erin for theatre reporting from ramallah today. thank you. harry. on to other news, the hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wang, has pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. he was joined in court by 2 other activists. and the 3 of them will be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. protests outside hong kong's police headquarters were triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill. well ahead of his appearance in court won't promise to continue his fight for freedom perhaps but i'm persuaded that the election is not any other power. will stop us from activists on what we are doing now is freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so much, we are willing to sacrifice our freedom more from t.v. or go palin, who's following events at the court in hong kong. the prosecution spent most of the day's proceedings, presenting evidence mostly in the form of video footage, showing the events of the night of june 21st 2019. it shows thousands of people who ha

nearly every round of peace talks with israel in the past 3 decades it's a force that reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. so it was at the center of the israeli palestinian conflict for much of his life for many around the world one of the most familiar and effective voices for the palestinian cause his death came just over a month since he was diagnosed with covert 19 his wife and one of his daughters among those who rushed to the west jerusalem hospital where he was being treated from your keypad westbank the tributes began to come in it was somebody who persisted this by commanders are was good up to extremely cruel at that who had devoted his whole life to ensuring that palestinian lives. and palestinians are out i would say and i've indicated. so i was 12 years old when israeli tanks rolled into his hometown of jericho part of a war that lasted 6 days and reshaped the region and his life he attended university in the united states and moved to england to complete a ph d. in conflict resolution. at the madrid peace talks in 1901 he insisted on wearing the car fear the symbo

thanks for joining us from ramallah. thank you. senior politicians in the u.s. are pushing for new legislation to block a $23000000000.00 weapon sale to the united arab emirates. the move is seeking to halt president donald trump's deal to sell drones. f. $35.00 fighter jets and missiles to the u.a.e. senators say the sale was rushed and threatens to start an arms race in the region . well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news are a cry for help from communities across central america. after a storm iota left a trail of destruction and death in the ad words from the university of georgia. the n.b.a. draft with a difference as the delayed annual pick of the best college players goes head in the pandemic that's coming up in sports. so don't go away. hello, mostly the arabian peninsula is quite quiet at the moment, but in the arabian sea there's a circulation forming that might increase the shower likelihood encircled, or the whole of iraq, or even one of the showers in a month. more likely and rather more widespread is what's happening in the eastern med yet ano

on tuesday afternoon, eric card's body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his last 2 years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state how effective his standing baser should have got a tongue transplant, instead of a lung transplant he wants. but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived our aforesaid al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. protests taking place across the peruke lot in vickery, was removed as president. protesters fought with police outside congress in the capital, lima. his car remains very popular despite the accusations of corruption that led to his impeachment. now he was accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes when he was resolved governor, but denies any wrongdoing. manual has been sworn in as peru's a new president and choose day. and the next presidential election is in april, running out of sanchez reports from the anger and outrage. and it is major cities from lima to school. try to keep. the protest

on tuesday afternoon, eric katz body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his latter years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state had affected his standing. they say i should have got a tongue transplant instead of a lung transplant. he once said, but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived him. ari force at al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank with me cell rom, the reminder of our top stories, u.s. president elect. joe biden has called donald trump's refusal to concede the presidential election an embarrassment. but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. i just think it's an embarrassment. great, frankly. the only thing how can we say this tactic? i think it will not help the president's legacy. i think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders, verse 4, that they are hopeful that the united states democratic institutions are viewed once again as being strong endure. and, but i think at the end of the day, y

on tuesday afternoon, eric hobbs body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his latter years of the failure to achieve a palestinian state, how effective his standing should have got a tongue transplant. instead of a lung transplant he wants, but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived ari force at al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. the u.s. has approved the sale of dozens of f. $35.00 fighter jets to the united arab emirates. the deal now goes before congress where those opposed would need a 2 thirds majority to override a presidential veto. the $10000000000.00 package includes 50 jets, as well as 18 reaper drones, and thousands of bombs and missiles. president trump agreed to consider the sale as a side deal. so the u.s. normalization agreement with israel. the conflict in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the country's borders and appears to be fueling a humanitarian crisis. prime minister ahmed, or did an offensive in t. great last we

