government in twenty eleven but that agreement was never and forced now since march last year hamas has run gaza under the ministry of committee which is seen as a rival government to the fatah dominated palestinian authority in the west bank but pressure has been mounting on hamas earlier this year the un said the humanitarian conditions of the territory are deteriorating further and faster than previously for cost and they concluded that the enclave is effectively unlivable for its two million people now earlier we spoke to some of the middle east analyst and contributor to the plus nine seven two magazine he says that hamas and fatah have been under increasing pressure to engage in reconciliation talks. if anything can be said about the announcement today it's it comes in the wake of several political developments support both hamas and fatah how under increasing pressure in the case of hamas of course what you have is the complete closure or near complete closure of the rafah border crossing the less than five percent movement between gaza and the west bank through the arrows crossing as com

recent restrictions and make their lives a little better original said al-jazeera gaza so how did we get here well hamas took over gaza in two thousand and seven after a war with fatah the fighting followed parliamentary elections which hamas won the two parties couldn't agree on how to share power though the conflict weakened the palestinian authority leaving it only in charge of palestinian territories in the west bank which is occupied by israel since march last year hamas has wrangles or under and administrative committee which is seen as a rival government to the fattah dominated palestinian authority in the west bank and as you know you've been hearing how mass now says it's dissolved this administration to allow a unity government led by mahmoud abbas to assume responsibility in gaza hamas has also agreed to hold general elections. and the binds the two with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says elections are important for a future unified government. we are very optimistic but we would like to see that first step takes place we are ready the consensus government is here and it can travel

palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas has welcomed by hamas to set up a unity government in gaza hamas has ruled gaza for ten here is simply to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip and to hold elections the move is seen as a major breakthrough towards resolving a long and bitter dispute but as harry force it reports the real challenge lies in its implementation. the pressure has been mounting on hamas the results of ten years of israeli and egyptian blockade have been intensified this year by rival palestinian faction facts are the facts are leader palestinian president mahmoud abbas has cut salary payments and electricity supplies attempting to pressurise hamas into giving up its sole control of gaza hamas turned to egypt which pushed the palestinian reconciliation. we responded to these efforts and made a brave decision to dissolve the administrative committee and now there are no excuses for a bass and a bass has one choice only to respond positively to achieve the palestinian dream of national unity. that dream was riven by gunfire in two thousand and seven wh

government in twenty eleven but that agreement was never and forced now since march last year hamas has run gaza on dirt in there an administrative committee which is seen as a rival government to the fatah dominated palestinian authority in the west bank but pressure has been mounting on hamas until earlier this year the un has said that humanitarian conditions in the territory are deteriorating further and faster than previously for cost and it concluded that the enclave is effectively unlivable for its two million people that speak to you he is a middle east analyst and contributed to the plus nine seventeen magazine he joins us live now from los angeles sommer thank you so much for being with al-jazeera so we've seen numerous agreements this goes back to two thousand and two thousand and seven and efforts for reconciliation how is this one different to previous ones. well i think you're right to point out that this is not anything new and if if anything can be said about the announcement today it's it comes in the wake of several political developments a put both hamas and fatah house under

by hamas to set up a unity government of gaza. to dismantle the administration. and to hold elections. but. has ruled that the kurdish independence referendum could detract from the need to defeat eisel iraq iran and turkey oppose the poll of demonstrators marched through the streets of istanbul on sunday in protest iran's government has threatened to end all border and security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if the vote goes ahead. it is following the story from. this might be the first explicit statement coming out of iran but certainly there have been several warnings by the iranian government over the past few months relations actually between tehran and the kurdish authorities have been strained for quite a while now at the bottom line iran sees this as a threat to its own national security in the sense that iran has a sizable kurdish population several iranian kurdish opposition parties are based here in northern iraq and iran fears that this referendum even though nonbinding if it goes ahead might pull the aspirations of

