whether john kerry can get anything accomplished. no one needs to be reminded of the source of many of those tensions, beginning with the iran deal, prime minister benjamin netenyahu in his unprecedented and controversial step of addressing the u.s. congress, trying to talk them into voting against the iran deal. prime minister netenyahu on the eve of the election -- it was presumed to be very close in israel, coming out against the two-state solution, a long-held policy of not only the israelis but the united states as well, trying to backtrack from that. prime minister netenyahu himself due here in washington, held up as evidence of the strength of the relationship by the white house, due for a visit to the white house on november 9th. so unclear what secretary kerry can accomplish when he does go to the middle east, and we're awaiting another visit from prime minister netenyahu. >> as we watch him speak it is clear the animosity between the prime minister and the palestinian leader is testy. does anybody in washington believe ther

secretary of state john kerry is meeting binyamin netanyahu. they are discussing the latest wave of violence in israel. 52 palestinians and nine israelis have been killed. barnaby phillips following the talks. john kerry - making statements ahead of official talks with binyamin netanyahu, what has he been saying. >> what he has been saying is that he's on a mission to calm the situation. what happened he's hoping is that he can take a message from the meeting to mahmoud abbas, the palestinian leader who he's due to meet in jordan. on saturday, a short time ago, john kerry had this to say. >> obviously this conversation that you and i have is very important to help with the steps to be taken that take us beyond the condemnation, beyond the rhetoric. it is critical to end all violence >>> as for the israeli prime minister, he was fairly uncompromising in his remarks. he reiterated that in his opinion israel was responding in a proportionate way and he said yet again israel had no dire to change the status of the al-aqsa. i think it's type for the

he began his washington trip meeting the secretary of state john kerry on wednesday. both men discussed the security situation in pakistan and afghanistan. president obama recently decided to slow the withdrawal of u.s. troops from pakistan's neighbor, afghanistan, trying to deal with a resurgence of the taliban. >> ahead that meeting, the u.s. has decided to sell eight new f16 fighters jets to pakistan, seen as a way to strengthen the tense relations between those two countries. the u.s. is concerned about the growing nuclear arsenal pakistan has. cherif will reportly say he will not accept limits on using small factical nuclear weapons. >> wikileaks promises to release more emails from c.i.a. director john brennan's account. we have the story. >> a security clearance application, a 2017 list of recommendations for the next president on handling iran. a letter from a republican senator advocating the c.i.a.'s interrogation techniques. according to wikileaks, those are some contents of emails from a hack which c.i.a. director john brennan's personal a.o.l. account. fo

secretary of state john kerry on thursday. he is in germany for talks with the german chancellor. 52 palestinians and 8 israelis have been killed so far this month. stephanie decker is live for us in the occupied west bank. tell us more detail about the latest incident. >> reporter: well, what we have confirmed from the palestinian health ministry is that a 54-year-old man has died due to tear gas inhalation in hebron. since last night specifically an incident there with two different narratives. two teenage boys shot dead by the israeli army. the army say they tried to stab soldiers. people in hebron say they were not armed. and this brings the death of palestinians to 52. 8 israelis also died since october 1st. it shows you how tense and difficult it is. we had the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon here in the occupied west bank visiting the palestinian president following his meeting with the israeli prime minister on tuesday. significant, because it shows that there is a concern. it was a very last-minute announcement tha

secretary of state john kerry on thursday. netanyahu is already there for talks with the german chancellor angela merkel. >> from jerusalem to the occupied west bank. the u.n. secretary general calls to a dangerous escalation. president mahmood abbas makes it clear that the palestinians have a right to protect themselves, but then he wants to turn to negotiations with the israelis, a message he'll bring to the u.s. secretary of state john kerry when they meet on friday. >> secretary of state kerry knows exactly what we want. >> abbas said that they had no choice but to ask for protection. more specifically and crucially the fear that israel wants to change the status quo at the al aqsa mosque. i asked the u.n. secretary general what the united nations is doing to calm an extremely volatile situation and what international protection means. >> a protection of forces. >> thank you very much for your time. thank you so much. >> but diplomacy seems a world away from the reality on the ground. there have been a steady stream of pro

because john kerry is later expected to fly to the middle east and meet with mahmoud abbas. but we are not seeing any tangible signs of progress yet. >> meanwhile the u.n. he secretary-general ban ki-moon is urging both sides to pull back from what he calls a dangerous escalation. he meets with mahmoud abbas in ramallah on wednesday. >> this deserves renewed attention settlement activity busy israel is illegal. and only inflames the tension while reinforcing the sense that the viability of the two state solutions is disappearing. we cannot ignore sense of desperation that comes with the slow evaporation of hope. >> but diplomatic efforts have little hope. stefanie dekker has the latest from ramallah. >> when one of these incidents occur, one incident on late wednesday night, in the intrangs oentranceof jerusalem, man was d killed. different narrative coming out from the israeli police saying two soldiers actually tried to board a bus, the man trying to get off the bus, asked for his identification, he refused, punched shot the soldiers, that man is an israeli jew. initial re

