a palestinian home in the west bank village of duma a crackdown by israel's security services saw a reduction in settler violence but last year the numbers rose sharply again it's reported there were four hundred eighty two and palestinian crimes a three fold increase on the previous year the incidents include assaults vandalism of vehicles and property as well as threatening graffiti israeli human rights group ph d. and recorded twenty five such incidents in just one day last month after two israeli soldiers and one baby were killed in palestinian attacks it says too many settler crimes against palestinians go unpunished we've had about over twelve hundred investigation falsely documented and monitored since two thousand. five and eight percent of those indictments were served and in a mere three percent were any convictions served we also noted that eighty two percent of investigation files are closed in circumstances that suggest police investigate a failure to israeli police call those figures misleading and incorrect your cue ball robbie says he is finding some solace in the fact that su

there are many checkpoints across the west bank this is the main entry point in and out of jerusalem from there's always heavy traffic and people are fed up you know every day they tell us they will find a solution when are they going to find a solution for this everyone is frustrated when they come to the checkpoint they lose their tempers we are a people who don't know what is going to happen to us. so many palestinians have told us these measures make them feel suffocated and trapped there's been no movement on the political front no peace talks since two thousand and fourteen and a delay in the announcement of the us president donald trump's peace plan everyone we speak to says israel's occupation dictates their lives and there seems to be a resignation that there is nothing they can do to change that. stephanie decker al-jazeera bethlehem in the occupied west bank well if you live in a shack in south africa what are your rights what's the question being asked by millions of shanty town dwellers in the eastern province of causing i'm told while rights group says hundreds of peopl

they cannott cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> theyey'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe

stephanie decker al-jazeera bethlehem in the occupied west bank. their opinion has imposed tariffs on vice exports from cambodia and man mom block says its previous policy which allowed cambodia to export duty free. produce says when hay has more. for the past decade cambodia has had one of the best performing economies in the world thanks largely to the biggest buyer of its goods europe but the european union isn't happy and is taking action it's impose tariffs on rice from cambodia and me and mom for three years following a complaint from italy the italians want to protect their rice industry from falling prices caused by imports from the two countries that surged eighty percent in the past five seasons until now cambodia and me and maher enjoyed tariff free access to european markets under a program designed to help developing countries despite being planned for some time the announcement from the e.u. seemed to catch the cambodian government off guard. the ministry just received the official statement which is sixty four pages long from the a f

we are deep in the occupied west bank just south of bethlehem but trying to find the location israel has earmarked for the latest announcement of its illegal settlement expansion an area rights groups are calling to it's striking how many settlements are already cut across this land land that is meant to be part of a future palestinian state and he could make resident money for are going to help us find the hills a small group of settlers are already here. for example take bethlehem their settlement block in from the north and road sixty from the west and the settlement of efrat from the south and tacoma is there behind us what's going to happen to us what's left where should we palestinians bre when you're looking for west bank today it's not listing and continuities you're going to continue to between the villages and cities all e. to faggy is an expert in the geography of the land where the settlements are and what their presence means here's your a zillion so we have a big live view of settlements this is the more than any bloke we are given i was able broken my earlier that we l

said it would remove the listings in settlements in the occupied west bank but not occupied east jerusalem and the city says many other things aren't honest about whether hotels are such as one hotel in the far adam incessant booking dot com says it's twenty five kilometers from the dead sea with panoramic views of the youth who deserts but the website doesn't say it's in an illegal israeli settlement where the bedroom village of qana is less than two kilometers away israel supreme court gave the green light for the eviction of all villages in september israel has offered them two places to move to one beside a former rubbish dump near abu dis and the other an open sewage plant near jericho . well i'm feeling for national said it's time for these companies to stand up for human rights by withdrawing all of their listings in illegal settlements let's bring in mark damage in london he coauthored that report as the research on business and human rights at amnesty international at the general premise of your report is that booking companies like air b.n. b. are driving illegal israeli settleme