behind a boss is fatah party was in charge of palestinian territories and gaza and the west bank which is occupied by israel that hamas beat fatah and elections in gaza weakening the palestinian authority the two parties couldn't agree on how to ship power the following year how moss took over gaza after a war with fatah and also repeated attempts of reconciliation the two sides finally reached an understanding to create an interim government in twenty eleven but that agreement was never enforced now since march last year moss has run gaza on an administrative committee which is seen as a rival government to the fatah dominated palace and you know thora t. in the west bank but pressure has been mounting on hamas and earlier this year the un has said that humanitarian conditions in the territory deteriorating further and faster than previously for cost and it concluded that the enclave is effectively on livable for its two million people now earlier we spoke to summer we he is a middle east analyst and contributor to the seven two magazine he says the hamas and fatah have been under increasing pressure to engage in rec

authority president mahmoud abbas has welcomed an offer by hamas to set up a unity government in gaza hamas which israel gaza for ten years has a great to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip as well as hold elections seen as a major breakthrough towards resolving a long and bitter dispute but as hari forces reports the real talents lie is in its implementation. the pressure has been mounting on hamas the results of ten years of israeli and egyptian blockade have been intensified this year by rival palestinian faction factor the fact our leader palestinian president mahmoud abbas has cut salary payments and electricity supplies attempting to pressurise hamas into giving up its sole control of gaza hamas turn to egypt which pushed the palestinian reconciliation. we responded to these efforts and made a brave decision to dissolve the administrative committee and now there are no excuses for a bass and a bass has one choice only to respond positively to achieve the palestinian national unity. that dream was written by gunfire in two thousand and seven when hamas prevailed

authority president mahmoud abbas has welcomed an offer by have offered to set up a unity government in gaza hamas israel gaza for ten years it's agreed to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip and to hold elections human rights groups say thousands of women have been raped and sexually assaulted during the four year war and south sudan they blamed the abuses on the government troops of president salva care and opposition forces loyal to form of wise president react the un secretary general on toya good tears has warned that the planned kurdish independence referendum would detract from the need to defeat i sold iraq iran and turkey all oppose the polls for the twenty fifth of september but the kurdistan regional government says there's no chance the vote will be delayed protests over race relations in the u.s. city of st louis have turned violent for a third night they follow the acquittal of a white former police officer of the shooting of a black man and twenty and they haven't and military chiefs from twenty nine countries are meeting in seoul while north korea isn't offic

cruel act of terror the prime minister blamed incitement by the palestinian authority and others in gaza hamas and islamic jihad hailed what they called an act of palestinian resistance while rival faction fatah said israel responsibility for the reactions of palestinians to its crimes the consequences of what happened here also being felt in the village from where the palestinian attack came from the prime minister of israel has already said that his house will be demolished his brother has already been arrested and also his entire extended family will have their work permits rescinded outside the family home shocked mourners said i'll jamal wasn't political had been having marital difficulties but that didn't explain what had happened in a social media message to his wife apparently said she had no connection to what he was about to do. the pressure the palestinians suffer on the checkpoints on the humiliations that we see makes him and others do these things because of the pressure. it tackles coincided with the latest. is it to the region by u.s. envoy jason green black his talks with each

palestinian territories in the west bank which is occupied by israel since march last year hamas is wrong gaza under an administrative committee which is seen as a rival government of the fatah dominated palestinian authority in the west bank but of course the important thing now is that hamas has said it's does all this administration to allow a unity government led by mahmoud abbas to reassume responsibility in gaza and that is also going to hold general elections now bill shaath an advisor to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says elections are important for a future unified government. we are very optimistic but we would like to see that first step takes place we are ready the consensus government is here and it got draggle quickly to gaza after a long and long period of saying and not doing the only thing is that step which might take place to morrow i mean it is to them up talking about weeks there we're talking about something that could happen very very soon once it happens once the consensus government a government that has mass had accepted every one of its ministers it's been

authority president mahmoud abbas has welcomed an office by hamas to set up a unity government in gaza hamas which has ruled gaza for ten years has a great to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip as well as hold elections seen as a major breakthrough.

