to twenty four news correspondent. who's in gaza right now if you can hear me ok what is the latest coming from the region. right we're here on the israel gaza border and indeed over the past hour or so we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions and we could hear them as well of course this in response to earlier a projectile fired towards israel with one rocket actually being intercepted by israel's missile defense battery i would dome over the city of steroid that's a little to the north of here in fact there was a an additional project also fired towards israeli territory that it's yet to actually have been found and a little while after that around nine o'clock local time we did see that the response from the i.d.f. apparently for the aircraft hitting two targets to hamas to the hamas group which of course rules the gaza strip hitting a weapons warehouse inside the gaza strip as well as a hamas training facility always really held responsible for these kinds of cases a projec

thank you very much indeed. three people being killed in demonstrations in gaza and the west bank against u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel medical groups say eighty four people have also been injured in gaza five seriously president trump and house at the u.s. embassy would be rededicated to jerusalem from tel aviv last week as well as in the occupied west bank city of bethlehem israeli soldiers fired live rounds rubber coated steel bullets and tear gas in response to rock throwing demonstrators palace in red crescent says at least two hundred sixty three people have been injured in the west bank. one fish has been watching protests in gaza and joins us now live so i mean do you get impression that there's any kind of sense of this dying down or is it if anything getting worse. well certainly what we saw was hamas calling at a rally on thursday for a day of rage on friday and that was delivered in seven points on gaza with the border with israel we saw widespread protests with thousands of people getting to the border and makin

reported in a short while after that residence in gaza living on the east of gaza over by the separation move by the israeli border reported that the israeli army had which retaliated with tank fire and hit a watchtower belonging to one of the armed factions the israeli army just tweeted a short while ago that they struck two pairs belonging to hamas. on another issue the fourth day of rage has been called across the region we're seeing pictures of some protests from bethlehem burning of tires people out on the streets give us an idea of what's happening there in gaza or what is intending to be happening later today. leaders of factions of called for two different demos today one called for by hamas and another one by the islamic jihad group and people are gathering just now these demos that were planned for people coming out of the mosque after prayers they were waiting to see how many people would it will attend but in the last three weeks since president trump announced that the u.s. would recognize truth limits the capital of israel hundreds of gathered in demos in the str

from the gaza strip its army has now shelled parts of gaza let's join. garza we'll talk about what's going on behind you in a moment let's just bring ourselves up to speed on this apparent missile launch of the retaliation back from israel. that was just a couple of hours ago and we could hear and feel distant explosions where we were at the time in gaza city and sure after that the israeli military said that they three rockets had been fired from gaza into southern israel and instead intercepted two of them with the iron dome missile defense system and one of the missiles had hit some buildings in southern israel but there were no casualties reported we heard a few more explosions shortly after that we heard from local residents living along here along the border area that. some tank fire had been fired from the israeli side at some positions belonging to. us. the israelis claim that they'd hit two watchtowers. belonging to us well let's just talk about what is going on behind you we're seeing pictures now of close up pictures of an ambulance and lots of people. there after friday p

to bring mainstream media narratives of this time on al-jazeera. rockets fired from gaza calls panic in southern israel and prone to retaliatory strikes against hamas this says dozens of palestinians are injured in clashes with israeli troops and made the ongoing protests over jerusalem. barbara sorry you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program a gunman opens fire on worshipers at a coptic church in cairo killing nine people a new legal setback for jacob zuma as a ruling by south africa's top court fuels opposition calls for his impeachment and a storm of derision after the u.s. president says the bitterly cold east coast could use some good old global warming . thank you for joining us israeli tanks and their craft have fired at hamas targets in gaza in retaliation for several rockets being fired into israel the israeli army says it's aerial defense system intercepted two crockett's launched from the gaza strip they caused panic among severely. on the ground in israel but no injuries a third rocket hit a building in the south causing damage but no

