. so welcome to you both. >> thanks. it's nice to see you, frank. >> all right, we know what nbc is, so let's let charles tell us: what is global post? >> well, global post is a new web site. it's free. it's called a destination site. so you can go to globalpost.com anytime and draw on the stories that our correspondents, 65 correspondents in 50 countries, are covering every day. we saw a tremendous opportunity in this sort of meltdown of traditional media that's happening right now. newspapers and networks are struggling, and onof the things they've been cutting is eir ternational news. and we see opportunity there because we think, as was pointed out by some of the people who were interviewed in the introduction, everything is global. if we want to understand the collapse of th

jerusalem and the construction of jewish settlements and territory to stop the gods. and in china fifty thousand people evacuated from the city of downed dong in the country's north east dike was breached to heavy rains floodwaters have cut off parts of the city and three people are missing the region is the latest to be has been the country's worst flood season it over a decade. i kept next weekend edition of business that was solid for you that's right. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. hello welcome to the business program with me charlayne was folly russia will not significantly increase the amount of grain imports this year the government says it has another reserve to cope with this year's poor harvest however economists believe the higher prices being pay for weight will never be faith through the high street question of reports. we. all know brad and even five grain bread russians lead to more bread than nearly anybody else in the world so any change in prices of this stable would make seriously impact the amount of money in people's pockets because of a court that's right even on the governmen

jerusalem, refugees, borders, and security. so we do know to use a well worn middle east phrase we do know the parameters. there are a lot of issues associated with that, but we remain firm in our position that the onlyy to successfully address the core issues is to get into that direct negotiation. that's why we continue to encourage the parties to do so as soon as possible. >> they are advocating in cairo last week and requested that -- a timetable on all these things be sort of, you know, agreed to by the administration to launch the direct talks. are you saying that these are issues that are now being discussed with both israelis and palestinians? >> i'm not going to get into specifics of what we are discussing with both parties. we want to see them get into direct negotiations as quick -- as quickly as possible. as we said, throughout the past few months we don't think it's appropriate to set conditions for the direct negotiations. a lot of work has been done to help pave the way for this point and all we'll say is the sooner we get into direct negotiations, the bett