In. Welcome to news grid guilty for my u. S. National security adviser Michael Flynn admits to lying to the f. B. I. Hes agreed to cooperate with investigators on possible russian meddling during last years u. S. Election spotlight on President TrumpSenior Adviser and son in law. What the will to do well have the latest from washington. But the biggest conversation in the u. S. At the moment is about the new tax bill passed by the Senate Republicans democrats are calling it all a scam saying it will hurt taxpayers but will help Large Companies we have your reaction and more details on what this means for middle class americans. For the. Party that could become the biggest opposition bloc in parliament and. The party won nearly thirteen percent of the vote and almost one hundred seats in parliament in septembers general election we will have a live report from. Playing with the words of the palestinian negotiator on the prospects of the United States recognizing jerusalem as a capital of israel and is one of the objects in the Israeli Palestinian conflict well look at the tension if such an announcement is made. So then you know with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com the investigation into possible russian meddling in last years u. S. Election is moving closer to the president s inner circle his former National Security advisor Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts with moscow flynn is the first former Trump Administration official to be charged by special Counsel Robert Mueller he has testified that a Senior Member of trumps Transition Team asked him to reach out to russias ambassador to the u. S. Before the president s inauguration this is not allowed under u. S. Law along with his plea flynn says he will cooperate with investigators well u. S. President donald trump reacted to that news saying that hes not worried about what flynn might tell investigators. But absolutely. We know for sure so were very happy to see what happened thank you all very much. But not to clear finkelstein whos the director of ethics and rule of law at the university of Pennsylvania Law School joins us now from philadelphia welcome to the program to the white house says that nothing about flynns charge or guilty plea implicates anybody other than mr flynn is that true thats very unlikely to be the case most notably jared questionnaire will be very much in Robert Mueller sites presumably as a result of the cooperation that he will be getting from Michael Flynn and has been getting presumably which is very much for afflicted in this agreement so tell us more about what it could mean for for jared krishna to start off with. Well lets remember what the plea deal really was here Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the f. B. I. When he was investigated about his contacts with Sergei Kislyak the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. And what were those conversations about those were conversations about whether or not when the trumpet ministration came online they would be forgiving russia and pulling back on sanctions that have been put in place by the Obama Administration so there was a they reflect an agreement between the Trump Campaign and russia and the kremlin regarding. Whether or not there would be sanctions on russia now that reflects a quid pro quo what is the other half of the deal thats the question and very likely the president himself jarrett cushion or and all of his inner circle were involved in a stablish in that deal so there will be a number of threads to pull as a result of this agreement and the willingness of flint to cooperate. As the investigation closes in on the white house can the president protect himself from further scrutiny by issuing pardons. Well there are two ways that the president may attempt to protect himself here and i think well start to see increased pressure in this regard first of all theres a worry of course of the president may try to fire Robert Mueller now its rather a light plea deal here for Michael Flynn but its an important plea because the fact that it the law is that flynn told the f. B. I. Involved the russia probe suggests that if President Trump now attempts to fire Robert Muller he may very well be obstructing justice in doing that the same would hold for a pardon if he tries to pardon Michael Flynn. For these charges that may seem to deepen the suggestion that he is engaging in obstruction of justice so while this is as they say a rather light plea deal for Michael Flynn it is an important its important that it contains reference to the russia probe itself as that will start to tie the hands of the president protecting himself from this investigation or clearly with the appreciate your expertise in this is clear things and studying is speaking to us from philadelphia things look just a quick comment on facebook from sin when he says that those charges were carefully designed for please lets hear what else is happening online on this with you right wilson similar sentiment that were hearing there mixed reactions of course about flynn online if you search for his name along with the hash tag modern make America Great again youll find people back in flint after he pleaded guilty for lying to the f. B. I. Many are sharing photos like this one that saying that or saying i stand with flu and others not so supportive and they say that hes just a distraction from other Important News this man here tweeting that while everyone is talking about flu and republicans are. Now to pass tax reform which happened our Senior Correspondent allan fisher he also tweeted about this hes very interesting to follow on twitter he said flynn could have been charged with a lot more that fact that fact it is only one charge seems to suggest hes working with the special counsel now the dow jones it was also impacted by flynns guilty plea it fell by more than three hundred points on friday you can see that steep cliff jump drop off there after the former National Security adviser was charged now its also garnering a lot of conversation about this is the fact