palestine has not signed the rome statute that founded the international criminal court so what palestine is now is a nonmember state, the same way as quite a number of other countries including the united states. and it is able to take its seat today when the assembly of state parties, part of their own statute, that's the body that represents all the signatories. important for palestinians symbolically. there's some momentum here. remember those recent parliamentary votes in europe, remember that palestine's status at the u.n. general assembly was changed. bake baim a member of unesco. palestine has long said at some point may have requested to sign the rome statute. those states that are not keen for that idea are going to find it hard to block that. recognized as a state by the international criminal court, could help palestinians who want to bring cases before the international criminal court. we know in the past there have been some organizations that have tried to bring cases on behalf of the palestinians but the court hasn't accepted those cases. legal experts divided but they do

palestine is recognized as a state by the international criminal court. biggest ever appeal in syria's refugees are top priority. >> since i was employed, i've killed over 50. >> kenya's secret hit squads undercover police admit to calling so-called radical muslims without trial, an al jazeera exclusive. >> and the simple technique saving the line lives of premate babies in india. we begin with breaking news from the past hour, that palestine status has been upgraded at the criminal court. it effectively opposit opens thr war crimes to be investigated in the territory. this comes on the same day that israel launched its own investigations into eight more alleged crimes by its forces in gaza this summer. we can speak to imtiaz tyab, but james bays is joining us from new york to tell us more about this decision, james. >> what is going on in new york is a meeting of the all the signatories, what is made up as the assembly of states parties is all the countries that signed this treaty which sets up the court, doesn't sit here in new york, but in the hague. t

the icc today has recognized palestine as a state. remember, of course, palestine is a member of unesco, and remember it's status at the general assembly of the u.n. was upgraded to the state of palestine. it's very important symbolically. one legal expert told me that it is possible to change things legally. it would be up to the icc, and up to the icc prosecutor, but potentially this makes it easier, i'm told, for a legal case from palestine to be investigated by the international criminal court. of course, palestine has not yet applied to join the treaty of rome, and to be an actual signatory of the court. that's something that the palestinians have talked about, but it has not happened yet. >> james bays, our diplomatic editor reporting from the u.n. well, the german embassy in egypt say it will suspend services on thursday. it follows canada and the u.s u.k. closing embassies in cairo, and warning it's citizens from traveling to egypt. >>> al jazeera demands the release of three journalists held in egyptian prison for 345 days. m

supports palestine's joining the united nations and other international organizations and hopes palestine and israel will resume these talks as soon as possible, and occupation at an early date, and realize coexistence of the two states. the middle east these process is now in deep stalemate, and the tensions between palestine and israel persist. we call upon the international community to redouble effort to help palestine and israel to end the cycle of violence and return to the peace talks where we call upon the security council to effectively assume responsibility for the palestinian and israeli question. china is waiting to join the relevant sides in the international community in common effort and will continue to play a constructive role in promoting an enduring and just resolution of the question of palestine. thank you, mr. president. >> i think the representative of china for his statement. i now give the floor to the representative of rwanda. >> or wanda takes the floor to explain the draft resolution 2014--- rwanda takes the floor to explain the draft resolution. we note the ef

member states recognize the so-called state of palestine. sweden, briton has voted to recognize palestine as a state. today france's national assembly is voting. israel says it will not follow suit. as we said let's go to our correspondent in the middle east live for us now in ramallah. no doubt the palestinian people will be very pleased at what they are hearing if the french do vote to recognize palestine as a state. but in reality it is not going to make much difference, is it? >> well, although if it passes this motion would be non-binding, it is still very significant for the palestinian leadership and people. france is a permanent member of the united states security council. they are trying to end the israeli occupation within two years. we know the french are working very closely with the palestinians to achieve a resolution. and there is on initiative by the french, germans, and brits for a draft resolution at the u.n. to end the israeli occupation within a deadline through multi-lateral negotiations. we have heard palestinian offic

olives have taken root deeply in palestine lives and culture.t every arab village has an olive oil presser. farmers bring their harvest to the facility and make olive oil for the coming year. sparkling golden olive oil flows from the spout. so this is the olive oil right out of the factory. no olive oil can be fresher than this. when i taste it, it's got some sense of bitterness which makes this olive oil special. residents use plastic containers more than bottles. >> translator: i use a lot of olive oil. that's why i use large containers. >> reporter: for the most part, the oil is sold to friends and relatives. not much used to go to the foreign market. industries in palestine have been vulnerable due to the israeli occupation. nasir wants to build a bigger olive oil industry to help make palestine's economy sustainable. he exports and sell fair trade olive oil. he hopes to give farmers an incentive by paying a price for their olives that reflects the costs of producing them. >> everybody wanted to be a part of what's going on, even though they