harry forsett with all that news reporting from ramallah today. thank you howard. i think a political analyst is now in the shower and he said, this really is all about the legacy of the trumpet ministration in its final weeks . certainly it's part of the race with time. i think everyone understands despite his trenches and it's the top administration will come to an end january 20th. and i think the top administration is trying to cement its whatever legacy he's leaving behind in the middle east, especially in terms of the so-called deal of the century. that basically underlines the potential normalize issues between arab states and israel. now,, despite all the hoopla about bahrain or the u.a.e., normalizing relations with israel, everyone understands that without saudi. this is all just an air hot air in the end of the day without riyadh coming into the fold. this will be iran where this will remain shaky and weak and i think it's important for sticker to bumper you on the top administration to bring in that then the arrow and the comprehension order to see if t

government support for such groups are a force that has moved from ramallah in the occupied west bank leave palestinian reaction has been pretty strong. senior members of the palestinian leadership saying that the united states through this action is now not just a sponsor of the israeli occupation, but an active part in it. this was a visit to the sangatte settlement opposite the palestinian town of algeria in the occupied west bank just very close to ramallah. it's an area where there are a lot of us palestinian joint nationals who say that this visit has taken place on the stolen property. what it was visiting was a winery which was involved in a court case last year in the european court of justice, which ruled that all products coming from israeli settlements, including the wind from this settlement, had to be labeled as such. not simply as israeli. it was shortly after that that declared a change in u.s. policy that it would no longer automatically look at settlements in the occupied west bank as contrary to international law. and so as well as being the 1st u.s. secretary of st

are a force that al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. still ahead on now, does there are we take a look at how the pandemic has impacted consumer spending, as the world's biggest online sale kicks off. and mexico looks to go back in time with a can of controversial new parks that could be a breath of fresh air for residents of the capital. looks like the rainy season is coming across parts of the middle east, a fair amount of cloud showing up on the satellite picture here anywhere from the caucuses down towards northern parts of saudi arabia. you could see some, but some places afraid possibility some localized flooding as a result of that. there we go. the right, sliding in from the eastern parts of pushing across the caucasus easing over towards southern parts of the caspian sea. well, the areas of iran could see some showers long spells of rain there, feeding down across iraq, kuwait, seeing some of that wetter weather along with saudi arabia add it will continue to drive its way further eastwards as we go through thursday. some heavi

on tuesday afternoon, erica body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his latter years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state had affected his standing. they say i should have got a tongue transplant instead of a lung transplant. he once said, but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived him. are a force that al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank with means the whole rob, the reminder of our top stories, u.s. president elect, joe biden, has called donald trump's refusal to concede the presidential election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january i just think it's an embarrassment. great, frankly the only thing.

his body arrived there on wednesday for burial ceremony in ramallah. died on tuesday from 1000 related complications. well, those are the headlines. i'll have more news for you here off to witness. stay with us here on al-jazeera join africa's largest trade and investment fair in rwanda and to african trade. give me access to more than 1100 exhibitors 10000 visitors and bias and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with 40000000000 dollars as business and government come together to expel business and networking opportunities at the international exhibition boats to you by african export import bank and their premium partners, the i.d.f. 2021. transforming africa the. ready the 111 truth and the other one never said i had and it flown well when the moon was here and then i thought there was a lot of over the i didn't, i haven't thought of that. the ones who made one for her body and another who had made them up or does my d.n.a. own the matter, but in the style of the good is a lot so

on tuesday afternoon, a records body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his last 2 years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state had affected his standing. should have got a tongue transplant. instead of a lung transplant he wants, but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived, i'm sorry, force that al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. let's talk more about this with khaled, again, the who's director of the program on palestine and palestinian israeli affairs at the middle east middle east institute. he worked with sari, america when he was in divisor to the palestinian leadership and joins me now via, skype from washington. d.c., thank you very much indeed for being with us. so you tell us is a bit about your personal experience of working this out before we move on to his legacy. yeah, well 1st of all, i just want to express my personal condolences to the wife and to is children and to his grandchildren and to all the palestinian people for

