>> movenpick hotel, ramallah, november 19th. palestinian security forces have tailed our cars and searched our rooms. when we confront them, they insist they're with the hotel. >> i tell him i am security in the hotel, not that i am working in the hotel. >> you are not from the hotel. >> yeah, yeah not from the hotel. >> when the manager confirms they are not his employees, we know they are spying on us. and at a time when the deadline is fast approaching to get yasser arafat's body exhumed and tested. >> what is your name? oh, you don't have a name. >> nothing >> breaking into your rooms, following your cars... the palestinian authority is growing nervous with the media... any palestinian will tell you that the israelis killed arafat. but when you ask him further questions, of course, he would think that some palestinian around arafat was the tool. >> arafat spent his final years under siege in his compound. >> he died while in a jail enforced by the israelis. he died while every substance that he imbibed came through the israe

ramallah is our correspondent traveling with the resident -- president. the settlement issue seemed to top the agenda. >> it did indeed. language wasande's slightly below what was expected of him on that issue. historical position is it is the settlements are illegal. that is something we did not hear from the french president when he came up to the podium to speak with his palestinian counterpart. the french president simply saying he wants colonization to sayingce and for all and the settlement activity complicates the task of making peace. obviously, very carefully chosen words. few hours aware in a he will be on the other side speaking. he probably does not want to make that a difficult moment and does not want to ruffle his israeli hosts' feathers. >> in paris, a gunman fired shots outside the headquarters of the french bank. no one was injured. police are at the balloon in the business district. the shooting came hours after another shooting in which a gunman shot and seriously wooded one person at the paris offices of the left-wing newspaper. each

i spoke to our correspondent in ramallah a short, go. --yasser arafat possum or yasser arafat's widow said it was murder. the report has been called unreliable. which is it? arehe scientists themselves extremely cautious about their findings. they're coming out only saying that they moderately support a colony him poisoning as the .ause of yasser arafat's death his remains were exhumed last year here in ramallah. and it was up to 20 times higher than expected levels of polonium 210. what made it very clear that after eight years in the ground, the samples were not as good as they would have wanted. really, they cannot be conclusive. >> how sensitive is this to the region? time when theya are trying to get he's talks restarted. there are indications that they may have put some fresh momentum into them. the circumstances of yasser arafat's death during the uprising were very mysterious. israel has consistently denied any involvement in his death and they have come out with further statements from the foreign ministry this evening saying th

i spoke to our correspondent in ramallah a short, go. --yasser arafat possum or yasser arafat's widow said it was murder. the report has been called unreliable. which is it? arehe scientists themselves extremely cautious about their findings. they're coming out only saying that they moderately support a colony him poisoning as the .ause of yasser arafat's death his remains were exhumed last year here in ramallah. and it was up to 20 times higher than expected levels of polonium 210. what made it very clear that after eight years in the ground, the samples were not as good as they would have wanted. really, they cannot be conclusive. >> how sensitive is this to the region? time when theya are trying to get he's talks restarted. there are indications that they may have put some fresh momentum into them. the circumstances of yasser arafat's death during the uprising were very mysterious. israel has consistently denied any involvement in his death and they have come out with further statements from the foreign ministry this evening saying th

. >> the latest test was on arafat's flesh and bones baueryd in l ramallah since 2004. three teens have taken three teams have taken the tests. >> there was a team in frank. - france. the french results remain see yet. secret. and the question is whether the palestinian authorities shift 9 case to the national criminal court. perhaps mrs. arafat and her daughter will see suspects come to try and learn once an for usual what killed arafat and not just who. arafat led the palestinian liberation declaration for decades. he was viewed as a terrorist by israel and western nations. the u.s. had behind the scenes contact with the plo. arafat shook hands with the israeli prime minister on the white house lawn. over the neck decade arafat returned to the gaza and the west bank, but his relationship with israel and the u.s. deteriorated particularly after the start of the palestinian uprising in 2000. israel again saw him as a terrorist and washington would have little to do with him. for more on this i'm joine joined by these two guests. great to have you both with us amed what