will he get that reassurance to john kerry, what will john kerry take to mahmoud abbas. whatever is achieved here, we won't know how tangible it will be for a few days. once this round of shuttle diplomacy comes to its conclusion. >>> yesterday you and i were discussindiscussing are germanys response, now americans have weighed in to round 2. >> yes, that's right, they have also implicitly criticize the israeli prime minister, the history does not back up what he says, when he said the grand mufti of jerusalem back in 1941 gave hitler the idea of the final solution, that hitler had not been thinking along the terms of ex term nateing european jews na jews until tha. of course, since that time he has clarified his comments, saying but it was such an emettive issue and for all the parties concerned. for germans because they were the perpetrators of the holocaust, are for jewish people around the world because they were its victims but also for palestinians because they people very strongly that their history is being distorted at this sensitive time in such a way to weaken

secretary of state john kerry in berlin on thursday. he's already there in talks with german chancellor angela merkel. well, let's go straight live to stephanie dekker. she's in ramallah in the occupied west bank. first of all tell us about this latest incident. >> what has happened in the last half hour or so we're getting the news lines out. we've had confirmation from the israeli army that palestinian man driving a car drove into a group of israelis. he has been shot. we're not sure about the condition of the driver. we're hearing that four israelis have been wounded. they're conditions not confirmed that the one of them is in moderate to serious condition. the army tells us they have been evacuated for medical care. so again i think highlighting the tension on the ground and unpredictability of the attacks this one happened just around 10 kilometers north of hebron. hebron is an extremely volatile city. settlers and palestinians living in proximity to each other. it's a difficult place for palestinians. also to look back since the b

secretary of state john kerry and mahmoud abbas, taking place in the jordanian capital. we can go live to ramallah and speak to the secretary-general of the palestinian national initiative, and a member of the palestinian legislative council. thank you for talking to us. do you think the lines coming out from the meetings that john kerry had, binyamin netanyahu, and with president abbas, 24/7 surveillance cameras at the mosques compound, further assurances that the status quo will be observed and upheld, and do you think that this is going to defuse the current tensions? >> no. i don't think so. i think this is very little, and it does not respond to the main problem. first of all, binyamin netanyahu had to retreat from his missions in al-aqsa, because the intifada, the uprising. second, there is no sign that the world community is going to provide protection to palestinians from assaults like the one that happened to the family, which was burnt alive. second, there's no guarantee that israeli is ready to stop and seize activities, a demand. uprising. and third, there's

. >>> secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu and palestinian leader about the ongoing violence. >>> coming up on week ahead, what does u.s. have to cane. that is in week ahead. >>> today is another chapter in the historic iran nuclear deal. it's adoption day, 90 days since the landmark agreement was reached in vienna. u.s. officials will take steps to remove sanctions once sanctions are complied with. congress missed a deadline to throw up roadblocks, and despite threats republicans are yet to kill the agreement. >> today is a milestone to prevent nuclear weapons, and ensure the programme is peaceful going forward. andy gallagher looks at what makes the event possible. >> it took years of conflict between iran and world powers known as p5+1 to put together a deal based an verification and trust. the landmark nuclear agreement means iran has to sharply curtail its nuclear programme, a move that will reduce capability of developing nuclear weapons. in july, when the agreement was reached, u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it

secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia to discuss the war in syria as russia signals it could support u.s. backed fighters. i'm darren jordan in doha with the world news from al jazeera. also ahead, ta tan tanzanians ge polls. and hurricane patricia flash flooding. secretary of state john kerry has discussed the war in syria with king salman. >> we discussed a way forward for syria. we need negotiation for political solution that complies with the principles of geneva 1. we need to get the parties around the table. that can appreciative e-preserve the unity of syria but bashar al-assad can't remain as president of syria. >> until now russia has referred to all groups fighting president assad as terrorists. russia wants a rule of the process and says damascus should prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections. >>> 44 people have been killed by air strikes in the last 24 hours, six children. certain areas near idlib were destroyed by air strikes. jamal al shael has the story. >> targeting what the governments call terrorists. the purse on the ground tell a different sto