that u. S. President donald trump is not tweeting about it there have been no mentions so far of flynn since all of this started and donald trump has remained silent on the matter now former f. B. I. Director james comey he hasnt directly commented about whats going on with flynn but he did post this on his Instagram Account along with a bible verse that says but let justice roll down like the waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream if youre tweeting about this do let us know what you think about the different hashtags you can use our hash tag of course a. J. News great if youre on facebook be sure to leave us a comment or a question. Many thanks very much and we will speak to you again in just a moment about this coming story now the u. S. Senate passing a bill for the biggest overhaul of tax policy in decades the house of representatives passed a similar version of the bill that will have to be married with the senate before it can become law and despite concerns about the budgetary cost of tax cuts and the bill is expected to add one trillion dollars to the National Debt over the next ten years and thats even after accounting for Economic Growth and the biggest when is big corporate corporations as you say that will see their tax rate slashed from thirty five to twenty percent and perhaps more importantly a u. S. Multinationals will pay an even lower rate on overseas about sixty percent of americans will see that tax bill reduced by one hundred dollars or more although those cuts could expire in two thousand and twenty five and an estimated thirteen Million People will be uninsured after the bill eliminates a penalty for those who dont buy Health Insurance and subsidies for those who cant afford it and among other measures that benefit the ultra wealthy the forty percent tax on inheritance will be reduced which could save millions of dollars for the trump family and lets join our correspondent tom act when hes following this and tom so how far are we now from this bill actually becoming law. Well the president tweeted that he hoped to sign the bill have it on his desk by christmas that is actually a quite a good possibility the house and the senate will start next week on appointing the people on both sides to try to get together on what they call a conference report which would be a bill that both sides can agree on and vote on so that would still have to happen but it is its quite apparent that the president s major legislative goal is with insights and as as predicted by the by his Administration People within the first year of his administration. Told those troubles its weeks you know were one step closer to delivering massive tax cuts for working families is not the case. Well thats not the way most American Voters at least see it according to Public Opinion polls it gets only about twenty five percent approval and thats in light of analyses by most economists to dude simply do not see this percolating down percolating down to most middle class families although there is supposedly tax relief over the ten years of the program that there is one analysis by the joint committee on taxation by the congress which actually shows that eight out of ten households will get a little or even a tax increase within the by the time it expires in two thousand and twenty five so it is really questionable how much actual Political Capital the president is gaining at least in the short run on this bill but of course for the Republican Base this is a must have particularly the the people who will actually get the most benefit which is the top one percent of earners and most particularly the top tenths of one percent of earners who stand to get a huge huge benefit over the course of the of the bills tenure and also whats also interesting is that wall street simply does not see that this will boost the economy the way that the president has predicted Goldman Sachss executive says the economy really doesnt need that much of a boost its basically at maximum potential and so the jet fuel that the president talks about when he talks about this bill will not necessarily improve the economy boost growth in fact whats whats whats in inside actually is what the Federal Reserve fears which is inflation which will cause a need to increase the excess accelerate the pace of Interest Rate hikes and that of course is a net loss in the the for. Good books of most americans are told believe that thanks very much again tom i can reporting from washington d. C. Before you about to lead just two or three Facebook Comments from brian he says all republican government has turned on its citizens veronica says we need to be worried about the new tax plan and call him says that the winners here are the one percent trickle down economics has proven to not work for the middle and lower classes as promised his lair and as lot of conversational life this is easily the largest conversation in the us at the moment hash tag tax scam bill and greed were trending before this was even passed with hundreds of thousands of tweet of tweets about it online and to say democrats are mad would be a total understatement democratic senator Elizabeth Warren she posted this on her twitter page so here it is friday night and i just want to give you an idea of how the Republican Leadership thinks were supposed to make laws in the United States senate they have just released the tax bill. It is about five hundred pages and they want to vote on this thing in about an hour an hour i spent more than an hour making a decision about the refrigerator that we recently bought because they know theyve got what they mostly need in here and thats the payoff to the big republican donors and whatever else it does to hardworking families whatever else it does to this economy they dont care this one but this thing through and pay off their donors this is a right this is not how america should be making laws and shame on the republicans as youd expect the republicans disagree with her heres the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell this was done through the regular