stephanie decker al-jazeera bethlehem in the occupied west bank. so i had for you on the program south african shacked well as fight for land reform is violent convictions leave them without a roof over their heads cambodian rice producers find themselves in hot water all of the exports to the european union and that in sport one champion knocks out another as last year's australian open winner makes an early exit peter will have that story and more. hello get a welcome back here in the national weather forecast well things are looking much better down here towards the southeastern part of europe all the rain the windy conditions in the snow has ended so are much clearer as you can see on the satellite image across that area but we are seeing the weather is out here towards the west and they have been princely is seeing a system coming out of the atlantic it is going to bring some winds as well as some very heavy rain over the next few days for parts of spain as well as portugal up here towards the northwest though london it is going to be a cloudy

a lie said touch how digital activists in the occupied west bank are using humor to promote the palestinian cause. and in sports and other russian is done for typing lia we'll have those details. hello there was a lot of rain and snow ahead its way into parts of north america once more for a look at the satellite picture we can see most of it is over the western parts at the moment and that's a problem because we've had wildfire in the not too distant past and that has given us a problem with some scar areas that are likely to give us a problem with some land slips as well so more rain is expected and snow as we head through the next few days or if that gradually edging eastwards all of a system is in the east is not too intense but it could bring a little bit of disruption if it runs its way towards the northeast bringing some of us some or all that wintry weather here now for the central america is plenty. sunshine head lots of sunshine just one or two showers perhaps if you're unlucky particularly the parts of honduras and into nikki ragu i think that's where we most likely of seeing a f

bank. this is a familiar pilgrimage for the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem he comes here to bethlehem every year for the orthodox christmas to mark christ's birth at the church of the holy it's a pity and usually he would come here on foot proceeded by marching bands or scouts he would be met by officials from the bethlehem and surrounding governments. manger square would usually be thronged with people to welcome him but this year it's very different there is a group within the orthodox community who want this visit boycotted on political grounds because of its policy of selling church lands which regularly find their way into israeli jewish hands this year even asperities both of bethlehem and the surrounding cities have decided to join not boycott actually with our position themis abilities we are not going the buds in will coming but there is another because. actually there are there is documents says that his selling. their lands on the pro but it is of the orthodox but real whereas i

stephanie decker al-jazeera bethlehem in the occupied west bank. democratic republic of congo's rejecting the african union's call to delay the final result of last month's disputed presidential election. wants the announcement to be perspiring because of concerns over electoral fraud provisional results to opposition to felix to she k.t. the winner being challenged by his rival lata for you do it accuses to she k.t. of rigging the outcome with outgoing president joseph kabila arm which was more from the capital kinshasa. government officials in kinshasa have told the african union that this is a sovereign country no one should interfere no one can tell the d.l.c. how to run the elections they also say they can fees because they getting mixed messages from african leaders we know the african union is unhappy with the electoral process so far but leaders from the southern african development community issued a statement saying that the people of the d r c should be able to resolve their own crisis foreign country should not interfere and people in s

said it would remove the listings in settlements in the occupied west bank but not occupied east jerusalem and the sea says many other things aren't honest about where the hotels are such as one who tell in the far enemy and settlements booking dot com says it's twenty five kilometers from the dead sea with panoramic views of the you who deserts but the website doesn't say it's in an illegal israeli settlement where the bedroom village of qana lama is less than two kilometers away israel supreme court gave the green light for the eviction of all villages in september israel has offered them two places to move to one beside a former rubbish dump near abu dis and the other an old sewage plant near jericho well armed see international says it's time for these companies to stand up for human rights by withdrawing all of their listings in illegal settlements. or birdman me there and here i'm sure this one five people up on a definite come all well honestly international reporters spots plenty of conversation online the rights group recently launched a petition that was said on twitter where he

israeli settlers on palestinians in the occupied west bank. there are whole breaking musical how milton goes off broadway to a homecoming in puerto rico. how the rain has gone for the most part we still got streaks of cloud running from me and mark trust northern vietnam and through china and something bit more obvious where the cold air sits but it's a dry forecasts the sunday increasing clouds suggest it may not stay that way and i think if you pump it emotionally correct we're going to rain developing in the middle or suppose sorts was who had the yangtze valley this is it's fine in hong kong twenty two probably fairly humid degrees actually look at the wind direction to the west that again there's a little bit of cloud falling we've seen it comes from afghanistan through the hindu kush and there it is again up to the kashmir valley as well so we will see once again rain showers on board likely snow that rapidly of course maintains itself a stone as it has to western the pole or gets to on sunday nothing much happens as far south as new del

