palestinian factions hamas and fatah have reached agreement in unity talks brokered by egypt in cairo. video ends a decade long split and places the gaza strip under the control of the palestinian authority hamas which is considered a terrorist group by the e.u. and the us seized control of the enclave in two thousand and seven while fatah has left the west bank palestinian president mahmoud abbas plans to visit gaza within the next month his first trip to the region in more than a decade. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order aimed at weakening of the affordable care act better known as obamacare the directive will make it easier for americans to buy cheaper less regulated health care plans with fewer benefits critics say it could mean spiraling costs for people with preexisting health conditions the presidential order comes after several failed attempts by the trumpet ministration to repeal obamacare through congressional action. the latest round of breaks it talks have ended in deadlock. negotiating michelle bonnie said he was disturbed by the lack of progress he said talks had reached a dead end over high much britain should pay when it leaves the e.u. and he rule

our own route to the gaza strip as part of efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian faction hamas the palestinian authority prime minister rami dollar is leading the delegation hamas controls gaza but has opened the door to restore ties with which controls the palestinian authority at least two people are dead dozens are injured after shots were father the cult says in las vegas police say the incident took place at the mandalay bay casino on the city's strip the two women accused of assassinating the a strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong un have pleaded not guilty at their trial in the malays in court they're charged with killing kim jong nam by smearing his face with the band nerve agent at the kuala lumpur airport in february the u.s. president has contradicted his secretary of state's handling of the north korean crisis dismissing efforts to negotiate over its nuclear program as a waste of time me and. is has sent a representative to hold talks with bangladesh's foreign minister as a ranger refugee crisis continues aid agencies are trying to help more than half a million people who fle

palestinian factions hamas and fatah have reached agreement in unity talks brokered by egypt in cairo. video ends a decade long split and places the gaza strip under the control of the palestinian authority hamas which is considered a terrorist group by the e.u. and the us seized control of the enclave in two thousand and seven while fatah has left the west bank palestinian president mahmoud abbas plans to visit gaza within the next month his first trip to the region in more than a decade. police in new york and london are investigating sexual assault allegations against hollywood film producer harvey weinstein. more than thirty women have now come forward accusing him of sexual harassment and in several cases of rape weinstein has denied all charges of non consensual sex. you know asco the u.n. organization known for its heritage sides it was created decades ago by the us to give people all over the world clean water decent schools but donald trump sees it as a money pit as a platform to bully israel today notified the u.s. is out. in berlin this is the day. the. united states met the for unesco and unesco matters for the united states politicization of unesco these so last years has ta

the girls a strip is part of reconciliation efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian faction hamas the palestinian authority prime minister rami hamdullah is leading the delegation hamas controls gaza but as opened the door to restore ties with fatah which controls the palestinian authority the two women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader have pleaded not guilty at their trial in a malaysian court they're charged with attacking king jones numb by smearing his face with a band nerve agent to kuala lumpur airport in february. or i shall today those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera the news continues in about thirty minutes or so after witness. in india a mining company is heading to australia to build one of the world's biggest mines will it be an economic but names for an ecological disaster. at this time on al-jazeera. and here came a different time but i haven't. discussed . them but as. you are your family will. hardly be. me. for money in the end and people who loathe it but that a little bit of fame in the enough to allow a he was. down in the rules i

arrived in the gaza strip as part of an effort to mend ties with the rival palestinian rush faction hamas the palestinian authority is prime minister rami hamdullah is leading the delegation and this is his first visit to the gaza strip since twenty fifteen gaza has been struggling with months of electricity shortages and high unemployment let's go live now to harry forsett our correspondent who is at the area's crossing into gaza for us and tell us about the prime minister of the palestinian authorities first fought into gaza for the first time in two years also. that's right and a very different scene here now from what it was just a few minutes ago when he arrived and gave a news conference here at the garden and of the areas crossing zone between the israeli border and gaza proper there were hundreds of young people mainly young boys and teenage teenage boys and young men who were gathered around the outside around the chicken wire under the razor wire straining to see him come lots of cheering and he gave a speech in which he said that he was returning that the palestinian authority was returning to its belov