dozens demonstrated in al—bireh, a community betweenjerusalem and ramallah.settlements. the settlements are bitterly disputed. this is the background. more than 600,000 jews live in settlements that israel has built on land it's occupied since 1967. there are 140 settlements in total, in eastjerusalem and the west bank — land that palestinians consider is rightfully theirs and seek for a future, independent state. this is likely to inflame tensions. mike pompeo has announced that imports from israeli settlements in the occupied west bank will be labelled as having been "made in israel" or "product of israel". mr pompeo's visit continued in the occupied golan heights on israel's border with syria. last year, the us became the first country to recognise israel's sovereignty over the area, which israel annexed in 1981. that's not internationally recognised. and here's mike pompeo on why the us chose to go it alone. 35 years ago, as a young cadet, i studied about this very place, this amazing and important piece of real estate. you can't stand here and stare out

some hill near ramallah, bringing 700000 immigrants to israel, building a society and economy. not a tiny settlement surrounded by hundreds of thousands of palestinian in early october, john friedman, a friend of peres, convinced him to arrange a rally in support of the peace process. peres urged robin to accept the initiative, but rabin wondered, would be bill, even leave their homes in those days, rabin was more pessimistic than ever. is too much is heard in the middle east from the few extremists tonight, the supporters of peace and a huge rally in tel aviv. this is the young israel, tired of obvious service, tired of chasing palestinian stone, throwing children through refugee camps all sides are mobilizing. but this is now becoming one of the most contentious moments in israeli history for the past 5, perhaps no surprise is fighting, and there is a popular no matter what peace it was the happiest day of his life. i've known him for 15 years. i do never seen him so happy. he had many towns that were just there. he didn't know if people would show up or how they'd behave. an

his body is being taken from ramallah this hour to jericho, where his funeral will be held later. erekat died on tuesday from complications far from covert. 19, he was a key figure in talks with israel for more than 20 years. bahrain's long serving prime minister has died in the us. have been sound man and highly fella's. 84. it been head of government in the gulf kingdom for more than 50 years. the government has announced a week of mourning. the military operation in northern ethiopia is threatening to spill over the country's borders, and they are fears it could lead to a humanitarian crisis. several 1000 people have fled the region since prime minister made ordered the offensive last week. protesters have gathered in armenia's capital to voice their anger over a deal to end fighting with by john over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh. they are opposed to the agreement which sees land handed over to azerbaijan, and is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan, but it was controlled by ethnic armenian, its 7 people, associated with south africa's governing party are

secretary of state mike on peo, who was in israel only last week of mary for sit in ramallah. no denial and no official confirmation, but the lack of denial is pretty telling, especially given the fact that this isn't just one report, it has been pretty widely sourced by a number of israeli political journalists. and indeed, the prime minister's own social media comment advisor put out a tweet saying that while netanyahu has a coalition partner was playing politics, the prime minister was making peace. now the headline is joshua wall and 2 other hong kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded guilty to charges relating to last year's protests. they will be held in custody until sentencing next week, and could face up to 5 years in jail. nearly $40000.00, ethiopian refugees of arrived in sudan, fleeing the fighting between government troops and forces in the region. ethiopia's prime minister has given those forces 72 hours to surrender. reuters is reporting the take rate leader has rejected that ultimatum. and the pharmaceutical companies announced promising results from the tri

as that very strong position right through his last years harry many thanks indeed for that from ramallah i speak now to see balan he's a former israeli cabinet minister and peace negotiator the oslo peace accords he joins us from tel aviv you were involved in those positive peace peace accords tell us about eric at the negotiator. first of all it is a very sad day for all of us in the middle east to believe in peace he was a men of peace. and we will receive. in these early. side was a battery that is there but you have to believe the working together with israel will benefit the palestinians and their neighborhood is not something which is against the interest but the other way around. and as a result of. being a tough negotiator as he was it was also all very i would say. possible to negotiate with him because with cybill you will will his real redlines why usually on both sides it is difficult during the negotiations to know what is the real core of what you want and what can you negotiate on for example it is not just say a palestinian state on the 67 border and then see and it is on

he's in ramallah in the occupied west bank so hairy. a lot of israeli media reports on this are always trying to see israeli officials now going on the record and confirming this well, there's been no actual on the record confirmation by an israeli official that it definitely happened. however, we do have israeli ministers talking and acting as if it did. the education minister said it was a great achievement, despite the semi official way in which it had come out. netanyahu rival and alternate prime minister and defense minister benny gantz was criticizing netanyahu for having this meeting leaked out in such a way. the israeli prime minister himself was asked about it during an appearance of the israeli parliament, the knesset, during which he said that for many years he had never publicly commented on such things that he wouldn't start now. but that he continued to work to expand the circle of peace. so i think the preponderance of evidence, certainly from the israeli side is that this meeting did take place. it was 1st seen in a flig

