into war crimes to alleged war crimes this includes the gaza strip the occupied west bank and east jerusalem in 2019 the i.c.c. his chief prosecutor bensouda said she was satisfied war crimes have been or being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip she asked the court to determine if she had jurisdiction for an investigation prompting the ruling the palestinians who joined the i.c.c. in 2015 have been asking the court to look into israeli military actions in the gaza strip in 2014 they also want israel's construction of settlements in the occupied west bank and i nixed east jerusalem investigated talked to susan powers from the palestinian human rights organization aha and cautiously welcomed the decision i mean the one thing that we are there and. there's been a very it's back. right back there might be approached truck. and. we've been coming to where there were about a 100 years in your ear and them when we thought we were truck years that. there were we're not very much in the investigation very. be present in may we be very frightened. u.s. president joe

that includes east jerusalem and the gaza strip. have the privilege to represent palestinians from the west bank, including east jerusalem and some of the diaspora. urging the court to recognize its jurisdiction over palestine, and i have urged that the prosecutor open an investigation into the crime against humanity of persecution. this is one of many crimes israeli officials, and it is important that the icc look at individual criminal response billy, not state criminal responsibility. they have been denied their rights to life, submitted to torture, access to health care, freedom of movement, livelihood. there is an array of violations that have been going on for years. now the international criminal court is on the threshold of opening an investigation into crimes that go back to 2014. i was disappointed on friday evening when the u.s. state department spokesperson under the biden-harris administration came out against this historic ruling. it is notable that the day before, the state department put out another release in the ca

2014 they also want israel's construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem investigated. we spoke to dr susan powell from a lock up the palestinian human rights organization she says efforts must be made to avoid any further delays to the investigation. i think the important thing to know from today the pretrial chamber at creech has never find that day and once the present great combination has been close and back at the end of 2019 past the prosecutor has already moved into the investigation phase so we can see even a meeting that the prosecution or canal and sessions already infected patients things so i think we are starting to see the prosecutor already has fines which have been identified by the office or the prosecution or i am at the fire now taken and ringback i think the one thing that we are concerned surprised about the decision today is back at creech watching for fact that there might be a protracted process and. types of cases that we've seen coming before the court has gone for years and years and years and what we thought went for trackage t

2014 and also one israel's construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem investigate one idea we spoke to dr susan powell from a lock palestinian human rights organization she says efforts must be made to avoid any further delays to the investigation. i think that a important thing to know from today the pretrial chamber. creature has never find that day and created a great combination i think so and back at the end of 2019 past the caucasian has already moved into the investigation phase so we can see even a meeting at a coffee shop but she is already infected patients things so i think we are starting to see the prosecutor already has a spine which i can identify pretty often for the prosecution or i'm at the 520 now taken and i think the one thing that we are known to science from that decision today back at creech watching that there might be a protracted process and the types of cases that we've seen coming before the court i thought for years and years and years and once we thought about it for a truck hits that kind of fight but also where we're nei

of non mission and australian billionaire james packer very force that reports from occupied east jerusalem. the protesters that have gathered every week for the last 8 months and so i don't mean that in you know his residence or the new focal point on monday the jerusalem district court a couple of 100 meters beyond the police barricades i would not think about the public security safety economics because the only thing that would interest me is how to get out of jail and this is why a person that god cannot. in this position to be the prime minister the volume went up as the prime minister's convoy arrived and you know who's accused of fraud and breach of trust in 2 cases in a 3rd he also faces an additional charge of bribery when you go shopping with me on the eve of his appearance he issued a message to his supporters calling the investigation and trial politically motivated insisting the case was crumbling the alleged offenses range from soliciting and accepting. lavish gifts from wealthy friends to offering assistance to media owners in return for favorable coverage in court he spoke

potentially by palestinian armed groups this includes the gaza strip the occupied west bank and east jerusalem where in 2019 the i.c.c. chief prosecutor fatou bensouda said that she believed the war crimes have been or all being committed and she asked the court to determine if she had jurisdiction for an investigation prompting the ruling the palestinians who joined the i.c.c. in 2015 have been asking the court to look into israeli military action in the gaza strip in 2014 they also want the court to investigate israel's construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem biden as administration says that it objects to the i.c.c. decision while the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is accusing the international criminal court of anti semitism the i.c.c. investigators will fake war crimes this is pure anti semitic. the court established to prevent atrocities like the nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously claims that when jews live in our homeland this is a war crime and 2nd it claims

