the same problems well to fight as pontus the israeli army struck six hamas targets in gaza stephanie decker reports this is the first time the israeli military has responded with a military force against hamas targets and what it calls a response to the protests at the fence a statement from the army issued on friday night said that this was in response to a mass infiltration attempt at the border fence one of those strikes here in gaza port at two small boats overnight now what we've been seeing here is thousands of people who have lost their fear certainly this friday the most dramatic yet when you saw a surge of thousands of people heading towards that fence israeli forces opened fire but what people have been telling us is that they have lost their fear we can keep saying that but the situation here has become that desperate everyone you speak to here will tell you it is the worst that it has been since hamas took over the gaza strip there are no jobs the economy is dire people cannot afford to feed their families there's four hours of electricity a day if that medical supplies are in s

border fence on friday it is the closest they have come in five weeks of protests from gaza stephanie decker reports. it happened all of a sudden a surge towards the border fence running in a different direction from where the protests have been focused all day israeli soldiers had to reposition themselves the army issued a statement saying there was an attempt to infiltrate the border that they acted within the rules of engagement to thwart it the soldiers opened fire. it went on for quite some time yet. ambulances raced to pick up the wounded. the guys suddenly ran in this direction to the fence they threw stones at the soldiers then the israelis opened heavy fire there are many injuries there really is a feeling here that people have lost their fear israel has said it will shoot the ball they get right up to the border fence the people here will tell you they have absolutely nothing left to lose. earlier in the day a small victory for these young boys israeli forces had warned the protesters over a speakerphone in arabic to move back from the fence. when they didn't. to deal with the tear

them plane tickets and the cash but the supreme court suspended the were patients last month stephanie decker reports from westerville slow. court very soon after the news broke the prime minister made a public announcement the middle of the sort of. a unique agreement with israel look we move sixteen thousand two hundred fifty people we moved them to developed countries like canada or germany or italy that's the commitment of the united nations high commissioner to remove them to organize it to form that expense . israela given two options to the almost forty thousand african asylum seekers currently here be deported to an african country widely believed to be one dollar or face an indefinite time in prison most of the asylum seekers al-jazeera has spoken to over the years covering this story say they had no choice but to choose the unthinkable most of them are from either eritrea or sudan and many endured a horrific journey to get here i can go to a lot of them because i have small kids. saw i want to be in care whether he kill me or they are i don't want to go back to africa over the years

lost their fear that life in gaza has become unbearable that they have nothing left to lose stephanie decker or jazeera east gaza will get a weather update next here on houses here and then below the breadline take a look at why i'm so many people in argentina are struggling to make ends meet. from drones to fighter jets which check out the latest tech on display at the berlin asho. hello world wet two nice words for spring and they sort of typify the eastern states of the us and eastern canada the clouds suggest that the direction the cloud up from the south twenty seven in new york is a bit of a talk around a cold rainy seven hundred toronto has a bit of snow possibly in quebec oh yes and so i don't terria but that's really spring ish whether to bring the green this out even though cools down a bit on sunday surprisingly further west where you do see a bit of snow still in the northern rockies there has been rather a lack of snow this you know are thought to be a very snowy winter but all this side not so so we want to see a bit more and we're not going to snow back to be. exactly well it

lost their fear that life in gaza has become unbearable that they have nothing left to lose stephanie decker or jazeera east gaza. russia's foreign minister has accused the us of trying to divide syria into parts so i made the comments in moscow while meeting his turkish an iranian counterparts to discuss the war in syria the talks are being held out of the next round of the a stand up process aimed at ending the violence that also took aim at all the western powers. while we are building options for peace some of the other colleagues are trying to destroy the results of our joint constructive efforts not even following the international law like in the recent operation by the u.s. u.k. and france against syria roy chalons has more from moscow. this meeting was a way for russia turkey and iran co-sponsors of the standard talks to set the scene for the next round of those negotiations which are in a couple of week's time a the fourteenth and fifteenth the three countries here although they have been pushing these negotiations into their ninth rounds now. do have disagreements they have disagr