. recognition of jerusalem turned deadly at least four palestinians are killed by israeli forces in gaza and the west bank european leaders say the u.k. has done enough to allow for the tolls on leaving the e.u. and for bracks and negotiations to move on to trade last impeachment proceedings against heroes president the latest that american leader engulfed in a corruption scandal centered on a brazilian construction giant. thank you for joining us north korea has defiantly defended its ballistic missile program at the united nations security council the public session was called after pyongyang tested what is believed to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile in november but the meeting which was attended by the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson failed to come up with any new steps to curb north korea's actions mike hanna reports from the u.n. . the red scarf a reflection of the chilly weather outside and little warmth displayed in the chamber towards north korea is representative listened to condemnation from speaker off to speak with what appeared to be studied nonchal

in the latest protests in gaza and the occupied west bank they were rallying against the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital it. was one of those men shot in gaza he was in a wheelchair protesting when he was reportedly hit by a sniper bullet. was an activist who lost his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight hundreds of other people were also injured in the confrontations now hamas leader ismail haniya spoke at the funeral. let it be known that we will not give up jerusalem i did not mean east jerusalem but a unified jerusalem the east nor west of jerusalem alan fischer as more from the funeral procession in gaza. thousands on the street for the funeral of bring in the rear he was killed during clashes with these release at the border with gaza on friday the twenty nine year old most both legs during the war in gaza in two thousand and eight and became an unlikely figure of palestinian resistance and defiance he would often leave his wheelchair home unattended rallies and protests around gaza city just carrying his palestinian flag

the day they chanted not gaza not lebanon my life whereon i. don't be afraid we're staying strong together. an expression of anger about claims the government is focusing more on regional issues than economic problems at home. iranian t.v. showed a display of strength by crowds of pro-government supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support iran's supreme leader ali khamenei letter that people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. the pro-government rallies were pre-planned to mark the anniversary of the end of the unrest that shook the country in two thousand and nine unrest in iran prompted several tweets from the u.s. president on saturday warning oppressive regimes cannot into a forever many reports of peaceful protests bahraini and citizens fed up with the regime's corruption and squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad iranian government should re

israel's capital protests have also been seen in bethlehem and gaza. syria has been a proclaimed free of islamic state so pockets of jihad is remain. fresh from the twenty eighteen winter olympics over doping scandal that erupted two years ago last despite the i.o.c. saying there's no concrete evidence to support claims of state sponsored cheating. and blood tamir putin announces he will run for reelection in the twenty one thousand presidential race. it's the weekly here on r.t. international with me in india tutor broadcasting live from our moscow studio welcome to the program tensions are rising in lebanon where protesters have attempted to storm the u.s. embassy in the capital beirut the rally there is the latest in a string of protests decrying president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. as you. look. right now we are witnessing a. just a few minutes ago there was a charge from at least i'd say fifty or sixty some of them will be in buttons others actually carrying m. sixteen s we managed to push back. a number of. palestinian protesters one of two of whic

spoiled a kidnapping fought by hamas in the west bank. [inaudible] the rockets fired from gaza and clashes between israeli and palestinian forces. most recently on december 10t december 10th, 1 israel he was seriously injured in a stabbing attack at the jerusalem bus station. the perpetrator has been detained. the defense forces destroyed another tunnel that extended from gaza into jerusalem. ten militants were killed underground. according to statements they wanted to kidnap israeli soldiers. the seconds tunnel was destroyed december 10. the 31st of october, 25 year old palestinian man was shot dead. on the 30th of november, is really civilian shot a palestinian man in the west bank in may through stone at the group of israelis. both shooting incidents are under investigation. 28 rockets were fired. the defense forces continue to target hamas and jihad military post a cost that gaza strip in which two militants and one civilian were killed with at least 20 people injured. there has been a visible increase in rockets fired by militants. 27 have been launched since hamas called for.

strikes in gaza while demonstrations take place across the world against president trunks and. this is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power you questions about trumps presidential campaigns relationship with foreign powers not russia this time but israel plus. unrelenting wins from towering flames in southern california hundreds of thousands flee multiple devastating fires . israeli forces have killed at least four palestinian protesters in shootings and airstrikes in gaza as the fallout continues from the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital more than seven hundred others were injured in demonstrations across the occupied territories an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council there was strong condemnation of the presidential move even from some of washington's closest allies as mike hanna. an animated discussion between the u.s. ambassador and the palestinian representative just one of the urgent conversations taking place around the room even before the session began the packed chamber testament to the depth of international concern and

