million dollars of one hundred twenty five million dollars it was going to give the united nations relief and works agency order while at the agency provides a lifeline for some five million palestinians in gaza or in the west bank jordan lebanon and syria and the u.s. is its biggest donor at least twelve people are now known to have died and forty eight were injured by two suicide bombs in the city of my degree in northern nigeria an official suspect but of carrying out the tax cut elaine is regional parliament has met for the first time since not elections in december deputies chose successor supporter succession supporter raja toro as the new speaker but its uncertainty remains who will be the catalan leader. just hours after three helicopters and a roman catholic church was settled by the region is at the center of a centuries old conflict involving local students groups are up to date with all the headlines next stop it is inside story. if you. even just talk politics with your friends you can't escape but what does it mean to hate.

sixty five million of the one hundred twenty five million it was going to give the united nations relief and works agency or the agency provides a lifeline for around five million palestinians in gaza and the west bank jordan lebanon and syria and the u.s. is its biggest donor. ethiopia has released the leading opposition figure jailed more than a year ago where goody now was one of one hundred fifteen prisoners freed the first of five hundred who had charges against them dropped after a government undertaking tens of thousands of people were arrested in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen in a crackdown following months of protests by the country's people. that alone is regional parliament has met for the first time since snap elections in the same deputies chose secession supporter roger toronto as the new speaker but uncertainty remains over who will be the catalan leader separatist parties hold enough seats for a majority government but madrid says it would be illegal for the exiled former leader is pushed the moment to continue as leader but francis has held the mass in just hours

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen one hundred germ june joins us now from ramallah so already quoted there mohammed the reaction from the p.l.o. what palestinian authority officials been saying. well sammy that's really along the lines of what we've been hearing i'm going to give you a little bit more of the reaction we heard from p.l.o. executive committee member when i should we who said palestinian rights are not for sale by recognizing occupy jerusalem as israel's capital donald trump has not only violated international law but he has also single handedly destroyed the very foundations of peace and condoned israel's illegal an extension of the city we will not be blackmailed the president trying to sabotage our search for peace freedom and justice now we also got reaction from mahmoud this money and he's another p.l.o. executive committee member he said that this is not the first threat and will not be the last one and he stressed the readiness of the leadership to go to negotiat

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in twenty sixteen well on rule spokesman christopher gunness told down to see whether there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that it will pull support and the aid organization will continue to provide health care and education across the region. we have had no indications whatsoever from the us administration that they intend to cut funds from under they remain of the single largest donor last year giving us three hundred sixty five million dollars we have daily conversations with them and as i say we've had no indications whatsoever of funding cut our contribution to the human dignity and the capital human capital of five point two million refugees the middle east is widely recognized it's enormous we run schools for half a million children seven hundred schools we are doctors do nine million patient consultations per year we have of nine thousand students in vocational training centers we have tens of thousands of disabled refugees we serve a micro finance department dispen

five million dollars of the one hundred twenty five million it was going to give the united nations relief and works agency or the agency provides a lifeline for some five million palestinians in gaza and the west bank jordan lebanon and syria the u.s. is its biggest donor ethiopia has freed a leading opposition figure was one of one hundred sixteen prisoners freed from a prison in the capital addis ababa as part of a mass release of prisoners jailed more than a year ago for their part in anti-government protests the government has so far pardon more than five hundred of the protesters arrested. at least eleven people are now known to have died and forty eight were injured by two suicide bombs in the city of my degree in northern nigeria official suspect the group boko haram to be behind the attacks. a leading voice in hong kong's pro-democracy movement has been sentenced to jail for a second time for his role in protests in two thousand and fourteen joshua wong has been given a three month jail term for contempt of court and has already been taken into custody where you can get much more on all those stor

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred and seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen i was there as mohammed just jew has more now from ramallah. those remarks from vassar haley and the tweets from president trump every inflamed the situation here when it was already tense now we also spoke to a spokesman for an rwa that's the u.n. agency for aid and relief of palestinian refugees in reaction to the remarks from u.s. ambassador nikki haley that the u.s. may cut their funding to he says he has not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes and u.s. funding to the agency now while the u.s. has in the past threatened to cut funding for the palestinian authority and while funding has been increased these past several years it is being taken much more seriously here the idea that the u.s. may cut funding to honor where the u.s. is the biggest governmental donor to the group they have dispersed just last year around three hundred million dollars of aid that's a huge amount at a time when need for palestinian refugees are alrea

