now the move comes as palestinian factions hamas and fatah signed a reconciliation day and after a decade long split and told to egypt hamas says it will hand control of the gaza strip back to fatah we'll bring you reaction from israel from jerusalem and to brussels delivers a blow to the u.k. a u.s. president go say to michelle body and says talks are deadlocked on the death but will not ask next week's e.u. summit to begin discussions on a future relationship with britain. i'm phil go welcome to the program in the last hour or so the united states has announced that it is to withdraw from unesco the un's cultural organization the state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use the need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organizations continuing anti israel bias you know asco seeks to promote peace worldwide and it's renowned for its world heritage program which i think cultural sites like the statue of liberty and promoting girls' education. let's get more details to correspondent to catalina chimo who joins us from washington welcome karlene tell us

step forward on palestinian reconciliation after a decade long split between bitter rivals amoss and fatah say they've reached an agreement on key points during talks in cairo we'll have the latest from our correspondent also coming up. president trump is set to announce whether the u.s. should renew the iran nuclear deal he's called it bad for america but will he push to completely scrap the agreement that gives iran sanctions relief in exchange for limits promise nuclear program. and germany's biggest airline lift on says that the buy a large chunks of bankrupt carrier air berlin snapping up dozens of its planes and thousands of staff members. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us palestinian rivals hamas and fatah appear to have reached a breakthrough in the reconciliation talks the leader of ma says the two groups have come to an agreement after negotiations in the egyptian capital cairo now a key point in ending the decade long split. when the two sides is agreement over who should control the gaza strip a mosque sees that territory from fatah during a conflict in two thou

trying to end a longstanding split palestinian rival groups fatah and hamas reach a deal but previous reconciliation attempts between them have failed can this one succeed and what could it mean for the future of the peace talks with israel this is inside story. hello again i'm james pays they've been rivals for a decade but now the palestinian groups fatah and hamas of reached a deal to makeup and work together egypt has been mediating the most recent talks in the relationship between the two factions soured in two thousand and six after hamas won the election and then sees gaza from fatah after a period of. less cautious optimism about this latest agreement because we've been here before will this time be different tare force it has more on the deal for. in the occupied west bank. well in a recorded statement it has been played on egyptian television we've heard from the two delegation heads and what appears to be the case is a disagreement among other things will center on the rafa crossing between egypt and gaza the palestinian authority delegation head saying that the p.a. would

a move that could signal an end to a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in egypt and capital cairo to disk. at the formation of a national unity government. brokered by egypt started on to sleep live to al-jazeera as harry foster who is in ramallah for us in the occupied west bank harry it seems they delayed the press conference we were expecting out of cairo on the details out this agreement what do we know they have agreed on exactly where yes we heard that they'd arrived about ten minutes before the press conference was due to take place an hour ago and we are still waiting for it so those details haven't yet been officially announced but what we are hearing out of gaza from a senior official in the strip is that the agreement centered around three key points the crossings between egypt and gaza the rougher border how that will be policed security within gaza who will will police the strip itself we have been hearing last week that there might be a plan whereby three thousand palestinian authority security offices start to be merged with t

and deal with fatah. so i'm fully back to go this is al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha also ahead iraq's government claims eyesore has infiltrated the disputed province of care partly under the control of the kurdish regional government plus. and the wind was just howling and so i knew this is it going to get out he was one of the lucky ones the death toll in the california wildfires rises to more than twenty and then to made some to catalonians leaders the spanish government says they have until monday to declare their intentions on independence. thank you for joining as the palestinian faction hamas says it has reached a deal on political reconciliation. with fatah a move that could signal an end to a decades long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in egypt in capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government negotiations brokered by egypt started on tuesday details of the outcome of the agreement reached overnight will be revealed at a news co

could signal an end to a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in egypt capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government negotiations brokered by egypt started on tuesday details of the outcome of the agreement reached overnight will be revealed at a news conference later today let's go live to harry foster who's in ramallah forests in the occupied west bank news conference later today harry to reveal the details but i believe you have some information already as to what has been agreed to in cairo. that's right we're waiting for the public acknowledgment of exactly what was in this agreement in cairo in a couple of hours time exactly two hours time from now but we have also been hearing from a member of the fatter central committee in garza a representative there and he's been saying that three things have been agreed border crossings exactly how they will be handled the border crossing with egypt and rafa most importantly who will be in charge there the issue of internal security whose personnel will be in charge of policin

