international law lies as well israel's army has launched strikes targeting several hamas positions in cancer strikes come hours after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says its iron dome defense system intercepted it and the israeli army says it's hit what it calls a syrian terror squad accused of planting explosives along the border fence in the occupied golan heights israel says 4 soldiers from syria special forces were killed in the bush. you know 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california in the united states where a wildfire is burning 1300 firefighters backed by what dumping a crofter up against hot dry weather that is full cost to continue rob reynolds reports from l.a. . the fire in riverside county east of los angeles has burned more than 8000 hectares and destroyed at least one home as well as numerous other structures approximately 7800 people have been evacuated from their homes this is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days more than 1300 firefighters from across the state assisted by helicopters and planes dropping fire retardant are battling the blaze there working in temperatures well above 37

as claimed responsibility israel's army has launched air strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza strikes calm hours after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says its iron dome offensive system intercepted it. the israeli army meanwhile saying it's hit what it calls the syrian terror squad accused of planting explosives along the border fence in the occupied golan heights israel says 4 soldiers from syria special forces were killed in the ambush last week the israeli military targeted 3 outposts in syria's southern connecticut province in 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california in the u.s. where a wildfire is burning its charred 80 square kilometers of land so friday and is threatening homes near los angeles 1300 firefighters backed by water dumping aircraft are up against hot dry weather that is forecast to continue rob reynolds is in l.a. he says investigators suspect the fires were started deliberately. this is what fire authorities here in california are calling a major fire and they say it will probably burn for several more days it is currently uncontained so far 7800 more or less people have been ordered to

parliament it hasn't changed lebanon has all what israel says israel says it is protecting its safety and lebanon may see itself as a stage of war against israel but israel says it's protecting its citizens by what it does in lebanon well anyone that will follow or reality will with very quick that is the very 'd the other way around lebanon has been victims of more israeli attacks and aren't any on the computer any history book or any newspaper that is not biased with the you that israel has always 'd been the target of this attack happened and it's you that's not that's not the way the media see it hear the media see it hear and many policymakers think tanks on board decisions that israel is the only democracy in the middle east you've just clearly said lebanon's democracy doesn't exist it is israel protecting the values of human humanity of justice and so on it's fighting for them even put a flag of lebanon in tel aviv. you know all too well these arguments that israel is the only democracy in the world or in the region the middle east that is certainly nonsense because any any it person within israel itself will tell you that maybe israel

parliament it hasn't changed lebanon has all what israel says israel says it is protecting its safety and lebanon me see itself as a stage of war against israel but israel says it's protecting its citizens by what it does in lebanon well anyone that will follow or reality will with very good that is the very the other way around lebanon has been victims of more israeli attacks and aren't any on the computer any history book or any newspaper that is not biased with the you that israel has always been the target of this attack happened and it's you that's not that's not the way the media see it hear the media see it hear and many policymakers think tanks on board decisions that israel is the only democracy in the middle east you've just clearly said lebanon's democracy doesn't exist it is israel protecting the values of human humanity of justice and so on it's fighting for them even put a flag of lebanon in tel aviv and. i know all too well these arguments that israel is the only democracy in the world or in the beach or in the middle east that is certainly nonsense because any any it person within israel itself will tell you that maybe israel

parliament it hasn't changed lebanon has all what israel says israel says it is protecting its safety and lebanon may see itself as a stage of war against israel but israel says it's protect think it's citizens by what it does in lebanon well anyone that will follow or reality will with that it would appear that is the very the other way around lebanon has been the victim of more israeli attacks and it becomes many on the computer and the history book or any newspaper that is not biased with the you that israel has always 'd been the party that has attacked i've been an issue that's not that's not the way the media see it here the media see it here and many policymakers think tanks on board decisions that israel is the only democracy in the middle east you've just clearly said lebanon's democracy doesn't exist it is israel protecting the values of human humanity or justice and so on it's fighting for them even put a flag of lebanon in tel aviv we know all too well these arguments that israel is the only democracy in the world or in the beach in the middle east that is certainly nonsense because any any person within israel itself will tell you

becoming a proxy war for regional powers israel launched air strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza it comes after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says it was intercepted by the. defense system those are your headlines the news continues here on after selects. to greater danger. we work on take the case out and this is what i was. meant to. but nobody else was just so i am so sad. and i don't want to get a. chance. to say that i mean. just like everything else the strain the country as a whole people have lost hope because they just don't feel like it will change i'm very upset about it i want to remind them that they would do something about it or . just leave it to get worse than it really is. i think it is the best way to do it is a powerful tool. in my house. sale about how i have set up and have that house them and how i spoke to them i see what happens what happens actually however silly it is basically a track that is just focusing on corruption corruption that is going on in our country that is going on in the government and we see it we were you go cops in every way from our police forces to people that we actually look