have arrived in the gaza strip as part of efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian faction hamas the palestinian authority's prime minister rami homs ally's leading a delegation it's his first visit to the strip since two thousand and fifteen a un investigation has revealed that the government broke an international embargo on trading weapons with north korea korean ship flying a cambodian flag was intercepted by u.s. intelligence agencies near egypt hidden deep inside the vessel or thirty thousand rocket propelled grenades. so it had bombers have attacked a police station in the syrian capital damascus at least eleven people were killed in those blasts syrian state television says that civilians and police officers are among the dead a monitoring group the syrian observatory for human rights says a car bomb went off near the police station before two suicide bombers also blew themselves up and there had been a previous attack at that station. so the headline news continues on al-jazeera after talk to al jazeera keep it here. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new labor ma

visiting the girls as part of reconciliation efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian factions hamas the palestinian authority prime minister rami hamdullah is leading the delegation hamas controls gaza but is open the door to restore ties with fatah which controls the palestinian authority the two women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader have pleaded not guilty at their trial in a malaysian court they're charged with attacking king. and his face with a banned nerve agent. in february. today those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera the news continues in about thirty minutes of the witness. in india a mining company used. to build one of the world's biggest mines will it be an economic bonanza for an ecological disaster. at this time on al-jazeera. with.

have arrived in the gaza strip as part of efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian factions hamas the palestinian authority's prime minister romney is leading the delegation it's his first visit to the strip since two thousand and fifteen. made use of as a hamas official and was a political advisor to the former palestinian prime minister ismail haniya and he joins us from gaza thank you very much so. we're feeling about this this is a big deal to have gotten to this moment are you optimistic yes. joy for most of the palestinian and it sounds like everybody. in gaza people lined up. thousands of them. to say that was quite a reception he received. i can't hear you but i do believe today is very important day people sound like they are happy because. expecting something to have been tomorrow's going to be the cabinet meeting and the people waiting to hear what really sings that the government they promised to do tomorrow for the sake of solving the problem. that is and making the people to get out from a miserable life and hoping that it's going to be. something that the people expecting to see starting from

for the past decade hamas has control the strip while they fought to control palestinian authority holds power in the occupied west bank. the twenty palestinian factions began like hamas won parliamentary polls in the gaza strip in two thousand and six the talks to form a government there broke down over ideological differences supporter two state solution but hamas rejected israel's right to exist the differences lead to conflict and the eventual hamas takeover of gaza in two thousand and seven there been several failed attempts at reconciliation then last month in los announced it would dissolve its rival administration and work towards forming a unity government. karim as leader of the democratic front for the liberation of palestine he joins us now from ramallah and we appreciate your time so much so can you put this moment in some sort of context for us when this. actually to release the process of reconciliation. seems to be more serious and maybe probably more promising than the previous substance because of the fact that all parties feel now and realize that they are losing. net

don't see there is any solution the israelis control everything it doesn't matter if the palestinian authority or hamas is in charge. the cost four hundred seventy dollars in fuel and ready to take this boat to see the catch gave a profit of one hundred dollars shared between the crew of eleven birds make out a zero gaza. new zealand has a new prime minister its third female leader and the youngest in one hundred sixty years yes and arden will lead a center left coalition government with support from the new zealand first party and the greens a thirty seven year old labor party came second in last month's election behind the incumbent center right to national party arden is vowing to address museums housing and inequality issues a u.s. aircraft carrier is patrolling waters near the korean peninsula in a show of military strength to pyongyang u.s.s. ronald reagan a one hundred thousand ton warship has been launching super hornet planes from its deck as part of drills with the south korean navy north korea has described the joint exercise as a rehearsal for war. south korea is looking to strengthen its d

leaders of arrived in the gaza strip as part of efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian factions hamas the palestinian authority's prime minister rami hamdullah is leading the delegation on his first visit to the strip since twenty fifteen the three women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader have pleaded not guilty at their trial in a malaysian court they're charged with attacking kim jong nam by smearing his face with a band nerve agent at least ten afghan soldiers have been killed in what the country's defense ministry has called an accidental air strike by one of its own bombers official say the afghan air force mistakenly dropped bombs on the checkpoint in southern helmand province the victims of both from the afghan police and intelligence agency right you're up to date coming up next inside story. violence outside polling stations in spain's controversial. referendum is illegal so how will the government deal with this and can cause independent the. story. hello and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth parata illegal and irresponsible those other words of the spanish deputy prime m