. >> we have more for us from ramallah. >> p.l.o. officials have said that they want to demand an international, independent credible investigation into the death of arafat after the publishing of the findings in the swiss medical report. how often, we have not heard official reaction or statements from the palestinian authority. we understand that the central committee held a meeting on thursday to discuss the findings of the swiss report, but we also know that we're not expected to hear anything or a public statement made by the palestinian authority untilled head of the investigation committee releases and announces the results of the swiss report, as well as a russian report that was submitted to the palestinian authority. that will happen on friday morning, we understand, here in ramallah, where these findings will be made public. now for the palestinian people, the results of this report, the almost conclusive evidence that arafat may have been poisoned is not very surprising or shocking. the belief that he did not die a natura

. >> thank you for joining us from ramallah. now we go to a round up of other news. the french government says it is by standard & poor's decision to downgrade its credit rating. says it is acting because of the country's inability to enact reforms. this latest downgrade puts it two notches below neighboring germany. police have arrested a man in connection with a series of explosions. it was outside the committee of the communist party and taiwan. police found self made bombs in the man's residence. couldis a fear that polio reemerge in europe because of an outbreak in syria. the vaccination's used are not as effective as those used in other parts of the world. refugees may spread the disease while it is still incubating. masters champion adam scott leads in the australian championship. he is two shots clear and 10 under par. when actors need to fight on stage or screen, they have to be taught how to fake it realistically and safely. she became britain's first ever female fight director. lookector told her you feminine, but you fight like a man. she is one of the le

forensic report into the death of the late palestinian leader, who is buried here at the tomb in ramallah the tests said results were problematic, tissue samples too small, too much time elapsed between the death and collection of the samples, and that some of his personal effects could have been contaminated. professor is the director of the forensic team. >> translator: was pull loanium the cause of death? can we say with certainty polonium was the death of arafat? the answer, unfortunately, it's clearly we can not give a clearly defined answer. again, so our study has not been able to prove categorically a hypothesis of poisoning or another of nonpoisoning by polonium. >> reporter: yasser arafat's widow has a very different take, telling cnn the results reveal a real crime, a political assassination, she is now calling for a full international criminal investigation to find who is responsible. matthew chance, cnn, ramallah, in the west bank. >> california high school is coming unfire for its sports team's name, the arabs. you can see the mascot in the youtube clip here. the american ar

the construction of more than 800 homes near ramallah is israel's way of venting anger over the iranian nuclear deal. >> pakistan's military said it launched its first fleet of drones. they'll be used by the army and air force. pakistan has been developing drone technology for surveillance and reconnaissance duties. >> supporters of politician has been blocking troops from n.a.t.o. they've been reopened. >> this, according to some political analysts is pakistan's murky politics in action. supporters of imran khan's movement for justice or tpi is checking to see if anything is being carried for soldiers in afghanistan. >> it's a strong protest. >> we are stopping supplies in protest. innocent people are killed. >> it's not the first time nato supply routes have been stopped in 2009 and "12 the routes were closed after relations with washington soured. this blockade by the pti does not have the support of the federal government. washington is likely to be irtad. moving the supplies through khyber pass is the cheapest way to get goods in. after a 6-month closure through 2012, a new route t

. >> we have more on the palestinian reaction from ramallah in the west bank >> reporter: well, for many palestinians, the findings in the report are not surprising or shocking. they believe that he did not die a natural death and rather was poisoned. so far, we have heard that the plo is demanding an international and credible investigation into the death. and the palestinian authority has yet to make an official statement. we understand that the central committee is meeting this morning to discuss this report. and however, we also understand that we won't be hearing anything official from the palestinian authority until the head of the palestinian investigation committee announces publicly the results of the swiss report, as well as a russian report, a similar one that was submitted to the palestinian authority on november 2nd. now, the palestinians await the next step that the palestinian authority would take, and whether they would demand an international investigation, and then they say, maybe press ahead and move ahead to take the case to the international critical court. the pales