barnaby, first john kerry, now we're hearing the quartet is getting involved. diplomacy clearly going into fifth gear here. >> yes, it is, and of course that reflects increasing international concern about the situation on the ground in israel, and the palestinian territories, and a desire to bring things under control before it's too late. as you said, john kerry sat down here in berlin with benjamin netanyahu for several hours this morning. afterwards, john kerry spoke briefly to the press, and he said that he was somewhat optimistic after those talks. >> i am cautiously encouraged th to be discussed with king abdullah, with president abbas, with others in the region, but if parties want to try, and i believe they do, want to move to a deescalation, i think there are a set of choices that are available. >> john kerry didn't specify why he was somewhat encouraged, but as you heard in that little clip there, what's going to happen next is that he will head on to the region in jordan. he'll meet king abdullah and president abbas, a palestinian leader on saturday

john kerry says it is critical to hold all the violence in the thele east -- to halt all violence in the middle east. meanwhile, there has been another stabbing. a record number of migrants have crossed into slovenia in the past 24 hours, some 13,000 people arriving in the last day alone, and thousands more are expected to flood in this thursday. hillary clinton is set for a grilling on thursday over the attack on the compound in benghazi. she will be up before the house select committee. all eyes will be on what this could mean for her campaign -- presidential campaign. plenty more coming up for you. air france workers are back at the negotiating table, trying to work out a deal that will avoid thousands of job losses. core is roman fighting back. the latest comic book featuring a character inspired by the founder of wikileaks, julian assange. first, u.s. secretary of state john kerry has said that it is critical to halt all violence in the middle east. he is holding talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this thursday. he also was joined by president mahmoud abbas. ke

and the noise is from the american secretary of state john kerry were positive. he said the talks were constructive and productive. the saudi foreign minister, less positive, said that the four countries, all four of which, of course, have a military stake in syria to varying degrees. the russian side very much on president assad's side. the other thing on various opposition sides. he -- the saudi foreign minister said that the four could not reach a common position on the future of president assad. and of course this was always going to be a crucial sticking point as indeed it has been for the last four years, of conflict in syria. >> sergei lavrov says he is interested in bringing in other countries to these conversations, specifically, iran and egypt. >> reporter: yes, he did. i'm not sure that that's necessarily new. specifically on the side of iran, along with russia, of course, they are the key external backers of the syrian government, and russia has argued for a long time that they ought to be round the table. in the past, that has proven unpalatable to t

. >>> secretary of state john kerry working on a plan to end the syrian conflict, but it's a community in michigan looking to help the refugees find a home. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters. for the first time in weeks, israel allowing muslims of all ages to enter the al-aqsa mosque compound. access to the holy site has been one of the triggers of that recent violence that has killed dozens of palestinians and jews. >> reporter: young and old, male and female arrive for friday prayers. unlike in recent weeks there was no age or gender restriction for worshippers going to the al-aqsa mosque come pound, and no police check points to navigate. those closely checking identity on past friday, now relaxing and simply watching. the scenes were not as peaceful in many parts of the occupied west bank, activists groups had declared what they call addai of rage, and there was sporadic fighting in a number of areas. the wider israeli occupation remains in police, a critical context for the easing of restrictions at the al-aqsa mosque compound. >> this must

>> we know from the prime minister's spokesman that what binyamin netanyahu tells john kerry is that what lays behind the sudden wave of conflict is incitement. he'll tell the leadership that groups in israel, like the islamic movement, are inciting people to resist and rise up against israel, not mentioning the word occupation. however, john kerry, clearing having this conversation with binyamin netanyahu in the course of the morning, says he will come to the region. a key issue in all of this is the belief among some. in particular king abdullah of jordan, that the way to help this lies in the al-aqsa, there can be no doubt about the peace negotiation. what king abdullah says unless the issue is addressed, the rights of access, there can be no attempt to end the current wave of violence. so that is the message that king abdullah will give to kerrry once and again if the two meet in coming days as we understand will happen >>> many thinks. mike hanna in west jerusalem >>> russia's defence ministry says its planes have struck dozens of targets in syria in the last 24 hours. the pictu

secretary of state john kerry and israeli and palestinian officials. let's take a look at this report and see what expectations for this week may be. mayhem caught on camera, moments after a gunman opened fire at a bus station in southern israel. the attack came as the u.s. secretary of state john kerry prepares to meet with israeli officials in an effort to help restore calm. >> later this week i will week with prime minister netanyahu because he will be in germany and i'm coming through at that moment, we will meet there. >> reporter: kerry also plans to discuss the latest surge of violence with palestinian president abas yet some senior palestinian leaders clearly believe the u.s., israel's staunchest is not honest. >> you cannot talk about the two parties with asymmetry and have to be in compliance with law and humanitarian law and with the requirements of peace but to do business as usual can be extremely dangerous and counter productive. >> reporter: israeli officials disagree. given the war in syria and the growing influence of iran they say the

