they have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june the being delayed because of negotiations between a bus party fatah and his rivals hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel the dutch government has resigned over the child benefit scandal that drove thousands of families to financial ruin prime minister mark rutte and his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker capacity until elections in march a parliamentary report blamed them for mismanaging a child care subsidies scheme it saw around 10000 families accused of fraud many were targeted based on the ethnicity and forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros which an ancient. we are of one mind that if the whole system has failed we must all take responsibility and that has led to the conclusion that i have just offered the king the resignation of the entire cabinet and. to the parents affected by the child care allowance of fear i would like to say this we will continue to w

welcome back to this special edition of growing underground with the iranian president mahmoud i'm going to judge earlier this week you will trump outgoing secretary of state mike i mean some extraordinary claims about iran hosting ohio claims they were instantly dismissed all around the world. as a new home base. it is the islamic republic of iran as a result bin laden's wicked creation is poised to gain strength and capabilities we ignore this iran a qaeda nexus at our own peril we need to acknowledge it we must confront it indeed we must defeated a letter from bin laden found by the navy seals during the about about a raid sums up the relationship since $911.00 very well in his own words quote iran is our main artery for fun's personnel and communication there is no need to fight with iran unless you are forced to and give you some information that is brand new to the public today ron decided to allow it to establish a new operational headquarters on the condition that al qaeda operatives abide by the regime's rules governing al-qaeda stay inside of the country agency and control sinc

shell of the iranian regime protection while i'm still here with the former president of iran dr mahmoud ahmadinejad as we just heard if someone is watching this interview in a nato country they will know that their main media tells them your country is not a democracy it is executing people human rights violations it is. a brutal country that funds terrorism all around the region when you say to people who watch that on the news every day whether iran is mention. the right to determine one's fate is a god given right. and no individual at the group or power or under any circumstances of the honey even in the name of providing security is allowed to limit or deny that right on. this issue what happened in the world recently and you made a mention of them to the. show in washington and elsewhere should show that we have a long way to go before we achieve true democracy we need. to talk throughout history. the philosophy of forming governments. has been to provide security and freedom to nations on all human let's hug. more however the behind me. on the pretext of providing security on my

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up next and exclusive conversation with former iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad about a seat atthe new american biden administration. pakistan supreme court ordered the release of a pakistani british man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of american journalist daniel pearl in 2002. white house press secretary jen psaki called the decision and affront to terrorism victims everywhere. the acting attorney general monty wilkinson tonight calling on pakistan to let the u.s. prosecute the case. the u.s. treasury report says al qaeda is gaining strength in afghanistan while continuing to operate under the taliban's protection. the memo comes as the biden administration says they will review president trump's peace deal on withdrawing american troops to see if the taliban is complying. just some of the other stories beyond our border tonight. we'll be right back. it's totally normal to have constipation with belly pain, straining, and bloating, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think... it's occ

the early hours of friday morning struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been hardest hit with many buildings being severely damaged. search teams found this young girl trapped under the debris of a house but she says her name is angel and she isn't sure how many people are still under the rubble and. she's told she will be ok. the earthquake and aftershocks triggered landslides blocking roads and making it difficult for more rescue teams to gain access to the affected cities president djoko doto says every effort will be made to get to those in need. in the name of the indonesian government and all the people of indonesia express or condolences to the victims who had passed away i urge the people to stay calm and to follow the instructions given by officials on the ground. if these a small communities margin is home to just 150000 people and at least 15000 of them have now been displaced authorities warned there may be more destruction. the buildings were hit by 2 quakes and at least 28 aftershocks and because the epicenter is near the beach ther

march those have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas's says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june been delayed because of negotiations between us party fatah and its rivals hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel. in the coming hours india will roll out what's expected to be the world's largest covert $900.00 immunization campaign health care and frontline workers will be the 1st to get the shot it comes as hundreds of thousands of hindu worshippers gathered in the city of holland walk for one of the world's largest religious events is going ahead despite the country recording more than 10000000 coronavirus cases elizabeth put on them reports from new delhi. before sunrise on the 1st day of the command festival hundreds of thousands of hindu pilgrims congregate on the banks of the ganges river in the northern city of haifa. as well as offering prayers people immerse themselves in the river and the belief that it will wash away their sins. everyone has come here