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen. well speaking to al jazeera a little earlier the u.n. relief agency spokesperson christopher gunness said there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that he will pull support but trump's twitter claim isn't helping the already unstable situation. there's a lot of uncertainty in this very turbulent region and we must do everything we can and is widely recognized in its humanitarian work to bring a sense of calm and indeed in two thousand and fifteen when we came close to suspending our services that sent shock waves through the refugee community five point two million people who are dependent as on under as first responders in times of war we give out food aid a million people receive our food aid in gaza but also in terms of human development we educate five hundred thousand children over seven hundred schools around the region and let's be clear two hundred seventy thousand of those are in gaza are doctors do nine million patient visits a year so our

million dollars of one hundred twenty five million dollars it was going to give the united nations relief and works agency. the agency provides a lifeline for some five million palestinians in gaza in the west bank and jordan lebanon and in syria and the united states is the biggest donor. at least ten people were killed and forty eight injured by two suicide bombers in the city of my degree in northern nigeria nigerian officials suspect suspected of carrying out the attacks by catalonia is raising palm and has met for the first time since elections in december deputies chose to session supporter russia as the new speaker but uncertainty remains over who will be the cut the line leader separatist parties hold enough seats for a majority government and richard says it would be illegal for the exiled former leader to continue the that's news up next it's people by faith. al-jazeera. and for you. it's become one of the defining themes of our times a tidal wave of humanity in search of sanctuary from war repression poverty in recent years.

may decide to cut more than three hundred million dollars of annual aid to the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees or as it is known she now worries a bad situation may worsen. it's getting more difficult it's getting more complicated and things aren't getting solved everything is becoming more expensive going to laws available to the poor is not nowadays on wednesday residents of the occupied west bank woke up to the news that u.s. president donald trump may halt aid payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars to palestinians if they're no longer willing to talk peace sixty year old wooden a fool like so many other palestinian refugees here relies on this under a well supported clinic in a refugee camp a health center that depends on foreign aid. it's hard because of the difficult situation in all conditions and it allows us to go to this clinic while officials tell us they've not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes in funding to the agency the cuts could have a devastating impact approximately five million palestinian refugees are eligible for serv

may decide to cut more than three hundred million dollars of annual aid to the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees or as it is known she now worries a bad situation may worsen. it's getting more difficult it's getting more complicated and things aren't getting solved everything is becoming more expensive god laws available to the poor is not nowadays on wednesday residents of the occupied west bank woke up to the news that u.s. president donald trump may halt aid payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars to palestinians if they're no longer willing to talk peace sixty year old would then than a fool like so many other palestinian refugees here relies on this supported clinic in a refugee camp a health center that depends on foreign aid. it's hard because of the difficult situation in all conditions and allow us to go to this clinic while officials tell us they have not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes in funding to the agency the cuts could have a devastating impact approximately five million palestinian refugees are eligible for services close

individuals one of the region's reasons why prime minister netanyahu is so critical of the united nations relief and works agency is because he says that it empowers in and bold and among the palestinian people this issue of the right of return and makes them feel entitled to coming back to what they believe to be their rightful homeland and so that is one of the reasons why netanyahu is so opposed to additionally i'd like to point out just how much of a double standard it is by the trumpet administration because currently prime minister netanyahu is being investigated for corruption and is being and is accused of stealing from his own people the people of israel and yet the united states is not discussing whether or not we should review our aid policy to israel and we go back zero i mean get to improve and we get back to the pentagon high because i'm particularly interested in what your assessment of the situation is regarding the palestinian leadership now what. mahmoud abbas actually practically have given that he's already called this not the do this century but the slap of this century. exactly i think the

may decide to cut more than three hundred million dollars of annual aid to the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees or as it is known she now worries a bad situation may worsen. it's getting more difficult it's getting more complicated and things aren't getting solved everything is becoming more expensive gold laws available to the poor is not nowadays on wednesday residents of the occupied west bank woke up to the news that u.s. president donald trump may halt aid payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars to palestinians if they're no longer willing to talk peace sixty year old wooden a fool like so many other palestinian refugees here relies on this under a well supported clinic in a refugee camp a health center that depends on foreign aid. it's hard because of the difficult situation in all conditions and it allows us to go to this clinic while officials tell us they've not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes in funding to the agency the cuts could have a devastating impact approximately five million palestinian refugees are eligible for services