hamas is paving the way for possible reconciliation between the west bank and gaza. very important story, we'll explain to you right after the break. >>> a story just in, the palestinian group hamas says it is ready to dissolve the committee that rules gaza and hold general elections. oren liebermann is following this for us. this is a big at the same timst does it go from here? >> reporter: it is a big statement and the question, the statement from hamas says that they will dissolve their administrative commit at this time. this was a shadow government by the palestinian authority in the west bank. it was a widening rift between the two sides. the fact if a the militant group said that we will dissolve this committee, we're ready for a unity government, we're ready to go to elections, it's a very big statement that they are ready to move forward, give up control of gaza and hand it over to the palestinian authority. but for now, it's just a statement. we need to see what the next step is and critically what the response is from the palestinian authority and their pre

so there is an ongoing to tell you ation in gaza but there's also the political side and when into the scoring side in this case between egypt and the hamas visit the security in the in the sinai so there are ongoing pushes on the humanitarian side from we film gaza from outside together with the political interests of those involved in the reaching this agreement i think it was twenty fourteen when when they last sort of agreed to form some sort of national consolidation administration and that obviously came unstuck what are the issues now that they are going to have to thrash out with power sharing we've been there few times wishful conciliation and unity but at the end of the day election. it's not a must to have a unity government but it's must we have a unity political system in which sure gaza is not separated from from the west bank and you don't have two alternative government because this actually weakens the palestinian stand visibly easily visit. the world it's also we know that gradually palestine is reaching the moment of course when it comes to succession president abbas is not getting any any younger so they are not it is

authority president mahmoud abbas as well can an offer by hamas to set up a unity government in gaza hamas has ruled gaza for ten years it's agreed to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip and to hold elections human rights groups say thousands of south sudanese women have been raped and sexually assaulted during the country's four year civil war they blamed the abuses on the government troops of president salva kiir and on opposition forces loyal to former vice president. u.n. secretary general antonio terra's has warned that the planned kurdish independence referendum would detract from the need to defeat eisel iraq iran and turkey all oppose the poll show for the twenty fifth of september but they could just on the general government says there's no chance the vote will be delayed protests saw the race relations in the u.s. city of st louis have turned violent for a third night they followed the acquittal of a white former police officer of the shooting of a black man in two thousand and eleven. now in her first public appearance since being released from prison che

cruel act of terror the prime minister blamed incitement by the palestinian authority and others in gaza hamas and islamic jihad hailed what they called an act of palestinian resistance while rival faction fatah said israel responsibility for the reactions of palestinians to its crimes the consequences of what happened here also being felt in the village from where the palestinian attack came from the prime minister of israel has already said that his house will be demolished his brother has already been arrested and also his entire extended family will have their work permits rescinded outside the family home shocked mourners said i'll jamal wasn't political had been having marital difficulties but that didn't explain what had happened in a social media message to his wife apparently said she had no connection to what he was about to do. the pressure the palestinians suffer on the checkpoints and the humiliations that we see makes him and others do these things it's because of the pressure. it tackles coincided with the latest visit to the region by u.s. envoy jason green glad his talks with

palestinian group hamas which controls the gaza strip has agreed to hold talks with its rival the fatah movement hamas released a statement saying it is willing to end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank a mosque has pledged to dissolve its administrative committee in gaza and hold general elections the two parties have been at odds for a decade after fighting a war over gaza in two thousand and seven kerry fossett has more from west jerusalem. well this announcement very much hinges on the new relationship between egypt and hamas since hamas changed the wording of its key document in may not talking about the muslim brotherhood or its relationship to the muslim brotherhood which of course is entirely in opposition with the c.c. government in cairo there's been an opportunity for this warming of relations egypt has been allowing fuel to get in across the rougher crossing into gaza a lot now hinges on the reaction of based in the occupied west bank in ramallah we've spoken to the secretary of the central committee he says that fast i would be one hundred percent beh

