also working towards a 3 nation free trade agreement and fewer palestinian christians from the gaza strip will be able to travel to bethlehem to mark christmas compared to last year according to the greek orthodox church in gaza only 193 out of 950 travel obligations have been approved by israel you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's techno stay with us. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together living life in pashto or tied to a dock that's according to the world health organization approximately 253000000 people played a vision impaired to protect the blind. today on tech night some of the latest innovations making it easier to help people with sight problems navigates a complex while if you want to grab a basket they're just laid out there for you. and even enjoy office again through a gentle touch i mean for so many people that i met that were. crucial to us and later as populations age and then patents become the president a new study to determine

fewer palestinian christians from the gaza strip will be able to travel to bethlehem this year to mockchristmas. celebrations are ready underway but many from guys i can't attend because israel has been granted them permits according to the greek orthodox church and guys only 193 out of the 950 applications have been approved israel movement of the gaza strip live to need abraham who is in bethlehem for us in the occupied west bank so it's christmas eve need to tell us about the scene in bethlehem right now. so many palestinians and tourists have gathered here to celebrate and to witness that and those of the catholic archbishop but it's we're expecting in the next hour or so you will be ushered in that if it's in church to mark the beginning of celebrations here in bethlehem of course many palestinian christians from the gaza strip couldn't attend and couldn't come here today because the israelis decided to give less numbers of people permits in the beginning a few dozen of them only got permits and then after an uproar here and there and in the media more of them have been given perm

believes war crimes have been committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip palestinians say the investigation has a long way to do while israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists the court has no jurisdiction to investigate while natasha going to joins us now live from west jerusalem natasha talk us through the significance of this and what happens from here. well regarding the significance bear in mind that the international criminal court which went on line in 2003 began trying cases looks only at cases of war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity and you have a prosecutor here saying that after a policeman area investigation she is quote satisfied that war crimes either have been i am quoting or are being committed in the west bank east jerusalem and the gaza strip and she says that she believes that by launching a full investigation she has no reason to believe that quote the interests of justice will not or won't be served so this is the thing she's calling for a full investigation now however she is not ready to proceed because she's look

in 2005, the israeli defense forces left the gaza strip and all israeli settlers were removed. , hamas is in charge. considered a terrorist organization by both the united states and israel, they got elected in 2006. this is laila el-haddad, a native gazan, journalist, and author of the gaza kitchen. laila the catches are not as big as they used to be and that's primarily because the fishermen can't go beyond 3-6 nautical miles. >> anthony: you can continue fishing but what happens? >> laila: they'll shoot at the fishermen, they'll spray cold water at them, they'll destroy their boats, they'll cut their fishing nets. they'll detain them. so it's obviously really risky business. 9 nautical miles, that's where that deep sea channel is, where you're going to get the really good catches. >> laila: so gaza's the last palestinian area that has access to the coast and that's really important to remember. you know you have the west bank, just an hour away, but many of the palestinians there have never seen the sea, have never been to the sea. >> anthony: the sultan family own a small fa

israel has carried out ass strikes in the gaza strip a number of homicides were targeted no one was hurt israel says it was in response to wednesday's rocket attacks from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon where caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu was holding a campaign rally ahead of an unprecedented 30 election in less than a year and a vote is being held after next now failed to form a government but before that national vote he is also contending with a leadership challenge from his own party name reports from western. in april there were fireworks and a jubilant crowd as prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife took the stage to celebrate winning the largest number of seats in the israeli election. tonight is a night of an immense victory 5 months later in front of a sparse crowd a somber netanyahu addressed supporters once again after winning the most seats but failing for a 2nd time to form a government. there can't be and won't be a government that leans on the arab and he's honest parties since then netanyahu has become the 1st sitting prime minister