al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. relations between russia and e.u. countries have become increasingly tense poland germany and sweden have all expelled diplomats which russia says is unjustified and unfriendly last week russia expelled several workers it follows criticism from the bloc of moscow's treatment of opposition figure out like say no volley he was arrested immediately on return from germany where he spent 5 months recovering from poisoning russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says the e.u. is an unreliable partner somalia's opposition leaders say they no longer recognize the president mohammad. term has expired but with no agreement on elections to replace him an alliance of opposition candidates say they won't accept an extension of his term a plan to hold an indirect presidential election broke down over disagreements on how to proceed with the vote. more than 20 people have been arrested in haiti over an alleged kook plot amended dispute over the president's term the opposition says of a now moises 5 year term expired on sunday but alw

al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. relations between russia and e.u. countries are becoming increasingly tense poland germany and sweden have all expelled diplomats which russia says is unjustified and unfriendly weak russia expelled several you embassy workers it follows criticism from the block of moscow's treatment of opposition figure alexei navalny he was arrested immediately on return from germany where he spent 5 months recovering from poisoning. china has formally arrested an australian journalist on suspicion of sharing state secrets cheng bay has been detained by beijing since august she'd been working as a television presenter for the state owned channel in the australian government had repeatedly raise concerns over her detention beijing says her legal rights will be guaranteed but the move adds tension to already deteriorating relations between the 2 countries now cryptocurrency bitcoin has hit a record price of $44000.00 a units after automaker tesla bought one and a half $1000000000.00 worth tesla says it will soon begin accepting paymen

she was satisfied war crimes have have been or are being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip she asked the court to determine if she had jurisdiction for an investigation which prompted the ruling the palestinians who joined the i.c.c. in 2015 of been asking the court to look into israeli military actions in the gaza strip in 2014 they also want israel's construction of settlements in the occupied west bank and an excuse to jerusalem and ics of east jerusalem to be investigated. are joined by dr susan powell from the palestinian human rights organization she joins us from cork in ireland so as you were saying this clears the way for the i.c.c. chief prosecutor to move forward with an investigation into alleged war crimes how how quickly might we see an inquiry be opened. but i think the important thing to know from today the pretrial chamber. creech are find that they once the preliminary examination come in close and back at the end of 2019 past the constitution has already moved into the investigation phase so we can see even to me to say that the prosecu

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in occupied east jerusalem for as so harry a very brief court appearance find it's now today tell us what happened. that's right yesterday in the jerusalem district court here the proceedings are still going on. legal team has been arguing against the legitimacy of the investigation against him but now you know him self only stayed for about 20 minutes worth of that argument and he did speak in the courts he didn't say the words not guilty what he said was that he confirmed the written submission of his legal team so essentially it's the same thing that the legal team arguing that the attorney general did not give proper full written approval for all the phases of the investigations in the 3 cases against him the judges pushed back a little bit on that and also against the length of time the legal team was taking to make that argument and also push back a little bit against the prosecution when they were defending the investigation against those allegations and just in the last few minutes we've heard that the most serious of the 3 cases against him so-called case 4000 in which he's

al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem a socialist economist has topped the poll in the 1st round of accord or as president on elections but n.p.r.'s arrows will face a runoff in april. he reports. despite the pandemic ecuadorians flocked to polling stations in record numbers on sunday to choose a new president early results indicate terry 6 year old socialist economist and the race at house is the front runner with more than 31 percent of the vote but he won't be able to avoid a runoff in april even though the final results are yet to be announced at oust claimed the victory minutes after the polls closed this is the must get public but i don't think that's obvious you need to or in people to have solutions now there are many changes that must be made urgently and we were ready to work for a country to work from home and after this resoundingly victory you could or you know people have given us. but his main rival conservative ex banker guillermo last saw who is running on a free market platform insists the contest is far from over. what i can tell you is that there will be a 2nd round and

