mahmoud abbas is 85 years old. can he represent a very young population who has many things they want answered by their politicians? guest: that's a very good question. even if these elections go ahead, they exclude the vast majority of the bout -- of the palestinian people. remember the palestinian people are not just residents of the west bank and gaza strip, but the millions forcibly kicked out of their grounds solely on the -- out of their land on the racist grounds that they are not jewish. i know he says there should be elections for the palestine national council but the reality is that has never happened before and you would have to overcome the practicality of holding elections for palestinian refugees in jordan, syria and others where this has been unprecedented. even if they agree on paper, the elections in the west bank and gaza would not produce a legitimate leadership for the whole palestinian people. if hamas and fatah don't run together, they don't give the people of the west bank and gaza strip any

all think think can just be made to disappear so the question is since we know that mahmoud abbas was absolutely committed to collaboration with israel the question is has have masses political leadership given up on the idea of resistance and decided to join mahmoud abbas in a coalition and the other point i just want to make in relation to the agreement in cairo that dr butterworth he talked about it is it's not up to palestinians to guarantee whether the elections of free are fair because as noted this is on the occupation and israel defines virtually every palestinian political party as a terrorist organization and right now there are members of the the last palestinian legislative council legislative council that was elected in 2006 like khaled meshaal rather who are in israeli prisons so israel will not respect well israel will only respect the results of the election if it gets the result which it once was which is the perpetuation of mahmoud abbas and his collaborationist regime ok will not allow a result that does not meet its requirements and nor will the so-called internati

now the attacks come less than a month after president mahmoud abbas hari replaced his long standing military chiefs amid worsening violence in the country earlier i spoke to security analysts kabira daboll and i asked him if the changes in the military would improve the security situation. we do not think the military is this illusion to leave security challenge of the nigeria there are 27 ministry departments and agencies within the u.n. security. the military just forward of the 27. groups this for the other 20 so you are not good then we're not see any significant improvement they are that the government. is the root cause of insecurity. i mean the government fortunately it is they. will continue and it has talk about the security situation because it does appear from the reports that come out of my chair whether it's an attack that is suspected to be bad or in another part of the country where we have bandits. people waiting school children what is your sense about what really needs to get the situation the security situation and the control in nigeria talking about governance m

and some breaking news from egypt where a colleague mahmoud abbas saying has been released after being arbitrarily detained for more than 4 years he was arrested while visiting family in december 26th but was never formally charged with a crime and there has been no trial by media networks acting director general dr mustafa swathed has released a statement regarding mahmoud hussein's release it says we are pleased mahmud will reunite with his family after being robbed of 4 years of his life and deprived of fundamental rights we hope he will be able to overcome this ordeal and start a new chapter in his distinguished career while mahmud was imprisoned he became a symbol of press freedom across the world al-jazeera calls for the freedom for all journalists who are unjustly imprisoned all around the world charlotte ballasts reports. mahmoud hussein will soon be enjoying more family moments this was one of the rare occasions he saw his loved ones during more than 4 years in prison the al jazeera journalist was detained in december 26th seen after arriving in cairo on a trip home from his b

his a political rival of palestinian president mahmoud abbas the besieged gaza strip is expected to hold elections in 3 months meanwhile the door so israel's shops malls and james are opening again but only to those who have been vaccinated against covert 19 to get in people need a green pass and that's raising concerns about the potential for discrimination harry fawcett reports from west. after 5 months west jerusalem's y.m.c.a. gym is open again as israel emerges further from its latest and potentially last lockdown but it's a selective reopening only those with the so-called green pass on paper or phone up proving full vaccination against a recovery from covert 19 can come in to work out i am so happy to be back here i love this place and i've been working out for better now in 20 minutes said partner i feel fantastic not all gyms are reopening some sight difficulties in persuading staff to get the vaccine some doubt they'll have enough vaccinated customers to make a profit we believe that this is best for the community in general and specifically for our members it has its challenge