israel and the u.a.e. the united arab emirates says it will recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations in return israel is agreeing to suspend any further and exemptions in the west bank we'll go to washington and jerusalem for reactions also coming up tonight standing up to a dictator. take to the streets of belgrade his capital in peaceful defiance thousands more are in prison following a violent crackdown in the wake of sunday's disputed presidential elections. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us the announcement of a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates is receiving a cautious welcome by many but not all players in middle east politics as part of the u.s. brokered agreement israel must put on hold its plans to annex any further sections of the palestinian west bank the u.a.e. says that stipulation keeps alive the possibility of a 2 state solution it's calling the deal a win for diplomacy in the volatile region. i historic agreement the united arab emirates and israel 2 countries that never had any diplomatic relations until thursday's deal. and idea was very clear is that

our deal between israel and the united arab emirates in the cold it's being touted as a step towards peace in the middle east. uae follows egypt and jordan with normalized ties with israel. international reaction to the accord which may reshape relations from palestine to iran has been mostly positive though that's still. a big question mark of israeli annexation of palestinian land. what this in state run industrial plants join tens of thousands of people on the fifth day

or know them boards and if israel so we've been anticipating what's going to happen and then you hear about an explosion that's the 1st thing that comes to mind is this israel are these the terrorists i mean given also the the regional situation political tension if you want to remind our viewers too that . there is no indicator at all that there is that type of background to this explosion we have heard that there were possibly fireworks that were being stored in a warehouse at the port where this explosion 2 explosions took place told me a little bit about that area i mean you know the city. is that weird fireworks serve store i mean does that is that normal it's a very unlikely scenario i would say from my own point of view because i mean that is a poor it definitely has a big storage area but it's not clear yet what kind of explosives where there are fireworks that were there in arabic the word fireworks can be interpreted differently so one of them could be explosives but what kind of explosives explosives that is the question the area is a very lively area it support it has a major ports major ports of lebanon and they do it close to the airport to sw

israel and the united arab emirates today at the white house u.s. president trump announced an historic agreement that will reduce the number of hostile countries towards israel by one the u.a.e. says it and israel are normalizing their relations in return israel has agreed to suspend any further annexations in the west bank president trump said the agreement was the result of months of negotiations led by his son in law jared kushner but he offered no answer when he was asked about the timing of the deal why now trump said his policy of maximum pressure against iran was key to sealing the deal israel and the u.a.e. both regard the iranian regime as an enemy however trump offered no explanation as to how u.s. policy on iran had helped to bring israel and the u.a.e. closer now this deal marks a substantial change in the accepted equation among arab states for reaching peace in the middle east the creation of a palestinian state the u.a.e. is no longer making peace with israel dependent on the creation of palestine today's deal requires israel to stop and seeing any further areas of the west bank no new ones but the existing settlements they will remain along with the conflict between israel and t

israel and jordan have peace deals and israel, which has fortified embassies in those countries. now we're going to continue to follow that breaking story, bring you updates as they come in. i want to say good morning, thank you for joining us for our midday newscast, i'm marcus washington. >>> the other top story right now, utes your window, the heat in the bay area. yes, we've been talking about it since the beginning of the week. downtown san jose in the 90s today, even hotter tomorrow and through the weekend. meteorologist kari hall has been keeping us up to date what we can expect throughout the day. kari, it is definitely going to be a hot one out there. >> yeah, marcus, we've had heat several times throughout the summer, this time it's coming o away from the coast. we're not going to have cooling we're at 84 in concord and 73 in palo alto and in oakland. when you compare this to yesterday, it is 17 degrees warmer now invoi santa rosa that was hours ago. we can feel the heat. look how on the it's going to be. over 100 for east bay, 103 ukiah and san jose reaching into the u