found. israeli forces have killed at least two palestinian protesters in gaza as the fallout continues from the u.s. president's unilateral recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital more than seven hundred others were injured in demonstrations across the occupied territories. and emotions a meeting of the u.n. there was strong criticism of the presidential move even from some of washington's closest allies mike hanna has more. an animated discussion between the u.s. ambassador and the palestinian representative just one of the urgent conversations taking place around the room even before the session began the packed chamber testament to the depth of international concern and some argue the credibility of the security council itself is under attack if the council does not. act accordingly to what its mind it which is personnel in peace and security then the council might become another occupied territory speaking by video link from jerusalem the un special coordinator condemned the unilateral u.s. action if the israeli palestinian conflict is not resolved in line with relevant un res

killed and dozens injured in courses in gaza the west bank over jerusalem e.u. leaders say breaks the talks can i move on but disagreements are opening up within the other twenty seven over migration. and zimbabwe's ruling party confirms emerson and then not well as its new leader finalizing the departure of proper gobby. one welcome to the program north korea has defended its ballistic missile program a self-defense at the united nations security council public session was called after pyongyang tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile last month but the meeting which was attended by u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson failed to come up with any decisive action to curb activity on the korean peninsula mike hanna has more now from the u.n. . the red scarf a reflection of the chilly weather outside and little warmth displayed in the chamber towards north korea. is representative listened to condemnation from speaker after speaker with what appeared to be studied nonchalance the situation on the korean peninsula is the most thems and dangerous peace and security

and dozens injured during protests in gaza and the west bank over the use of the. e.u. leaders say breaks it talks can now move on the disagreements are opening up within the twenty seven over migration. and donald trump addresses the f.b.i. after the white has accused the agency of bias against the president. very warm welcome to the program the united nations secretary general says it's time to reestablish immediately and strengthen communication channels with north korea and to enable good terrorists was speaking at the u.n. security council meeting on pyongyang's ballistic missile program well last month john young tested its most valued intercontinental ballistic missile yet in direct defiance of international pressure and using sections well the u.s. secretary of state to listen says the u.s. will continue to pursue a diplomatic resolution with north korea but the u.s. military remains at the ready. we are not going to accept preconditions you heard others have called for freeze for freeze we do not accept a freeze for freeze as a precondition to talks we do not accept any re

on the program palestinians in gaza mourn the man shot by israeli soldiers during a protest over u.s. too gruesome policy zimbabwe look ahead to elections in two thousand the and a teen after a turbulent year that saw a long time leader robert mugabe forced from power and the record breaking cold snap in the u.s. that is so bad that sharks are freezing today. thank you for joining us let's begin in iran where the government is calling on people not to take part in what it says are illegal gatherings as protests driven by anger over the color may gain momentum on saturday student demonstrators turned their anger towards iran's foreign policy meanwhile i knew a pro-government rallies have been taking place across the country peter sharp has the latest. third day in a row they were out on the streets to government protesters most of them students fighting with riot police outside terror and university but what began as a protest about rising food prices and welfare benefit cuts turned political on saturday they chanted not gaza not lebanon my life through. the. i don't be afraid we'

and recognized as the capital of israel bernard smith as our correspondent in gaza city bernard so a day of rage when are we expecting it to kick off. i think across all the palestinian territories the occupied west bank and here in gaza people are expected to protest after friday prayers early this afternoon local time since yesterday since tantrums announcement really of recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel there have been calls from the from the mosques for people to come out and protest hamas one of the major political parties here in the gaza strip called for a third intifada a third uprising so while the were fairly small scale protests and confrontations yesterday particularly in the west bank and to a lesser extent here in gaza is expected that because fridays the day off fridays the day of prayer in the arab world that is expected the majority of those protests will be today here in gaza we're expecting protests across the gaza strip and we're also expecting perhaps some people to approach israeli security services forces near the border fence between gaza and the