on tuesday afternoon, eric body was brought here to ramallah ahead of his burial in his hometown of jericho. on wednesday, he was aware in his last 2 years that the failure to achieve a palestinian state had affected his standing. they say i should have got a tongue transplant instead of a lung transplant he wants. but he never did give up on his advocacy for a 2 state solution to a conflict that has now outlived, i'm sorry for said al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. tiger woods is preparing to defend his and it's now time has gone for a starter. thank you. the head of english football greg clarke has resigned of the using inappropriate language when discussing racist abuse. clarke who is also feet for vice president quit just a few hours after apologizing for his inappropriate comments. he was being questioned by u.k. members of parliament when he used the words colored footballers. and that wasn't the only or could moment. if i look at what happens to high profile female footballers, high profile colorful, and the abuse they take, or social media. if you look at talk a little

many thanks indeed for joining us that from ramallah. there is attorney general has authorized federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voting irregularities if the is strong evidence but the man in charge of election crimes resigns just hours off the last trunk campaign has filed lawsuits in battleground states alleging voter fraud and separately the u.s. president has sacked his defense secretary of a ports. out of sight in the white house for the moment but still using his power as president donald trump settling scores sacking his defense secretary mark casper finding out he'd been terminated by tweet esper dubbed yes spurred by the president finally fell foul of the oval office in the summer as racial justice protests swept american cities the president considered putting troops on the street insisted that wasn't going to happen the election is still on donald trump's mind sending out a series of tweets about states he claims are in dispute in the senate republican leader said the president was right not to concede right kn

how we force it, has this update from ramallah in the occupied west bank? we palestinian reaction has been pretty strong. senior members of the palestinian leadership saying that the united states through this action is now not just a sponsor of the israeli occupation, but an active partner in it. this was a visit to the sangatte settlement opposite the palestinian town of algeria in the occupied west bank just very close to ramallah. it's an area where there are a lot of us palestinian joint nationals who say that this visit has taken place on the stolen property. what he was visiting was a winery which was involved in a court case last year in the european court of justice, which ruled that all products coming from israeli settlements, including the wind from this settlement, had to be labeled as such. not simply as israeli. it was shortly after that that declared a change in u.s. policy that it would no longer automatically look at settlements in the occupied west bank as contrary to international law. and so as well as being the 1st u.s. secretary of st

let's bring in harry fossett who is in ramallah in the occupied west bank. so gary, a secret trip to saudi arabia by the israeli prime minister. the fact that we found out about it so quickly is unusual and surprising what details have emerged. that's right. i mean, it's important to say that we have no official confirmation of any of this from any of the governments involved, but no denial from the israeli government. in fact, it seems no attempt to stem this flow of information at all. multiple political reporters in israel. i have sourced it to israeli officials. it all came out initially from the tracking of a flight a business jet that has been used by benjamin netanyahu in the past leased by the israeli government from a friendly businessmen which traveled from tel aviv to the future resort. town of neon, on the saudi arabian red sea coast to mohammed bin someone. the crown prince of saudi arabia wants to make into this giant futuristic seaside city. and it was there where he was already meeting the u.s. secular state by pompei o. and according to thes

palestinians who saw that as a provocation, just opposite in the town of beer, which is part of ramallah. some of the owners actually of some parts of the land where this winery is built on this area. now of course people are asking, you know, what does it mean, what impact it will have? now we're understanding that the, you secretary has reportedly announced that the u.s. no longer will allow, know that products on the settlements in the occupied west bank could be labeled as made in israel. that would be another major u.s. policy shift. that is something very you know, in real time, but again, it's blurring the lines, you know, his visit, what is permissible, according to international law, here. relations between benjamin now and donald trump. between these 2 administrations were pretty cozy. what's the view there in israel? will that change u.s. president joe biden? well it's certainly no secret that the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and u.s. president donald trump had a rather close relationship, although it was also perceived as you know, the u.s. president not being re