and israel as part of the agreement israel will suspend plans to an extent as to me and territory. but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the annexation plans may still go ahead some day with support from the u.s. meanwhile the palestinian leadership has called the deal of the trail and as demanded it's for traction. and thousands of people in belarus a protest against a police crackdown on anti-government rallies demonstrators say an election that extended the 26 year old president alexander lukashenko was raked. a let's not get more on our top story this hour that is of course the u.s. brokered deal between israel and the u.a.e. our senior political analyst model of the shore shara joins us live via skype from london and i'm all on the u.a.e. says it's agreed to this deal to try to stop israel anik saying the west bank has a way of you know holding on to the possibility of a 2 state solution how do you read it why has the u.a.e. agreed to this deal. well clearly it's not because of the question about the station because of the very president of the united states that blasts this

israel's army has launched air strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza palestinians fire rockets into israel israel says it was intercepted by the iron dome defense system the israeli army says it's hit what it calls a syrian terror squad accused of planting explosives along the border fence of the occupied golan heights israel says 4 soldiers from syria's special forces were killed in the ambush. people have been told. in the united states. is still burning. around the area surrounding. those. minutes. other columbus alaska was a. second polar bear good 2nd for armada somebody wanted to get there before the 2nd before the year before the north big macand allowed to a number fi fans had their can macand they could have he had more air but that far . and we had the had he. yeah he was sorrow. so when my poor poor 4 was. still an. official a little alarm over here on the official line on one of the elements to come across . the mother who was a little. innocent the last. ben was a valid that one does ina garten city mostly due to an economic and. let me add to add. a few what if. dad what. kind of th

israel on the other hand palestinians are very much concerned about this normalization because it actually changes the stands at least the public stands of our country is saying that there shouldn't be no normalization with israel unless israel and its military occupation over the palestinians given all of that time you know what is this flight connection mean for both countries. well i think the 1st thing to say it's very significant this is and i'll cite as israel its national carrier and from what we understand saudi arabia. reportedly will open its airspace so it can be really a direct flight from tel of the you've to up be docked up with darby that is the 1st time so it has a lot of you know some symbolism in this move and it's sickness also an openness to this agreement now of course it has a lot of interests as well economic interests but also political interests and it's just somehow shows a shift maybe also you know in the alliances a common. enemy so to speak iran israel the gulf states but also of course it's you know. describes the legacy often embattled israeli prime minister here benyamin netanyahu. tanya kramer with a view from jerusalem today thank you. some of the biggest acts in the music industry took to t

israel but only after israel ends its occupation. this is considered an acknowledgment by the uae that jerusalem is the capital for israel and yet somethingmany palestinians have denounced, especially when the u.s. decided to recognize israel and moved his embassy. ♪ protesters have defied a crackdown in belarus despite thousands being detained. belarusian interior minister has now apologized for the violence rise security forces. we have more from minsk. ♪ >> the state academic choir is singing a song of protest at the doorsteps of the philharmonic. "may belarus be happy and free" are the words. the signs in their hands read "our votes have been stolen." calls for alexander lukashenko to step down resonate around belarus. after a violent crackdown, this is what the president is facing, more people on the street and growing anger about the thousands detained and access balance used. a state-ownedr newspaper is still looking for a ilya21-year-old son detained on thursday evening. [shouting] >> my son is a student. he is not an alcoholic nor a drug addict. i don't want our boys to be beaten. it is barbaric in the 21st century. if they don't

brokered plan for you if you will recognize israel and israel halt its plans to annex cost of the palestinian west but. you're watching d.v.d.'s coming to you from but when we got more on our website you don't need a calm as well as hot twitter and instagram feeds i do as i told me a lot of fun for me and all the team thanks for joining us oh good it. seems. to go beyond. those a little bit. we're all about the streets that matter 2. 100. whatever it takes. no running down. to play.

israel and the u.a.e. the united arab emirates says it will recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations in return israel agrees to suspend any further and exemptions in the west bank we'll go live to washington and jerusalem for reaction also coming up tonight standing up to a dictator again take to the streets of his capital minsk in peaceful defiance thousands more are in prison following a violent crackdown in the wake of sunday's disputed presidential election plus we traveled to a sleepy german resort town called in the crosshairs of powerful u.s. senators a baltic sea port that is now at the center of a transatlantic dispute over energy security and russia and. the club scene shut down for months now thinks to the pandemic has come up with new ways to beat the coronavirus and keep the. wall. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight an historic peace deal in the making between israel and the united arab emirates it calls for the u.a.e. to recognize israel and a stab. diplomatic relations in return israel will drop its controversial plan to annex more pa

