abbas who demanded that israel reduce gaza's electricity by forty percent last june it's mahmoud abbas who stopped paying for patients to be treated in the west bank it's mahmoud abbas and stop paying salaries for all civil servants in gaza so in order to reach an agreement with hamas israel is in a dilemma israel by accommodating hamas which i think or the people of the gaza strip which i believe it should do to some extent for humanitarian reasons would be putting itself in direct conflict with mahmoud abbas who's strategy is today to starve the gaza strip into submission and force hamas to capitulate and return all of its authority as security authority to the palestinian government so israel now needs to choose between siding with the side with the government of hamas which is committed to its destruction over the the side of mahmoud abbas which works and coordinates in security and assures israel's security in the west bank a serious dilemma which i think the viewers should know appreciate ok we're going to how to talk a little bit in detail about the political divide between the

a new argument on that day prime minister netanyahu out and said president mahmoud abbas must choose between peace with israel conciliation with others so it's that is why any government led by not danielle the right wing who are somewhat there edging every effort that put forward to put an end to the palestinian hook him a divide because it does serve the interest of israel i would like the palestinians divided between west bank and gaza to move forward to another angle related to this story in particular. these really intelligence minister israel said that describing i mean the now the barrage of rockets fired by hamas and jihad into israel saying i see a new brain fingerprinting is this could this be taken as an indication that these rallies could ask their action in gaza. well first of all i don't think that any party is interested in any of skill ation with the israelis or even have mass on the other hand because the situation is so for a giant and in case this kind of new cycle of violence erupt nobody anybody can start the war but nobody can know where it's going and when it's

also coming on the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas comes under fire for saying that europe's jews were themselves to blame for the holocaust pulled tell you why israel's and the u.s. response to the remarks. also coming up frale madrid have reached the final of the champions league but who will they face will it be your concocts liverpool club or can rome on stage a comeback in their semifinal match up later today. i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the armenian capital yet yvonne to join a general strike opposition leader nicol passion yon urged his supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister passion jaan was the only candidate and had expected a different result. this is not how the vote was expected to go. was full of enthusiasm and high expectations tens of thousands had come to catch the moment of their protest leader became prime minister. then excitement gave way to sorrow. the are good and i'm going to do we have to win we c

the ambassador to israel saying that they marked a new low for mahmoud abbas.tinians have been demonstrating along the border fence with israel for the sixth consecutive friday. reports say a number of protesters have been wounded by live and rubber bullets fired by israeli troops. others have been treated for inhaling tear gas. israel says it uses force only to prevent damage to the fence or possible infiltrations. at least 44 protesters have been killed during the weeks of protest, dust storms whipped up by violent winds have destroyed homes and lives across a wide area of northern india. at least 125 people have been killed, though some reports suggest the figure is higher, as buildings collapsed in the intense storm. villages in agra near the taj mahal were the worst affected, and more bad weather is on the way. the bbc‘s salman ravi reports from agra. it is now calm in the village. a miracle that more lives were not lost. this is the place where i'm standing here. you can see the house is in the rubble now. the family used to live here. and none of them ar

the ambassador to israel saying that they marked a new low for mahmoud abbas.en demonstrating along the border fence with israel for the sixth consecutive friday. reports say a number of protesters have been wounded by live and rubber bullets fired by israeli troops. others have been treated for inhaling tear gas. israel says it uses force only to prevent damage to the fence or possible infiltrations. at least 44 protesters have been killed during the weeks of protest, marking 70 years since hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs were expelled or fled from the new state of israel. zimbabwe's ruling party zanu—pf has launched its election campaign. president emmerson mnangagwa has made a number of pledges ahead of elections in august. it's the first time mr mnangagwa will go to the polls as zanu—pf‘s leader after ousting robert mugabe. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka reports from harare. thousands of party loyalists have attended the election manifesto launch where president emmerson mnangagwa pledged to raise the standard of living for all zimbabweans. he has also

also coming out of palestinian president mahmoud abbas comes under fire for saying that europe's the jews had themselves to blame for the holocaust israeli jews is a pos of anti-semitism. and these migrants have been on a harrowing journey to reach the united states but for many the real challenge is just beginning as they try to cross the u.s. border to apply for asylum. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the armenian capital yet avan to join a general strike opposition leader nicole passed you know an urge to supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister passion young was the only candidate and had expected a different result. this is not terrible vote was expected to go. forward. full of enthusiasm and high expectations tens of thousands had come to catch the moment that. protest leader became prime minister. then excitement gave way to sorrow. far. and they're going to do we have to win we can't go on like this and he will you k

