when we traveled to the city of ramallah, the defacto capital of the palestinian authority.ere about to cross into the city israeli soldiers suddenly told us we would not be able to. >> i can't let you. >> we just tried to enter into ramallah through a controlled check point. we were about to get in and there was confusion, smoke in the background. they shut the gate, dropped it and now they're turning around the traffic. >> we pulled over just outside the entrance to the city and the plumes of smoke intensified. >> here we are outside the checkpoint to get into ramallah. they just blocked us moments later we're hearing explosion or crowd diversion devices. grenades just launched toward the crowd. you can see it's a showdown in area a palestinian-controlled territory and you've got palestinian youth in masks throwing rocks with slingshots to israeli soldiers who responded. >> when it seemed likes things died down the israelis opened the checkpoint and we were allowed to cross into area a. >> we're about 10 minutes after the scene we filmed. we're driving through that area ri

let's cross now to al jazeera scores on and in ramallah.d mohammed abbas say after the meeting that ended just now? reporter: he said that it is official now that the palestinian elections will be postponed because israel did not give a clear answer where it is -- whether it will be allowing palestinians to hold them in east jerusalem. he says the response he was aimed by the americans is that israel cannot give an answer to the palestinians in that regard because israel does not have a valid government, after they held their elections. he says while the same government, the transitional government that is interim, but is making decisions to approve a new legal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank, why can't this government approved the palestinians' right to have elections in east jerusalem? he says it is unimportant, not a technical issue, when it comes to having palestinians vote in east jerusalem. he also blamed the europeans. he said the europeans have pressured him to issue a presidential decree in january to hold these electi

we'll be speaking to need abraham in ramallah very shortly where protests are being held against the spending splitting up for families a key finding of the report but 1st we go to a faucet in west jerusalem areas we saw in your report a lot of the policies and practices described by human rights watch have existed for many years why they are releasing this report now. well they say it's on 2 fronts one that rather than looking at individual activities policies elements of israeli practice and the occupation they're looking at everything in the round they're setting up a definition for these crimes and they're using that as a legal prism to examine evidence over a wide range and they say that doing that bringing all of these disparate parts of the situation together does meet in those instances the definitions that they set for apartheid and persecution and the other point they make is that whereas some years ago some decades ago there was the idea that the occupation may have been a temporary thing that there was a viable peace process underway with the final destination of a 2 stat

some of the candidates who reject the delay have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the bass's decision polls suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding them up both as the factions would work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough. to quell the anger in the streets. the occupied west bank. brazil is marking another big milestone in the coronavirus pandemic after the number of deaths passed 400008 quarter of the fatalities were recorded this month brazil is the only the 2nd country after the us to reach that figure and there's also been an alarming increase in deaths of babies and children under the age of 10 on a can you not hear reports from rio de janeiro. behind a store a haven for children there's no school and a huge patio with new when unusual toys this abandoned factory at the entrance of real's old islam has become their playground during the pandemic its walls shield them from the traffic and violence outside

some of the candidates who rejected today have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the bass's decision polls suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding them up both as the factions would work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough. to quell the anger of the streets. bank let's go back to our breaking news out of northern israel more than 38 people have been killed in a stampede harry fawcett is on his way to the scene he's just stopped off to speak to us and give us an update harry what are you hearing about what set off the sound of a stampede. well still the reports are relatively unclear there is no question though that there was an enormous number of people at this very significant religious event last year it was severely curtailed because of coded 19 restrictions so this time there were more than 100000 people there by most estimates some suggesting it was even a greatly higher number than that and certainly the

some of the candidates who reject the delay have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the bass's decision polls suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding that our best is the factions will work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough. to quell the anger and the. bank. the regulators are accusing the u.s. tech giant apple of adopting anti competitive practices they're siding with the swedish or you streaming firm spotify in a case that could cost the iphone maker as much as 27000000000 dollars spotify is complain that apple unfairly stops i phone users from downloading music streaming outs other than its own apple music not the girths is an assistant professor at the university of 20 and a technology ethicist he says other tech companies have adopted similar practices to those being scrutinized in this case. i think any time you act as both a platform and as a product seller yourself there's going to be issues with guards