it has been in the hands of hamas, which rivals his fatah party. here is more from prime minister rami and allah -- hamdallah. to open the door for help, will, and unity, and to give the government a chance to assume all its sectors,ilities in the siside-by-side with all the palestinian parties. anchor: to talk a bit more about , fromlet's bring in iris jerusalem. we heard the palestinian prime minister talk about overcoming all obstacles. what are these obstatacles, exactly? guest: they start with a history of enmity going back 10 years. it was 10 years since hamas test fatah out of the gaza strip, and it was very bitter. the 10 years have seen bitter dealings. if they can overcome that and see they can work together, how will they do that? what does it mean in practice? hasn't estimated 25,000 men under arms. what is going to happen to them? we have heard from hamas that they want to give civilian power act to fatah, back to the west bank leadership, the do not want to give control of the gaza borders and do not want to give up their arms. basica

well hamas and fatah have tried and failed to reconcile frequently. the past ten years peacemaking efforts have never made it this far saudi arabia was the first to try and broker peace between hamas and fattah but the mecca deal signed in two thousand and seven fell apart almost immediately here later yemen gave it a go and two sides signed a deal to revive direct talks but they never followed through the cairo deal signed in two thousand and eleven was hailed as a landmark agreement but it didn't last very long either and the doha deal signed in two thousand and twelve five years after the conflict started also failed to stick many failed because of alleged pressure from the u.s. israel and other regional governments the most recent deal was signed at beach refugee camp in gaza three years ago without any arab mediation it also fell apart after two years of trying to implement it well let's bring in our panel now from ramallah most of about a goofy who is secretary general of the palestinian national initiative and from london in black he's a visiti

partition of authority between hamas and fatah and that would not fulfill the palestinian. democracy to the palestinian people who have been absent from decision making process all these years and this about one of the one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the reconciliation as liking to be over the long promised elections they happen. and that's why i'm saying the elections are very important because at the end of the day we do not want or need to sort of the palestinian authority which is under occupation but we want to have a unified palestinian democratic leadership we want to consolidate the system is going to listen and we want to have everybody inside the p.l.o. and we want the decisions to be taken collectively and in a shooting incident. then you know when i said decisions i mean decisions must have the falcon bring you in here now in the past when hamas has won elections they have been rejected by israel and the us how do you plan to proceed and in a national possible national unity government with other palestinian factions when israel and its allies still consi

after a decade long splits the militant group hamas says it will hand back control of the gaza strip to fatah bring a reaction from jerusalem. and the aim is presently go say to michelle body and he says talks with the u.k. are deadlocked that he will therefore not ask next week's e.u. summit to begin discussions on a future relationship with britain. was appalled. point five billion euro deal gets off the ground as germany's biggest and i looked and said agrees to buy large parts of the bankrupt carrier. until gail welcome to the program the united states has announced that it is withdrawing from unesco the un's cultural organization us state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organization is continuing anti israel bias for its part israel has now said that it will also leave it asco the un body promotes peace around the world which girls' education and is renowned for its world heritage program protecting cultural sites on the statue of liberty and stone henge. wealthy don't give our correspondent. joins us

deal after a decade long split the militant group hamas says it will hunt control of the gaza strip to fatah we'll bring you reaction from jerusalem. on the a used cracks in the gosia to michel barnier he says talks with britain are deadlocked that he will therefore not ask next week a new summit to begin discussions on the future relationship with. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the united states has announced that it is to withdraw from unesco the un's cultural organization the u.s. state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organizations a continuing anti israel bias in ask of a sixteen for moto peace worldwide and is renowned for its world heritage a program as well as protected cultural sites like here statue of liberty and promoting girls' education. class first is an honorary member of the german commission for you know welcome to t.w. how big a loss is this for you know asking well it's quite heavy blow for the only ization not only in financial terms because the regular budget had to be finance

