hamas, not the palestinian authority, is in control in gaza, and the leader of hamas in gaza, yahya sinwarstyled the prime minister now, he said of the continued protest, we will ultimately take down the border, and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies. of course, he is talking about israelis, israeli citizens. what is your view of language like that? first of all, you know, i am the representative of the state of palestine at united nations. and i represent not only the palestinian national authority, i represent all palestinians, in the occupied territory and outside the occupied territory. so you represent them. tell me what your message to yahya sinwar is. i represent all of the palestinian people, including those in the gaza strip, here at united nations. with regard to the statement that you referred to, i did not read it. i am a man of peace. i work under international law. i promote and uphold international law at united nations, in defending the interests of the palestinian people. i do not advocate war. i stand against aggression against all people, including the pales

on the gaza on the people in gaza by cutting salaries and energy supplies to gaza so that has i think exacerbated and maybe accelerated this the crises that we're now seeing these these frequent eruptions you mentioned egypt ok unemployment running at forty four forty five percent in that crucial sixteen to twenty nine age group could egypt i mean shares a border could egypt or should egypt gets involved in this is a prism talk to the egyptians they might be able to pull something out that. well egypt obviously does play a role they play a critical role in brokering the cease fire agreements. and they have an interest obviously in in maintaining a measure of stability on its border. with an already unstable gaza sinai border so. it has an interest in doing that on the other hand it does not want to inherit the two million palestinians in the gaza strip israel has been inclined i think to sort of more and more push gaza toward toward egypt egypt will occasionally in order to release some pressure. open the border crossing to allow some people and goods to move back and forth but these

strip the suspects then returned to the gaza strip in response an i.d.f. tank targeted a hamas military post but beyond that we've heard of no other incidents throughout the day as of now still calm but there is a lot of unease because people here very much aware that any little thing could could spark something and it could be a wider conflagration really at any time now for boats carrying aid for gaza have left in italy the freedom flotilla coalition campaign says his goal is to peacefully end the israeli blockade of the palestinian territory is expected to take just over a week to reach israeli waters until one boat to gaza and fisherman. syrian rebels who gave up their fight in the south west of now begun arriving in opposition held areas of the country's north more than fifty buses carrying two thousand three hundred people have reached the town of broke in hama province the fighters and their families were given safe passage in a surrender deal with the government syrian army forces have since sent to the city of control it's a major victory for pres

every entry point and gaza has been closed for years except this one point which is a car on shalom this area itself fifty five percent of anything going into gaza right now is being stopped so we're talking about tons of goods going into that area can't go in any more this is since just yesterday when the president netanyahu made the announcement that the only thing that will be allowed to go in is humanitarian aid and food now all put aside we're talking about medical aid we're talking about we were putting livestock and up till today fuels were allowed but now we're hearing that fuels will not be allowed until at least next sunday for the businesses there which really hurting them here is construction materials furniture wood tronics fabrics all blankets also we're talking about generators all these things are going to be stopped from going in truckloads we're at the border and. they were turned back so this is the situation god of gaza was under siege before you can be sure that it's been up to bit by israel in the past couple of days alex you know there is always even in confli

strip the suspects then returned to the gaza strip in response to an i.d.f. tank targeted how mouse military posts now this is not something that is out of the ordinary these types of incidents happen quite frequently but again it just goes to show that there's always something going on the border in the tensions you know remain there because people are concerned that this could escalate once more now the israeli army had said that as of yesterday when the operation was ongoing in the gaza strip that sixty sites in three hamas battalion compounds were targeted and that those targets included weapons manufacturing sites a shaft to a tunnel that were going to factory used for underground infrastructure manufacturing talking about the tunnels that israel has repeatedly targeted in the past we wait to hear more from the israeli government today as far as what exactly is going on as far as if we can consider this to be an actual cease fire and what are the steps that the israeli government will take going forward adrian mohammed many thanks indeed i'm sure as moha

there is going to need to be some sort of new approach to gaza. that. i do believe the white house itself is working on a new approach to gaza. i think there is wide recognition as to how dangerous the situation is. that new approach, do we know what it might entail? i think i focus right now is less on the sort of big—ticket projects in gaza which have been big focus in the past, and more an effort, in exchange for a calm front in gaza and they come into these rocket and mortar attacks, an increase in the quick rehabilitations projects which might make a difference on the ground in gaza. it may sound a lot like what has happened in the past but i think there is an effort to bring things online quickly as opposed to larger projects which have gone on in the past. thank you very much. michael singh, seniorfellow past. thank you very much. michael singh, senior fellow at the washington institute. the former sinn fein president gerry adams has appealed to those who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast to meet him. an explosive device was

