. there is an effort to get a long-term truce with hamas.he region, not only about hamas, but we say very clearly, it will be peacefully in israel, it will be peacefully in gaza. the same goes for lebanon. if hezbollah will try to check our capabilities, it will not be peacefully in lebanon as well. but we have no reason to engage with hezbollah or with hamas. but they are the ones who are trying to send rockets, to dig tunnels, and we say this very clearly to our people who are in the area. if it will be quiet in israel, it will be quite in gaza. and by the way, we encourage humanitarian projects in gaza. we work with the eu, we work with the un, about those projects. we have our humanitarian needs as well, and you refer to the israeli boys who are being held by hamas. two israeli citizens and two israeli buddies of foreign soldiers. you havejust citizens and two israeli buddies of foreign soldiers. you have just made a point of saying israel compares about —— cares about the humanitarian situation. if that is true, why has israel and your

but we have no reason to engage with hezbollah, or with hamas. who are trying to send rockets, to dig tunnels. and we say this very clearly to our people who are in the area. if it will be quiet in israel, it will be quiet in gaza. and, by the way, we encourage humanitarian projects in gaza. we work with the eu, we work with the un, about those projects. we have our humanitarian needs, as well, and you refer to the israeli boys who are being held by hamas. two israeli citizens, and two israeli bodies of foreign soldiers. you havejust made a point of saying israel cares about the humanitarian situation. if that is true, why has israel and your prime minister, mr netanyahu, been so fulsome in support of the trump administration's decision to cut $350 million worth of assistance per year, that was channelled to the un relief and works agency, unrwa, that specifically provides assistance to palestinian refugees? you in israel have been delighted by that, so where is your concern for palestinians‘ humanitarian needs in that case? first of all, we have

hamas were also elected. with a majority in the policy in parliament let me add here a very important thing as always it's a bit complicated in israel palestine it was the israelis who eventually imprisoned most of the leaders of hamas but the parliament in the west bank and i did not allow of course any of those hamas members from gaza to travel to the west bank so israel of course played a hugely destructive role here because they were not happy with the results of the elections they did not want to have mass to win the elections even though everyone said we will respect the will of the palestinian people but would have asked when their actions everyone turned their back on it and some of course incited against it and here. we are today and yet i would say that mahmoud abbas will probably need to sit down with him us before he sits down with the israelis he needs to appeal to hamas and find a way forward before he appeals to the united nations and to the american administrations unfortunately he has not don

on hamas for some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unified government with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people prepared to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who'd lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in another protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today and there are hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing. it's been more fighting in southern neighborhoods of libya's capital at least eleven people have been killed in tripoli most of them civilians attempts by the un to impose a cease fire has failed when the violence at least ninety six people have died in fighting since the end of war gost mahmud up to lie ahead has the latest from tripoli. the sound of heavy gunfire has been heard in several parts of the libyan capital tripoli as it clashes have renewed between

on hamas for some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unified government with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people prepared to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who'd lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in an. the protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today and there are hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has rejected the trumpet ministrations claims the palestinian authority is not interested in peace talks with israel a bass made the comments during a meeting with french president emmanuel mccraw a bass made the stop in paris on his way to the un general assembly which will be held in new york next week to trumpet ministration as ordered the closure of the palestine liberation organization as washington office it accuses the gr

on hamas to some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unifiedgovernment with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose a new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people had to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who'd lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in another protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today. and there are hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing. well now to syria where protesters have been marching in rebel held calling on the international community to stop president assad cementing is grip on power demanding he be removed from office before a new constitution is drafted algis arizona order a ports from beirut. they chant against bashar assad the syrian president to a survived an eighty year rebellion against his rule the opposition has been all but defeated all they have left is their voices. oh no cons

the state of israel until it excepts a two state solution based on the nineteen sixty seven lines on hamas and possible reconciliation he had this to say we have concluded agreements with hamas either they implement them fully or we will distance ourselves from any agreements or measures that are concluded without our approval and will not bear any responsibility we'll have analysis on our bus a speech coming up right here on al-jazeera that's after we just listen to the european union's donald tusk is the president of the european council so we'll hear what he has to say right now to the u.n. general assembly president. their european union is fighting internally to preserve their rules based international order which is currently under great strain and term five to eight security climate change or human rights we say does not on the contrary strongly supporting the united nations about the continent that cares deeply about respect mutual understanding and solidarity between nations as leaders we must they creep the united nations with the means to fulfill its mandate facts faithfully. mo

