>>> >>> >>> former israeli prime minister olmert is sentenced to 18 months in prison. details in a life report coming up. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead, move to safety, hundreds of fighters and their families are relocated from syria. plus al jazeera gets access to what was once armed boko haram heavily fortified base in neither. we travel to argentina where massive floods are forcing thousands of families to start again. israel's supreme court has sentenced former prime minister olmert to 18 months in prison in a bribery case. it partly reverses a lower court sentence to which he was sentenced to 6 years behind bars. he is the first public office to be imprisoned. he was a popular prime minister when he was in office. what's the reaction so far to the sentence? >> reporter: there has certainly been an awful lot of surprise that olmert, an israeli prime minister, who will now go down in history, perhaps history he doesn't want go down in, as the first israeli prime minister who will serve a prison sentence. i think already questions are being as

while the supreme court has yet to rule on that case, you hued olmert's -- ehud olmert's legacy as the first prime minister to be handed a prison sentence is cemented >>> in pakistan, 26 have been killed and 42 injured in an explosion targetting a government office in the north-west. a suicide bomber targeted those issues i.d. cards. >> reporter: the attack was timed to cause maximum devastation. there was chaos inform the moments after the bomb was exploded. many were killed and injured. >> around 20 were martyred. >> translation: i was offering my prayers in my house when the blast occurred. it was a huge blastment when they came running, there were dead bodies. >>> the attack happened in a tribal area. a group that waslinged to the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility, but the pakistani taliban said it had nothing to do with the attack. attacks by fighters declined over the past year, in part because it of the increase in military operations and the pakistani government's efforts to slut the armed group's source of funding. pakistan adds army was in kabul, trying to restart talk

olmert will become the first israeli prime minister to serve time in jail. the supreme court ordered the 70-year-old to serve 18 months in prison for bribery starting in february. olmert had initially been sentenced to six years in jail by a lower court was a he was first convicted in 2014. the case revolves around the holy land development project in west jerusalem. the real estate deal remains deeply controversial and was approved for construction while olmert served as mayor of jerusalem. the supreme court found he was not involved in the main aspects of the bribery allegation in the case and reduced his sentence. speaking to the media after the ruling, olmert welcomed the verdict. >> a large weight was lifted from my heart when the supreme court decided to acquit me of the main charge in the holy land affair. >> he is going to jail for a deal he approved while he was mayor. despite the supreme court sentence, he maintained his innocence. >> no bribe was ever offered to me and i never accepted one. i repeat this today, naturally in line with my beliefs an

but the ruling was clear ehud olmert will be the first former prime minister to serve time in jail.he was ordered to serve 18 months in prison for bribery starting in february. he had originally been sentenced to six years in jail by a lower court in 2015. it all surrounded a construction deal in jerusalem. the supreme court found he was not involved in the main aspects of the bribery allegations in the case, and that is why it reduced his sentence. speaking to the media after the ruling, olmert welcomed the verdict. >> a large weight was lifted from my heart when the supreme court decided to acquit me of the main charge in the holy land affair. >> olmert is going to jail for accepting a bribe of around $50,000 for separate real estate project that was also approved while he was mayor of jerusalem. he maintains his innocence. >> no bribe was ever offered to me and i never accepted one. i repeat this again in line of my beliefs i respect the verdict of the supreme court judges. >> ehud olmert served as prime minister from 2006 to 2009. he was a relatively popular leader at the time,

olmert should have been given the full sentence of six years in prison. this lighter sentence just under scores in their view that senior israeli politicians whether it's prime minister and in the case of a prime minister are treated far more lenient by the courts than your average person. there are several cases involving other israeli prime ministers whether they were former ministers or former presidents, allegations again of things like fraud, allegations of sexual harassment, and many of these cases never even see a courtroom let alone a sentence and so again as we have been saying although mr. olmert certainly has supporters there are many who believe he should have been given the full six year sentence. >> thank you and olmert being the first israeli prime minister to face bars. now the chief palestinian negotiator has responded to a new report that israel plans to build a new 55,000 settlement unit in the occupied west bank. the report by ngo peace now based its findings on government data obtained under freedom of information request and says it

snow former israeli prime minister olmert is set to go to prison. israeli prime minister ever sentenced to prison. he also scored a big legal victory today. >> reporter: the hearing was brief, but the ruling was clear. olmert will become the first israeli prime minister to serve time in jail. the supreme court ordered the 670-year-old to serve 18 months in prison for bribery starting in february. he was initially sentenced to six years in jail after he was convicted convicted in 2014. it revolves around the holy land development in west jerusalem. it was a development in controversy. he was found to not be involved in the main aspects of the bribery aspects of the case and that is why his sentenced was reduced. olmert welcomed the verdict. >> translation: a large weight was lifted from my heart when the supreme court decided to acquit me. >> reporter: olmert is going to jail for accepting a bribe of around $15,000 for a separate real estate project that was also approved while he was mayor of jurs. despite accepting the supreme court sentence, he ma

means one of olmert's jail sentences of six years has been reduced to just 18 months.orruption case is the largest in israeli history. and we have the latest now from west jerusalem. . >> shortly after the supreme court announced its ruling mr. olmert spoke to the media in which he said that a weight had been lifted off his shoulders by this ruling, by the courts which found that he was not involved in the major aspects of bribery and corruption involving the so called holly land real estate development affair saying that he was not involved in that major corruption. however, he of course has been told that he will serve 18 months in jail for his involvement in a bribery scheme involving a different real estate plan. mr. olmert said while he accepted the court's ruling he denied taking any money, whatever the case his legacy has been cemented or will be cemented from the 15th of february from next year where he will become the first israeli prime minister to serve time in jail. >>> the chief palestinian negotiator has responded to a new report that israel plans to buil

