what we're going to do the good connection with ramallah and that story of the day it's being said the president's 1st election since 2006 that said try our connection with it for him who's in ramallah and you know i think you can hear is now. tell us more about the significance of. it's not the 1st presidential decree setting and actions in palestine but it could lead the way for the 1st election since 20052006 they have palestinian president support team. and hemis have been meeting over the past few months and they say that they want to come back thanks there are no dangers specifically after the u.s. has released its mideast peace plan and they say that they only have themselves in the this regional situation where many arab countries for specifically have signed agreement deals with israel and let's not forget that we are looking now at a new u.s. administration and palestinians have been trying to mend relations they say that this administration can backtrack some of the trump administration's movements and they move the embassy to jerusalem force they don't expect their merican

west bank israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters near ramallah that follows days of escalating tension up to settlers set up tents and outposts in the area last week the move was apparently not authorized by the israeli government. tenser been set up as a template shelter for about a 1000 refugees and migrants were stranded at a burnt out camp and bosnia-herzegovina the government faced criticism for failing to protect them from freezing winter weather. reports. a sign of relief and of new shelter this will be home for hundreds of migrants and refugees stranded in bosnia-herzegovina sleep a camp near its north was border with croatia back the military set up tents to shield hundreds of migrants from the winter's freezing weather after days of sleeping out in the cold the nation face mounting criticism for leaving the migrants without proper shelter heat or facilities to do it was ok we don't mind how we can adjust and we can drink of water that's enough for us but the problem is then problem for us we need to contain this ok. for days there were

israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in a village near ramallah follows days of escalating tension after settlers set up dozens of tents and outposts in the area to indonesia now which has one of the longest coastlines in the world but its salt farming industry is long failed to meet the needs of the domestic market so millions of tonnes are imported each year that threatens the livelihoods of indonesians sold farmers as jessica washington reports from interim are you on the island of java the government hopes investing in technology could change that. in indonesia's west timor this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have farmed felt this way for years it's low tech and low cost the salt they farm can be used for consumption or industrial use. but not all of indonesia's salt is this quality indonesia has the 2nd longest coastline in the world but despite being surrounded by salt water the country still imports millions of tons of salt each year not only but we have got we need to improve the quality

craft on people in the in the region of course this also applies to the palestinian partners near ramallah which is separated from israel by border walls and checkpoints. the women and men in the sewing shop don't work exclusively for. the fabric and embroidery are delivered to them they don't want to film what they're doing manager nor hear bowie says quality is the bottom line tell you over that same order is just the slightest bit off a dish won't accept it. with. no market but it is precisely this challenge that taylor yassir relishes. in the group that is that it's really special because all these pieces are handmade not everyone can do that and that's why this work is different from everything else. both israelis and palestinians benefit from the peaceful collaboration and arielle the photographer finds it inspiring and i think it is small step leading to something much bigger in the future so. maybe. that's a lofty goal and definitely something to focus on. good news there alright sports news in football in their side chelsea have confirmed thomas to ship as their new coach you sign

aimed to build a aiming rather to build a united front against israel need a brain has more from ramallah. it's not the 1st presidential decree setting elections in palestine but it could lead the way for the 1st elections that's 20052006 they palestinian president's party fatah and hamas have been meeting over the past few months and they say that they want to come back the exterior no dangers reciprocally after the u.s. has released its mideast peace plan and they say that they only have themselves in this regional situation where many arab countries who are specifically have signed agreement deals with israel and let's not forget that we are looking now at a new u.s. administration and palestinians have been trying to mend relations they say that this administration can backtrack some of the trump administration's movements and they moved the embassy to jerusalem force they don't expect their americans to backtrack on that but they hope that they can open the american consulate in east jerusalem as well as restoring the aid to the palestinian authority as well as the law so these could

a covert 19 testing center in the west bank town of ramallah the infection rates in the occupied palestinian territories have been high in recent months so far people here have had to wait for any vaccinations while in neighboring israel the vaccination drive has taken off quickly human rights groups have criticized israel for not helping to finance or supply vaccines to palestinians but this feat the palestinian government announced that it has secured facts scenes from several companies added it was not the health ministry signed an agreement with 4 companies to import vaccines to shipments were arrived during the coming 2 month we will start vaccinating the medical teams old residents patients until the vaccine is 70 percent of the residents in the west bank gaza and jerusalem was the one the prospect of the arrival of the vaccine has been welcomed by the some reservations. had being recorded i know knock it off we want all of us to take it to feel psychologically at ease because we aren't a constant state of maury but they want to bring the russian magazine and we do not have much faith

israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in a village near ramallah and for his days of escalating tension after settlers that up dozens of tents and outposts in the area the u.s. senate still live in a significant defeat to president donald trump in voting to override his veto of a defense policy. bill the senate which is controlled by trump's republican party easily reached the required 2 thirds majority trump earlier refused to sign that defense act into law it limited the president's ability to draw troops from places like afghanistan and also the ability to divert military funds the ones trying wanted to build a border war with mexico post brags that freight traffic during the u.k. and france and so far move pretty smoothly despite earlier concerns about potential backlogs the 1st ferry from britain to dock in the french quarter tally several hours after the u.k. officially left the e.u. customs union and serious delays reported. but as the u.k. comes to terms with bags it many are reflecting on what life outside the e.u. will mean for their sens

diplomatic crisis in the us but it was made ahead of a summit of gulf neighbors in the south the city of ramallah shell reports now from . the more than 3 years after saudi arabia the u.a.e. button and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but that the military fuck up agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was not a surprise since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut but that's only land border cutting imports and its food and medicine supply chain the train the u.a.e

senior adviser and of course president trump's son in law he has been in and out of the region as ramallah saying in the last few months and just in the beginning of december as seems to be when this breakthrough in principle was made according to reports that some cushion or visited both saudi arabia and qatar he left to the senior aides in saudi arabia and then the 2 sides got on the phone with both kingdoms negotiated the draft deal in real time there are some reports that this deal almost fell through due to miscommunication on sunday but that it was managed to be salvaged and now cushion or is back on a plane heading back to saudi arabia to be in place for the signing of this agreement tomorrow this is certainly being lauded as a long shot achievement by the trouble ministration in its waning days it's in addition to the list of negotiated agreements that the white house helped getting negotiations between israel and arab nations and normalizing their relations what is the through line between all of that and today's announcement. which wrist we're still awaiting official word from we

experience as them because as a palestinian he was like in sort of a lockdown when there was a siege of ramallah and they would identify his beautiful words with the poem and manage to portray in a better way, their own situation. but sometimes i would share my own readings and i would talk about books i was reading myself and of course, obviously, we also spent ours talking about movies. one of their favorite movies was a french movie. and by talking about what we were-- >> talking about hobbies? >> hobbies, created a special bond i would say and it helped to build up trust. >> were they ever interested-- another question coming in, were there interested or are they interested in reading about the war in syria? i'm guessing there were no books yet about the war in syria they could read, but you think they were looking or hoping to find books about what was going on within their own country or was it too soon for them? they just wanted to he is ska ip? -- escape? >> no, it was interesting because for them what they were reading, it was to feed themselves with ideas, with stories, is it real or f