secretary of state john kerry said he was cautiously optimistic after a 4-hour meeting with binyamin netanyahu in berlin >>> well, good evening, meeting with prime minister binyamin netanyahu in israel in berlin on the outset of a mission doomed from the start. secretary of state john kerry urged all sides to tone down the rhetoric in the middle east. >> it is critical to end all violence, incitement and find a road forward to build a possibility for a larger process. after the meeting the state department says john kerry had to reaffirm his commitment governing the areas. it allows israel to maintain security there, but includes a prohibition on non-muslim prayer. for his part he told kerry the palestinian leader is to blame for t violence gripping the region. >> it's time for the international community to stop spreading lives about israel. lies that israel wants to tear down the al-aqsa mosque, and lies that israel is executing it. all of that is falls. on saturday. kerry will head to the region, meeting with king abdullah and palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. >>> pakistan's prime

secretary of state john kerry who has been speaking. following his meeting with mahmood abbas. >> it reject completely any attempt to suggest otherwise. four, israel welcomes any coordination between israeli authorities and the jordan and bloc including to make sure that visitors and worshipers use restraint and respect with respect to their responsibilit responsibilities. in fact, they plan to meet soon toe strengthen security arrangements on the temple mount. that is to say israeli authorities will meet soon in order to strengthen that security relationship. i'm proud to announce an excellent suggestion by king abdullah, to provide 24 hour 50 coverag24 hour coverage. so, today i hope we can begin to turn the page on this very difficult period. we must stress the importance of avoiding provocative action and rhetoric, and we must work cooperatively. it's the only way to go forward. to work cooperatively to restore calm by restoring calm we can get back to the effort of lasting peace. >> john kerry after his meeting with the palestinian

with policy chiefs and john kerry. after the meeting nothing too remarkable came out of it. angela merkel said she pushed for two-state solution. perhaps the john kerry meeting on thursday morning will offer some grounds for diplomatic movement forward because john kerry is later expected to fly through the middle east and meet with mahmood abbas. but we're not seeing any tangible signs of progress. >>> the controversial remarks by benjamin netanyahu, but the grand mufti of jerusalem in the 1940s inspires the final solution, the holocaust. he gave the idea to hitler. since then benjamin netanyahu has roa rode back from that and said that hitler was responsible. but these remorse did not go over well in germany. angela merkel said she saw know need to reinterpret history. germany and the nazi regime bore sole responsibility for the holocaust. this is a crucial part of this country's sense of identity, the moral foundations of how it rebuilt itself as a democratic, tolerant state after the second world war. >> russian defense ministry said that it's planes have struck dozens o

secretary of state john kerry will meet palestinian president mahmoud abbas on saturday. it's the latest diplomatic effort to resolve the unrest in israel and the occupied territories. in jerusalem, israeli security has not been eased. people say they continue to suffer under israeli blockades. as andrew simmonds reports from the occupied east of the city >>> returning from prayers at the al-aqsa mosque compound. palestinians found restrictions were eased. life at home is harder by the day. >> it's ruined our lives, it's very hard here. i mean, it's - it's more than that. >> reporter: there are three ways in and out. concrete blocks bar the way to traffic in all but one of them. security forces say they have sealed off the village to keep the peace. this is the center of the village and the confrontation point between israeli security forces and protesters. for anyone in the vicinity, it's a nightmare. it's worse than that five days ago for this family. 65-year-old hoda inhaled large amounts of tear gas in her home. her husband says in the early hours of tuesday she becam

secretary of state john kerry he goes to meet with benjamin netanyahu. you're watching al jazeera, i'm fauziah ibrahim in doha. coming up, bashar al-assad meets with russian president in moscow. the first time he left the country since the civil war began four years ago. >>> joe biden says he is not going to run for president of the united states. what it means for hillary clinton and the white house. >>> slovenia, thousands of refugees arrive every day. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be holding talks with descra israel's pments benr benjamin netanyahu they will meet in the next couple of hours. the violence that has killed 56 palestinians and nine israelis. >> the israeli prime minister will have a flurry of meetings, with the u.s. secretary of state, he's already met angela merkel, the german chancellor. the two gave a brief statement after their meeting. nothing much came out of it. angela merkel set she would continue to push for two-state solution. benjamin netanyahu accusing the palestinian leadership of lies. some grounds for deplo

. >> secretary of state john kerry called on israeli and palestinian leaders to end what he calls the senseless violence. kerry spoke during a two-day trip to spain. he said israel has the right to protect its citizens from random acts of violence. mike viqueira is in washington with more on future meetings. >> reporter: there is a real question of whether or not john kerry should go on these meetings. he reported that he would meet benjamin netenyahu later this week in germany in remarks over the weekend. and then on to the middle east where he would mete with the palestinian leader, and perhaps jordan's king, but many are questioning whether now is the time for diplomacy. earlier today he met with the spanish foreign minister. he called for calm. he said it was important to maintain the status quo, and to be very clear about expectations about what he termed the status quo among the holy sites of the temple mount and the al aqsa mosque that volatile area in jerusalem that is the source of all of the friction now, and how these sites are administered, but benjamin netenyahu has said