on hamas for some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unified government with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why. hi this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people are proud to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who'd lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in another protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today and there are hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing. european council president donald tusk says he's convinced the e.u. and u.k. can still find a compromise of a bracks if it was reacting to a strongly worded statement by president prime minister to resign may a day after and was heavily criticized at a summit in austria she accused the leaders of failing to provide better options for an amicable tale and demanded more suspect for the u.k. bachar reports. reeling from her bruising each use summit to resume

unverified footage of the most violent in a month and i talked to the rebel positions in it live in hama province is it live is the last opposition stronghold in the country and the government says it will retake it but with three million civilians trapped it's feared an all out assault could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. for more on the situation let's bring in now and shall hora in beirut and shell thanks for joining us reports of heavy russian ass strikes is this the beginning of a major offensive. but it does seem like that perhaps it will be a phased offensive not the man who did yesterday said that it's time to bring phased stabilization to the problem something we have seen as we've seen sixty eight and strikes in the area concha colony. on is where the chemical attack took place in april this year it was the bomb by o b c w and this is new c.w. also had a mandate to pinpoint who was behind it and it said it was sitting in government this is believed to be under the control of an extremist how this organization which is now known as. and has in the hides had links with a ter

of some job this group were actually moved to northern hama as reinforcement so this is what's coming out at the moment it seems like there will be an offensive and it is a beginning but perhaps of a brazen offensive and how big it's going to be scared we still don't know ok i'm told there are three million civilians in the area what situation of they facing is there any escape possibility at all. well the fear is that whoever the russians on the syrian government's a hit there will be civilian casualties just because there are so many civilians in the province of live aid in this case today the reports that are coming out is that perhaps three to five casualties have a card the observation which is based in the u.k. says four deaths have occurred whereas the civil defense committees which are in is that these are activists who say three to five four in one three in one village i beg your pardon and one another this death's door also includes two children and one woman so these are the past because that are coming on a sponsor today is concern but wherever the government hits and whet

, who was kidnapped when hamas violated that cease-fire. hamas should release the two's rally -- israeli citizens that they hold captive. gentlemen, every time i stand here i feel as i do today. to stand here as the prime minister of the jewish and democratic state of israel. [applause] some believe that israel cannot be both jewish and democratic, this is false. israel is both. israel will always remain both. sarahince abraham and made their journey to the promised land 4000 years ago, the land of israel has been our homeland. it is the place where isaac and rebecca, jacob, and rachel carried on their covenant with god. it is where joshua made us a sovereign nation. david ruled and isaiah preached. it is the place from which we were exiled and to which we returned, rebuilding our ancient and eternal capital, jerusalem. [applause] the nationstate of israel is the only place where the jewish people proudly exercise our collective right of self-determination. was recognized nearly a century ago by the league of nations and over 70 years ago b

on hamas for some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unified government with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people tried to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in another protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today and there are hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing meanwhile palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has rejected the trump administration's claims that the palestinian authority is not interested in peace talks with israel abbas made the comments during a meeting with french president emmanuel mccall he made the stop in paris on his way to the un general assembly which will be held in new york next week the trump administration has ordered the closure of the palestine liberation organization's office in washington it accus

on hamas for some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unified government with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose a new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people had to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who'd lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in another protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today and there are. hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing fighting between rival armed groups in the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli has left at least eleven people dead most of them civilians and un backed ceasefire was if we don't september fourth but it's failed to end the battles for control of the city medical sources say at least ninety six people have been killed there since the end of august. now the united nations humanitarian coordinator says the world is losing the battle to stop yemen tipping i

barrel bombs and their strikes continue to fall on a blip in hama provinces in syria taking another hospital out of action. and load some flags but no missiles as north korea marks its seventieth anniversary with a huge military parade. we begin the program in sweden where polls have just closed and they exist polls are giving us an idea of what the next government might look like they show the center left bloc led by the prime minister stay fun lovin on just over thirty nine percent of the vote he's a social democratic party has traditionally had the biggest vote share but as it stands now exit polls suggest that they're trailing slightly behind the center right alliance led by the moderates well significantly the far right immigration anti e.u. sweden democrats led by jimmy ocus and are on track for more than nineteen percent of the vote that's up from twelve point nine percent in the last election. well john a whole is live in stockholm a forest jonah you know leading up to this election we had all been talking about the possibility of the far right doing incredibly well they obviously ha