israel has carried out as strikes in the gaza strip a number of hamas sites were targeted no one was hurt israel says it was in response to wednesday's s. strikes carried out from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon can take a prime minister binyamin netanyahu was holding in his campaign rally there for the country's unprecedented 30 election in less than a year ago named reports from west ham. in april there were fireworks and a jubilant crowd as prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife took the stage to celebrate winning the largest number of seats in the israeli election. tonight is a night of an immense victory 5 months later in front of a sparse crowd a somber netanyahu addressed supporters once again after winning the most seats but failing for a 2nd time to form a government. there can't be and will be a government that leans on the arab and he's honest parties since then netanyahu has become the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted for bribery fraud and popular breach of trust charges he says are politically motivated now he's fighting to retain contr

we had some and 900 palestinians from the gaza strip who said that they want to attend the service. they want to come through and they want to visit their families many of them have relatives in. them and in other places in the us by. that would give a permit oh you took $100.00 who was it. according to the israeli authorities to get more and then israel said that it would enable more. but if. you only see how good we give it this means that actually. this is very unfortunate. we understand as well that a relic has been returned to bethlehem which is lending special importance to celebrations this year can you tell us about that one is it. took about a very small. part of. the early one. years. of christmas. and i can tell you that people were very much joyce. ok reporter do you know you sokol reporting for us from bethlehem. the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea chinese premier league japanese premier shinzo of a south korean president in held a summit in chengdu china against the backdr

for permits to be able to leave the gaza strip and come to bethlehem usually they would give around 500 questions from the gaza strip meant to come and attend celebrations here in the city however this time the israelis have given less numbers of people around a dozen of them permits to come and. have been voicing their criticism against that decision in the end that has been reversed that the israeli government has given more than 190 according to sources in the local church and 'd we don't know how many of them were able to actually pass that happened last minutes and we don't know how many were able to come to bethlehem here where we are we're at the manger square where celebrations have been unfolding since the early hours of the morning to a bar christmas eve which is the time we're really all eyes turn to bethlehem and joining me here is a palestinian christian from a town near bethlehem. morticians the 23 year old palestinian and we've been talking throughout the day today about the christian community here one of the main issues they face is immigration you yourself it is an

pure palestinian christians from the gaza strip will be able to travel to bethlehem to mark this year's christmas. celebrations are already underway but many from gaza can't attend because israel hasn't granted them permits that's according to the greek orthodox church in gaza only 193 out of 950 applications have been approved 700 christians were allowed to go to best to him last year israel tightly restricted movements i would stop the gaza strip. francis facing widespread travel disruptions during the busy christmas holidays strikes over pension reform show no sign of easing transport remains heavily restricted with up to 80 percent of train services council monday demonstrators confronted police at one of paris is main railway stations some set off fireworks and players inside the 2 week long nationwide walkout has stopped railways service and also forced schools to close you up to date as the headline news continues here after joyous them a rock and a hard place. this is people who are believers or muslims but also what you do to move out of them as if to put on serious or humanity

here palestinian christians from the gaza strip will be able to travel to bethlehem to mark christmas. celebrations are already underway but the greek forces ochs churched in gaza says only $193.00 i was in the $950.00 applications have been refused approved israel tightly restriction is meant to the gaza strip will need it for him is in bethlehem which is in the occupied west bank where the celebrations are taking place we are expecting that some of them might come it eventually because there was a decision to reverse the previous ban on many of them to travel and bus that is of course believe this is one of the measures the israelis take to bring a wedge between palestinians to make them more fragmented between the west bank the gaza strip and as well as in east jerusalem of course this is one of many concerns by those damien's have to do with under occupation and they hope and on the occasion of christmas we've just seen the archbishop yet but this time it's about to enter the nativity church we hope they hold that as an occasion like that they would help shed some light on bethleh