funding to fill that gap let's take a closer look now at the agency for palestinian refugees and what it does. the united nations relief and works agency has provided essential aid for palestinian refugees and their descendants first seven decades many of them were displaced during the arab israeli war in one thousand nine hundred forty eight and the six day war in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven today more than five million palestinians are registered in camps in jordan syria lebanon the occupied west bank and the gaza strip donations from u.n. member states make up nearly all of the agency's budget of over one billion dollars the united states gave three hundred sixty four million u.s. dollars in two thousand and seventeen four hundred forty one million dollars came from the e.u. and its member states. earlier this month the u.s. froze some sixty five million dollars of its aid for the un refugee agency during the world economic forum in davos president trump threatened to cut off u.s. aid to the palestinians altogether unless they resume peace talks with israel the cut in funds could hit the most vulnerable palestinians

million dollars of one hundred twenty five million dollars it was going to give the united nations relief and works agency. the agency provides a lifeline for some five million palestinians in gaza in the west bank and jordan lebanon and in syria and the united states is the biggest donor. at least ten people were killed and forty eight injured by two suicide bombers in the city of mud agree in northern nigeria nigerian officials suspect suspected of carrying out the attacks by catalonia is raising palm and has met for the first time since elections in december deputies chose to session supporter russia total as the new speaker but uncertainty remains over who will be the cut the line leader separatist parties hold enough seats for a majority government and redridge says it would be illegal for the exiled former leader to continue the that's news up next it's people live in a. al-jazeera where and for you. it's become one of the defining themes of all times a tidal wave of humanity in search of sanctuary from war repression poverty in recent years millions have taken to the road in the hope that safety an

this overwhelmingly refugee-child population, and they rely overwhelmingly on the united nations relief and works agency25% andfinanced between 30% by the united states and that comes to about $300 million in year. so the threat of cutting the money tounru would be devastating for an already devastated population, overwhelmingly children. nonetheless, i would like to keep things in proportion. so it would be a catastrophe, no doubt about it, if unru is defunded by the united states. however, let's look at the numbers. we're talking about $300 million annually. mohammad bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, he takes $500 million for a yacht. that would have covered all of expenses, the american portion, for more than a year. a daid $450 million for vinci painting. that would have covered all u.s. expenses, again, for more than a year. he paid $300 million for a house in versailles. that would have covered all of the unru expenses by the united states. and god only knows how much friedman'sid for tom column in "the new york times." amy: why do you explain what you're referring to, the op-ed piece

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that money goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under suey hundred and seventeen million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen. well the on numerous spokesman christopher gunness told al jazeera that there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that it will pull support and the aid organization is just getting on with business . we have had no indications whatsoever from the us administration that they intend to cut funds from under they remain the single largest donor last year giving us three hundred sixty five million dollars we have daily conversations with them and as i say we've had no indications whatsoever of funding cut our contribution to the human dignity and the capital human capital of five point two million refugees the middle east is widely recognize it's enormous we run schools for half a million children and seven hundred schools we are doctors do nine million patient consultations per year we have of nine thousand students in vocational training centers we have tens of thousands of disabled refugees we serve our micro finance department dispenses tens of millio

bank that will be affected most by the us decision to cut a refugee funding to the united nations relief and works agency otherwise known as . there isn't a household here that doesn't rely on whether it's health education a waste collection fifteen thousand refugees live here yeah it would be a big problem with. the agency wasn't here for just two days us by league up we rely on at all in places like gaza residents fear they will be left destitute because of the us decision the israeli siege of gaza already creates acute shortages of food electricity and other essentials as well as causing high unemployment and infrastructure to crumble you know i think you should have mercy on the people and belittling my husband is an exam i can't buy only eleven on syria jordan and elsewhere five million palestinian refugees are reliant on. the agency has a deficit and says this new cut further harms its operations we are going to be working relentlessly to extend the donor base to find other donors to come in to fill this gap because our sincere hope is that we will be able to maintain services to some of the most m

