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 then with asian president putin to meet with the 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. israel did not recognize us since one thousand eight hundred we have accepted resolutions two for two and three is rare and who has israel and since one thousand eight hundred israel has done nothing but to dictate settlements on the land that's obviously a palestinian state that's the reality that's a reality we never abandon that was their solution that's a tw

a flagrant assault on the palestinian people that's palestinian president mahmoud abbas is describing the decision by the u.s. to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as annorah the latest declaration by washington comes a week after the trumpet ministration said that it was causing more than two hundred million dollars in economic aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support spent on health education and food security well the u.s. state department spokeswoman heather not released a statement saying when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty million dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we had assumed for many al-jazeera sports reports. palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the decision by the united states to stop funding the un agency helping palestinian refugees is a flagrant assault against his people more than one million of them rely on food aid handed out by so the decision by the us not to pay the ant

that's right to spokesman for palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the u.s. rep decision represents quote a flagrant assault against the palestinian people and a defiance of u.n. resolutions that's a reference to the many resolutions the united nations has passed by large majorities continuing the mandate of an era to work with the palestinian refugees he also added that the u.s. no longer plays a real role in the region and is not part of the solution the palestinian foreign minister riyadh all molecules called on arab nations to step up and provide some of the funding that will now need to be made up after the us decided to cut those those millions of dollars ok rob reynolds with more on the decision of the u.s. to cut funding to the palestinians thank you for all those details. the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks broke up without a deal although trump says they'll now resume on wednesday in the meantime the white house says it will press ahead with a new trade agreement with mexico so that movi

if that does not make it easier for israel to paint you as anti semitic rejectionists president mahmoud abbas went to the security council and 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 with 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 abandoned with a sham president porton to meet with it 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. israel did not recognize us since one thousand eight hundred we have accepted resolutions two for two and three is rare and organize israel and since one thousand eight hundred israel has done nothing but to dictate settlements on the land that's obviously a palestinian state that's the reality that's a reality we never abandon that was their solution that

detained based on requests from egypt he was the minister of poland to affairs under phone present mahmoud abbas's government is a known opposition figure and has been living in exile in europe since july two thousand and thirteen when the military coup happened. the u.s. is that him to impose even higher tariffs on chinese imports upping the ante from ten percent to twenty five percent oppose levy will cover two hundred billion dollars worth of goods tariffs have already been imposed on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese imports president trump accuses china of unfair trade practices and is putting pressure on beijing to reform adrian brown reports. is precious in china only fifteen percent of the country is honorable that makes the law shouldn't fertile province of very important especially now. close to the border with russia this is soybean country. china is the world's largest consumer of soybeans but it can't grow enough and so is reliant on imports to meet demand that means the decision to impose a twenty five percent levy on u.s. soil beans creates risk yet in this province the t

lad i was in doha on tuesday talking to the cottage cheese you have the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he's in qatar arrived late wednesday will be meeting today you have a senior how master allegation of their political leadership who had been in gaza very rare meeting back in cairo talking to the egyptians you have all this movement going on we know there's various tracks of these talks there are difficulties it has to do the palestinian reconciliation which is incredibly difficult it has to do with the long lasting cease fire the end game would be to ease the siege on gaza i think people will tell you this is that we're going to keep seeing this happen this is not a surprise if there is no real long term solution for gods and there is an acknowledgment in the israeli establishment and from the military and from the intelligence that it needs to happen i think i think we're still going to have to wait and see how this develops over the course of the day but yes i think as always with this conflict it is incredibly ficelle it is volatile and anything can happen but we're still at a st