march this have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june they've been delayed because of negotiations between party fatah and his rivals hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel it will come has more from ramallah. it's not the 1st presidential decree setting elections in palestine but it could lead the way for the 1st elections that's 20052006 they palestinian president's party fatah and hamas have been meeting over the past few months and they say that they want to come back the exterior no dangers reciprocally after the u.s. has released its mideast peace plan and they say that they only have themselves in this regional situation where many arab countries who are specifically have signed agreement deals with israel and let's not forget that we are looking now at a new u.s. administration and palestinians have been trying to mend relations they say that this administration can backtrack some of the trump administration's

of we know that there are 15 evacuation centers currently operating some residents in the city of mahmoud you are seeking shelter in the governor's residence we also have heard from authorities that they do have adequate food generators supplies for children and infants within those evacuation centers this is been a difficult week for indonesia with flooding and probably months on with a plane crash with 62 people on board with landslides in west java and now this latest disaster now on a national level resources for search and rescue all stretched this is a difficult time for indonesia but at a provincial level of authority say they are used to dealing with these natural disasters and are confident that they will be able to reach those in need. all right thank you very much for that update from jakarta well gentlemen is an earthquake scientists working for the interviews in institute of science and he explains why the area is not under any threat of a tsunami. this. occurred not on the main fault not in the main exhaust but it's like on the invocation and like a secondary splay of the fa

6.2 earthquake hit the indonesian island of silhouette see thousands in the series of mud jana and mahmoud you are displaced just a washington reports from jakarta. on the indonesian island of pseudo ac a massive search and rescue effort is underway a $6.00 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of friday morning struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been hardest hit with many buildings.

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6.2 earthquake hit the indonesian island of silhouette see thousands in the cities of mud jana and mahmoud you are displaced just a washington reports from jakarta. on the indonesian island of pseudo ac a massive search and rescue effort is underway a $6.00 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of friday morning struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been hardest hit with many buildings being severely damaged. search teams found this young girl trapped under the debris of a house but she says her name is angel and she isn't sure how many people are still under the rubble and. she's told she will be ok. the earthquake and aftershocks triggered landslides blocking roads and making it difficult for more rescue teams to gain access to the affected cities president djoko dodos says every effort will be made to get to those in need. in baton in the name of the indonesian government and all the people of indonesia express or condolences to the victims who had passed away i urge the people to stay calm and to follow the instructions given by officials o

dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may in june have been delayed because of negotiations between abbas party fatah and its rivals hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after drug trafficking politics and power i'll see you in about half an hour. this is a poppy field. once cut the part of the plant secretes a miraculous milky fluid called latex base opium used by man as a bomb for more than 5 millennia. opium released pain in the pieces the mind and that should have been the end of it. but this drug would play a part in some of mankind's greatest up evils imperialism colonise ation the cold war and more recently globalization without the backing of states drug trafficking would never have existed. in 1951 at the height of the indochina war the french secret service was deployed to organize the counterattack against the viet minh guerillas but it was serious

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the whole let's remember and get mahmoud barak never approach of the armed forces there was a barrier between the are meant for. says. so there was no basis for acceptance or compromise. with a an egypt on me would have accepted a president get mad mubarak would have staged a military coup will now never be. history was to take a stranger to. december 2011 man known food say learn tunisia set fire to himself he spotted revolution that would spread throughout the arab. no dictator would be safe in his state though not everyone could see what was coming down the road. we had conversations with mubarak and the people around africa need to say look you need to you need to recognize that this could happen in egypt to this is this is the time for you to open up but again he was quite dismissive of this. but in the sort of solace you see. after the success of the revolution the fear of them. and suzanne went on sedatives. and as soon as they ran out of them a private plane was sent to collect more that they did with what what i had been the type of thing that the mother what the military exc

