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

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

military command structure palestinian president mahmoud abbas has issued a decree setting dates for the 1st elections since 2006 the political faction has mass that rules the gaza strip is welcome the announcement comes after recent talks between hamas and fatah to end the palestinian division it read reports now 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 lots of and presidential elections and those for the palestine liberation organization or p.l.o. the announcement marks a breakthrough in a palestinian divide that lasted more than 13 years certain fossil 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 elections didn't materialize because attempts at reconciliation between the 2 most dominant palestinian parties felt to hand how mass failed this time they say

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

dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years friends and mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july they've been delayed because of negotiations between the top party and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aimed to build a aiming rather to build a united front against israel need a brain 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 trum

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

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

arena dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 yes president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july have been delayed because of negotiations between abbas's party fatah and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against this trial. to libya now where schools are reopening after being closed for nearly a year because of the pandemic. strain i went to see what kind of precautions authorities are putting in place in the capital tripoli. after almost a year children in libya are returning to their classroom administrators at this primary school in tripoli say they are taking safety measures seriously like they have this school year is very different to other years because of coronavirus and thanks to god the measures we have put in place are working very well but some parents say the ministry of education has been slow to provide adequate protection . has for children but one is at a different school and he can't start yet. the ministry of education should have been more prepar

so we're going to hold the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june may be delayed because of negotiations between abbas's fatah party and his rivals hamas the palestinian factions are going to build a united front against israel. ugandan presidential challenger bobby weiners told our jazeera that his life is in danger to security forces surrounded his home they arrive soon after he claimed victory in the presidential election and that's despite early results showing him trailing president yarima 70 catherine soy has more from kampala. bobby wine shoes journalists the soldiers deployed around his home he says they raided the house on friday beat up the security guards and arrested some this was after he made allegations of widespread vote in the presidential election electoral commission has asked him to back up his claims with evidence. having survived association on the campaign trail. i know. still we are being attacked. so yes. we have not shown us. military officials say the soldiers

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

saudi coalition and who the rebels are blaming each other for the attack palestinian president mahmoud abbas says rival political faction hamas has written to him about said hamas as political chief israel honey a wrote him a letter about ending their long standing feud it's a sign the rival factions could be closer to reconciliation and possibly coming to an agreement on future elections have masses yet to comb and to on the bass statement argentina is losing one of its national treasures the better wetlands it's among the most biodiverse regions of the world with a bounty of natural wealth both beneath and around the water but industrial farming is cloying away of the environment that i suppose with the conservationists in korea and this or trying to protect the species under threat. even to means in the local indigenous what and language water the chimes and here in the province of korea in this in with eastern argentina they're resplendent of it but in the past few decades the wildlife in the event and national park that covers more than a 1000000 hectares of land began disappearing beca

have been announced for the palestinian elections the 1st ones in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july they've been delayed because of negotiations between abbas his party fatah and its rival hamas those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's counting the cost. he started as a modest man a. career soldier who'd never imagined he might one day become president of egypt. he had an ambitious wife. and son he became an autocrat and was imprisoned for the unlawful killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family of a short one. hello i'm sam is a than this is counted the cost of al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week on track to become the world's biggest economy this decade president she sets another more ambitious target and china become a 30 trillion dollar economy by 2035 more than 100000000 people lose their jobs in india as modis government forces a lockdown millions migrating back to their villages will they return. and with supply chai

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 because

happen on july 31st elections were delayed because of negotiations between hamas and president mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority amasses welcome this announcement palestinian factions are trying to build a united front against israel the dutch government has resigned over a child benefit scandal which drove thousands of families to financial ruin the prime minister mark reiter and his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker capacity until elections are held on march 17th a parliamentary report blame them for mismanaging the childcare subsidies scheme which still around $10000.00 families accused of fraud many were targeted based on their ethnicity and forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros which i'm interested as would 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. to the parents affected by the childcare allowance of fear i would like to say this we will continue to work for prompt compensation and for the improvements that are neces