french parliament voted to recognize palestine as a state. the nonbinding but highly symbolic vote following a similar resolution by the british and the spanish. the vote was 339 in favor, 151 against. kenya's president sacked his superior minister the declared war after the group killed 36 people in the north of kenya. slightly over a week ago. 11 mexican protestors have been let out of a mexican security jail after a judge said there was a lack of evidence. the second anniversary seemed more protests against his rule, and the government are accused of corruption and ineptitude by many. the approval rating is down to about 40%, as monica reports the disappearance of four students while in police custody continues to infuriate many. anger returns to the streets of mexico city on president's second anniversary in office. the men armed with bats and mall of the cocktails destroyed everything on the way. >> the protests is largely peaceful, there's a group that is setting stuff on fire and breaking the windows. it was may ham, thousands have tak

the french parliament votes to urge its government to recognize palestine as a state. [ cheers ] >>>e signs of unity in iraq. the bagdad government and ku kurdish north agree to a crucial oil deal. >>> and now the russian economy is suffering because of sanctions and low oil prices. ♪ >>> well, we begin in israel, where the prime minister, benjamin netenyahu has fired his finance and justice ministers. he has also said he will dissolve parliament and call snap elections. andrew simmons start with the beginning with this one. why the elections? >> reporter: well, the election has been a buzz -- the election fever has been sweeping right through israel over the past 48 hours, because simply, according to netenyahu, it's gone too far. he says that it's effectively like having an opposition within the cabinet. there are five separate parties represented in this coalition. they have never got on, and now just over halfway through its four-year term this government is coming to an end. there will be dissolution of parliament on wednesday. the issue has been brought to a head by a number of

accepting palestine as a state. >> there is a momentum on our side.tional community is fed up with the. [ inaudible ] of is rome. the extremism as was demonstrated whether in the aggression against our people in gaza. and the provocation and insight. in jerusalem and the holy sites. >> reporter: the change is largely symbolic, adding momentum to efforts towards palestinian statehood after a number of recent parliamentary votes in europe. but could it also eventually lead to crimes in the palestinian israeli conflict being brought before the international court? >> the palestinians really need to take a further step and become a member of the court. and that's something that we have been calling on them to do for quite sometime now. and something that the court's prosecute irrelevant has also made clear that they are -- that they are able to do. >> reporter: so why have the palestinians not requested to join the international criminal court yet? here at the united nations deliberations continue on a possible security council relation luke, the palestin

supports palestine's joining the united nations and other international organizations and hopes palestine and israel will resume these talks as soon as possible, and occupation at an early date, and realize coexistence of the two states. the middle east these process is now in deep stalemate, and the tensions between palestine and israel persist. we call upon the international community to redouble effort to help palestine and israel to end the cycle of violence and return to the peace talks where we call upon the security council to effectively assume responsibility for the palestinian and israeli question. china is waiting to join the relevant sides in the international community in common effort and will continue to play a constructive role in promoting an enduring and just resolution of the question of palestine. thank you, mr. president. >> i think the representative of china for his statement. i now give the floor to the representative of rwanda. >> or wanda takes the floor to explain the draft resolution 2014--- rwanda takes the floor to explain the draft resolution. we note the ef

and i'm pretty sure if it was put to a vote then they would say that palestine should be admitted.n assuming that happens there is a couple of month's delay before the jurisdiction of the court becomes active. then of course, there is one other step which is actually starting an investigation. in the international criminal court to start an investigation, there are three different roots to do it. one is the security council, and we saw the u.n. security council won't do anything because the u.s. will use their veto. the second way is for the chief prosecutor to initiate her own investigation, and the third way is for palestine to ask for an investigation, so in many ways there is a second step for president abbas to take which is to actually ask the international criminal court after a period of some months for an investigation. then they can ask for an investigation, that is retroactive that looks at events in the path. some legal doubts about what would be covered there, from the start of the international criminal court or when palestine was granted status of the u.n. general as