. >> reporter: he was one of mahmoud lay sha's torch carers. it was in 1957 when he witnessed his country declare independence. >> i was at that time in singapore. my father wanted me to come back to the country because he said the country declared independence only once. >> reporter: during the ceremony, the 13-year-old saw the national flag and heard th anthem for the fst time. >> i said one day they will play this for me. i'm happy to tell you now i made them do it 11 times. games aived for the torce rey. heas askoakeneap nt.d with theame. >> people hadathered tre ma hoursbefo. whe witn a mine o two, an athlete would run around and p the would cheer. it was very motivational. it didn't take long. >> reporter: there was great anticipation in malaysia for the tokyo olympics. former and current british colonies joined the federation just a year earlier. this grew the olympic team size to 62 athletes, the biggest number to date he came the country's first sprinter to make it to the olympic semifinals. he came away from tokyo games with a new nat

the country dates of it announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july they've been delayed because of negotiations with iran bess's party and its rival hamas india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india has the 2nd highest coronavirus case counts in the world after the us the us government has carried out its 13th and final a federal execution under the trump administration once again the us government has carried out its 13th and final federal execution under the trumpet ministration dustin higgs was executed by lethal injection in indiana he was convicted of killing 3 women in 1960. those are the headlines on al-jazeera radicalised use is up next. then when i think. they did a good thing it will that it will. show. you know somebody. to be out there with and have him out of one. of the me i'm one of those if. you're going to m

also been announced for the 1st palestinian elections and more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july they've been delayed because of negotiations between our bastions party fatah and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel let's bring in and she's joining us more for more on this from what i'm on the that's in the occupied west bank so does this mean that the visions between hamas and fattah are over or they will soon be over. so this is not the 1st decree that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas issues for holding elections but many out of this year say that it sounds a better chance there has been numerous agreements in deals between fatah and hamas to reconcile and the divide but the devil has always been in the details and it could be the same situation this time had on also to the heart of the election elections committee held a press conference just an hour ago and he discussed the situation this he said that there are some technical details that need to be

palestinian president mahmoud abbas has issued a decree setting dates for the 1st election since 2006 the political faction hamas that rules the gaza strip is welcome the announcement comes after recent talks between hamas and fatah to end the palestinian division they'd be abraham reports from the occupied west bank this might be the closest palestinians have got to holding elections in 15 years a presidential decree setting 3 dates just lot of and presidential elections and those for the palestine liberation organization or p.l.o. the n l's month marks a breakthrough in a palestinian divide that lasted more than 13 years. factions will meet in car within a week and resolve some important technical issues to ensure fear and transparent elections we are aware that there are problems but we are certain that they will be resolved and if not we can resolve them. previous agreements to hold the elections didn't materialize because attempts are to conservation between the 2 most dominant palestinian parties to hand how mass failed this time they say they will hold elections pursed and then

the early hours of friday morning struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been hardest hit with many buildings being severely damaged. search teams found this young girl trapped under the debris of a house but she says her name is angel and she isn't sure how many people are still under the rubble and. she's told she will be ok. the earthquake and aftershocks triggered landslides blocking roads and making it difficult for more rescue teams to gain access to the affected cities president djoko dodos says every effort will be made to get to those in need. in the name of the indonesian government and all the people of indonesia express or condolences to the victims who had passed away i urge the people to stay calm and to follow the instructions given by officials on the ground. these are small communities margin is home to just 150000 people and at least 15000 of them have now been displaced so authorities warn there may be more destruction. the buildings were hit by 2 quakes and at least 28 aftershocks and because the epicenter is near the beach the

the 31st that's after they were delayed amid negotiations between hamas and the current president mahmoud abbas let's join you to abraham who's life for us a i would like to go to needy abraham in ramallah but said we can't right now because we just lost our connection with her and we will try to get her back and a little while in the meantime. let's go to uganda where the ugandan opposition leader but we whine says the military has raided his home after he claimed victory in the presidential elections official figures show the pop star turned politician training the incumbent where the most of any wind has rejected the results and made claims of election irregularities in various interference when i spoke with by phone it is him and he gave his take on what had happened with the military. and they jumped over the busy. complete. the people. now my wife and i. have come. to the people. well catherine soi spoke with the deputy military spokesman compiler and he accused of lying i think splaying twice soldiers and that his. moby wayne as a presidential candidate is a not. a person is not a