lost their fear that life in gaza has become unbearable that they have nothing left to lose stephanie decker or jazeera east gaza. u.s. president donald trump has been hosting the german chancellor angela merkel at the white house their own nuclear deal featured high on the agenda as the u.s. has threatened to withdraw from the landmark twenty fifteen dail merkel was only in the country for a few hours and contrast to france's president imani will not call he's just finished a three day visit but the president was quick to play down rumors of any rift that we're working on a lot of different subjects including trade including nato including military of all types and we have a really great relationship and we actually have had a great relationship right from the beginning with some people didn't understand that but we understand it and that's what's important but very extraordinary woman more than half of syria's largest palestinian refugee camp past reportedly been destroyed and fighting between government troops and i still funny to this government jet sound artillery have continued to poun

palestinians say they're desperate for freedom military force may not be able to silence them stephanie decker al-jazeera. u.s. president paul chung has accused central americans of being rapists and i go at his campaign rhetoric and has vowed to send thousands of troops to the border and this speech in west virginia he said women and a caravan of migrants who had been trying to reach the u.s. border and being quote ranked at levels nobody has ever seen before john home and has more from mexico city the caravan of people from central america has been traveling through mexico appears to be winding down at the moment a lot of people appeared off they're heading to mexico city and from there they going to make their own route even to seek refuge in this country or to try and get to the border with the united states but it's been something that president trump of the united states has been infuriated by he's been tweeting about this along the course of the caravan and he came out with a comment that was unsubstantiated and quite outlandish and remember my opening remarks the trump tower when i ope

status was something that those in the country's far right didn't tolerate for even hoffa day stephanie decker al-jazeera. revels in yemen has struck a saudi oil tanker in the red sea off yemen's main pool city of her data the who says say they targeted the tank after an airstrike that killed at least fourteen civilians including seven children. the thousands of brazilians are valid across the country calling for the former president lewis in silver to be jailed for corruption there are also rival demonstrations in support of lula it comes a day before the supreme court decides whether he should stop the sentence he was given after his conviction last year here's a latin america editor lucien human reporting from sao paolo. demonstrators filled sao paulo's emblematic police to ave demanding former left wing president we see now. be put behind bars without delay. tensions are soaring ahead of wednesday's supreme court ruling on whether to accept loose argument that he cannot be sent to jail to serve a twelve and a half year sentence for corruption until he has exhausted all appeals. if you like

palestinians say they're desperate for freedom military force may not be able to silence them stephanie decker or jazeera west jerusalem philippine president audrey go to terror is closing down the terrorist island of bach ray for six months after describing it as a cesspool the island will now be closed from april twenty sixth it's home to hundreds of terrorism related businesses and the shutdown could displace seven hundred thousand workers last year more than two million tourists visited the island officials have said that it's drainage system is being used to send the untreated sewage into its surrounding waters the government says cleaning up the environment is needed to prevent any further deterioration communion duggan has more from manila. well it just may be a small island but boruc revenues make up twenty percent of the total tourism industry of the country at least fifteen thousand workers are affected by this decision there is still no clarity whether they will receive financial assistance in the six months that the island will be closed there is also no assurance that there will s

status was something that those in the country's far right didn't tolerate for even half a day stephanie decker al-jazeera. rebels have struck a saudi oil tanker in the red sea off yemen's main port city of data hooty say they targeted the tanker off to an airstrike there that killed at least fourteen civilians including seven children the united nations says that strike was one of the deadliest attacks on children since the saudi led coalition began its aerial campaign against these in twenty fifteen none of the parties to these brutal wall have for one second respected the fundamental principle of protection of children. and children can continue to be the victims of in discriminate and disproportionate attacks and today the as you know the international community is used to danger in the valley response to the to the dire humanitarian crisis in yemen and unicef called. all in all parties to the conflict who have been for them to immediately take action in the legal obligation to protect children and their ways keep them out of harm's way there is no justification for such blatant disregard f

but find no work they've never left gaza and yet still seem aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. the british home secretary amber rudd has resigned after it was revealed she planned to step up the deportation of caribbean immigrants but she came under intense pressure to step down amid the windrush scandal where caribbean immigrants living in the u.k. for generations when are threatened with deportation the so-called windrush generation settled in the u.k. between one hundred forty eight and nine hundred seventy one they were given the right to stay in the country but many never obtained passports opposition activists in armenia are holding more rallies ahead of a vote in parliament on tuesday to choose a new prime minister rather demanding that protest leader nicole be chosen to lead the country the previous prime minister. resigned a week ago after demonstrations against him robin foresty was more from our media's second biggest city groovy. some of us will remember the events in one nine hundred eighty eight that happened in armenia a terrible earthquake which