have arrived in the gaza strip as part of efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian factions hamas the palestinian authority's prime minister rami laws leading the delegation it's his first visit to the strip since two thousand and fifteen a un investigation has revealed that the government broke an international embargo on trading weapons with north korea north korean ship flying a cambodian flag was intercepted by u.s. intelligence agencies near egypt hidden deep inside the vessel or thirty thousand rocket propelled grenades. so it's had bombers have attacked a police station in the syrian capital damascus at least eleven people were killed in those blasts syrian state television says that civilians and police officers are among the dead a monitoring group the syrian observatory for human rights says a car bomb went off near the police station before two suicide bombers also blew themselves up and there had been a previous attack at that station. so the headline news continues on al-jazeera after talk to al jazeera keep it here morta. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new

vital palestinian group set that and hamas holding reconciliation talks and cairo follows last week's palestinian authority a cabinet meeting attended by both sides the first to be held in gaza and three years the split began in the aftermath of hamas election victory in two thousand and six some are pushed back out of gaza and a bloody conflict and two thousand and seven households that has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. well after hamas has decision to dissolve its administrative committee and then the arrival in gaza last week of the palestinian authority government for the handover of ministerial power now we get to the real crux of the issue the time when the hard talks have to start face to face between representatives of hamas and fatah in cairo and so far the signs have been relatively positive from both sides i think that's to one extent because of that the fact there is some initial momentum given by what has already happened and also because of egypt's backing of this egypt is very keen to see that there isn't any immediate at least breakdown in this process and that has been refl

military wing the brigades hamas is saying that they were never on the table for discussion in this egypt back process which is brought us this far will the palestinian authority allow hamas to have that very influential powerful militarily and political body outside its control in the months and years going forward that something else that has yet to be resolved and will have to be if this is going to stick what about the people in gaza are they hopeful that first of all this is going to stick and then this is going to improve their lives they've suffered so much under the israeli blockade. yes so far the people we speak into are hopeful there was i think a fair bit of skepticism when this was first announced by hamas last month but now we have this big event and this this show that really the p.a. is back here so people are hopeful of in the short term two things one the the additional p.a. restrictions on top of the israeli and egyptian blockade will now be lifted they have yet to do that despite the positive mood music so far restrictions to staff salaries and more importantly for many people here the restrictions to electricity supply so that's one thing

in that we understand is being put in place would make the palestinian authority the governing entity in garza once more and indeed when hamas dissolved its own administrative committee inviting the palestinian authority back into gaza the ministerial handover as we saw at the cabinet meeting which took place last week that is where this is all going and indeed we are hearing from facts are that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas if this goes as planned will be there within the month or not as a visitor but as for president of garza as well as here in the occupied west bank so that is who would be in charge the question which remains outstanding is exactly how the military wing of hamas features in all of this in the future self is made public pronouncements about not wanting to preside over lebanese style situation where there's a hezbollah like military alternative center of power that is not on the table as far as hamas is concerned at least officially in these talks over it maybe there's some sort of unofficial accommodation whereby the military wing remains out of sight to some extent out of mind and that any major

ultimate control is really under the palestinian authority and that is not been you know that's not yet clear what about the united states it is among those who consider hamas a terrorist organization what kind of reaction can the palestinian authority leadership expect when it reaches out and a braces a mosque from washington. yeah that's certainly also interesting because most of the western countries consider a mass a terrorist organization their military wing and that is also a big question what will happen to them in this agreement and now also from the u.s. we haven't heard much and that is also what some analysts here that to believe that this is also to give this agreement a possible you know breakthrough in the possibility to go on now what is the big question here what will actually happen to the military are because some brigades and also the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has said last week he doesn't want to have a hezbollah libyan and as you called it a situation where you will have a civilian government and the military power outside of this government's all of this we hope to use and care for cation and disagreement maybe later today an

intends to run for president against vladimir putin in next year's election to the palestinian authority prime minister rami hama has led a delegation of fatah officials to the gaza strip for reconciliation talks with rival group hamas last week a mosque distended it's an administration in gaza which it has ruled since two thousand and seven negotiations between the two sides are expected to move to cairo next week. why do we feel alert during the day and sleeping at night well apparently it is down to your body's inner clock your start kadian rhythms and it turns out that circadian rhythms are crucial to our well being so much so that the man who discovered the importance of the body's natural rhythms have been awarded the nobel prize for medicine they are american scientists jeffrey hall michael rose basher and michael young who will share the award the nobel committee said that they helped discover how disrupting your sleep for them can have a major impact on your behavior and body function so why is their work so important we have this report from d.w. . science reporter. in the modern world our lives are di

