resolution to condemn the palestinian hamas movement has failed to win enough votes at the u.n. general assembly it fell short of the required two thirds majority and that angered the u.s. ambassador nikki haley hughes said it would have been a chance to quote right and historic wrong here's our diplomatic editor james space . this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself today and this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher bar for the

sponsored resolution to condemn the palestinian hamas movement has failed to win enough votes in the u.n. general assembly fell short of the required two thirds majority angering the u.s. ambassador nikki haley who said it would have been a chance to quote right and historic wrong. an executive of the chinese tech giant is due to face court in canada after being arrested at the request of the united states among one jew's detention has rattled global stocks as analysts fear it would aggravate america and china's trade dispute as we call him reports. from the very start it was going to be a day of losses stocks losing value at a fast clip on concerns the u.s. and china trade dispute is only going to get worse this is happening after news broke that at the request of the us canada arrested when joe the chief financial officer of wall way the giant chinese technology company she is also the daughter of its founder chua way is a really big company in china and. you know it's considered you know tech royalty she is the c.e.o. of the company and so she's a big deal in china happened saturd

sponsored draft resolution condemning the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass at the u.n. general assembly the resolution failed to win the required two thirds majority. about financial markets are taking a beating after the surprise arrest of a chinese executive show faces extradition from canada to the u.s. on suspicion of violating sanctions against iran some analysts fear this could worsen the trade fight between the u.s. and china as the latest from washington. from the very start it was going to be a day of losses stocks losing value. at a fast clip on concerns the u.s. and china trade dispute is only going to get worse this is happening after news broke that at the request of the us canada arrested when joe the chief financial officer of wall way the giant chinese technology company she is also the daughter of its founder chua way is a really big company and china and munch you know is considered you know tech royalty she is the c.e.o. of the company and so she's a big deal in china her arrest happened saturday the same time that u.s. president donald trump was meet

sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass inthe united nations general assembly the resolution didn't get enough votes to reach the required two thirds majority the outgoing u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley told the assembly that it could make history and called hamas one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the world the vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations fifty seven countries voted against while thirty three abstained al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james spader's has more from the united nations this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never. over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today in this moment the united nations can change that a

resolution to condemn the palestinian hamas movement has failed to win enough votes at the u.n. general assembly it fell short of the required two thirds majority and that angered the u.s. ambassador nikki haley who said it would have been a chance to quote write an historic wrong diplomatic cadence and james bays has more from the un this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never. over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas. that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today and this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher

context that on top of that when massive numbers of palestinian civilians predictably die from israeli attacks israel claims it's part of a deliberate hamas gravity to drum up sympathy. telegenic the palestinians for their cause they want the more dead the better so they end up in this upside down orwellian world where israelis killing civilians becomes an unforgivable transgression against israelis it is hard to come away with any feeling but that we are in the midst of a world gone mad last week i found a quote of many years ago by a gold mine here one of israel's early leaders which might have been said yesterday we can forgive the arabs for killing our children she said but we can never forgive them for forcing us to kill their children it's not difficult to imagine americans identifying with palestinians who are suffering but they need to be able to see that suffering on their television screens in their newspapers. these whales said today it's a new offensive he's targeting terrorists and when your sense of the coverage is that there is something that these people did to deserve this or that they are affiliated with terrorists and t

i'm want sure that this administration has accepted the reality of hamas and has accepted what is required for palestinian reconciliation to be concretized which is the normalization of hamas within palestinian politics. i'm not sure they fully internalize that, but those are thic things that i think has to happen. as part of the front that's part of the problem, we don't have -- the region is in turmoil and egypt has been sort of a major int interlocutor on the peace process with israel and they are distracted and focused on other priorities and the one exception being gaza. so i'm not sure that there is a regional dynamic that is conducive for peace making and there certainly aren't the local dynamics and i think that, you know, it's -- it's why we are where we are. >> all right. lucy, give us something to hope for after this, and i mean, first i'd like to say that the p.a. in israel have objected to actions that would empower hamas. so what role do you see here for outside diplomats from the eu, the u.s., egypt, the gulf. >> is there anything that anyone from outside can do to help move the situation.

sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pawson the u.n. general assembly the resolution didn't get the required two thirds majority. u.s. president donald trump is expected to pick head the now it to be the u.s. as new ambassador to the united nations she is currently the spokeswoman for the state department and her nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate so replace nikki haley who announced her resignation in october and to leave the post at the end of this month has been in the position since the start of trump's presidency james warren is the executive editor of news god and was the washington bureau chief for the chicago tribune he says now it is an unconventional pick. when one looks at the history of the u.n. ambassadors going back to one nine hundred fifty s. yet people like allie stevenson twice the democratic party nominee for president george h.w. bush who is buried today was a united states ambassador you had rather prominent intellectual like daniel patrick moynihan would later be knigh

sponsored resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the united nations general assembly the draft didn't get the required two thirds majority president trump is expected to pick heather know it to be the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations she is currently the spokeswoman for the state department if confirmed her nomination would need the endorsement of the senate she'd replace nikki haley who resigned in october and will leave the post at the end of this month. the chief financial officer of the chinese tech company who a way is expected in court on friday. was arrested in canada and faces extradition to the us she is accused of violating sanctions against iran canada's prime minister says his government was warned ahead of the arrest but insists there was no political involvement china is calling for her immediate release the last migrant rescue ship operating off the coast of libya is ending its mission doctors without borders say a smear campaign by european governments has forced the aquarists to stop saving asylum seekers in th

sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the u.n. general assembly the measure failed to win the required two thirds majority al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today and this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tense meeting the general assembly first had to decide how the resolution would be voted on it had a vote on whether it would be a simple majority or a two thirds majority that result was very narrow but went in favor of two thirds giving a much higher bar for ambassador haley's resolution and when it was finally voted on she got a

washington yes resolution to condemn the palestinian hamas movement has failed to win enough votes at the u.n. general assembly that fell short of the required two thirds majority angering u.s. ambassador nikki haley who said it would have been a chance to write what she called a historic wrong the vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations fifty seven countries voted against all thirty three x. stand and friends of jordanians brave strong winds and heavy rain to protest against what they describe as the government's corrupt economic policies. the demonstrators gathered outside the government headquarters to demand the prime minister omar was a step down they're angry over a controversial law that would see additional income taxes taxes rather imposed by january the growing backlash against the bill has sparked the country's largest anti-government protest since two thousand and eleven which led to the resignation of the previous prime minister six months ago. the e.u. and france have promised almost three billion dollars for this the whole region in west and centr

hamas also agrees to recognize that the plo is going to be representative of the palestinian people and is going to be the one running a political show and in exchange hamas get some kind of a role in political decision-making inside the plo. there's been a number of proposals for how to do this over the years, different committees were hamas plays role. it matters less which decouples you go to but the pilot is to have traffic political sense to israel in this deal gets an long-term cease-fire in exchange for relaxing this blockade. the palestinian authority, this is the hardest part. this is not a bad deal for israel and is not a bad deal for hamas. what is a policy authority get? the palestinian authority thus far hasn't wanted to take responsibility for cows which is going to have to do in this deal, start to slowly take over governance functions and security functions. it doesn't want that as long as hamas controls the security situation. the p.a. gets a few things. it does get i think the political credit for reconciliation and we did put that out there at five all the parties you

context then on top of that when massive numbers of palestinian civilians predictably die from israeli attacks israel claims it's part of a deliberate hamas gravity to drum up sympathy. telegenic the palestinians for their cause they want the more dead the better so they end up in this upside down orwellian world where israelis killing civilians becomes an unforgivable transgression against israelis it is hard to come away with any feeling but that we are in the midst of a world gone mad last week i found a quote of many years ago by a gold mine here one of israel's early leaders which might have been said yesterday we can forgive the arabs for killing our children she said but we can never forgive them for forcing us to kill their children it's not difficult to imagine americans identifying with palestinians who are suffering but they need to be able to see that suffering on their television screens in their newspapers. these whales said today it's a new offensive he's targeting terrorists and when your sense of the coverage is that there is something that these people did to deserve this or that they are affiliated with terrorists and t

sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pawson the united nations general assembly the measure didn't get the required two thirds majority. u.s. president donald trump is expected to pick head the now it to be the u.s. is new in bassa to the united nations she's currently the spokeswoman for the state department so replace nikki haley who resigned in october and will leave the post at the end of the month the nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate and. the chief financial officer of chinese tech company huawei is expected in court on friday for a bail hearing and then one joe was arrested in canada and faces extradition to the u.s. for suspicion of violating sanctions against iran canada's prime minister says his government was warned ahead of the arrest but insists there was no political involvement china is calling for immediate release those are the headlines join me for more news here after the stream. xenophobia violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. al-j

sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the u.n. general assembly the resolution didn't get enough votes to reach the required two thirds majority the outgoing u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley told the assembly that it could make history and called him asked one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the wild the vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations fifty seven countries voted against while thirty three abstained al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. this was one of the final acts of ambassador nikki haley before she leaves her post she put before the general assembly a resolution condemning hamas as a terrorist organization the united nations has never once passed a resolution condemning hamas never over seven hundred resolutions condemning israel and not one single resolution condemning hamas that more than anything else is a condemnation of the united nations itself. today in this moment the united nations can change that awful record in a tens

flogging at an unofficial holding facility in jeddah a us sponsored resolution to condemn the palestinian group hamas has failed to win enough votes in the un general assembly it fell short of the require two thirds majority and that angered the u.s. ambassador the key haley who said it would have been a chance of quote right and historic wrong. and president trump is expected to pick state department spokeswoman heaven knew it to be america's new ambassador to the u.n. her nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate if she is approved now it will replace nikki haley who leaves at the end of the month the oil producing group opec is trying to reach an agreement with russia on how much to cut its output output of crude oil ministers from member countries meeting in vienna have agreed to reduce production due to an oversupply but russia which is not in a pack has opposes big cuts on thursday oil prices tumbled as a result of the deadlock. alas my good rescue ship operating in the mediterranean is ending its mission doctors without borders say a smear campaign by european go

the palestinian authority -- this is the hardest part, because this is actually not a bad deal, i think, for israel and it's not a bad deal for hamas. what does the palestinian authority get? the palestinian authority thus far is not the one to take responsibility for gaza which it's going to have to do in this deal. it starts to slowly take over government functions and security functions. it doesn't want that as long as hamas continues to control the security situation. so the p.a. gets a few things. one, it does get the political credit for reconciliation, and we need to put that out there out front, that all parties need to emphasize that. which is a big deal for them because reconciliation is deeply popular with the palestinian public. the other thing the p.a. is going to need is something to make it whole. this comes back to the two-state solution. something significant either from israel or the international community toward a two-state solution that gives the p.a. some political benefits. this involves them having sort of more incentives to go in. the recommendation we put out on the table is taking a piece of area c, the t

the united nations general assembly has rejected a us draft resolution to condemn the palestinian movement hamas israel. palestinians protested in gaza ahead of the vote. political manoeuvring from some arab countries meant that the usual simple majority needed to approve a resolution was raised to a threshold of two—thirds. british politicians have spent a third day debating theresa may's brexit deal with the eu in parliament, as they build up to tuesday's vote. in another development, a second broadcaster has scrapped its plans to show a live brexit debate between the prime minister and 0pposition leader, jeremy corbyn. the bbc had already pulled out of hosting a debate in a different format. following his state funeral in washington on wednesday, and a private funeral in houston on thursday, the coffin of the former us president george h w bush has been taken by train from houston, to his final resting place at his presidential library in north—western texas. he's to be buried beside his wife, barbara. in france, the eiffel tower and a number of museums and markets in paris will be shut on sa