they voted to urge the french government to officially recognize palestine as a state. the lower house resolution is nonbinding. it says the leaders should recognize palestine as part of a push for a definitive resolution of the conflict with israel. the british and spanish parliaments have recently passed similar resolutions. sweden officially recognized palestinian statehood in october. a senior palestinian official welcomed the result of the french vote. the official said it's likely to push the government to recognize palestinian statehood, and to promote peace with israel. last week israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it's a big mistake for european countries to recognize palestine. he said it encourages palestinians to harden their positions, and make them less likely to compromise. peace talks have been frozen since april. more than 2,000 palestinians have died since then in fighting in gaza. >>> emperor akihito and empress michiko visited hiroshima to meet people whose homes were destroyed or damaged by landslides in august. 74 people in the city's ya

israel will know very clearly that a growing number of countries are recognizing palestine as a state. is it appearing to feel any kind of external pressure? >> i think it probably is, but whether it will admit to being in this any way wobbled by it is unlikely. the prime has reeveryon reeveryonreeveryone reeveryoned -- preempted this. the previous none binding votes from the u.k., ireland, and also spain prompted suggestion that this would affect the possibility of successful peace talks unilaterally going along like this, but then many are asking, well, what option is there right now for the palestinians when the u.s.-brokered peace talks back in april collapsed and there seems to be no real desire on the part of israeli politicians to push part or certainly the government at the very least to push hard to get this going again. this is a procession going in the coalition and the likelihood of the dissolution of parliament on wednesday and early elections, which will cause something of a vacuum here at a crucial time when there's so much insecurity and uncertainty about the situation

palestinians have roughly 12% of historic palestine.ve been gauging reaction in the occupied west bank. >> reporter: for more than 25 years this man has been in the jewelry business, one of the most popular items he sells are these silver pendants. they are slaped by hand into the borders of historic palestine. many still want israel to withdraw from territories it seized in the 1967 war. so too was the palestinian president. he is asking the u.n. security council to set a guideline. but this man tells me he is not convinced that will ever happen. >> translator: israel pa-- want palestine to be in bits and pieces. i can't make a map of dots. >> reporter: the plan has angered the israeli government. prime minister benjamin netenyahu condemned the proposal, which is in part why abbas is seeking the resolution aimed at setting a time line for the end of the israeli occupation. >> translator: this step won't oert while. even a watered down version of the resolution is passed, nothing will change on the ground. >> reporter: palestinian leade

the government is urged to recognize palestine as a state.here was a vote in the national assembly. police clearing the streets of hong kong, part of a final push to end the pro-democracy protest. time to take a look at what weekly magazines have been saying around the world. it is the time when many magazines look back at the big influential newsmakers of the year. >> the person of the year or people of the year for "time." they have elected the ebola fighters. you can see several covers for "time" negatives in. the editor said anyone willing to treat ebola victims runs the risk of becoming one. ebola fighters are heroes. she praises those weapon fighting this epidemic which has killed more than 6300 people worldwide. they have done this to tireless ask of courage. the rest of the world can sleep well because people are willing to fight. the runners up -- protesters in ferguson missouri, where protesting after the killing of michael brown. >> last year's winner was pope francis. the a's on the front page of a french magazine. >>'s attempts t

such as the vote on palestine red 6 million dead in europe and we are talking about palestine -- palestine. 6 million dead in europe and we are talking about palestine. >> this month is the 10th anniversary of our q&a. we are showing one q&a from each year. and can't find burke interview on the 9/11 compensation fund. robert novak on his 50 years of reporting in washington. and renewed to tour in the value of high education and america. 10:00. a decade of compelling conversations. he is the vice chair of the select intelligence committee and is completing his second term. he gave his farewell speech. that was followed by tributes from his colleagues. this is 40 minutes. to an end,e comes thank you to the wonderful people who have been part of a great ride. we are fortunate to live in the greatest country in the world. the country where the american dream is still alive and well. the country where in spite of all problem's we are the envy of the free world. a country where a preachers did from rural southern georgia could rise to be elected to the u.s. house of representative's ablehen to t

sweden and iceland recognize palestine. lawmakers in three other countries approve non-binding resolutions, and france is now on the way to do the same. >> this action of the french parliament gives us hope that we will have our independent free country in the future. >> reporter: france has europe's largest jewish and muslim population. it has been rocked by violent protest in recent months. >> if you radicalize those in israel we don't want to hear about a palestinian state, and if you radical those in palestine, continue to deny the rights in israel. >> so far the attacks of french jews, and many are moving to israel in record numbers. >> a move like this condones the actions against jewish people in france. >> supporters hope it will force a move where little seem to change. >> if you want to have peace, peace has to go on two legs, and two legs mean two states. >> this will likely not change france as support for israel since that is decided by the president, but it's foreign minister announced that if a deal is not re