order that democrats had plenty of notice. Chairman hatch going to all of multiple hearings markups over an amendment process everybody had plenty of opportunity to see the measure you complain about process when youre losing people are also talking about the timing of all of this the vote happened in washington d. C. Just before eleven p. M. Local time and there were several tweets at the time asking if anyone was even awake not only here writing come on who hasnt gotten wild late on friday night and passed sweeping unvetted tax reform thousands protested against the bill and louisville kentucky among them independent senator Bernie Sanders he was posting updates from the rally on snap chat twitter and on facebook kentucky is home to republican senator rand paul and from who we just heard from Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell both of whom supported the tax bill senator Susan Collins from maine she also supported the bill but some of her constituents in her home state were speaking out against her on friday to one sign here saying a pot of gold for the wealthy a lump of coal for the middle class we want to know what side of the aisle you tend to lean towards tweet us your thoughts just be sure to use our hash tag nick man thanks very much today a couple of things that to show you on both the top stories at aljazeera dot com this is the online page of counting the cost of the episode focuses on at the president s socalled voodoo economics and who will benefits it will be the corporations will the American People just go to shows and find counting the cost and you will get that secondly back to the flynn business in a new section youll find this all you need to know the bad about special counsel robot mode as investigation you can see all the key players manifold gates papadopoulos all the questions on set lots of questions there and all the own says right there as well. So keep your thoughts coming into a sabbat all the stories that were covering tweet us a. J. English or facebook dot com slash aging is great on whatsapp plus nine seven four five zero one dribble one four nine and of course aging is great is the tag now police in germany have used water cannon to disperse demonstrators in the city of kind of a and they were protesting. Protesting against the far right after the party which was gathering to elect a new leadership. Is lan party on almost one hundred seats in parliament in septembers general election is gearing up to oppose chancellor merkel whos struggling to form a Coalition Government lets speak now to elect allen whos standing by for us in hanover it looks like the protests have died down a bit tell us a little bit more about what happened. Starting to heat up actually inside mc. A. S. D. The party that you mentioned on the far right really had an ideological crossroads their new leader is being voted on today and the question is will the party transform itself into something thats much more palatable to the broader germinate lector it and prepare itself essentially for government when the next election comes or will it stay very much as a fringe right wing. That is much more ideologically opposed to the system and thats the debate that you see going on behind me the candidates for the leadership position stating make cases. Currently. Called for a more patriotic politics for germany so you can see that the tarn has or is already quite different to what angle america central c. P. U. Party might be talking about for instance and all of this is happening because. The leader of the party surprisingly quits after the election result getting more than ninety seats in parliament she said that the party was veering too far to the right and so we really are seeing the f. T. Decide which direction that it wants to go in and what implications does it does this royal of the f. T. Across the whole spectrum of german politics. Well what were seeing here could really shape the political rhetoric in germany for the years to come and go america has had a lot of trouble shes running out of options really when it comes to forming a Coalition Government she was initially going to form a coalition with the greens and s. T. P. Party which is a much more liberal party they pulled out of Coalition Talks in a surprise move so now she is left with the options of forming a central grand coalition with the social democrats which has been governing germany for the past four years so in a sense more stability for europe more of the same or but that leaves actually with the numbers to be the largest or the biggest Opposition Group in column and so thats why it matches what happened. To be visiting minority government something thats never before happened in german politics and would leave it with a very unstable electoral mandate. Because new elections and german voters have to go back to the polls certainly Interesting Times in germany right now thanks very much indeed reporting there from hanover a little nudge in the direction of this. Section at aljazeera dot com you can see what its about to imagine a post Merkel Europe plenty more on germany that in the Panel Including an article here about imagining a post Merkel Europe and how Political Uncertainty has crossed the rhine the palestinian chief negotiator is warning that the us would be playing with fire if it recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel so i was referring to reports of President Donald Trump could announce policy change on wednesday the white house insists the final decision hasnt been made in tests as this report. The diplomatic status of jerusalem is one of the worlds most contested issues israel calls the city its undivided capital and operates its government from there while palestinians claim East Jerusalem which Israel Occupied after the one nine hundred sixty seven war as the rightful capital of their future state despite the unresolved status of the city which is important to muslims christians and jews u. S. President donald trump is reportedly considering recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel in the coming days a major potential shift in policy sharply criticized by palestinian leaders. This is a very big issue touching touching the al aqsa mosque touching the church and the whole is playing with fire has no meaning for a palestinian state that East Jerusalem as its capital recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel could also see the u. S. Embassy moved there from tel aviv while campaigning then candidate promised to move the Diplomatic Mission as one of his first acts as president but in june the white house issued a waiver to meet a deadline to either comply with the nine hundred ninety five law mandating the move of the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem or explain why doing so is not in u. S. National security interests signing the waiver which president s clinton bush and obama signed every six months as a matter of course angered President Trumps evangelical christian supporters and pro israel donors were reportedly pressuring him to declare next weeks waiver to be his last while others are said to have also warned moving the embassy could not only strain ties with arab allies but could lead to violence and thats the big question will he go all the way or will he leave that legal loophole open i think because he would he would go that way and that would in a way placate his you know very well probably israeli facts including his Vice President was very religiously you know motivated by this. And also still leave open some door negotiation etc with the palestinians and others as well its still unclear what President Trump will announce next week any decisions could complicate efforts by his administration to revive negotiations between palestinian and israeli leaders kirshner son in law and Senior Advisor has made several trips to the region as part of efforts to start the talks talks which look more distance than ever as time aljazeera. Well im pleased to say im joined now by my stuff by group general of the Palestinian National initiative and a former Palestinian Palestinian information minister in ramallah and you see berlin hes a former Israeli Cabinet minister negotiator at the old slow peace accords hes with us from tel aviv welcome to you both gentlemen good to see you here and youll see if i may start with you whats your position on this do you want jerusalem to be named to the capital of israel and perhaps more importantly right now is now the right time to do it well this is the question i mean of course as any as well i would like my capital to be recognized and they couldve happened they should have happened years ago and i would like to see embassies in west jerusalem the point is about the time i mean why why actually now if President Trump is going to recognize jerusalem is the capital of israel without moving the embassy then it is actually a whole move which will of course anger the arab world and of course the palestinians and will prevent his own plan from being presented and considered too silly by the palestinian side so and if he moves the embassy which i presume he will not it of course is going to put an end to the current any any current efforts for peace so i believe that it is the wrong time i would love to see a situation well by the americans present their plan then their polities negotiate eventually they decide to divide jerusalem their west side with the jewish neighborhoods would be under israel the east side would be under palestine and then of course the whole world we recognize the two capitals Mustafa Barghouti what would be the palestinian reaction if this announcement was made. Well you have to understand this is a very dangerous move if the United States and mr trump really move in the direction of recognition of jerusalem as a couple of israel he will be practically issuing the verdict of exist of the socalled Peace Process this will be the end of law which indicates that these issues should be negotiated not imposed defacto from one side on the but third and that is the most important thing this would make the United States participant in a war crime and violation of International Law which says that it is british bitted to annex occupied territories by force and that such Article Mission would mean that the United States is also participating in the consolidation of a system of apartheid that the Israeli Government has created in my opinion such a move will end the role of the United States in any future Peace Process and the big question here is why the United States and other countries according to israel and do not recognize palestine ok lets put the why do you also modules as most capital for israel right over this speaks about jerusalem as capital for palestine mr mr lets put this to your see no one does read that donald trump is talking about rolling out this detailed proposal for peace but if he was to preempt that with such an announcement that jerusalem is a capital of israel it would send that into tatters wouldnt it yeah i must admit i do not understand the. Such a step and i believe that it will be a very wrong step of but as we all know the leader of the free world is a very much unexpected leader and that he may do Something Like that which is actually mutually exclusive such a decision today and will be in my in my view wrong and there i hope that. He himself and his advisers will concede though it very seriously again because if it is only a way to appease the right in the United States and the right in israel and to say ok i cannot move the embassy but you know what i will recognize jerusalem as your capital thank you very much thank you very much we prefer i mean the majorities on both sides prefer negotiations on peace rather than whole resolutions there is some talk about he may just announce that westerly slim as the capital of israel would not be acceptable to you know whos government. For sure not coming for his government he will prefer that the the president do not even mention jerusalem rather than recognizing only the west part of of jerusalem and i think that if the president enters the issue of geography