reconciliation efforts political chief ismail haniya has written to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas expressing his side's willingness to end divisions fatah and hamas have been split since 2007 times reaching armed conflict african union and un peacekeepers will begin leaving sudan's darfur region joint mission to protect displaced people ended on new year's eve and that's causing unease among the thousands of lives in displacement camps for years out as there was here the moment reports from outside a camp in the ana in south darfur. this little space is and his family's home in camp in south dar for alan says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflicts reached his village his thoughts of his family here his children no nowhere else i would. i know my home village and to recognize it but my kids were all born in this camp this is the only home they know they don't know their ancestral home if you ask them which village they come from they say coma if you ask them which county they say calma it's not just a displacement camp for them. has set up a pharmacy in th

the besieged gaza strip and fetish remained in charge of the occupied west bank protest leader mahmoud abbaswas elected in 2005 and has remained in office ever since when i caught the whole philistine when there's a concern that fatah and hamas will agree on a unified list this will take the meaning out of these elections and minimize participation of independent civil society and the youth may said are we works in the palestinian election committee at 32 years old she's never had the chance to vote and. i'm optimistic we need new faces to serve we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time a majority of palestinians want general elections that will fight corruption and to store unity but the recent polls show that they don't believe that's possible more than half palestinian say that even if they're held they want to be free or fear. the occupied west bank. france's foreign minister is warning that iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity joy he called for an urgent return to the 2015 nuclear agreement terrine started breaching the terms of the deal in 20

the besieged gaza strip and fatah she made in charge of the occupied west bank protest leader mahmoud abbas was elected in 2005 and has remained in office ever since. when there's a concern that fatah and hamas will agree on a unified list this will take the meaning out of these elections and minimize participation of independent civil society and the youth may said are we works in the palestinian election committee at 32 years old she's never had the chance to vote and. who has i'm optimistic we need new faces to serve we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time a majority of palestinians want general elections that will fight corruption and to store unity but the recent polls show that they don't believe that's possible more than half palestinian say that even if they're held they want to be free or fair neither. the occupied west bank. the united nations is saying at least one peacekeeper has been killed and 2 injured in an attack in the central african republic this comes as the un refugee agency that says 60000 people have now been displaced twice the number of a week ago m

this year's presidential election will be decided in a runoff next month when party candidates mahmoud abbas who won just under 40 percent of the vote the 1st front while former president mohamed morsi mom took 17 percent. iran and the u.s. have accused each other of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general custom silly money sunday will mark one years since he was killed in an american air strike in iraq in the last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has intensified the u.s. flew b. 52 bombers to the gulf earlier this week intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran sent a letter to the u.n. security council condemning what it called washington's and military adventurism in the region from minister javad zarif also accused all trump of fabricating a pretext for war and the u.s. is accused militias backed by iran of attacking its embassy in baghdad last month rocket attacks on the compound increased the u.s. withdrew most of its staff of the concerns of a retaliatory strike where raney

president mahmoud abbas issued a decree on friday scheduling a parliamentary election for may 22 followedenior fellow at the middle east institute where he directs the program on palestine and israeli—palestinian affairs. he also authored blind spot: america and the palestinians, from balfour to trump, and joins me live from washington. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— the programme. thank you for havin: the programme. thank you for having me- — the programme. thank you for having me. what _ the programme. thank you for having me. what you - the programme. thank you for having me. what you make - the programme. thank you for having me. what you make of| the programme. thank you for i having me. what you make of the announcement _ having me. what you make of the announcement of _ having me. what you make of the announcement of elections? - having me. what you make of the announcement of elections? at i announcement of elections? git long last. i think it is something that the palestinian public has been waiting for for many year

the send the crown prince said amendment how this explains why the image is sent vice president mahmoud abbas should. this explains why the egyptians are sending so mr crewe the foreign minister and we're not seeing president of the foot because i think they were taken by a massive surprise yesterday with that announcement by the crown prince of saudi arabia that finally the blockade is going to be lifted and the sun is moving forward. turn that chapter this moment we are going to see right now with the emir of qatar coming out of this plane talking to crown prince what. could be the moment that millions in this part of the world in the g.c.c. countries have been waiting for it is not going to be only about 2 nations nations to neighboring countries mending fences not allowing the differences moving forward and setting aside their own problems no it is going to be about the beginning of a stronger more united g.c.c. bloc and you can if you can have that we have impact on business economy finance you will see a vibrant optimistic mood prevailing in this part of the world then take it further y