sponsored draft resolution condemning the palestinian group hamas has failed. at the u.n. general assembly the resolution failed to win the required two thirds job. now a senior journalist in the philippines is fighting to dismiss multiple talks about his job which is against by the arrest news agency i've been called fake by the government of president reagan to tatter jamila duggan reports from ana. maria ressa is one of the most prominent journalists in the philippines and also one of the most in battle mary and the news agency she co-founded called rappler have been inducted on multiple counts of tax evasion the government also tried to revoke the agency's license to operate with their day calling rappler a feat use outlet. for maria and her supporters this is persecution from a government that sees journalists as the enemy. but it makes me think that we must either be doing something right or we must be doing an investigation they don't want to follow through with. we just keep doing our jobs you know we keep looking we try to maintain the news agenda recently but the

sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass in the un general assembly and measure failed to win the required two thirds majority. the last migrant rescue ship operating off the coast of libya is ending its operations aquarius which saved thousands of migrants from drowning lost its registration in september doctors without borders the charity that operates the boat says a smear campaign by european governments has forced it to stop its rescue missions . all right those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story that's watching. a critical moment for donald trump and his relationship with the saudi crown prince u.s. senators blaine mohamed bin found money for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but can they force their president to drop his defense of the saudi royal this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm martine dennis six senior u.s. senators from across party lines have introduced a resolution which holds the saudi crown prince personally accountable for the murder of j

israeli forces have arrested dozens of palestinians who they say are hamas members in the occupied west bank follows recent violence in which two palestinians and two israelis were killed. the european union is stepping up preparations in case the u.k. leaves without a break that deal agreed to by march elitists are in brussels for a second day of talks as britain's prime minister seeks help to get her plan approved at home. by the french as he was transport has reopened its christmas market two days after a gunman killed three people. police and soldiers have been deployed to secure the site the suspected attacker chica or shot dead on thursday night after a two day manhunt but smith reports. the strasbourg at christmas market gunman's time on the run ended in his hometown just three kilometers from where he committed his last the most violent crime of a life spent as a criminal sure he should catch was spotted by police patrol when they tried to arrest him he shot at them they shot back killing him it was my thoughts are with the victims the injured with those close to them and my tho

sponsored draft resolution condemning the palestinian group hamas has failed to pass at the u.n. general assembly the resolution that would have condemned switch controls gaza failed to win the required two thirds majority the u.s. ambassador to the un nikki haley told the assembly that it could make history and called hamas one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the world with a vote on the resolution got the support of eighty seven nations fifty seven countries voted against while thirty three abstained let's bring in ali abunimah he's the co-founder of electronic intifada that's an independent online news publication he joins us via skype from chicago ali so the un has rejected this u.s. sponsored bid to condemn hamas how much will this be seen as a serious blow to efforts by president trump and by israel to sanction hamas. well it was a huge defeat for israel and the united states and of course all their allies the european union canada australia and the other usual suspects who backed this resolution the reliably pro israel block in the un. remember if y

as well as the blockade, incomes here have been affected in the last year by palestinian divisions, sanctions imposed on hamasope of a better future. mishal husain, bbc news, gaza. and mishal will be presenting part of radio 4's today programme from gaza tomorrow. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. hello. thanks very much, rita. good evening. geraint thomas has been crowned the bbc sports personality of the year. the tour de france winner beat lewis hamilton and harry kane into second and third place. 0ur correspondent, joe wilson, reports from birmingham. let's reveal the content so bbc sports personality of the year. let's reveal the content so bbc sports personality of the yeahm let's reveal the content so bbc sports personality of the year. in a contender so bbc sports personality of the year. you know how hard it is at this time of year to get everyone together same time, same place, well, they did it. six stars all here, dc‘s only revealed once the show had started. all on the same stage, waiting for your votes. billiejean stage, waiting for your votes. billi

