armed only with a motor scooter and a crash helmet he wants to evict palestinians from east jerusalem and replace them with jewish families he's on a crusade to extend jewish ownership over the whole of the city. if i would compare it to an onion if we haven't the onion the. heart and this is the temple mount this is the city we'll trying to put a layer of more live in order to protect the heart of the onion and this is it was a time when we know what is happening when you try to cut the onion usually. in your eyes and our aim is to not to get to this situation of and to after you because somebody is trying to cut through. the layers he's talking about a jewish settlements in silwan in the mount of olives and in russian a mood. israel is gradually connecting the settlements and the archaeological parks to form a belt around the old city. danny's item and this a noir who keeps a close watch on the settlements he's come to look at some apartments for jews that have been built in the palestinian neighborhood of job and. now there are as a rule 2 kinds of settlements in east jerusalem one

the western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound in occupied east jerusalem is the dome of the rock and the mosque which represent the 3rd holiest site in islam and the states of jordan is in charge of the mosque compound let's talk to ben white he's an analyst and author of cracks in the wall beyond apartheid in palestine and israel he joins us from london great to have you back here on al-jazeera what's your reading of where we are right now in occupied east jerusalem and how do you think it will play out. well there's always the events that occurred specifically today and no wider context and as your correspondent reported and the immediate reasons for today's violence has been 1st and foremost the attacks by the israeli police forces of palestinian worshippers inside alexa last compound and then of course the effort by so-called temple movement activists to to enter the compound on a day when it is both a deal at and for the jewish festival of titian of but it's important to remember that this is not primarily about a quote unquote religious conflict or c

israeli police have moved into the compound in east jerusalem after a standoff with palestinians at oneof the gates to this holy site our correspondent ari forsett following that story on location in occupied east jerusalem harry just just walk us through what's going on there right now. we are just in the last few minutes actually represents an extremely dramatic developments 1st we got word that there were gates that were being closed after muslim worshipers went out not being allowed back in and then just in the last few minutes we got reports that there were non muslims being allowed in there's been a great deal of pressure from the far right religious nationalist jewish groups to gain access to the site on this day which is a jewish holy day at the same time as it is the 1st day of the ied a lot of muslim festival as well usually when there's a big muslim festival the police the city forces do not allow any in on was inside for precisely this reason that can be friction and tension there was a statement from the police saying that because of the large numbers of worship as we've be

still waiting for from the israeli security forces here or to have a force at there in occupied east jerusalem ari thank you now muslims from around the world are in mecca as the hodge pilgrimage moves into its 3rd day the world's largest annual muslim gathering on saturday more than 2000000 plan the sacred hill of mount arafat's they prayed and recited the koran starting on sunday they'll perform the stoning of the devil ritual some later sacrifice animals to mark the beginning of eden. also to come here the news hour including the shadow of guns we bring you the latest on the tensions in the disputed kashmir region. and justice in hong kong continued in some of the demonstrations as hundreds of the by the turds little more that stay with us. and the most a care across much of the middle east however we all sing i once again an increase in those monsoon rains across into much of pakistan's of karachi sunday some strong thunderstorms 29 degrees is the high very warm couple of days in baghdad 45 in up to 47 on monday and by monday we should see a bit of caring and conditions across into karate

armed only with a motor scooter and a crash helmet he wants to evict palestinians from east jerusalem and replace them with jewish families he's on a crusade to extend jewish ownership over the whole of the city. if i would compare it to an onion if we haven't the onion the. heart and this is the temple mount this is the city we'll trying to put a layer of more live in order to protect the heart of the onion because it was a time when we know what is up and then when you try to cut the onion usually feel in your eyes and our aim is to not to get to this situation of. too after you because somebody is trying to cut. the legs he's talking about a jewish settlements in silwan in the mount of olives and in russian a mood. israel is gradually connecting the settlements and the archaeological parks to form a belt around the old city. downey's item and this a lawyer who keeps a close watch on the settlements he's come to look at some apartments for jews that have been built in the palestinian neighborhood of job and. now there are as a rule 2 kinds of settlements in east jerusalem one kind a

