tom bateman, bbc news, hebron. stay with us on bbc news.ial gender recognition bill. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle| was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag i was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth i of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkod

tom bateman, bbc news, hebron.pital during christmas because his cancer has advanced. the three—time world cup winner had a tumour removed from his colon in september 2021 and has since had regular treatment. pillai is 82. a pilot project could see 2,000 households in cheshire swap their existing gas appliances for hydrogen—powered models. the uk is looking to phase out the use of natural gas from 2035. however, the proposals are causing concern for some residents, who are worried about safety and costs. 0ur climate and environment correspondent, jonah fisher, has that story. "you have been asked to be part of a pioneering proposal to switch from natural gas supply to hydrogen." have you been asked? no. not at all. we've not been asked. you are it! whitby could become the first part of the uk to turn off natural gas completely and become what's being called a hydrogen village. all our methane gas boilers are due to be phased out from 2035, and this pilot project is the government exploring options for what happens

tom bateman, bbc news, hebron.christmas because his cancer has advanced. the three—time world cup winner at a tumour removed from his colon last year and has since been having regular chemotherapy and treatment. pele, who is 82, is also being treated for a respiratory infection. the world cup final may still be fresh in the memory but domestic football in england has already resumed. tonight in the carabao cup, two big names, manchester city and liverpool, met in the fourth round, with both teams having players not long off a plane from qatar, asjoe wilson reports. match day souvenir scarves! december football, north—west, not middle east. the world cup is rubbish! i like club footie better. feels like christmas day today, not on the 25th. this is what i call proper football, the animosity between the fans . and this and that, - i think it's overhyped. we don't like fighting, we are too old for it, aren't we? we are too old for that. yeah. we just like to support us with a voice really. manchester city versus liver

tom bateman, bbc news, hebron.. the brightly coloured insect once appeared on a regular basis at this time of the year. and in such numbers that it earned the nickname the christmas beetle. but sightings have been in sharp decline in recent years. in a bid to track the population and find out why scientists are asking for the public�*s help. dr tanya latty is a professor of entomology at the university of sydney and is the lead researcher on the project. christmas beetles, as you said, used to be super common throughout australia and just a really unique part of the christmas experience here, where every christmas, millions of these beautiful iridescent beetles would descend upon all of the major cities here — kind of like little winged christmas baubles everywhere. but that hasn't happened in quite a long time and unfortunately, although lots of people remember seeing lots of christmas beetles during their childhoods, we don't have the data to back it up and since there are 35 different types of christmas beetle,

and, for the far right, hebron is a heartland.he person who put a framed picture of a mass murderer on his wall at home, described him as a hero. doesn't that worry you? he's apologised for that and he said he's matured through that. but bottom line is people want anti—jihadism, pro—family and pro—god. your silence will bring you checkpoints all over. your silence will bring you division. a well—known palestinian activist speaks to a gathering of the israeli left. they're a dwindling force these days. and while they tour, undercover police watch them from the shadows. hebron is a city of checkpoints and a flashpoint of the conflict and occupation. that is my house. back with issa amro, the palestinian activist, i'm shown what life is like for him here. and you're not allowed to go there? i'm not allowed to walk from here. usually, this is closed. he's been arrested multiple times and then, he's pulled away from us, detained again. the police accuse him of obstructing justice. the activists call it harassment. issa, what's happenin

idea of soldier assaulted a is really piece protester where just today the at the idea of declared hebron, a military excluded military zone, preventing for peace protesters from coming to abroad to show support for the palestinians. i think that we have a real problem here. i think the problem is within israel. i think the problem is is, is with western governments. i think it's going to be a long time before the israel wakes up. but also, i think before the western covenants wake up and that's very sad because once again is the palestinian people who pay the price for our silence and, and our neg right. so they're paying the price nude. and as we're saying palestinians are divided. there is no leadership, largely abandoned by the international community. so what, what you're seeing and hearing on the ground and that i'm alone and other occupied territories or palestinians taking matters into their own hands and going forward. are we seeing a resurgence of be the resistance to the occupation? well that in the palestinian people have been resisting occupation right over 7 decades that has