sponsored resolution to condemn the palestinian group hamas has failed to win enough votes in the u.n. general assembly it fell short of the required two thirds majority angering the u.s. ambassador nikki haley who said it would have been a chance to quote right and historic wrong. the senior aide to the saudi crown prince is alleged to have been the mastermind of the khashoggi murder is now being accused of overseeing the torture of detained women activists the reuters news agency is reporting allegations that under sowed alcatel and his supervision at least four women were subjected to sexual harassment electrocution and flogging at an unofficial holding facility in jeddah president romney is expected to pick heather nauert to be america's you know ambassador to the u.n. she is currently the spokeswoman for the u.s. state department and nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate the oil producing cartel opec is trying to reach an agreement with russia on how much it will cut its output of crude oil ministers from member countries meeting in vienna have

in the twenty fourteen war in gaza the palestinians in the form of hamas used to respond to is that a tax now. maybe not. but they are there are there have be. a lot of it is that when you're going into these little hook at the table said he does not mean that i thought of how to. assure that in the way you don't feel. i love him publicly dark edition is about he had left at the till into the homicide attempt to look like our little sneer had to hear. a lot of the. terminal mishap of al-jazeera arabic and i'm investigating the controversial defense of mohammed this. his murder in a twenty sixteen due attention to a case which was and this still is very sensitive for both the tunisians and israelis. because this is where he was an engineer who specialized in the development of grown acknowledge. is what he had lifton easier in one thousand ninety one to ski very shima for president drinan i beginne been highly. he later joined a unit of the military wing of hamas the ruling party in gaza that is the dean of assembly gates and he was in a charge of making that unmanned aircraft called a

to discuss the conflict israeli forces have arrested forty palestinians the occupied west bank it says thirty seven of them are members of hamas including three senior leaders one suspect is accused of throwing a rock and injuring a soldier. the raids follow escalating violence across the occupied west bank on wednesday two palestinians who were accused of being attackers were killed and on thursday two israeli soldiers were shot dead near ramallah the suspect escapes the area and it's under military law down the tasha can impose more. most of the entry points into ramallah are now open after an hours long complete closure of ramallah on thursday that created complete havoc on the roads as you can see there is an increased presence of israeli soldiers on the outskirts of ramallah and at the checkpoints this is the typical quiet of a morning before friday prayers this afternoon hamas and fatah are calling palestinians to the center of cities and to the checkpoints for what's been described as a day of rage since wednesday and israeli baby boy has died after his mother was shot and delivered prematurely for palestinian suspects

israeli forces have arrested forty palestinians in the occupied west bank it says thirty seven of them are members of hamas including three senior leaders one suspect is accused of throwing a rock and injuring a soldier at the raids following escalating violence across the occupied west bank on wednesday two palestinians who were accused of being attackers were killed on thursday two israeli soldiers were shot dead near ramallah the suspect escaped and the area is under military lockdown and tasha i mean has more. most of the entry points into ramallah are now open after an hours long complete closure of ramallah on thursday that created complete havoc on the roads as you can see there is an increased presence of israeli soldiers on the outskirts of ramallah and at the checkpoints this is the typical quiet of a morning before friday prayers this afternoon hamas and fatah are calling palestinians to the center of cities and to the checkpoints for what's been described as a day of rage since wednesday an israeli baby boy has died after his mother was shot and delivered prematurely for palestinian suspects we

resolution condemning hamas earlier palestinians in gaza protested against the resolution which a senior hamas official said and to criminalize the palestinian resistance let's go live now to our diplomatic editor james bass who is at the united nations and james this could have been the first condemnation of a mass in a u.n. resolution tell us what happened at the general assembly today and why it didn't pass. well very dramatic developments in the last few minutes in fact the israeli ambassador is speaking right now immediately after this vote that israel and the u.s. had hoped to get through they failed to get through i'll explain that in a moment but this was a resolution that would have been the first to condemn hamas before the vote the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley said that this was a very important day for the u.n. today could be a historic day at the united nations or it could be just another ordinary day today could be a day in which the u.n. general assembly unconditionally speaks out with moral clarity against one of the most obvious and grotesque cases o