. >> we can take you a few seconds ago to ramallah where francis hollande arrived in rama la to meet the person in authority, mab a and inspect the tomb of yasser arafat. the beginning of a visit to talk to the palestine authority leader, about talks with israelis and other things. >> a reminder you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. all the coverage from the philippines and more. click on aljazeera.com. >> june 2010, fighting erupts between the uzbek and kyrgyz communities of southern kyrgyzstan. the violence spreads from osh to nearby towns. >> they came and started looting houses, killing people. systematic theft, destruction, and brutal mob violence. more than 400 people are killed.

on its global tour, the most prestigious football trophy made its first therapist up in ramallah. >> it is a dream. i hope one day palestine will host the cup. >> i hope palestine will win t one day. >> for some teams, the road leading to the world cup is full of ups to quote which have little to do with the realm of all or athletics. such is the case for palestine, according to the national squad coach. he hails from jordan. he is this possible for issuing the visa is -- the government is responsible for issuing the visa he needs. to leave the territory to renew. last time i left, i waited 4.5 months before i could return. this is one of the big obstacles that makes my work so difficult. >> in gaza, we meet up with one midfielder. oldals described the 23-year- is one of palestine's most promising players. basiclained something as as gathering the entire squad is a congregated task. he says israel prevents him and other teammates from leaving the blockaded territory to go train or compete in the west bank. of the players for whom the palestinian federation made a travel request to th

it's controversial, because it's between jerusalem and ramallah, the palestine state of government.ike hannah sent this update from jerusalem. >> it is a story unravelling through the night. some sources say justice minister approached by palestine negotiators informed benyamin netanyahu that the plans were on the table. he then immediately put an end to one plan in particular concerning 1500 housing units in the controversial e1 area, adjacent to east jerusalem and development would block palestines access to the old city. a few hours later he put a suspension on the entire tender proposal, involving 25,000 housing units. he rebuked the housing minister for not keeping him informed, but he made it clear that the whole plan has been put on hold for now. >> benyamin netanyahu making adamant that the move has been taken not because settlement building is wrong, but it would cloud israel's attempts to end treaties with iran at the moment, making clear this is his primary motive in suspending these settlement developments. we may see hostile reaction from some members of the coalition g

they don't return to ramallah until night time.fter hours of driving, security checks and waiting, they arrive at the prison in southern israel to visit their father for 45 minutes. many other palestine children go through the same thing because the adult family members of a third of palestine prisoners do not receive permits to visit their relatives in israeli prisons. >> underinternational humanitarian law it is illegal to transfer prisoners to the facility in israel. israel holds over 5,000 palestine prisoners in 26 prisons. only one of which is in the occupied west bank. >> this is out of a policy to control their life and relations - mainly their relations with their families, and the lawyers that represent them. the monthly visits mean the world. they don't see the long trips as a burden, rather as the only way to stay close to their father. >> shoppers in venezuela frock to electronic stores after the government ordered them to slash their prices. >> stores have reopened on monday across venezuela after nicolas maduro sent t

he will go to ramallah in the course of tomorrow and hold a one-hour meeting with the palestinian president. this is very much a matter of protocol. the french president cannot be in the region without paying a visit to the president of the palestinian authority. he will hear from president abbas anger at israel's ongoing settlement activity. he will expect the french president to bring these sentiments back for further talks with benjamin netanyahu expressing french displeasure at the ongoing settlement activity. at the same time, this very much is a sidebar to what is the central theme of the french visit, and that is to discuss the issue of iran. >> let's talk about iran again. netanyahu is campaigning against iran have been nuclear power, on yusly. he's going to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. is he likely to get support from the russians on this? >> this will be a very interesting meeting having met president hollande. he will be going to russia, as you say, and there he will meet with vladimir putin. the russian position in the whole issue of iran is not that clear. th

we understand that the central committee is meeting in ramallah this morning to discuss the report. we also understand we won't be hearing anything official from the palestinian authority until the head of the palestinian investigation committee announces publicly the results of the swiss report as well as a russian report, a similar one that was submitted to the palestinian authority on november 2nd. now, palestinians await the next step that the palestinian authority would take, whether they would demand an international investigation, and then they say maybe press ahead and move ahead to take the case to the international criminal cou court. the palestinian state is a nonmember state of the united nations and does have the right to request membership at the international criminal court. >> al jazeera reporting from ramallah. later this hour we explain how the deadly poison works, we'll look back at arafat's life and controversial image as well. >>> the former leader of pakistan is a free man today, at least in his own country. mu musharraf was freed on bail. musharraf has faced a