you know about the russian and syrian air strikes on adlib a neighbor in hama province and syria with the hospital among the targets sudan's president dissolved his government on picks a new prime minister in hopes of fixing the country's struggling economy. one death every minute save the children warns that hunger is being used as a weapon of war. so his prime minister says he's open to talks with the main opposition party after both blocs failed to get a majority in sunday's election the center left bloc led by the prime minister stefan often holds a narrow lead with just over forty percent of the vote his social democratic party has traditionally had the biggest vote share so that's almost a dead heat with the center right alliance led by the moderates who have called for a law firm to resign significantly the far right anti immigration anti e.u. sweeping democrats led by orcas and gained support but still polled less than expected at more than seventeen percent talks again on monday but all parties have so far refused to work with the sweden democrats on a whole reports of stockh

not omar's family home was hit by a barrel bomb in his hometown of hama the blast killed his parentsnd left him badly wounded. now go ahead with a helicopter bombed our house people had warned us about the air raids we were taken to hospital two weeks later i woke up and had the feeling something was missing. they are. then i fell out of bed and i couldn't get back up. my leg had been amputated. but i. remained in hospital for three months and gradually learned to walk with crutches his body is covered in scars and he's racked with pain he's blind in one eye. incredibly his youngest sister bushra survived the blast only injured they fled to live together. she had been a model student but school stopped after the bombs fell. i hope i can go back to school one day but it will be difficult i can't leave my brother alone in the tent . eight hundred families live at the camp on the syrian turkish border among them are hundreds of children only basic necessities are available here there's no real education and hardly any medical supplies hope faded long ago it's been replaced by worry of w

refugee camp there where he met a boy who was orphaned when a barrel bomb hit his home in the city of hama. he's only fourteen but omar hussain alo already knows what suffering is three years ago he fled to this refugee camp in northern italy and disabled traumatized and off and here he found safety he now sells food and drinks from this tent and. i work here day and night and managed to earn about a euro a day it's just enough to survive but the homes are not almost family home was hit by a barrel bomb in his hometown of hama the blast killed his parents and left him badly wounded. not go. a helicopter bombed our house people had warned us about the air raids we were taken to hospital two weeks later i woke up and had the feeling something was missing from specially or. then i fell out of bed and i couldn't get back up and that my leg had been amputated a little but i closed or a lot of the border omar remained in hospital for three months and gradually learned to walk with crutches his body is covered in scars and he's racked with pain he's blind in one eye. incredibly his youngest siste

a second senior most figure the head of hamas in gaza yassin was was there in a big scrum of people at the center of that so for such a senior figure to get so close in the midst of what is a large protest i think shows you that hamas is under considerable political pressure at the moment it wants to make these big gestures these these relatively large actions because on two fronts it's been negotiating trying to negotiate at least indirectly a cease fire a long term ceasefire with the israelis many here view that as if not failed very much failing on the verge of collapse and of course it's also under pressure from the rival palestinian faction fatah in the occupied west bank which controls the palestinian authority it is putting pressure on hamas to agree to some terms at least over reconciliation between the two rival factions some kind of unified administration here inside gaza the deadline for that is october the first and so there are some things that hamas can try to do to increase the pressure both on the israelis and on the p.a. one of them is to increase the size of these.

say the strikes are the most intense in weeks and are targeting rebel positions and it's live and hamas provinces it live is the last opposition stronghold in the country and the government says it will retake it three million civilians trapped there it's fear that an all out assault could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. well for more on the situation in syria we're joined now by the. burra who's in beirut so on child with all these reports of heavy airstrikes are we seeing the start of a major offensive an invalid. well we certainly see the start of an offensive we don't yet know how major this is going to be because if you look at where these strikes have happened and then russia's trying to send a message that these are peace to begin with limited strikes even though we have seen must likes to dig we've seen them in an area most of them in an area of conscious come which is believed to be under the control of jihad this extremist group known as have in the past has certainly had dies with al qaeda and believed to have links with them so russia trying to say that this is going to