if you're a palestinian christians from the gaza strip will be able to travel to bethlehem to mark this year's christmas. celebrations are already underway but many from gaza can't attend because israel hasn't granted them permits 8 not according to the orthodox church in gaza only 193 out of the 950 applications have actually been approved israel tightly restricts movement of the gaza strip well it's going to add to need abraham who's in bethlehem in the occupied west bank their media and so why then have so few permits been granted this year. gazans live under siege they have to ask it's really government for permits to leave the gaza strip and come here to bethlehem to attend celebrations for christmas usually this really have been given get out 500 birds each year is for god's aggressions of course we're talking about a 1000 of them too including numbers every year but this year they've only given a dozen of them of course that things an uproar in gaza and in the media and eventually the israeli government said that they are giving more permits to people of course that has this is a

they're on their way to visit her family they live in russia a town in the southern gaza strip. is a highly dangerous place it's a bastion of islamised militants and the majority of the population live in abject poverty. in gaza city we were allowed to film from our car but when we drive into rafa or immediately stopped by the police. to live in gaza is to live in fear. for. my wife yet. to see her there my father is a sad sad american see you one of us father quickly ushers us inside he doesn't want the neighbors to see us. the whole family is viewed with suspicion. they're all musicians and that makes them outsiders. one of us father is well known decades ago he won a talent contest in israel and performed in haifa and tel aviv but that was in another lifetime before travel restrictions were imposed on residents of gaza before hamas took control in 2007 and israel and egypt imposed the blockade of gaza strip. before life became a waking nightmare. one of us father remembers the time when music brought people together nowadays gaza feels like a prison. the one for i'm not happy

pure palestinian christians from the gaza strip will be able to travel to bethlehem to mark christmas. celebrations are already underway but the greek orthodox church in gaza says only 193 had 950 applications have been approved israel tightly restricts movement of the gaza strip from the school live that's need to abraham who's in bethlehem and the occupied west bank there need s. so why what's the reason for so few permits being granted this year. usually the israelis do not give answers why they do not grant people permits of course this is not the norm usually they would give around $500.00 to palestinians who would christians who live in the gaza strip there are around 1000 of them it goes in their numbers are dwindling of course every year and usually israelis would side security concerns and reasons as a reason to stop the stimulus from traveling in gaza or in the west bank as we know gaza live under siege and we are expecting that some of them might come in eventually because that was a decision to reverse the previous ban on many of them to travel and post it is of course bel

we are currently speaking with sources inside the gaza strip this evening including hamas, the group of gaza. more information about what occurred is coming in tonight. what's being stressed this year? >> we have from vatican city to notre dame, a very similar message and that is a message of hope and unity. take a look. wednesday morning before a crowd of thousands pope francis delivered a message of unity. he called on people around the world to remember the good and all humans and to remember those trapped and made conflict in places like iraq, syria and venezuela. >> darkness and personal family and social relationship with the light of christ is the greatest. may christ bring his light to the many children suffering from war and conflict in the middle east. and various countries around the world. >> more than a thousand miles away on the town of bethlehem, a place familiar with the ongoing conflict. a midnight mass was held to kick off christmas. the event was attended by palestinian president mike my divorce and other officials in the west bank. and in france after a devastatin

and the gaza strip by both israelis and palestinians palestine referred the case shortly after joining the courting 2015 excited issues including israel's building of illegal settlements and its military operations in gaza the i.c.c. as chief prosecutor fattah bensouda has 1st judges for confirmation on what territory areas under occupation the court could cover but she added that all the criteria to open an investigation has been met i am satisfied one that won't crimes have been being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip. 2 that potential cases arising from the situation would be admissible and 3 that there are no substantial reasons to believe that an investigation would not serve the interests of justice and the announcement prompted an angry response from israel which isn't a member of the i.c.c. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the decision has turned the hague basecoat into a political tool to diligent in my eyes israel this is a dark day for truth and justice the i.c.c. prosecutor has apparently decided not to dismiss outright the palesti