think that given the proximity of israelis to the palestinians who live in the west bank occupied east jerusalem and the gaza strip that they would be concerned about making sure all of them have the exact same vaccine the same protection because this virus certainly doesn't respect any green lines or anything else but that has not been sufficient the effort by netanyahu to gain credit it seems as in you know it is a patient having to run for office again to stay out of jail in that he's very concerned about being able to say that he kept the virus from his citizens. to remind of our main story on al-jazeera this hour the military has ceasefire in myanmar after detaining leader and san souci and other political leaders from the ruling party the army says it's a response alleged fraud in elections that returned the national need for democracy to government in monterrey connections and phone services are disrupted in the capital young gone state television went off air hours before parliament had been due to reconvene for the 1st time since november's vote and he found is in young gone with the la

they prepare to return to the polls for a 4th time in 2 years will sit out his iraq occupied east jerusalem. this is out there these are the top stories and lawyers for former u.s. president donald trump of filed defense papers saying the senate's impeachment trial starting on tuesday is unconstitutional bill to deny the charge that trump incited his supporters to storm capitol hill but democrats prosecuting trump say he has no valid defense the trial is clearly constitutional by every frame of the now assists by constitutional text historical practice senate precedent and basic common sense a president cannot simply resign to avoid accountability for an impeachable offense nor can they escape judgment by waiting until their final few weeks in office to be trying our country. the impeachment powers assigned to the congress by the constitution cannot be defeated by a president who decides to run away or trashes our democracy on the way out the door this trial will confirm that fact. memos military rulers imposed a curfew yank on and mandalay in band gatherings of more than 5 people is meant

he's the victim of what he calls an attempted coup or force it is outside the court in occupied east jerusalem. the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu for the 1st time. in court to the charges essentially pleading not guilty what he actually said was that he could be written submissions going his lawyers in his name i mean then sent through about 20 minutes or so the legal argument before what extraordinarily just getting out saying thank you to the court and leaving as the trial carried on south africa has suspended plans to vaccinate frontline health workers with the astra zeneca job after a trial showed it might be less effective against the more contagious variant has caused the country's recent surge of covert 19 last week south africa received 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine and was due to start vaccinating people in the next few days. police in myanmar have used to try and break protests thousands of returned to the streets for a 3rd demonstrations last monday the army took over the government on a rest of the country's civilian leader aung sang suu. rescue operations

a known miss shon an australian billionaire james packer kerry forsett reports from occupied east jerusalem. the protesters that have gathered every week for the last 8 months outside benjamin netanyahu has residence at a new focal point on monday the jerusalem district court a couple of 100 metres beyond the police barricades i would not think about the public security safety economics because the only thing that would interest me is how to get out of jail and this is why a person like that cannot stand in this position to be the prime minister the volume went up as the prime minister's convoy arrived netanyahu was accused of fraud and breach of trust in 2 cases in a 3rd he also faces an additional charge of bribery and you know the action of them with me on the eve of his appearance he issued a message to his supporters calling the investigation and trial politically motivated insisting the case was crumbling the legit fences ranged from soliciting accepting lavish gifts from wealthy friends to offering assistance to media owners in return for favorable coverage in court he spoke only to

than 800 palestinian structures last year most were here in the jordan valley and in occupied east jerusalem according to human rights organizations this is a part of a policy to forcibly evict palestinians and people here say they have nowhere else to go and that bring in. the occupied west bank. as a standoff between students and the government in turkey over the appointment of a new university president right up to the position by presidential decree last month protests have led to the detention of many students seen him cause you know reports from istanbul. dispersed by police who these people protested in istanbul despite a ban on demonstrations undercover just friction is they wanted to show solidarity with students from bars achieve university they have been protesting nearly a month against their government appointment of a university president they say that the surgeon is political and they want to cut that freedom and chair lect thing on hundreds of students were detained after their release some remain in custody turkey's president questioned the reactions. are you students or ter

israeli gaza border and the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem i.c.c. top prosecutor bensouda had previously called for investigations saying there was a reasonable basis to believe war crimes had happened but progress could be slow the courts only convicted a handful of people in its 23 year history. right. right . very much. a very. i.c.c. involvement in the struggle between israelis and palestinians could shine a light on other state injustices but was less certain is whether it will help or hinder the troubled search for peace in the middle east neve barca al-jazeera. hundreds of people have defied curfews in the georgian capital tbilisi demanding the easing of coronavirus restrictions protesters say the 2nd lockdown is having a major economic impact restaurant owners believe their businesses will collapse of the government does not allow them to fully open georgia's had more than a quarter of a 1000000 cases and 3000 tents sudan has warned its national security will be threatened if ethiopia goes ahead with the 2nd phase of filling its blue