klines what is he going to recognize and what is not going not to recognize him it will become hell for both sides because if he recognizes the whole of the municipal area of jerusalem including the twenty eight the villages that we we annexed to jerusalem in sixty seven it will be a huge mistake for israel for the United States and will create a a palestinian angle which is as an unprecedented and if he only says i recognize jerusalem but only the three sixty seven one the many israelis especially the right will say thank you very much but not that were going to run out of time now its one of the midst of a summer whats your sense of that if such an announcement was made that just focusing on westerners. Its not acceptable because declaring that dualism is a capital of israel for israelis will mean the whole of your was a limb and in my opinion this would be perceived as an act of aggression against the Palestinian People and its very dangerous you asked me what could be the reaction this will destabilize the area completely let me remind you that the second intifada started specifically because of your toes and because of these attacks on the locks on misc and we could easily do in july weve seen a small and a father because of the issue of yours and more than that i think this statement will embarrass all the allies that mr trump has in the middle east i dont think there is any arab leader who would have the guts or the kaddish to deal with the American Administration if their tickle denies resign him as a couple of his very long forget that jerusalem is a city that concerns one point six million muslims concerns three hundred thirty million arabs and consents point two billion christians so one point six billion muslims and two point two billion christians you cannot play games with that this is like playing with fire i agree with that and this is responsible and thats another sign that the Trump Administration is behaving in a very responsible manner when it comes to it to issues that are very serious in the region Mustafa Barghouti and usable in general and thank you very much indeed for your time to talk to us about this important story. Very alienating interactive on this. Focusing on the illegal settlements numbers there in the five biggest settlements as you scroll down and itll take you through all the maps of the areas in various places that you can see that have been settled find that interactive top al jazeera dot com and just do a search for israeli settlements fifty years of land theft explain in just one quick comment from Facebook Boni says i dont see any good coming from recognizing jerusalem as israels capital i think it would be an impediment to peace. Fighting between former allies in yemen has intensified as a battle for the capital enters its fourth day at least forty people were killed when hoofy rebels battled forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh the talks to end that dispute ended on friday with no solution salah says hes now ready to discuss the war with saudi arabia only if it opens yemens borders. They need to lift the blockade and open the plants and allow food and medicine into the country we will open a new page for them for dialogue what is happening in yemen is enough well saudi arabias foreign minister says the coalition is working on increasing the flow of aid into yemen idle edgy bad made the comments at a conference in rome and saudi arabia imposed a blockade last month for missile was fired from who the territory towards riyadh and we hope that eventually the who things will be and i said this is not in it and that they will make peace then have any citizens they have every right to participate in the political process but they cant control the country we are very concerned about the humanitarian situation in yemen we are looking at ways of intense in the fuel humanitarian assistance into yemeni points you know points. And the story of one of the u. K. s oldest mostly muslim communities can be found right here to aljazeera go dot com the program does date back to two thousand and fifteen but its a fascinating watch and the describes the long relationship between yemen in the u. K. And you can find that under the programs tab and aljazeera world. And to a story that just broke in the last hour sources close to former egyptian Prime Minister ahmed shafik say that hes been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and will be deported to cairo all wednesday she said he was blocked from leaving the u. S. He announced plans to run in egypts president ial elections next year he said he left egypt after the losing to the Muslim BrotherhoodMohammed Morsi in the two thousand and eleven election and has been a critic of the current president bill sisi ok keep your thoughts coming into us here on the news grid about all the stories were covering tweet us at a. J. English or facebook dot com slash a. J. Its great of course whats happened last night seven four five zero one triple one four nine and a. J. News grid is the hash tag for a facebook audience will now see if hollywoods pick for the new one film is a good reflection of the legendary character from him on the program israels electronic waste we look at how this Digital Business is posing a Health Hazard for people in the occupied. Looking rather cool but dry across much of the middle east at the moment but some places a cloud sliding over towards the Higher Ground towards the himalayan plateau but you see a fair amount of sunshine coming behind little bit of cloud there just around the parts of saudi arabia was he wanted to show was here over the next theres a bit for many as you can see settled in sunny temperatures now back up into the low twentys there for kuwait city id also for baghdad well as you draw around the abides by road to twenty three degrees celsius over the next couple of days little more cloud just starting to spin in this we go on into monday said in the case for turkey but elsewhere across the region find dry warm and sunny as we go on through the next couple of days when i found sunny enough