got longer forty three hour after west bank. now here in russia one person is being killed and eight injured in a gas explosion in a residential building in the city in southern russia the explosion happened on the top floor of a nine story building to the story suffered a collapse destroying four flats of his fifth others may be trapped under the rubble with four people still unaccounted for emergency accommodation is being provided for those who need it a criminal investigation has been opened into the incident. watching r.c. we're going to take a quick break we'll be back in. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to the rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent cure some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial but don't let the nu

stephanie decker al-jazeera bethlehem in the occupied west bank. news from yemen the warring sides are failed to reach an agreement during talks in jordan if the rebels and the yemeni government have been negotiating in amman over a prisoner swap deal that was agreed in sweden last month but both parties have accused each other of lying and hiding crucial information about detainees have now decided on a timetable to exchange their views on the details of the deal. to the democratic republic of congo the country is rejecting the african union's call to delay the final results of last month's disputed presidential election a you won't see announcement to be postponed because of concerns over electoral fraud provisional results to opposition to felix dishy katy the winner but they're being challenged by his rival modify you do you accuse this dish acadia of rigging the outcome with outgoing president joseph kabila. brings us more now from the capital kinshasa. government officials in kinshasa have told the african union that this is a sovereign count

has as mentioned in the report already said it will pull listings from parts of the west bank not yet occupied east jerusalem but that's the result of a grassroots pressure the results of the message coming to these companies from human rights groups and others that they are involving themselves in criminal activities really promoting and aiding and profiting from the supplements is no different than walking into a store robbing it at gunpoint and then going out into the street and selling the stolen goods for your own profits but we're talking about something much more consequential than good stolen from a store we're talking about people's law and their lives their history their heritage that israel is violently stealing from them and particularly so in jerusalem this is not just hotels and b. and b. around poles but sites like trip advisor also promote israel's so-called aki a logical sites which being built in occupied east jerusalem for example in and around the village of sin one where israel is systematically destroying the homes of palestinians in order to expel them to build

cnn in the west bank. >> the u.s. state department tells cnn it is continuing to work through the potential impact of the new antiterror law. >> in a statement it says in consultation with partners, we have taken steps to wind down certain projects and programs in the west bank and gaza. the statement did not go into further detail. >> this weekend saw signs of progress from both sides in u.s. talk with the taliban. the u.s. envoy tweeted saturday, there's been significant head way on vital issues. the taliban official echoed that statement but said more talks are needed. a source tells cnn the two sides are discussing a ceasefire. here's how people were reacting in ckabul on sunday. >> it's very good news and i hope they agree on a peace deal. we hope for lasting peace so that our people can live in a peaceful situation. >> everyone is tired of war and conflicts in this country and we support any peace agreement between afghans, americans, and the taliban, for the prosperity of our country. >> u.s. human rights exper

kevin thank you very much indeed still to come on this al-jazeera news in the occupied west bank plans are underway for the expansion of an illegal israeli settlement. brazil's new president promises to crack down on crime and to improve the economy that many question his lack of experience. nick kyrgios is back on course and up to his old tricks later we'll have the latest from the new tennis season. in the next episode of science in the golden age i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval islamic period in the field of astronomy. the pernik chris knows this day to these medieval astronomers from the golden age. that's trillions in many ways with the computers of the day you can use it to find the time you could navigate science in a golden age with germany. when the news breaks and the story it's when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told. with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports. al-jazeera has teens on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries. and life needs on air and online. let's have a look at the top stories

a palestinian home in the west bank village of duma a crackdown by israel's security services saw a reduction in settler violence but last year the numbers rose sharply again it's reported there were four hundred eighty two and palestinian crimes a three fold increase on the previous year the incidents include assaults vandalism of vehicles and property as well as threatening graffiti israeli human rights group ph d. and recorded twenty five such incidents in just one day last month after two israeli soldiers and one baby were killed in palestinian attacks it says too many settler crimes against palestinians go unpunished we've had about over twelve hundred investigation falsely documented and want to turds since two thousand. five in eight percent of those indictments were served and in a mere three percent were any convictions served we also noted that eighty two percent of investigation files are closed in circumstances that suggest police investigate a failure to israeli police called those figures misleading and incorrect your google robbie says he is finding some solace in the fact that