israeli gaza border and the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem i.c.c. top prosecutor bensouda had previously called for investigations saying there was a reasonable basis to believe war crimes had happened but progress could be slow the courts only convicted a handful of people in its 23 year history. by . very much. a very. i.c.c. involvement in the struggle between israelis and palestinians could shine a light on other state injustices but was less certain is whether it will help or hinder the troubled search for peace in the middle east neve barkha al-jazeera. the united states has ended a controversial immigration system with several letting american countries the deal was made by the trump administration to curb the number of migrants able to seek asylum in the u.s. joe biden's newly appointed secretary of state says we have notified the governments of el salvador guatemala and honduras the united states is taking this action as efforts to establish a co-operative mutually respectful approach to managing migration but lincoln goes on to say

2014 but also want israel's construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem investigated. by net ministrations says it objects to the i.c.c. decision the israeli prime minister is accusing the international criminal court of anti semitism the i.c.c. investigators will fake war crimes this is pure anti semitism the court established to provide to trust that he's not a nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously claims that when jews live in a home and this is a war crime circuit it claims that when democratic israel defends itself against terrorists who murder our children rocket our cities we're committing another war crime yet the i.c.c. refuses to investigate brutal dictatorships like iran and syria who commit who refused to transfer these almost daily is prime minister of israel i assure you we will fight this perversion of justice with all our might. spoke to dr susan powell from hark a palestinian human rights organization she says efforts must be made to avoid any further delays to the

here in east jerusalem in the code that vaccination rates are the lowest in the country only 13 percent of people have reportedly received the 1st inoculation out of the required 2 and that's despite the fact that israel has the fastest vaccine of all out in the world but things are starting to slow down and now only hof of the estimated $200000.00 vaccinations that are planned each day are being administered this is prompted some politicians to voice some pretty radical ideas of making vaccinations mandatory and lonely early in the if the government says i must get vaccinated then i will because i have no choice. if someone who hasn't been vaccinated is not allowed to go to the old city to pray or to the market or to do certain other things i think that's ok. i mean i know you don't care but you're there today i received the vaccine certificate i cannot go abroad or to the mosque without this certificate this is what the government is doing for our people you know a place a steeple pay for it and we get it for free that's the difference and now the issue that troubles the country is ul

criminal court has ruled it has jurisdiction over the west bank and the gaza strip including east jerusalem that means that it could now probe war crimes there including those allegedly committed by israel the ruling that very different reactions expect in israel and palestine. when the r.c.c. in bursa go to israel for fake war crimes this is pure anti semitic. this promise to resume i assure you we will fight this perversion of justice with all our might the decision of the people see this very unique and important decision for us it's a landmark it's history has been made it's a victory for the victims who are disappointed and waited for this the solution 40 years so the i.c.c. says it's inquiry will focus on israeli military operations in the gaza strip as well as potentially illegal settlement activities in the west bank the court will also investigate war crimes allegedly perpetrated by palestinian armed groups just help her the head of the israeli committee against house demolitions told us earlier that although the i.c.c. lacks weight its rulings could still have some effect on israe

israeli gaza border and the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem i.c.c. top prosecutor bensouda had previously called for investigations saying there was a reasonable basis to believe war crimes had happened but progress could be slow the courts only convicted a handful of people in its 23 year history. right. right . very much. for a. very. i.c.c. involvement in the struggle between israelis and palestinians could shine a light on other state injustices but was less certain is whether it will help or hinder the troubled search for peace in the middle east neve barca al-jazeera. more than 100 members of iraq's new the minority who were killed by ice would have been buried among them were 2 brothers of nobel peace prize winner not him or what he was tortured and raped by i saw a fight a 6 years ago service was held in the northwest of the country there remains were found in mass graves last year and identified through d.n.a. testing when water is the founder of the motor up in human rights organization that works to improve minority rights and the r

calls an attempted coup let's go straight to howie for cities outside that course in occupied east jerusalem and harry netanyahu has been and gone from the court tell us what happened. that's right yes he was a good period in the court itself this is the 2nd time he's got to do so since it began in may last year he actually spoke in the courtroom confirming the written response of his lawyers so in effect that is a not guilty plea but then followed the beginning of the lengthy argument between his noise or other on the back on the part of his lawyers on this there are trying to throw out the basis of the investigation against him that he only stuck through about 20 minutes or so of that before thanking the court should be walking out and leaving so another pretty dramatic moment. perhaps not as dramatic as the 1st time using court back in may when he gave a speech ahead of his entry basically decrying the entire investigation singling out members of one foresman and accusing them of a conspiracy against his leadership of a politically biased investigation trial and so what we've had in the i