. —— mahmoud abbas. the palestinian leadership are not good at the moment. house's point of view that they are not coming to the table to discuss peace. that is something they really want. ever since donald trump took the decision to move the embassy in israel tojerusalem, that has caused problems between the two leaderships. we have a growing problem into straight to get them back on the same page there might be some pressure in this, but also undoubtably a feeling that the programme in place at the moment does need to change. chris buckler, they're in washington, dc. —— there. the united states is halting its funding for the united nations' —— in china, evidence is growing that up to a million muslim uighurs are being held by chinese authorities in so—called "re—education camps". the uighurs are a muslim ethnic minority group with central asian roots. they're mostly based in china's far—western region of chen—jang, an autonomous region within the country, and they make up around 45% of the population. un human rights investigators say they're increasingly

succeeded you know at the moment you have a senior hamas political delegation in cairo you have mahmoud abbas in doha you had the u.n. envoy ravin up in doha on tuesday all these talks are ongoing we're going to have to wait and see again whether those efforts can deescalate the situation and convince all sides that a long term solution is the way forward and certainly not another war stuff you know the potential flash points of course is the friday protests where we see hundreds if not thousands of people from goals and heading towards the security barrier with israel what are we expecting from tomorrow. well i've uncovered covered the last three and inside gaza the numbers are smaller than we saw in the very beginning so it's less than one percent of gaza's population that goes to that fence but it's keeping the pressure on israel one of the criteria of this cease fire is the end of those protests including what really was born out of these protests twenty weeks now laura is these incendiary kites and balloons that are being sent across the border they are far less but they do continue it i

those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud abbas say it known as shock and he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about us had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as egyptian authorities tom. what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrest of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers and existing laws which are already being used to cost. us media freedom new laws wishes. many more. will be understood because they want to express their opinion supporters of president sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crackdown on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. people in mali are preparing to vote in the presidential runoff on sunday. kate is expec

of sanctioned sanctions put on here by the palestinian authority by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas because if so it is a desperate situation we try to try and move away from the politics and show our viewers what normal life is like so we went to talk to some of gaza's life guards something you never really hear about but even then life on the beach is affected by the occupation. he is arguably the best known lifeguard in gaza also known as the teacher or the swimmer fifty five year old ayman is a veteran on these beaches. when children come to the beach you feel like they are releasing the depression they have been. when they enjoy the water you feel like they need it it's like a mental really. be forgiven to think that this is a beach just like anywhere else in the world and even though it offers some sense of the state for the people of israel cedes remains ever present just a few kilometers off the coast israeli navy patrols the waters imposing its years long naval blockade and israeli navy vessel lies in the background we noticed it using a water cannon just before we started

off we are now again at a crucial stage at a time when these talks have been going on you have mahmoud abbas in doha and they claim that novels in doha two days ago you have the senior hamas political leadership in cairo talking to the egyptians right now so you have all this happening however the question is what is israel going to say have they had enough is one hundred eighty rockets overnight going to prompt them to say we need to do something even though it might be a limited offensive i think it's very hard to tell these things are very difficult to predict no one wants a conflict but again we're going to have to wait and see what happens in the next couple of hours recently well as you say the security cabinet meeting convening in about a couple of hours from now we'll certainly keep an eye on proceedings that stephanie thanks very much for the update. the months of national debate in argentina have ended with politicians voting against legalizing elective abortion the final vote followed more than seventeen hours of discussion impala meant it was close ending thirty eight to thirty o

updates a farm on the violence in gaza is also part of talks between the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and the imam of qatar checked i mean been hunted down tony reiterates his support for the palestinian people and back reconciliation efforts between palestinian factions. the saudi embassy coalition says it's investigating as strikes that hit a bus full of school children in yemen fifty people were killed including the children some younger than ten a coalition spokesman said anyone involved will be held accountable general antonio terrace has called for problems an independent investigation security council be holding a closed door meeting about the strikes in the next hour all science yes state department spokesman has defended the coalition air campaign in yemen also the same time calling for an investigation into the attack on the school bus we call in the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident we take all credible accounts of civilian casualties very seriously and we call on the parties to take appropriate measures to protect civ

those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud abbas a it known as shah can he's been locked up for five years reporting on the rubber square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers the existing laws which are already being used to. suppress media freedom the new laws which this. many more people who are mostly one journalist will be arrested because they want to express their opinion supporters of president out of fatah sisi say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give legal basis for egypt to crackdown on criticism or dissent nor about manly al-jazeera. aid is arriving on the indian easy