last month, hamas agreed to give up its powers in gaza to the more moderate fatah. our jerusalem correspondent has been following this closely and joins us from jerusalem. what more can you tell us? iris: we are all waiting for the press conference with the details, but what we know is this. we know this is a preliminary announcement, because they have issueson the most simple . that is how they will run gaza internally, where they will deal with border control, for example, border crossings. but the most contentious issue -- what will happen to hamas's army -- has not been resolved. that is awaiting further talks. that means an army of 25,000 people. that is not just a militant group. that is literally an army. one is going to happen with them? fatah says they will have to dismantle. hamas says it does not want to and does not intend to. we have yet to see her for this will go, that this is a preliminary announcement made with great fanfare because it has been a decade. genie: it is true there are still many questions here, what about the plans we have heard so far

palestinian unity fatah and hamas agree to set their differences aside and govern together. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life the from london also coming up on the program the u.s. and israel pull out of the un's culture and education body accusing it of anti is really bias spain's national day marked by a parade of unity in the grid but the mood is more divided in barcelona and free after five years in taliban cards a u.s. canadian couple and their three children are released in pakistan. thank you for joining us rival palestinian political movements fatah and hamas have signed a deal to help reconcile their decade long split negotiators from the groups have been cairo for talks on a deal for a unity government in gaza the palestinian authority will take full administration of control of gaza by december the first that profit border crossing in gaza will be handed over to the unity government and it will be operated by the presidential guard of president mahmoud abbas that a shy jeweled for november the first now around three thousand police officers f

after a decade long splits the militant group hamas says it will hand back control of the gaza strip to fatah. plus it will get the latest from barcelona where opponents of kettle on independence are making their voices heard that as thousands of demonstrators commemorate the spanish national day he called on how long leaders to make up with. madrid but catalonia government is facing pressure from the separatists as the whole region walks a disease in tight work. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us anti israel and too expensive tonight those are the main reasons the united states is giving for its withdrawal from unesco the un's cultural organization created by the u.s. more than seventy years ago the u.s. state department point pay dues and need for fundamental reform in what it says is the organization's continuing anti israel by now for its part israel has now said that it will also leave unesco the un body promotes peace around the world girls' education and its renowned for its world heritage programme protecting cultural sites such as the statue of liberty as well as the city of

rival palestinian political movements fatah and hamas have signed a deal to help reconcile their decade long split negotiators from the groups have been in cairo for talks on a deal for a unity government in gaza the palestinian authority will take full administers have control of gaza by december the first that rough a border crossing in gaza will be handed over to the unity government that it will be operated by the presidential guard of president mahmoud abbas that is shed jeweled for november the first around three thousand police officers from the palestinian authority will be redeployed to gaza as part of the unity agreement which will also see it take over the civil and security sectors what previous a sticking point seven clude had control over the arsenal of how masses armed wing as well as the fate of thousands of hamas as public servants while no detailed information was given on this both sides say all the problems will be sorted out let's get the latest from harry forces now live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank i mean harry s. falls on the face of it this is ob

forward for palestinian reconciliation after a decade long split between the rival groups amoss and fatah say they have reached an agreement on key points during talks in cairo we'll get the very latest from our correspondents also on the show. germany's biggest airline live tonsil is set to buy large parts of bankrupt carrier air berlin snapping up dozens of its planes and thousands of staff. and spain issues catalonia an ultimatum either explain its position on independence or face direct rule from the dread the spanish government gives the cattle on leadership five days to comply. plus our weeklong series on being gay in today's russia we need a video blogger using his platform to challenge anti-gay businesses and do so with a sense of you. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us palestinian rivals amoss and fatah appear to have read it reached a breakthrough in their reconciliation talks the leader of hamas says the two groups have come to an agreement after negotiations in the egyptian capital cairo now a key point in ending the decade long split between the two sides is agree

and we trust in the leadership of hamas and fatah. however reconciliation could fall to if the military wing of hamas refuses to cease its attacks on israel in recent years those attacks have destroyed any hopes of a conciliatory deal with the israeli government. are and although i know i have some it. is an analyst an independent consultant who joins me from gaza some good evening to you why are we seeing this deal now. i think this this period with the constellation of the commitment. of all parties involved specifically the very intense impeachment of egypt and the clear commitment of. both palestinian parties to embark and implement. turn back on and implement the sequestration. this seems to be a very appropriate political moment if you will in the region and what have the two sides what exactly have they agreed to. they have essentially agreed to first of all. to make sure the government of national consensus which is the palestinian authority to come into the gaza strip to. undertake its will. to undertake such a sponsibility i