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marco rubio, the other way he answered that question was to say, they didn't care what john kerry said or that bernie sanders missed it. they are doing it to me because i am republican. it was ted cruise who launched the most memorable attack. i think he got the biggest applause. he reminded me of newt gingrich. >> when he went after john mccain. >> i think we have that too. >> okay. yeah. >> let me say something at the onset. the questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the american people don't trust the media. [ applause ] >> this is not a cage match, and you look at the questions. donald trump, are you a comic book villain. ben carson, can you do math? john kasich, insult two people over here. marco rubio, why don't you resign? jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen? talk about the substantive issues that people care about. >> the prepackaged, let's attack the media and the moderators, or was there something going on that made this such -- >> i'm pretty sure that was prepackaged in some way. at the same time this was an unusually chaotic debate. five peop

secretary of state john kerry will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders, who can help stop the violence. >>> hillary clinton will be answering questions about benghazi. >>> public demand. doctors without borders wants after that deadly attack in afghanistan. well, tonight marks another chapter in the iran nuclear deal. it is adoption-day. exactly 90 days since the landmark agreement was reached in vienna. u.s. and european union leaders will take steps once the deal is passed. yet to kill the agreement. the white house day says ensuring its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful going forward. >>> al jazeera's andy gallagher looks at events that made today possible. >> it took years of complex and fitfufitful negotiations between and group of powers known as p-5 plus one. the deal will be based on, says ibmobama, verification not trus. a move experts will say will reduce it's ability to produce nuclear weapons. in july when the deal was made, u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was a deal worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from conflict and towards the possibility of peace

secretary of state john kerry with it will meet mahmoud abbas in the coming days. as andrew simmons reports from occupied east of the city. >> returning for prayers of the al-aqsa compound, palestinian officials found that restrictions there is easier. >> its more than you know -- >> there are freeways in an out of isarea but cop create blocks bar the railway to traffic in all but one of them. the security forces say they have sealed off the village in order to keep the peace, the confrontation point between israeli security forces and palestinian protesters. for anyone living in the vicinity it's a nightmare. but it turned out to be even worse than that for the darwi beingsch family. hadir darwich soldiers held her son for an hour before letting her go to hospital. by that time it was too late, she died of a heart attack prospect. >> i was angry as i wanted to save her life. whatever happened to me didn't matter. at this time the village wasn't blocked it would only take me pooh couple of minutes to reach had assa hospital and we were safe. >> what kind of civil s

what exactly secretary of state john kerry can do is still the big question. er sfik. >> all right, connor. later on in the compound we have danny here. and we will ask him those very questions about how israel can potentially stop this. connor, thank you. >> we have another fox one alert. day one of the iran deal taking effect today. adoption day it is called. that means iran will make changes. it promised, including removing centrifuges and the west must hold up their end of the agremt. obama releasing a statement saying quote i have directed that the heads of all relevant executive departments and agencies of the united states begin preparations to implement the u.s. commitment including providing relief from nuclear-related sanctions. >> chuck nash, also a foch news military analyst. good to see you both. >> good to be with us. let's start here. in the end, will the region, america, be better off with a deal in place and how confident are you that iran will follow the rules and regulations outlined in the agreement? >> there's actually those of two separat

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secretary of state john kerry attending a two-day syrian peace talks in vienna. he is meeting with senior diplomats from 20 countries including iran and saudi arabia. not attending talks syrian president bashar al-assad. the group is trying to find ay n government and rebels to agree to sees fire to start process of transition. the obama administration would accept a deal that leaves president assad in place for several months or more during the transition to a new government. cheryl: passengers on a plane about to take off from fort lauderdale got a shock when they looked out the window yesterday. an engine on fire. that happened yesterday on dynamic airways plane taxiing for takeoff in fort lauderdale, florida. the passengers had to evacuate down the plane's emergency chute through thick clouds of black smoke. 15 people were injured, with stly bs and bruises. a passenger was shot when he looked out the window. >> i was actually like reading on my ipad and my sister starts, i heard like a bump, and i heard people screaming, running to the front. i'm like, oh, wh