bank and gaza and you've got to balance some of iraq i'm told that they did blame you and you blame them i'm not really i mean doesn't go i'm saying all of the in fact it doesn't go forward does it look you're not giving me a plan to take this fine and division i'm putting a plan to them when i mean i came to britain france cabinet i think you were there to help partner more parliament i was speaking about the loyal opposition i said to him mr hamid to be you are no longer a prime minister of how much you are my prime minister act as such but that to be sure looked at last ability student book so what can i do it didn't work but i do when you're president goes before the united nations security council and he says i think if you help us you could help yourselves we're trying to you have to sort out these factual disputes are so many structures how muscles are just how must last month's meeting of your central council the democratic front for the liberation of palestine play one for the popular front for the liberation of palestine they weren't there either they didn't tell you what

got longer forty three hour west bank. has erupted in south africa after a local health department there reportedly told white doctors not to apply for a number of new positions a leaked document shows the department's aiming to hire four hundred sixty six black doctors while targeting also thirty two indian twelve white and four mixed race professionals we are unapologetic about addressing these imbalances of the past south africa including cause remains an unequal society with limited opportunities to self development those who historically oppressed or the political party the democratic alliance expressed outrage over the policy claiming the health department is acting racist and going against constitutional values white people currently make up around nine percent of the population in south africa we spoke to guess with very different views on the race divisions in the country. this is not the first example of hiring policies being discriminatory particularly against white people and i would say that it is racist but i

bank and gaza and you got the ballots so a lot wrong with that they did they blame you and you blame them i'm not and it doesn't i'm saying all of them facts it doesn't go forward does it look you're not giving me a plan to take this final and division putting a plan to them when i mean i came to brazil in france cabinet i think you were ever put up or parliament i wasn't speaking on behalf of the loyal opposition i said to him mr handing out today you are no longer a prime minister of hamas you are my prime minister act as such but i didn't go look at the last ability work so what can you do it doesn't work what i do when your president goes before the united nations security council and he says i beg if you help us you can help yourselves we're trying to you have to sort out these factual disputes yourself some of us isn't just some us last month's meeting of your central council the democratic front for the liberation of palestine they weren't there the popular front for the liberation of palestine they weren't there either they didn't turn out if they were there because you are s

stephanie decker al-jazeera bethlehem in the occupied west bank. more than one thousand people from honduras of crossed into mexico as part of a migrant caravan bound for the u.s. many of them like to be sent back home but they continue to risk the difficult trip to seek asylum after escaping violence and poverty back home monreal republic spoke to some of them in some. of. this bus arriving from mexico is dropping off a hundred migrants being returned home many were deported others like martin who left with a migrant caravan last october have come back willingly. i tried crossing many times through mexicali picotee and i couldn't because we would be tear gassed or the place was too dangerous or too expensive that's why we decided to turn back. in some main bus station between three hundred and five hundred deportees are processed every day many of them are under the age of eighteen a local charity provides them with some money for food counseling and other services may say this bed is the charity manager says this should be the job of the honduran

a palestinian home in the west bank village of duma a crackdown by israel's security services saw a reduction in settler violence but last year the numbers rose sharply again it's reported there were four hundred eighty two and palestinian crimes a three fold increase on the previous year the incidents include assaults vandalism of vehicles and property as well as threatening graffiti israeli human rights group ph d. and recorded twenty five such incidents in just one day last month after two israeli soldiers and one baby were killed in palestinian attacks it says too many settler crimes against palestinians go unpunished we've had about over twelve hundred investigation falsely documented and want to turd since two thousand. five and eight percent of those indictments were served and in a mere three percent were any convictions served we also noted that eighty two percent of investigation files are closed in circumstances that suggest police investigative failure is really police speak is misleading and incorrect says he is finding some solace in the fact that suspects have been arrested in