strip the suspects then returned to the gaza strip in response an i.d.f. tank targeted a hamas military post but beyond that we've heard of no other incidents throughout the day as of now still calm but there is a lot of unease because people here very much aware that any little thing could could spark something and it could be a wider conflagration really at any time for boats loaded with they don't know on their way to gaza from the italian port of the freedom flotilla coalition says it wants to bring a peaceful end to the israeli blockade of the palestinian territory it expects to take just over a week to reach israeli water as it will then hand over one boat to gaza fisherman . france is sending fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern huta in syria the supplies will be carried by a russian plane it's the first time a western country has supplied material to government controlled areas of syria with russian help government forces read two piece of goods are from rebels in april after a seize lasting several years about fiv

, including in the gaza strip.raeli occupation, including in the gaza stripm live under the israeli occupation, including in the gaza strip. it is not so much a question of what you advocate, it is what you are prepared to unilaterally, categorically and clearly condemn. will you condemn those words that i quoted to you? i condemn all words that harm civilian populations, whomever they are emanating from and whomever they are emanating from and whomever they are directed against. you earlier referred to gaza as a present. you talked about the desperate conditions, humanitarian conditions that people live in. pretty much 2 million people inside the gaza strip. in that circumstance, why is it that, over recent months, the palestinian authority has been imposing its own financial punishments and sanctions on the people of gaza?|j financial punishments and sanctions on the people of gaza? i would not use, you know, these words that you are using. wejust had a session of the palestine national council, and iama the pale

i'm a palestinian journalist from gaza and. israel has time and again said in the israeli army actually claimed to be measured and surgical in the way that they gauge with the palestinian protesters and whoever's present near the gaza fence and and then now i hear and it's very concerning to me that the killing of my friend actually and colleague said what tasha in gaza was because he was there with an intent to harm the israeli army has always cleared itself of any wrongdoing isn't it time for in an independent investigation what is israel afraid of how is it surgical to kill journalists in press vests and paramedics and white coats and children and peaceful protesters and then not have independent investigators or allow them to investigate israel has nothing to do with both things i. israel has nothing to hide and by the way i really appreciate the fact that you came from gaza out here which is. why you would wish more gazans would be able to come out and want to get into your blood you know you need a different you could loo

aid to gaza financially supported by one third so there was. not only bilateral it goes with the united states since we are still expecting president trump to come up with his blueprint so the hamas is saying don't forget us we are not only part of the problem we are also we have to be part of this solution on the other hand i think that the hamas knows one or two things about israeli politics and they they know that netanyahu is under great pressure from his own coalition from his own party they want to see results they there is a lot of criticism nowadays about it and how that is traveling to moscow while he never showed up in the early feels in the south even the labor party let alone the extreme right is now demonstrating cooling actually tonight there is a demonstration in tel aviv against the ten yo that he abandons the people who are now under another attack of rockets and constant fire and losing the fields to those kite attacks oversteps took his seventy thanks david being with us keep that from a longer use against civil aviation auth

again smoke rises over gaza. on friday the israeli defense forces struck dozens of targets using but jets and tanks. four were killed in the latest strikes three of them have mass militants before a civilian this latest bombing campaign followed the death of an israeli soldier shot dead by a palestinian sniper on friday since like much the gaza strip is then rocked by wakely protests against a decade long israeli egyptian blockade in the ensuring months israeli forces have killed over one hundred forty palestinians sniper fire and strikes friday sniper attack was the first death of an israeli soldier in the same period. as tensions escalate talk of all out war hangs in the air. but mr bloom we are trying to be balanced and responsible but hamas as late as a whole scene is into a situation in which we have no choice but to embark on a broad and painful military operation. so. for now gaza is calm the tensions linger even as the smoke subsides. for now that's cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusale

for now gaza is calm the tensions linger even as the smoke subsides. forward at its crossover to our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem time yes in their agreement was reached a week ago but it didn't so how is this one going to be any different. well i mean it's a return to calm and this was announced last night by hamas spokesperson it seems that this calm and quiet was brokered again by the egyptians and also by the u.s. and we have not heard anything official yet from the israeli side but in the past i was a so this very army has given the all clear for residents of the southern communities around the gaza strip to go back to their normal routine as of yesterday they were told to stand near their shelters now as you know it all comes on the backs of these three months of protests around the gaza strip and the border tensions as well and the best weeks have been very very strong in the past couple of days now it's still to see whether this calm and it's always relative when you talk about a calm in gaza and the surrounding area will actually ho

palestinians here have little power to influence the political decisions made either in gaza or israel no one wants another war but as one woman asked us what do we need to do to be able to live like everyone else stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. four boats loaded with a are on their way to gaza from the italian port of palermo the freedom flotilla coalition says it wants to bring a peaceful end to the israeli blockade of the palestinian territory it expects to take just over a week to reach israeli waters it will then hand over one of the boats to fishermen from gaza abdel moneim el amrani is in poland and spoke to one of the organizers. while i am here at palermo italy the ports of call animal in italy and behind me you can see allowed our boat and i do not make means return return to gaza return to palestine this is the main boat of the freedom flotilla which is about to be sail into what's gaza it's basically a fishing boat from norway that's been transformed for this trip and the people of the coalition of the freedom flotilla coalition they are aiming to reach gaza and give this

gaza's martyrdom.itive study of this. and what has happened since 2005 is straightforward. the previous history is ugly 2005, israel he hawks recognized that it didn't a couplee to keep thousand jewish settlers illegally settling in gaza using devoting aurces and large part of the israeli army to protect them. that was senseless. so they decided to move them from their illegal subsidize illegalnts in gaza to subsidize settlements in areas that israel wanted to keep, in the west bank. this was framed as a traumatic event but it was a play for world opinion. and they pulled out and it was called a withdrawal. they remained under total israeli occupation because the army wasn't inside. gaza was controlling it from the outside. there was an agreement reached between palestinians and israel on a cease-fire. the opening of gaza seaport and the airport that israel had destroyed. opening the borders. be free flow could between israel and egypt and so on. and it lasted a couple of weeks. in january, the palesti

burnitz with al jazeera gaza. so ahead on al-jazeera four hundred fifty syrian rebels leave the raw along with their families as government forces continue their offensive to regain the southwest every trail as president visits ethiopia as the decade's long rivals pursue a new era of french. hello there it's been pretty cool for some of us in australia recently particularly in new south wales some places reporting their lowest temperature for about seventy eight years incredibly cold then and it looks like it'll stay pretty cool over the next few days elsewhere though we do have more in the way of cloud and a few showers that's drifting its way across parts of south australia and it will just be really a cloudy affair here as we head into monday that cloud gradually drifting its way across melbourne as well towards the west well a bit of cloud will be with us during the day on monday but it's likely to break up for cheese day and off temperatures fairly respectable to around seventeen or eighteen degrees now for n

of the docks push melissa arma and israel has closed the only kirshner point of entry into the gaza strip some say it's economic warfare or she's eligible hylas it's just the details plus we take a look at the twenty eight thousand computer hacks and cyber security with russ press t.c. is the senior director of intelligence services at cyber reason all that ahead but first we have some headlines researchers at the international monetary fund or i.m.f. have said that continuing international trade tensions could reduce global economic output by half a percent by twenty twenty at a loss of an estimated four hundred thirty billion dollars the i.m.f. latest update to the world economic outlook warns the last could be that significant if quote current trade policy threats are realized then business confidence falls as a result the new york times estimated last week that the additional cost from trade tensions for average american household will be one hundred twenty seven dollars also notably warned the united states a heavy export is especially vulnerable to retaliation in such a scenario whe

an uneasy truce appears to be holding along the israel gaza border it follows a day of violence on friday that saw israeli astronauts and tank fire hit dozens of hamas targets following the death of an israeli soldier four palestinians were killed and at least one hundred twenty wounded stephanie jacka the latest from gaza . i. have masses military wing in the kasam brigades are burying their dead three of their members were killed on friday afternoon israel struck various ham ass monitoring posts along the border soon after an israeli soldier was shot from gaza he later died of his wounds sixty sites belonging to have mass were attacked by israeli forces late into the night a few rockets were fired from gaza in response and a cease fire was announced hours later it's the second ceasefire in a week but i don't think this would last for a long time along graduate i think it's better for us. unfortunately and we will have just. go through this or story after that we'll have the same story because many problems over the. people and. the pattern of escalation the fire as elation ceasefire bet