beit in southern idlib and russian jets reportedly carried out more than ten strikes in neighboring hama province stephanie decker reports now from an taqiyya on the turkey syria border. death comes from the sky here. it's the second day of an escalated air campaign targeting the southern part of syria's province and north and how. some people are fleeing their homes to the so far safer north. we came from the south of it we're leaving because of the bombing the jets and the artillery they are hitting us with all kinds of weapons we're heading to the north now. we expect everything at this stage fortunately there is no other place for us to go to because it will get worse so we are heading to the turkish border at the moment there aren't large amounts of people fleeing the bombardment and that's because the areas targeted are in the countryside and they are less populated now turkey fears if the military offensive moves closer towards the cities that huge numbers could flee towards its closed borders in that situation it's working hard to avoid turkey's interior minister visited the bord

by hamas the palestinian group which rules the territory israel says it was responding to people throwing grenades and explosive devices and has ordered an f.b.i. investigation into the sexual assault allegations made against his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and that means a vote by the full senate on his confirmation will be delayed for at least a week while the cabinet confirmation has gripped the u.s. and expose the deep divide in politics we have seen court nominations debate before especially all of a sexual harassment claims. courts from washington for many people this is something new and it seemed everyone was watching it on planes and bowling alleys and bars in offices and homes and even at the doctor america was gripped by the scenes that played out over nine hours all of it on live t.v. everywhere this confirmation process has become a national disgrace the raw emotions on display in the hearing room seemed to spill out. out in seep into the people observing it including jenny zucker experience a lot it was very this rolls of physical. there would be words floating in

we will not bear any responsibility if hamas insist on refusing to abide by the agreement. this, andf all despite all this injustice from the word -- world, we will never resort to violence or terrorism. --will continue to combine all over the globe. we will never accept any aggression except any country, whether this country record nice is us or does not, likes us or does not like us. important point. said theadministration number of refugees is 40,000 only. i would like to know the formula whereby you calculated this number. 1949- was established in to help refugees until the it hasn is solved until not been solved, we have 6 million refugees, not 40,000 as such.s. administration -- facts just come out of the blue. decidedt calculated and to remove the -- from the picture. finally, i call upon our people to remain patient, steadfast and to continue to sacrifice until we achieve independence and self-determination act to establish and in the habit -- independent, and not in jerusalem. i pay tribute to all freedom loving countries and peoples and marchers and i would like t

in syria several demonstrations have been held to protest against the government one of them in hama the other in the province of course the last remain. a rebel stronghold in syria the protesters are angry at the government's plan to launch this massive military offensive to retake the territory the un's repeatedly warned against the military assault saying it could unleash a humanitarian crisis unseen in this seven and a half you will more than three million people are now living in adelaide most of them civilians displaced by the conflict in other parts of the country. these are the protests in hama where rebel positions have been targeted by government airstrikes demonstrators gathered to condemn the continued shelling by government forces u.n. estimates forty thousand people have already fled the area as airstrikes intensified in the past two weeks yemen's hooty rebels say fifteen people have been killed in some of the amorality coalition air strikes in the port city of her data . did recently is the coalition tries to take the area back from the rebels andrew symonds as more fr

russian and syrian air strikes continue on ad lib and neighboring hama province and syria with the hospital among the targets. in school serena williams has been fined seventeen thousand dollars for her to come back during the u.s. open final. oh williams accused of making a sexist remark during her defeat to know me on soccer. coalition talks in sweden to take weeks after the country was left divided following sunday's election the center left bloc led by the prime minister stefan loven holds a narrow lead was just over forty percent of the vote his social democratic party has traditionally had the biggest vote share it's almost a dead heat with the center right alliance led by the moderates who have called for a law firm to resign significantly the far right anti immigration anti e.u. sweden democrats led by jimmy orcus and gain support but still polled less than expected it more than seventeen percent talks will begin on monday but all parties have so. far refuse to work with this when democrats try to haul has more from stockholm. but i've been celebrating here at the social democrat he