palestinians say they're desperate for freedom military force may not be able to silence them stephanie decker al-jazeera west jerusalem. the u.n. says up to one hundred thousand people have returned to iraq or in syria five months after i still was driven out in the us back military campaign the u.n. team visited the city earlier this week for the first time since it was freed its estimate that two thirds of homes are destroyed while most residents still have no access to clean water city leaders say it's still riddled with unexploded devices i saw made right at the defacto capital of its self declared caliphate when it captured the city in twenty fourteen. well staying in the region donald trump has agreed to keep u.s. troops in syria for the time being at least a day after he wanted to leave the u.s. president is said to have changed his mind after meeting with national security advisers a white house correspondent can be how could. one day after u.s. president donald trump declare the united states will pull out of syria i want to get out i want to bring our troops back home the white hous

but find no work they've never left gaza and yet still seem aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. a u.n. security council delegation has arrived in man maher after visiting range of muslim sheltering and comes across the border in bangladesh meet with top mean more officials to check on preparations for the refugees repatriation earlier they had the hiring stories of some of the seven hundred thousand refugees who were forced to flee their homes in recalling the state the u.n. has described as ethnic cleansing the military led campaign against them in. malawi's former president joyce banda says she's not afraid of being arrested she returned home from four years of self-imposed exile police have confirmed outstanding warrants a corruption allegations reports. a jubilant crowd and preparing to welcome home the woman many cool a mother and dad who were younger who are being asked i'm as happy as a woman who just delivered a baby because we missed our mother grace bunda joins me on the is back and as free as any citizen of malawi and. many supporters had feared malaw

but find no work they've never left gaza and yet still seem aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza still to come here on al-jazeera joyce banda is back or the former president of malawi is risking arrest by returning to her country plus. an emotional meeting between running the refugees and the u.n. delegation to hear stories of rape and torture. from long flowing on in the winds to an enchanting desert breeze. hello the wet and windy weather is finally blowing out from iraq it's come across the border into iran are still sharon was left in this very sharp edged cold from to susan g. and c. but it's on its way so it's not going to do too much more damage is lost the impetus of any warm water so it's just a few scattered showers are trying to get to monday it's left behind residual rain pockets there over in western iran just east of baghdad and running up to the caucasus and eastern turkey much quieter afterwards the bugout if everything is warming up to the low thirty's i think by the time we get to tuesday the clouds building again in jordan southern israel for ex

palestinians say they're desperate for freedom military force may not be able to silence them stephanie decker al-jazeera west jerusalem six coal miners have died and three more have been engine after the roof of a coal mine collapsed in georgia the accident occurred on thursday at damen delhi mine kilometers west of the capital tbilisi the mine has been plagued by safety concerns and they have been a number of fatal accidents and wrecks and he is. donald trump. educated tweets from president trump expressing alarm at so-called caravans of migrants moving through mexico toward the u.s. the president has directed the national guard personnel be deployed to the southern border the department of defense as you know has long supported the efforts of d h s to protect our nation's borders the guardsmen who are often used in times of emergency in the u.s. will not have contact with migrants nor will they assist in processing them at the border instead officials say they will assist border patrol agents with surveillance by air and on the ground it will take time to have the details in place but we ar

but find no work they've never left gaza and yet still seem aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera. condemned the council meeting saying it undermines attempts to unify palestinian people. confirms that any council that doesn't carry the unification idea of the palestinian ranks is a council but never expresses the whole of the palestinians it is a council hits the unity of our people and it's the organization and its legitimacy and its representation over all palestinians to top. editor and democracy activists has been released from prison officer cream court judges cut has an eleven year sentence for insulting the king. to continue his calls for democracy and elections which have been delayed by the military government the campaign it was jailed five years ago articles calling for changes to the norwich protect the monarchy. the fight against boko haram will be on the agenda when president meets donald trump in washington jerry and leaders came to track of dollars of stolen or money. reports from a. party came into office promising to defeat. but with just over a year