recently, the palestinian authority imposed sanctions on hamas. adding to the pressure on it. a symbolic breakthrough. the palestinian prime minister came to gaza for the first time in two years after egypt mediated a push for progress. hamas said it would dissolve its shadow government. today's agreement was welcomed by many in gaza. the deal says the palestinian authority will assume full control by december. crucially, it could see restrictions eased at the border crossings, particularly that with egypt. but key issues, including control over the armed wing of hamas have yet to be decided with more talks promised. israel, which regards the group as a terrorist organisation, said any deal gives access to weapons. the deal today amounts to significant progress in these two sides coming together, particularly with hopes that it may ease the dire conditions for the residents of gaza. but beyond the warm embraces and the rhetoric of unity, this is a partial deal and full reconciliation between palestinian factions still faces significant obstacles. with the most difficult talks

the conflict weakened the palestinian authority leaving it only in charge of the palestinian territories in the west bank which is occupied by israel since march last year hamas has been running gars under an administrative administrative committee which was seen as a rival government to the fact that dominated palestinian authority in the west bank but last month it agreed to hand over administrative powers and garza to a factor backed government. oh marshall is a senior lecturer at the university of exeter in the united kingdom he joins me here on set in doha good to have you with us earlier this year in may we saw how mass reveal a new policy document which redefined than they hoped not just to the palestinian authority but also to the international community how important was that stage back in may to where we are right now i think it was important but it was not the first document you know hamas has been a state of trance formation since one thousand nine hundred nine on words and it was not the first document they should stop with before that for example. renewed perception of it up toward democracy and participating in elections on that occupation whic

palestinian government. well it could certainly be a potential a step forward in reconsideration between hamas in gaza and the palestinian authority which is ruling in the occupied west bank which is dominated by qatar now we've seen intense mediation efforts by egypt over the past month and always over the past two weeks or so we understand that the details of this first phase of and then remembered it will be announced today around noon time in cairo where the two sides are sitting together for the past two days now with people in gaza certainly want to hear that there's some concrete steps that are being taken to make sure that this big consideration will not fail because we have seen many reconciliation efforts in the past ten years that have all failed and they would like to see of course you know restrictions that were imposed by the person or sovereignty of the past month to reduction of electricity being lifted and that would show that this time it is actually for real this agreement ok oh where is israel stand on palestinian reconciliation would like to see fatah retake control in gaza instead of a mosque. well it has bee

don't see there is any solution the israelis control everything it doesn't matter if the palestinian authority or hamas is in charge. it cost four hundred seventy dollars in fuel and rented to take this boat to see the catch gave a profit of one hundred dollars shared between the crew of eleven burnitz made al-jazeera gaza. time for support peters in doha lauren thank you very much denmark so women's football team could be expelled from world cup qualifying after they called of their upcoming fixture with sweden due to a dispute over pay and conditions they seeking pay equality with the men's team something achieved by maybe as norway this week the way are currently in the netherlands to prepare for a world cup qualifier paul restrict votes from amman. on a level playing field at last the norwegian women's football team training for a world cup qualifier against the netherlands have just secured a world first off the pitch. becoming the first female national team to receive the same pay deal as their male counterparts first i was i was really surprised because i didn't know about it i read it in the ne

don't see there is any solution the israelis control everything it doesn't matter if the palestinian authority or hamasis in charge. the cost four hundred seventy dollars in fuel and ready to take this boat to see the catch gave a profit of one hundred dollars share it between the crew of eleven burnet smith i'll just era gaza. about to the united states though in a bipartisan bill has been introduced in the senate which would require internet companies to reveal the identity of their advertisers to the federal election commission now this is the latest step in the an ongoing controversy about alleged russian influence in last year's presidential election she have a ton. of the sponsors of the almost ads to say the u.s. is political system is at stake our entire democracy was founded on the simple idea that the people in our country should be self governing. we don't want other governments influencing us and now two hundred forty years later our democracy is that risk russia attacked our elections and they and other foreign powers and interests will continue to divide our country if we don't act now it