evacuated under such circumstances, he was on tastag at a campaign event about eight miles from the gaza strip when warning signs suddenly went off and escorted to a nearby shelter. the rocket fired from gaza was quickly shut down by an israeli iron dome air defense interceptor and benjamin netanyahu issued the warning after returning to the event saying the person who did it this time should start packing their things. >>> let's switch gears and a quick check of the weather and nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. >> many of us are not complaining about the weather. in the southwest, rain and some snow. but otherwise, we're looking very dry, very mild across the u.s. and heading back from the holiday travels and returning gifts you didn't exactly love, we have good weather. speaking of good weather, bufl weather in florida. look at this. can you imagine, on christmas day, this is where i would want to be in that tie dye shirt maybe in the water. certainly perk. and warm air in place for a couple of days to come. a quick look at the map here, especially in the upper midwest, into the great lak

yesterday evening, a rocket fired from the gaza strip, interrupted a party rally in the border town ofe escorted from the stage after sirens went off. 0ur middle east correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. she explained a little earlier, why benjamin neta nyahu is being challenged now. prime minister netanyahu has been in powerfor ten years and has been a very popular prime minister. he has been credited with economic success in israel and also security success and he has a right—wing government and the majority do self—identify as right wing, so, why is he being challenged now? he has been weakened over the past year with corruption charges hanging over him. he was indicted on three counts of corruption just last month and there have been two election so far, and he has been unable to form a coalition government. he is clearly weakened, and the challenge is coming from a former cabinet minister called gideon saar and he is saying, he is not saying mr netanyahu should resign because of the indictment, he is saying benjamin netanyahu has shown himself of incapable of keeping

israel has carried out s strikes in the gaza strip a number of hamas sides were targeted no one was hurt israel says it was a misprints to wednesday's rocket attacks carried out from the gaza strip into the southern city of ashkelon ketek a prime minister benny minutes now was holding a campaign rally at the time ahead of an unprecedented election in less than a year. as always more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on their al-jazeera dot com inside story is next stay with us. a university degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study or exam when i went to east investigates the pakistani company at legibly selling fake degrades to dowson the police around the world on al-jazeera. capturing ad libbed syrian and russian forces in yet another push to take control of this land rebel held region how much of a chance do they stand this time around what will the human cost be this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than opposition rebel groups in syria have been trying to overthrow the president for the past 8 y

has faced to his 20 year rule of likud. challenge mr netanyahu has faced a rocket fired from the gaza strip town of ashkelon. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his wife — were escorted from the stage, after sirens went off. let's speak now to our middle east correspondent, barbara plett usher, who joins us from washington. how have we got to this point? it is a good question because the prime minister has been in powerfor ten yea rs minister has been in powerfor ten years and has been a very popular prime minister. he has been credited with economic success in israel and also security success and he has a right wing government and the majority do self identify as right wing, so why is he being challenged 110w. wing, so why is he being challenged now. he has been weakened over the past year with corruption charges hanging over him. he was indicted on three counts of corruption just last month and there have been two election so far and he has been unable to form a coalition government. he is clearly weakened and the challenge is coming from a former cabinet minister called

yesterday evening a rocket fired from the gaza strip, interrupting a likud party rally in the borderme minister and his wife were escorted from the stage, after sirens went off. the seychelles off the coast of east africa is setting itself up as a hub for marine preservation. the first—ever large—scale coral reef restoration project was set up there and now they are transplanting what they call "super coral". with over half of the world's reefs already lost because of rising sea temperatures, there's hope this tiny chain of islands could hold the key to saving these animals from extinction. catherine byaruhanga has more. they're called the reef rescuers. tina and chloe work in the indian ocean trying to find ways of saving the world's dying coral. today, they're checking on their nursery. it's a manmade coralfarm and one of the biggest in the world. so this is a large—scale coral reef restoration project. the nursery that we use is a rope nursery. so our coral fragments are actually placed inside a rope and then they are hung mid—water. over half the world's reefs have already been l