cruel act of terror the prime minister blamed incitement by the palestinian authority and others in gaza hamas and islamic jihad hailed what they called an act of palestinian resistance while rival faction fatah said israel responsibility for the reactions of palestinians to its crimes the consequences of what happened here also being felt in the village from where the palestinian attack came from the prime minister of israel has already said that his house will be demolished his brother has already been arrested and also his entire extended family will have their work permits rescinded outside the family home shocked mourners said i'll jamal wasn't political had been having marital difficulties but that didn't explain what had happened in a social media message to his wife apparently said she had no connection to what he was about to do. the pressure the palestinians suffer on the checkpoints on the humiliations that we see makes him and others do these things it's because of the pressure. it tackles coincided with the latest. is it to the region by u.s. envoy jason green black his talks with

palestinian group hamas which controls the gaza strip has agreed to hold talks with its rival the fatah movement hamas released a statement saying it is willing to end its feud with which controls the occupied west bank has pledged to dissolve its administrative committee in gaza and hold general elections two parties have been at odds for a decade after fighting a war over cars and two thousand and seven fossett joins us live now from west roseland with the latest on this is a pretty big development harry what do you know. well that's right it's it is a pretty major change in in stance by hamas won the has been brewing for some days there have been reports and indeed hamas has been saying that it's it's willing to take this step but this is the official announcement of it and it comes after a long series of talks with the egyptian government in cairo the fatah delegation was having talks there on saturday understood still to be there as well so this really is contingent it's hinged on this new relationship between hamas and egypt which has come about since may really when hamas changed

this morning and called for elections people of gaza think that the consultation between fatah and hamas me a fake positively the economical and political situation. in. that. not everyone is optimistic though another gaza resident naima hama told us he's worried this so-called breakthrough will end up just like all the others bear in mind that we are talking about maybe the tenth initiative to break through this political predicament we're one preceding attempts have heard lee crushed the people's hopes after getting them out to the sky the people of cannes are highly this encouraged this time to trust these new incentives for political reconciliation they have developed a certain level of a pathway to this kind of news basically only practical measures such as improvement on the electricity schedule or long term opening of the borders are likely to be trusted. so there's plenty of discussion too on social media but most people we've seen it been highlighting what it what it actually means to live under the glare of the gaza blockade posting pictures like this to show you what it actual

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gaza. in an attempt to exert pressure on hamas and pressure on gaza.s inside gaza, reduced the electricity to gaza and limited medicines going in. that was an attempt to pressure hamas. it widened the rift. that's why it's such an important statement saying they're willing to reconcile. they're in need of cash, in need of help. they've turned to turkey, the uae and egypt. and this follows all of that. this big statement saying they're willing to work with faw t fattah. >> how might this be received by israel? >> reporter: that's an excellent question. we haven't got and response yet. netanyahu is on the other side of the world at this point, he's in north america getting ready for the united nations general assembly. but in talking to palestinian officials in the past, many have pointed out that only the israelis benefit from the split. it's not clear from israel's perspective at this point. prime minister benjamin netanyahu will speak and abbas will speak. it will be critical to see how they play this and where this goes from here. >> oren lieberman,

as they have in the past when there's been other attempts to resolve the separation between hamas here in gaza and fatah in the occupied west bank. well joining us now is al jazeera samplers coniston are on the sharia and so on will it be difficult for these two factions to overcome such a bitter rivalry over the past decade or is there a feeling that now is the time for change it is difficult it's challenging there's lots of pressures for it not to happen especially on the part of israel in the united states but it is important i think it's been clear now to everyone in palestine every child every woman every man that without better soon reconciliation their cause is in jeopardy already the palestinian issue has been marginalized because of more urgent issues like syria like iraq like libya yemen and so on so forth and already there is a very radical extreme government in israel that is. doubling down on settlements and so on so forth and there's a from administration that's offering no more than an autonomy to the palestinians so there's never been as much need for factor and hemis for the t