we are not allowed to enter hebron yesterday in that tour by breaking silence movements that tries to fill out what those are the only soldiers do and commit crimes and against the stallions. this thing is escalating and we saw the result of it in the recent days by killings around the las daniels, the last one. it was just started in hawaii who was killed in cold blood, the 6 of the elections and the coming extreme right. the government is afflicted in the behavior of the patient forces. in those think still ahead on al jazeera, we look at how difficult life conveys women to live with disabilities in libya. ah, it's the weekend. hope you're enjoying nice to see you. thanks for tuning in. so we'll start in india, this is a picture on sunday with that ne monsoon picking up more concentrated rain is falling, for example, in careless state. so we'll call it coach itself. also blanketed and rain through sher longer. and the more deeply that southwest corner of sherlock, i think will power up some thunderstorms here. now, with that ne monsoon picking up, it's going to be a washout in da na

it proper israelis who are proper listing and we are not allowed to enter hebron yesterday in that tour by breaking silence movements that tries to kill the way to what those are. only soldiers do and commit crimes and against damien's will. this thing is escalating and we saw the result of it in the recent days by killings around the las danielle is the last one. it was just started in hawaii who was killed in cold blood, the elections, and the coming extreme right government is reflected in the behavior of the fish and forces. in those think thousands of sol screens are rallying as opposed to striking truck drivers in incident hunting higher minimum wages. the government is wanting them to return to work all face penalties. the strike has disrupted supplies a phase or a few shortage in the coming days. it was can us move to so you'll see we hi me, thousands of our members of various unions making a march after gathering in front of the national assembly building here in sol organizer say there are thousands more in the port city of whose hun all galvanizing their support for the truck

tom bateman, bbc news, hebron.been no direct peace talks since 2014. and this is not a new israeli government that looks likely to do anything to advance peace. quite the opposite. you have individuals like the far right leader, itamar ben—gvir, who opposed palestinian statehood. instead, he and others in the government want to extend israeli sovereignty into the west bank. that's, of course, yet another huge obstacle to the idea of a two—state solution. that is the international formula for peace here, which is backed by palestinian leaders, by the united states, by european governments. and, really, that's what's led to a lot of expressions of concern from israel's international allies. and the palestinians have been saying already that this is a racist and extremist government. we're now getting some of the details of policies that the individuals in the government could be pushing for. we have things that stand out. one of the ultranationalist leaders, bezalel smotrich, saying that as he's set to take control o

we did go to hebron. i will never forget how.to somebody and actually do it justice. it is ghastly. what i have been told was once a thriving city of merchants in exchange and commerce, now a city where the streets are segregated. where palestinians can't walk. where their apartment buildings are caged fronts with locked doors. only able to exit by way of the rear. we saw some children behind those caged balconies. it makes no sense. it went against every fiber of my being, as an american, as a democrat, as somebody who says we have to struggle for greater equality here. and certainly that is what i hoped for in israel. another place of great memory for me is when we visited with a farmer and his family. and they sadly showed us, up on this very challenging farm, and some rocks and pastors, that there, cattle there, goats were run off the farm. by settlers. they showed us videos of settler violence. violence so for, me for, un-american for democrat, who wants equality for all. for beautiful israeli people and the beautiful palest

. -- hebron.y know it as the site of the 1929 massacre or a horrific monument, you cannot understand it. or as the current militarized ghost town it has become. the history, myth and nostalgia are tied up in all those things and in america in the same way we need something to unify us together, the israelis also need that but we need to make sure the myths is as close to history as we can and respect that nostalgia [inaudible] [applause] >> i will go a little more grandmotherly. i kept thinking about the children i saw. the palestinian children. the israeli children. the other immigrant children, running around, knowing each other when they had the chance. and i think in america we want the same thing we want for israel. peace, acceptance, understanding. a reduction of bigotry and anti-semitism. and it is up to the adults. because those negative things are learned. i look at my own grandchildren. they do not have built in bigotry or prejudice toward color or nationality, language. they just to see