they to be announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and in july they've been delayed because of negotiations between a bus his party fatah and its rival hamas. india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest the most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide 2 vaccines have been used the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and likely developed one cold called x. and india has the 2nd highest credit our us case counts in the world after united states u.n. refugee agency is calling for fighting in the central african republic to stop they say the number of people fleeing to neighboring countries has doubled to 60000 in just a week away as they rebels try to attack the capital bangui that were pushed back by security forces account of on groups wants to overthrow the president found to addenda he won a 2nd term in office in december iraq today with headlines more news coming up here not 0 write off to people and power. for decad

mahmoud hussein. the all the. cool cool. back a look at the headlines this hour now britain is formally left the european union single market and customs union with no major delays in the movement of trucks and ferries between the u.k. and the e.u. . 20000000 people in the united states have now tested positive for the coronavirus almost a quarter of the world's cases concentrated in just one country and the african free trade agreement has come into effect after months of delays with $33.00 nations now trading as one of the world's largest single markets. and we're on the practicalities of the new travel and trade arrangements many british people are now reflecting on what life outside the year paid union means for their sense of identity for almost 50 years people have felt similar. and european but not anymore if barker reports on this now from london a clouded sunrise over westminster nothing extraordinary here many of brics it's changes will be slow but no even but in the minds of british people the u.k. now adrift from

mahmoud's my grandmother well show ready to go staunch love like this. means abundance like a few weeks ago we had like a lockdown in my school and we didn't know what was going on we're stuck in a closet for like an hour and a half by text my dad was like look we're on a code red i don't know what's happening and you know from that point all you can do is really like hide in the corner i got a text from my daughter there's a law down the school they're saying that somebody is running around shooting i want to go run to my car go come to my house grab my rifles grab my ammo grab my verse grab my helmet and go hit the school i mean i may not be running around the campus with a gun what i want to throw guns to the teachers or say go get my kid get up or should i'm coming with you're covering let's go there was a discussion going around a couple months right after the stillman douglas shooting happened that teachers should be able to be armed and that idea was. i i like the idea personally but there's a lot of teachers like i said that have these democratic

time iran was at 20 percent levels was between 2012 and february of 2012 president then president mahmoud ahmadinejad and now. national day of the revel these anniversary of the revolution he announced that iran is down reaching a 20 percent from 2012 until 2015 when the nuclear deal was signed and came into effect iran was at 20 percent level. at that time they faced some of the most stringent united nations security council sanctions so was not just u.s. sanctions or sanctions it was united states united nations security council sanctions so the nuclear agreement of 2015 which they signed. saw those sanctions being lifted over time as a result of iran reducing their nuclear activities in program and making more transparent but on the on the the technical side of things i guess iran would still say yes 20 percent it still means we're just doing this for civilian purposes for nuclear energy it's nowhere near what would be needed for a weapon. certainly they've said in the past that 20 percent is for their research purposes that it's their right to be able to enrich at this level and that

enriched uranium permitted by the deal is going on the ground latest guest is former iran president mahmoud ahmadinejad who insists that his country is a peaceful one you can watch the full program on our channel later today or you can simply had to website an orchard at r.t. dot com. electable the culture of the iranian nation has never throughout history been after conflict. war or threatening others basically the error of using the language of threat in national and international relations dude ash the point is over how will. make any difference to iran us relations he's of course a very good friend of israel from our standpoint it makes no difference who is president in the us since major u.s. policies are devised by the governing board behind the scenes look at the past 70 years many crimes against humanity have been committed and a lot of wars and impositions have been waged by consecutive u.s. administrations i don't expect that not to reoccur in the future what did it make you feel when you saw the pictures of the attempted insurrection in washington those are the internal affairs o