two states, israel and palestine, having side-by-side in peace and insecurity.we voted in favor of a solution that we advocated during our entire term on the security council, a solution that is always among the priorities of our foreign policy. we voted in favor of a peace settlement, which leads the legitimate aspirations of israel and of palestine. to say the two state solution -- to save the two state solution we need to learn the lessons of the past. they will only agree of the international community commits itself in a more determined fashion than in the past. it sets the framework for its settlements with clear parameters and a specific timetable. that is the purpose of a dropped resolution presented by jordan. in spite of the result, we remain convinced that the security council can and must play a constructive role in this context. to be up to its major responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, the security council must assume a more active role to support and maintain the two state solution and to put an end to occupation. mr. pr

such as the vote on palestine red 6 million dead in europe and we are talking about palestine -- palestine. 6 million dead in europe and we are talking about palestine. senator coburn for survivors in -- first came to congress in 1985. john mccain operative tribute on the senate floor. -- offered a tribute on the senate floor. to my departing colleague, senator tom coburn, whose service exemplifies standards of purposefulness, integrity and decency to which we should all aspire and whose example ought to inspire the service of new and returning service alike. -- senators alike. i'm going to miss an awful lot our colleague from oklahoma. i've always admired tom for the strength of his convictions and the courage and candor for which he stresses them day after day. the number-one thing people should have do in congress, tom once said, is stay true to their heart. no one in the history of this institution has ever followed that injunction more faithfully than tom coburn has. tom coburn has an unshakeable faith in the goodness of america, and he has worked dill gently with others when he could

international criminal court upgraded and palestine status which may make it easier for suspected warand it coincided with israel launching its own investigation into crimes earlier this year in gaza and diplomatic editor james base has more from the headquarters in new york. >> reporter: countries that accept the jurisdiction of the interfacial criminal court but other nations that have not signed up including the u.s., china and russia are also allowed to attend these observers, the first time palestine was included on that list and an upgrade in status with icc accepting palestine as a state. >> i think there is a momentum on our side, the international community is fed up with israel, the extremism as it was demonstrated in the aggression against our people in gaza and the provocation and incitement in jerusalem. >> reporter: the charge is largely symbolic and statehood after votes in europe but could it lead to crimes in pal stint israeli conflict brought before the international court. >> palestinians need to take a further step and become a member of the court and that is somet

the french national assembly has approved a motion calling on the government to recognize palestine as a country, the nonbinding vote follows similar action in recent weeks by legislatures in the u.k., ireland spain, and sweden. the leadership has expressed it's gratitude and called on the government to act on the vote. it is not'sly clear who was behind this attack. >> well that attack happened just hours after lebanon said it had detain add wife and child believed to be of the islamic state of iraq. the pair was stopped after lebanon syria border crossing ten days ago, and are currently being questioned by the ministry of defense. lebanese security officials say the arrests could be used as a negotiating tool they were released from a syrian prison back in march, in a fight with nuns who were seized by rebels from mallu. live for us in beirut right now, tell us more about the detention of these two people. >> well, it was really the lebanese that announced it this morning. they said that she had been picked one that thought ten days ago, and they had been holding them for that length

and be the leader in advocating for a palestinian state. >> the palestine liberation organization's hananshrawi says that more than 20 years of negotiations with israel have not brought peace. it is time to try something new. >> the two state solution is imperative for peace. jerusalem as capital. you have to recognize the palestinian state before israel destroys it completely. >> israeli officials are concerned about the french vote. prime minister netanyahu spoke of a mistake. israel's stance is there is only one path to peace. >> in the common aim of israel and the palestinians, it should be two states for two nations. the state of the israeli people and the state of the palestinians. to wage that goal, there is one way, direct negotiations. >> france's foreign minister suggested setting in ambitious deadline. he wants the conflict to be fully solved within two years. >> suspected islamist extremists are thought to be behind the deaths of close to 40 quarry workers in northern kenya. the attack happened near the border with somalia, the home country of al-shabaab. the workers were ambu