but how much longer can it resist the public's calls for change also coming up palestinian leader mahmoud abbas comes under fire for saying that europe's jews themselves were to blame for the holocaust we'll bring you israel and they use response to those remarks. embarrassing news from germany only four of the nato members one hundred twenty eight year old fighter jets are fit to fly missions that's according to media reports here as the country grapples with the tight defense budget. plus the deadly cost of poisoned air the world health organization says the air pollution now kills seven million people per year and it's poor countries in africa and asia who are worst affected. and who will join real madrid in the champions league final year concocts liverpool travel to the eternal city to take on brokaw for a place on soccer club a club soccer's biggest stage. i'm sumi so much got it good to have you with us tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the armenian capital yet avant to join a general strike opposition leader nicole pasha yon urchins supporters to bring t

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas apologises for remarks he made aboutjewish people and the holocaust,escribing it as "the most heinous crime in history". describing it as "the most heinous crime in history". and a volcanic eruption in hawaii forces hundreds of people to leave their homes. after another tumultuous week for the us president in which he's faced growing scrutiny about the stormy daniels adult film star controversy, donald trump has this evening gone back to his core supporters. the gun rights group, the national rifle association in dallas, texas. the meeting was a throwback to the president's campaign rallies — with many of his supporters cheering him on as he spoke about some key issues — like gun control, north korea and illegal immigration. he was specific in his assessment on the threat of war and how his administration has dealt north korea. —— with north korea. we actually delivered more than we promised. and let me just tell you this. we're really doing well with north korea. we're really doing well. cheering for years, they have had this problem. and everyone has

according to media reports of the country tightens its defense budget and under fire alister new leader mahmoud abbas and quietly condemned for suggesting that europe's jews brought the holocaust on themselves israel and the e.u. called his remarks on acceptable. thanks very much for your company everyone we start in armenia or a day of strikes in the capital here of on may be having an impact a top official from the ruling republican party said its members would vote for whichever prime ministerial candidate is nominated by one third of lawmakers and that the party would not put forward a candidate of its own for the very latest let's go straight to diffuse nick calmly she is in the armenian capital year of on nick. the ruling party doing a one eighty here fill us in on these new developments. good evening ladies well yes it is pretty unexpected and pretty drastic this pronouncement but we have heard that before only last week and they had intimated in slightly less explicit terms they wouldn't stand in the way of the goal of us in the un and that they wouldn't even give him some votes and the

minister but how much longer can it resist the public mood also coming up under fire palestinian leader mahmoud abbas whitely condemned for suggesting that europe's jews brought the holocaust on themselves israel and the e.u. called his remarks unacceptable and embarrassing news for germany only four of the nato members nearly one hundred thirty year old fighter jets are fit to fly missions on that's at least according to media reports as the country tightens its defense budget. hawk it's great to have you along everyone we started off in armenia where tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the capital yerevan to join a general strike opposition leader and call pashtun urged his supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister and i was the only candidate that had expected a very different result. hangry opposition leader nicole pushin young calls for must civil disobedience earlier after a day long session in parliament the votes just didn't stock up for him the ruling republican party was not pr

palestine is definitely becoming more popular among the palestinian officials just the other day mahmoud abbas said that palestine is for the palestinians it is not as the jews claim the land of their ancestors so he does seem to be questioning israel's right to exist on those lands and i wonder if that does not make it easier for israel to paint you as anti semitic rejectionists president mahmoud abbas went to the security council in february twentieth two thousand and eighteen and his speech last week of the palestine national council reiterated our commitment to the two state solution where the state of palestine where these duracell limits its capital will live side by side in peace and security with the state of israel and he called for an international conference and he was willing to come to moscow about then with a shot president putin to meet with with prime minister netanyahu and prime minister netanyahu refused then with asian present put in place not once or twice and accepted we are with a two state solution with organized israel and israel did not recognize us since one tho

mahmoud actually was saying there are very many important players in the in the situation in libya not in attendance in that leasing in paris and that in itself is likely to undermine any kind of agreement that they have come up with that meeting in paris. exactly the idea of representation is a key word here because so many factions today have not been invited to the paris conference especially those strong key players on the ground like say for example the force of the armored groups that defeated eisel in the west of libya especially in the city of sirte it also those who. the opponents of engage in that have to are not also represented and also. their eminence of the. general national congress also are not represented in that conference so the idea of representation here is a key word today and also the idea of elections parliamentary and presidential elections many people believe that it could be the solution to the ongoing crisis in libya or at least part of the solution but it is not new france is inviting those legal rival politicians to come to a consensus to end the libyan cr