secretary of state wants to see a way forward with talks but john kerry says it will be very different and france's foreign minister says there must be significant change in syria and the first time both sides have been invited to the table and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon has called for flexibility and we are joined live from vienna and what is the plan for today, mohamed? >> reporter: well, jane, the plenary section started in the last half an hour. all the diplomates meeting at the hotel imperil behind us, the area which is hosting these talks today. the first time that iran is at the negotiating table discussing the future of syria, very interesting development that iran is here, in the past iran wanted to join but the u.s. made sure they were disinvited and now since the completion of nuclear talks they are involved in these negotiations but as you just said u.s. secretary of state john kerry and several diplomates today and yesterday insisted these talks will be nothing if not difficult and a short while ago i caught up with the saudi delegation that is a few hundred meters to our

kerry. >> secretary state john kerry knows what we want. we want to return to gorgeous based on international legitimacy. settlement expansion is illegal. we all know it. let's put that on the table. let's do that, then we'll return to negotiation gas abbas said that they had no choice but to ask for protection. the recent violence has not been just about israel's occupation but crucially the fear that israel wants to change the statute quo of thal aqsa mosque compound. secretary general was asked what the united nations is doing to calm an extremely volatile situation. and what international protection means. >> the protection forces, the president is asking the international presence. >> at the al aqsa mosque compound. >> yes. >> thank you for your time. >> the diplomacy seemed a world away from the reality on the ground. there have been steady stream of protests and a recent serge of alleged stabbings of israelis by palestinians. one palestinian was shot dead. and another arrested. this is the funeral for two palestinian teenagers shot d

community,tional according to john kerry. here to meet with russian, turkish, and saudi counterparts. the head of fema wants his money back. .ome of the deals done craig dyke says he will be looking to recoup the 21 million pounds. those are the headlines this hour. coming up, a massive overhaul of one of europe's biggest banks. how deutsche bank is planning to shed some 30,000 jobs. our top story this hour, china's ruling party has said today that it is to ease family planning restrictions to allow two children's for all couples. the change represents a major liberalization of the country's restrictions which had already eased slightly in 2013, that prevented many couples and china from having more than one child ever since 1980. we are going to speak to our correspondent in beijing, tracy chairing. c --hang. tell us a little bit more about what this change means. tracy: it probably refracts more and the status of china's economy. this -- it reflects the chinese economy is in deeper trouble than we previously estimated. if w

lavrov is at the head of the table with john kerry. america is supposed to be leading this coalition against isis and russia is now claiming either joint leadership or primary leadership here because it's the russian air strikes that have been a game changer in recent weeks to prop up assad. >> jim miklaszewski was saying from the pentagon one expression you hear over there a lot, if you want to kill the snake, chop off the head. there's another expression, though, and that is that it's harder to kill an idea. this military campaign, this war against isis, is going to be very difficult because of their recruitment, because of their -- of the idea of isis, really the face of evil in the modern world. >> the other piece of this is the sunni/shia split. in large parts of iraq, there is so much resistance to the shiite-led government and the influence of iran there that you've got real divided loyalties there and no national loyalty to baghdad, because they believe that baghdad has so badly failed them and has been so hostile, frankly, to

the united nations and secretary of state john kerry about to get involved. new attacks breakout overnight. that's next. . >> secretary of state john kerry heads to europe in the middle east today. he plans to meet separately with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abas to try to ease the tensions going on in that region. israeli defense forces announce the high ranked leader accusing him of actively instigateing terrorism. all this as u.s. secretary moon arrives in jerusalem, calling for an end to the violence, we go live to jerusalem and bring in cnn's phil black. there is a lot of talking to both sides to the u.n. and any hope the two sides will talk to each other? >> reporter: no, i don't think anybody is trying to be that ambitious. what they hope to do by intervening the u.n. and the u.s. is to act as the go between that can hopefully persuade both sides to dial back their language to some extent their behavior, try and break the cycle of violence that has gripped this region for three weeks now. that's how long we have been seeing th

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. >> secretary of state john kerry speaks to al jazeera about the future of bashar al-assad. >>> and how many child brides in niger who escape poverty end up in even worse circumstances. >> we're learning more about the shooter at an oregon community college. the police identified chris harper mercer as the shooter in the massacre. he was discharged from the army in 2008 for failing to meet the minimum standards to serve. a rifle and a flak jacket was does covered with ammunition. more was found at the shooter's home. sabrina, you talked to people who knew the suspect? >> well, we actually have been here for the last couple of hours because a steady stream of students and families have been arriving here at the fairgrounds. they've been bussed to the school campus where they can retrieve their cars and their personal belongings. they left everything there yesterday after the lockdown was lifted. in the meantime we're learning more about the heavily armed shooter. he has been identified as 26-year-old chris harper mercer, and for the first time we're hearing about the victims. >> the

margaret, help me understand where john kerry is on the question of bashar al-assad. he has had a long relationship with him. >> he has. he has negotiated with bashar al-assad directly. he is the one who has this assignment of figuring out what to do put on his desk and has been pushed hard to get more done. a lot of what is being done here in new york can be called small ball. limiting some of the instruments of death, so to speak, that bashar al-assad uses, specifically barrel bombs. they are not at the place of talking bashar al-assad out of power. in fact the united states has , been sitting down with the saudi foreign minister and the russian foreign minister. when they say transition, they are not talking about him exiting on day one. in fact, you have heard some say that bashar al-assad would not exist until isis is defeated. as you know, we are years off possibly from that happening. niall: i have been an outspoken critic to vladimir putin. if this had been a debating contest, he would have won it hands-down. what did president obama say? spent his speech crit