they were protesting against the reduction of services being offered by where the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees the protests anger on the palestinian street have gone as fast into the israeli parliament all these really committed where just last week the american vice president mike pence was visiting as he stood up to speak a group of arab lawmakers who constitute the food largest faction in the israeli parliament started shouting and holding up banners with anti american messages citizens of israel. now mike pence during his speech at the israeli parliament only further infuriated the anger that is already here on the street by announcing that by the end of mixed through the americans would be moving their embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem since president trump made that announcement on jerusalem back at the beginning of december they have been more than twelve palestinians who have been killed more than half hours and have been injured and hundreds have been a waste. it's a this is a situation that just won't go away and witnessing tensions continue to climb. to a p

relief and work agency a special body you for palestinian refugees but the fears have been further aggravated by remarks made by the as ready prime minister. the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees must become a thing of the past. any american. that's been. used. in. the un relief work agency is a special body created specifically to help palestinian refugees this includes those who lost their homes or livelihoods through the creation of israel in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight as well as their descendants and those displaced in the israeli palestinian conflict of nine hundred sixty seven the united states and the european commission have been the largest individual donors providing more than a third of the funding now the un relief and works agency serves over five million people including most of those living on the gaza strip according to israel's prime minister though the lion's share of those it serves don't actually need its help or those that do should apply to u.n. refugee agency instead but the relief and work agency's spokesman told us that one country alone cannot rule on the matter anyone you want to date or. he

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency last year. tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying across iran to show support comes after six days of demonstrations against the government for gathering in at least four cities to condemn the recent unrest and which at least twenty one people were killed the u.s. has called for an emergency session of the un security council to discuss the protests in iran runyan supreme leader has blamed what he calls external enemies for the six days of violence i canna has the latest from un headquarters in new york. they were having technical issues with that story from i can a little effort that for you shortly though in the meantime the u.s. state department is considering further action against iran. we don't get ahead of sanctions but that is one tool kit a couple things that we have in a very broad and wide tool kit so there are a range of options that we certainly have going forward and that's why i say we are watching reports very carefully of any potential human ri

relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency last year one hundred million of that went to palestinian aid efforts . has more from ramallah. those remarks from bassett or haley in the tweets from president trump every inflamed the situation here when it was already tense now we also spoke to a spokesman for the u.n. agency for aid and relief for palestinian refugees in reaction to the remarks from u.s. ambassador nikki haley that the u.s. may cut their funding to he says he has not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes and u.s. funding to the agency now while the u.s. has in the past threatened to cut funding for the palestinian authority and while funding has been increased these past several years it is being taken much more seriously here the idea that the u.s. may cut funding to honor where the u.s. is the biggest governmental donor to the group they have dispersed just last year around three hundred million dollars of aid that's a huge amount at a time when need for palestinian refugees are already

they were protesting against the reduction of services being offered by where the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees the agency was forced to downgrade the services off to the americans announced that they were cutting millions of dollars of aid this the american say is until to quote there is a fundamental reexamination of how the agency operates the protests and go on the palestinian street have gone as fast into the israeli parliament or the israeli knesset. where just last week the american vice president mike pence was visiting as he stood up to speak a group of arab lawmakers who constitute the third largest faction in the israeli parliament started shouting and holding up banners with antique american messages citizens of israel. now mike pence during his speech at the israeli parliament only further infuriated the anger that is already here on the street by announcing that by the end of next year the americans would be moving their embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem since president trump made that announcement on jerusalem back at the beginning of december there have

there they were protesting against the reduction of services being offered by the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees the agency was forced to downgrade the services after the americans announced that they were cutting millions of dollars of aid this the americans say is until to quote there is a fundamental reexamination of how the agency operates the protest and go on the palestinian street have gone as far as to into the israeli parliament or the israeli knesset where just last week the american vice president mike pence was visiting as he stood up to speak a group of arab lawmakers who constitute the third largest faction in the israeli parliament started shouting and holding up banners with anti american messages citizens of israel. now mike pence during his speech at the israeli parliament only further infuriated the anger that is already here on the street by announcing that by the end of makes sure the americans would be moving their embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem since president trump made that announcement on jerusalem back at the beginning of december they have