and israel as part of the deal israel will suspend plans to annex palestinian territory donald trump says the u.s. helped broker the deal which will see the u.a.e. and israel exchange embassies and ambassadors the 2 nations are expected to meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral agreements. this is a truly historic moment not just the israel jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago or so much progress being made towards peace in the middle east. well you know i think you are of america's closest and most capable partners in the region something would say could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east hamas says accuse the u.a.e. of stabbing palestinians in the back by agreeing to a deal with israel the palestinian group based in gaza says the deal effectively rewards israel for its occupational crimes and we've got alan fischer standing by for us in washington but 1st let's go to harry forsett who's in west jerusalem and harry we're expecting israel's benjamin netanyahu to speak any minute now what does israel get out of all of this. well i mean as far as benjamin netanya

tel aviv it will not make age military $4000000000.00 in military aid to israel conditional on what israel does its sacrosanct israel can do whatever it wants despite what progressives are asking for and saying that it was it was reported anyway that biden i personally intervened to remove the word occupation from the democratic party platforms in that sense maybe land for peace isn't even part of his equation anymore and call the arabs was another slap in the face one of many a slap in the face of the progressive selves when she was named because she's so close to aipac the extreme right wing israeli lobby with photo opportunities and plenty of money from a pac members despite a pac being actively involved in smearing women of color in the democratic party like rush she did tell you. no problem from cook for kemal harris so the interesting thing is although this will be a controversial tweet it's also quite good for biting because he had spoken out against the potential annexation of the west bank by netanyahu now that you know he says he's not going to do it at least for now if he had gone ahead with that that deb

hour president drop out announced that israel the united arab emirates have agreed to historic peace deal under its terms the u.a.e. will recognize israel and israel will put on hold its controversial plans to annex parts of the thomas to west bank. but over yet you can always get the w. news on the go just download that out from google player from the app still i don't give you access to all of the ninety's news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of the news story you can also use it to send us photos and things. and set your update on more world news at the top of the hour craig ferguson has your business update in just a minute i'm good. deep deep didn't beethoven jazz. it is just that a 16. year old without the children i can't even begin to. be told in. september 16th. w.

the israel lebanon border and particularly between israel and hezbollah so naturally there was some speculation that this might have been caused by his beloved sorry that it might be caused by israel and the israeli airstrike that it was quite short in terms of time that after the explosion happened that we heard israel denying this there was also other speculation as you correctly mentioned that his beloved might have been behind it this is a country that is particularly politically torch we had the foreign minister of assignment just a day ago we have a lot of corruption charges being leveled at various politicians so we have been on that's minded in an economic crisis and added to that is of course the whole coronavirus pandemic on the back of all of that was speculation that maybe his was behind this. but we have heard from his that he no way with they involved at this stage i must say it seems as if it was some kind of technical mishap but this is certainly the largest blast blasts that lebanon has seen in recent history paula thank you very much for bringing us right up to date on what may have occurred there in beirut in the port area paula sleeper and tell him. well i'm ha

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making peace with israel's war on the palestinians basically has accepted 'd israel's war on the palestinians israel's occupation of palestine israel's future an extension of most of palestine and accepting trumps foreign policy that blesses all of these israeli extremist policies and so for all practical matter and just as we've just heard from the israeli prime minister himself this is peace for peace this is not peace for palestinian fighters this is certainly not the land for peace as we've heard the put the last 40 years since it's what shrine in a u.n. security council resolution 242 or 338 meaning israel gives up land it occupied cruel war or wars in return for out of breath of nice thing and organizing relations with israel just to. make this even clearer. 20 some 18 years ago the arab league all arab states. serbs want to recognize our normalize relations with israel but. that it would always wrong occupier. what do you need that has done today was worse. for $67.00 decades of our policy towards israel. thank for that political analyst marwan bashar thank you. turkey's president says talks ar

almost immediately after the blast we heard from israel israel said they had nothing to do with the explosion we've heard tonight hezbollah is calling for national unity we've heard from saudi arabia saying they will stand behind the government in lebanon on. what what crossed your mind when you heard this blast did you think that this was. an act of terrorism. yes of course the huge explosion i never thought that because by the way the scene that it's due to. your great it was blocked in indeed the port of spain route and some talking about hundreds of tons of that material plus some fireworks and. liquid gas and so on that's why we're looking. in terms of explosions with meats. i heard some news it's not credible yet not confirmed yet barks i'm talking about more than 500 ton of explosions explosives so you can imagine the sound and destruction that left behind so at 1st of all i didn't i didn't have any think the thing about i just what the what could happen the 1st explosion i thought that maybe there was a small fire near the place where i am right now because you're to be happy whether