omar's family home was hit by a barrel bomb in his hometown of hama the blast killed his parents andleft him badly wounded. now though. a helicopter bombed our house people had warned us about the air raids we were taken to hospital two weeks later i woke up and had the feeling something was missing hums that here they are. then i fell out of bed and i couldn't get back up not that my leg had been amputated letter but that. omar remained in hospital for three months and gradually learned to walk with crutches his body is covered in scars and he's racked with pain he's blind in one eye. incredibly his youngest sister bushra survived the blast uninjured they fled to live together she had been a model student but school stopped after the bombs fell. i hope i can go back to school one day but it will be difficult i can't leave my brother alone in the tent . eight hundred families live at the camp on the syrian turkish border among them are hundreds of children only basic necessities are available here there's no real education and hardly any medical supplies hope faded long ago it's been

russian and syrian jets are reported to have resumed intensive strikes in provinces of idlib and hamarnment forces step up their assault on the rebels‘ last major stronghold. a russian—iranian—turkish summit on friday failed to agree a ceasefire. the united nations has warned of an "imminent catastrophe". now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london with me, tim wilcox. this week, we discuss the perilous situation for millions of civilians in idlib as government forces prepare to clear the last remaining rebel stronghold in syria's north western province. there are warnings of a blood bath after a summit between the presidents of russia, turkey and iran — where it was hoped a deal would be struck, ended in failure. and with the long, hot parliamentary summer recess finally over — where are we in britain's brexit saga? my guests this week — greg katz from the associated press, the french magazine editor agnes poirier, the british political commentator steve richards and the writer on arab affairs abdel bari atwan. welcome to you all. lovely to see

on friday it sais that it did what was necessary to protect israeli civilians israel alleges that hamas used the protest as cover to breach the border fence. one rough day for silicon valley's tests on facebook as both tech giants see a huge drop insurers overnight details after a short break. the u.s. is trying to control the european banking system remember them post back that to every single european bank had a record of every single customer every single transaction especially one through the u.s. dollar and the u.s. it posed their u.s. dollar based germany all over the world now european nation nations are saying no we're not going to be a part of this empire anymore because we need the box we need the money we're not we don't believe in your propaganda we don't think that your sanctions on iran have merit for any reason so we're just going to bypass them because. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president. to going to be pros this is what before three of the more people. interested in the war. twenty one minutes past eight in the m

to ease a turkish military convoy has reached an observation point in the syrian town of that's in hama district it's one of the closest points to the line dividing opposition fighters and government forces in the country's northwest the deployment comes as preparations continue for an expected government offensive against neighboring it liberal france spain has decided to go ahead with the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi arabia reversing last week's decision to cancel the order of the movers and activists who say the weapons will be used in the killing of civilians in yemen. the un's humanitarian coordinator in yemen says hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance as fighting begins again around the city of the data it has the key ports the entry point for most of the aid sent to yemen the saudi a morality coalition and government forces are battling with the rebels for control of the city had been allowed in the fighting there went up to plan talks in geneva last week german police have destroyed an optimising company or a coal mine but just as a built tree ho

he said thatjeremy had supported hamas. jeremy has never supported hamas.the basis of saying, this is wrong, the violence is wrong, you need to get round a table and start talking peace. he also said as well about persecution within the labour party. jeremy has made it absolutely clear we will protectjewish members of our party from any form of abuse and anti—semitism and we will take action as well. that is what is happening. i just say to lord sacks, you have got it wrong. come and talk to us. if you sat down with jeremy corbyn i believe you would reach a level of agreement that would help us go forward. the ongoing debate over anti—semitism in labour comes as the jewish labour movement holds its conference in north london today. our correspondent simon jones is there for us. some 300 people here are discussing issues to do with the labour party, the jewish issues to do with the labour party, thejewish movement issues to do with the labour party, the jewish movement and anti—semitism and the way many see that engulfing the party. let's talk to louise almo

end to a crippling is really egyptian blockade imposed a decade ago after islamist militant group hamas forcefully took over power in the end since the protests began earlier this year over a one hundred and ninety protesters have been killed more than. one israeli soldier has been killed during the demonstrations really forces defended its actions claiming that bombs and grenades had been thrown out soldiers on friday and that they did what was necessary to protect israeli civilians israel also alleges that hamas used the protests as cover to breach the border fence. the news continues in ninety seconds here on r.t. . u.s. is trying to control the european banking system remember they imposed back that to every single european bank had a record of every single customer every single transaction specially one through the u.s. dollar and the u.s. is closed their u.s. dollar base had germany all over the world now european nations even nations are saying no we're not going to be a part of the some higher anymore because we need the box we need the money we're not we don't believe in your p