some of the candidates who rejected today have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the bass's decision polls suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding them both as the factions would work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough. to quote the anger in the streets into. the occupied west bank. a south korean activist has sent giant balloons carrying half a 1000000 propaganda leaflets across the border to north korea the frys condemned the government headed by kim jong un in the north box on hack risks up to 3 years in prison for the move which is considered a criminal offense critics accuse soul of sacrificing freedom of expression in an effort to improve ties with pyongyang scott a rob mcbride has more from seoul. the group responsible for this launch say they released a total of 10 large balloons from 2 locations close to the d.m.z. separating north and south korea carrying they say up to hearth a 1000000 leaflets con

thanks very much for the up there let's join our colleague leader ibrahim who is live for us in ramallah with the palestinian point of view what has the reaction been from the palestinian authority as. let me tell you 1st about the palestinians we were here in front of the palestinian civil authority where many protestors were trying to lobby the palestinian authority to push israel to give their spouses palestinian i.d.'s a palestinian passports to be able to live together in one geographic area this is one area that that report has talked about the fact that israel controls the population just 3 and that it doesn't allow many palestinians from arab nationals or even internationals when they marry. when palestinians marry people from outside they don't allow them to get to the unification papers they don't allow them to get i.d.'s and passports and this is one element that the report mention but for many palestinians they would tell you that this is the reality on the ground these these this is the daily live under the israeli occupation policies many of them have said told us that they

and that it's who rejected it they have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the buses this isn't suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding. the factions would work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough to quell the anger in the streets. bank. we're getting reports that at least 20 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan the car bomb attack targeted the home of the former president of the state council of provinces south of the capital kabul 20 people killed in an explosion in afghanistan will that bring in more not just to get. now a community of mass i heard is in kenya is fighting to protect its grazing land and livelihoods from an agricultural company conservationists fear plans to build a potentially lucrative avocado farm will be disastrous for elephants and for work life tourism welcome where reports now from near the town of. thousands of years people have been herding livestock on the plains arou

some of the candidates who rejected it they have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the bass's decision polls suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding them up both as the factions would work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough. to quell the anger in the streets. the community of herders in kenya is fighting to protect its grazing land and livelihoods from an agricultural company conservationists fear its plans to build a potentially lucrative avocado far will be disastrous for elephants and wildlife tourism welcome web reports from near the town of money up. to thousands of years people have been herding livestock on the plains around mount kilimanjaro. and they've been teaming with wildlife for even longer. tourists come here to see it. the shan can any guide them when he's not with his cows his community of messiah herders agreed with the government that this area should be reserved for open grazing and wildlife

the participation of all palestinians in jerusalem could be guaranteed made even him has more from ramallah. he also blamed the europeans he said that the europeans have pressured them to issue a presidential decree in january to hold these elections and of course we know that this came after the hand hamas agreed to hold these elections and they were going to be the 1st in 15 years but then he said the europeans couldn't make good on their promise and convince the israelis to allow the palestinians to have these elections and said no matter the time israel decides to have the palestinians hold these elections they will be taking place. in a valley has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal against his conviction for defaming a war veteran a separate court cases the siding with or his opposition network should be labeled extremist and joe biden is marking 100 days in office as president of the united states he is currently addressing a drive in rally of supporters with his wife jail in atlanta geor

its obligations are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem and need a brain has more from ramallah on some of the issues highlighted by the report. we were here in in front of the palestinian civil authority where many protesters were trying to lobby the palestinian authority to push israel to give their spouses palestinian i.d.'s a palestinian passports to be able to live together in one geographical area this is one area that the report has talked about the fact that israel controls the population registry and that it doesn't allow many palestinians from arab nationals or even internationals when they marry a people from when palestinians marry people from outside they don't allow them to get to the unification papers they don't allow them to get i.d.'s and passports and this is one element that the report mentioned but for many palestinians they would tell you that this is the reality on the ground these this is the real daily live under the israeli occupation policies many of them upset have told us that they're glad that the international community some groups are stepping up