a cabinet minister in palestine has been killed in the west bank.he witnesses say israeli troops fired tear gas at him and dozens of others. france's last remaining hostage finally comes home. serge lazarevic was freed by al qaeda in north africa after three years in captivity. and malala yousafzai get set to receive her nobel peace prize. the girls rights campaigner survived a near fatal gun attack by the taliban and is the youngest ever laureate. we have flow for the headlines. let's start to the reaction to the report on torture from the cia. but it is a leading story in the u.s. media today. it's a long report, over 500 pages long. the papers have summed up the report. the daily beast points out the most gruesome moments of the cia "torture" report, the rendition programs for even more nightmares than you can imagine according to the daily beast. there were reports of detainees standing on broken legs, nonstop interrogations, and even more gruesome details than i will -- that i will spare you. x it is, indeed very graphic. and there is a sense o

into historic palestine. but many still want israel to withdraw from territories it sees in the 1967 war. he is asking the u.n. security council to set a time line for the government to return to those lines. he is not convinced that will ever happen. i can make a map of dots i just can't make it small enough for what they want for us. >> the plan has angered the israeli government. condemned the proposal. which is in part why they are seeking the resolution. aimed at setting a time line for the end of the israeli occupation. >> even if the resolution is passed nothing will change. >> trying to secure a negotiated settlement for more than 20 years, now, though, they believe that the best way to establish is through a binding agreement that is recognized internationally, but it is unlikely that this latest resolution will pass the council and some say it may everybody be impossible. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist whose have now been in prisoned for 355 days. were jailed o

the move is symbolic victory for palestine and adds to palestine statehood. becoming a nonparty observer is it allows a war crimes trial to be launched against israel. next, we head to the philippines where typhoon hagupit has left at least 27 dead and forced over a million into shelters. torrential rain and winds over the weekend. battling the same region that typhoon haiyan ravaged last november. that left more than 7,000 dead or missing. hagupit has been down graded to a tropical storm but is expected to bring large amounts of rain coming over manila. >>> we end in los angeles, a blaze which dominated the city's skyline was the size of a city block. the fire forced the highway patrol to shut down parts of two major freeways leaving commuters stranded in traffic for hours. there were no reports of damage or injuries. it is still unclear what caused the fire. that's some of what's happening around the world. coming up the horrifying crises faced by millions of children around the world and the consequences for the u.s. vladimir putin's popularity keeps soari

a popular item sold is silver pend ants, shaped by hands into the shape of palestine. most palestinians give up hope that any state of theirs will look like this. they still want israel to withdraw from territory seized in the palestinian war. so, too, does mahmoud abbas, asking the security council to set a time line for the israeli government to return to the lines. this man is not convinced it will happen. >> translation: israel wants palestine to be in little bits and pieces. i can't make a map. i can't make a pendant small enough for what the israelis want for us. >> reporter: the plan by mahmoud abbas angered the israeli government. prime minister binyamin netanyahu condemned the proposal, which is partly why mahmoud abbas wants a timeline at the security council. >> translation: this step will not be worthwhile, especially with a suspected u.s. veto. if a watered down resolution is past, nothing will change on the ground. >> palestinian leaders have been trying to secure a settlement with israel for more than 20 years. they believe the best way to establish the

. >>> latest moves by palestine to gain recognition by the u.n. and the european union >>> instability in the russian economy. some concerned residents rush to exchange rubles for other foreign currencies. >>> gunmen and afghan soldiers are fighting at a branch in afghanistan's helmand province, several attackers have been killed, four security guards and three civilians. jennifer glasse joins us from kabul to tell us about the situation at that bank. >> that's right, the attack happened at the kabul bank. the governor spokesman tell us of the seven dead. as you said, three civilians, three guards and a member of the intelligence services. the government spokesman said six attackers have been kill. fighting fierce inside the bank. it's a 3-storey building making it difficult. he says that the bank, is the bank where government salaries and the salaries of the police and military are paid out. in recent days afghan police have been at the bank, collecting salaries, as it's at the end of the afghan month. it's the second attack across afghanistan, e

would veto by the chief prosecutor of the icc or by palestine itself. so president abbas has a second time, a second stage to this process. we can actually ask for an investigation into a specific time period. >> james bays, our diplomatic editor in london. thank you. meanwhile in the opened occupied west bank a home was set on fire. a family with young children was asleep when two attackers threw a fire bomb inside. no one was injured. to yemen now where suicide attacks left more than 30 people dead. explosions and gunfire have been reported near the main hospital of ib where the attack took place. we have reports now from the capitol of sanaa. >> reporter: the suicide movement worked through the city of ib and detonated the explosives belt. leaving dozens of people dead. bodies were scattered all over. it was the gathering of the howes to celebrate the birth of prophet mohammed. there was chaos anger and fear. some survivors were rushed to hospital. this attack is one of the strongest against the houthi since they took over thecy of ib in november. >>