test will be how israel deals with those who will stay and if the situation will indeed improve stephanie decker al-jazeera west jerusalem palestinians injured during protests on friday say they'll march to the gaza israel border again to demonstrate against israeli land confiscation seventeen people have now died after being shot during the landay protests and hundreds more were injured leaving hospital struggling to cope doctors are appealing for more medicine and supplies to treat patients on the abdel-hamid has more from gaza. people here in gaza are pinning a lot of hope on the so-called long march of return which is basically staying along the border for dinnick six weeks or until may fifteenth which is actually a day the palestinians refer to as nec but look at that strophe because it is the day of the creation of the state of israel the cabman's are about five hundred to seven hundred meters away from the border fence which is just there in the background there you see some people have gone a bit further down and they are basically at the limit at the still called buffer zone about three

turn in tel aviv and jerusalem stephanie decker reports from tel aviv. the deal was on then it was off this was the reaction in tel aviv by some who had hoped the tens of thousands of asylum seekers from eritrea and sudan would finally have their legal status resolved. is one of them he made the dangerous journey from eritrea in the horn of africa alone at the age of sixteen he's been here for six years and is fluent in hebrew he shows us his immigration papers that he needs to renew every two months shit. is the first of all there is racism in this country and this is a difficult disease especially among the politicians this we could have dealt with but then there's the issue of a government takes twenty percent of the money we make and puts in a deposit we can only see this money when we leave the country this puts huge pressure on us. the deal would have seen just over sixteen thousand african asylum seekers resettled in western countries under the auspices of the united nations and in exchange israel would process and resolve the status of up to twen

than of the nakba on hundreds of thousands of palestinians who were forced from their homes stephanie decker reports from east girls. it happened all of a sudden a surge towards the border fence running in a different direction from where the protests have been focused all day the israeli soldiers had to reposition themselves the army issued a statement saying there was an attempt to infiltrate the border that they acted within the rules of engagement to throughout it the soldiers opened fire. it went on for quite some time. the ambulances raced to pick up the wounded. guys suddenly ran in this direction to the fence threw stones at the soldiers then the israelis opened a heavy fire there are many injuries so there really is a feeling here that people have lost their fear israel has said it will shoot the oh they get right up to the border fence because the people here will tell you they have absolutely nothing left to lose. earlier in the day a small victory for these young boys israeli forces had warned the protestors over a speakerphone in arabic to move back from the fence. when they did

situation that is not going to go away and it will have to be resolved one way or the other stephanie decker there well there's much more to come on the al-jazeera news hour including saudi arabia's crown prince says israelis do have a right to their own land is this a turning point in relations between the two countries the first sentences handed down in the u.s. as part of the investigation into russia tampering with the presidential election and a second national championship in three years is villanova when the u.s. men's college basketball title peter will be here with all the details. to the rebels have struck a saudi oil tanker in the red sea off yemen's main ports if you have data that's according to saudi owned the television by the who these say they targeted the tanker in response to an airstrike in her data that killed at least fourteen civilians seven of them children the u.n. says that strike was one of the deadliest attacks on children since the saudi led coalition began its aerial campaign in two thousand and fifteen. none of the parties to this brutal war have for one second

lost their fear that life in gaza has become unbearable that they have nothing left to lose stephanie decker or jazeera east gaza all colleges in peru have uncovered i must crave which could be the largest case of child sacrifice ritual in the world the remains of all the one hundred children from the ages of six to fifteen years old were found in the northwest of the country was one a hoax to reports. this child's skeleton is part of what archaeologists ahead in the biggest site of child sacrificing discovered so far the victims appear to be in part of a ritual sacrifice that took place nearly five hundred fifty years ago the remains of more than one hundred forty children were found alongside two hundred young lamas all of those i think most of them all the sacrifices that we have found with children aged between six and nine years of age and that from ten to twelve or fifteen years of age all have been found with their sternum cut with the aim of possibly opening the rib cage and extracting the heart that was the way that the team of a society that developed between the tenth and fifteent

unrest near the border it's put the israeli's army's new rules of engagement under scrutiny stephanie decker reports from west jerusalem. these are unprecedented scenes along gaza's border with israel it's the biggest protest since a tiny strip was sealed off after her master power over ten years ago israeli army has been widely criticized for using excessive force to charge it rejects the olders were strict i mean nobody should cross. the fence but i think there was restraint there high offices were on the ground all the time so it wasn't just the women of the effect of a private you know the u.n. and the e.u. have condemned israel's excessive use of force eighteen people were killed over eight hundred injured by life fire according to palestinian officials israel says it only targeted those trying to breach the border fence and it claims members of groups it deems terrorist organizations infiltrated the protests but cumin rights organizations say the evidence shows otherwise what we've seen is a great number of people standing at a distance from the fence inside the gaza strip and force li