time in punchbowl at this time on al-jazeera. a rocket fired from gaza triggers panic in southern israel the israelis respond by firing on hamas. and i one citizen this is al jazeera line from london also coming up. protests from palestine to pakistan against the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. nine people are killed in an attack on a coptic christian church in egypt and after a year dominated by donald trump to look at how next year's u.s. midterm elections could prove perilous for the president. the. israeli tanks and aircraft to fight on targets in gaza are in retaliation to rockets being fired into israel the israeli army says it's aerial defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip it caused panic among civilians on the ground in israel a third rocket hit a building in the south causing damage but no casualties the unrest comes as hundreds of palestinians across gaza and the occupied west bank took part in protests for the fourth friday in a row they're angry at u.s. president omar chung's decision to recognize jerusalem as the

occupied west bank and gaza are calling for three days of rage world leaders have voiced their concerns with many warning trump against the move the status of. roessler is central to the middle east peace process though it's been left unresolved in years of negotiations israel claims the whole city has its capital but this is never been recognized by any major player internationally until now herefore says is in occupied east jerusalem and sent this report. for palestinians living in occupied east jerusalem the sudden arrival of winter on wednesday matched the news that the us president was set to recognize the city as israel's capital. this is an insane move that will inflame the whole region because he's attacking all of our values our sacred places and our humanity and jerusalem according to un resolutions is the capital of two states if he does this today he will destroy the peace process that america is sponsoring while some of his colleagues have been publicly welcoming the move israel's prime minister steered clear of the topic during a speech to foreign diplomats in jer

. iraq at five from gaza trinkets panic in southern israel the israelis respond i found a ring on hamas posts. hello i'm sue chance and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up nine people are killed in an attack on a coptic christian change in egypt a president under pressure supreme court ruling spells more bad news for south africa's jacob zuma and apple issues a rare apology for slowing down old i phones as the number of lawsuits. israeli tanks and aircraft have fired on targets in gaza in retaliation to rockets being fired into israel the israeli army says its aerial defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip it caused panic among civilians on the ground in israel a third rocket hit a building in the south causing damage but no casualties the unrest comes as hundreds of palestinians across the occupied west bank took part in protests for the fourth friday in a row there are great u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel malcolm webb has more from gaza. the edge of gaza city is just a couple of hu

-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program palestinians in gaza born a man shot by israeli soldiers during a protest over u.s. troops and. the greek government says it wants to cancel the asylum that's just being granted to a turkish soldier who's accused of taking part in last year's attempted coup and the record breaking cold snap in the us that is so bad that sharks are freezing to death. thank you for joining us we begin the program in iran where the government is calling on people not to take part in what it says are illegal gatherings for a third consecutive day there were protests in a number of cities across the country outside tehran university dozens of students chanted anti-government slogans they were dispersed by riot police in large crowds of pro-government protesters pizza shop has more. for the third day in a row they are out on the streets fighting with police went on into the night anti-government protesters most of them students facing up to riot police outside tear on university but what began as a protest about rising food prices and welfare benefit cut

time on al-jazeera. at least fifteen people injured in gaza by israeli gunfire during a fourth week of protests against donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters and the end of the parana also ahead a gunman targets the coptic church in egypt at least in line people are killed in cairo. gone but not forgotten guatemala's and his family's finally give proper burials to relatives killed in the ninety seven war. it was the first step to globalization radio to the whole of our world is basically built on the time. after one hundred seventy one years belgium taluk land service finally comes to a stop. at least fifty people have been entered after israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators as thousands of palestinians across the gaza and occupied west bank took part in protests for a fourth friday. there and that's president donald trump's assertion to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. while tanks and aircraft also fired on targets in gaza and with tally ation two rockets being fired into israel the israeli army s

christians but many of them live in other parts of the world just over a thousand remain in the gaza strip where small christmas celebrations are planned welcome web reports. this is all of rosetta sires extended family that's what gallo this christmas it's a son went to the occupied west bank three years ago and never came back he took his two sons worried for their future hearing gaza one of her daughters moved to canada six years ago a family that bad other life is very difficult in gaza we live under siege and we cannot move anywhere gaza has become a big prison we've witnessed many was during the bombing we had to sleep in the church for safety the the story of rosettes family is typical among as a small community of christians the gather in just three churches congregations are shrinking. populations just over a thousand it was more than double that ten years ago when the blockade by israel in egypt began they suffer the same daily struggles as the muslim majority of sociologists a christian families tend to have more means to get out of family. usually has. hardly socio econom