dead hamas holds funerals for fighters killed by israeli airstrikes as an uneasy truce hangs over gaza. hello i'm maryanne demasi and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up u.s. president accuses his former lawyer of potentially acting illegally after a pause he secretly recorded a conversation with trump about paying off a model. the militias bringing fear to the streets of managua after helping suppress anti-government protests in nicaragua. and prepare for the first election since mcgarvie was ousted we look at the ruling party's efforts to court white voters. an uneasy truce appears to be holding along the israel gaza border off to hamas agree to the second such deal in a week israeli as strikes and tank fire hit dozens of hamas targets off to a palestinian sniper killed an israeli soldier the truce brokered by egypt in the united nations started at midnight local time stephanie deca has more from gaza. i . have masses military wing in the kasam brigades are burying their dead three of their members were killed on friday afternoon israel struck various ham ass monitoring post

place at the so-called gonzo border a senior hamas official and former deputy foreign minister of gaza ghazi hamad thanks so much for being on going underground ghazi so on thursday israeli security minister. said two important things arguably one that assad of syria is part of an axis of evil and two israel is being dragged into a campaign against hamas what happened to the un brokered cease fire. ok i think israel is getting crazy they're trying to resolve all it's a problems either in tin or experience through the military operation and aggression against the palestinians against the syrians against the litani is they think that they are both they are low so they think that they are strong country they can target they can tell they can strike everywhere but i don't know about because i think that is why they try many times to target gaza try to impose to kill more people more victims but they did not succeed to achieve their goals to break a mass down all to break the police you know people in gaza or to push him to. realize the way to fly i think we are struggling for our freedom t

breaking news this hour the israeli forces launched massive air strikes at hamas targets in gaza this almost exactly. a huge military operation that resulted in thousands of deaths. some it takes to the white house announces donald trump is inviting the russian president to the united states in the autumn causing outrage in the american media . to washington top spy in the united states he doesn't know how is that possible that the president of the united states is inviting. a couple months in the pall over at the white house. the story of the rebels see each and for thousands of residents of two syrian towns after they were moved to government controlled territory in a prisoner exchange. for joining us you're watching international and let's start this hour with some breaking news because the israeli air force has launched large scale strikes on hamas positions in gaza this is a live feed of pictures that we're getting from close to the border we'll be speaking to correspondent. to get the very latest information on the situation very shortly stay with us for coverage of this as it.

one thousand wounded from gaza stephanie decker reports. hamas is military wing because some brigades are burying their dead three of their members were killed on friday afternoon israel struck various ham ass monitoring posts along the border soon after an israeli soldier was shot from gaza he later died of his wounds sixty sites belonging to ham ass were attacked by israeli forces late into the night a few rockets were fired from gaza in response and a cease fire was announced hours later it's the second ceasefire in a week i don't think. would last for a long time i think it's better for us. unfortunately we will have just. through this or. after that we will have. many problems over the. people in. the pattern of escalation ceasefire as elation ceasefire between israel and hamas well i continue on the long term plan to alleviate the situation for the people here almost two million people are living under this blockade and everyone says the same thing how impossible life has become here. i can't afford anything to work as a tailor in isr

strip the suspects then returned to the gaza strip in response an i.d.f. tank targeted a hamas military post but beyond that we've heard of no other incidents throughout the day as of now still calm but there is a lot of unease because people here very much aware that any little thing could could spark something that could be a wider conflagration really at any time. well nathan stark is a non resident scholar at the middle east institute and joins us via skype from the usa to south carolina thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us so as you're hearing from our correspondent there the indication from the israeli government right now is that the appetite doesn't exist for another war in gaza but if we see the rocket fire and this sort of tensions over the incendiary kites that are being sent over the border if that continues could that calculations change. well first of all thank you mariam i agree that neither hamas in gaza nor israel are interested in another war having said that as your peace made clear. whatever cease fire agreement has be

truth between israel and hamas appears to be holding up to one of the bloodiest days of protests in gaza in four years the rebels and their families in the south west of syria head north after striking a surrender deal with the asaad government also this hour campaigning intensifies for the general election in pakistan in the autonomy's tribal region are due to vote for the first time next week and the worst drought in more than seventy years in sweden is baynes for spreading wildfires stopping livestock and a near record heat waves. thank you for joining as what's being called a restoration of calm seems to be holding so far between israel and hamas following the killing of four palestinians and one israeli soldier along the gaza israel border on friday that was during demonstrations where the seventeen successive week at least one hundred twenty gazans were wounded israel had warned protesters of retaliation if they continued to send burning balloons and kites over the fence several hamas positions were attacked in iran gaza city hamas argues a balloon is carrying burning right. into i