howie for said reports from occupied east jerusalem. chaos and confrontation inside the compound on the 1st day of her. usually non muslims about access on muslim holidays but for a 2nd time this summer significant dates for jews and muslims have overlapped and for a 2nd time israeli security forces decided to allow in jewish groups having said they would only do so if they assess the security situation is favorable. toward. the extreme right wing government in the state is supporting the settlers to target the holy sites and to invade them in order to control into judea zone they try continuously and repeatedly jerusalem people are resisting and we will fight on against these practices. earlier on sunday tens of thousands of muslim worshippers had answered the call from the islamic walk the trust that operates the compound under your 40 of jordan to pray in and around other local mosques were ordered closed to man. numbers the muslim officials aware that right wing jewish nationalists have been demanding access to the site known to jew

armed only with a motor scooter and a crash helmet he wants to evict palestinians from east jerusalem and replace them with jewish families he's on a crusade to extend jewish ownership over the whole of the city. if i would compare it to an onion if we haven't the onion the. heart and this is the temple mount this is the old city we are trying to put a layer of more live in order to protect the heart of the onion because it was an eye when we know what is happening when you try to cut the onion usually. in your eyes and our aim is to not to get to this situation of and to after because somebody is trying to cut. the layers he's talking about a jewish settlements in silwan in the mount of olives and in russian are moot. israel is gradually connecting the settlements and the archaeological parks to form a belt around the old city. downey's item and this a lawyer who keeps a close watch on the settlements he's come to look at some apartments for jews that have been built in the palestinian neighborhoods of job. now as a rule 2 kinds of settlements in east jerusalem one kind are the settl

the western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound in occupied east jerusalem houses the double of the rock and the law school which represent the 3rd holiest site in essence and the state of jordan is in charge of the al aqsa mosque i force it reports now from occupied east jerusalem . the chaos and confrontation inside the oxer mosque compound on the 1st day of eat out her. usually non muslims are barred access on muslim holidays but for a 2nd time this summer significant dates for jews and muslims have overlapped and for a 2nd time israeli security forces decided to allow in jewish groups having said they would only do so if they assess the security situation is favorable. towards. the extreme right wing government in the state is supporting the settlers to target the holy sites and to invade them in order to control and to judea zone they try continuously and repeatedly we jerusalem people are resisting and we will fight on against these practices. earlier on sunday tens of thousands of muslim worshippers had answered the call from the islamic walk the trus

palestinians are praying at the al aqsa mosque in occupied east jerusalem for the 1st day of the muslim festival of the but as yet to be decided of jewish settlers will also be allowed into the compound. the u.n. secretary general has condemned the car bomb attack that killed 3 u.n. employees in libya an explosion in the eastern city of benghazi happened moments before a u.n. convoy passed through the area i join others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims the u.n. exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community at large and we salute the work in this doing in libya at the same time assistant secretary general said scores of libyans have also been injured safely the libyan representative can i convey my country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people some security restrictions have been eased in vienna minister of kashmir to allow people to celebrate the muslim festival of. however paramilitar

the young christian palestinian from east jerusalem his family goes back to the 13th century so it's a man with roots for me and throughout the film you get to really go on this journey with who shows you that the israeli occupation doesn't really differentiate between a muslim and a christian it differentiates against all palestinian and the story of omar really and capture that and then we saw on the other side is an extreme the atypical israeli the vast majority of israelis from a young age 16 years old above served in the israeli army and in many ways and this is one of the issues we also touched on in the film although the israelis interact with palestinians almost on a daily level they don't would you know the palestinians they are very alienated from them the only way they know them is from the other side of the gum where they are the checkpoint or on a patrol such let's talk about jerusalem the city rather than when you've been striving. to people they are the city itself when i think about recent history i think about donald trump's visits there the u.s. recognizing jerusale