he is a political rival of the palestinian president mahmoud abbas the territories 1st elections since2006 are due to be held in 3 months time. for deaths have now been recorded in the democratic republic of congo over all 6 cases have been confirmed 2 patients have been treated in the north chieveley region which is on the eastern edge the world health organization has launched an opponent vaccination campaign but officials are warning that people aren't taking the outbreak seriously enough 7 election officials in new jersey have been killed by a landmine the explosion went off as their car was driving through the southwest and the ledbury region has been holding a presidential runoff vote. being counted when it rest reports now from neighboring nigeria. the just president mohammad isa for voted to choose a successor after 25 year terms he could have run for for a term but is choosing to step down while other leaders in the region desperately cling to power. the election is coming at a difficult time for space a point not lost on the president. needs here is facing immense challenges

there he's a political rival of palestinian president mahmoud abbas the territories 1st elections since 2006 to be held in 3 months of this president has finally acknowledged that the current virus is a problem in his country job by a fairly tense a kurd a virus free at last may even if the door was being blamed for a recent spike of deaths but tanzania's travelling overseas have tested positive for cope with 90. a top diplomat has accused former u.s. president dog trouble of trying to suppress and contain china when you told a forum in beijing that the actions of the trumpet ministration lead to difficulties in their bilateral relations though he served washington to stop smearing china's ruling communist party let's get more this from katrina you in beijing interesting time really for joe biden to make the comments that he's been making of the back of his sort of 1st international appearances as teach at the munich security conference and one wonders how those words are going to be treated by china. that's right and sensually this speech by one year is a response to comments we have h

sputnik the vaccines were secured by mohammed to one political rival to palestinian president mahmoud abbas who is based anyway. now more than 17000000 persons have now had at least one dose of a covert vaccine and with infection numbers for laying prime minister boris johnson is planning to reveal his roadmap for easing restrictions on monday if barker reports on what's expected and when. was. life after what many hope is the last lockdown would seems like this in london over the weekend you'd be forgiven for thinking restrictions are already over infection rates are falling quickly across the country with an 80 percent drop in infections in the capital cases of the south african variant are also shrinking. and with more than 17000000 britons receiving at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine the government is now confident it can offer every adult in the country an injection by the end of july but when it comes to easing restrictions it's being cautious and there are there are signs that the numbers in hospital of much more sharply than they were in the 1st way and this further analysis t

is a political rival to palestinian president mahmoud abbas palestine's 1st election since 2006 is due to be held in 3 months time in other developments israel is lifting many of its coronavirus restrictions to vaccinate half of its population in just 2 months most schools museums malls and markets can reopen gyms cinemas and restaurants are also welcoming customers but only if they've received both doses of the vaccine israelis operate in a system where only vaccinated people can travel or attend cultural events using a green although it has been plagued by some technical difficulties. an investigation is underway after the engine on a u.s. passenger plane caught fire forcing it to make a dramatic emergency landing as it returned to the airport huge chunks of the aircraft rained down on to suburbs of denver in colorado kristen salumi brings us the story very very. this was not a feeling on board united airlines flight 328 shortly after takeoff from denver international airport troy lewis had just closed his eyes for a nap when he heard a loud bang i knew that that was not good and fel

he's a political rival of the palestinian president mahmoud abbas the territories 1st elections since 2006 to be held in 3 months time. for a bowler deaths of now being recorded in the democratic republic of congo overall 6 cases have been confirmed 2 patients are being treated in the north kivu region which is on the d.r. sees eastern edge officials are warning that people aren't taking the outbreak seriously enough. 10 years after it killed $185.00 people and appended countless more lives new zealanders reported today to remember victims of the christ church earthquake thousands joined a service at the national earthquake memorial the massive seismic tremor measuring 6.3 it along a previously unknown fault running directly under the city is charlotte ballasts it was it was a tuesday lunchtime on a sunny summer's day in christchurch in 10 seconds a city that had taken 150 years to build it was unrecognizable. the shallow magnitude $6.00 earthquake shared the facades of dozens of structures it completely leveled the pyne gould and canterbury television buildings those were where the m

of students were taken from a school in quetta in cuts in a state the home state of president mahmoud abbas heidi after days 6 days in captivity they were at least and they want to ports that you much later that negotiations took place and that ransom was paid for the students and a lot of legit us believe that these payments these ransom embolden criminal groups and criminals and then help them to perpetrate more activities or criminal activities in the future we've seen that with boko haram before when ransom was paid for some hostages including the juba girls what we realized later that is that book became more fierce and more daring in its attacks and raids on villages and even military positions so the future now is that this negotiation is if it results in to ransom or safe passage to the criminals that will they embolden them to take more action more criminal activities in the future. thank you for that. versa. one of south africa's most powerful politicians has appeared in a court in johannesburg. is charged with fraud corruption and money laundering he is the secretary general of t