going to meet the world into a pier secularist nationalist idea for liberation, the liberation of palestine. then in third world ideologies they go to the beacon of hope for all the oppressed people who are suffering under western imperialism day that goes back to the liberation of palestine back to islam. again not cocktail. >> host: i was going to ask you about isis. let's talk about isis because, what do you think motivates them? i mean they talk about this being a religious jihad you know and the methods they use seem to go back 2000 or 3000 years ago in terms of violence. what are they about? >> well, isis is again a pretty motley group. you have got some die-hard jihadist and aecom, their roots in a particularly form of saudi arabian weapon is him. the brothers who were bedouin tribes who were sort of civilized to lead a nomadic life which topped a very narrow form of islam currently in saudi arabia known as wahhabism and they took it to an extreme. they had to be suppressed eventually by the saudi but that kind of feeling and love of warfare that was apparent, and that's the core of

he fought for the freedom of palestine for the palestinian rights. >> palestines say they're used to civilians dying in clashes with israeli forces but this was a minister and supposed to be a peaceful protest. his funeral will be tomorrow morning, it will be attended by thousands of people, john, surely an event that will increase tension between israelis and palestinians. >> nick schifrin reporting. npr's international editor greg myrie is in washington tonight. greg welcome. give me your reaction to this story. >> yeah, this is the latest in several violent incidents we've seen in the jerusalem rah ramallah area. this has been a new and very worry some development. >> how important a figure was abuein and his death what will it mean for this conflict? >> right he's a significant figure. he was somebody who was out on the street, protesting. he had street credibility among palestinians. he wasn't a guy who just sat in his office. he was a well-known figure in a small community. he had done a lot of time in israeli prisons which gave him credibility. he dealt with prisoners' issues,

palestinians as well would have to see consequences, since israel could press war crime charges as much as palestineould. joining the international kernel court is a long procedure, and we could see other things happening with israel and the palestinian authority. >> the palestinians must already be extremely frustrated by the latest dramatic setback yesterday at the u.n. security council. >> there was certainly a real disappointment. it was a disappointing outcome for palestinian leadership after the un security council rejected this resolution to inend the occupation. palestinian officials in ramallah expressed their anger at the security council. it was expected the u.s. would veto the resolution. what we see right now, in the absence of peace talks a shift in strategy by the palestinians. they say they have tried for over 20 years to negotiate and have not achieved anything and now they have to move forward to join international institutions to pressure israel and the international community the . >> tania kramer, thanks very much. >> in yemen, at least 24 people have been killed and nearly 50 w

he fight for the freedom of the palestine. >> this was a minister. this was supposed to be a peaceful protest. >> abu ein's funeral will be attended by thousands of people surely an event that will increase tension between israeli and palestine. >> nick schifrin reporting from jerusalem for us. >>> congress is running out of time to pass a bill to fund the government. a current authorization expires tomorrow night. the bill on the table funds most of the government through next september. but it only funds the homeland security department through february 27th, and it contains a number of controversial policy provisions. we look at how the bill impacts the pentagon. >> when it comes to the budget the pentagon has two big complaints with congress. it doesn't have enough money for the things it wants, and it forces it to spend way too much money on things it really doesn't need. air force pilots love the low slow, a ten-ground attack jet for its combat ability. the air force hates it for its fiscal responsibility. has powerful backers in congress espec

sweden has officially recognized palestine as a state while the u.k. spain and ireland all approved non-binding resolutions. the family of isil's mysterious leader has been caught illegally crossing the border. he and his wife and child were caught using syrian passports. the capture came after close coordination with western intelligence service. >> on tuesday morning the lebanese military announced they had picked up ten days ago a woman traveling from syria into lebanon across a border post on a false passport. she was traveling with a nine-year-old child, and they identified her as a wife offal baghdadi, and they did dna testing on the child to make sure that it was al baghdadi's child. this is significant because the lebanese government are under increasing pressure to increase the pressure on soldiers who were taken in ambush in august near the border of syria. they are believed to be held by isil and the al nusra front on the border of syria. this woman and child could potentially be used for a prisoner swap. at 5:30 there was then an ambush, ac

see israeli leaders being investigated for possible war crimes but on the other side of course if palestinened and if all of what went on in gaza it's quite possible that some hamas leaders might also find themselves being investigated. and the other thing they are concerned about is the fallout by the americans. they are welcome at washington at the moment and they are concerned that if that door were to close, so would the route to some of the money. they are always short of money to pay the authorities of the palestinian authority. i think they fear that the u.s. would cut off further funding to them. and i think they also fear not just the administration but congress, that if they were to join the international criminal court, then congress would even approve sanctions against the palestinian palestinians. one last thing worth mentioning is even if palestine joined it would be a long process to get any investigation going, and it's worse looking at the rome statute, because there's one clause in there that says if there's an investigation that the security council doesn't think is helpf