don't see there is any solution the israelis control everything it doesn't matter if the palestinian authority or hamas is in charge. it cost four hundred seventy dollars in fuel and rent to take this boat to see the catch gave a profit of one hundred dollars shared between the crew of eleven burn it's made out as there are guards and. donald trump is giving the us government a ten out of ten rating for the help given to puerto rico's devastated areas by hurricane maria now the u.s. president mentioned ricardo rosado governor of the u.s. territory of the caribbean islanders are complaining much needed help promised by the u.s. government still hasn't arrived a month after the quake struck. how would you rate the way. it was a ten i would say it was probably the most difficult. when you talk about relief when you talk about search when you talk about all of the different levels. and even when you talk about the lives saved and you look at the number of me this was i think it was worse than katrina it was in many ways worse than anything people have ever seen well insurance companies in california estima

negotiators from rival palestinian political movements fatah and hamas are in cairo for talks on reconciling their decade long split now it follows last week's palestinian authority cabinet meeting attended by both sides now the first to be held in gaza in the three years the split began in the aftermath of hamas as election victory in two thousand and six well in two thousand and seven defeated fattah in street battles taking full control of the gaza strip since then attempts at reconciliation of broken down within weeks or even months and talks in cairo are designed to implement steps agreed in a deal signed six years ago also in the egyptian capital but divisive issues remain to be resolved from finding employment for both groups personnel to the future of hamas is powerful military wing lots of issues to get through a force that joins me now from ramallah to try and clear that up of course ramallah in the occupied west bank and as we wait for detail of what agreements might be reached harry one really wonders how the public is reacting to this potential two day meeting. well that's right in fact it could last three days until thursday we're getting the sense

palestinian factions fatah and hamas have signed a dea. bringing gaza under the control of the palestinian authority for the first time in a decade. well as as a business use when i came eighty is with us in the studio medicaid time laura and is middle up a lot of warning. about the impact hello news independence bid on the spanish economy there has been a lot of uncertainty as in that now the i am that. is weighing into the debate what is upset well it's of course very worried about uncertainty no lot of this. a concern is about the number of businesses that have decided to leave catalonia and the possible impact that could have on international investment. a instability is always bad for economic development and spain's economy is just starting to emerge from the global financial crisis. our washington correspondent bill crowther's been speaking to the imf managing director christina gals her about her thoughts on the catalonian crisis. the outlook for spain from the imf is pretty positive yes three point one percent growth this year alone. but considering the a political upheaval right now in spain. and in catalonia. is a time

political reconciliation of two days of talks in the egyptian capital cairo hamas and fatah have agreed for the palestinian authority to take full of ministers have control of gaza by december the first palestinian president mahmoud abbas has welcomed the outcome of the cairo talks and has asked his government to implement the agreement. protests have also been banned in kenya as a rest grows over the future of the repeat presidential election about applies to central business district of the capital of nairobi and the cities of kisumu and mombasa ahead of the rerun in two weeks. the tensions are growing between. heard a shot or a teaser of the iraqi government following last month's controversial succession referendum baghdad has denied claims by the kurdish regional government that its planned so it plans a major attack on the current cook region the k r g says it fears iraqi government forces could launch an assault on the autonomous northern areas charles transferred has more from erbil in northern iraq. this is the main road between erbil and mosul and it's one of two roads that were closed last night by the ku

that any agreement prevents hamas as military wing from remaining an external alternative center of power. position is that he refuses the equation whereby the palestinian authority governs overground and hamas governs underground so it seems the issue of arms is on the table even though it wasn't in previous agreements. rule of smiles on the show in gaza last week when the palestinian authority prime minister assembled his cabinet for a formal handover of power this reconciliation remains at a fragile early stage previous attempts to end the split have ended in failure there is only momentum this time not least as a result of egypt's intervention but now comes the harder test of thrashing out long standing divisions in direct negotiations are a force that al-jazeera. the japanese broadcaster has shown what it says is the final video of the half brother of north korean leader kim jong on before his death in malaysia and february fauji t.v. showed kim jong nam lying on a stretcher at an area next to a lift at kuala lumpur airport he died after the highly toxic v.x. nerve agent was smeared on his face as he waited for a flight to a woman a car early on trial in mal