. >> a call for calm, secretary of state john kerry urges israel and the palestinians to take steps to ease tensions after another violent weekend. a warning to drone owners. the faa has a new set of rules for you to follow. canadians are heading to the polls to vote on their next government, the outcome could impact on international rules on climate change and what muslim women are allowed to wear. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i'm tony harris. israeli police have opened an investigation into the death of an eritrean asylum seeker they mistakenly shot in beersheba. officers thought the man was involved in a shooting attack at the bus station. secretary of state john kerry is calling for israel and the palestinians to end the violence that has been raging for weeks now. he has asked both sides to clarify their positions over a religious site. >> definitely something that the palestinian government wants, in the latest from the palestinian government today a member of the plo as well as one of the negotiators, hanan ashrawi. , occupied west bank and the rest of the

his meeting with john kerry tomorrow is very important because john kerry will fly on, we believe, to a meeting with the palestinian leader mood abbas. however, little ground for optimism with all of this happening against the backdrop of eight years of frustration. >> in st. louis federal investigators suspect a lone arsonist has been setting fire to black churches in and around the city. six fires in two weeks. john henry smith has more. >> fire department officials in and around st. louis say they have no doubt the fires that have burned citizen churches there are the work of an arsonist. >> they say it is suspicious in nature. >> the new north side missionary baptist church is one of the churches set aplays. all are within three miles of each other. each has seen an entrance set on fire. >> what i would like to see happening is number one, i would like to see them caught. and whoever they are, that they can face justice. >> and the leader of the new nor side said that it does not seem like locals are taking it seriously. >> national media, yet, while investigators say that they do

you can talk about ronald reagan the we don't have ronald reagan, we have john kerry. they don't trust john kerry or barack obama will have those conversations, did their heels in and make vladimir putin move to was. >> you have to negotiate from a position of strength. it is a mistake to say russia can have what they want but it is also a mistake to have no discussion. when you start having no discussion there is danger of can accident happening. they are flying in that space until shooting down one of our fighters and have it escalate into regional if not maybe a world war. the responsibility of being a leader of the free world, being commander-in-chief is an enormous one and i don't think we want people -- that is what the debate will separate out, who has a mature understanding and the wisdom and judgment to be in charge of -- >> i hope all of you go over the iran deal. when you talk about giving people what they want that is the criticism of the iran deal. the parts we can't see, not the side deals we did see. one side of government disfunction lee watchdog allegi

. >> the secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet on wednesday with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu, and then later, kerry is going to meet with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, and is there any optimism that the meetings will carry some peace? >> there is not a lot of optimism, but some are hoping that john kerry can persuade the palestinian leadership to denounce some of the violence taken place here, but the reality is that both sides are of the view that the other is using language and behaving in ways that >> another thing they both have in common is they don't believe john kerry is likely to change that in the near future. >> phil black, thank you very much. very disturbing situation over there. >>> diplomats agree on the need for a a political solution to end syria's civil war, but that's all they agree. on. secretary of state john kerry is hoping to get the major players on the same page as they look for answers. we'll talk about that with new information when we come back. americans. we're living longer than ever. as we age, certain nutrients... .

and this is just into cnn, and again, secretary of state john kerry to travel to europe to meet with the iz ra ily prime minister. this is coming as the terror group hamas is calling for the day of rage against israel. this is what is happening in jerusalem. today, police tried to discourage rioters who were firing tear gas into the crowd. and in hebron, a man who was dressed in a news photographer's outfit tried to stab civilians before he was shot and killed himself. in beth e lebethlehem as well, white smoke mixinging with the thick black smoke as the tires were set ablaze, and our cnn international correspondent ben wedeman joining us from jerusalem. we know that you were in bethlehem today, and talk to us about ta day of rage, and what did you see on the ground there? >> well, we saw actually, jim, the exact same thing that we have been seeing now for almost two weeks, certainly in bethlehem, and you saw after friday prayers, initially, a few dozen men going up the road, and the old bethlehem and jerusalem road known as rachel's tomb, and eight meter wall where there are israeli