elected the only government that was democratically elected with the palestinian authority with mahmoud abbas the president it is the only entity that israel is allowed to interact with or really any other country in the world have everything i have my whom alone that i was. allowed allowed who allowed by the palestinian authority oslo accords and the rules of international law that recognize only one palestinian government buy back your original point which is that the vaccines from russia and russia is doing a fantastic job the sputnik vaccine is producing 4000000 doses shipped to the palestinians it's working closely with israel to make sure that the logistics work to get it there russian sources have said that the hold up in those 4000000 doses is related to a technical issue but they are on their way but in the meantime 10000 doses from russia have already made their way to the palestinian authority with this really logistical assistance and also the. world health organization vaccine 37000 doses are expecting to come in within a couple days so the moment the palestinian authority finall

law i couldn't agree with you more i think and the you know it is interesting that 15 years of mahmoud abbas 11 years after his term extended they become kind of irrelevant if you will to just about every party so replenishing leadership bringing in youth hopefully that is not top part of that you know corrupt stagnancy you know i completely agree but let me have let me ask you to go a bit deeper on iran and saudi arabia for a minute so with regard to iran there are elections coming up there too and as in any nation there is a struggle between hardliners and reformers that seems to be in every country in the world so what we do now will play into that with saudi arabia we have intelligence estimates said that mohamed bin psalm on likely gave the order to have jamal khashoggi killed we've just cut off arms sales and supplies to saudi for the continuation of the yemen war so things are going to shift there neither party is one that we're particularly comfortable with you know to say the least how does america get its interests right in that situation i think i heard you say we ought to step ba

secured by mohammed dahlan whose base to be he is a political rival of the palestinian president mahmoud abbas the territories 1st election since 2006 are due to be held in 3 months time. for a bowler deaths of now being recorded in the democratic republic of congo overall 6 cases have been confirmed 2 patients are being treated in the north chieveley region which is on the d r c's eastern edge the world health organization has launched a new bone a vaccination campaign but officials are warning that people aren't taking the outbreak seriously enough. even brokered talks for prisoner exchanges between yemen's rival groups have ended without an agreement because he began in january with the aim of freeing a total of $300.00 prisoners on both sides about $1000.00 were exchanged last year un's envoy to yemen says the warring parties are committed to more discussions. more than $100.00 families of eisel fights is being allowed to leave an overcrowded camp controlled by kurdish forces in the north east of syria it's become increasingly unsafe there but many of those released a few places to turn hi

the run off election 1st round of polling failed to produce a clear winner to succeed president mahmoud. abbas the way they are for not juries 1st peaceful handover of power in almost 30 years. managers following this vote now from nigeria today he's in a boat. i guess no matter what happens on who wins this would be a historic day. it will be in fact they missed out on the 1st round of voting to produce a clear winner on the 1st vote however today's vote will bring well monk another historic milestone and in fact the election commission said it's ready it has done all the necessary preparations and reports we're getting from out of me here show that voting is proceeding very very smoothly in most areas however there are certain areas where voting will not take place because of fear of attacks by armed groups that have been targeting civilian and military targets images on the border with broken afonso on the border with mali as well as on the border with nigerian asia has lost hundreds of security forces and civilians over the past one year and buries a concern actually they do in the 1st rou

far as the palestinians are concerned we've had a couple statements one from a senior advisor to mahmoud abbas the president and also from the foreign ministry welcoming this judgment saying that this is a historic day for criminal accountability and saying that the rights to justice by the palestinian people can now be pursued thank you very much for lestrange them high for set. diplomatic furious russia's treatment of alexina valmy is intensifying its after russia expelled 3 foreign diplomats for joining protests against his arrest meanwhile the opposition leader in self as appeared in court again the 2nd time in a week is accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran andersen's has more. russia's foreign ministry says the diplomats had attended what he called illegal demonstrations last month in support of alexei navalny thousands of protesters were arrested in a series of rallies as the ministry isn't saying how many of the diplomats from germany sweden and poland they're expelling. but the action comes only hours after an avanti was back in court again and the european union's top diplomat wa