for the far right, hebron is a heartland.tinian activist speaks to a gathering of the israeli left. they're a dwindling force, these days. and while they tour, undercover police watch them from the shadows. hebron is a city of checkpoints and a flashpoint of the conflict and occupation. so, you see the barrier from this side, a military tower. watchtower here. see the fences and this is just a regular street in hebron. been closed off like this for many, many years. separates out palestinians who live and work on this side, checked every time they want to try and get through. that is my house. back with issa amro, the palestinian activist, i'm shown what life is like for him here. and you're not allowed to go there? i'm not allowed to walk from here. he talks of having been arrested multiple times and then he's pulled away from us. the undercover policeman is back. they tell him he's been "obstructing justice". the activists call it police intimidation to stop the settler movement here being challenged. issa, what's happening

we are not allowed to enter hebron yesterday in a tool by breaking silence movement that tries to fill the way to what those are the only soldiers do and commit crimes and against the philistines. this thing is escalating and we saw the result of it in the recent days. why killings around 10, the listing is the last one. it was just started in hawaii who was killed in cold blood, the 6 of the elections and the coming extreme right government is reflected in the behavior of the patient forces in those think hundreds of people have rallied in sedans, capital against a possible deal between military and civilian leadership, the military rule is scheduled to talk with members of forces for freedom and change. on monday, they are expected to discuss a deal on the transition to to new jersey. and now where the powerful trade union says it no longer except the country's political part, because of what it calls individual room, a likely reference to president casa is the 1000000 member union, supported by se, and when he dissolved parliament and seized more, must powers last year but it's late

people will when they gathered in the west bank area known as must suffer, yet turn into south and hebron heels to support locals who disagree with an israeli high court decision to clear this fast area around 3000 hector is for the need of the countries army as we many photos of the past. why those ladies to this place for so many court orders, the presence of the palestinian people here is before milton. our presence to day is a manifestation of the will of liberalism paper. under the termination casino he was on a bigger latoya big north oak your vision? unsure the assumption of a lovely palestinian provide to the last minute to the law effort to show that a he told started back in the 1980s when israel claimed its army needed this area as a military training ground with no people a buildings on it. palestinians protested repeatedly, arguing they had lived in this in hospital mountainous region before the state of israel appeared and ended up appealing to these rarely, supreme court 20 years later. c hearings took another 2 decades according to the decision. barry mary ann b. dylan dec

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okay so here's the thing after a one day break that see effect snow his back for western japan hebron. here's the details on wednesday. so for the north west of honju, this area by the way, already a meter of snow on the ground. so we will add to that italy sim, goes for western who, cato island on wednesday, long the gang see river valley snow to the west and some cloud cover to the east that's dropping down near the pearl river valley. some shower seemed likely in gray . lynn with a high of 7 degrees. all run of rain has moved to wave from the mold eaves now pushing into the arabian sea across india, fairly quiet conditions. here we do see the rain return to baluchistan province in pakistan towards the north for punjab. then spout 95 percent of it covered by fog. same goes for the other side of the border in punjab state in india, talking about rain survey, a lot of it through the golf. so doha, picking up $8.00 to $9.00 millimeters. doesn't sound like a lot right, but that is a month's worth of brain in the span of 24 hours. it's not the rain, but the wind sid are picking up on wed

so hello to john hohmann. hebron morgan, i'm in elephant on there. so great to have all of you here. how comfortable or uncomfortable is it to talk about what you've done this year? honest. take off the filter, john. i'm just thinking about that as you court. thank you. let's make it. we did have a film which was was going to tell you about, jen, it's, i colleague met go what they going. yeah. and then just good publicize it to be quite low price in mexico. so i've got, that's probably the wrong answer to get it. all right, and you don't like, i'm okay. i can talk about, i think now a paper to have to talk about the process, the journalism and not just deliver the reporting that does that feel good? is what we used to talking about obviously, you know, we used to talking about, i would say the people we're doing theories on and the issues returning theories on but then the process itself, you know, it's a hearing for them and very sometimes it's a happy process sometimes the depressing process depending on the kind of thing they're getting shot. so y

now he says that washington is manipulating the nuclear threat as a means to isolate hebron. during the negotiations in vienna, the americans and europeans were constantly saying that the money nuclear program has advanced too far we. there's no more time for negotiations. we have to finish the negotiations now and strike a deal. otherwise it will be too late. they were constantly making threats and warning the international community about the threat that the iranian he's on their program. well, ever since they left and the negotiating table, they've stopped making all these warnings, putting out these warnings about some 10 minute threat from the running nuclear program. they're seeing nothing. they're focused on ukraine now. so if the running nuclear program was such a threat, we should constantly be hearing the same language coming out from europe and the united states. that there are some sort of imminent threat. there is none because they were like they, we all know their life. and it's, it's clear that the iranian nuclear program was peaceful, but the europeans in amer