we begin in gaza are in a major breakthrough a lot has been a long and bitter dispute between rival palestinian movements hamas and fatah a mass which has ruled gaza for ten years has released a statement saying it is willing to end its feud with which controls the occupied west bank amasses agreed to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip and to also hold elections. the hook but i was. made a courageous serious and patriotic decision to dissolve the administrative committee but how would the fatah movement and the president of the palestinian authority deal with this decision and with this egyptian effort we believe that muslin and fatah have a new test in dealing with the egyptian effort and with achieving the aspirations of our palestinian people in finding a united palestinian cause to become free to face all the challenges and most importantly the occupation and the settlements. high force that has more from gaza city. there are three ministries which have always been attached or reported towards the. based administration the occupied west bank administration of the fatah led palestini

factions last held elections in two thousand and six which hamas won and briefly formed a government they also expected to discuss dissolve in the gaza and ministers of committee both sides were involved in the conflict in two thousand and seven which led to fatah rule in the occupied west bank and hamas ruling gaza. iraq's prime minister says he is prepared to use military force if a planned referendum on kurdish independence turns violent he says the vote is illegal and unconstitutional kurds in iraq have come under increasing pressure from regional powers and the u.s. to cancel the vote now voting is underway in the pakistani city of lahore for a parliamentary byelection former prime minister now i should use wife called so i'm sure as the frontrunner for the seat the vote is seen as a test of support for hamas should be fair and has p.m. l.n. party and has political heartland the seat was vacated in july after she was disqualified and dismissed from office by the supreme court over corruption allegations. u.k. police say they're investigating whether more people were involved in friday's bomb attack on a london underground train

be ruled stumbling blocks, who controls the different ministries, what happens to the hamas security forces in gazar after it won legislative elections and hamas is seen by the united states and european union and of course by israel as a terrorist group and that is what led to its international isolation when it previously won in elections and that is what led to the first unity government attempt failing then. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: the terror threat level has been lowered to severe from critical world was placed after the bomb attack on a london tube train on friday. police are searching a house in is down well near heathrow airport after arresting a man in connection with the attack. the home secretary has accused borisjohnson of being a back—seat driver following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. aid agencies working with rohingya muslim refugees in bangladesh say they've identified almost one—thousand—three—hundred children who've arrived from myanmar without parents or relatives. some are as young as three years old. the bangladeshi government is p

hamas agreed to dismantle the administration that runs gaza. >> what we have heard today is a hamas spokespersonaying to fatah, now we have stretetched t our hand in open reconciliation to you. we would like you to lift economic sanctions against us. it makes you realize this was a huge motivation behind this dramatic development. just back story -- six months hamas said wep in are not only going to have de facto control, we will set up our own government. that infuriated fatah. you'rent abbas said if going to be on your own, you will really be on your own. ,hey stopped funding salaries power, water. it has been a hot summer in gaza, exacerbated by the fact that international money is also being held back to you all of that has brought hamas to the table with egyptian mediation. that is where we have seen this dramatic development. >> irris makler reporting for us from jerusalem. muslims more rohingya are fleeing from what has turned humanitarian disastster. that t they are out of the viololence in myanmar, refugees are desperate for food and water. inare at a refugee camp bangladesh. she sent u

as they have in the past when there's been other attempts to resolve the separation between hamas here in gaza and fatah in the occupied west bank heavy monsoon rains in bangladesh have added to the misery of hundreds of thousands of ranger stuck in makeshift camps and the government has placed restrictions on the ranger barring them from using public transport and from looking for accommodation outside of the scrum camps the un has warned that about sixty percent of those who have fled are children and they are facing severe health concerns iran's government is threatening to end all border and security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if its planned independence vote goes ahead it's the latest country in the region to condemn the referendum for september twenty fifth president wretched has the kurdish leadership to cancel it calling it a matter of national security the u.s. is also opposed. qatar's foreign minister says the international community is not doing a nuff to what he calls terrorism shaikh mohammed. has called on world leaders to do more us but hav