between fatah and hamas that brings the two sides together after a ten year split. the u.s. says it's done being a member of the un's cultural body unesco citing anti israel bias israel says it will pull out too. i believe they're starting to respect the united states again. donald trump praises pakistan for its role in the release of a us canadian couple and their children health hostage for years by the taliban. a turkish military convoy has crossed into syria turkish media sources say the convoy includes about eighty soldiers and twelve on the vehicles now while the destination isn't clear local sources have told al-jazeera the convoys heading towards western. let's take you to al-jazeera hashim alba he's in a package that's on the turkish syria border this is a significant development. it is indeed where that does those of. the cross now in just syria so what is happening now is that the turkish military is positioned area called. the. western edge of the province of the turkish military has been saying over the last few days the aim is to move towards the city of. deesc

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and we trust in the leadership of hamas and fatah. correspondent: however, reconciliation could falter if the military of hamas refuses to cease attacks on israel. in recent years, the attacks have destroyed any hope of a consolatory deal with the israeli government. brent: here are other stories making headlines around the world. the u.s. president has signed an executive order aimed at stripping back obamacare. it will make it easier for americans to purchase cheaper health care plans, with fewer benefits. critics say it could mean spiraling costs for those with existing health problems. previous attempts by the mr. shantou repeal obama care have been blocked -- attempts to repeal obama care have been blocked by congress. and wildfires raging across california. authorities warned that the debacle could rise. hundreds are still reported missing. the fire crews are battling to contain two dozen fires across the state. and in the latest round of talks over great britain's exit from the european union, the eu brexit negotiator brexit ne

palestinian reconciliation a senior fatah delegation goes to hamas controlled gaza to try to end the ten year rift that's left nearly two million girls and more deprived than ever. the emotional family reunion is predatory can struggle to put their lives back together almost two weeks after her a canoe area. that we saw out in the united states where police say in the city of las vegas at least twenty people have been killed one hundred others have been injured. officers responded to the shooting at the mandalay bay hotel killing one attacker a police spokesman says they're still trying to find a female suspect. we have well in excess of one hundred plus injured an excess of twenty plus. that have died at this point so we will get those numbers to you accurately as soon as we can but please bear with us this is an ongoing investigation but we are comfortable that the primary aggressor in this event is has expired or passed away and is no longer a threat well. the ground is a try to avoid the. yeah. and this is describe what happened. for this v.i.p. stages away from mandalay bay and

with furthur a move that could signal into a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government to go she actions brokered by egypt started on tuesday well it's at the very latest i'm sorry force that is live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank we are expecting a press conference within this news hour harry the details are sketchy but we have some. certainly some idea of what has been agreed on. that's right we're getting those indications the news conference was due to started around now but we're hearing reports that it's been pushed back by more than half an hour however we have been hearing from senior fattah figure in garza saying that three key areas of contention have found some resolution in this agreement the issue of how to control the southern border crossing with egypt the issue of how the internal security arrangements in the guard will be policed suggestions that some three thousand palestinian authority security officers will be gradually introduced to

the ins a rival factions have signed a deal political reconciliation hamas and fatah have agreed for the palestinian authority to take full administrate of control of gaza by december the first they've been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government because your actions brokered by egypt started on choose day palestinian president mahmoud abbas has welcomed the outcome of the cairo talks and has asked his government to implement the agreement let's get more this from her a force that has been listening in to that press conference he's in ramallah in the occupied west bank i mean her really the devil is in the detail and that's what we've been waiting war for for the last few hours what was said. that's right we haven't yet got that full detail we were expecting that this was going to be a live event a statement whereby we would get the full text of this agreement it's coming out somewhat in dribs and drabs and the statement itself from the two factions was recorded and played out on egyptian television so what we do know is that acco

here is a fatah spokesman. translation: i expect after there are meetings at the end of this month in cairo for the factions and palestinian leadership, after that, god willing, within a month at the most mahmood abbas will be in the gaza strip. that would be huge news. since 2007 while fatah has controlled the west bank, gaza has been controlled by hamas. we dug up this area. it is detailing how hamas defeated fatah in elections and then violence and separation followed. let's learn more about the deal signed today. according to the deal signed today, the fatah—backed government will move into gaza and take over administrative responsibilities so hamas is going to hand this government the full control of the gaza strip by the 1st december and we also understand that the fatah—backed government will be managing gaza's border crossings with egypt and israel. but this is just the beginning of maybe a long pi’ocess just the beginning of maybe a long process of negotiations between both sides because the egyp