in the twenty four thousand war in gaza the palestinians in the form of hamas used . to is the tax now. have the. little hook at table so he does not. love him publicly the occupation is about the intruder and the homicide victim. untamable miss how. weak and i'm investigating the could to the visual defense of muhammad this is. his murder in a twenty sixteen do attention to a case which was and this still is very sensitive for both the tunisians and israelis. because this is where he was an engineer who specialized in the development of grown acknowledge. is what he had lift uneasier in one thousand ninety one to ski very shima for president drinan i begin been highly. he later joined a unit of the military wing of hamas the ruling party in gaza that is the dean of assembly gates and he was in a charge of making that unmanned aircraft called a by peter when used in the twenty four thousand gaza war. i managed to get an interview with members of an assembly gets along with hemis are considered a terrorist organization by several countries including the us and israel b

al-jazeera strasbourg israeli forces have arrested forty palestinians in the occupied west bank it says thirty seven of them are members of hamas including three senior leaders one suspect is accused of throwing a rock and injuring a soldier now the raids follow escalating violence across the occupied west bank on wednesday two palestinians who were accused of being attackers were killed on thursday two israeli soldiers were shot dead near ramallah the suspect to skate on area is under military law natasha going to as will. most of the entry points into ramallah are now open after an hours long complete closure of ramallah on thursday that created complete havoc on the roads as you can see there is an increased presence of israeli soldiers on the outskirts of ramallah and at the checkpoints this is the typical quiet of a morning before friday prayers this afternoon hamas and fatah are calling palestinians to the center of cities and to the checkpoints for what's been described as a day of rage since wednesday and israeli baby boy has died after his mother was shot and delivered prematurely for palestinian suspects were shot and

hamas. since 2007 they have been in control of gaza, home to roughly two million palestinians. the u.s. has designated hamas the terrorist organization. the u.s. resolution condemns hamas for launching rockets into israel. last week a conflict that almost erupted into war hamas hired hundreds of rockets targeting israel. haley writes through the firing of rockets and other weapons groups like hamas and jihad have -- they behavior is unacceptable. hamas has been waging its own campaign to defeat the resolution. they reached out to the arab league and member states in a letter the leader writes quote, we greatly count on the members of the u.n. general assembly and their stand by internationally legitimacy for support of the rights of people to defend themselves and thwart aggressive american endeavors. success or failure of the resolution may depend on u.n. procedures and not yet decided if passage of the resolution will require 2/3 or simple majority. it is scheduled to take place today. >> bill: minutes away from a final salute to the 41st president of the united states. what a moment t

after four palestinians were killed last friday, hamas, threatened to fire rockets and used sniper file. according to the palestinian ministry, one person was killed and shot in the head. >> organizers of the protests say the fact that thousands showed up despite the wind and rain is an indication of the persistence and resilience that these demonstrators have. and they will continue to push forward and told he is the israeli blockade on gaza is lifted. with that major grievances, regarding employment, electricity and infrastructure, the friday gatherings are expected to continue. the demonstrations come as egyptian negotiators are trying to develop a long-term deal between israel and hamas which would have you, avoid future escalations. last month, a failed israeli forces operation inside gaza led to an exchange of rocket fire and air strikes between the two sides. the deadly outcome of today's border demonstration certainly will factor into the group's response. >> bret: thank you. up next, how longer lives and less children are leading to a rise in populism. but first, here are some

significant change from the past in the past most of the blame was being put on hamas most people here say that if palestinians were united they would be stronger to deal with israel everybody hoping for peace but you know everybody knows other side is very strong very strong every time we come a closer to make your views than the stop it you have some of the cues all the time they have excuses all of you were they are ready for peace but the other side are not ready you see the smile is seventy six years old and has lived in the all his life. in the palestinian authority do is controlled by israel just like us they should be a sovereign palestinian state every time the israeli want to read the terms they go in they go out they do what they want as another year draws to an end palestinians say they seem to be moving further and further away from their hopes of one day achieving their own sovereign state stephanie decker al-jazeera in the occupied west bank. just breaking news for you now the u.s. envoy for the anti eisel coalition a brett mcgurk has quit that's a partner in further fallout from president trump