gaza and it was ready to hold general elections. these have not been held since 2006 because of the split between hamas and fatah. aid basically it was ready to restart talks with fata h was ready to restart talks with fatah on getting back to the 2011 reconciliation deal which was agreed between all of the palestinian factions. this is being read as positive. there is a senior fatah official who has said it is positive and promising. we expect fatah officials in cairo will be meeting with senior egyptian officials during the day and we will get a full response from them. new protests have broken out in the us city of st louis, where last week, a white former police officer was found not guilty of murdering a black man in 2011. hundreds have marched in the missouri city for a second day, chanting, "black lives matter." more than 33 protesters were arrested and 11 police officers were injured in friday night's scuffles. we have a contingent of officers ready to respond to any incident that may arise. we will continue to ensure our citizens‘ first amendment rights are protected. however we will not tolerate violence

palestinian group fatah has welcomed an announcement by the rival hamas faction that it will dissolve its administrative committee in gazaal said hamas had taken an important first step to end its ten year rift. more on the reaction to the announcement now. there has also been a positive response from the palestinian president. he is in new york ahead of the un general assembly. hamas said it will get rid of this administrative committee it set up co ntroversially administrative committee it set up controversially in march, because it was seen very much controversially in march, because it was seen very much as a controversially in march, because it was seen very much as a rival government to president mac mood aboufs government to president mac mood about‘s authority, dominated by his fata h about‘s authority, dominated by his fatah faction. —— a rival government to the president. we have seen rivalry between the two main political factions and the president took many steps, including cutting the money for electricity payments to gaza, which has reduced dramatically the amount of electricity received there, to four hour

that's an interesting point because you have two entities in palestine you have hamas in gaza and obviously israel is opposed to that. russia to. usually opposed to that even though deputy foreign minister mikhail bogdanov a couple of weeks ago did host. metion one member of. salafi a ruling is considered a terrorist by israel but the other part of palestine the west bank israel wouldn't mind being accepted in the international community provided. it condemns terror acts against israel the palestinian authority headed by a mahmoud abbas does no self. perform any terrorist act it does not even supportive of them but once they are committed sometimes you hear is really calls for the palestinians to condemn it and they do not condemn such acts. political analyst on your own life from tel aviv thank you so much for your insights today. that's all for this hour i think you so much for joining us today i'll be back at the top the hour. right now we're in with a good scene over thanks to. these birds fish two weeks. i will be yes man who that might be just moments is no multimedia for much. accord

and so on so forth so egypt has put a lot of pressure on hamas in gaza put a lot of pressure on the palestinians let's all remember that egypt blockaded the one point seven million palestinians in gaza for a good number of years now for at least a decade or so so under sisi the policies have suffered and you would accept expected them to side with justice instead. he wanted to as you exactly as you said you wanted to play the sponsor and the israelis and palestinians the need to make peace with each other the everyone knows that boss is the very least need to make the switch other what is required here and now like what the president of the on did what they made of qatar did what even president. of france say there is justice in this in this issue israel needs to occupy palestine there has to be a fair resolution to the palestinian question and so on so forth one bashar for the moment thank you thank you well in the last hour a ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation met at the u.n. the scuffs the plight of me and mars rover hinge a muslim

meanwhile in gaza, hamas continues to hold the bodies of slain ids soldiers and civilians as bargaining chips. earlier this month, i met with the parents of lieutenant golden who was killed by terrorists using an underground tunnel during a cease-fire in 2014. i've met with the family a sergeant also killed by hamass in 2014. their refuse to return the bodies to their families for burial is an obvious violation of international law and basic human values. so to where we are today. jason greenblatt is the continuing the administration's push towards peace. for many of us, we're still in the dark what that looks like. he said last week it is no secret our approach to these discussions departs from some of the usual orthodoxy for after years of well meaning attempts to negotiate an end to the conflict, we have all learned valuable lessons. what i'd ask you, deputy secretary sullivan, is what are those lessons learned that? what are the unorthodox approaches that you're pursuing and is it this administration's intention to present its own peace plan? >> thank you, congressman. yes, as you k