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization's highest decision making by his reappointment to the executive committee was expected it came at a meeting of the palestinian national council the first in twenty two years a mascot for the form to be postponed until all factions were united as one of several groups that boycotted the meeting turkey's ruling party has formally nominated incumbent president type that one as its candidate to run in next month's election i don't want call this not vote more than a year after more than a year and a half earlier than expected is that the opposition is scrambling to get organized secular nationalists opposition voxer planning to announce an alliance to challenge the ruling ak party stahmann it. gold mining companies in south africa have agreed to a four hundred million dollars settlement to compensate thousands of miners who contracted fatal lung diseases algiers malcolm webb reports thomas lipo tis lungs is so badly damaged i says he struggles to get he walks any faster than this. he worked

because mahmoud abbas in washington more. he has nothing to stab strong economy. he doesn't worry about prosperity in the palestinian -- he only speaks like revolution with slogans, independent state. for independent state you need capacity, you need economy, you need jobs, education. it's not enough only the declaration of independence. the independence cost a lot of money, and i think that they reference, first of all, they should invest from -- to create real strong economy. >> so then, i have to ask you this question. it is very common, one has heard for years from various political leaders here and in israel and elsewhere, that the current situation is, quote, unsustainable. is it in fact very sustainable? >> no. in the middle east, it's middle east. includes our neighbors and problems. everything keeps very shaky and unpredictable. it's maybe more right vision. everything unpredictable. we don't know what will be with gaza, we don't what the future for palestinians in jordan and somalia and what happened in -- with arab league. the problems that everything i

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the embassy all talks are off even if there were talks what is the state of health of your leader mahmoud abbas is whether the hospital as a matter of fact just visited with him doing well he had some. lung infection and some high fever and he needed some treatment and he's really recovering and doing very well but didn't the palestine paper leaks in effect mean that you offered israel what trump has you said the biggest jerusalem in jewish history with all of this is this wasn't true what i said was jerusalem should be divided is jerusalem should be the capital of palestine and it was there was a limb be the capital of israel but then we can have open city of big jerusalem that can be on both sides we don't want you know the day after peace is signed if we ever have to that there things should look different palestinians and israelis deserve their to live and let live and that's what we did we did we did yes we did who we know there's a right to exist in peace and so you can succeed in lines we have accepted many many many terms in terms of security arrangements and so on but unfortunate

world press freedom award for two thousand and eighteen to an imprisoned egyptian photojournalist mahmoud but this hasn't gone down well with the authorities in cairo has it and they've made their own happiness not in egypt's foreign ministry says but in a shotgun was involved in terrorism and also warned us even before the award was announced but to recognize in this way involves contempt for the state of law but just on that point the law has been imprisoned now without charge when he is egyptian or stipulates no one can be held without charge more than two years and the prosecution has made all kinds of accusations including one of attempted murder does fail to back that up with any evidence that alone a formal charge and how shall console war gone down in the egyptian news media the vast majority of which backs the c.c. government on reservedly not exactly basking in national pride on behalf of a colleague egyptian t.v. talk show hosts like a madman among the government's lone distractors there. are a lot of the let me do guys up oh it appear that they were i'm not even that sort of g

groups have condemned the israeli military use of force as disproportionate and palestinian president mahmoud abbas referred to the day's events as a massacre his office has called for a full investigation. of this war crimes should not go unpunished and the international community has a past. that is possibility to provide that national protection for the palestinian people we called upon an immediate committee in session for the human rights rights but also in order to provide for a special mission investigation mission and for the crimes committed by the israeli army against our people who are today. deadly unrest here but on the other side of the border a starkly different setting in jerusalem for the relocation of the u.s. embassy i. made the opening of this embassy and this city spread the truth far and wide and may the truth advance a lasting peace between israel and on our neighbors god bless the united states of america and god bless jerusalem the eternal divided up little vision i was thinking the rest of plaza here about vocals. scuffles at the new embassy in a city claimed by both