hamas military wing from remaining an external alternative center of power. a buses position is that he refuses the equation whereby the palestinian authority governs overground and hamas governs underground so it seems the issue of arms is on the table even though it wasn't in previous agreements. for all the smiles on the show in gaza last week when the palestinian authority prime minister assembled his cabinet for a formal handover of power this reconciliation remains at a fragile early stage previous attempts to understood have ended in failure there is early momentum this time not least as a result of egypt's intervention but now comes the harder test of thrashing out longstanding divisions in direct negotiations are a force that al-jazeera. iran is promising a crushing response if the u.s. designates this elite revolutionary guard as a terrorist school present donald trump has been promoting a more hawkish strategy on iran accusing it of supporting terrorism and exporting violence across the middle east and his year to withdraw u.s. government support for the twenty fifty nuclear deal this week as reports some tehran. in the last few days the headlines

don't see there is any solution the israelis control everything it doesn't matter if the palestinian authority or hamas is in charge. the cost four hundred seventy dollars in fuel and rent to take this boat to see the catch gave a profit of one hundred dollars shared between the crew of eleven burn it's made out is there a gaza. and if you want to know more about what life is like for gaza as fishermen take a look at this on al-jazeera dot com they they struggle as you heard there to make ends meet because of the blockade they used to be able to go to egypt lebanon libya but can no longer do that because of the rest. are in constant fear of being fired upon by the israeli naval forces read their stories on al-jazeera dot com. coming up on the news grade the issue of the gender pay gap it's a big deal in football as well on country has just become the first to pay its men and women equally touch and i'll be here to tell us more after a snapshot of the world. and out of touch for three here's tatiana and football and women and men getting equal pay in norway quite a good thing they are indeed in denmark

border crossing currently governed by hamas handed over to that consensus governments around three thousand police officers from the fatah led palestinian authority will be deployed to the strip and the authority will also oversee garza's civil and security sector previous sticking points have included control over the arsenal of hamas is armed wing as well as the fate of thousands of hamas as public servants detailed information was given about this that both sides say the problems will be sorted out how to force it reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. in a grand hall of the egyptian intelligence headquarters fatah and hamas officially signed on to egypt's grand plan for palestinian reconciliation after a decade of division both sides expressed hope that this time it was for good. government has been full agreement on the concept of empowering the government and . the legitimate palestinian government will return to working normally in accordance with. the law. despite the fact that we have some different views of different political points we have different disputes but this will never change the fact that we are brothers we are bro

addition to fundamental differences between both sides and grieve concerns the hamas is afraid of the return of palestinian authorities liberationist intelligence when warmongering. but it is afraid of the government. out of control december to the gases. let us know what you think we'd love to hear from you especially if you're in gaza of the occupied west bank or israel you can tweet me directly at enter chapelle on twitter or just use the hash tag grid well as expected the story is generating a lot of interest in making it one of the most read articles on our website have a read for yourself by heading to al-jazeera dot com and you can just click on trending which you'll find on the right hand side of the screen on the home page just as andrew was saying do get in touch with us here at the news grid we'd like to hear from you on these stories you can send in your comments to any one of her online platforms were on twitter at a.j. english or on facebook at facebook dot com slash a.j. news grid you can do is also send us a whatsapp on plus nine seven four five zero triple one one four nine just a reminder to use the

the life of palestinians in gaza was supposed to improve after re conciliation agreement between rival groups hamas which controls gaza and fatah which runs the palestinian authority but elec tricity is still being rationed to four hours a day three weeks after the deal power was originally cuts on the orders of the palestinian president to force hamas to the negotiating table burnet smith reports now from gaza. the nicknamed on kindly the a cursed because wherever these men are from gaza electricity go. darkness follows mr nava models we always have to listen to people insulting those guys ali says. in june israel agreed to reduce the electricity supply to gaza at the request of west bank based palestinian president mahmoud abbas. it was one of a number of tactics to force how mass which runs garza to the negotiating table. in this job everything is bad once of the old lady big me not to turn off the power it was so embarrassing i called my boss but he said no turning it off as i tried to do it five young men came with sticks and knives and started arguing with me then i had to run off and leave the power on each district rotates a for hours on twelve of shad jul