of the founding documents of hamas that is a key that's been a key sticking point for egypt so there's potential there as for the other great problem that people here in gaza have had over the last few months that's been the squeeze that's been put on this place to pressurize hamas by fatter we've seen fatah employees have their salaries cut by thirty percent and more consequentially for everyone here has been the cuts to electricity supplies as well which has been something that's been imposed by fatah so we were in the refugee camp nearby here just in the last hour talking to someone who's been living there under this increasingly difficult situation he says that he's maybe fifty percent optimistic that there might be a deal this time but the thing that they really want to see and can be effectuated instantaneously presumably by by fatah is a lifting of these pressure tactics that they've been imposing on hamas to get precisely this kind of deal this kind of response from hamas. forces there thanks so much for that now at least ten iraqi soldiers have been killed in an attack by eisel fighters it happened in the western province near the border with jord

message saying that this this act had nothing to do with those issues certainly has been greeted by hamas in gaza and has been celebrated by the the organization which runs gaza the palestinian authority has said that israel bears responsibility for the reactions of palestinians to the crimes that it carries out in the occupied west bank the israeli government saying about this. well we've had a statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu within the last hour and he said that a lot has yet to be determined about the precise nature of what happened and indeed the fallout there of that he says that two things are very clear firstly that the man's house will be demolished indeed we're hearing from within the village that the israeli military is still in the house secondly that the village will be sealed off and his whole extended family will have their work permits removed from them and the other thing that benjamin netanyahu is saying is that this is the result of systematic incitement by the palestinian authority he says he expects a full condemnation from the palestinian presiden

gaza. it was ready to hold general elections. these haven't been held since 2006 because of the split between hamas and fatter. lks with them on getting back to this 2011 reconciliation deal was agreed at the time between all of the palestinian factions. this is being read as a something very positive. there is a senior official who has come out giving an initial response saying it is positive that promising. we now expect that there are officials in cairo who will be meeting with senior egyptian officials during the day, and will get a full response from them. thanks very much. there's been a second night of protests in the american city of st louis, following the acquittal of a white former police officer accused of murdering a black man. on friday, a number of people were arrested, and several police officers were injured. we have a contingent of officers ready to respond to any incident that may arise. we will continue to ensure our citizens‘ first amendment rights are protected. however we will not tolerate violence, against citizens, police officers, or damage to property. we have been very tolerant and h

congressional delegation and prime minister netanyahu, they support a two-state solution but with hamas in gazaran's influence, that has been even more challenging. but president abbas has now taken action against hamas in gaza. i think that's a very good sign combined with the president's stand against the theocracy. i think president trump stands the greatest chance of creating progress that we've had in a long time. >> bill: you need all sides. take you back to yesterday. dennis kucinich. i want you to react to the phrase the president used about terrorism in the middle east when he said this. >> president trump: the united states and our allies are working together throughout the middle east to crush the loser terrorists and stop the reemergence of safe havens they use to launch attacks on all of our people. last month i announced a new strategy for victory in the fight against this evil in afghanistan. >> bill: crush the loser terrorists is the phrase. pause it for a moment. here is the president. >> president trump: so many people have talked about it and it has never happened. but we're

conflict in two thousand and seven which led to four thousand all in the occupied west bank and hamas governing gaza the united nations has called for an investigation into the killing of thirty six burundian refugees by soldiers in the democratic republic of congo a correspondent malcolm webb has covered the story all over and its refugees extensively he reports from across the border and uganda they came here to the democratic republic of congo to save the u.n. says refugees died following a protest. demonstrators clashed with soldiers and dozens were killed and injured. we were informed that the leaders around here they would not let the refugees stay here and even get into the camp as the only option was to go back to britain where we are afraid could be killed. the u.n. says the demonstration was against the expulsion of two poor indian refugees they live among host communities in the eastern town of coming. as an administrator i cannot accept the brothers and sisters die here in congress as you know the story is very clear that these people will cooperate with them even today we continue to co