secretary of state john kerry tells us that russian attacks may an take gonize other countries. >> we have made it clear do not attack the legitimate opposition. they have said they understand that. what we are looking for is not a military victory. we are looking for the political resolution that we always look for in the context of geneva. and so they don't have to fear that we are somehow building up a takeover military. what we are trying to do is have a legitimate transition now to save syria. and to have a unified secular whole syria going forward. but if the russians insist on fighting against them, there could be very serious consequences, the most serious of which would be that other nations supporting those people will have no choice but to double down and russia itself will become a target of those people. that's why i say what they have done if they are not there to actually fight dash is very dangerous for the long term. >> john kerry has been meeting his iranian counterpart. he met two times within the space of a week on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly taking

anchor: john kerry. talks i'm joined by former congresswoman jane harman. it is good to have you with us. we are talking about iran entering the multilateral talks. thehat is only part of story. the other part of the story is that she iran will be around the table with sunni saudi arabia, egypt, and difficult states. it is an all in conversation. newsis the most positive since march 2 thousand 11. if john kerry can show the u.s. could bep needed, this the beginning of the political solution. without a political solution, the nightmare of syria will never end. anchor: they had a lot of ground they were not agreeing on in the previous talks. iran'se saying that participation may change this. jane: there is common ground in a political solution is needed, whether assad goes and if he goes is in disagreement. around. foreign minister the u.n. general assembly said iran supports a political solution. i do not think there is any other solution. there are several dimensions to the problem. one is something that ash carter has been testifying. rise the u.s. kinetic

his meeting with john kerry tomorrow very important because john kerry will fly on, we believe, eventually to the middle east in a meeting with the palestinian a leader. little grounds for optimism. >> barnaby also kerry heading to germany to talk with benjamin netenyahu tomorrow. what exactly will he be looking for from the israeli prime minister? >> reporter: well, some way in which there's common ground for benjamin netenyahu and mahmoud abbas to sit down. in the past we have seen european governments take a firmer line on ending the settlement on the west bank. is that something now the americans are willing to put pressure on the israelis in private? perhaps. but the suspicion and mistrust is so entrenched right now, and the track record of the europeans and americans in bringing the two sides together successful, is so poor, that i have to repeat there is little aptism. >> benjamin netenyahu being blasted today for the comments he made about the palestinians and the holocaust, what exactly is that all about. >> well what benjamin netenyahu said yesterday in a speech is that the grand

secretary of state john kerry arrived a few hours ago at the hotel just behind us. it appears at least part of the turkish delegation has arrived. he saw several diplomatic vehicles with turkish flags on them as they were driving past, but as far as we can tell, and we have no information to contradict this, the russians have not yet arrived and the saudis have not yet arrived. really what is going to happen today, we told a lot of bilateral meetings, and setting the stage for the big meeting that will happen tomorrow, when the iranians will be present for the first time. that is a very big deal because iran is a major power player in the region, much more so after the nuclear ak core with the u.s. us was signed a few months back. there will be other countries like lebanon, iraq, and qatar. so we're seeing a reinvigorated diplomatic process to try to bring forth a political solution. but at the same time even as this is going on, the situation on the ground in syria seems to be spiralling more out of control. the humanitarian crisis not lessening at all. and we're h

john kerry says what u.s. troops will not be doing >>> and a stampede killing dozens in a club in bucharest >>> and a second day of flash floodings from a tornado in texas >>> egypt says that it found both black boxes from a deadly russian plane crash. the metro jet airbus was flying from the red see resort city of sharm el sheikh to st. petersburg, russia. it crashed 20 minutes after take off at egypt's sinai peninsula. 225 people were on board. peter sharp is at the airport in st. petersburg. >> what remained of the russian holiday chartered flight remained strewn across the desert, coming down near an air force base. the search and rescue determining no one survived the impact. >> translation: what will determine what happened is the analysis of the black box data and expert deductions. up until this point, there are no indications that anything out of the ordinary happened on the aircraft. all we can say is it happened due to technical difficulties and a team of experts are the one that is will be able to

secretary of state john kerry has said russia's involvement in syria could antagonize other nations in the region. >> the president is considering all the options that are available right now and we have made it very, very clear to the russians, do not attack the legitimate opposition. they have said they understand that. what we are looking for is not a military victory. we're looking for the political resolution that we always looked for in the context of geneva. what we're trying to do is have a legitimate transition now in order to save syria and to have a unified secular whole syria going forward. but if the russians insist on fighting against them, there could be very serious consequences, the most serious of which would be that other nations supporting those people will have no choice but to double down and russia itself will become a target of those people. that's why i say what they've done if they're not there to actually fight daish is very dangerous for the long term. >> meanwhile, john kerry teen iranian foreign minister have met for if second time in a week even discussed