i arrive an attack by israel effective on palestinian then the occupied west bank. and south africa's ruling african national congress prepares for elections as its popularity appears to be on the way. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast with more snow is on the way here for central parts of europe where we're dealing with snow all week long it has been deadly in some locations because of the avalanche threat which will continue to stay quite high over the next you days but i want to show you what you can expect to see through the weekend because by the time we get to sunday that is when we are expecting to see our next really big shot of snow across much of the area here up to the north you see the rain but that is going to turn to snow as it makes its way down here towards the south across much of the elves that is going to add at least another sixty to ninety centimeters of snow on top of what has already fallen so a very dangerous situation there down towards the southeast watching area of low pressure and that is going to make anywhere ac

bank to the east and west because they want to control the old road which connects the mala i do mean and not to settlements with the jordan valley seconds that's a lot of this road doesn't help without its people as the israeli government claims they met this want to close how not more street in the future and the make it only for the israeli it took more than ten years for this road to open because of a dispute between the israeli police and army over who would control a checkpoint here and there are other divided roads in the west bank but none of them have a wall separating the two sides the road to two resolving divisions here just got longer for three hour with bag going out to days for the latest programs continue in just a few moments. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now

got longer forty three hour west bank. the british army is reported to be forced to climb down following a revolt by male soldiers but after it gave a pass to a female recruits who failed a key fitness test for an elite unit test requires a thirteen kilometer march soldiers have to carry a heavy backpack and rifle over arduous terrain and they must do that within two hours rules state that failure to do so results in automatic disqualification from the rest of the course for more idea of combat soldier tommy gottlieb says it's wrong to ignore the physical differences between men and women. i think that we have to understand that there are some physical differences between men and women and we can't. disregard them we have to look at them and the knowledge of them and only by not enjoying them we can involve women into different army units and putting them in key roles in the army there are physical differences between men and women and putting. the truth putting women into into these army units are important because the ar

west bank. now despite calling a visiting japanese delegation friends the russian foreign minister has effectively told them forget about claims to the kuril islands that after talks with japan's top diplomats on a peace agreement which has never been signed because of the dispute over the territory surprisingly the u.s. and china made their way into the conversation today so let's get more on this now from this following events today good evening what else was said then at this meeting. andrew hi again well that was the first round of intensified talks on the peace agreement between japan and tokyo ordered by the leaders it hasn't been signed ever since the days of wall to work to end the number one stumbling block as you said was the tokyo claims. to the ownership to a group of tiny islands and in a rather unusual twist this monday afternoon sergei lavrov and his japanese guest decided to talk to the journalists alone separately and a quite tough manner mr allowed made it clear that japanese o

west bank and gaza use facebook is therefore a vital space for activism and debate but the organizers of this forum say it's far from a safe space israel has detained hundreds of people over their social media use and there's been powell crackdowns by hamas in gaza and the palestinian authority here in the west bank it has detained journalists and activists and blocked websites under a recently adopted cybercrime law on stage the israel palestine director of human rights watch cited what he called intimidatory detentions in both gaza and the west bank quoting one recent detainee despairing of the fact that a regime had emerged before a palestinian state it was a direct challenge to a leading prosecutor from the palestinian authority who had himself been condemning israel for abusing online freedoms i mean he denied there was any organized campaign against free speech saying the with already did its utmost to protect human rights for those who don't believe it is. the things which the these authorities may believe that. so the. thirty three will they will think twice before what was a

international observers in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank are going home israel's prime minister refused to extend the mandates of the monitoring mission quints an international force acting against israel and is hoping for some reports benjamin netanyahu his critics say he's just trying to win votes. to enter the israeli military controlled zone of hebron is to enter into a parallel world of division and displacement this is you had a street home to palestinian activist. he says he was expecting the end of the international observer mission here but it's no less worrying for being predictable they were doing and i mean the communication here which can be used by the palestinians to make is that accountable in the international criminal court the temporary international presence in hebron tiff has been in place here since one thousand nine hundred seven its term renewed every six months on a palestinian market street protected by canopies from settler buildings above traders say that if reports have done nothing to prevent the steady worsening of the situation. kicking o