across much of the Arabian Peninsula highs here in doha of around twenty six degrees celsius over the next day or two i didnt see the sunny conditions the fine conditions lingering on so then to the right see a little more cloud coming in here maybe the odd shad to the gulf of aden but essentially it does look like the settled but i still say the odd chair around the eastern side of south africa. Rolling towards the eastern cape at the moment so you might see a little bit damp weather here the worse the weather is allowed to be further north more than parts of big all the way up into the congo basin. A year on from the election which shook washington both the republican and democratic parties are struggling to adjust to a polarized electorate it really is an identity crisis you just run against drugs or do you literally stake out a set of positions that offer us a clear alternative not just a truck but to the politics that gave you a truck faultlines examines the Shifting Sands of american politics life of the party this time on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Where every viewer. So whats getting the most hits set out is there a dot com top of a list israeli missiles hit on a base in the. Damascus reports on just after that the crisis multispeed shift over night more as you scroll down honduras still awaiting poll results the army enforces a curfew the. Latest update to the category of crisis that. Iraq after i said it was like a ghost town. Ok. Now and we can see whats going on theres a Pro Independence rally going on in catalonia still pushing for independence is what all the problems that have been going on and trying to get that through. But let us now go to Barbara Starr whos standing by in london with more internationally. Thanks thank you thirteen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria after two female suicide bombers attacked a market the attack took place in the town of below in borno state one of the bombers is said to have detonated her explosives at a food at this Tribute Center run by a local charity injuring fifty three people no group has claimed responsibility but the armed group of boko haram is active in the area where the address says more now from the capital of. Rescue workers say out of the forty seven injured some of sustained serious injuries and there is likelihood that the death figure will rise from the seventeen that has been reported so far tuesday bomb a suspected suicide bombers launched the attack at a busy market in view and. Was largely spared but not completely spared by boko haram in attacks but surrounding towns and villages have been attacked on several occasions by boko haram although boko haram did not claim responsibility for this attack Officials Say it bears the hallmarks or the signs of book or im attacks weve seen how they have increasingly over the last two or three months targeted soft places or other crowded places like places of worship markets and even schools in the latest attacks weve seen how they have killed more than fifty people in the most in the town of movie movie star nigeria when they were gathering for Early Morning prayers and so far there is no claim of responsibility and one important thing to note is that over the last two months or so we havent heard much from. Claiming responsibility as one Security Source is telling me that it could possibly be because of the intensified military action in the northeast of nigeria targeting book or impositions and hideouts in the northeast but francis has wrapped up his asian tour where he finally use the wardrobe during a last on friday the head of the Roman Catholic church has been a six day trip to bangladesh where the International Community hoped he would address the range of crisis six hundred twenty thousand range or have fled violence in myanmar as Rakhine State since august now the pope didnt specifically mention the ethnic minority until day five of his tour. And finished his tour by addressing young people at the north one Dame University in the. Young people always ready to go through it because they are ready to take risks they have the bravery to push forward with enthusiasm to achieve their best doctors in texas have delivered the first baby born in the United States as a result of a womb transplant now this picture of the newborn was released by the hospital in the city of dallas the mother is one of several women in the u. S. Who received the uterus transplants in the past year and this comes three years after the worlds first birth from a transplanted womb in sweden amazing thats a two hour from one of the back with more of the days news this starting from sixteen hundred g. M. T. Now though its back to the yet but we will see you later thanks very much for the card as foreign minister says he hopes to make progress on ending a regional crisis when gulf leaders gather in kuwait next week but his government to showing no signs of giving in to demands made by saudi arabia and three other countries in exchange for lifting the lifting of a blockade in force since june but it smith spoke with the foreign minister at a conference in rome. When asked about the saudi lead. At this conference cantars foreign minister mohammad al funny said that he felt particularly with reference to the saudis there was an absence of wisdom and a trend towards impulsive behavior he gave no indication that cancer is prepared to give way on any of the demands made of it by saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and as well egypt is not a position no becoming a part of yourself. No country is in a position to impose any demands on any other softer state they have concerns they are welcome to come and discuss good sense other than the nation can accept demands and forced by others now earlier at this conference egypts foreign minister said well look the council hasnt been prepared he says to give any way on any of the demands made of it until cats are prepared to give way and he believe the blockade would continue but its been reported that aljazeera is taking an indepth look at