. >> positioned between jerusalem and ramallah, the palestinian seat of government. we have more details from jerusalem. >> the israeli prime minister made clear this is a purely tactical move. he emphasized that he did not want a controversy over the new settlement plans to impact on israeli's attempts to get the iranian deal off the international table. a spokesman for the prime minister when asked about these events made two telling words, saying that the settlement development has been put on hold for now. now, this proposal had been in the works for a period of tile as part of an annual review by the housing ministry. it was only when the peace now organization flagged it up that palestinian negotiators got in touch with the israeli justice minister, who in turn contacted the prime minister. this is a suspension of these projects. in no way is it removing it from the table. there has been little reaction from netanyahu's coalition partners. some observers expected resistance to what they see as the prime minister responding to pressure i don't mean the united st

. >> elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah -- meet betty and mona.mbers of a group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvi

. >> elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah -- meet betty and mona.group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons

the french police were in rah ramallah last november when yasser arafat's bo body was unearthed. we have not seen the russian report and we have not seen the french report which is, of course, subject to too you. judicial cree hsecrecy. >> sheila mcvickers joins us now. you have covered other news with pepewpulonium. we wouldn't be thinking of it if it were not-for-this case. he was a russian agent and got asylum in the uk. he was poisoned with pulonium. his assumption was and the assumption of of many people that he was poisoned by the agents of the ar russian state. it comes from a weapons program or from a nuclear power producing program. and so the assumption was that because pulonium 210 had been used, very effective poison with no previous cases of it non knoo have been used as a fo boy sew t it was a state actor. if arafat's death is linked to pepulonium 210 there is some ste actor some where. there is a long list of suspects. >> there is a long list of suspects? there are many countries that could be producing this. >> there are many countries that are producing it and th

aljazeera has more from ramallah. >> palestinian officials say they will continue their investigations case of the death of arafat will remain open and will not be closed until they arrive at the full facts and the details and the truth to share with the palestinian people who require answers and closure and as well with the international community. palestinian officials have already blamed israel squarely for poisoning and killing arafat. they say at the time, the israelis were the only ones with the means, the cutting edge technology and motive to kill arafat, and they say were probably able to facilitate the entry of such a rare substance into the compound where arafat was under siege. back in 2004, the israeli army was totally surrounding and besiege be the presidential compound, the headquarters in ramallah and were in control of what and who could go in and out of the compound. where they go next, the palestinians, is a decision that has to be made at the highest political levels. as you know, palatine is a non-member state at the united nations, and does have the right to apply

. >> elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah -- meet betty and mona.embers of a group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obv

actually, i'm standing right outside arafat's mausoleum in the west bank city of ramallah.a place visited by many palestinians out of respect for their dead palestinian leader. but this report has come as something very controversial in this part of the world. obviously. a report by a swiss forensic team saying that on examination of yasser arafat's remains and of his personal effects, they found, quote, unexpectedly high levels of radioactive polonium 10, a highly toxic poison. it was used, you may remember, back in 2006 to kill alexander l litvenenko. the swiss forensic team -- moderately supported, that's their words. the theory that yasser arafat was poisoned. now, immediately arafat's widow calling this evidence of a real crime, that there was a political assassination that took place with the death of yasser arafat back in 2004. but the scientists themselves have said there's plenty of room for doubt in this, saying there's all sorts of problems with the samples over many years that expired between the death of arafat and when they collected the samples and still plen