and a coat that is mahmoud salah speaking to us from chicago. he is 86 years old.s forced out of his village with his family and his ago, a nakbayears survivor. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. ,ur guest is tareq baconi author of the book "hamas contained: the rise & pacification of palestinian resistance." juan: i want to ask you in a few minutes we have left in terms of what could potentially who might be able to hold israel responsible for this latest carnage that has been occurring now for weeks, really, and what under international law might be possible in terms of international community demanding accountability? >> i think it is really important in the context of everything we have seen today hammad andf and mu others, the strip is not a separate board or entity that is bordering israel. gaza is under occupation. it continues to be under israel's military control. the population registry. it controls all entry and exit of goods, of people. it even controls the number of calories that go i

and i mean me and my president mahmoud abbas and my party and the majority of the palestinian people there really destroying palestinian out of moderates and if you take a shit and take the terms. and the last see what he did in the last year who get and then who lost their destroying a destabilizing stability in this region they're destroying the moderates in this region this things and extremism in this region and extremist this region bloodying their decisions as you said of president ram because they are telling us look for twenty five years you have been negotiating and you realize there's a you want you you sit us you if you look to the two state solution jerusalem is the reason we got there of palestine was doesn't have the reserves and look what they're doing to you know what do you answer what do i answer you said when the leader arrives israel until that peaceful protest arguably doesn't work what are your people supposed to do until a leader. of what we have no place to go could there from the river jordan to their military and and the greater historic palestine today i am

avoid a military military conflict that could bring in regional powers the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has been released from hospital he received treatment for pneumonia and fever in the past week the eighty two year old hopes to return to work soon the united nations says more than two million afghans are at risk of severe food shortages because of a devastating drought below average snow and rain precipitation since december have affected twenty out of thirty four provinces with northern and western areas worst affected will than twenty one thousand people have already left go and here are provinces where rivers have dried up completely the lack of water has led many farmers to minimize their losses by delaying planting crops and reducing the sizes of their fields livestock has also been affected so one point five million goats and sheep in north eastern regions are struggling to find food human is calling four hundred fifteen million dollars in aid toby lanzer is the un humanitarian coordinator for afghanistan he joins us now via skype from kabul good to see you tell me what

palestinian president mahmoud abbas has had his stay in hospital extended the eighty two year old was expected to be discharged on sunday following treatment for a lung infection but he'll now remain in hospital for an eighth day he'd been admitted for what doctors had initially said medical tests off to cherry it's been one hundred days and so are on the post became south africa's president he took office after his predecessor jacob zuma resigned under pressure of a corruption scandals a promise to clean up south african politics because government is now battling corruption allegations of its own reports from johannesburg. they called it rama four yeah the reaction of many south africans went through ramaphosa became president in february things had gone from bad to worse for his predecessor jacob zuma his eight years were blighted by a series of corruption scandals. last year people protested calling for him to step down even if he resigned under pressure from his own party. has been promising to clean up ever since this is the year in which. we turned the tide on corruption in our

palestine is definitely becoming more popular among the palestinian officials just the other day mahmoud abbas said that palestine is for the palestinians it is not as the jews claim the land of their ancestors so he does seem to be questioning israel's right to exist on those lands and i wonder if that does not make it easier for israel to paint you as anti semitic rejectionists president mahmoud abbas went to the security council in february twentieth two thousand and eighteen and his speech last week of the palestine national council and iterated our commitment to the two state solution where the state of palestine where these duracell limits its capital will live side by side in peace and security with the state of israel and he called for an international conference and he was willing to come to moscow about then with a shot president putin to meet with with prime minister netanyahu and prime minister netanyahu refused then with asian present put in place not once or twice and accepted we are with a two state solution with organized israel and israel did not recognize us since one t

minister but how much longer can it resists the public mood also coming up under fire palestinian leader mahmoud abbas widely condemned for suggesting that europe's jews brought the holocaust on themselves israel and the e.u. called his remarks unacceptable also embarrassing news for germany only four of the nato members nearly one hundred thirty year old fighter jets are fit to fly missions as according to media reports here as the country tightens its defense budget plus a special report from kenya homosexuality is illegal in this east african country indeed people like noah live in constant fear of being arrested all now activists are pinning their hopes on a real new ruling by the country's high court. on layla herat thanks very much for your company everyone well after weeks of protests tens of thousands of demonstrators are out in force in armenia blocking roads dancing on the streets of the capital yariv on taking part in a general strike opposition leader a new call urged his supporters to bring the country to a complete standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to