calls an attempted coup for such is following developments from outside the court in occupied east jerusalem. legal team has been arguing against the legitimacy of the investigation against him but now you know him so only stayed for about 20 minutes worth of that argument and he did speak in the court he didn't say the words not guilty what he said was that he confirmed the written submission of his legal team so essentially it's the same thing that the legal team arguing that the attorney general did not give proper full written approval for all the phases of investigations in the 3 cases against him the judges pushed back a little bit on that and also against the length of time the legal team was taking to make that argument they also pushed back a little bit against the prosecution when they were defending the investigation against those allegations we heard that the most serious of the 3 cases against him so-called case 4000 in which he's accused of bribery media bribery that will be the 1st of the main evidentiary phase hearings that the witness part of the trial that will be the 1st a

potentially by the palestinian groups this includes the gaza strip the occupied west bank and east jerusalem earlier we spoke to susan powell from a hark a palestinian human rights organization she says that any further delays to the investigation should be avoided. i think the important thing to know from today the pretrial chamber. preacher has never find that the once the preliminary examination has been close and back at the end of 2019 past the caucus you had already moved into the investigation phase so we could see even to me to say that the prosecution can now move but she is already in investigation so i think we will start to see the prosecutor already has find what chuck and i can fight for the office or the prosecution or i'm at the fire he has taken and i think the one thing that we are concerned surprised about the decision today is back at creech watching for fact that there might be a protracted process and. types of cases that we've seen coming before the court has gone on for years and years and years and once we thought it went for trackage that kind just picking fights to

fact that these 2 populations very well interconnected with both populations mixing in occupied east jerusalem day workers coming in from the west bank still into israel so there are concerns in a practical point of view as well as from an international law point of view. often in the yet so have been there for. these 2000 jobs that about arrived from israel to the palestinian authority are part of 5000 vaccines that israel is giving the palestinians for emergency use but even though they don't cover a fraction of what palestinians need a valid opinion health minister says that the frontline workers who are dealing with the coveted patience and i think you. are more than 12000 palestinians and we are talking about 5000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and in the gaza strip and they have got nothing to date the palestinian prime minister is sad that a new kid nation will start from. february and they are waiting for. this from threatening as well as the russian vaccine in addition to that they are waiting on a. coming from the world health organisation in the philippines the sup

israeli gaza border and the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem i.c.c. top prosecutor to bensouda had previously called for investigations saying there was a reasonable basis to believe war crimes had happened but progress could be slow the courts only convicted a handful of people in its 23 year history. we're not very much. for a. very great. i.c.c. involvement in the struggle between israelis and palestinians could shine a light on other state injustices but was less certain is whether it will help or hinder the troubled search for peace in the middle east neve parker al-jazeera. also news from chile now where protesters have burned down several government buildings after police shot and killed a street juggler video released on social media shows police officers approaching the artist reportedly to check his identity they fired several shots at the man who appeared to be holding machetes chalet needier say though that they were just props for his performance of firefighters are battling a massive forest fire in southwestern argentina has been

monitor the process and resolve any disputes it will include judges from the west bank gaza and east jerusalem uniformed palestinian police offices will guard voting sites in the west bank and gaza the 2 groups also agreed to allow unrestricted campaigning and to release political detainees held in the west bank and gaza. let's now bring in our guests and ramallah we have mostafa a palestinian politician and secretary general of the palestinian national initiative. is knesset member representing the movement and in chicago. is co-founder of the intifada and author of the battle for justice in palestine a very warm welcome to you all thanks for joining us here on. inside story i'd like to begin with you ali abunimah this is not the 1st time that we've been told that palestinian elections are going ahead it all sounds great everything i just read out there sounds great everything that's been agreed to do you think these elections that are being planned out now will actually go ahead. i don't know if they'll go ahead there's plenty of reasons to think they might not go ahead but even if they do i