swatch cited what he called intimidatory detentions in both gaza and the west bank quoting one recent detainee despairing of the fact that a regime had emerged before a palestinian state it was a direct challenge to a leading prosecutor from the palestinian authority who had himself been condemning israel for abusing online freedoms i mean he denied there was any organized campaign against free speech saying you authority did its utmost to protect human rights for those who don't believe it is. the things which the these authorities may believe that it's. so the of course that we will think twice before. or say anything against either the authority or of course there is a very glum a and our colleagues can't do much about the restrictions on their digital space but they are determined to use it to help change the way their generation of palestinians see themselves and is seen by the outside world are a force it. an art exhibit in new york has been removed after sparking anger and protests it was near a nine eleven memorial and included a flag of saudi arabia zeros christened salumi ex

west bank. quarter past the hour here in moscow three people including a child have been killed eight injured in a gas explosion in a residential building in shakti city in southwestern russia and the explosion happened on the top floor of a nine story building you can see two of the stores suffered a collapse destroying four flats it's feared others may be trapped under the rubble five people are still missing we'll keep you updated here on out. in the meantime though we are running down the top stories on this monday. just. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. let it be an arms race. dramatic. i don't see how. very. they put themselves on the line. for us. to be close this is what. people are. interested in the water. today for the monday program a race route has erupted in south africa after a local health department reportedly told white doctors to apply according to a leaked document that a. four hundred sixty six black doctor has. also include thirty two indian twe

got longer forty three hour west bank. russia's foreign minister has met with his japanese counterpart to discuss a potential final resolution to a world war two era peace treaty. said the question of sovereignty over russia's far east and kuril islands is not up the discussion so let's bring in our r.t. easily prefer to find out more details really good afternoon what exactly was said then. andrew high the japanese foreign minister is in moscow for the first round of intensified talks on a peace agreement between russia and japan it hasn't been signed ever since world war two and the number one stumbling block is tokyo's claims of ownership to a group of tiny islands now in a rather unusual twist this monday afternoon. came out to talk to the journalists alone and in a quite tough manner he made it clear that japanese officials should forget the idea of questioning russia's sovereignty over the islands if they want to get the peace agreement talks go on. this is our basic position any progress on other issues is very diff

for to see our team west bank coming your way here on r.t. in just a moment of the star of hit u.s. t.v. show breaking bad coming under fire for playing a disabled character in a hollywood remake of the film with the in touch of details on that. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. wanted. to go on to be for us this is what the three of the more people. interested in the waters in the. city. by you'll have to. split your own personality into to you that is the committee of jihad this that was still alive within me and then there is the person who wanted to come to everything they want to do and then try to dismantle everything they were doing so you have to really become a good doctor. do. you have to pull your own family in order to pull them. in one day program hey welcome to it a boeing seven zero seven cargo plane has crashed in iran to the west of the capital tehran reportedly with up to sixteen people on board the plane is said to be owned by the iranian i mean was returning from critical stun it seems the pilot tried to lan

said it would remove the listings in settlements in the occupied west bank but not occupied east jerusalem and the sea says many other things aren't honest about where the hotels are such as one who tell in the far enemy incessant booking dot com says it's twenty five kilometers from the dead sea with panoramic views of the you who deserts but the website doesn't say it's in an illegal israeli settlement where the bedroom village of qana is less than two kilometers away israel's supreme court gave the green light for the eviction of all villages in september israel has of them two places to move to one beside a former rubbish dump near abu dis and the other an old sewage plant near jericho well armed see international says it's time for these companies to stand up for human rights by withdrawing all of their listings in illegal settlements lebanon's currency the leader is under pressure there are fears that without much needed reforms it could lose its value even more worsening an already bad economic situation the central bank has dismissed those fears for the first time it's taking measu

regard hamas as a terrorist organization i have frozen aid to both go there on the west bank. the economy has collapsed and civil servants haven't been paid for over a year. it's beyond people's coping mechanisms they can't cope anymore and that's really what we're seeing here in gaza people have sold anything that they might have to and. to get by and they're just not making ends meet. it's really. people living on less than two dollars a day. population and now at that rate of poverty which is comparable with some of the poorest places in. the sea a source of food is patrolled by the israeli military. gaza's fisherman can only fish safely in shallow polluted waters they say these days they are lucky to catch a handful of sardines. so mostly the boats don't bother to go out anymore. the land here is first tile and gaza used to have a thriving agriculture industry. but with the sealed borders these farmers console their crops. many children have had to drop out of school to support their families in these fields i saw children as young as five spending backbreaking ten hour da