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for president of iran mahmoud a what it is judge is the guest i'm going on the ground up next then neil harvey will be on his way to the studio shortly to get you right up to speed on all the morning at london around the world in just over half an hour's time to join us again that. was a pandemic no certainly no borders and just blind to nationalities. has emerged we told the truth be we don't have the facts in the whole world needs to be . judged as commentary crisis with this system to. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. so we were. going to claim. you move. them on those who just came stuff or whatever they think that you care that oh. i'm talking about is a very international community. media used to try to tell. you this is a good place this. need to. go to the bush but the good news for the business for their nuclear cooperation is everything produced polluted with

families who earlier went back to their homes to return to the relative safety of the camps president mahmoud who has now replaced his top military commanders but there is mixed reaction to the news sunday shyer says he fled from a town repeatedly targeted by fighters decides to once have. not improved what do we want what do you want is not to build a bottom but to kill them not to build them but to kill them to finish jim was not to build them again we had to do want to do all the time does that isn't why we are not after do we want somebody doesn't degrade him. we give away since the beginning of the year however the military says it has successfully raided book camps and beat back several incursions by the armed groups during a renewed and ground offensive what does. to be sincere going to service chiefs of try their best but in some instances the best isn't enough at all and despite the fact that we are not security experience we know that they have failed and it's been 11 years since before i'm launched its violent company nigeria's northeast but the armed group isn't the only security

him if you're going to get into the opposable mahmoud look you. know. again if something's going to feel. oppressed. but i'm going to. print it going to get more women i think. i like a little bit of a. lot of money but it will come i'm going to do that i don't know what the thing is though with both of you both want to help you. i don't understand this stuff and the police said we attacked some kids someone stole their money and passports and the cops say we did it. willfully gee i'm going to bed now i sleep in a different place every night and. sometimes on a cardboard box on a street corner or next to a trash container. we want tonight i'll sleep in the parking lot at the harbor there are some abandoned cars and vans over there sometimes we'll sleep in a big delivery van that we call the harbor hotel it's. the sears are 7 star hotel. 'd but that mucks up did the bunny challenge 1st she missed. the challenge. so. slowly. because it's been fun show me show. me. something leave. in front of the vicinity commission all the way to. the near bus mean those

he's going on the ground latest guest is former president mahmoud ahmadinejad who says that his country is a peaceful one you can watch the full programme on our channel later today or by heading to a website r.t. dot com a lot of the culture of the iranian nation has never throughout history been after conflict. war or threatening others basically the error of using the language of threat in national and international relations report is over the u.s. aircraft carrier nimitz has been sent to iran's maritime borders you have the boss of trumps pentagon. making accusations against iran it's my understanding that a new war is about to be imposed on the sensitive region of the middle east how will buy. make any difference to iran u.s. relations he is of course a very good friend of israel from our standpoint it makes no difference who is president in the u.s. since major u.s. policies are devised by the governing board behind the scenes look at the past 70 years yet many crimes against humanity have been committed and a lot of wars and impositions have been waged by consecutive us administ

president mahmoud abbas issued a decree on friday scheduling a parliamentary election for may 22 followedeniorfellow at the middle east institute where he directs the program on palestine and israeli—palestinian affairs says it's been a long time coming but hurdles remain. i think it is something that the palestinian public has been waiting for for many years. we have had a number of false starts and it has become almost an annual ritual to announce that elections will happen $0011. so this is the first time we've seen an actual date and an official degree by president abbas. but without a mind there is still quite a few obstacles that need to be overcome before those elections can take place. so not 100%, from your point of view, that they will actually go ahead — but optimism, nonetheless. just remind us, what has been the problem? why have there not been elections for the past 15 yea rs ? there have been a number of reasons. one of the most serious is this split, that we have, that palestinians have had to endure since 2007, between the west bank, which is nominally under the control o

dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas's says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june they've been delayed because of negotiations between us party fatah and his rivals hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story by. an old border dispute reignited ethiopia and sudan blame each other for hostilities in the old fashioned to reach villagers who've worked the land for a century are caught in the middle so what's really behind the latest violence this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. ethiopia and sudan are warning each other against worsening a historic border dispute they fought over and if i should go for a century the 250 square kilometer region is rich and fertile sudan says colonial era treaty show its part of its territory but ethiopians have a long settled there for decades ethiopian farmers cultivated the land without much to servants but skirmishes have incre