israel. israel has carried out nightly area strikes, as well as closing off the seed to fishing vessels and stopping fuel deliveries. it is a blow to an economy already on its knees, with unemployment surging and 57% of people below the poverty line. gaza's oldest ice creamery was already restricted to one of its seven powerlines. now the owner says it is time to shut up shop. >> [translated] i will send my workers home and shut down the factory. four hours are not enough because you need two hours to cool the machines before starting. distributors will stop buying my products because they don't have electricity to store the ice cream. reporter: the power shortage brings an environmental cost, affecting water supplies and treatment of wastewater. >> one of the most important .roblems in the gaza strip than 120 cubice meters of raw sewage to this seawater and the beaches of the gaza strip directly without treatment. reporter: that is 50 olympic size pool pools every day in a time of year when residents look to the seaside as a place to relax. an egyptian delegation traveled from gaza to israelon monday reportedly with a list of demands to hamas for a fulfillment on easing the blockade and allowing for improvement to the infrastructure and economy of the gaza strip. external mediation has worked in the past, but usually only once the situation has deteriorated more with greater levels of violence than we have seeno far this time. anchor: the u.s. postal service is suspending cost-cutting measures amid a public outcry over warnings it could affect the upcoming presidential election. louis dejoy said last week the service would not be able to handle the volume of mail-in ballots. he now says any operational changes will be made after the november election. let's go to mike hanna, live in washington, d.c. why has he made this abrupt u-turn? is there going to be enough to stop the outcry? an outcrye has been both from democrats and a number of republicans about delays within the postal service that have followed these cost-cutting measures, as he put it, undertaken by louis dejo

battle with the attackers israel's army has launched air strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza it comes hours after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says it was intercepted by the iron dome defense system nearly 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california where a wildfire is still burning is charred 80 square kilometers of land since friday and is threatening homes east of los angeles 1300 firefighters backed by water dumping aircraft are up against hot dry weather that is forecast to continue. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story on more news in about 30 minutes us either. we have a 2nd wave of. the number of new cases around the globe and governments weighing options to face it. and what will the fallout be this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. just a few weeks ago many governments fall they have a coronavirus under control the number of cases was falling and the infections flattening government started lifting restrictions and reopening that economies some even praised for their successes and many people resume their daily lives but that optimism la

israel launched. several hamas positions in gaza. palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says it was intercepted by the. defense system those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera. and they can tie. to greater danger. we were. destroying the country.

international law is as well israel's army has launched air strikes targeting several house positions in gaza the strikes come hours after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says its iron dome defense system intercepted it and the israeli army says it's hit what it calls a syrian terrorist court accused of planting explosives along the border fence in the occupied golan heights israel says 4 soldiers from syrian special forces were killed in the ambush last week its military targeted 3 outposts in syria's southern connector problems. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back. we're in a real crisis right now in this country a morning millions of children in the u.s. are going hungry as people wait for coronavirus health class. i'm robot bryden and dong south korea the country's cultural heartland as it celebrates its world heritage treasure. most talk weather wise in the u.s. has been about this how to construct tropical storm is hovering between the 2 now it's going to spend most of sunday running up the coast of florida and then this is overnight we get into monday and then up the coast of georgia now i've got here a cone of uncertainty i

israel has agreed to suspend its planned annexation of areas of the occupied west bank the agreement also firms up opposition to iran. which the uae israel and the united states. as the main threat the conflict riven middle east that's your first from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is the greatest advancements toward peace between israel and the arab world. in the last twenty six years and it marks the third formal peace between israel and an arab nation together with tools transform the region unfortunately been better future for people. this is a future of peace the future of security. and the future of prosperity. i've always believed that we could establish peace with the arab world. and i've been working towards a lofty goal for decades. no sooner the words pronounce the question mark rose over the issue of palestinian territory there is macklin in jerurusalem has been following the story. it's interesting because it is a treatment regimen. . and for israel and the united arab emirateses and he was very specific case that diplomatic ties will be normalized unit will be invevested iss here and there will be direct flights from dubai to tel aviv- they'll be investments. and so does investment in israel including in this