of the region early this month down to the brink and refuse to commit to the idea of occupied east jerusalem as the capital of the future palestinian state the city which has been illegally occupied by israel since 967 remains at the heart of the decade's long middle east conflict i guess prime minister is on his way to sri lanka for a 2 day visit the 2 countries are expected to sign several economic agreements which are lanka's muslim minority has high hopes for a different reason and often and as reports now from colombo. sri lanka imports more than half of its onions and the dangers from pakistan they are part of the range of food items including vasant vihar rice and mandarins that are brought in from pakistani ports up a market to go to pakistan pakistan is a big help to our market we can get what we need quickly and easily and at a good price driven commissary media focus of prime minister imran khan's visit to colombo but that's not all he's been urged to discuss sri lanka is my knowledge and resume community has complained of being marginalized in recent years it seems cool that 19 h

doing more to ensure that palestinians are vaccinated because of the large cross over in occupied east jerusalem and from these workers who come in on a daily basis for between the 2 populations where 7 next question harry where does this leave the rest of the palestinians where my dad vaccines come from. well for now it leaves them almost entirely unvaccinated what we have seen is a 2000 donation given by the israelis to the palestinian authority something that the palace in the health ministry hasn't officially knowledged it maintains that it has the responsibility and rights to to deal in terms of vaccines internationally outside the israeli sphere as well as that there have been 10000 vaccines from the russians that have come in the but vaccine 2000 of those going into gaza 20000 vaccines again the sputnik vaccine from the united arab emirates coming in through egypt into gaza but the main reliance that the palestinian authority will have will be on the kovacs scheme the international donor scheme which is guaranteed some 20 percent of palestinian needs but at a much slower rate than what we

think that given the proximity of israelis to the palestinians who live in the west bank occupied east jerusalem and the gaza strip that they would be concerned about making sure all of them have the exact same baxi in the same protection because this virus certainly doesn't respect any green lines or anything else but that has not been sufficient the the effort by netanyahu to gain credit it seems as if in anticipation of having to run for office again to stay out of jail in that he's very concerned about being able to say that he kept the virus from his citizens without taking into account any of the obligations under international law are how the science works none of this makes any sense of course here for the debate for the last several weeks since the sort of the global rollout of vaccine is is the word is the worry about sort of the financial inequalities between rich and poor countries here in this region it's more specific about a conflict which involves the responsibilities of the occupier of the occupied. that's absolutely right when you have an occupying power that is engaged in what

attempted coup on that scale live to how the force that he was outside the court in occupied east jerusalem and her the proceedings are well underway now and what's been happening so far. well yes it pretty interesting stuff going on inside the prime minister of this. well benjamin netanyahu for the 1st time. in courts to the charges essentially pleading not guilty what he actually says was that he confirmed the written submission by his lawyers and his name and he then sat through about 20 minutes or so the legal argument before what extraordinarily just getting up saying thank you to the court and leaving as the trial carried on those out of the pretrial grandstanding that we saw last time around in may last year when he gave a lengthy speech attacking the judiciary the judiciary some of the senior legal of patients who've been in charge of this investigation against him he kept quiet he went into the court he confirms that his lawyers case was that he had no case to answer and that he left early in the proceedings as for the proceedings themselves we've been hearing the key legal argumen

than 800 palestinian structures last year most were here in the jordan valley and in occupied east jerusalem according to human rights organizations this is the part of a policy to forcibly evict palestinians and people here say they have nowhere else to go in. the occupied west bank a prominent lebanese activist has been found dead in his car after being shot once liam was a journalist and political analyst he also produced films that established an archive of lebanon's social and political history he was well known for his criticism of his ball of flame was in southern lebanon but his family lost contact with him on wednesday in sudan several miners reportedly trapped after 14 pits collapsed in our car car in south kordofan the area's rich in minerals it's not certain how many miners missing syria is accusing israel of aggression at its southern region of can a truck syrian state television showed these pictures of defense systems responding to an apparent attack it said there were no casualties israeli missiles targeted an area housing government forces and iranian backed militias accordi

than 800 palestinian structures last year most where here in the jordan valley and in occupied east jerusalem according to human rights organizations this is the part of a policy to forcibly evict palestinians and people here say they have nowhere else to go is that brain. the occupied west bank canada has designated the far right group the proud boy is a terrorist organization some of its members have been charged in the u.s. for their role in last month's attack on congress 5 people including a police officer died in the insurrection of the capitol building earlier that day some probably members that attended a rally by president trump. the popular video sharing app to talk will begin to flag videos to combat the spread of misinformation videos that can't be immediately verified by tick tocks fact checkers will have a banner saying that they may contain unsubstantiated content trials showed that the warnings make use is less likely to share clip other social media giants such as twitter have already been flagging disputable false content this included former us president donald trump who wa