they were protesting against the reduction of services being offered by where the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees protest ending anger on the palestinian street have gone as fast into the israeli parliament all these really knesset where just last week the american vice president mike pence was visiting as he stood up to speak a group of arab lawmakers who constitute the third largest faction in the israeli parliament started shouting and holding up banners with anti american messages citizens of israel. now mike pence during his speech at the israeli parliament only further infuriated the anger that is already here on the street by announcing the end of makes through the americans would be moving their embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem since president trump made that announcement on jerusalem back to the beginning of december they have been moving twelve palestinians who have been killed more than a thousand have been injured and hundreds have been arrested so this is a situation that just won't go away and witnessing tensions continue to climb. in northwestern iraq loc

well firstly onward stands for the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east this is a humanitarian development and relief agency that supports more than five million palestinians who were either expelled or fled their homes in the nine hundred forty eight and nine hundred sixty seven war it assists palestinians in gaza in the palestinian territories in east jerusalem in lebanon syria and in jordan now the u.s. money freeze is a hard blow because the united states is the biggest contributor to this agency and the decision by the united states follows course family israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who wanted to see the organization shut down altogether. but we're going to once view an r. w. a is an organization that perpetuates the right to return for palestinian refugees narrative in order to eliminate the state of israel therefore the un r w a must become a thing of the past for the simple suggestion that the funds of the un would be gradually transferred to support the un refugee agency which has clear criteria to support real refugee

in the united nations relief and works agency for refugees must become a thing of the past. in . the un relief and work agency is a special body created specifically to help palestinian refugees this includes those who lost their homes or livelihoods in the one hundred forty eight conflict and their descendants as well also those who suffered in the israeli palestinian conflict of nine hundred sixty seven the united states and the european commission have been the largest individual donors providing more than a third of all the funding of the un relief and works agency serves over five million people in the gaza strip alone one point three million out of a population of one point nine to be palestinian refugees the agency provides them with education medical support infrastructure and maintenance and according to israel's prime minister the lion's share of those being served by the relief and work agency don't actually need its help while those that do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead but the relief and work agency's spokesman told us that one country alone cannot r

who were complaining against the recent reduction of services being provided by the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees and all this reduction follows the announcement by the americans that they are cutting millions of dollars of funding to the organization and they are demanding that the fund the organization. and there goes a fundamental examination now again that decision came in light of the american president announcing his recognition of to receive them as israel's capital he did that in the same bill last year and since then he's also said that he will move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end often makes to all of this has left a lasting impression here on the ground wait tensions continue to climb i see that authorities pull us lee i thank you for those details paula but we'll get back to off to this short break with more stories that do stay with us. politicians do you sometimes need to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be. what you'd like to be press was what before thre

well we have heard from the united nations relief and works agency that this american money freeze will result in a dramatic reduction on the lives of palestinians this is a humanitarian and relief agency that supports some five point nine million registered palestinians and their descendants who flare the were expelled from israel during the one nine hundred forty eight and nine hundred sixty seven wards they currently reside in the palestinian territories in gaza in east jerusalem as well as in jordan syria and lebanon and this is why there is some concern being expressed that particularly in those host countries this decision by the american president donald trump could result in any instability now this is a huge blow to one world because the united states is the single largest donor and it follows course from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to have the agency close down altogether. view an r w a is an organization. the right to return for palestinian refugees narrative in order to eliminate the state of israel therefore the un r.w. must become a thing of the past now

million dollars of the one hundred twenty five million dollars it was going to give the united nations relief and works agency order while at the agency provides a lifeline for some five million palestinians in gaza or in the west bank jordan lebanon and syria and the u.s. is its biggest. at least twelve people are now known to have died and forty eight were injured by two suicide bombs in the city of my degree in northern nigeria nigerian officials suspect but of carry out the tax cut elaine is regional parliament has met for the first time since not elections in december deputies successor supporter succession supporter raja toro as the new speak out but it's uncertainty remains who will be the catalan leader francis has held mass into just hours after three helicopters and a roman catholic church was set on fire near by the region is at the center of a centuries old conflict involving local students groups are up to date with all the headlines next stop it is inside story. either way ok you're in the stream where live on out is here and at you tube fake news if you tweets watch t.v. or even just talk polit