to downgrade the cats on the international least of threatened species. deadly clashes in gaza as palestine's president warns that the united states can no longer be relied upon as an honest mediator. oh i maryam namazie you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the main powers backing syria's warring sides push for another round of talks to end six years of civil war. the united nations imposes tough new sanctions on north korea in response to its latest ballistic missile test. the warring parties in south sudan signed a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. welcome to the program out top story this hour palestine's president says he will no longer accept the united states as mediator in the middle east peace process saying it cannot be relied upon to play an honest role mahmoud abbas made the comments during a meeting with the french president emanuel in paris in which he called for europe to take the initiative in peace efforts it comes a day after the united nations adopted a resolution rejecting u.s. president donald trump's decision do y

, in gaza. bishop tutu says it's worse than apartheid. that's a moral issue. brother alan and i goes back many years, he allows me to lecture on the source of law. we had some good times together at harvard law. we shall continue to have good times even though we have deep disagreements on this issue. that's precisely what this temple of learning is all about based on brother harlan's vision. but most importantly it has to deal with the future of not just the middle east but also the future of the united states given our intimate relations with the state of israel. what kind of moral character, what kind of human values are are we ng to promote, going to forget the very ugly realities in gaza and west bank? always forget the second class citizenship of palestinians inside of the state of israel. and are we to forget that almost half a million refugees still labor outside of israel and outside of the occupied territories? it's very difficult in the united states to have a candid, robust, honest conversation about our relation to israel and about the complexity of our precious jewish b

you live to reporter another one of our correspondents bernard smith who's live for us in gaza city bernard clearly there by the story slim a slightly combustible situation is that being mirrored where you are. peter well there have been four funerals today there just in the stages of finishing now four people killed as a result of the protests against donald trump's declaration of the recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel two of those people were killed in confrontations with israeli security forces along gaza's border friends fence between gaza and israel those two people were shot israelis use live fire and tear gas in return to stone throwing use from this side of gaza then there were two fighters from hamas killed after an israeli airstrike hits two targets in gaza. overnight in the early hours of the month of this morning some more rockets have been launched towards israel from the gaza strip by smaller groups not by hamas but hamas has influence over all of the groups here in gaza but two smaller groups launching those rockets hamas hamas leadership has called for

forcefully cleared from gaza city alan fischer has this update on the protests. well the leader of hamas on thursday called for a million man march in gaza this is solid team st it stretches forty five kilometers from the north to the south that is essentially the spine of the gaza strip and their call was for everyone in their towns and villages just to gather on saladin street to assure their anger at the decision of the united states to declare jerusalem the capital of israel and they believe that once it was looked at its entirety it would sure that the people of gaza were very much opposed to what the united states was doing now here in gaza what we're seeing is factions political parties movements which for years have been divided on some key issues are all together here in the crowd and not only that on the stage behind me the leaders of those parties factions in movements have linked arms and are standing together to show solidarity on this mean issue there's no one in this crowd here believes that by coming out onto the streets donald trump if he sees it on t.v. will suddenly de

capital. earlier, israeli aircraft hit targets in gaza, while at least two palestinians have been killed in clashes with israeli troops. the israeli army said aircraft attacked hamas military facilities in the gaza strip on friday night in response to rocket attacks. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza said that 14 people were wounded, suffering what it described as moderate injuries. this marks the second night of rocket fire. meanwhile a rocket fired from gaza has exploded in the town of sderot in southern israel. it damaged cars but there were no reports of any injuries. it's reported that at least three rockets were fired from the gaza strip, including one shot down by israel's anti—missile system. another appeared to have fallen in wasteland and the third rocket did not explode and did not cause any casualties. our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from jerusalem. palestinian protesters confronted israeli security forces on the roads leading into all the big towns on the west bank. plenty of people had warned that us recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital would lead

live reports from gaza the west bank jerusalem and washington also on the bridge president and on made some historic visit to mainland greece a first. in sixty five years with talks focusing on the refugee crisis in europe we'll tell you about a scheme the german government has put in place to get asylum seekers to go back home and homes of the rich and famous in the sun just under threat as raging wildfires continue to burn in what is becoming the worst fire season in the history of california firefighters are working around the clock to battle the fast moving flames we have an update on the situation on the ground. now. helen homage is a are a million tweets about jerusalem online to monitor all the latest developments and reaction so connected us recent a hash tag aging is great. i am with you know with the news great live on air and streaming online for you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us from gaza to islam about paris to moscow there's been widespread condemnation iran the world of u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerus

. those precious brothers and sisters in the west bank, in gaza, bishop tutu says it is worse than apartheid. that is a moral issue. brother alan and i will go back many and years -- go back many years is kind enough to let me lecture his last. we had good times together at harvard law. we shall continue to have good times even though we have deep disagreements on this issue. that is precisely what this temple of learning is all about. most importantly it has to do the the future of not just middle east, but also the future of the united states, given our intimate relations with the state of israel. character,f moral what kind of human valleys -- values are we willing to promote, are we going to forget? the very ugly realities in gaza and west bank. are we to forget the second-class citizenship of palestinians inside the state of israel, and are we to forget almost half man refugees. israel,bor outside of and outside of those occupied territories. it is very difficult in the united states to have a candid, robust, honest conversation about our relation to israel, and about the comp

palestinians across gaza and the occupied west. thank took part in protests for a fourth friday u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize true islam as israel's capital tanks and aircraft also fired on targets in gaza in retaliation to rockets being fired into israel israeli army says its aerial defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip malcolm has more from gaza. the edge of gaza city is just a couple of hundred meters over there and this is the border with israel the separation friends. are all stepaside to the camera can zoom in a bit for the fourth friday and people gathered at rallies in the city. after friday prayers coming from the mosques and then some people from those rallies came here to the border to demonstrate like this for the last month ever since president trump announced that the u.s. would recognize to resign as the capital of israel and demonstrators are trying to get as close to the fence as they can to throw stones and plant palestinian flags. start fires as well those plumes of black smoke you can see it from fires and burning tires an

palestinian territories including the gaza strip how mass has called for a new uprising and intifada against israel and there are demonstrations across the arab and muslim countries too protesters have been rallying in turkey jordan chin is here yemen and outside the u.s. embassies in the capitals of malaysia and indonesia and in a few hours from now the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the trump declaration the u.n. secretary general and twenty is insisting the status of jerusalem must be resolved through direct israeli palestinian talks let's talk live now to our correspondent bernard smith who is live for us in gaza bernard how would you sum up the atmosphere there for us today. peter we've had a rally here was just wound down in the last few minutes it came after friday prayers i'm in jabalya refugee camp in the north of the gaza strip and the being these rallies across the gaza strip after friday prayers now the mood is much as it's been over the last couple of days it is one of anger but it's also one of sadness and deep frustration at the fact th

protest in gaza on the west bank as funerals are headed for the for the first victims of clashes with israeli security forces to go to cairo where the arab league's holding an emergency session also coming up. at the under a sendoff for the singer known as the french elvis presley paris plays an emotional farewell to johnny hallyday the man who taught the country to rock. on to their europe the answers to the oscars the european film awards will dark swedish comedy the square pick of the best film prize or when it goes to another contender. thank you for joining us well the arab league is holding an emergency session to discuss donald trump's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the move by the u.s. president has drawn global condemnation and sparks violent protests among palestinians in gaza the west bank funerals have been held for two hamas militants killed in the owner asked. the. grief is rarely private in the middle east. militia men with masks and guns patrolled through crowds in cars the city an angry funeral parade. the dead were killed in as

because. israel's armed forces target gaza in response to several rockets launched against. the. two calls to them hundreds of injured as a day of rage is declared in the region. plus a major breakthrough is reached in the break that talks as both sides agree to move to the next stage though senior officials warn that things will only get tougher. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our to international thomas certainly glad to have you with us we start with breaking news this hour israeli jets have hit palestinian militant targets in the gaza strip in response to rocket attacks that's according to the israeli defense forces palestinian medics report at least twenty five injured i twenty four news correspondent shy ben ari is in gaza for us. we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions this in response to earlier projectile fired towards israel with one rocket actually being intercepted by israel's missile defense battery i would go over the city of stare at th