the government and the settlers swallowing up east jerusalem this is happening right under the nose of the international community yet hardly a voice is raised in protest. and that was holy land grab and i'm pleased to say joining us here in the studio is here is our gentleman who spent several months in jerusalem recently making a film or 2 got them in fact for al-jazeera jerusalem a rock and a hard place so if we think about these 2 films what's the difference between them and what's changed in that time or what hasn't changed even as many palestinians and even israelis probably would tell you that the situation in the city of jerusalem occupied you some that is has only got worse the wall that started at that time is now almost complete jerusalem is separated from its nearby west bank strategic depth hinterland so to speak there are more more encroachment on the old city in jerusalem and as i want to characters would would say it's almost game over for jerusalem but the main game over for many palestinians who i met through the making of this film they say our lives has become almos

of ramadan coincided with a jerusalem day which is when jews and israelis mark the seizure of east jerusalem by israeli forces in 1967 there were limited scale wishes at the site as a result of the police decision then to allow jews in on that day a lot now depends in terms of how confrontational this sunday becomes a lot now depends on the actions of israeli security forces. well the whole area is central to the israeli palestinian conflict and a constant flashpoint is both sides lay claim to it jews referred to it as temple mount which luxor is built on top of the hour long so compounds western wall is the holiest site where jews can pray the compound in occupied east jerusalem houses the dome of the rock on a log some mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site in islam jordan holds custody in ship of the locks a mosque but its role has been challenge repeatedly. still ahead on al-jazeera a canadian held for 8 months in a syrian prison for undisclosed reasons is now on his way back home. not my we hear from a bahraini activist who fear the toss from the roof of his country's embassy in l

in the last few hours israeli police have moved in to the al aqsa mosque compound in east jerusalem the 5 sound grenades during a standoff with palestinians at one of the gates to the holy site let's go straight live now to our correspondent i meet who joins us from east jerusalem others just walk us through what's going on there was the atmosphere like. certainly you can actually feel the tension even from my violent vantage point which is why the most compound is just behind me there now what we have been witnessing over the past hour or maybe a little bit more is this ebb and flow of people running you hear the blasts of stun grenades we've seen some smoke which i presume would have been some tear gas shot now we did speak to a police israeli police spokesman and he said that contrary to the decision that was taken earlier in the day not to allow the. jewish. religious nationalists rather to enter the compound they reversed that decision around 11 o'clock our time this morning g.m.t. simply because the number of muslims had diminished. considerably and so they decided to let in. reli

and they meet with activists in east jerusalem they go to ramallah they meet with politicians in ramallah they go to the west bank they meet nonprofit organizations but i'll tell you what the differences the difference is that the people that apec meet are bridge builders the people who want to solve the conflict now the people who were receiving the 2 congress women and not bridge builders they have 0 interest in solving the conflict and bringing peace to our region they are an organization a radical organization that was set up by an amish are we called lifta this is an organization which has put out anti semitic blood libels saying that the jews are still using christian children's blood to make them up some this is what this organization has put out then after was of course they try to erase it untrue to erase their record this is an organization that is constantly looking to ways to discredit is wrong but also anti semitic organization they have terrorist sympathizers sympathizers of the p.f. opi so there's a big difference between coming with an organization i'm not against these wo

this karma some mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem for now mourning have witnessed unrest when israeli police moved in palestinians gathered at the site for the 1st day of the muslim festival of the hour. now security remains tight in indian administrate kashmir although some restrictions have been eased to allow people to celebrate the paramilitary forces continue to patrol the streets of srinagar they were deployed before the indian government revoked the autonomy of the disputed region on monday franco got reports from new delhi. those has been walking for 3 hours from one pharmacy to the next he needs injections for a 70 year old mother she has cancer and she learned burgers the injections are not available in the market so the situation here is bad and nothing is available here . pharmacies in srinagar are running out of medicine dog so we don't have 50 percent of our stock if the curfew continues will run out of our medicines and 13 or 15 days. families like these are stuck at home because of security restrictions imposed by the indian government after the region's autono