the state of Nuclear Weapons in the push for nonproliferation russia has the largest stockpile of Nuclear Weapons and is concerned the country is not in a rush to reduce its all still reach islands as this. Of all the Nuclear States in the world russia has the most weapons roughly seven thousand Strategic Nuclear warheads one thousand five hundred are on missiles ready to be fired from military bases four thousand five hundred stockpiles two thousand five hundred retired waiting to be dismantled its a major reduction from the cold war years forty thousand nukes have been amassed by the time the soviet union was nearing collapse but its the agreements which produced such significant disarmament are under strain the United States unilaterally withdrew from the n. C. Ballistic missile treaty in two thousand and two and recently washington and moscow have accused each other of violating another cornerstone agreements of the nuclear age the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty when Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signs their names in one thousand nine hundred seventy they outlawed all land based missiles that could strike targets between five hundred and five thousand five hundred kilometers. But russia and the u. S. Both say each others Cruise Missile systems such as russias caliber class here have been given secret updates so they dont comply with the i. N. F. Treaty. But he may putin says russia has only been developing air and sea based intermediate range missiles weapons which the u. S. Has long held a superior advantage in the midst of little militias we believe that we have only balanced out a situation if someone does not like it and wishes to withdraw from the treaty for example our American Partners our response will be immediate i would like to repeat this warning immediate and reciprocal this nonproliferation analyst says such talks sets a dangerous precedent. Nations with. Nuclear arsenals. And. In other words russia and the United States have a special responsibility not to let a new Global Nuclear arms race spiral out of control. How does hero. About half of all electronic waste from israel ends up in the occupied west bank its become a source of income for people in the town of who is struggling with increasing rates of unemployment and as hard reports its also risking their health the town of one of the most polluted places in the occupied west bank truckloads of electronic waste make their way here every day the vast majority coming from israel to surrounding illegal jewish settlements. Computer air conditioners filters for gas t. V. s and many more discarded goods littered in multiple workshops in and around. Its a dangerous job for example there are gases in the air condition is if you dont let them out it could explode in your face one must be very careful each item is taken apart every single component has a different use and price take a computer for example i have a. Hard disk case goes into a pile then we separate the c. P. U. From the motherboard its more expensive but we also look for cables and send them to the grinder to separate aluminum from copper we do this to all the items we receive. The parts then are sold back to israel but its valuable materials such as copper wire that are the most profitable a good chunk of this waste gets burnt illegally because its simply easier to extract copper this way usually happens on the hill surrounding the time but this is Agricultural Land a look at whats left behind. The burning happens usually at night the minerals are instructed the shark called remains left a small door for hours. Is furious which each fire more of his crops are destroyed. Its like a cancer no one can walk here anymore. Even the sheep can to be here theyre not breeding any more look at them i only three isnt that. Looking around most of his olive trees have been poisoned by the toxic fumes Scientists Say this unregulated transfer of electronic waste is having a long term impact on the people of and its landscape recent tests on soil samples have revealed some astonishing results. We were shocked by the high levels of heavy metals like had me im in the lead they already exist in nature around one milligram particularly of soil but we found tens of thousands of other grounds we kill or soil the in the samples thats a very high level it destroys the soil and it affects human life is a greater concern releasing particles of heavy metals that dont decompose and make their way to defeat it now was once a town that thrived on agriculture known for its olives and. Now its fields are home to carcasses of t. V. s computers and fridges but at the. You know the problem of electronic waste in the occupied west bank where we got to face with years nigeria from nigeria iraq in the United States and of course you want to hear all your thoughts wherever youre watching right. On the news grid but all the stories that were covering just tweet us at a. J. English or facebook dot com slash grid or whats. The one for one four nine and a. J. News grid is of course the hash tag coming up for a facebook audience from potatoes to. Our social video team tries previewing delicacies and also ahead in sport in the program the Rugby League World cup has just finished well be asking if it is now a truly global game. Its only. Defying my disability on aljazeera well just. The fact. This morning for us on the planet money could soon be lost forever with an International Team of scientists is determined not to let the happen without intervention give the big i would say here to at best now its a race against time to try and face species take a crisis thats in the majesty plan theyve all extinction techno at this time on aljazeera. And its going to be with you but its going to be and is running a bank in it yet some of our rugby League Australia have completed a rugby lee rigby league even world cup double the countrys mens and womens teams retaining their titles on the same day the mens team just edging out england they were making their first final appearance in more than twenty years boyd