It will also deny permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats its part of efforts by the United States to pressure havana over what it calls cubas destabilizing role in the region including its support for president Nicolas Maduro and venezuela and our former president prop rock obama the white house essential travel and financial restrictions and establish formal diplomatic relations and White House Correspondent kimberly how has more. These are major travel restrictions put in place by the trumpet ministration effectively blocking what was considered to be the most popular form of travel to cuba and that is travel that took place through a loophole in existing travel restrictions allowing for those to transit to cuba through organized tour groups as well as on cruise ships not only has this been blocked but the state department with its announcement has also ended travel by private citizens u. S. Citizens who were perhaps going to cuba on a yacht or even a private aircraft now the reason for this punitive action were told is that the United States continues to believe as it has said many times before that cuba is responsible for what it sees as destabilizing activity within the western hemisphere that is propping up governments that the United States does not support particularly in but as well as well as in the now this is a Major Department sure from the actions of the Obama White House that of course had eased travel restrictions to cuba not only are tighter restrictions in place but now as well the only form of travel that really seems to still be allowed under the Trump Administration is that of commercial Airline Flight to support what the United States is calling lawful forms of Family Travel and egypt and attackers reported to have killed at least 8 Security Force members in northern sinai commanders say it happened at a checkpoint in the city of arash during morning prayers no one has claimed responsibility previous attacks in sinai have been blamed on what the government described as a terrorist group linked to eisele. Palestinians are celebrating aids on wednesday but this year the occasion falls almost same day is the 52nd anniversary of knox are set back thats when israel took over reigning Palestinian Land in 1067 very fosset us war from occupied East Jerusalem. Well the main pres have now taken place and people are starting to come back out from the al aqsa mosque compound in the old city in occupied East Jerusalem just behind us here a rare event this year in that theres been some disagreement between muslim authorities in various parts of the middle east as to exactly when aid should fall for saudi arabia and others they deem that it fell the end of ramadan fell on monday night here for the palestinians and for jordan and other areas they determined that ramadan finished last night tuesday night and that is why here this is the 1st day of each so one extra day of fasting for people here before they were able to get on with the celebrations today and the prayers here islams the holiest site there has been some political background to all of this in the last couple of days of course today it is the 2nd anniversary of what the palestinians call not serve the israeli victory in the 6 day war the 1967 war which began the occupation here and in the west bank but also in the last few days theres been some tension at the site itself sunday was jerusalem day when israel celebrates the the day that Israeli Forces seized and start of the occupation of East Jerusalem usually towards the end of ramadan jewish people would not be allowed non muslims would not be allowed inside the election last compound known as the temple mount to jews for some Reason Police having indicated that they would uphold that understanding decided instead to allow non muslims in so there were some 1200 jewish activists who went in there was some protests and tensions at the site during the course of sunday today though the atmosphere is very different is a day of celebration for tens of thousands of people here at islams 3rd holiest site and south africa to doctors and a nurse are among 4 hospital staff suspended for allegedly tying up and. 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Im Richelle Carey lets work out the headlines on al jazeera that of sudans military chanter has hinted at a change in attitude over negotiations after a deadly military crackdown on protesters Belford Al Baran is now saying the military is open to talks on the countrys future without conditions but on the streets the violence goes on and doctors say at least 60 people have been killed since monday and more than 300 injured many critically injured accounts was met on the deteriorating situation in sudan and fail to reach the joint position tried in russia blocked any action against the military rulers but 8 e. U. States expressed concern. Do you need. To see some. Appointed government and for elections we see in the too short period of time is of great concern was supposed to be put up so that an insert for an eye create an old 30. By civilians and for them to a stop to the conditions for elections we have to be free and. We call for an agreed transfer of power to a civilian government as to people of sudan. And egypt an attacker supporter to have killed at least 8 Security Force members in northern sinai commanders say it happened at a checkpoint in the city of a reassuring morning prayers no one has claimed responsibility asli and police have searched the offices of the National Broadcaster a. B. C. Relates to a 2017 investigation on alleged war crimes and forces in afghanistan officers arrived with warrants accusing the network of publishing classified material and they demanded thousands of documents including emails and notes the trouble ministration is imposing new travel restrictions on visits to cuba by u. S. Citizens the Treasury Department says it will no longer allow educational or cultural groups to travel to the island thats one of the most popular forms of tourism there it will allow it will also rather deny permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats its been 2 years since saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain began a blockade of qatar doha says dialogue can bring about a peaceful settlement of this dispute so the headlines keep it on al jazeera more at the top of the hour the strain this next. To aljazeera. Problems of besides the instability is corruption we listen because i hadnt been so who are pushing the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. How are some of the worlds most influential women leading the charge for gender equality Melinda Gates julie again large and winnie the any amount joined the stream live from the women deliver conference and then convert canada. Today will discuss their leadership their careers and the importance of mentorship have questions tweet me not a stream. Women deliver the Worlds Largest conference on gender equality and the Health Rights and wellbeing of girls and women is expected to bring more than 6000. 00 participants together from more than 160. 