jets have hit palestinian militant targets in the gaza strip that's a response to rocket attacks according to the israeli defense forces palestinian medics report at least twenty five people injured i twenty four news correspondent shine ben ari is in gaza. we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions this in response to earlier projectile fired towards israel with one rocket actually being intercepted by israel's missile defense battery i would dome over the city of stare at that's a little to the north of here in fact there was a an additional project also fired towards israeli territory that it's yet to actually have been found and a little while after that around nine o'clock local time we did see that the response from the i.d.f. hitting two targets to hamas illegal weapons warehouse inside the gaza strip as well as a hamas training facility. two palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured in large scale protests according to palestine's health ministry several repor

sunday has also seen protests in. gaza and clashes with the police in the city of bethlehem well let's go live now to gaza and local journalist who do they follow their hand so how tense is it where you are. well palestinians in the in gaza strip and the west bank complete protesting for the first fourth day after trumps decision on recognizing jerusalem as the state of israel i'm not i'm not here as east borders and there are clashes happening between protesters and the israelis we can see here dear got us bombs and live bullets and so far there is one injury by tearing gossip bombs and there is another i would like to add that there is a russian correspondent that was injured and effected by god's bombs from read the ham and earlier today there were a lot of protests and demonstrations from students in universities against wrong decisions and they were chanting slogans refusing trumps decision on recognizing jerusalem as a state of israel palestinians in gaza and the west bank are very angry i think that things are actually escalating now you can see behind me a lot of protestors and

west bank and gaza where hamas a strong and there's been international condemnation of decision so far only israel has welcomed it will be live in jerusalem also coming up wildfires sweep through california shutting a major highway and destroying hundreds of homes with record high winds the worst could be yet to come. and greece rolls out the red carpet for wretch of time ever to one he is the first turkish head of state to visit the country in sixty five years. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us widespread condemnation today of president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian group hamas has called for a new intifada an uprising against israel the united nations security council will hold an emergency session on friday trump said his decision marked the beginning of a new approach to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. with the stroke of a pen donald trump turned the middle east on its head. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the u.s. president thro

bank and gaza a violent response to donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel israel is secure. the forces cluster of palestinians in gaza the health ministry there says at least twenty five people were injured israel says it bombed last targets in gaza and were telling nation for rocket fire that as the united nations security council met to almost well late condemned trumps move u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nevertheless insisted the u.s. is pushing for peace the united states has not taken a position on boundaries or borders the specific dimensions of sovereignty over jerusalem are still to be decided by the israelis and the palestinians in a negotiation israel will never be and should never be bullied into an agreement by the united nations or by any collection of countries that have proven their disregard for israel's security. is the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. riyad mansour had to say about president trump suspicion. going to be unilaterally. or determined but the and this decision by the u.s. should be. should be. loosened. often more on thi

forces in gaza and the west bank demonstrations against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem. european leaders say the u.k. has done enough to allow further talks on leaving the e.u. and for breaks it a go she asians to move on to try. to impeachment proceedings against peru's president the latest latin american politician engulfed in a corruption scandal. north korea has defiantly defended its ballistic missile program at the united nations security council a public session was called off the pyongyang tested what's believed to be its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile in november but the meeting which was attended by u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson failed to come up with any new steps to curb north korea's actions mike hanna has more from the u.n. . the red scarf a reflection of the chilly weather outside and little warmth displayed in the chain the towards north korea was representative listened to condemnation from speaker after speaker with what appeared to be studied. the situation on the korean peninsula is the most tense and dangerous peace and security issu

least fifty people injured in gaza by israeli gunfire during a fourth week of protests against donald trump's recognition of truth as the capital of israel plus. it but then that should it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economist's region while living abroad the prime minister of spain lashes out at. carlos puts them out. and turning trash into art haitians left their creativity speak for the thousands of foreign living in the struggling country. has claimed responsibility for an attack on a coptic church in a christian don't shop at egypt at least nine people were killed five others wounded in the shooting just south of the capital cairo along gunmen was wounded before being arrested by police as president donald trump offered his condolences to egyptian president of the on friday and said. they stand united against terrorism charlotte bella says more. a program of confidence inside the virgin mary church on the outskirts of cairo the family members of eight different victims brought together by gunmen killing in the name of. this is the suspected attacker it's be