but in the constraints of the gaza strip a society dominated by men it's almost impossible to see still while firm refuses to give up. 3000. d.w. . germany's coalition government made up of the christian democrats and social democrats has been in constant crisis from the start . if resignations most of tranced power struggles and election time comes. to take a look inside the government in germany diminishing coalition in 45 minutes on t.w. . it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult. the speech by calling dresden on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the lead of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. the mideast tense the crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the time in dresden. starts december 19th d.w. . welcome to global 3000 growing up is all about taking charge of your ira life but sometimes that means i have a coming some serious challenges as we find out from a young cuban dumpsite his passion for ballet has meant leaving her homeland. we need to sing

we are currently speaking with sources inside the gaza strip this evening including hamas, the group in of gaza. to gather more about what occurred tonight and what ordered this rocket. mike? >> mike: we have been studying christmas messages from around the globe. what is being stressed this year? >> wer? have, from vatican cityo notre dame, a very similar message, and that is a message of hope and unity. take a look. >> wednesday morning, before a crowd of thousands, pope francis delivered a message of unity. he called on people around the world to remember the good and all humans and to remember those trapped amid conflict in places like iraq, syria, and venezuela. >> darkness and personal familya and social relationship with the light of christ is the greatest. may christ bring his light to the many children suffering from war and conflict in the middle east. g and various of countries around the world. >> more than a thousand miles away, in the town of bethlehem, a place familiar with the ongoing conflict between israelis and palestinians. a midnight mass was held to kick off chri

that war crimes have been or are being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip palestinians say the investigation as. well israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the court has no jurisdiction to investigate well our correspondent natasha going to enjoins us live now from west jerusalem the talks with some swift reaction there from. yes swift reaction on both sides but let's back up a minute this is a years long process by the palestinians about a 5 year long process the palestinians wittes seeking redress for what it describes as quote a multitude of war crimes against palestine by the quote occupiers about 5 years ago and a note about what the international criminal court prosecutor has said while she has said that she believes that there is reason to proceed with an investigation because she believes that work crimes either have been this is a direct quote or are being committed in the west bank east jerusalem and gaza there is still a sticking point she is looking for a what is called a pretrial chamber guidance this is on the issue of jurisdiction s

that walk crimes have been or being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip. 2 the potential cases arising from the situation would be admissible and free but there are no substantial reasons to believe that an investigation would not serve the interests of justice in lebanon thousands of mostly sunni muslims have been protesting in beirut against the nomination of the next prime minister in the past couple of hours there have been clashes with lebanese troops firing tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who threw fireworks and rocks at the soldiers protesters of also blocked the main highway linking beirut with southern lebanon. touch activists of one legal battle forcing government leaders to take fast action on climate change the verdict forces the government to reduce emissions to at least 25 percent below $990.00 levels by the end of next year court said the government had a judy to protect its citizens from the effects of climate change. and here in the u.k. parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of boris johnson's breaks it deal the bill paves th

israel has carried out as trikes in the gaza strip a number of hamas sites were targeted but no one was reported hurt israel says that it was in response to rocket fire last month a 2 day flare up in violence led to the deaths of 34 palestinians before a ceasefire was agreed. north korean state media says the country has conducted quote a very significant test of the once dismantled launched size. of pyongyang said that denuclearization was off the table in any future talks with the u.s. for the moment 6 european countries condemned pyongyang last week for its 13 missile launches since they are. we're going to weather update next on our syria then trying because the leader says that he's a president for all but can he win the cost of minority groups. africa's largest lake is drying out threatening to devastation tar communities the generations to come. had some pretty good conditions still across central and seeth southeastern areas of europe we've got a band of try working its way across these more northern areas plenty of the weather so that all through scandinavia some rain and some

that walk crimes have been or being committed in the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip to the potential cases arising from this would be admissible and free but there are no substantial reasons to believe that an investigation would not serve the interests of justice and we have correspondents monitoring reaction to this announcement in ramallah and western as them let's start with him in the west bank city of ramallah and of course it was a palestinian authority that initially petitioned or approached the court what does this landmark decision mean for the palestinians. it's leave here is a very important decision for them one that could potentially bring them justice as far as they're concerned they were saying that they're hoping that a solution would be found to the palestinian israeli conflict through negotiations but as we know the peace process has been frozen for years one of their bifurcations of this is really occupation in the palestinian territory has been the mushrooming of illegal israeli settlements all across the west bank including east jerusalem this i