strip at least four people died in gaza made protests and one israeli soldier was killed on the gaza border. syrian rebels in the southwestern province of connector have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces and the new york times says donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen secretly taped a discussion with him about payments to an ex boy and model he says she had an affair with the u.s. president. in other developments global markets a stalled after president threatened to slap five hundred billion dollars of trade tower ifs on china that's the total amount of chinese goods imported into the u.s. last year washington has already imposed levies on thirty four billion dollars worth of goods which beijing quickly reciprocated the international monetary fund warns these tit for tat tariffs could cause serious damage to the global economy. i raised fifty we're down five hundred now some people would say three hundred seventy five billion i'm not talking about million i'm not talking about pennies i'm talking about we're down three hundred seven

news live from berlin shaky cease fire hamas says it's reached a tentative truce with israel in the gaza strip and that's after a day of clashes that killed an israeli soldier and four palestinians along the fence that separates israel and gaza calm has now largely returned to the area but will it last. also coming up spain's conservative people's party is taking a swing to the right with the election of a new leader top of the sato looks to steer the p.p.p. back to power with elections due in twenty twenty at the latest and the sweden fights huge wildfires raging well above the arctic circle more help is on its way better stories admit some places may be impossible to extinguish. the book. while our thank you so much for your company everyone. we start in the mideast where hamas says it has reached an agreement with israel to end weeks of bloodshed in the gaza strip all this comes after a day of deadly clashes on friday sparked by the death of an israeli soldier from gunshot wounds sustained during protests along the fence that separates israel and gaza israel hasn't commented on the ce

after a wave of israeli strikes of a gaza a mass says a cease fire has been agreed. haiti is without a government after the prime minister resigned following widespread protests. embracing his friends after two decades of hostility a new relationship is formed between ethiopia and eritrea. zero zero zero zero zero zero on the golf course but still facing protests donald trump makes a private visit to scotland. and i'm forest while here with all the day's sporting clearing the countdown continues to the world cup final as expectations failed in both france and croatia ahead of sunday's showed. a mass says a cease fire has been reached with israel to end the recent violence and gaza although that hasn't been confirmed by the israeli government earlier two palestinian teenagers were killed during israel's largest daylight attack on hamas since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen israeli jets targeted several neighborhoods in the gaza strip al-jazeera has been at smith reports now on the day's events. not since the twenty fourteen war has israel hit a target so clo

ceasefire between israel and hamas appears to be holding after the latest flare up of violence in gaza two palestinian teenagers were killed in what israel says was the most powerful daylight attack on hamas it's two thousand and fourteen the united nations is saying that all out war was only now really avoid it there is bernard smith has more now from gaza. america why weren't fighters or even protesters the teenage friends were just playing outside in a park in central gaza when an israeli missile smashed into a deserted building next to them. the boys were killed another dozen people injured israel says the building was a hamas urban training facility now it's become another reminder of israel's a power over gaza. israel says the target was hamas in response to rocket attacks and israel has warned repeatedly of a harsh military response if hamas which runs gaza did not stop protestors from sending burning kites and balloons into israel and setting fire to crops all they can do just send bellew's since flight fight and we've seen that no israelis were killed no one while on the pales

and egypt and hopefully relieving a little bit of pressure in gaza what about gaza and its relationship with the west bank that how will fatah respond. there are no two ways about it i mean five to his demanding full control of security in the gaza strip and i suspect hamas would be happy to hand that over to to the p.a. as long as they guarantee their ability to continue their right to resist occupation and to build towards any potential. encounter with the israelis now the p.a. is unlikely to agree to that and i think that's going to remain an issue of difference between the two the issue of the civil service and the people who have been either hired by hamas or added to the figures of civil service in gaza and the payment of the salaries that should really be easy to resolve if anything if nothing it will be resolved on the humanitarian basis given the level of unemployment in the in the area it's almost forty nine percent and as you know fifty three percent of the people live on the poverty line so paying salaries is really should be seen as a humanitarian act in the first instance