israel and the u.a.e. the united arab emirates and says it will recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations in return israel is agreeing to suspend any further settlements in the west bank we'll go live to jerusalem and washington for reaction also coming up tonight a peaceful defiance in the capital of the roofs thousands of people around minutes have formed lines of solidarity as they protest police brutality this is the 5th day of demonstrations following president the shrink those disputed election victory on sunday. it's good to have you with us israel and the united arab emirates have announced plans to sign an historic peace deal it calls for the u.a.e. to recognize israel and establish diplomatic relations in return israel will drop its controversial plan to annex more parts of the west bank the u.a.e. says the deal is a win for diplomacy in the middle east the agreement was brokered by the united states just a few moments ago i was at a very special call with friends prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel and questioned prince mohammed bin laden the united arab emirates. where they agreed to f

an israeli determinist groups as 260 women are ripped in israel every single day -- rate in israel -- raped in israelvery singlele day. over 90% of the cases are close without indictment. q stay w with us o on france 24. i will be back in 15 minutes with more headlines. >> hello, and welcome to the france 24 interview. my guest is a world-famous environmental activist from india. she is a lord of the alternative novel prize in 1993, the author of numerous books. her latest is called "oneness versus 1%." thank you for being on the phone. i want to begin early on. you were not supposed toto be an activist. you were a physicist, and then earlyme across in the 1990 -- early 1970's, a movement. >> i was trained to be in establishment, -- nuclear establishment, but my sister will be up to the hazards of nuclear. i was going to canada a to do a before i went i wanted favorite for of my a spat i have grown up in the himalayan forest. the forest -- some of my favorite himalayan forests. i have grown up in the himalayan forest. in my heart i said i would come back and be a volunteer for this movement. women ca

israel israel has carried out nightly as strikes as well as barring all but humanitarian cargo closing off the seat of fishing vessels and stopping fuel deliveries it's a blow to economy already on its knees with unemployment surging and 55 percent of people living below the poverty line gaza's oldest ice cream marie was already restricted by the power shortages to using just one of its 7 production lines now its owner says it's time to shut up shop. oh i'll send my workers home and shut down the factory 4 hours aren't enough because you need 2 hours at least to cool the machines before starting the production process it also means that the distributors will stop buying my products because they don't have enough electricity to store the ice cream the power shortage brings with it an environmental cost to affecting water supplies desalination plants and treatment of waste water the west worked out as one of the most important problems that we are facing and the guidance for it will be will be. to the lowest level discharging one of the 120000 ton of rolls the ways to the sea water and the beaches of the gaza strip directly without in the treatment that's the equivalent of 50 olympic sized pool every day at a time of year when gaza's residents look to the seaside as a place to relax and cool off an egyptian delegation traveled from gaza to israel on monday reportedly with a list of demands from hamas for the fulfillment of what it says israeli commitments on easing the blockade and allowing for improvements to the infrastructure and economy of the gaza strip such external mediation efforts have worked in the past but usually only once the situation is deteriorating more with greater levels of violence that we've seen so far this time are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. south africa is easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive the economy one survey found the break cause more than $3000000.00 job losses only essential workers were allowed to leave their homes when all the world strictest lockdowns was imposed in march nationwide travel is allowed on the ban on alcohol and cigarettes is being lifted for me to miller is in soweto with more. we are the street and so we're told this is one of johannesburg's most popular tourist attractions this is a street that was once home to the former president nelson mande

israel and the e.u. make a step in their relationship. we bring you all the details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg day break europe. i am in london. israel and the u.a.e. have made a potentially historic break through in their relationship, hailed by american and israeli leaders as a crucial step towards peace. >> this is a truly historic moment. not since the israeli-jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago has so much progress witness made towards peace in the middle east. >> but not everyone is thrilled by the agreement to normalize ties. palestinian officials call the u.a.e.'s decision a betrayal. for more, we are joined by amari. what are the finer details of the deal? >> good morning. on the on set it is a normalization of relations between the united arab emirates and israelld signal things like ambassador swap and air travel. israel israel will temporarily suspend put on pause and ex-ation of the west bank. what happens we will see in the next few months and years depending on how this is implemented. many are claiming this is historic. the state department says the three winners are the u.a.e. in the sense they say they prevented and ex-ation. of course the united states is a break through for them. najera who is a way. the other big question is what does this mean for the rest of the quffle arab states. everyone is looking at saudi arabia. will the crown prince follow in abu dhabi's footsteps, taking a look at potentially normalizing relations between them and israel. >> so in terms of changing releases in the middle east, you sort of hinted at some of this there, but who are the winners and losers? >> really the biggest loser would be iran. the "new york times" says this is a geo political earthquake for the region, and he is right. for iran, this is