and think it's very important to hold new elections need to him with the latest on that story from ramallah thank you. it's exactly 100 days since joe biden took office as president of the united states he promised to build back better after the devastation of the pandemic and the economic hardship that followed our white house correspondent kimberly how to fix a look at those promises and the progress he's made in making them a reality. he took office during a global pandemic and made battling covert 19 his top priority promising 100000000 vaccines would be administered by april we met the goal last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not a damn set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 130 in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms that goal was exceeded this week now more than 230000000 vaccines have been given out with more than half of all americans receiving at least one dose what we're seeing is a president who continues to be disciplined continues to stay on message and also a president who continues to focus on the issues and i think that's what many americans

need to even him with the latest on that from ramallah need to think. joe biden is marking 100 days in office president of the united states biden celebrated by picking a flower for his wife jill as they cross the white house lawn to catch his official helicopter the bidens we're heading to georgia where he's about to address a drivin rally of supporters and earlier they met the oldest living former president jimmy carter on wednesday biden addressed congress with what he called his blueprint to build america promising 1.8 trillion dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education. well last year on the campaign trail joe biden made many promises about what he would deliver his early days in the white house while he's come so on many there are other as which are compromised or even abandoned ellen fish of reports now on biden's broken promises. the other things people remember of campaigns i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify the promises the pledges the things to make a difference 100 days in joe biden has failed to del

ramallah came with her mother, who is on oxygen support and needs immediate aid.y others, they are forced to wait for hours outside. since morning, we are calling people, trying for oxygen and everything, but nobody�*s responding. and i don't think that these have enough. i don't know, since my mother is ill and i have been panicked since so long. the ambulance driver who drove them here feels helpless. translation: we've been waiting since 11am in the morning. - they're not taking the patient. look how seriously ill she is. even though the government is opening new covid facilities to admit patients and transporting additional oxygen supply to the city, they cannot meet the unprecedented rush in the hospitals. for now, countries like the uk and the us have come to india's aid with essential medical supplies and oxygen kits, but much more is needed. and until then, for thousands in the city, the endless nightmare continues during the day. on sunday, this hospital in north delhi, as its oxygen stock dwindled. families like that of this man were told to organise oxy

. >> we lost two dentists in ramallah from the pandemic. two of my friends. taking the second dose of the vaccine, i feel more comfortable. i have self confidence in my job, dealing with patients. martin: with continuous on and off lockdowns, thousands of plaestinians illegally cross into israeli daily in search of work. they also bring with them covid variants, spreading into the west bank that could one day hamper the efficacy of the covid vaccine in israel. >> the disease will not stop in israel, if it is not stopped in palestine. and israel is trying to escape from this responsibility. >> i am not sure we will ever be in a situation where we will be able to vaccinate the whole palestinian population. i think it is their moral obligation towards their people to try to get the vaccines. we will help, we will help with whatever we can. martin: the vaccine has proven its worth, but it is not powerful enough he'll -- enough to heal the political wounds between palestinians and israelis. ♪ amna: nasa has made plenty of history with space flights to mars. but to

palestinians will be able to vote in the occupied east jerusalem need to either him has more from ramallah he says that he's received a message from israel the americans and through the arabs that there is no answer yet when it comes to holding elections in east jerusalem he said that he's received some oral must just from them saying that they're not going to be allowing those elections to be held and he said that this is ironic and this is nonsense since the israeli government although they had elections they have some sort of a transitional government now but these this is a government that has been able as far as his as he said. that has been able to to approve new illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank but couldn't deliver and allow the palestinians to hold elections and drusilla. alexina valmy has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal against his conviction for defaming a war veteran a separate court cases the siding with or his opposition network should be labeled extremist.

from ramallah some of the issues highlighted by the report. we were here in in front of the palestinian civil authority where many protesters were trying to lobby the palestinian authority to push israel to give their spouses palestinian i.d.'s of palestinian passports to be able to live together in one geographical area this is one area that the report has talked about the fact that israel controls the population registry and that it doesn't allow many palestinians from arab nationals or even internationals when they marry a people from when palestinians marry people from outside they don't allow them to get to the unification papers they don't allow them to get i.d.'s and passports and this is one element that the report mention but for many palestinians they would tell you that this is the reality on the ground this is the really daily live under the israeli occupation policies many of them upset have told us that they're glad that the international community some groups are stepping up and showing that israel is indeed implementing 2 syste