fatah which could end a decade long split. israel in the united states say they're pulling out of unesco the u.s. state department says the organization needs fundamental reform and has an anti israel bias. us president donald trump says the pakistani army is rescue of a north american family held captive by the haqqani network shows islam about is starting to quote respects america again. kenya's government is banning opposition protests in three cities just weeks before the repeat presidential election is due to be held demonstrations have been banned in nairobi kisumu and mombasa the government says protesters of looted and attacked police stations they also say the police have used force on the opposition leader announced this week that he would be withdrawing from the race throwing the nation into political turmoil catherine soit has more from nairobi. the reason given for this ban is in security and it's not a blanket ban it's a ban on protests in the central business district of nairobi in western kenya and . at the ken

we have big hunks out there and we trust in the leadership of hamas and fatah. however reconciliation could filter if the military wing of hamas refuses to cease its attacks on israel in recent years those attacks have destroyed any hopes of a conciliatory deal with the israeli government. from some abdel shafi he's an analyst an independent consultant and joins us on the line from gaza welcome to day w. tell us more about this deal what are the what of the two sides agreed to. the two sides have essentially agreed to enabling the government. of national consensus. to operate in gaza and therefore to rejoin the gaza strip with the west bank through the integration of government institutions. again one wonders if the deal will stick can ten years of end of enmity between these two organizations be here with just a signature. i think what's different this time and what is the reason for great hope is the intensity of of egyptian sponsorship and engagement. and the clear commitment of both parties particularly so there is great hope for advancement but no one is un

palestinian reconciliation senior fatah delegation visits hamas controlled gaza to try to end a ten year risk. and more than one hundred thousand passengers are scrambling to find a way home three cave based monarch airline suspended operations. united states is once again dealing with a mass shooting this time it's in las vegas a gunman opened fire from an upper floor of a hotel overlooking a major concert outside mandalay bay casino more than fifty people have been killed making this the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history another four hundred six were injured in this. police named the gunman as sixty four year old stephen paddick. officers found dead when they went into his hotel room and they also found more than ten rifles and his room they still investigating this as president donald trump has taken to twitter to offer warmest condolences to the victims. and reports. this was the final night of a festival in las vegas when gunfire silenced the music. witnesses say they were in absolute panic and pandemonium we were the further stages away from mandalay bay and they were

other people are saying it is quite a clever tactic that now it's fatah has problem the p.a.'s problem to try and make good on some of the promises that they've given towards improving the situation here for so many hundreds of thousands of residents of this strip indeed i'm just wondering whether or how much the people of gaza the almost two million people of gaza who suffered so much they placing in the prospect of reconciliation between these two factions in terms of improving their prospects within their own lives. well that all counts on whether this can stick and that is something that is obviously still up in the air both sides are making very positive noises there are posters going up in gaza city of mahmoud abbas the palace in president as well as the prime minister handler even egyptian president sisi his president going his picture going up for the first time under hamas because egypt has very much been the broker behind this attempted reconciliation it seems that the easy things are going to be done or the relatively easy things are going to be concentrated on firs

is where the really hard stuff starts to be addressed the sorts of issues which have been dividing fatah and hamas for that decade i think there is some cause for optimism the fact that there has been this decision by hamas to government ministers of committee and also the backing that all this is being given the impetus from the egyptians they won't want to see an early failure so it could be that the less controversial issues are dealt with first in these talks i'm sorry to interrupt you but we're going to break through that and go live to catalonia where the council callus which amount is making about the future of the region mind you that has in the past said that he could declare unilaterally independence from spain let's listen in to what he. responds to. the government has acknowledged that. development process. the territory. contentation before. truth. and. to a point when we have this new. president of the social contours of the university technical look at that mr quoted. these are the agreements by the government. this paul so for any question and. i totally frank was possibl

