s tanya kramer in jerusalem. you're watching news still to come a window of hope for abused women in jordan we take you inside the country's first protective shelter for women whose lives are at risk from family members. first let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart a man well might call have held talks in paris china announced a huge purchase of their craft from air bus and voiced hopes for a quote fair political relationship with china president she's due to meet with other european leaders in paris as well. the pentagon has authorized one billion u.s. dollars of funding for president donald trump's controversial border wall defense officials said the money would pay for roughly ninety kilometers of fences and infrastructure along the us mexico border in february trump declared a state of emergency after congress rejected his budget plans mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador has urged the vatican and

over to our correspondent tanya kramer who's standing by with the latest in jerusalem tanya one side in this complex is a ceasefire is in place what can you tell us. yeah that's true there where already at ten o'clock last night local time reports of the ceasefire being focused by egypt and hamas put out a statement that hamas and the other militant faction were just here to a cease fire and would meet quiet for quiet meaning that it would hold us as. strikes also rocket attacks into southern israel would be holton from the militant factions but it went on a couple of hours but put that last two three hours since the early morning actually it has been quiet this is obviously a tense quiet and we have to wait and see how the next hours have been developed now egypt has in the past already broken successfully cease fires so it seems to be the case at this time whether it will hold is another question. for you correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem thank you so much. the cross border violence comes as the united states reverses decades of policy in the middle east by recognizing the go

mid is joining us from washington is our bureau chief there alexander von aman and interviews tanya kramer is in jerusalem for you good evening to you both tanya want to start with you in jerusalem we just heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu is speaking in washington d.c. confirming israel's retaliation is underway what more can you tell us. yes that's right there reported airstrikes all over gaza at the moment that's what has been expected all day after this rocket strike this morning on the center now residence is very residence south nearby the gaza strip have been advised to be close to soldiers in the south and also in the center of the country such as have been opened because now the question is how will gaza militant groups how will they react to the asked the command center that is a center that is representing all the militant groups has already threatened early this afternoon that they are going to retaliate. with begin to strike gaza of course in gaza residents are bracing for a very difficult night and no shelters for civilians in the gaza strip and it's a hard it's a dense

our correspondent tanya kramer is in jerusalem i asked her how the clashes might influence israel's general elections in ten days time. well i think that's why all eyes were sad today on that day of protests because it came after a week of really heightened tensions between israel and hamas it started a week ago when a rocket was launched from gaza into central israel it landed. small village north of tel aviv in a family home people were injured there and prime minister netanyahu was in washington at the time he cut short his visit there was a lot of pressure as israel always will respond to rocket try is very targeted and there was more rocket fire coming out of gaza as well but with the help of egypt's mitigation there has been there had been a tense calm of the past couple of days and of course now the question was what will happen today and how this will play out it has been a lot of pressure also prime minister netanyahu for a very tough response so whatever happens and the situation remains tense and also volatile whatever happens here on the ground and gaza has dominated the electio

joining us now from jerusalem is de w's tanya kramer tenure can you tell us about the situation at the border. yeah she said tens of thousands of palestinians came out to protest says scott is still one yet the first three off to protest at the fence and all i spent actually on these protests of that week of heightened tensions between israel and hamas now we understand that. this often protests had cold on people to stay further away from the fence as usual to stay out of the line officer at the sniper fire and we also understand that there have been some understandings although they have not been officially confirmed. by its use and mediation between israel and hamas to calm down desist to ation to step back from further escalation the having said to the have been serious injuries to have been protesters skills and this really army has put out statements saying that some of the protesters came close to the fence however most of them stayed further away now of course everybody was looking at that so because that comes on the back took off so your long protest over two hundred people h

our correspondent tanya kramer joins us now from jerusalem tanya netanyahu is calls he calls this forthcoming indictment a witch hunt given the timing could that be a plausible allegation. well that's has but yes been saying all along and accies lawyers had thought to prevent this announcement trying to push it for after the elections it has been the point of contention yes well whether it should have been announced now or after the elections and legal experts have been you know divisive over this with the attorney general's office probably opting for that the public has to know what the legal situation is off to prime minister before they go to the products well it's just less than a month a little more than a month away from that election in israel what impact could these corruption indictments have could it and netanyahu is political career. but there could potentially be a big game changer for him but let's let's say that i mean he has been put on notice now the process will be that there has to be a hearing now that is usually scheduled when the attorney general announced this is an inte