morning number of 100 stimulants from the gaza strip will be allowed to this is in 2 loosely and this is their families and celebrating and the protests from the different churches and centered. beacon of hope christians from gaza to be told this is a very special day. fortunately it's a numbers only 300 of the 900 who actually apply and see how the permits are given this means that the number of those who are actually meeting on this because if that someone in the 'd family cannot get a permit then he would not leave without other members of the family so it's been quite sad that they could. see. sort of special significance to the event this year because of the presence of very old relic can you tell us what it is. this. car. is this is part of the manger. and this is. for the last 100. and it was growing just a few days ago to. the jerusalem and. was very exciting for people here to get this. to. and indeed we are hearing. today all the. that was journalist reporting from jerusalem now the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed on a joint effort to promote dialogue betw

visiting jerusalem and even though they give it permission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and visit this year the number was always 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches semicircle speaking us to us from jerusalem now let's take a look at some of the other breaking news stories making news around the world a landslide in brazil has killed 7 people in the northeastern city of receive a local firefighters said they pulled the victims from the wreckage of 2 houses according to brazilian media outlet g one a young couple and their baby as well as a 9 year old girl and her grandmother were among the dead. 2 strong earthquake struck central colombia on tuesday the tremors recorded magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.7 were very close to each other and only minutes apart the epicenter is were located about 150 kilometers south of the capital bogota no injuries were reported. the president says 35 civilians have been killed in a militant attack near i've been in the north of the country 7 soldiers also died authorities say s

jerusalem and even though last year they give a permission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and this is this year the number was only 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches and that was journalist semicircles speaking to us earlier from jerusalem. all right let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world in hong kong demonstrators have clashed with police in christmas eve protests riot police fired tear gas as protests went through a major shopping district activist blank streets and smashed shop windows anti-government protests in hong kong are now in their 7th month. in the libyan capital tripoli 4 people are reported dead after a projectile exploded at a vegetable market forces loyal to libya's internationally recognized government have blamed a rival groups answering to warlord khalifa haftar are attacking a civilian area taras forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april in chile a wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes in the port city of all east so thous

the israeli occupied gaza strip has been in star mount a protest there which originally erupted after for palestinians book killed in a collision with an israeli army lorry continued today wednesday more palestinians were shot dead by soldiers i. i. again today all over the west bank and gaza strip young palestinians rioted against israeli occupation. had been can at some heading in fact. is it. senior israeli officers right and no longer be defined as a great group of spirits and they're calling it and some are actually. kind of all the time and then i just watch a pathetic. camilla goodman. and one more how do you hold the other kids that. you didn't feel a bit ahead of their home alone. alone. there so they are all for intifadah. that dollar tree or the what are your more huldah gas but louisiana i'm a little what i. have that daffy shabbier salmiya for lauder been a don't let you know philistine media will stop unless. i show where. to many to many. thought after. i had my property year. usually referred to. as the. bully. who was done ahead that there be anything on. man i'm beyo

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jerusalem and even though last year they give it to mission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and visit this year the number was only 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches some of their reporting i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a court in turkey has ordered businessman osmonds kovalchuk to remain in jail on charges he attempted to overthrow the government he's accused of organizing and funding the gives the park protests against them prime minister wretch of the european court of human rights as calls for his release saying there's no reasonable suspicion he committed a crime. well at least 8 civilians including 5 children have been killed in a missile strike on a school building in syria's it live province the opposition is winning president bashar al assad's government for the attack the school served as a shelter for people displaced by violence in other parts of the country. it's already christmas in north korea and nowhere is the clock being watched mo