restrictions will be lifted with israel if indeed the cease fire holds many thanks just traffic in gaza before boats loaded with aid are on their way to gaza from the italian port of palermo the freedom flotilla coalition says it wants to bring a peaceful end to the israeli blockade of the palestinian territory and expects to take just over a week to reach israeli waters it will then hand over one boat to gaza fisherman. elem rani is in palermo and spoke to one of the organizers. while i am here at palermo italy the port of italy and behind me you can see allowed our boats and how they now make means return return to gaza return to palestine this is the main boat of the freedom flotilla which is about to be sail into what's it's basically a fishing boat from norway that's been transformed for this trip and the people of the coalition of the freedom flotilla coalition they are aiming to reach gaza and give this fishing boat as a gift to defame and in gaza with me here is lane she is the representative of the coalition on the boat czar i know you have been involved in the coalition for ma

the victims are buried and the weapons stay silent a truce is holding between gaza and israel. i'm not madison and this is all jersey a live from doha also coming up families speak of disappearance and torture in nicaragua as mark potter militaries patrolled the streets of a protest stronghold. oh. hoping to play to their own chuen a muslim minority in the philippines awaits a presidential order that could end forty year war and sweden struggles to beat back the flames as drought spreads a new fear across northern europe. no one staring to predict how long it might last but a truce does seem to be holding on both sides of the israel gaza divide we're now into a second day since the deal was agreed it's been brokered after several deadly attacks on friday israeli airstrikes and tank fire hit dozens of hamas targets after an israeli soldier was shot four palestinians were killed and at least one hundred twenty were wounded stephanie decker reports. how mass is many chewing because some brigades are burying their dead three their member. as were killed on friday afternoon israel s

hamas since the gaza war and twenty fourteen israeli jets targeted several neighborhoods in the gaza strip and the military says it's struck dozens of hamas targets meanwhile hamas has fired more than seventeen mortar bombs and rockets on israel nearly a dozen have been intercepted amassed says the attack was meant to stop israeli escalation and its myth is live for us and gaza but what more can you tell us about these deaths and indeed the trading of these two a tux. well so i can tell you that we've just heard in the last couple of minutes local media is reporting that a ceasefire egypt in egypt and security officials have mediated ceasefire between hamas and the israelis that comes into play now seven o'clock local time so just started a couple of minutes ago but before that news that i've just been given we've become perilously close to a very serious escalation as far as i've been able to see those two teenagers were killed in an airstrike that was hit a target just a couple of kilometers from where i'm standing and shook buildings all around me and we're right in gaza city the

projects which may make a difference on the ground in gaza. what has happened in the past, but there is an effort to bring things on line quickly as opposed to larger projects which have gone on in the past. and you can keep up to date with all the latest news from the middle east on our website. you'll find futher reaction and analysis regarding the current situation in gaza as well as reports from correspondents and eye witness accounts. president trump has confirmed during his uk visit that he instends to run for re—election in 2020. he made the comments during an interview with the journalist piers morgan. the us president also spoke about his meeting with queen elizabeth. he described the british monarch as an "incredible woman, so sharp, so beautiful." there's been a third day of anti—trump protests, including a demonstration as the president played golf at his turnberry resort in scotland, from where lorna gordon sent this. this has been described as a private visit to scotland, but president trump is not publicity shy. making his way a

has more from gaza. an effort to restore calm haze seems to be holding however the swarming saturday the israeli army announced it and is ready to tank a targeted a hamas position on the in the northern area of the gaza strip after what it describes infiltrate is trying to cross into israel no reports of casualties there meanwhile the protest to say that they will continue to launch their balloons and kites carrying these incendiary devices that israel says is destroyed so much private land and and crops across the border how mass have announced that next week's protests on friday will be under the banner of our martin children a reference to the hundreds of children that have been killed in this conflict all eyes on israel now as to whether it will lift what it described last week as a temporary ban on oil gas and cooking oil so vital for gaza coming into the strip israel last week said that this was a temporary ban until sunday so we are expecting to hear news on that relatively soon to as i say meanwh

reconstruction efforts inside gaza so this comes as something of a surprise but i think it signifies that the israeli prime minister wants to make some kind of firmer act against this what the israelis a core a calling arson terror on the gazan borders and just to be clear harry ad gulzar has been under israeli things for many years now and has been suffering all sorts of things like met a few hours electricity per day and all sorts of shortages this is obviously anything to make it worth. well that's the thing that starts the thing which everybody is concerned about the fact that two million human beings live inside gaza that this measure as much as the israelis say that they aspire to improve the humanitarian situation and that this is this is directed against hamas which is in control of gaza the impact of this will be felt hugely by those who live inside the territory they the humanitarian goods are being exempted for this so from this so food livestock animal feed and medicine won't be included but half of the trucks that come to gaza every day about four hundred trucks contain