have arrived in the gaza strip as part of efforts to mend ties with rival palestinian factions hamas the palestinian authority prime minister rami honda law is leading that delegation you can see them there his first trip to the strip since two thousand and fifteen he addressed the need for unity to combat the israeli occupation of the palestinian territories. now it's time to stand together and to work the only beneficiary of division is the occupation in that context i would like to say the decision by hamas to respond to the initiative by palestinian president mahmoud abbas by dissolving gaza's administrative committees is an important step upon which we will build we are confident that mutual understanding and positive will will prevail we look forward to working with old political factions a u.n. investigation has revealed the egyptian government broke an international embargo on trading weapons with north korea the north koreans. flying a cambodian flag was intercepted by u.s. intelligence agencies near egypt hidden deep inside the vessel with thirty thousand rocket propelled grenades egypt initially de

these issues are issues that have been exacerbated by restrictions imposed by the palestinian authority precisely to bring hamas on board. a unified government the squeeze on the electricity. thirty percent to the salaries of the p.a. employees have been sitting idle for the last decade these are things that the p.a. could reverse if it wanted to immediately at the moment that talking about talks about talks next week beginning in cairo. a process to try and address and solve those issues french parliament is about to vote on a new and controversial anti-terrorism bill if approved the bill endorsed exceptional powers currently granted to the police as part of the state of emergency put in place after the paris attacks and two thousand and fifteen critics say the law will create a permanent state of emergency and harm civil freedom to talk about where is live for us and tell us more about the effect that this would have on the state of emergency as we said goes all the way back to two thousand and fifteen. the french government say is that this new is necessary because france is simply still a threat we've seen.

hamas is military wing from remaining an external alternative center of power. the buses position is that he refuses the equation whereby the palestinian authority governs overground and hamas governs underground so it seems the issue of arms is on the table even though it wasn't in previous agreements. for all the smiles on the show in gaza last week when the palestinian authority prime minister assembled his cabinet for a formal handover of power this reconciliation remains at a fragile early stage previous attempts to understood have ended in failure there is early momentum this time not least as a result of egypt's intervention but now comes the harder test of thrashing out longstanding divisions in direct negotiations are a force that ramallah and joining us now on al-jazeera is. a lecturer at the university his life from ramallah in the occupied west bank thank you very much for being with us. so these recounts nation talks in cairo we've been here before any new reason to help for some sort of reconnaissance mission is there anything different this time around. you know i think it's a little bit different not completely different therefore we are a little b

states, they are putting the pressure that hamas needs to have a softer position towards israel, either one way or the other. if you look to the palestinian authoritiesen the security burden of hamas ran now from the israelis who are using now, i don‘t know if you can see here, there are drones going around gaza because of the blockade. it is hard to access and infiltrate for israelis who consider this area and hamas a security threat, therefore maybe bringing egyptians, who had a peace accord a long time ago with the israelis as well as the prime —— palestinian authority coordinating already with israel. that mightjust ease this block we can see around the peace process in the middle east. thank you. this applies to most of you, if you read arabic you can get news at bbc arabic.com. i want to go back over the most important elements of our lead story, the horrific attack in las vegas. it began just after 10pm. there was a large music festival taking place. ifi there was a large music festival taking place. if i bring up the image you will get an idea of the geography. that is the mandalay bay hotel and just across the strip you can see we have marke

of an end to restrictions on salaries and electricity imposed by the palestinian authority earlier this year to put pressure on hamas but it's clear that this is the start of a process the coming weeks will feature plenty of opportunities to build mutual trust or we can it carry four sit in the occupied west bank where he respects al jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar and he explained the why did this deal. much of the process is about running the autonomous territories in the west bank and gaza that's it so it's about the palestine national authority and the legislative council governing those territories in terms of diplomacy it's the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. that the rules that are present all palestinians including those in east jerusalem including those in lebanon in jordan in the refugee areas and source of course so the palestine liberation organization that represents all palestinians is not for the time being under scrutiny in terms of gaza the west bank preparation they want on the long term to reform the p.l.o. in order to include have mass in it but for the time being all

these issues are issues that have been exacerbated by restrictions imposed by the palestinian authority precisely to bring hamas. on board again under a unified government the squeeze on the electricity the cutting about thirty percent to the salaries of the p.a. employees have been sitting idle for the last decade these are things that the p.a. could reverse if it wanted to immediately at the moment though they're talking about talks about talks next week beginning in cairo and a process to try and address and solve those issues now the french parliament is about to vote on a new and pretty controversial antiterrorism bill if it's approved the bill would indorse exceptional powers that are currently granted to the police as part of the state of emergency that was put in place after the paris attacks of twenty fifteen we can speak to you know r.t. who's a civil liberties activist in the head of the justice in liberties for all committee and he's joining us live from paris thank you very much indeed why are you against this new anti-terrorism bill which if it's approved would replace a state of emergency. well t