prepare to return to the polls for a 4th time in 2 years sorry force it out is iraq occupied east jerusalem. and it's hit for tat move germany poland and sweden have each expelled a russian diplomat in response to moscow expelling diplomats from each of the 3 nations last month russia says the diplomats took part in protests supporting jailed kremlin critic alexina valmy tension between moscow and the e.u. has been rising have the opposition leaders detention in a valley was arrested upon his return to russia after months in germany recovering from poisoning which he blames on russian authorities. somalia's opposition leaders say they no longer recognize president mohamed after he mohamed after his term expired without new elections he's been embroiled in a dispute with regional leaders which has prevented a vote to find his replacement the united nations is calling for a quick resolution to the crisis or diplomatic editor james bass has more. it was supposed to be presidential election day in somalia but following a dispute over the way the poll was to be organized it hasn't happened inste

than 800 palestinian structures last year most where here in the jordan valley and in occupied east jerusalem according to human rights organizations this is the part of a policy to forcibly evict palestinians and people here say they have nowhere else to go and that brain. the occupied west bank. in democratic republic of congo soldiers have participated in an operation against rebels in juba who they are investigating an attack in january that killed at least 46 people the army says it's still too early to know exactly what happened and who is responsible because several rebel groups operate in that area the united kingdom's revoked the license of china's state run television channel c g t n broadcast regulator off combs investigation found c.d.s. license was wrongfully held by star china media china's foreign ministry says it will reserve the right to take measures against the u.k.'s public or cost of the b.b.c. or a challenge says more on this from sussex in the u k. ah com basically had 2 main grievances against. the 1st of them is that the license wasn't held in the u.k. by an organizat

occupied palestinian territories well that includes the gaza strip the occupied west bank and east jerusalem and russian opposition leader alexina valley's appeared in court again as his case dominated diplomatic discussions he was accused of slandering a war veteran a charge he denies meanwhile the e.u.'s foreign policy chief called for his release at a joint news conference with the russian foreign minister in moscow instead the kremlin expelled diplomats from 3 nations. over the top stories this hour counting the cost is coming up next they'll be more news from doha after that that's it for myself in the team here in london we'll see you tomorrow a by. as the global pandemic continues to spread will african nations manage to secure qubit 19 vaccines african union leaders will also try to find a peaceful resolution to heighten regional tensions in ethiopia example and somalia the annual african union summit on al-jazeera. hello i am sam is a than this is counting the cost of al-jazeera look at the world of business and economics this week not content with watching it citizens with cameras

than 800 palestinian structures last year most we're here in the jordan valley and in occupied east jerusalem according to human rights organizations this is a part of a policy to forcibly evict palestinians and people here say they have nowhere else to go and that brain. the occupied west bank syria is accusing israel of aggression in the southern region of connector state media show these pictures of syrian air defense systems responding to an apparent attack and said there were no casualties israeli missiles targeted an area housing government forces under iranian backed militias according to the syrian observatory for human rights found he was lauded for pulling the euro back from the brink now the former head of the european central bank has been asked to leave italy out of its political crisis as the new prime minister by a drug form a new nonpolitical government to steer the country through the pandemic and the worst recession since world war 2 italy has been in political limbo since the prime minister yourself a county resigned last week. in light of this crisis the situation needs to

fact that these 2 populations very well interconnected with both populations mixing in occupied east jerusalem and day workers coming in from the west bank still into israel itself there are concerns in a practical point of view as well as from an international law point of view palestinians are yet to be vaccinated these 2000 jobs that israel delivered to the palestinian authority is part of $5000.00 vaccines that palestinians will get not enough to cover for auction of what palestinians need the health ministry is saying that there are more than 12000 wrong klein worth earth in the health sector dealing with patients in i.c.u. and labs and they are all in an urgent need and there is also 5000000 palestinians in the occupied west bank and in the gaza strip and they have no fines and no access to a vaccine until now this is why the closure is continuing after 7 pm and on the weekend and while the health ministry is saying that there is. numbers of people infected with the wires it's only because not many people are getting tested. u.s. president joe biden is planning a way for some undocumente