now late on friday afternoon there was again protests along the israel gaza border according to the gaza health ministry some four people were killed and more than one hundred and twenty injured that came in response following that what happened is that you had the israel saying that it was issuing retaliate three strikes after its troops had been fired upon and so that sparked the latest round of violence well we are also hearing reports that the i.d.f. has been accused of using excessive force in some cases live ammunition. all of these protests along the gaza border happening for the past two months and they come roughly to the day that operation protective edge the last when gaza in two thousand and fourteen began and if you remember there was a war that left more than two thousand palestinians killed and some seventy three israelis dead so there is concern on the ground that the situation is continuing and potentially could intensify in the coming hours and we could see a full scale war. correspondent paula with the latest thank you. in the meantime another four palestinians have be

breaking news the israeli air forces those massive air strikes that have massed targets in gaza almost exactly four years after a huge military operation resulted in thousands of. summit take to the white house announces donald trump is inviting the russian president to the u.s. in the autumn causing outrage in the american media. but to washington top spy in the united states he doesn't know how it's not possible that the president of the united states is inviting. in a couple months in the fall over at the white house. and three years of hardship and a red bull seizure and thousands of residents of two syrian towns after they were moved to government controlled territory in a prisoner exchange. giving our welcome you're watching r.t. international. we start with breaking news this hour because these rarely air forces those massive air strikes on how must positions in gaza let's get right up to date now courtesy of our cease all asleep he joins us from israel what's the latest paula. well we've just heard confirmation from the israeli army that this afternoon and israeli officer was k

gaza still to come on the program bearing. on the government. still suffering from post-traumatic stress following separation. alor is still coated new south wales a.c.t but the cloud you see sweeping across a produce some pretty spectacular skies over melbourne and stormy weather to the south particularly over towns mania but to be honest most of the continent is enjoying fine weather by day with the sun had pretty cold and frosty nights but the clouds gathering again through the bite it's just touching the south of western australia so it means cloudy skies are the dull skies typically in the lead at least in the mornings in perth and then take a cloud producing rain in adelaide in fact all the way down the coast and edging in towards victoria again in the next day or so and likely to cover tasmania now we've had a day of fine weather in new zealand but there's more cloud curving it's way in to the north once again including all clint and it will start to settle in during wednesday and a whole line of cloud develops potential for rain on the w

i'm a palestinian journalist from gaza and. israel has time and again said in the israeli army actually claimed to be measured and surgical in the way that they gauge with the palestinian protesters and whoever's present near the gaza fence and and then now i hear and it's very concerning to me that the killing of my friend actually and colleague said what tasha in gaza was because he was there with an intent to harm the israeli army has always cleared itself of any wrongdoing isn't it time for in an independent investigation what is israel afraid of how is it surgical to kill journalists in press vests and paramedics and white coats and children and peaceful protesters and then not have independent investigators or allow them to investigate israel has nothing to be a good thing i israel has nothing to hide and by the way i really appreciate the fact that you came from gaza out here which is. why you would wish more gazans would be able to come out and want to get into your blood you know you need a different you could live in

agencies operations in gaza and that's a special marley was chaperoned out of the building on monday night but hamas god to protect children from the angry crowd. the head of the workers' union here says strikes by employees will continue and threaten to close down u.n. aid distribution medical centers and schools if the jobs are not reinstated. climbing was the sit in and said here we were not expecting this from a humanitarian organization like anwar we've tried to find a solution for three weeks since negotiations started but it looks like they have their own agenda from the start the u.n. refugee and works agency says it needs around two hundred seventy million dollars to sustain its work in gaza this year it says in the merge and see appeal for money from international donors has failed under here in gaza have suffered years of shortfalls in their funding as the crisis here has got worse this latest announcement not only has devastating implications for palestinian employees on the road but potentially for others work in general across gaza as the people here continue to suffer