gaza. it was ready to hold general elections. these haven't been held since 2006 because of the split between hamas and fatta. conciliation deal was agreed at the time between all of the palestinian factions. this is being read as a something very positive. there is a senior official who has come out giving an initial response saying it is positive that promising. we now expect that there are officials in cairo who will be meeting with senior egyptian officials during the day, and we'll get a full response from them. back to that story from paris, the french police are saying that the ba playing evacuated was caused by a false alerts. let's look at the weather prospects. sunday licks like being the better day of the weekend with fewer showers. it has been a very chilly start. into the afternoon, most of the showers across central and eastern parts of the uk. a bit more ofa eastern parts of the uk. a bit more of a breeze in the east coast, lighter winds in the west. an improvement across western scotland, northern ireland and parts of wales and the south—west of england. this evening and overnight, showers cont

palestinian group, fatah, has welcomed an announcement by the rival hamas faction that will dissolve its administrative committee in gazaatah official said hamas had taken an important first step to end its 10—year rifts. that is certainly the hope and in the past few minutes we have also had a positive response from the palestinian president, speaking in new york because he is there at the moment ahead of the un general assembly. what hamas has basically said is that it will get rid of this administrative committee that it set up in march, very controversial move, because it was seen very much as a rival government to the palestinian authority, which is dominated by the fatah faction and based on the west bank and what we saw over the last few months is a real deepening of the feud between these two main political factions and president abbas took many steps, including cutting the money for electricity payments to gaza which has reduced dramatically the amount of electricity that is received there to four hours a day, followed by 20 hours off and that has led to a worsening humanitarian situation in gaza as well. pales

as they have in the past when there's been other attempts to resolve the separation between hamas here in gaza and fatah in the occupied west bank. carter's foreign minister says the international community is not doing enough to combat what he calls terrorism but. fanny called on world leaders to do more he was speaking at an event in new york organized by the u.s. think tank the brookings institute. must stop terrorism is why it's scary phenomenon and here i'd like to say that the violence hatred tense areas has halved a lot in the corruption and creation of these terrorist organizations and they international world or the world in general hasn't you know enough. facing this terrorism to nominate and i feel sorry to say that the more conflicts this period's sufferings are there the more this national community is not able to sort these problems out the international community has to our top to all necessary procedures to fight these phenomena because it's a threat against the end of it the societies the countries and it's a threat to the human rights that are also in jordan joins us live fro

end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank hamas has also vowed to dissolve its administrative committee which controls gaza at a step you later has called it positive and promising. we were joined earlier by new bill shaath who advises palestinian president mahmoud abbas the settle actions are important for a future unified government. once the consensus government a government the pamirs have accepted every one of its ministers it's not been chaperoned by egypt also once this government really starts ruling gaza and the west bank start developing problem. konami clee start solving the economic problems of the gazans and then that first step will set real optimism for the second step which is the elections a step that we have called for for a very long time and now hamas accepts it they just they do it and presidential elections will bring back our elective democracy and will bring back more support from the people to a unified government very trying to us live now from gaza where you have been gathering more information and more reaction. that's right it is quite an important moment as far as hamas is con

hamas will dissolve its administrative committee in gaza and hold talks. mportant first step to end a ten year rift between hamas and mahmoud abbas. south korean officials say the number of north koreans defecting across the border has dropped by 13% this year. according to government figures, from january to august, 780 north koreans escaped to south korea. it's believed the fall is due to tighter government surveillance and reinforced border security. american television's most prestigious awards will be handed out in a few hours. the science fiction thriller, westworld, starring anthony hopkins, is up for 22 nominations. claire foy is tipped for best actress in the netflix series "the crown" about the early life of queen elizabeth. we'll be in la with more in the next edition of newsday. lewis hamilton has won the singapore formula one grand prix to extend his lead in the championship. it came after a chaotic start to the race where ferrari's sebastian vettel and kimmi raikonnen wiped each other out before the first turn. red bull's max verstappen and fe