. >> france's parliament overwhelmingly voted today to recognize palestine as a state, the decision is nonbinding but puts pressure on the government, the president has said he wants peace talks to talk with israel, before making a formal decision, sweden has officially recognized palestine as a state, while the u.k., spain, and ireland all approves nonbinding resolutions. and the family of isil's mysterious leader has been caught illegally crossing the libyan border. they were caught nearly ten days ago, using four syrian paneling ports. they are being held jut outside of beirut. jane ferguson has more now from the capitol. >> well, it was really the lebanese military that announced it. they said his wife had been picked one a nine-year-old child, trying to move from syria across the border into lebanon. they said that she has been picked one that child ten days ago, and that they have been holding them for that length of time, to question them, but this could be significant, not so much in an intelligence way, it is unlikely this almost know anything about the whereabouts, but she co

when unesco admitted a nonexistent state of palestine to its membership, it did so knowing u.s. law prohibits funding to any entity at the u.n. that grants the p.l.o. the same status as other member states. the members of unesco also knew that admitting the so-called palestine would have a negative impact on the future of israeli-palestinian peace process, yet they enthusiastically welcomed them at unesco. the only explanation for unesco willing to aa lou these consequences to pass -- to allow these consequences to pass is that its members view delegitimatizing israel as its mission. they view helping palestine unilaterally establish a de facto recognition for a palestinian state as a worthy means to an end. we must not only block any attempt by the administration to restore funding to this entity that clearly has an agenda opposite to america's interests, but we must also work to block the attempts at the u.n. to bypass the obligations to israel by continuing the unilateral statehood scheme. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for

we take you to israel and palestine to trace the remarkable story of jesus' birth. you'll see the spot in nazareth where word of a virgin birth first came to a teenaged girl, and a jaw-dropping view of this palace fortress of king harry, the ruler who wanted to kill the newborn king. the road to bethlehem was long and dangerous for mary and joseph fourth understand who jesus is we start where his life began. >> where are we right now? >> well, we're standing in little town of bethlehem, some you can see it's now a vibrant city and we're at the heart of the city, which is where the city of jesus' day, or actually the jewish village from jesus' time, centered itself right here, at manger square. >> this is so different from the songs. >> oh, little town of bethlehem. >> biblical scholar takes there is the church of the nativity, the site where gospels tell us jesus was born. >> the wonderful thing about the church is this tradition goes back to the second century when the local people remembered where the families lived. >> bethlehem is located on the illinois of the

. >>> ending israeli occupation of palestine by 2016, jordan handed over the document on behalf of the palestinian leaders. the draft resolution could be voted on in the coming days but the u.s. which has veto power at the u.n. security council has criticized the renewed palestinian effort. >> again we don't think this resolution is constructive, setting arbitrary deadlines for israeli withdrawal from the west bank those are likely to curtail negotiations rather than bringing them to a conclusion. fails to satisfy the security needs and the failure of those needs. >> homecoming of some of the survivors of the ferry fire off the italian coast, there are fears more people may be missing. plus leading under the shadow of gang violence, we'll meet one mexican family losing hope in the political leadership. news teams across america and beyond >> we begin with breaking news coming out of the west bank... >> news that matters... al jazeera america morning news every morning 7 eastern only on al jazeera america >> you're watching al jazeera. here are the top stories. debris from a missing air

according to some witnesses, the driver shouted allahu akbar and said he was "acting for the children of palestine he hit passersby in 5 locations. >> i heard shouting and i ran into the street. i looked at the people who had shouted, the persons on the ground. i realized the driver had hit at least one person. >> the car attack comes a day after another man stabbed police officers in central france, also shouting allahu akbar before being shot dead. investigators examining whether the attack was motivated by radical islam. authorities stepped up security in police and fire stations across the country fearing new violence. >> to the u.s., a memorial has been set up in brooklyn, new york for 2 police officer shot dead saturday. reportedly in retaliation for the recent deaths of unarmed black man by the police. community leaders condemned killings that have provoked tensions between the police union and the mayor. we explain. >> a city in grief after an unfathomable act of violence. at st. patrick's cathedral, police officials attended a special mass. in brooklyn, a visual was set up at the site whe