corner you can just see him there he scored the only try of the game in brisbane it finished six nil to australia and theyre celebrating an eleventh world cup victory so a quick look at some online reaction in a sport where the world cup still fights for attention over rugby leagues hugely popular domestic competitions this from Rugby League Writer peter smith perceptions of Rugby League Players and the sport itself will have changed today and during the world cup the way for this game to grow is through more International CompetitionMichael Johnston in sydney saying tough luck England International rugby has never been strong in england close to the kangaroos and pacific nations and lebanon also closing the gap in new guinea back on track the kiwis way back as well future is very bright and this is what the organizers really want to hear chief brody appears to be a convert dont know much about rugby league but loving the world cup puts the namby pamby footballers to shame scandalous that the English Media didnt hype this at all well earlier on we spoke to the australian Rugby League Writer steve mascot who believes this tournament play will be a turning point for the game. Its certainly been a success on the field because weve had talking and c. G. T. Too nice in its might the semifinals and toner actually eliminated new zealand and also the guy ams in Papua New Guinea which the government up there paid a lot of money to host was here last and there are some very good attendances full time and some our there matches in new zealand and i think its put International Rugby league International Competition you know in the forefront of peoples minds in a sport that is better known for its club legs rather than a few National Matches culturally rugby league is by sickly the working class version of rugby union. Its brung up in the north of england when you know apply is injured and they can get time off work they couldnt take their families and and and it sprung up in a strike and new zealand for similar reasons almost as a social movement and once it served that purpose of of providing an income for the playas in a ministry it is in those areas that was it there was no imperative for it for it to spread regulators trying to gain recognition from the Global Association of International Sports federations and other some sports like dodgeball football and and paul dancing that has gained recognition internationally as sports before rugby league and a lot of that comes down to the fact that hes iceage and of rugby and that the except its we have in a strike a a new Zealand England france accent or a way that we see if there are two versions of rugby and that they die and that regulated selfgoverned that is actually quite a new idea in a lot of countries and then that is a greatest and growing kind for regulate at various levels a sixty countries play rugby league and we just saw cameroon added to the rugby league your pain federation because there isnt actually a very strong. Middle Eastern Africa after a should get so cameroon just add it to the family of of countries playing a sport just in the last week i want to know your thoughts about that competition or anything else you can contact as using the hash tag a. J. News grid or tweet me directly at and they are underscore sports more for me coming up in the eighteen hundred jamesy news hour but for now lets get back to nic i do thank you very much indeed yes we will see you later now earlier we were talking about efforts to end the ongoing gulf crisis or here in concert the saudi led blockade thats weve been force since back in june has sharpened the focus on preserving the countrys heritage and the countrys identity and thats giving an unexpected boost to the local publishing industry. Reports from one of the regions biggest book fairs right here in doha. When as much as four dollars father died two and a half years ago she became determined to tell his story so she wrote a book i used for is about the whole diving industry in qatar before the gulf country discovered oil when i started collecting data and information and i did a lot of reset. I looked at the School Curriculum in the gulf region again there is disconnection and lack of resources for such stories so im hoping. I will start and for qatar and hopefully it will attract others in that region as much as one of several cats authors to emerge this year previously many of them would have had to have found publishes abroad there are twenty newly published books on the shelf alone theyre all written by catteries in arabic and published by cats house first privately owned Publishing House and there seems to be an emphasis on the countrys identity as well as society if you take this book for example youll see its called cats are different but us cattle remains under a blockade put in place by saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates bahrain and egypt theres never been a better time to nurture homegrown talent last year eighty five. And this year almost the. I think the interest that the ministry chose for the service and encourage. And you know facilities. That. While the blockades in countries arent attending this Years International books many other nations are taking part that is a. Direct effect on our care. Except in one way. They have to do much better to see it and tens of quantity and quality as new authors are published old invaluable manuscripts of digitized catalogs working hard to preserve its heritage and its relevance in an ever changing world. Aljazeera. Plenty more news coming to us from london my colleague Barbara Starr i will be right there to deliver but that will do it for this do you remember. On social media. Twitter. Facebook. And of course. I will see you back here in. Fifteen hundred. Facing realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring an ecosystem to bear getting to the heart of the matter i dont think we need of the wall that some of my producers just to hear their story on talk to housing about at this time in. 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