how fast that in ramallah. thank you. or as you heard there, the saudis are denying this meeting between netanyahu and the saudi crown prince. at base a i spoke to our senior political analyst who said that if this indeed happened, it's all about the legacy of the tramp administration in its final weeks. certainly it's part of the race with time. i think everyone understands the spiked his trenches and the trumpet message and will come to an end january 20th. and i think that top administration is trying to cement whatever legacy he's leaving behind in the middle east, especially in terms of the so-called deal of the century. that basically underlines potential normalization between arab states and israel. now,, despite all the hoopla about the hurricane or the u.a.e., normalizing relations with israel, everyone understands that without saudi. this is all just thin air, hot air in the end of the day without riyadh coming into the fall. this will be true or this will remain shaky and weaken, and i think it's important for

thanks very much, sir, for joining us from ramallah. thank you. iran's foreign minister says tehran is ready to fully return to its commitments under the 2050 nuclear deal if the us president elect joe biden lift sanctions. so it's a relief told iranian media that biden could swiftly lift sanctions by signing 3 executive orders. he also says tehran is ready to discuss a u.s. return to the landmark accord, which donald trump withdrew from 2 years ago. you can join me in one thing can be done automatically. america will implement its commitments as part of the u.n. security council resolution. and we would fulfill our commitments in the j.c. . this needs no negotiation or conditions, and it's feasible. i gather is to get mr. biden becomes president he'd be capable of lifting all sanctions. if he doesn't, it means he doesn't want to be told from perth fired his chief of cyber security. just days after he rejected the president's claims of electoral fraud, chris krebs and his agency are responsible for election security. he said the poll was the most

and his body arrived there on wednesday for burial after a ceremony in ramallah on tuesday from 19 relation complications. it was he who negotiated with israel on behalf of the palestinians for more than 20 years. need to abraham is in jericho, was laid to rest. the out of court family is mourning the loss of a loved one. but for many palestinians here, the leaves the big void in the political palestinian fear. there are mechanisms to replace some of the positions he was feeling, but it's hard to match his personality. and his experience with the firm believer in negotiations and in non violent means as the only path towards achieving a 2 state solution and freedom for the palestinians. but many here now say that this has reached and even those who currently disagreed with his politics more him, him more name as a person who won the palestinian voice to be heard. it's really hard to envision a replacement. i think what, what is the school by itself as an individual, he was able to work with seeing his dream fulfilled all having. and indeed in his final days, brittle arab normal, a nation we

in ramallah, erekat died on tuesday from colvin $1000.00 complications. he was 65 years old and he was a key figure in talks with israel for more than 20 years. let's go live to need a brain, who's in jericho outside cybercops house, tell us about what's been happening, where you are. his body is leaving right now and heading to jericho. yes, we are expecting the body of part to arrive to jericho in the next hour or so after the military funeral in the presidential headquarters finishes. it is underway now and palestinian officials, senior palestinian officials or buildings. lot of hot air. well, we are standing in front of his house where the family is expected to be bidding him his final farewell and to be laid to laid to rest many here more and to his own social media. they said that he's a few years defender of palestinians and their rights, and many others of the they don't necessarily agree with his firm belief of the 2 state solution and that negotiations are the only power stewards achieving the palestinians. there are 3 demand there independent s

hundreds of people ramallah in the occupied west bank protested to chanting anti front slogans thousands of people also took part in rallies in hebron and east jerusalem earlier this week and i am a concept down without so to discuss the way very he says the problems he is confronting are a threat to all people especially muslims the prophet mohammad the guy get you on the field. mission man welcome paula listen to monks and i understand the sentiments being expressed and i respect them but you must understand my role right now it's to do 2 things to promote calm and also to protect these rights. what i want to say is very clear that today in the world there are people who distort islam and in the name of this religion that they claim to defend they kill they slaughter they make speeches justifying a kind of expulsion of human groups from the world today there is violence practiced by some extremist movements and individuals in the name of islam. of course this is a problem for us from because muslims are the 1st victims and as i mentioned before more than 80 percent of the victims of te

hundreds of people in ramallah in the occupied west bank protested to chanting anti front slogans thousands of people also took part in rallies in hebron in east jerusalem earlier this week i am a concert down with al jazeera to discuss the wave of anger he says the problems he's confronting are a threat to all people especially to muslims welcome paulison to monks in a very i understand the sentiments being expressed and i respect them but you must understand my role right now it's to do 2 things to promote calm and also to protect these rights. clashes broke out in iraq when security forces cleared tents set up by anti-government protesters and basra police fired tear gas at the demonstrators who tried to stop the site from being dismantled it's been just over 8 years since a protest movement swept across the country demanding the ouster of the entire villain class. georgia's ruling party is leading saturday's parliamentary election it's won 54 percent of the vote with nearly one 3rd of the ballots counted but opposition parties say the race isn't over yet as they may have enough votes to