hearing last week that there might be a plan whereby three thousand palestinian authority security offices start to be merged with the hamas officers who have been carrying out the security operation for the last ten years and crucially the issue of employment for the tens of thousands of hamas officials who've been working in the government in the the sort of shadow government that hamas has been operating since the division in two thousand and seven we're hearing a plan of four months in duration to try and merge at least some of those into the palestinian authority government so those are the key facts that we have so far we're still waiting for all of that to be fleshed out in terms of how this is all being received given the humanitarian situation within gaza there is a huge will in gaza for this to take place soon or thirty itself has been imposing extra restrictive measures to try and pressure hamas to this point and they have really bitten in terms of perhaps payments to staff in terms of specially of the electricity supply being squeezed and so people are desperate for this to work. when we used to hear about any

next four months and that some three thousand palestinian authority security officers they will be merged with the security that has been provided by hamas in gaza in the last ten years as for people in gaza they're just desperate for this to work. when we used to hear about any reconciliation efforts we would think immediately of the failure of it but we hope this time is different unity could at least solve the power crisis and bring happiness to the gazan people . we've had enough eleven years of suffering without electricity no medicine for people no traveling we want to live like other nations one question that remains open so far is the future of hamas' military wing before these talks said that its fate was entirely off the table in these discussions with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas so that he wouldn't accept any lebanon style situation where there's a hezbollah equivalent providing an alternative center of political and a new military power in gaza or it may be that there is some less formal agreement in the works on that front those the indications that were sent in the run up to these talks whereby they would remain

to defend it sustain it it's often said it's unsustainable but i see both the palestinian authority and israel. and even hamas in gaza making efforts to sustain some kind of a livable status quo hopefully this can evolve into something in the future things to start a sustainable possibly no course it's not sustainable you can see it's utterly unstable but let me just say in terms of a solution there really isn't a good solution however there is only one way forward and looking at the reality on the ground that's what i'm dealing with the reality on the ground is that israel is in possession of the whole of palestine israel rules the whole of palestine but the problem is that one half of the population that is the people who are not jewish the palestinians have no rights and the other half fundamentally and in order to jews have all the right now that it seems to me is the only way in which we can see a chink of light for the palestinians to acquire equal rights with the jews on the one rule under one roof. will and in that way we might heal and we have some of the terrible damage that we've been left with aft

the reconciliation deal between the two rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah will do something to improve their lives after runs the palestinian authority for the past eleven years hamas has been in control of gaza it means crossing the border to and from israel is a laborious two stage process at two different locations. smith has been given exclusive access to film that journey from israel to gaza. the sensation of being fenced in begins as soon as you step into garza from israel. so the first check when you've cleared israel and arrive in gaza is here this is the sort of passport control for the palestinian authority and this is where i hung over my passport and press card to get it checked by the palestinians my father. here the palestinian authority coordinates with the israelis who control who is allowed in and out. so that's me cleared with the palestinian authority but that was really more of a formality now we go to where still the real power is where the main checkpoint is and that is with hamas a short few minutes taxi ride down the road. seventeen years ago almost thirty thousand palestinians crossed here every day to work i

hamas is military wing from remaining an external alternative center of power. the buses position is that he refuses the equation whereby the palestinian authority governs overground and hamas governs underground so it seems the issue of arms is on the table even though it wasn't in previous agreements. for all the smiles on the show in gaza last week when the palestinian authority prime minister assembled his cabinet for a formal handover of power this reconciliation remains at a fragile early stage previous attempts to end the split have ended in failure there is early momentum this time not least as a result of egypt's intervention but now comes the harder test of thrashing out longstanding divisions in direct negotiations are a force that. al-jazeera has been cleared of accusations of anti semitism and bias by britain's communications regular called ratings address complaints made against al-jazeera as investigative units which produced the on the cover series the low pay it exposed the israeli embassy campaign to smear bush's citizens who are critical of israel and its policy. reports. in a four part series broadcast in january al-jazeera is investigative uni