in washington thank you very much we want to take the story now to jerusalem our correspondent tanya kramer joins me on the line from jerusalem tanya good evening to use serve a big german that yahoo own is that he's facing his own reelection bid at home how is his visit with u.s. president donald trump is that going to help or hurt him with israeli voters. well i think for prime minister netanyahu the visit at the vide has a very important and helena in washington said you know. very close to have the same style of politics they they understand each other and mr trump is also very well liked in israel if you look at surveys he's considered a true friend of his well showing his strong support and not just about by words but also by actions he has recognized to slimness a couple of his and now he has recognized the golan heights as israeli territory now for mr netanyahu running the elections at the moment he does that mainly a bit like this a time to swell on social media and by meeting foreign leaders to show back home you know his supporters he is standing basically internationally as a le

correspondent tanya kramer who's in jerusalem tony i understand that you met a jewish family who took the step of believing friends and moving to israel tell us more. yeah the teachers heard in the report was a bit echoed by the family that i met here and they made me great it too is well five years ago they told me it was a long has three months them to come to is that all kind of different reasons you know to to thinking of moving to israel but that the situation at the time in farms gave them somehow the final push you know to go ahead with their plans so and let's have a look at their story what they're doing today and what they are saying of the events today in europe and their former homeland fronts even from a distance and then you home and read the news about anti semitic incidents in france it's upsetting me to his mind and to distort a tooted photo that developments back in the home and closely. well the argument is that. if i compare what i see in twenty nineteen the last twenty years in france all. what i can see that the situation us become really difficult by law i did.

or standing by force in jerusalem is our correspondent tanya kramer tony what more can you tell us about reactions in the region. well of course this tweet has caused more concern and also a lot of criticism in neighboring countries here in the region the syrian state news agency quoted foreign ministry officials saying that the golan by the remain the golan heights remain always syrian that the regime would work to recover it by all available means also the rain ians have slammed the decision calling it a move that was illegal and acceptable but of course here in israel the move was widely welcomed a kind of consensus here that this is tested to fact a recognition of reality on the ground and the golan heights are seen as strategic a set israel is also in the middle of the fierce election campaign and old and main parties have called out or called for recognition in a sense here that. this situation is leaning to what such a move and when the tweet was. prime minister prime minister netanyahu action was very swift he had been hosting u.s. secretary of state my campaign here for the past

still as occupied territory tony thank you so much for bringing us up to date do you know views tanya kramer in jerusalem. to thailand and voters there go to the polls on sunday for the country's first election in eight years most of it under military rule the country will vote under a new constitution one that gives the military a significant say over the government but a young candidate there thinks he can shake up the status quo. on a tone drawing wrong wrong is something of a political rock star in thailand. a son of one of the country's richest families he set up his own political party a year ago. has declared goal and military rule bring back democratic rights and create a more equal society. these ideas resonate especially with young. this is the first time i get to fight i'm part of the new generation and when i see chinatown i believe he's also from the new generation. he has good policies and i believe he can make things happen on. my behalf in la he has good ideas beliefs and equality of all human beings and he's determined. no region will send more employees to the new parliamen

if i want to go to jerusalem our correspondent tanya kramer is on the phone and forgive me to you telling your we've got reports coming in that home loss is saying that a cease fire has been brokered with the israelis i mean that's the first report we've heard what more can you tell us. yes these are ports are coming in that egypt and egypt is trying to broker a cease fire they've done that in the past but we have no confirmation as a few yet that this will actually go into effect because over the past hour or so there have been multiple rocket attacks sirens have been sounding in the south of israel and rockets were being lunch from gaza into israel at the same time as you say it is that has launched a wide scale operation in the gaza strip there was a lot of ass types targeting buildings that ciliated with hamas or other than the patients throughout the gaza strip so we have to wait and see whether those unconfirmed food pool of office broking off the cease fire. which would not be a complete surprise because as you say egypt has mediated in conflicts between the . mosque leaders and is

sides to respond in a very tough matches so we have to see what the coming out was will look like tanya kramerreporting from jerusalem thank you i want bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. chinese president xi jinping is in paris for talks with president invited by michael she is on his last leg of his three nation tour of europe and add boosting trade and diplomatic ties while the spite they're meeting present my car has urged the e.u. to be wary of china's growing influence around the world in iran emergency services say at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens more injured in flash floods across much of the country hospitals have been placed on full alert with the heavy rains expected to continue soon to wednesday. aid agencies in southern africa have warned that survivors of cycle own each day are facing the threat of outbreaks of disease including cholera all they have stressed the urgent need to focus on hygiene sanitation and clean water all more than seven hundred fifty people have now been confirmed dead since the storm st