adding to the pressure on israel sweden has recognized palestine as a state.arliaments elsewhere half past non-binding resolutions -- elsewhere have passed nonbinding resolutions in support of the same. leaders in hong kong have declared an official end to more than 11 weeks of pro-democracy protests. that comes as police cleared the final barricades that have been blocking the city streets. a small group of protest leaders stood by chanting "we will be back here go they are chuck -- "we will be back." they are calling for the city's chief executive to step down. there will be no more uberpop in france. that segment that uses nonprofessional drivers will be forgiven starting january 1. -- will be forbidden starting january 1. taxi unions are holding a one-day strike against uber. >> the people who are supposed to represent us need to say we have a problem. it can't continue like this. it is the straw that will break the camel back -- the camel's back. we must change things. we must move forward in a positive direction. >> you're watching "france 24." let's loo

he also touched on the war in syria, and their ongoing conflict between israel and palestine. mentioned the ebola epidemic and the suffering in nigeria as a result of the islamic fundamentalist violence there. he called for the care of mistreated children. this was pope francis's second christmas as pontificate. >>> well, let's stay with this theme, because in her annual christmas message, queen elizabeth has praised medical workers involved in the fight against ebola. she said she's been deeply touched by the selfless efforts of those doctors and nurses who have gone to west africa to tackle the outbreak. she's also spoken about the importance of reconciliation. in the message which is broadcast around the commonwealth. >>> spain's new king has attacked corruption by public figures in his first christmas message to the nation and said it must be stamped out. felipe vi said people who enjoyed positions of public responsible did not have the right to profit or become rich. the king made no specific references to his sister, princess cristina, who has been indicted for two count

the world are sort of either indirectly recognizing the state of israel -- i'm sorry, the state of palestineor saying that in a year or two, if you don't solve the problem, we are going to recognize the state of palestine. they are beginning to realize that all roads do lead to jerusalem and if the israelis and palestinians do not solve this problem, it does have an effect with extremism and how it affects the muslim populations in their countries. at the end of the day, the core issue is still the israeli-palestinian problem and jerusalem, even though certain people do not like a reference made to that. whether it is true or not, that argument is still being used by the extremists, and countries around the world realize they have to solve the problem for their benefit. it is no longer just politics. it affects the national security of countries around the world. >> so they have a larger incentive now to push for this. >> israelis and palestinians for our sake around the world, solve the problems. >> the argument has been made that israelis didn't win the gaza war because of the repercussion

there were these cctv shots from the palestine hotel that showed the cement truck approaching it. >>her hotel, but more than a dozen people outside the compound died. >> and i was saying to myself i can't believe i'm about to die like this, and i haven't even lived my life yet. >> al qaeda in iraq claimed responsibility for that terrifying coordinated attack which took place two and a half years after coalition forces first entered iraq. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. >>> rescue workers battle to save a man teetering at the brink of niagara falls. >> i said we have to go. we have to go get him. >> a daredevil attempts a stunt that goes up in flames. >> this guy -- pummels his own lawyer and a twist in the story, an investigative reporter never saw coming. >> honey, get the gun. >> videos that don't get anymore shocking. >> what are you going to do about it? >> any more strange -- >> i remember

the french senate passes a resolution urging the government to recognize palestine as a state. there was a highly symbolic vote in the national assembly. police begin clearing the streets of hong kong as part of a push to end the pro-democracy protests. do you like your bugs boiled or fried? to the you people regul

. >> we're deeply concerned with the situation in the peace process between palestine and israel. we support the aspiration of the palestinian people to finally find statehood. >> thank you for your support of the palestinian issue, including the efforts within the united nations. >> in france airbus has handed over its first a 350 passenger jets to qatar airways. it can carry up to 350 passengers on long flights while cutting fuel consumptions by a quarter. >> reporter: some would say a historic day here where they're calling the last brand new generation plane for another decade. the airbus a 350, this will be taken by qatar airways and delivered to doha on tuesday. why do we care? it's taking airbus into the realm of carbon competence. it's lighter, more fuel efficient. they say it will make savings of 25%, which is more important when oil prices were up around $100-barrel mark, but in an industry where margins are so thin, any savings will be appreciated. last week qatar airways said that the interior was not up to their standard, but they are now. now the planes are ready to