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raised that way that's the only world they knew and that could be so much better when we went to hebronre actually welded shut man came up in his truck while we were there is really version of the maga. [laughter] giving us a hard time we diffuse the situation but that's how we need to lead to bring back the prospect of the two state solution. also those who suffer the trauma and those soldiers who have left the service are very traumatized the wayho they had with the palestinians and the way they had for what they considered violence. it is scary stuff suffering from ptsd as well. we need towo make sure we do everything we can to push for the two state solution it's getting further away everyan day. these highways that have been built across and making it possible for them to be united it wasas by design to make sure the two state solution is absolutely necessary. i do believe strongly that we do have lasting peace with the two state solution. thank you. >> ass i mentioned this was my second trip to israel i went 22 years ago when i was in my twenties and traveling around the middle ea

this footage shows clashes in hebron.inian activist who was at that clash. i. ,., ., ., palestinian activist who was at that clash. ., ., ., clash. if you saw someone do that, ou were clash. if you saw someone do that, you were taken _ clash. if you saw someone do that, you were taken to _ clash. if you saw someone do that, you were taken to the _ clash. if you saw someone do that, you were taken to the jail, - clash. if you saw someone do that, you were taken to the jail, not - you were taken to the jail, not shoot him. maayanjaffe—hoffman is a journalist and former news editor at the jerusalem post. she joins me now from jerusalem. how will government policy change when this coalition takes over? i think there is a lot of electric going on right now. benjamin netanyahu has been the longest prime minister, 12 years and adding more years now. so despite the change and make up of the coalition, there were unexpected... i do not believe you will see many of the policy changes that we have heard about coming to fruition duri

soldier throwing an israeli activist to the group and then punching them in the face in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank. before he was released, amro was reportedly beaten at the police station before he was interrogated. his home was also raided. amro is the founder of youth against settlements. on wednesday, the israeli activist miko peled tweeted -- "issa's life is in danger and there must be guarantees to his personal safety." meanwhile, israeli forces have killed another two palestinians during a raid in the jenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank. according to al jazeera, israel has now killedight palestinians over the past three days in the west bank. a u.s. citizen who lives in massachusetts has been arrested on a trip to the united arab emirates and faces possible extradition to egypt after he made a video calling on egyptians to protest during the recent u.n. climate summit in sharm el-sheikh. the 46-year-old sherif osman is a former egyptian army officer who has become a vocal critic of egyptian president abdel fattah al sisi. osman was arrested by two plainclo

behavior of those are only soldiers and policemen and more killings in the streets, soldiers and hebron threatening palestinians that it might have been given who will be appointed as minister of national security and is that i am is coming to behave . you and your life will be miserable. these things maybe did not happen directly in this way. it pro earliest who are proper listing and we are not allowed to enter handling yesterday in the tool by breaking silence movement that tries to fill out what the soldiers do and commit crimes and against the philistines. this thing is escalating and we saw the result of it in the recent days by killing around 10 fella stanley. as the last one, it was just started in hawaii who was killed in cold blood. as you may look, sions the coming extreme right government is reflected in the behavior of the occupation forces in the spring. yes, exactly. speaking of that new government, what can we expect from israel's incoming national security minister? you mentioned him before, particularly he's designed to give his rallies. he'll just immunity from prosec

and because of that you have to.your eye these twice in cross the hebron times some will take federalollars and build on other existing lines. it occurred to me it's not just the responsibility of the folks that are requesting the many or do you just not know where the services answer me which one of those statements is true? to have companies out there that are getting the money knowing damn well the services they are and make some money? over is it a situation it so bad. >> both can be true the effort to make it more sophisticated will diminish or mitigate that consequence. i have been involved in these programs for 30 years and i guarantee there are companies out there who believe they can acquire resources and subsidies and those that include where broadband already exist to pocket the profit and get away successfully to get away with accountability and shame on us if they do that a third time to express quite clearly and intentionally the desire the moving to underserved areas and only consider other possible uses of the many will we rigorously adhere to that scheme or is that er