now the attacks come less than a month after president mahmoud abbas hari replaced his long standing military chiefs amid worsening violence in the country earlier i spoke to security analyst could be a a double and i asked him if the changes in the military would have approved the security situation. we do not think. in this illusion to leave security challenges in one year there are 27 ministries departments and agencies within a year and security subsect of the military just forward of the 27. groups this for the other 23 are not good then we're not seeing any significant improvement they are. going to. the root cause of insecurity. i mean the government then unfortunately if they. continue and it as talk about the security situation because it does appear from the reports that come out and i care whether it's an attack that is suspected to be bad. in another part of the country where when bandits attack saying people waiting school children what is your sense about what really needs to get the situation the security situation and the control in nigeria talking about governance ma

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 -- 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 either of them. sec. shalala: i would like to go back to the soviet union, because even your expertise on 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? perhaps even suppressing china? 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 the a

you're going to zation as well as countless others along with al-jazeera had been lobbying for mahmoud abbas a israelis for the past 4 years what is your official reaction to this news. we're 'd going to need a reminder obviously we are related to this news it's a wonderful it's a wonderful day it's a wonderful day for mahmoud and his family so we're very pleased and the campaigns were just as useless mentioned 4 or so years since he was arrested so it is a good day and it's it's one step towards respect for people expression of press freedom and did you expect it at all or or was a surprise. there had been some discussion in recent days that it's possible we were cautious because it was merely released at one point in the past he was brought to a police station only to be accused senate and the resignation was open against him personally were hopeful about mcchrystal cautious given our past experience and of course there had been a global campaign calling for mahmoud sainz release by organizations such as yours and you know the hash tag 3 mahmoud hossain was also launched what impact do you

standing internal divisions ahead of the 1st elections in more than 50 years last month president mahmoud abbas said legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july the factions are aiming to build a united front against israel. demick 9 iran is beginning its mass vaccination program frontline health workers are amongst the 1st to receive the russian developed sputnik vaccine doses jabari has more from tehran the 1st person to receive the job was the health minister's own son who had volunteered to be the 1st person in the country to be vaccinated the president said that he hopes this will be the 1st step in the country combating this virus and overcoming it eventually iran has ordered so far 2000000 of this vaccine from russia they've also older ordered another 16000000 through kovacs program of other vaccines that they hope to receive in the coming months the health officials that said that their mass vaccination program won't really have the effect that they want in terms of mass immunization until the beginning of next year but this is certainly been seen as a welcome start

he is a political rival to palestinian president mahmoud abbas.first election since 2006 is due to be held in 3 months time and then in israel a country is reopening mole's shops and leisure facilities now that more than 46 percent of the population has had at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine the government wants to encourage further take up and restore large parts of the economy by promoting its so-called green pass this gives vaccinated people access to activities that will be off limits to those who haven't had the chance harry force reports from west jerusalem. after 5 months west jerusalem's y.m.c.a. gym is open again is really merges further from its latest and potentially last lockdown but it's a selective reopening only those with the so-called green pass on paper or phone up proving full vaccination against a recovery from covert 19 can come in to work out i am so happy to be back here i love this place and i've been working out for better now in 20 minutes said partner i feel fantastic not all gyms are reopening some sight difficult

the law i couldn't agree with the more i think and the know it is interesting that 15 years of mahmoud abbas 11 years after his term extended they become kind of irrelevant if you will to just about every party so replenishing the leadership bringing in youth hopefully that is not top part of that you know corrupt stagnancy you know i completely agree but let me have let me ask you to go a bit deeper on iran and saudi arabia for a minute so with regard to iran there are elections coming up there too and as in any nation there is a struggle between hardliners and reformers it seems to be in every country in the world so what we do now will play into that with saudi arabia we have intelligence estimates said that mohamed bin psalm on likely gave the order to have jamal khashoggi killed we've just cut off arms sales and supplies to saudi for the continuation of the yemen war so things are going to shift there neither party is one that we're particularly comfortable with to say the least how does america get its interests right in that situation i think i heard you say we ought to step back and