palestinian negotiators from hamas and fatah have signed a reconciliation deal after a decade long split between the bitter rivals all this after holding talks in cairo on governing the gaza strip where in jerusalem and the president trump is expected to announce whether the u.s. should we knew the iran nuclear deal because of bad for america but please go all the way and scrap this landmark agreement entirely we have analysis. a pleasure to have you with us and we want to start in brussels where the e.u. brigs a negotiator mission by you said he's disturbed by the lack of progress in this week's talks with the u.k. says there's a deadlock over how much britain should pay when it leaves the e.u. and that it will be recommending next week session to move on to other topics like trade here's a bit of what he had to say let's sell us watch. i don't have a common goal we're determined to reach an agreement on the withdrawal of the united kingdom an orderly withdrawal. and we wish to outline together the framework of a future relationship. he said i need there are speaking a little earlier on

for four fatah but it will be replayed we're hearing at a later stage by egyptian television so what we don't have yet although it does seem that the agreement has been reached and indeed there has been congratulations sent from from hamas as gaza heads to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas we don't yet have the full announcement of the detail of exactly what has been agreed the leaks that have been coming out throughout the morning suggest that three main areas of agreement have been reached over the policing of the border crossing between egypt and gaza internal security reassuming some three thousand palestinian authority security operatives into the internal security of the gaza strip and allowing for some thousands of hamas people who've been operating government services in the interim in these ten years to be merged over the next four months back under the palestinian authority but we have yet to get that absolutely clarified and finalized. for them over there he will leave to come back to you as and when we get that statement on camera. with all intentions are growing be

rival palestinian political movements fatah and hamas have signed a deal to help to reconcile their decade long split negotiators from the groups have been in cairo for talks on a deal for a unity government in gaza where the palestinian authority will take full administrative control of gaza by december the first the rougher border crossing in gaza will be handed over to the unity government and it will be operated by the presidential guard of president mahmoud abbas that is shuttled for november the first just a few weeks from now around three thousand police officers from the palestinian authority will be redeployed to gaza that's part of the unity agreement which will also see it take over the civil and security sectors well previous sticking points have included control over the arsenal of hamas is armed wing as well as the fate of thousands of hamas as public servants while no detailed information was given on this both sides say all the problems will be sorted out heavy for such reports now from ramallah in the occupied west bank. in the grand hall of the egyptian intelligence headq

after a decade long split the militant group hamas says it will hand back control of the gaza strip to fatah and the use breaks in the group she aided michel barnier says talks with the u.k. are deadlocked and so he will not ask next week's the e.u. summit to begin discussions on a future relationship with britain we'll get reaction from brussels and london. i bring golf it's good to have you with us anti israel and too expensive tonight those are the main reasons the united states is giving for its withdrawal from unesco the un's cultural organization created by the u.s. more than seventy years ago the u.s. state department pointing to unpaid dues a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organization's quote continuing anti israel bias for its part israel has now said that it will also leave you know. the un body promotes peace around the world girls' education and is renowned for its world heritage program protecting cultural sites such as the statue of liberty and the city of venice. are joining us now are our correspondents covering the image of noise standing by in washingt

celebrations on the streets palestinian political rivals hammer some fatah strike a reconciliation deal after a decade of disagreement and a crackdown on opposition protests why the kenyan government says it's necessary more that stay with us. hello we'll take a look at weather conditions across the americas this time now in north america we've got quite a weather at the moment across more western areas there is a cold front pushing through and that's just been storing the winds up a little bit across parts of california where the wildfires are still raging but hopefully the situation quite down over the weekend we have some snow up over the rockies on friday otherwise there is a frontal system out across parts of the midwest a little pushing toward chicago as we head through some places and rain likely here extending up through the great lakes in towards to wrong to find conditions around the eastern seaboard should be a nice day in d.c. with highs there of twenty five and fine across much of the dallas coming in at thirty three heading down into the caribbean region we've got showers

i'm dreading obligato welcome to the news grid bridging the divide between rival palestinian factions fatah and hamas reconsolidation talks in egypt to lead to the signing of a deal that could help bring an end to a decade long political disputes the agreement calls for the handover of administrative control of gaza to a unity government in just a matter of weeks we'll go live to amman life for the latest. plus armada want to join us with his perspective spain marks national day for people waving spanish fly take to the streets of madrid and barcelona in a so if unity but the united front you see right there is being overshadowed by a political reality catalans bid for independence we'll hear from both sides of spain's political divide and building fences to make a political statement famed chinese artist and human rights activist i way way launches a controversial art project in new york city the aim to provoke thought and discussion on the role walls play around the world targets u.s. president donald trump and his plans to build a border wall in an effort to tighten immigration and comme