and it is in occupied east jerusalem it houses the dome of the rock and a locks a mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site in islam jordan holds custody in ship of the locks a mosque but its role has been challenge repeatedly hong kong's chief executive says she's making no concessions to protesters and is accusing them of reckless behavior thousands of anti-government marches of staged a sit in at the airport a turn of events carolan was described as economic chaos from a bride as this report. i this was the site that greeted international travelers on friday hong kong airport swamped by protesters i say took over the arrival holes to explain his many different languages as possible what their struggle to stop the extradition law is about as they begin a 3rd month of protest the government says the proposed law has been shelved but opposition groups fear china still wants to further erode hong kong's freedoms but he was right after protesting for 2 months the government still hasn't responded to our demand side though kmart i wanted that tourists know what is happening in hong kong a

jewish groups have been demanding access to the sites how the force that reports from occupied east jerusalem. chaos and confrontation inside the compound on the 1st day is either allowed her. usually normal. islam is a bad access on muslim holidays but for a 2nd time this summer significant dates for jews and muslims have overlapped and for a 2nd time israeli security forces decided to allow in jewish groups having said they would only do so if they assess the security situation as favorable. towards hoke or minimal thought if the extreme right wing government in the state is supporting the settlers to target the holy sites and to invade them in order to control and to judea zone they try continuously and repeatedly but we jerusalem people are resisting and we will fight on against these practices. earlier on sunday tens of thousands of muslim worshippers had answered the call from the islamic walk the trust that operates the compound under your 40 of jordan to pray in and around other local mosques were ordered closed to maximize numbers the muslim officials aware that right wing jewish nat

brady soldiers clear palestinian worshippers from parts of the compound in east jerusalem. to gas and arrests police in hong kong out in full force as protesters hold more rallies across the city. pakistan's foreign minister has strongly criticized the indian government for its revocation of kashmir's autonomy and in the exclusive interview with al-jazeera the minister said he just returned from consultations with the chinese government says they completely support pakistan's position over the kashmir region. but i have come back with satisfaction that it completely understand and indorse our point of view they have considered the indian action as unilateral. unlawful. and they feel that the matter should be resolved under the un charter and according to the pickable security council resolutions they have endorsed or to few concerned about the peace and security of the region this action that undermine the currently of the region. will have more of that interview later in the show meanwhile security remains tight in india administered kashmir paramilitary forces continue to

start of the holiday on sunday as a potential flashpoint between muslims and jews in occupied east jerusalem israeli police are warning they may prevent muslims from praying in the oxe a mosque compound on sunday which that already which oversees sites in jerusalem is calling for the closure of the city's mosques and a mass prayer is held at the instead of the whole area is central to the israeli palestinian conflict and a constant flashpoint as both sides lay claim to jews supported as temple mount which is built on top of the compound western wall is the holiest site in judaism and is the place for jews turned her in prayer a compound located in occupied east jerusalem houses the dome of the rock and the mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site and islam jordan holds custodianship a mosque but its role has been challenge repeatedly there foster is live for us and less true islam so what's going on there. well yes the islamic walk which operates and runs the mosque compound along with the jordanian government has announced a couple things firstly saying that it is not there that is clos

israeli police move into a mosque compound in east jerusalem during a standoff with palestinians at one of the gates to the holy site dozens were injured when officers set off sound grenades and rushed people out the trouble began when rightwing jewish groups demanded access to the site on the muslim holiday of either lob herefore said reports from occupied east jerusalem. chaos and confrontation inside the arx a mosque compound on the 1st day of her. usually non muslims of access on muslim holidays but for a 2nd time this summer significant dates for jews and muslims have overlapped and for a 2nd time israeli security forces decided to allow in jewish groups having said they would only do so if they assess the security situation is favorable. toward. the extreme right wing government in the state is supporting the settlers to target the holy sites and to invade them in order to control and to judea zone they try continuously and repeatedly we jerusalem people are resisting and we will fight on against these practices. earlier on sunday tens of thousands of muslim worshippers had answer