jerusalem and even though last year they give it to mission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and visit this year the number was only 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches. semicircle speaking asked to us from jerusalem let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world 2 strong earthquake struck central columbia on tuesday the tremors recorded magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.7 were very close to each other and only minutes apart the epicenter is were located about 150 kilometers south of the capital of bogota no injuries were reported. 'd 'd fossils army says $35.00 civilians and 7 soldiers have been killed in a militant attack neared are being done in the south of the country authorities say security forces repelled the assailants killing 80 of them for kenya faso has been battling an islamist insurgency since 2015. a court in turkey has ordered a prominent businessman osama qabala to remain in jail on charges that he attempted to overthrow the government he's accused of backing the gezi pa

jerusalem and even though last year they get a permission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and visit this year the number was only 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches. some is a whole lot reporting there from traverse them next we turn our attention to syria where there is no end to the misery inflicted on civilians caught in the crossfires of the civil war there and airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 8 people 5 of them children sheltering in a school and it's a process russia is backing president bashar last sod's army in his push against rebel forces. mounted till now min in egypt has become a ghost town people living here have fled the government offensive against rebels. shabab people are fed up they fled to live on the leaf trees this is a vegetable market there's no one here i haven't seen anyone other than journalists taking pictures of me and dogs all roun. most of those fleeing are heading north towards the turkish border. ahead and they did not we ran away from the rockets out of a b

we can confirm that one rocket has been fired from the gaza strip into southern israel and just now asming and that the israelis are responding with air strikes inside the gaza strip. against factions there appeared multiple training sites were h

we can confirm that one rocket has been fired from the gaza strip into southern ill israel and just nowing and that the israelis are responding with air strikes inside the gaza strip.

jerusalem and even though last year they get a permission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and this is this year the number was only 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches. it was journalist semicircle speaking to us from jerusalem let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. and she lay a wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes in the port city of. thousands of people were evacuated as the forest fire spread from the surrounding hills to residential areas the blaze was fed by high summer temperatures and strong winds. a landslide in brazil has killed 7 people in the northeastern city of receive local firefighters said they pulled the victims from the wreckage of 2 houses according to brazilian media out the g one a young couple and their baby as well as a 9 year old girl and her grandmother were among the dead. now to syria where there is no end in sight to the misery inflicted on civilians in the besieged province of idlib the last major stronghold of islam as rebels rus

jerusalem and even though last year they give a permission for 700 palestinian christians to leave the gaza strip and this is this year the number was only 300 so the disappointment in gaza was very high amidst very strong condemnations from the various churches and that was sam a subtle speaking to us from jerusalem. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world in the libyan capital tripoli 4 people are reported dead after a projectile exploded at a vegetable market forces loyal to libya's internationally recognized government have blamed rival groups answering to warlord khalifa have tarr of attacking a civilian area tars forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april. in chile a wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes in the port city of ballpark. dozens of people thousands of people rather were evacuated as the forest fires spread from the surrounding hills to residential areas the blaze was fed by high summer temperatures and strong winds. a landslide in brazil has killed 7 people in the northeastern city of but a chief local firefighters said they pul

the israeli occupied gaza strip has been instrument of protest there which originally erupted after 4 palestinians book killed in a collision with an israeli army lorry continued today wednesday more palestinians were shot dead by soldiers i. i. again today all over the west bank and gaza strip young palestinians rioted against israeli occupation. had been can at some a hearing about. him s.l.a. is it. senior israeli officers right and no longer be defined as a great group of spearman's and they're calling it an insurrection. kind of other than that i just watched a pathetic. camilla goodman yanna take it out there and one more how do you hold other kids that. you didn't feel a bit ahead of the. border alone. will bless you. their soul they are all for us all till intifada. that dollar tree or the what are your more huldah gas but please and i'm a little what i. need that daffy shall be there sammy after louder been it don't let you know philistine e almost stopped at last. i shall wear it samuel to many to many. thought of polish a madman adam carolla messiest if you had to year it w