effort to breach the border fence and indeed its security ok stephanie thanks to dogs there stephanie decker that live in west jerusalem pope francis is used his annual easter message to call for peace in the middle east saying that the conflict does not spare the defenseless the head of the roman catholic church addressed pilgrims at some peter's square in vatican city as christians around the world celebrate easter. the pontiff touched on conflicts in the region and praised those helping marginalized people through to do. we beseech fruits of reconciliation for the holy land which also experiences in these days the wounds of ongoing conflict that you're not spared the defenseless for yemen and for the entire middle east so that dialogue and mutual respect me prevail over division and violence. u.s. media say that president donald trump has ordered the state department to freeze two hundred million dollars of funds that had been set aside to help rebuild syria trump is eager to end u.s. involvement on thursday he said the troops will pull out soon on outgoing secretary of state rex tillerso

and forth about this is going to change the course of this war many people will tell you know stephanie decker thank you very much indeed. on syria also featured high on the agenda at the arab league summit in saudi arabia the twenty two member body has been divided over the issue of saturday's u.s. led air strikes on syria saudi arabia bahrain and qatar have previously issued statements in support of action by egypt iraq and lebanon expressed concern this argument used his role as host to push for a unified stance against iran which he blamed for instability and meddling in the region. joining us to discuss this is out there is senior political analyst mo and bashar some more what do you think this summit achieved well not much. there were a few promises and there were a few. lines in a communique but what we've learned from that oblique at least since in recent years is that they don't mean what they say and they don't do what they promise so in the end of the day they came up with three general wish lists if you will one is that they're going to support the palestinians and that is the capi

but find no work they've never left gaza and yet still seem aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. still ahead on the news hour a u.n. security council delegation looks. after hearing stories from refugees who fled to neighboring bondo their freedom for the journalists who insulted the king of thailand want to tell you why he's been released. craning his neck a badge and goes to great heights to watch his team that's coming up with cho and support. on counting the cost why iran's nuclear deal and other powerful factors are at play in a new game of oil it could mean steeper prices at the pump. and into a korean summit but what would a saw in relations mean for their economy. jim acosta on a. packet for us what were you hearing what were you seeing where there online horrendous things humans well just there's absolutely no doubt about that or if you join us on this a lot of the major countries in the commonwealth so far bigger fish to fry and chips to eat this is a dialogue about some of this successes perhaps everyone has a voice what happens when the robots them so

stephanie decker is live for us there stephanie what is the latest right right now what happened over night. well it was quite an extraordinary day has with thousands of protesters moving towards the border the close is that they've come in these five weeks of protests putting incredible pressure on israel we were there we witnessed it you know you just feel people racing towards it all the sudden you know israeli forces opened fire we heard a lot of bullets was too a lot of injuries and certainly what happened then and i think this is quite interesting to show you the pressure that these unarmed protesters are putting on israel you had six strikes are all around ten o'clock in the evening one of those strikes this is why we are at gaza's ports in gaza city was on two little boats behind us you can't see them from where we are but certainly we have been looking at them this morning there is a little damage to the there were some men this morning looking at them taking pictures and there was another strike on an empty training camp belonging to a somber gay this is how masses military

palestinians say they're desperate for freedom military force may not be able to sidon to them stephanie decker or jazeera west jerusalem indian security forces have fired tear gas at demonstrate has an indian administered kashmir. violence started after police tried to stop students from marching in the capital they were protesting against india's rule of the region after thirteen rebel fighters and several civilians were killed by government troops on sunday at least three indian soldiers were also killed in the fighting the united nations says up to one hundred thousand people have returned to the syrian city of raka it's been six months since i still fight as we're driven out of the city by the us led coalition local leaders say seventy percent of rockers buildings that damaged or destroyed and the city is riddled with unexploded bombs i saw made rock of the defacto capital of itself declared caliphate when it captured the city in two thousand and fourteen six men have been killed and three others injured after the roof of a coal mine in western georgia collapsed the country's economic deve