do not want to mix religion and politics the reality is what's going on right now in occupied east jerusalem is a heady mix a potentially combustible mix of politics and religion and whether they like it or not those 2 things are very much mixed together right now in real time this in occupied east jerusalem. they are and they're universal you know the american civil rights movement was was really fought and the black churches of the south the african liberation struggle in apartheid was heavily anchored in the churches of south africa religion and politics are 2 sides of a similar human dynamic which tells us that there is a deity that loves us that promises justice a normal do something life of dignity for everybody on equal terms when that is not given to people because of oppression as happened with american blacks or south african blacks or palestinians today under israel when you don't have political and civil an economic rights you cannot live a normal human life religion is your last resort and therefore it's natural to see this kind of combination of religion with politics when the

. >> the palestinian artist has been laid to rest in occupied east jerusalem. me from which he has been pushed away from a 1967. we have more. a small church outside the walls of jerusalem's old city, an old man has come home. 1942, hisrusalem in childhood spent in the streets and alleyways of the old city. his life and work as a leading palestinian artist marked by his inability to return. he was in beirut in 1957 when israel occupied jerusalem. remained in exile from the city that inspired him, using the geology and spirituality of christian and islamic art into his own abstract style. light hadanse of always been central to my work. perhaps it is the letter jerusalem i have been seeking to recapture all along. >> under israeli law, palestinians right outside of east jerusalem when the occupation started and were the right to come back to their homes. since his death two weeks ago, his family has worked to get permission to be. in jerusalem. it was a dying wish. >> why not? surprised, knowing it would not be allowed. througher going forth formalities and makin

there is calm at the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem for now that's after israeli police moved in and injured dozens of people palestinians gathered at the site for the 1st day of the muslim festival of the dogma they were angry over right wing groups demanding access. a former defense secretary accused of war crimes is hoping to become the country's next president a political gathering was held in colombo where to buy a raja pastas candidates he was announced by his brother who is the former cherie longer president mahinda rajapaksa. has been accused of overseeing atrocities during sri lanka's decades long civil war. are being held for dozens of people and kill who were killed in a fuel tanker explosion in tanzania on saturday hundreds of mourners have gathered in the city of moore of road to pay their respects at least 70 people died in that accident dozens of others were injured. more than 2500000 muslims that perform the annual pilgrimage and mecca and as one of the world's largest religious gatherings stoning of the devil was the last major which will allow so

israeli police have moved into ochs a mosque compound in east jerusalem after a standoff with palestinians at one of the gates to the holy site at least 37 people have been injured the trouble began when right wing jewish groups demanded access to the site under a status quo agreement for only allowed in on certain days the 2nd look at what a mosque compound why it is so significant area central to the israeli palestinian conflict it has been a regular flashpoint as both sides lay claim to it there's worshippers refer to it as temple mount which is built on top of the western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound in occupied east jerusalem houses the dome of the rock and mosque which represent the 3rd holiest site in islam and the state of jordan is in charge of the mosque hoda abdel-hamid is now joining us from mistress and so talk us through how this is all played out and out things are going right now. well at the moment actually it is very calm and actually know what to do is the. compound has several gates and those have been shut down now what we're wa

on the mount of olives in east jerusalem standstill ghost of victoria hospital it's named after the wife of kaiser vilhelm the 2nd who founded the hospital more than 100 years ago today it's administered by the lutheran world federation. both bank schmidt is on the hospital board it's the only medical facility in the palestinian territories that has an apparatus to provide radiation therapy for cancer patients israel has blocked the use of such nuclear medicine technology and gasser and the west bank citing security concerns the provost is on his way to a board meeting. what is now more is the hospital director after studying in france the united kingdom and the u.s. he returned to east jerusalem officially he stateless but his family has lived in jerusalem for generations. it is not easy for p.c.'s to develop adventure visions of the day that we are services and that we are providing the duty of nobel it means the work of books of investment and you know for the longest day up till now palestinians are under occupation show with a rocket of healthier vision in british day like everythin