occupation peter shop al jazeera in rome. a midnight mass in gaza has been brought forward to security concerns about the web is there first of all what's the atmosphere like in gaza are not of recent events. where outside gaza's only catholic church and christmas mass is just beginning i'm not allowed to talk during the service which is going on inside our camera man is going to go in so we can have a look at what's going on i'll tell you a little bit about the community here and what they've told to us gaza's community of christians is very small mostly orthodox with a small number of catholics not who we're looking at today although those two communities are fairly integrated through intermarriage and other things that are both orthodox christians and catholic christians attending this mass all of the families we've spoken to say that it very much a concern for them. is the status of jerusalem which they see undisputedly as the capital of palestine they very much identify as palestine palestinian arabs first and foremostly and then courses kristie and. this mass is normally followed

cairo. and. also coming up. at least fifty people injured in gaza by israeli gunfire during a fourth week of protests. as the capital of israel. it is absurd to try to want to become president of an economist's region while living abroad the prime minister of spain lashes out at. president. also. it was the first step to globalization radio t.v. . after one hundred seventy one years telegram service finally comes to a stop. claim responsibility for an attack on a coptic church and a christian and shop in egypt. at least nine people were killed and five others wounded in the shooting just south of the capital cairo a long gun man was wounded before being arrested by police as president donald trump offered his condolences to egyptian president. on saturday and said they stand united against terrorism trial of l.s.s. more. a program of confidence inside the virgin mary church on the outskirts of cairo the family members of a different victims brought together by gunmen killing in the name of. this is the suspected attacker it's believed he's wearing a suicide vest first tee shot

at protesters but in gaza protesters have been injured after scuffles with israeli security forces hamas has called for an uprising. we have correspondents across the occupied territories covering this day of rage harry foresaid is in occupied east jerusalem harry just before we came to where you were caught up in but what looked like a scuffle that was going on behind you there what's going on. a.j. your sense right we are here in the midst of the aftermath can we bring the camera up a little bit policemen in the midst of an arc to march of this really pretty major now by the scale of what's been happening here in the last couple of days at least a clash between israeli security forces and protesters it's immersion the last five minutes or so there was what appeared to be a very young child to was injured somehow it we couldn't see quite how is during a very peaceful phase of the protest and he was being treated by palestinian emergency staff is raising pretty forces cordoned off the area where that was happening shouting began a few people started coming down the steps towards wh

the west bank and gaza also coming up. swedish comedy the square is the big winner at the european film awards bring you the highlights from the europe's answer to the oscars. and a thunderous sendoff for the singer known as the french elvis presley paris pays an emotional farewell to johnny hallyday not he talks of the country as a rock. i'm gonna thanks for joining us the arab league is holding an emergency session on donald trump's controversial decision to recognize. i seriously as the capital of israel the foreign ministers of twenty two arab countries are missing in cairo to try and come up with a unified response to the moves by the u.s. president the palestinian delegation is calling on the organization to take urgent action after trump's policy shifts. it's drawn global condemnation sparks violent protests among palestinians in gaza the west bank funerals have been held for two hamas militants killed in the owner asked. grief is rarely privates in the middle east. militia men with masks and guns patrolled through crowds in cars the city an angry funeral parade. the dead we

should have been a historic moment this friday. hamas was supposed to hand over the keys of the gaza strip to the palestinian authority as part of a landmark unity deal signed in cairo last october. but the rival palestinian parties postponed the handover to december 10. the delay casts doubt on the future of the reconciliation process, and the disappointment in gaza is palpable. our team on the ground brings you this report. reporter: in just two years, according to the united nations, the gaza strip will be unlivable. among many daily hardships, palestinians here are facing an unprecedented electricity crisis. to keep its business running, one shop owner has no choice but to spend the equivalent of an average monthly salary. >> i pay the electricity company, our neighbor's generator, and our generation. since the morning, i came here and i have not earned enough to eat. a unity deal announced in cairo last month was supposed to end a decade of divisions between the rival palestinian factions. family is split. he is a member of fatah. who is withother, hamas, had high hopes for reco