believe the meeting is important as is a chance to revive the palestinian national movement stephanie decker reports from garza. continue up this road along gaza sea front and you will reach the israeli controlled areas crossing for the vast majority of palestinians that's as far as they can go and we're told life in gaza is the worst it's ever been not only due to israel in egypt's blockade but also because of the seemingly never ending infighting between the palestinian factions oh miss amman mohamad parents to eight children and their desperate. i have three sons living at home the oldest is forty all of finished university and have no work is almost dead there is no income and so there is no demand for anything the government instead of paying salaries for people to survive have cut the salaries well because fatah and hamas constantly disagree last year the palestinian authority which is based in the cut the salaries of its employees here in gaza by thirty percent this month salaries have not been paid to the lack of cash is stifling an already suffocating economy one of the first things

coming online in ethiopia it's been built next to a landfill site in the capital at its abba stephanie decker went to have a look. this is only waste dumping site it is on an extraordinary scale we're being told it's been here for around fifty years it also goes around thirty meters underground it is untreated it is not dealt with it keeps growing you know waste is of course not just an if you hope in problem it's not just an african problem it is a global problem now there is an exciting new project underway here it is africa's very first waste to energy plant currently we have the waste to energy plant an idea how about this what you see is the tipping hole. that will receive the waste so basically what the facility this one receives one thousand four hundred tons a day this is equal to almost eighty percent of our waste what's currently goes to the land the fields and polluting the environment once this facility starts operating an incinerator in this waste we kind i want to produce one hundred and eighty five hour electricity which is equivalent to light hops or city percent of i decide m

least sixteen thousand africans say and another sixteen thousand resettle in western countries stephanie decker has more now from tel aviv. some of the activists we've been speaking to will say that even this deal that it has been hailed they were cautiously optimistic before that u. turn by the prime minister they said that deal was floored why because they say israel should be doing its part in taking in refugees asylum seekers because it is a world wide problem certainly now the situation remains in limbo the bottom line is these people up to forty thousand mostly from eritrea and sudan have been here for years they speak hebrew they work here and they pay high taxes israel has never sorted out their final status that is not processed or applications they don't have refugee status nor do they have any form of temporary or permanent residence the message is that you are not welcome here and we will make it as difficult as possible for you to want to leave and this is what activists are saying is the issue here and now they still remain in limbo but it is a situation that is not going to go aw

more now from stephanie decker who's live for us in west jerusalem what does this deal mean stephanie. well the israeli prime minister made a statement a little earlier where he said that basically mentioning countries like italy and canada that would be taking some of these asylum seekers the total number sixteen thousand two hundred fifty the interior minister spoke a little off to that also mentioning germany and that basically for one of the migrants of the asylum seekers that would be going abroad israel would keep one other in the statement they also said that israel would be reviewing the status of these migrants and the language is interesting because israel for years has been calling them illegal infiltrators basically making a very strong point to them that they're not welcome that they will not be getting any form of refugee status here in that they are better off are brought in this is why this mass deportation plan was in place and it's also of course come under a lot of criticism now i spoke to the u.n.h.c.r. who is overseeing this whole thing it's in its very early stag

so let's go live now to stephanie decker in west jerusalem and stephanie as we're hearing that israel has denied the use of excessive force what more can you tell us about the political reaction to this. well the israeli prime minister's applauded the action of that of the soldiers in the israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman he said that there will be no independent inquiry that has been called from the united nations to look into the fact that such a high number of people were killed seventeen dead and over eight hundred injured by life fire from. authorities so basically what they're saying is that this was a major security breach that this was not a normal protest that this was an attempt to break the border fence between gaza and israel but of course looking at the video what you see is unarmed protesters running away there's various different videos and some of them show different angles of people running away from the border fence and are being shot at that seem to pose no threat so i think it is a sort of new kind of confrontation if you will or challenge for these really