ehud olmert served from 2016 to 2009. avenues relatively popular leader at the time.but as his case worked through the legal system there were increasing demands by the public that he serve time in jail saying that israeli politicians are treated far too leniently by the courts. >> this is not the end ever ehud olmert's legal problems. he still faces allegations of fraud and making illegal payme payments to an american businessman. while the supreme court has yet to rule on that case, olmert's legacy as first prime minister to be handed a prison sentence is cemented. al jazeera, west jerusalem. >> the "world health organization" has declared guinea free of ebola. it's been 42 days, and there have been no new infections. it was in guinea when ebola was first reported. since then 4809 have died in liberia and 3985 in sierra leone and 8 in nigeria. the "world health organization" declared liberia ebola free. it had been declared free back in may but then weeks later further cases were reported. >> today is an incredibly mild stone for the huge effort that has been ongoin

olmert was sentenced to six years in gaol by a lower court, after being convicted in 2016. the case develops around the holy land project. it was controversial and approved for instruction. >> that is why it reduced his sentence. speaking to the media after the ruling olmert will welcome the ruling. >> a large wait was lifted from my heart. the supreme court decided to acquit me of the main charge in the holy land affair. >> olmert is going to gaol for accepting a bribe of 15,000 for a real estate project approved whilst mayor of jerusalem. despite accepting the sentence, he maintained his innocence. no bribe was offered to me. >> i respect the verdict of the supreme court judges. >> olmert served as israel's minister served from 2006 to 2009. he was a popular leader, as the case worked through the legal system, there were increasing demands by the public that he served time in gaol. saying that the politicians were treated too leniently by the courts. this is not the end of the struggles, he faces a sentence of 8 months in prison over allegations of fraud and making illega

olmert has denied any wrongdoing in the case. >>> the white house says today the prime minister justinde trudeau will come, in november for welcoming headlines refugees in his country and many of them. >>> 17 detainees to be release from guantanamo in january transferred coming up next week, according to aenior official, the move comes as the obama administration continues efforts to reduce the population at that controversial detention center. >>> tensions are high in cleveland, ohio after a grand jury declined to indict twos officers in the deadly shooting of tamir race. among them, rookie officer timothy loehmann who shot the 12-year-old last year after arriving. saying he was justified in his actions because he believed the young boy was a threat. >>> meanwhile, chicago mayor rahm emanuel returning from vacation to address the crisis involving the chicago police department. police shot examine killed -- and killed two people, 19-year-old lagreer and betty jones saturday, he wants an immediate review of how police responded to call involving police crisis or with mental health probl

ehud olmert. . >> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. country. >> here's another look at this morning's top stories, a massive storm coating the north and east in snow and ice. it is the same system that delivered heavy rain, blizzards around tornadoes to the south. overall, it is blamed for at least 47 deaths. >>> and a grand jury chose not to indict the cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old tamir rice. the officer and his partner are on restrinlted duty. >>> a recreational drone flew past president obama's motorcade in hawaii before secret service agents found the pilot. the video shows a plain clothes officer speaking to the pile, who was unaware the president's motorcade would be passing through. the pilot brought down the drone and the motorcade continued on. no charges were filed. a british couple hired a south korean lab to clone their dog after it passed away. from the couple's boxer dylan, the lab created two identical puppies. one was born the day after christmas. the other is due today. >>> a giant squid mad

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she became vice prime minister under the next government led by ehud olmert. when he resigned, livny became the party leader. unable to cobble together a coalition, the job of prime minister went t prime minister. left wing party labor to form the zionist union. we are joined by zippy livny who has served as vice prime minister and a whole bunch of other position he. more violence on the west bank, also on the border between israel and gaza. what needs to be done to stop this ever-growing death toll? >> basically, terrorist, terror acknowledge and they need to be dealt according to what need to be done in order to protect life of human beings. israelis. >> is the violence going to continue? the palestinians are especially upset about the ongoing settlement building in the west bank and you also have on the other side, you have the palestinian authority unwilling to condemn much of the violence that's been going on. >> after understanding there is no just cause for terror and this is a meafnl hefnlg that she hearmessage that should behearde palestinians, been t

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. >> happy new year to you >>> former israeli prime minister olmert is going to prison. the supreme court upheld his conviction for breathalyzer bring. his sentenced was reduced from six years to 18 months. >> reporter: the hearing was brief, but the ruling was cleared-- bribery. he will be the first prime minister to serve time in jail. he is ordered to spend 18 months in prison for bribery starting february. he was first convicted in 2014 and sentenced to six years. it revolves around a project in west jerusalem. the development was approved for construction while he was serving as mayor. speaking to the media after the ruling, olmert welcomed the verdict. >> translation: a large weight was lifted from my walmart when the supreme court decided to acquit me. >> reporter: he is going to jail for accepting a bribe around $15,000 for a separate real estate object that was approved while he was mayor of jerusalem. he maintained his innocence. >> translation: no bribe was offered to me and i never accepted one. i repeat this today. in line with my beliefs and life i accept t