once again a flashpoint and a focal point in the conflict are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. protesters are staging a sit in for the 4th day in a row at hong kong's international airport right now as you can see and it comes over public outrage over the hand heavy handed police response to anti-government rallies over the weekend at least 40 people were injured when police used tear gas to disperse crowds airline cathay pacific has warned staff they could be fired for supporting the protests. there will be 3 days of national mourning in tanzania for 70 people who died in a fuel tanker explosion funerals have been held for some of the victims while president john foley has visited people injured in saturday's blast catalogue reports. overwhelming grief. the tanzanian city of moore a girl mourns the death of dozens of people killed in a fuel tanker explosion coffins lined the funeral venue as families bury their loved ones. back to that i mean that would be to thank you jackie he was about to leave the area but then the explosion happened he tried to escape but it was too late

once again a flashpoint and a focal point in the conflict are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem the annual religious pilgrimage to mecca known as the hige is drawing to a close for millions of muslims and saudi arabia is the walls of the largest religious gathering with more than $2000000.00 people estimated to attend each share a pilgrimage is mandatory for all muslims who must perform it once in their lifetime . all to libya now where rocket fire has injured 3 people near tripoli's main airport this despite the declaration of a truce holiday internationally recognized government based in the capital except the cease fire a quest from the u.n. mission in the country libyan war not wholly faffed are also committed his forces to a ceasefire for the same period in which a fence 78 calls for take tripoli from the un backed government. dozens of people have been killed in severe flooding and storms across asia and china super typhoon lekima has left at least 36 people dead on monsoon rains in pakistan and india have killed 150 and displaced 165000 or a challenge reports. china has a

dozens of protesters were injured after is really police moved into the compound and occupied east jerusalem it happened on sunday during prayers for the muslim festival a tough the trouble began when rightwing jewish groups demanded access to the compound very fast that reports from east jerusalem. chaos and confrontation inside the anarchs a mosque compound on the 1st day is either allowed her. usually non muslims are barred access on muslim holidays but for a 2nd time this summer significant dates for jews and muslims have overlapped and for a 2nd time israeli security forces decided to allow in jewish groups having said they would only do so if they. sest the security situation is favorable. towards hoke or may not if the extreme right wing governments in the state is supporting the settlers to target the holy sites and to invade them in order to control and to judea zone they try continuously and repeatedly but we jerusalem people are resisting and we will fight on against these practices. earlier on sunday tens of thousands of muslim worshippers had answered the call from the islamic w

for some parts of the oxer mosque compound in east jerusalem also . can an alleged war criminal become the next president sherry lanka will have the latest from colombo. again this half hour with breaking news the ensure minister of yemen's un backed government is accusing saudi arabia of not protecting its allies he says 400 armored vehicles given to southern separatist by the u.a.e. were used in attacks against his forces in a on saturday the separatists are now affectively in control of the port city which was the seat of the government of president hadi a cease fire was called for on saturday evening after 4 days of fighting but even that appears to have been broken by a saudi coalition air strike on sunday and the u.n. says at least 40 people have been killed in the violence so far. i can. 100 armored vehicle landed in from the united arab emirates fully loaded with weapons and ammunition bases to combat thousands of medicine that he's hired fighters who are being manipulated just fighting with hands with what they've got a weapon in our hand how

congresswoman would you apparently to visit hebron bethlehem ramallah and occupied east jerusalem there was reporting that israeli officials were planning how to handle a potential visit to the locks a mosque compound known to jews as the temple mount and so this decision comes in the shape of what seems to be a real reversal of the israeli attitude to the potential visit the statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talked of the sole purpose of this visit being to strengthen the boycott and digital mys israel because both congresswoman support the b.d.s. movement boycott divestment and sanctions against israel saying that they were not not to meet any israeli officials or opposition figures not that they had any plans apparently to meet any p.a. officials either and saying that this would harm israel and incite against it the key difference between what appeared to be the previous position of the israelis you have to remember that the u.s. the israeli ambassador to the united states ron dermer just last month indicated this visit would go ahead the key difference se