rival of groups at least twenty six people including fifteen civilians were killed in the clashes mahmoud abbas where he has more from tripoli. the situation is still very tense and the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli despite a cease fire agreement that has been recently reached between the competing or the warring groups this recent conflict is for control of a strategic locations in the capital tripoli and that includes military camps and also tripoli international airport now that the seventh emf interim brigade from the city of tijuana is in conflict with other groups from the capital tripoli the seventh infantry brigade. that used to be part of the presidential guard despite the fact that the national accord government has recently this owned that brigade on the other hand bring it out with troops from tripoli which are backed by the national accord government now the seventh infantry brigade says that the arm of groups in tripoli are unofficial and they are blackmailing the state institutions in tripoli and now see the cease fire agreement stipulates that a neutral force sh

called for quote a sincere effort to disrupt on raw the palestinian president mahmoud abbas had this statement issued through a spokesman he said the trumpet ministration plans to commit an immoral scandal against palestinian refugees by giving itself the right to abolish their historical rights now it's important to know divya that the the trumpet ministration the united states in and of itself cannot change the way that the united nations has decided. to categorize people if they are bonafide palestinian refugees or not and it's also important to note. that has been. the mandate of on russia say has been repeatedly renewed by the united nations for decades by strong majority votes so this is part and parcel together with the recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital part and parcel of an effort by the troubled minister sharon to really affects a radical changes and try to sort of reset the table in the middle east thank you very much that's rob reynolds there in washington for us. the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks

in the georgian capital tbilisi where mechanised just wrapped up her talks with prime minister mahmoud abbas see and president. bill ashley and much of what did the chance to see about a tall. pledge that she would keep helping georgia that the e.u. would keep helping georgia in its economic development something she sees as key but what really the prime minister wants to hear into b.c. is another pledge towards potential future nato membership that is something that nato committed itself to already that is something that was clearly part of the talks once again today but instead we heard the german chancellor stressed that there would be financial assistance worth one hundred ninety three million euros georgia really is over performer here in comparison to armenia and azerbaijan where she heads next with an expected growth of four point five percent but the german chancellor he wants to see is that some of that wealth trickles down to the ordinary people here but just the legacy face is a fairly difficult balancing act on this trip especially with georgia caught between russia on one side a

enough has been talking at a high level in qatar furthermore we've now got palestinian president mahmoud abbas who is meeting king abdullah in jordan and leaving jordan to go to cats he's going to be having high level talks there that's another complex aspect of things because the palestinians feel they've been excluded to the p.a. i should say the palace in north already feels it's been excluded from this whole process it is engaged in a separate initiative altogether to get reconciliation with hamas now that really needs to happen to make this work but does it because it will may suit israel it may suit everyone if the if the palestinian authority was not part of this deal as far as getting the blockade lifted from gaza is concerned it's hard to work out really but this is a reality and biasses have been absolutely furious about the diplomatic maneuvering not passing his doorstep right answer salman's live in gaza thank you andrea. from what's controlling much of iraq in syria i saw has been pushed back into pockets in the region tens of thousands of fighters have been killed imprisoned in t

those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud abbas say it known as shall come he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square. tests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist had its home raided a may and was arrested and detained. as the egyptian authorities target what they describe as fake news new laws were passed in july to support the arrests of journalists they allow the state to block social media accounts and detain journalists who have more than five thousand followers they exist already being used to cost. us media freedom the new laws wish this. many more who are not even journalist but will be understood because they want to express their opinion supporters of president c.c. say they will safeguard freedom of expression. but rights groups say it will give a legal basis for egypt to crack down on criticism or to send. the al-jazeera. one of now says most ambitious space missions has blasted off. three two one zero lift off

violence in gaza has also been part of talks between qatar's amir and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas on thursday to member how mental tiny reiterated his support for the palestinian people back to reconciliation efforts between palestinian factions. still ahead here on al-jazeera a state of emergency in parts of ecuador thousands of venezuelans arrive at the border to escape poverty and hardship back home. and the hurrican that struck puerto rico a year ago could have killed more people than previously estimated those stories on the other side of the boy. hello there who are larry's now rushing across europe for a look at the satellite picture we can see this area of cloud here that's the leading edge of that cold air and it's gradually edging its way towards the east but then it is a lot of fresh air so london there getting to around twenty degrees is the maximum on friday and force in paris will be at twenty three here's that leading edge there already overburdened where in the cool air as well twenty three degrees will be our maximum but ahead of that system it's still hot water s