and a large settlement put forward, positioned between jerusalem and ramallah, the palestine seat of government. important to note that this plan has not come into being suddenly. it has been on the table for a number of weeks now, and it was only peace now flagging it that alerted palestine negotiators and the u.s. that this was being considered at this point. the israeli prime minister put a halt to the e 1 development immediately, but only hours later he took the decision to scrap the plan as a whole. this indicates once again that this is a temporary position, and in no way any formal u turn of the benyamin netanyahu government on the issue of settlement building. >> mike hannah in jerusalem. let's go life to the egyptian capital k capital cairo, where the group of volunteer lawyers visit the mohamed morsi in prison on tuesday. when they start the press conference, we will listen in to what they have to say. let's gross to al jazeera's rory chalens in cairo, monitoring the situation there. this is a group of lawyers who went to visit the deposed president yesterday. what are we e

he faced palestinian complaints in ramallah on tuesday over israel's continued expansion of west bank settlements. in a rare move, john kerry said the u.s. views israel settlements as illegitimate, going beyond the normal white house language of not helpful. but john kerry stopped short of calling the settlements illegal. >> let me emphasize at this point the position of the united states of america on the considerts is that we now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate. i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the agree asans in any way a matter of going back to the talks that they someh condone or accept the settlements. the palestinians believed the settlements are illegal. the united states has said they believe the settlements are not helpful and are illegitimate. >> despite calling the settlements illegitimate, john kerry refused to demand an end to the construction, saying israeli expansion "would be off limited as much as possible." concluded study has former palestinian president yasser arafat may have been poisoned to death. the team of

. >> the french president began his visit to ramallah laying a wreath on the tomb of arafat, and a reminderong the nations that recognized the right of palestinian statehood during a vote in the u.n. general assembly last year, france also supporter of new european guidelines on the settlements. the french president very strong on the issue of settlements, saying that construction undermind the peace process, but called for gestures to be made from both sides. he stressed that israeli security along with palestinian statehood of viable. when side by side, one of the occasions he made that what the palestinians could deliver as a gesture, the issue of refugees, suggesting that there should be further negotiation on the matter of the right of return. basically, the french president presenting himself as fair, making clear if peace is to be achieved, it is between the parties themselves. he can only encourage the negotiation process. he has no magic wanted or words to bring to bear to push it forward and push it to true i guess. this is the middle part of his visit to the region. he will retur

swiss forensic report into the death of the late palestinian leader who's buried in this tomb in ramallahreveal what she calls a real crime, a political assassination. palestinian s are pointing the finger of blame at israel. israeli officials are denying any involvement in his death. >>> the philippines being slammed by a massive super typhoon. andrew stevens has more in manila. >> reporter: the philippines is no stranger to extreme weather but even by those standards, this is being labeled as one of the most dangerous storms ever to hit the country. in fact it's the most powerful system on the planet so far this year. forecasters are expecting winds gusting up to 300 kilometers an hour. that's 200 miles an hour. police and the emergency crews are on the highest possible alert. as a central part of this country battens down and waits. memories of two previous late-season storm which is claimed the lives of hundreds of people are still fresh. kate? >> thank you so much. >>> and to space, the olympic torch is now in space. part of the pomp leading up to the olympics in sochi, russia. >> re

the peace process had collapsed, israel just retaken the west bank and arafat was holed up in his ramallahompound when suddenly he fell ill. quickly, palestinian leaders blame israel. >> now we know when and how. what we need is proof that the israeli occupation is responsible. >> reporter: israel denied it had any role in killing arafat. says he was 75 and unhealthy, an aging man, not a target. >> an israeli spokesman this morning was dismissive of this study saying israel has long been accused of conspiracy theories in the middle east. palestinian theories say, okay, how did this radio active poison get in his body? >> we will have to wait for this to be answered. >>> let's switch gears. frantic 91 calls from the inside the shooting at the new jersey mall. >> reporter: it was about 9:20 p.m., minutes before closing time. >> there is somebody shooting. >> reporter: when hundreds of terrified shoppers and mall workers frantically began calling for help. >> somebody is shooting up the garden state plaza right now. he had a motorcycle helmet on. >> a motorcycle helmet, okay. >> all black and