role has been challenge for peter they will have a force that joins us live now from occupied east jerusalem how you sort of talk us through what's the scene and some must now. well we're here just one of the roads leading to the old city here not but it's true slim towards lion's gate and one of the entrances to the al aqsa mosque compound as you can see thousands of people have been coming through the streets many of them chanting aid prayers as they've been called on to do by the walk the islamic authority which runs the compound in accordance with the jordanian government and they had also instructed all of the mosques in the area to be closed this sunday the 1st day of eed they delayed the ied prayer from the may need prayer from dawn to 730 to try to maximize the number of people attending at this time that's because at $730.00 in about 20 minutes time would usually be the time that non muslims would be allowed into the site from the other side usually the police prevent non muslims coming in on major muslim festival days such as this one but there have been calls from right wing and r

start of the holiday and sunday is a potential flashpoint between muslims and jews in occupied east jerusalem islam. religious authority which oversees sites in jerusalem is calling for the closure of the city's mosques and for a mass prayer to be held instead. a bahraini activist says he feared being thrown from the roof of his country's embassy in london during a protest in july mohammed scaled the roof of the gulf states embassy to protest against the exit to sions of 2 bahraini activists barnsley reports from london. in the dead of night mussa mohammed used the cover of scaffolding to gain access to the roof of the embassy of bahrain once there he unfurls his banner i'm risking my life to save 2 men about to be executed in the next few hours it reads we did many protests we do send them letters for their human rights organization under you and as well it doesn't stop but i feel in my in my heart there's something i can do to save their lives that's why i went to the top of line embassy shortly afterwards the police arrived and for a good 10 minutes nothing much happens as they try to work

of the e the holiday inn sunday is a potential flashpoint between muslims and jews in occupied east jerusalem the islamic religious authority which oversees sites in jerusalem is calling for the closure of the city's mosques and the mass press to be held the flocks are instead a canadian citizen held in syria since last december is being released in lebanon kristin lee baxter was freed following mediation efforts by lebanon security chief sunk you know why baxter was detained in syria. more than 800 people have died this year trying to cross the mediterranean in the last 2 months alone thousands of bodies of washed up on to this year's tourist beaches david chaytor has been to the resort city of which is now the new frontline in the migration crisis. the on the horizon of these warm waters lapping the shore of sars this tragedy is playing out and time and tide are bringing the bodies of its victims to these tourist beaches. more than 70 migrants drowned last month when their inflatable raft sank in rough weather. the director of the red crescent to help pull them out of the water told me the

of settlements and the destruction of palestinian homes and places like city wide and occupied east jerusalem to build this so-called city of david a jewish theme park whose aim is to fabricate a history retro retroactively that erases again jerusalem's most them christian arab and palestinian character an alley i've been in now with electronic intifada thank you you know well. the hodge pilgrimage in saudi arabia is coming to a close for millions of muslims it's the world's largest annual religious gathering there performing the stoning at the devil ritual some will later sacrifice animals to mark the beginning of a doubter on saturday more than 2000000 climbed the sacred hill of not arafat they prayed and recited the koran. people in indonesia marked the start of a dato with morning prayers indonesia's the world's most populous muslim nation thousands gathered in the capital jakarta on the 1st day of the holiday. but who were head of the news hour including colonel edge war criminal become the next president of sri lanka we'll have the latest from colombo. and 8 under the shadow of guns we

congresswoman would you apparently to visit hebron bethlehem ramallah and occupied east jerusalem there was reporting that israeli officials were planning how to handle a potential visit to the locks a mosque compound known to jews as the temple mount and so this decision comes in the shape of what seems to be a real reversal of the israeli attitude to the potential visit the statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talked of the sole purpose of this visit being to strengthen the boycott and digital mys israel because both congressman support the b.d.s. movement boycott divestment and sanctions against israel saying that they were not not to meet any israeli officials or opposition figures not that they had any plans apparently to meet any p.a. officials either and saying that this would harm israel and incite against it the key difference between what appeared to be the previous position of the israelis you have to remember that the u.s. the israeli ambassador to the united states wrong damage just last month indicated this visit would go ahead the key difference se