court suspended the deportations last month most of the migrants are from eritrea and sudan stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem. human rights groups and civil society of welcome this move basically they've been actively campaigning against this plan of mass deportation where the asylum seekers have been giving two choices either be deported to an african country or face indefinite jail time while many of those that al-jazeera has been speaking to over the years would tell us they're all basically from eritrea or so dahlan saying that they would have to face jail time that's what they would choose because they didn't want to return to africa after making such a difficult journey well the plan now according to the israeli prime minister is that around sixteen thousand of them will be moved under the auspices of the u.n.h.c.r. to other countries western countries particular ones being named canada and italy and also that the situation for those remaining inside israel israel will look at their status israel's always maintained calling them illegal infiltrators what the language used t

palestinians say they're desperate for freedom military force may not be able to silence them stephanie decker al-jazeera west jerusalem. major earthquake measuring six point two on the richter scale has struck the island of mindanao in the southern philippines there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake east of. the philippines as part of the ring of fire where about ninety percent of the world's earthquakes occur. let's stay with the philippines because the president roderigo to territory is ordered to the torah starland of barak to be closed for six months saying it's beaches have become and we quote a cesspool the island will be closed from april the twenty six now is home to hundreds of toryism related businesses and the shutdown could displace seventeen thousand workers now in recent years it's become overcrowded with human waste being discharged into the sea the government says cleaning up the environment is needed to further prevent deterioration let's cross over to our correspondent in manila. is a major decision that will affect as we say businesses and wor

landfill site and i just let people sift through mountains of garbage trying to make a living stephanie decker has. this is only waste dumping site it is on an extraordinary scale we're being told it's been here for around fifty years it also goes around thirty meters underground it is untreated it is not dealt with it keeps growing now waste is of course not just and if you know people problem it's not just an african problem it is a global problem now there is an exciting new project underway here it is africa's very first waste to energy plant currently we have the waste to energy plant an idea how about this what you see is the whole. will receive the waste so basically what the facilities corn receive is one thousand four hundred tons a day so this is equal to almost eighty percent of our waste what currently goes to the land the fields and pollutants the environment once this facility start operating and incinerate in this waste we kind of want to produce one hundred eighty five our electricity which is because light tops our city percent of i decide my household. we're told that the plo

who's hussein died on wednesday from injuries he sustained during demonstrations two weeks ago stephanie decker has the latest from gaza. a large crowd has gathered here in the jabalya refugee camp to pay their final respects ahmed abu hussein he is the second journalist killed by israeli sniper fire now he was cool to back into gaza overnight he's certain flying in and the mosque where people are paying their final respects his press vest his bullet proof vest that he was wearing at the time when he was shot is with him. certainly there is video of the incident when he was shot in april thirteenth that shows he was standing in a crowd far away from a fence when it appears that he was specifically targeted is laid on me before that they know each gunshot which means they know that this gun shop is going to kill business this is the point. and yes it has been killed by they have been met by the israeli snipers. but the same twenty five years old is now the second palestinian journalist being laid to rest and has drawn some international condemnation calling for an independent investigation the i

another seventeen thousand migrants in israel would have been allowed to stay in the country stephanie decker has more now on the decision the members of his own party seem to be unhappy about this they weren't consulted naturally bennett who's the education part of the jewish home party saying that israel would become let me say exactly said a paradigm for infiltrators in this is because this is these these are asylum seekers have throughout the course of the last eight years or so been called illegal in traitors by authorities here not my focus not. the one of the points which today was interesting that the prime minister actually started calling migrants in starting to now move forward and do this mass deportation plan which had come under such criticism it was hailed as six success by the n.g.o.s by the civil society to in argue against this however they did say be see how this will unfold while now in a dramatic the turn i think it's safe to say it's been put on hold because of his right wing likud not happy about this saying that you know they need to discuss this further it will need t

international condemnation israel denies using excessive force against palestinian protesters stephanie decker reports from west jerusalem. little boils down to security this is the argument that israel always uses when it is accused of using excessive force it's not the first time it has been accused of that it's army certainly and we had the defense minister avigdor lieberman said that the soldiers basically did exactly what they had to do and that in his opinion they all deserved to magill now the opinion here of these radio leadership and the army is that groups that they deemed terrorist organizations like hamas and other islamic factions inside gaza are using these protests or hijacking them so to speak to sort of you know breach the border the you know the fence the barrier fence whatever you want to call it and even israel goes as far as to say planting explosive devices but the reality is you've got tens of thousands of people who are now protesting peacefully at this barrier if we're going to see these protests continue it is a different challenge israel is facing this hasn't happene