we've heard of reports from western to grey, from near the town of ramallah, of an offensive from the north, which is the eritrean border. and the theo pin. government itself has acknowledged that at one point when its forces were on the defensive, they retreated into eritrea to regroup, before crossing back into the opiah. so i think for all intents and purposes, there's no question that this conflict is becoming internationalized. and the likelihood is that as it escalates, given the scale of the forces involved, and the degree to which they seem to be relatively evenly matched, more and more of ethiopia's neighbors, regional partners, and international actors are likely to be drawn in. and axel, can you help us out with the numbers of refugees you're saying coming across the border into sudan at the moment? yes or the moment we have received a lot of $20.00 and refugees from it. you'll be gone. we're working together with the government of sudan to take care of them as best as that is possible at the moment they are actually coming into the border crossings, but won't, is the major

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the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas hosted an official ceremony in ramallah, before saeb erekat‘ddle east correspondent, tom bateman reports from jericho. a final farewell to the man they called a stubborn negotiator but an unstoppable force for his people. they mourned outside the family home as saeb erekat‘s coffin was carried in convoy through the streets ofjericho, the west bank city he grew up in. to these people, saeb erekat was a hero. he was able to explain to the world their hopes for an independent palestinian state, and today, that dream seems as far away as ever. at the graveside, a military tribute. and his family said goodbye to a father and grandfather. i was truly blessed to be raised in this man's house, the martyr for palestine, for the palestinian cause. saeb erekat was an intellectual, a politician, a person of thought, a person of diligence, of hard work who believed in palestine, who had dedicated all his life to serve the palestinian cause. saeb erekat was a crucialfigure in the israeli—palestinian peace talks of the 1990s. he worked tirelessly for an end t

after a ceremony in ramallah, died on tuesday from complications related to 19. that's my luck today. thanks for the company has got the news in after the string to good for america. everything is in disarray. the media, of course, every debate in america has been a force for good from the american people get inspiration from him and the other half cringe. take on us politics and that's the bottom today president pandemic. people are trapped inside twitter stream or leave a comment in our chat. prisons are supposed to be some of the most secure places on the planet. but despite the high security prisons across the u.s. haven't been able to keep the coronavirus set back. one notorious covert 1000 hot spot is california's san quentin prison. the outbreak there is a subject of a new film by al jazeera. as for its have a look. one of america's worst coronavirus outbreaks of the prison opened in california. after infected inmates were transferred from one facility to another, no ventilation, windows or welded to everyone is breathing the same air all of the time every

to find any trace of his wife and 2 young daughters since the 1st raids on the to grain town of ramallah by the sudanese border a few weeks ago. a little i'm a little animal. i just couldn't find them. they could be dead or alive, but there's no idea what happened to them. i was not home when the attack took place. people fled in every direction, they could. my family is gone. we're still at the camp and the us suddenly looks, like an old place. it's history repeating itself. because back in the 1980 s., this building served as a school for some of them asked child refugees. in the 1980 s. effigies came here, fleeing a famine that coincided with and resulted from years of fighting between 2 great rebels and the central government of former communist dictator, mengistu, haile mariam. the animosity that conflict had created still lingers. today here in the camp. greens are teaching their children in english, not i'm heading, which is the main of the language of the federal republic of each opiah, a sign of the mammoth task ahead for prime minister ahmed in his effort to restore national un