happen at least and certainly as far as egyptians are concerned pushing for it to happen both hamas and fatah find themselves in a pretty difficult situation hamas with a humanitarian crisis on its hands with the prospect of hamas turning to a former fighter figure an alternative father figure mohammed. and so this is a way of trying to fend off both of those situations given that they are able to try and resolve the outstanding issues that still remain further down the line very fast thank you very much for that. now the new spain is celebrating its national day as the political crisis over the future of the catalonia region depends many people have already taken to the streets this. boss alone i believe in a show of unity independence rallies also expected now the central government in madrid has given. until monday to say whether or not he has declared independence these are live pictures from madrid where the national day celebrations as you can see where underway let's go live to our. believe who is in madrid for us lawrence tell us about the mood in the spanish capital on the street . y

trial proceedings at the supreme court and star ball dorrian turkey alleges that peter has ties to fatah they're good and a cleric who the turkish leadership blames for last year's failed coup what evidence was presented to support this claim. well there's really very little so far and that's why this case which is so controversial and drawn so much condemnation even before it starts prosecutors main case the story is that he attended this seminar where he was giving a lecture on cybersecurity by the prosecutors claim that that meeting was in fact a plan a civil uprising against the president turkish. you've heard one following the same a conspiracy lined up was involved in last year's failed coup other than the prosecutors only other evidence has been publications by amnesty international and some tweets with one suggesting turn off your telephones and enjoy the ride to the island where the seminar. than that there is between very little evidence and addressing the court made a very impassioned plea say the only evidence against him was fabricated and he should be released immediately.

the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes fatah and hamas in cairo for talks on a palestinian unity government to end a decade of distrust and disagreement. head of a key speech in catalonia as leader pressure mounts against plans to break away from spain we have the latest from barcelona. also in liberia for the country's presidential election voting is underway. i'm going to get your ask about the latest sports sneezing clay doing syrian fans gather in sydney as the team looks to continue that i'm liking running towards of well. good to have you with us on the news hour we start in the middle east where negotiators from rival palestinian political movements fatah and hamas are in cairo for talks on reconciling their decade long split now it follows last week's palestinian authority cabinet meeting attended by both sides now the first to be held in gaza in the three years the split began in the aftermath of hamas as election victory in two thousand and six well in two thousand and seven defeated fattah in street battles taking ful

potentially a step closer to reconciliation after a decade long split between bitter rivals hamas and fatah say they've reached an agreement on key points we'll go live to jerusalem. germany's biggest airline a move time is gearing up to buy large parts of bankrupt carrier air berlin snapping up dozens of its planes of thousands of its staff. so glad to have you with us and we begin in brussels where the exit negotiator michele bachmann it has said a short while ago that he's disturbed by the lack of progress in this week's talks with the u.k. he says there's deadlock over how much britain should pay when it leaves the e.u. and that he won't recommend next week's session move on to other topics such as trade here's just a bit of what he had to say let's. watch. this week we worked in a constructive spirit. and we counted find certain points without however making any great steps forward and. when they listened in to that's a press conference and he joins us now from brussels max that was a damning progress assessment from the. regs that negotiators are they headed to a no deal scenario or i

rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah have reached agreement in unity talks brokered by egypt in cairo. video ends a decade long split and places the gaza strip under the control of the palestinian authority hamas which is considered a terrorist group by the e.u. and the us seized control of the enclave in two thousand and seven while fatah has left the west bank palestinian president mahmoud abbas plans to visit gaza within the next month his first trip to the region in more than a decade. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order aimed at weakening of the affordable care act better known as obamacare the directive will make it easier for americans to buy cheaper less regulated health care plans with fewer benefits critics say it could mean spiraling costs for people with preexisting health conditions the presidential order comes after several failed attempts by the trumpet ministration to repeal obamacare through congressional action. the latest round of breaks it talks have ended in deadlock. negotiating michelle bonnie said he was disturbed by the lack of prog