this says israel fires on palestinians launching burning cars from gaza killing one man. hello i'm barbara. a live from london also coming up on the program air strikes continue to rain down on syria's quieter province this five rebels surrendering in another victory for president assad french president crawled under fire after one of his top aides is filmed hitting a protester and we'll tell you about the low budget film that's become a box office hit and it pushes china's prime minister to promise cheaper cancer drugs. israel has passed a controversial law that defines the country as the nation state of the jewish people and makes hebrew the only official language downgrading arabic two thousand and big u.s. special status critics say the low marginalizes israeli palestinians make up twenty percent of the population and legalised discrimination stephanie decker reports now from west jerusalem. it's official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the m

cross says gaza is being treated with collective punishment the view of the i.c.r.c. can i ask a question does israel control gaza's borders space and territorial waters yes or no no no no really right not wow because if you're going to come in and say bare faced with the things that. they just imagine the bullets hitting the missing the blockade is because they didn't tell us about the body but i'm glad you brought that up as well but he says you're doing palestinian iran says it is killing and want to kill us and they say we want to blot israel off the map we don't want any jews there and this is the main problem your former boss of a dual lieberman israel's current defense minister under of your you raised now would touchy issue look i wouldn't what is the difference thirty seven years my whole body is easier for my boss he's also the current defense i'm not a party anymore another pendant please let it be reported he said quote there are no innocent people in the gaza strip to justify the killings do you support that statement this and i'm not in the government i

for israel is tightening it see john almost two million people living in gaza by further restricting the flow of goods into the territory is planning to ban all surely imports through the care of ourselves from crossing the fishing zone open to boats from gaza has also been hard to three nautical miles john stratford reports. trunks gather at the column border post it's the only official crossing for goods and fuel into gaza from israel but the israeli government has now closed it it says it will let food and medicine in on a case by case basis but is not a fuel essential for powering gaza's basic services many of the almost two million people here only get electricity for four to six hours a day. for the most serious then you know this fuel blockade doesn't last because it will cause hundreds of problems and life will stop sewage and rubbish will pile up and other projects will come to an end people will not be able to go to work the ministry of health will not be able to treat patients that official in gaza city will say tells us that gaza needs around seven hundred thousand liters

out the largest daylight attack on hamas into the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen. eritreans president says history is being made on his first visit to neighboring ethiopia after more than two decades of hostility and there are reports that protesters have stormed a local government building in the iraqi city of karbala anti-government protests have spread across several cities in the country authorities have put security forces on high alert. well now ten thousand people have been protesting against donald trump in scotland as the u.s. president spends the weekend playing golf at his luxury resort is stopover in time barry caused anger despite being a private trip but there was support for trump in london why several hundred people called on the u.k. to adopt his anti immigration policies sunny gago has mall. was president trump may try to wave off over disapproval encountered in his trip but a round of golf at his very own club didn't completely avoid encounter testis asked the delighted with his visit. nevertheless not insisted his primary form of exercise as he

friday's clashes with israeli forces a mosque says it's reached a tentative truce with israel in the gaza strip but when a blast. and the battle against raging wildfires in sweden hundreds of volunteers continue to fight the flames as more than fifty fires torch forests in the country more international help is on its way but the courage has admitted some places may be impossible to extinguish. it if money thank you for making time to be with us and enjoy your boats carrying the bodies of two drowned migrants and once a fiver has docked at a spanish port of the it's only refuse to accept the body it's an incident which again highlights the dangers facing migrants crossing the mediterranean and the failure of the your opinion. and to agree on joint policies on the issue this is italy's stance forces brussels to suspend its mediterranean naval mission aimed at people smugglers. one of the last private rescue boats still patrolling the mediterranean as european countries continue to waiver over accepting asylum seekers on board a survivor and two bodies a woman and a child who died trying to

special coordinator for the middle east peace process arrived in gaza a short while ago he warned that the cycle of violence between palestinians and israelis must stand yesterday we were on the brink of war and it has taken the concerted efforts. of everyone to make sure that we step back from a confrontation a confrontation that nobody wants nobody needs and a confrontation from which everybody would lose by listing eons in gaza for the last decade who've lived through three conflicts israelis across the friends who've lived with a constant threat of rocket attacks for the last decade this cycle house to stop it has to end haiti's prime minister has resigned following days of violent protests against a plan to remove fuel subsidies jack again on time to step down even though he'd abandons the proposal. and there's the headlines the news continues here on i was here after al jazeera world next. we are just getting initial word of breaking news coming out of mace in france. the attack in the south of france in nice which has killed at least sixty people see that it could be the new vid