, israeli prime minister's office isn't confirming or denying the reports from our force that in ramallah no denial and no official confirmation. but the lack of denial is pretty telling, especially given the fact that this isn't just one report. it has been pretty widely sourced by a number of israeli political journalists. and indeed, the prime minister's own social media comment advisor put out a tweet saying that while netanyahu is a coalition partner was playing politics, the prime minister was making peace. now the headlines, joshua wong and 2 other hong kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded guilty to charges relating to last year's protests. they will not be held in custody until sentencing next week and could face 5 years in jail. any 40000 ethiopian refugees have now arrived in sudan, fleeing the fighting between government forces, government troops, and forces in the region. the o.p.'s prime minister has given those forces 72 hours to surrender. reuters is reporting the leader has rejected the ultimatum. another pharmaceutical companies announced promising results from its t

it will confirm the visit, as harry forces explains from ramallah in the occupied west. the education minister said it was a great achievement, despite the semi official way in which it had come out. netanyahu rival and alternate prime minister and defense minister benny gantz was criticizing. and you know, for having this meeting leaked out in such a way, the israeli prime minister himself was asked about it during an appearance of the israeli parliament, the knesset, during which he said that for many years he had never publicly commented on such things that he wouldn't start now, but that he continued to work to expand the circle of peace. so i think the preponderance of evidence, certainly from the israeli side is that this meeting did take place. it was 1st seen in a flight path of a business jet which has been used by netanyahu in the path which left israel on sunday evening, went to this future would be high-tech resort town that the crown prince of saudi arabia had been. someone wants to establish on the red sea coast, we know that he was there with the u.s. secr

had a faucet in ramallah. thank you. and israel's cabinet has approved a mutual v.c. extension agreement with the united arab emirates ministers ratified the treaty, which was signed in tel aviv last month. prime minister netanyahu says he hopes the, development will strengthen, economic ties with the u.a.e., the normalized relations with israel in august. so we're starting to get an idea of who will take the top positions in a biden administration. the us president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken as the new secretary of state, making his long served as a foreign policy adviser to biden reports also suggest jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser sort of and has served as a longtime adviser to biden and former u.s. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton that speak to our white house correspondent kimberly hall care about this. so kimberly, what do these choices say about where u.s. foreign policy is headed under joe biden? it says a lot. we expect of these announcements will be formalized on tuesday, an

some hill near ramallah bringing 700000 immigrants to israel and absolving building a society and economy of another tiny settlement surrounded by hundreds of thousands of palestinian in early october, john freedman, a friend of peres, convinced him to arrange a rally in support of the peace process peres. urged robin to accept the initiative, but rabin wondered, would be believin leave their homes in those days, rabin was more pessimistic than ever. if too much is heard in the middle east from the few extremists tonight, the supporters of peace. and the huge rally in tel aviv, this is the young israel, tired of obvious service, tired of chasing palestinian stone, throwing children through refugee camps all sides are mobilizing. but this is now becoming one of the most contentious moments in israeli history. for the past 5, perhaps the surprise is fading, and there is a popular momentum for peace. it was the happiest day of his life. i've known him for 15 years. i do never seen him so happy. he has many downs. he didn't know if people would show up or call how they behave. and to his plea

and bahrain are a force that's following this one from ramallah today in the occupied west bank. any confirmation olten or denial, either way, harry no denial and no official confirmation, but the lack of denial is pretty telling, especially given the fact that this isn't just one report. it has been pretty widely sourced by a number of israeli political journalists. and indeed, the prime minister's own social media comment advisor put out a tweet saying that while netanyahu has a coalition partner was playing politics, the prime minister was making peace. now no explicit confirmation of this particular visit or potential talks with mohamed bin solomon in that tweet. but the timing was relatively significant. it all came from initial reports that a business jet that had been used by the prime minister in the past that is leased from an israeli businessman for such a high level trips. was spotted making a journey from israel from tel aviv airport at around 5 pm local time. on sunday it spent some 5 hours on the tarmac at this red sea resort in saudi arabia before coming back. at t

barghouti is the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative he joins us now live from ramallah in the occupied west bank. mr barghouti thank you very much for being with us dr erekat passionately advocated for an independent honest indian state for decades how big of a lost is this for palestinians and what will you remember hans. when fessor her alone so sad they have ruined us it's a sad day for this family it's a sad day for palestine. we lost bill clinton who lost 5 out for the palestinian cause. and their colleagues are actually in fear into other structures. i believe very his dream for achieving. 2 state solution not to be a function because this policy and because of their unfortunate united states support to these israeli forces and that's why are you that they could not be for a friend but he would be harmed but he has been active in palestinian struggle since he was a young student and he continued when you was a teacher in niger and aversive then when he was part of his youth and funcinpec and actively and 2nd the 1st intifada then and there palestinian negotiating