palestinians are praying at a mosque in occupied east jerusalem for the 1st day of the muslim festival of. at the same time a mission could be given for jewish worshipers to enter the contested site. the u.n. secretary general has condemned a car bomb attack that killed 3 united nations employees in libya explosion in the eastern city of benghazi at moments before a u.n. convoy passed through the area. thank you we now others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims the u.n. exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community at large and we salute the work that this doing in libya at the same time assistant secretary general said scores of libyans have been injured safely the libyan representative can convey my country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people security remains tight in indian administered kashmir although some restrictions have been eased to allow people to celebrate the most of the f

and they meet with activists in east jerusalem they go to ramallah they meet with politicians in ramallah they go to the west bank they meet nonprofit organizations but i'll tell you what the differences the difference is that the people that apec meet are bridge builders the people who want to solve the conflict now the people who were receiving the 2 congress women and not bridge builders they have 0 interest in solving the conflict and bringing peace to our region they are an organization a radical organization that was set up by an afro we called miffed that this is an organization which has put out anti semitic blood libels saying that the jews are still using christian children's blood to make them up some this is what this organization has put out then off to was of course they try to erase it untrue to erase their record this is an organization that is constantly looking to ways to discredit is wrong but also anti semitic organization they have terrorist sympathizers sympathizers of the p.f. opi so there's a big difference between coming with an organization i'm not against these

bit to the last on this particular day israeli police have moved into ochs a mosque compound in east jerusalem after a standoff with palestinians a one of the gates to the holy site at least 37 people have been injured but all worshippers have now left the area the trouble began right when jewish groups demanded access to the site a cease fire in southern yemen between separatists and government forces appears to have been broken that's after a saudi led coalition air strike hit an area around the separatists took control of key positions on saturday the u.n. says at least 40 people have been killed and 4 days of fighting. a former shuttle on can defense secretary accused of war crimes is hoping to become the country's next president are always being held in colombo where go to but by a raja pastas canada's he has been announced by has a brother and former president i had to raja pasta security remains tight in india to minister to kashmir although some restrictions have been nice to allow people to celebrate. paramilitary forces continue to patrol the streets of strength a car they were deplo

congresswoman would you apparently to visit hebron bethlehem ramallah and occupied east jerusalem there was reporting that israeli officials were planning how to handle a potential visit to the locks a mosque compound known to jews as the temple mount and so this decision comes in the shape of what seems to be a real reversal of the israeli attitude to the potential visit the statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talked of the sole purpose of this visit being to strengthen the boycott and digital mys israel because both congressman support the b.d.s. movement boycott divestment and sanctions against israel saying that they were not not to meet any israeli officials or opposition figures not that they had any plans apparently to meet any p.a. officials either and saying that this would harm israel and incite against it the key difference between what appeared to be the previous position of the israelis you have to remember that the u.s. the israeli ambassador to the united states ron damage just last month indicated this visit would go ahead the key difference seem

i remember distinctly remembering that this was the wall that separated the east and west jerusalem. and this was no man's land here. >> my family lived in jerusalem for centuries. in 1948 the state was pounded, and for the palestinians this time was called the catastrophe. like many palestinians, my father and his entire family were pushed out of their ancestral home. they moved to a small apartment in east jerusalem because the city was divided into aa jewish and an arab city. and in 1967, the six-day war happened when the israelis invaded jerurusalem anand conqu it. we have lived under the israeli occupation ever since, always longing to go back to our ancestral homes. >> and my father's story that we left the home that he was born in and his father, etc., always was with us. >> whenever i walk here i feel as though i'm walking with a shiver in my body. like i feel at home. they used to have the stables down there. and actually, this is my father's room right there. for threes three years i would say easily 50-year-old trees. because my father, when he came here, he said he rememb