and i mean me and my president mahmoud abbas and my party and the majority of the palestinian people really destroying palestinian out of moderates and if you take a shit and take the terms decisions and the last he what he did in the last year who get and then who lost their destroying and destabilising stability in this region. they're destroying their mothers in this region these things and extremism in this region and extremist this medium bloodying their decisions as you said of president ram because they are telling us look for twenty five years you have been negotiating. you want your last you which of the two of the two state solution jerusalem is to be kept out of palestine was doesn't have to reza and look what they're doing to you know what do you answer. what do i answer you said when the leader arrives at israel until that peaceful protest arguably doesn't work what are your people supposed to do until a leader. of what we have no place to go could there from the river jordan to their military and greater historic palestine today i am fifty point nine percent of the poll

within israel manifest today and hairier statement of apology coming from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas after comments he made was seen as anti-semitic what more can you tell us. that's right well this week has also seen in the occupied west bank in ramallah a rare meeting of the palestinian national council which is the sort of quasar parliamentary body of the palestine liberation organization and he opened up on monday with a long speech in which he talked at one point about the persecution of jews in europe not being down to their faith but to their social behavior in particular money lending usury that was interpreted as no real distinction by many people around the world that it's just another encapsulation of anti semitic prejudice and that by talking about the social behavior he was giving some kind of legitimacy to anti jewish persecution even the holocaust so he's come out today and said that that is not what he meant to say that he's sorry if people interpret it that way especially jewish people he reiterated what he said was his respect for the jewish faith and his view

revitalize an aging organization according to some to democratise it with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas hand-picking new members how democratic could it really be it's a step in the direction of again demise in the vitalizing our institutions i think we should strengthen the p.l.o. not weaken it i believe we should take this is but then. there's that but then the . challenges we're facing including the so-called. this opening session was dominated by the palestinian president's freewheeling near two hour speech heavy on history light on policy the emphasis was on the vital importance of the pianos role in the face of israeli aggression and in advance of the publication of donald trump's peace plan. and if this council is harmed then the palestinian dream me seriously harmed therefore we were very determined to create the session we were hoping that everybody who wanted the future of palestine and the palestinian people we wished them to be here but they don't fortunately prefer to be abroad but this meeting is as much about process as policy putting the right people in place trans

israel's defense minister has rejected an apology from the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas abbas says he's sorry for remarks made last week when he said hatred of jews in europe before the holocaust was related to their professions not their religion that it was not his intention to offend and he fully respects the jewish faith israel's defense minister called up us a wretched holocaust denier about us was just reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization as highest decision making body. yemeni government sources have told al jazeera that the united arab emirates committed a hostile act by increasing its military presence on the strategically important island in the arabian sea on thursday m r r t troops forced yemeni personnel to leave key locations on so katra military equipment has now been moved in and u.a.e. flags have been raised over buildings on the island it does host a major airports and is located near key shipping routes. a court in the u.k. has ruled that human rights campaigners can proceed with a legal case aimed at stopping british arms sales to saudi

the island's indigenous kind of ethnic group support a full break with france palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the liberation organization's highest decision making body his reappointment came at the first meeting of the palestinian national council for twenty two years a mass boycott at the meeting. more than one hundred people have been killed in a powerful dust and rain storm in india is destroyed homes cut electricity enough food or trees in the northern states of raw just on and pradesh and in kenya flooding has left at least one hundred people dead and more than two hundred thousand displaced major roads across the country have been blocked because of heavy rain and landslides in the past month the red cross describes it as a humanitarian disaster and says kenya needs emergency funding those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is up next do stay with us. getting to the heart of the matter if more stuff i can do the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunificati

al jazeera journalist mahmoud will say and has now been in an egyptian jail for almost five hundred days he was detained without charge by authorities in two thousand and sixteen during a holiday to cairo the egyptian national is one of many journalists harassed or threatened with arrest in a government crackdown to stifle dissent osama bin job that has our report. five hundred days locked up and counting hussein and al jazeera deny brutal king's addition incitement against egypt and spreading false news. the un condemned his arbitrary detention saying was stopped questioned and detained in december twenty sixth seen after travelling to cairo for a holiday since then he's been in solitary confinement and has yet to be charged the office of the un high commissioner for human rights says indefinite pretrial detention is the egyptian government's tactic to restrain anyone who dares to act independently the un human rights what he says the policy is a cornerstone of egypt's suppression of the media civil society and protesters the committee to protect journalists says egypt is a leading jail

she lost her son mahmoud. and she joined the parents so-called and i would say she's probably one of the most to of all the women and if you wanted to see a transformation in a person who never wanted to ever talk to me but discovered that was she at the same feeling the same pain that's when she went through a total transformation. to her there were demonstrations in be too much. you know how it was it. was seventeen. when that happened and she's. joining us on january the twenty eighth two thousand to date. from. a friend told me about this association that when i refused to go at first. she invited me to have coffee. when i arrived at her home and i saw others there my sister my beloved roby. i didn't want to look at her. with this guy one day i was at a friend's home and she came in because i wanted to leave. i couldn't be near any israeli. is it and she walked right up to me and asked to speak to me. with you she questioned me about my son. but i feel that it may. have been chilly. here taking mine she sp

being deprived of his freedom but mahmoud's friends and family being denied him to read it it is honest and heartfelt and i would also encourage you to watch this and al-jazeera world documentary simply called journalism is not a crime the story of modern hussein it is produced by the lost himself an al-jazeera journalist who was jailed by egyptians is mahmoud story as told by his colleagues it is a great al-jazeera world in the documentary section and al-jazeera dot com to south africa now where gold mining companies have agreed to pay four hundred million dollars to thousands of miners as compensation this is after a class action suit cases go right back to the nine hundred sixty s. and almost all claimants are black contracted deadly lung diseases while working underground malcolm webb has the story of one miner who lost an eye while mining and then his job and lives with the killer says thomas lapel of his lungs is so badly damaged i said he struggles to create if he works any faster than. i mean. you work think gold mines in south africa for more than thirty years you met him here

a palestinian official says president mahmoud abbas has been hospitalized with a fever he was admitted to hospital following an here operation last week his health problems have revived concerns about a possible succession battle for the leadership of the palestinian authority. one person has been severely injured by molten rock in hawaii as lava continues to flow from the killer way of all kaino it began erupting more than two weeks ago and has burned dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to flee the why national guard is warning of mandatory evacuations of lava makes any more roads impassable. well turkey is holding an election next month and to shore up his support president richard tired of one has taken his campaign abroad he's been addressing thousands of expatriate turks in boston as capital sara gevo you countries have banned similar rallies due to crackdown on dissent and press freedom. thousands of turks from all over europe arrived in sarajevo ahead of president brigitte ones really some twenty thousand all up as both a news muslim member of the tripartite presidenc

a palestinian official says president mahmoud abbas has been hospitalized with a fever about was admitted following and operational choose day his recent health problems have revived anxiety in the region about a potentially better succession battle for leadership of the palestinian authority . china in the united states have backed off from death threats of a trade war the world's two largest economies say they have agreed to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china under the deal china's pledge to significantly increase its purchases of u.s. goods and services. an attack on an orthodox church in the russian province of chechnya has left a churchgoer and two police officers dead four armed men raided the church during a service they were killed by security forces chechnya is a mostly muslim region with a history of separatist violence. french film director luc besson was on the investigation for rape according to french radio station europe one woman filed charges with french police alleging the best known drugged and raped her in a paris hotel on thursday night was one of france's best

return to their homes seized by israel back in one thousand forty eight and palestinian president mahmoud abbas has apologized for remarks that he made about the holocaust earlier this week he said that or rather suggested that the persecution of european jews was because of their roles as bankers and money lenders rather than their religion or race in his apology he condemned anti-semitism and called the holocaust quote the worst wretched crime in history. india is bracing for more wild weather a day after dust and thunder storms killed more than one hundred twenty people in five states and injured another two hundred many of the dead. were sleeping when their houses collapsed after being struck by lightning or gust of wind. turkey is gearing up for presidential and parliamentary elections in just a few weeks the vote could set the country's political course for years to come the incumbent president to one of the islamic rooted a.k. party called for snap elections to be held on june twenty fourth more than sixteen months ahead of schedule now there to want is looking to extend his power

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