forces they have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential vote will be held in may and in july they've been delayed because of negotiations between abbas's party fatah and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world the country's aim is to have 300000000 people vaccinated in the next 6 months that is nearly the entire population of the united states but some are questioning the use of one locally developed fact scene that has not yet completed trials india correspondent elizabeth cohen and its report. these health care workers are registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use in india 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including kitten driver. i'm a little bit scared but i'm also happy that we're being vaccinated 1st i've been named as one of the 1st so i'm happy about it and i want everyone t

arena dates have been announced full the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years present mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential those will be held in may and june they've been delayed because of the good shape sions between abbas's party fatah and his rivals hamas the palestinian sanctions i mean to build a united front against israel. now the messaging platform what sat purpose spode planned changes to its terms because of a backlash from users it had given customers until next month to accept an update about the data it shares with its owner facebook what's up those more than 2000000000 users but concerns about the changes had led to a surge in demand for rival signal and telegram marking murphy is a technology reporter for the daily telegraph newspaper she says what's not didn't communicate very well with the users about the planned update. what's up is actually updated how you talk with businesses on what happens here a few maybe a bind something from a shop who are retired or want to interact with you kind of like a chapel with whatever what. they might be sharing bac

ehud olmert, who is the prime minister of israel when i was secretary of state and mahmoud abbas come of the president of the palestinian authority work close to a deal -- were pretty close to a deal in 2008. a good deal put on the tail -- on the table by olmert. the reason i wrote about it was i want to suggest it's not a hopeless cause. there is an answer, there is a two state solution that is available, but time is not on the side of other -- on the side of rep. shalala: either of them. -- the side of either of them. rep. shalala: i would like to go back to the soviet union -- how do you see russia developing over the next few years and do you think their importance in the world will into new to -- will continue to increase? sec. rice: i think the russians are in trouble in terms of global standing and they know it. russia -- the russian economy is 80% dependent on exports of oil on the gas, and minerals. that is not a modern economy. i will tell you a little story that shows how much oil, gas and minerals is linked up with personal fortunes, political power and the state. i was at

in related news, palestinian president mahmoud abbas announced earlier this month parliamentary and presidential elections will be held this year -- the first elections in the occupied territories in 15 years. analysts say the move is an overture to the new biden administration. in other news from the region, israeli forces shot dead another palestinian teenager, 17-year-old atallah rayyan, at a military post near a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. israelis accuse the teen of trying to attack the soldiers. a political crisis in italy is deepening after prime minister giuseppe conte resigned tuesday, following weeks of government turmoil. the resignation followed a dispute among the governing coalition over conte's handling of the pandemic and over eu coronavirus recovery funds. conte is expected to try to remain as leader by forming a new coalition. but if those efforts fail, italy could be headed towards snap elections amid a devastating second wave the pandemic. and mexican authorities have launched an investigation after 19 bodies were found shot and burned over the weekend in a t

happen on july 31st elections were delayed because of negotiations between hamas and president mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority amasses welcomed the announcement palestinian factions are aiming to build united front against israel now the dutch government has resigned over a child benefit scandal which drove thousands of families to financial ruin the prime minister not wetter and his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker capacity until elections are held on march 17th a parliamentary report blame them for mismanaging a child care subsidies scheme which saw around $10000.00 families accused of fraud many were targeted based on their ethnicity and forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros we're going to introduce it as that 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 . to the parents affected by the childcare allowance of fear i would like to say this we will continue to work for prompt compensation and for the improvements that are

besieged gaza strip and fatah actually maimed in charge of the occupied west bank protest leader mahmoud abbas was elected in 2005 and has remained in office ever since well i. mean when there's a concern that fatah and hamas will agree on a unified list this will take the meaning out of these elections and minimize participation of independent civil society and the youth may sort out we works in the palestinian election committee at 32 years old she's never had the chance to vote and. who has i'm optimistic we need new faces to serve we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time a majority of palestinians want general elections that will fight corruption and to store unity but the recent polls show that they don't believe that's possible more than half of palestinian say that even if they're held they want to be free or fear . the occupied west bank we go to indonesia now where search and rescue operations have been going on after a powerful earthquake hit the island of syria way see at least 46 people have been killed and more than $800.00 injured authorities are warning there coul

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 no the