the prime minister belongs to fatah. these are some pictures from today. that's the prime minister walking around. surrounded by lots of security guards and other interested parties. in advance of this, hamas disbanded its administration to make way for a unity government — so it seems both sides want this resolved. here's bbc arabic‘s murad shishani on the importance of this. the locals here consider this as a big moment, the biggest two organisations, palestinian parties organisations, palestinian parties organisations, hamas, the islamic leaning group, on the other hand the palestinian represented with fatah, a social movement, one of the oldest palestinian political movements. they have been divided for ten years since hamas took control of the gaza strip, a tiny triangle that isolated for the last ten years, also considered the threat from the security perspective of the israel security perspective of the israel security perspective. now the locals are saying there is a power cut here, they don't have access to clea n here, they don't have access

gaza and the occupied west bank i've been out on the street celebrating a reconciliation deal between fatah and hamas brokered by egypt the agreement between the rival political movements will end a decade long. that is in ramallah in the occupied west bank and has. in the grand hall of the egyptian intelligence headquarters fatah and hamas officially signed on to egypt's grand plan for palestinian reconciliation after a decade of division both sides expressed hope that this time it was for good. and again mean there has been full agreement on the concept of empowering the government and the legitimate palestinian government will return to working normally in accordance with his prerogative and the law. despite the fact that we have some different views different political points we have different disputes but this will never change the fact that we are brothers we are brothers in religion we are brothers in nationality we are brothers in the national interest we suffer the same we have the same future we need to find a way for a unity of our people to secure the ambitions of our people. th

negotiators from rival palestinian factions fatah and hamas are in cairo for talks on rick reconciling their decade long splits the deal brokered by egypt follows a cabinet meeting in gaza last week marking the return to work on the unity government but as harry fawcett reports on the occupied west bank divisions remain even over the past parameters of the upcoming talks. on the way out of gaza hamas officials not for the first time in recent weeks were exuding optimism the architecture of a deal had been brokered by egypt now it was for hamas and fatah to start work on the details in cairo face to face. we are going to karo to discuss the mechanism of implementing the two thousand and eleven car agreements we already signed with nasa which includes the p.l.o. preparing for elections and forming a unity government. but before the hamas negotiators even left it was clear the other side had different expectations. telling our jazeera nothing had come of the twenty eleven agreement instead that i would present a vision for a unified national strategy for hamas to sign up to. this do they

it's better if there's reconciliation for fatah and hamas and all of us it would reflect on us and on the people in gaza economically and mentally let's not speak to a senior political analyst joining us from london so marwan as i'm saying the meetings in cairo that are being held right now are centered around implementing the twenty eleven cairo agreement but has enough changed from twenty eleven until now to give you a sense of optimism that reconciliation is going to stick and implementation is possible. well not so much optimism as realism in the last five years the situation has. flowed as it were but now it's certainly quite into the works the bottom if you will of the history between the two groups and in the occupied territories never did it look as bad as it does today for the palestinians in terms of their struggle in terms of its priorities in the arab world and on the international community just judging from president abbas a speech at the united nations you know the degree of desperation and judging from how hamas gave up its administrative control of gaza you can also t

coming up new hope that a decade long dispute has come to an end rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah signed a reconciliation deal. the kenyan government bans protests as it decides what will happen next to its presidential rerun. also spain celebrates its national day as the political crisis deepens over the future of the region of catalonia. out of the u.s. and the united states has sent a notice to unesco saying it will withdraw from the key u.n. cultural agency says america's decision to end its. the ship is a loss to the u.n. family and multilateralism and the u.s. state department says washington is concerned with mounting costs lack of reforms that has accused the organization of anti israel bias the paris based cultural scientific and educational organization was established after world war two for more on this let's go straight over to mike hanna who's in new york how much of a blow is this to your nest go and do the united states really care about it. well on one level here what we've got is a formality to the u.s. membership of unesco was suspended it has not paid any dues

which is many of the fatah controlled there so the issue there is that you have thousands of years that have been in two thousand and seven men how mass took over a gaza then when told to lay down their work and to sit until and basically now the question is once and once it's been done with all these entries in the two administrations but of course the political process here we have to wait and see what kind of government we will see coming out of that all right so those are the nuts and bolts of the topics up for discussion in cairo right now but talk to us a little bit about if these talks bear fruit how much of a breakthrough with this. well i think it is a potential step forward in a way between you know i mean we're talking about ten years of. a split between hamas in gaza and of the time of the palestinian authority that is running in the west bank and now of course we don't know yet the details of this agreement but we see these intense minissha efforts by egypt and this agreement has yet to to emerge but people here also understand this is a first phase of a very very long proc