hamas. it would be the first time the assembly has taken action against the palestinian terror group. ure which recently won crucial backing from the eu condemns hamas for firing rockets into israel. the leader of hamas called it an effort to delegitimize palestinian resistance. french president emmanuel macron scrapping his carbon tax after weeks of protests. he originally planned to the way the tax meant to curb global warming, but macron's latest move may not be enough, one protesting encouraging protesters to keep pushing for higher minimum wage. more demonstrations are scheduled for this weekend. donald trump to speak at two white house receptions today in the east room with all jewish members of the house and senate having been invited. ceremonies were delayed to honor george hw bush. today marks the fifth day of hanukkah. russian president vladimir putin threatening to build new missile that are banned under a cold war arms agreement if the united states pools out of the deal after secretary of state mike pompeo gave the kremlin a 60 day ultimatum to comply. is vladimir putin se

israeli forces have arrested forty palestinians in the occupied west bank it says thirty seven of them are members of hamas including three senior leaders the us come as the army intensifies its search for a palestinian gunman who killed two israeli soldiers at a bus stop near ramallah on thursday china is suspending additional tariffs on us made vehicles and auto parts as part of an ongoing traitress of washington the tariff halt will last three months starting on january first i'm british prime minister to resign may's insisting she can get the extra clarification she needs from the european union on her breck's it deal to ensure that it's passed by our own parliament the e.u. is reportedly said it will not move from its current position. threat with the top stories up front is coming up next. are we any closer to ending the devastating war in yemen after this latest round of peace talks in sweden i'll ask the un special envoy for yemen martin griffith. i'm at the house and voters in africa's most populous country nigeria will be picking their next president early next year but which of the candidates ha

significant change from the past in the past most of the blame was being put on hamas most people here say that if palestinians were united they would be stronger to deal with israel everybody. you know everybody knows other side is very strong very strong every time we come closer to make it be used in the stop it. we have excuses the already other side they're not ready you see the smile is seventy six years old and has lived in the all his life. in the palestinian authority to is controlled by israel just like us they should be a sovereign palestinian state every time the israeli want to read the terms they go in they go out they do what they want. as another year draws to an end palestinians say they seem to be moving further and further away from their hopes of one day achieving their own sovereign state stephanie decker al-jazeera in the occupied west bank the u.s. supreme court has an hour early voted to reject president donald trump's restrictions on asylum seekers five of the nine judges decided to keep a block that was imposed by lower tribunals trump and signed an order last month to ban asylum for

israeli army has been conducting raids in the area arresting forty eight palestinians it says thirty seven of them are members of hamas including three senior leaders the army is searching for a palestinian gunman who killed two israeli soldiers at a bus stop near ramallah today and president obama trumpets discuss the situation in northern syria with turkey's president on friday reject tiber one had warned an operation would take place in the coming days if the u.s. doesn't remove kurdish rebels in the area syrian kodesh find his say turkish threats to attack northern syria are a declaration of war a large part of northeast syria is under the control of the kurdish why p.g. ankara has labeled them a terrorist organization saying they have connections to groups in turkey that are pushing for independence to sri lanka where the disputed prime minister is to step down and the rajapaksa is to submit a letter of resignation that addressed the nation on saturday as well it is hoped that decision would end a political crisis that began back in october when rajapaksa was sworn in as prime minister after the president sacked

hamas bymposed on the palestinian authority in the west bank.y like many others here say they have little real hope of a better future. some of theeople to state of america in one word and the answer you s oen get is "angry." how has anger become a part of our daily lives, and what is the impact on our politics? that is a question charles duhigg asked in the most recent issue of "the atlantic," and he joined me to discuss his findings. oncharles, america is a na born in revolution. of thisery framing country rooted in anger?s: chart is. we have always been an angry nation.n we have ta arms against each other and our enemies. it is in the structure of our government, the belief in the division of the branches of dsvernment, there will be some animosity that no be worked out. but what has changed ilast 15 years is that that animosity has shifted. it has gone from a constructive course in american discourse to a particarly destructive one, most notably in the last four or five years. many people feel like this wave of anger that wealk about, not ju