00 countries the conference kicked off and then over canada with canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau sharing some opening remarks individuals and Interest Groups are trying to roll back womens rights and politicians are giving into the pressure shamefully campaigning to undo womens hard won victories. Thats a daunting reality to face my friends we are powerless its up to us to fight women. And gender diverse people. Neighbors and communities all of us standing together all of us standing strong. Were thrilled to have with us 3 powerhouse women leading the charge for gender equality from the women deliver conference well linda gates is cochair of the bill and Melinda Gates foundation shes also author of the moment of lift how empowering women changes the world when he be any amount is the executive director of Oxfam International she is a leader on womens rights democratic governance and peace fielding she has served 11 years in the Ugandan Parliament the African Union commission and us director of gender and development at the United NationsDevelopment Program and julian king a large who served as an australian Prime Minister from 2010 until 2013 and is currently board chair ad Global Partnership for education and the chair at the Global Institute for womens leadership at Kings College in london welcome to the Program Everyone im so excited to have this chat with you today and so is our audience so weve got so many comments and questions from people online who are young female leaders themselves i want to dive right in starting with a tweet we got from someone named. She says i joined Youth Leadership in my country and one of the most devastating challenges that i face was the electorate expected money and there were powerful men interested who asked for sexual favors in turn for Financial Support i refused and i lost you goes on to say i lost the election but not my integrity from that i learned that there is a price for ambition and as a young person if that price involves your integrity it is too high of a price to pay. Im now offering leadership in other ways like mentorship she goes on to say subsequently in another tweet when you are her role model so im going to direct this one to you when it comes to there being a price to pay that involves your integrity has that happened to you in your life and what would you tell someone like a hammer. Thank you when they cut yes its happened to me i grew up in here gunda like a hernia at a time of conflict. A grew up seeing the worst excesses of a dictator india mean killing people rape of women kidnappings and so on but one thing i learned from my parents was this is not normal saying no resist stand up for your rights be safe dont get killed but dont surrender your rights and i didnt there was a price i fled my country at the cameras she g. But i channeled that anger that i heard it is in just these 2 movements human rights movements i joined others where fight the games colonialism that against apartheid womens rights organizations and became an activist serious activist learning to organize with other people to create the world i believe in thats what i say to our media join others join a Movement Youth organization womens rights organizations and fight for the world you want to do to law and join others stand up for it is right moment i can see you nodding there how has your own personal trajectory led you to where you are. Well ive been lucky enough to be around her of the bill and Melinda Gates foundation and ive been travelling for 20 years and i think one of the things that has shocked me as ive been on the ground in so many Different Countries in africa and all over the world is that abuse comes up more and more and more that if you have a conversation with women thats a real conversation so youre there to talk about their health or their children if you stay long enough theyll tell you about the abuse in their community and what i know is that abuse silences women and girls and its unacceptable so i completely agree you have to stand in your own authority stand in your integrity and we all have to fight back and it takes finding other like minded women like women just like when he said like shes changed turn her life in to be an activist and it takes other male allies to there are men who are or women takes all of us standing up and saying not ok. We got this tweet from titus and we didnt get a lot of tweets like this but i think its important to show and to share because views like this are everywhere so titus says men and we women are not equal the worlds crazy we should stop deceiving ourselves the way that i treat my male pals isnt the same way that i treat my female pals god created women differently with different abilities and though i believe that oppression should be respected independent of gender of course he still holds that view wynnie have you encountered this type of thinking and what do you do about it you have 7 commented is so wrong its nonsense difference and equality should not be confused. Then a women are different but men and women should be equal the fact that they are not doesnt make it right we work to achieve an equal world and my goal which made a lot of progress the entire 20th century was a progress to was more widely to between men and women im not living the life of my grandmother who at the beginning of this century was married off at 14 to a polygamous man inherited as a widow a 24 that cant happen to me 100 years later one women have won more rights for me so we are on our journey wake up you why didnt he is a all is a principle signed on by all governments of the United Nations and we are marching towards the fact that it isnt there now doesnt make it right and the fact that we are different men and women doesnt mean we cant be equal we are equal. So titus if youre watching when he says you are wrong and i ask you to wake up now melinda you often speak of how your personal life impacts the way you take on issues and so i want to share a clip with their audience its a humorous its a tongue in cheek clip but its an excerpt from your book which is fabulous i finished it just yesterday right before the show right on time and you talk a lot about gender equality and some of it is just the Little Things that make it necessary for other people to see the way that they can change in their own lives so i want to share with you a clip from your appearance on my next guest needs no introduction with David Letterman have a listen. Our oldest daughter jen we have 3 children she was about to go to preschool and bill and i completely agreed where we wanted her to go for preschool through 5th grade this and the school was not close to our house we were really wrestling with this and he finally said melinda i get it i will drive 2 days a week and so he started doing it and hed love the conversations with her in the car etc etc about 2 or 3 weeks into the school year couple moms kind of sidled up to me and they said do you see whats going on here in the classroom and i said well its funny i see more dads driving and they all said well we went home and said to our husbands bill gates. Im sure your husband must love that movement but how does that apply then to the work you do how does what youre doing in the home. Take on a wider scale we have to look at all of this unpaid labor that women do all over the world and our economies are built on the back of that unpaid labor and so whether its caregiving or chores some of the caregiving we want to do we want to care for our loved ones but a lot of the what we do in our homes. In the developing world its carrying water its working in the field its cooking for hours a day in the in places like United States and canada we cook we do laundry so no air in the world do men and women do an equal amount of unpaid labor in fact that gap equals 7 years of a womans life and so what i was trying to talk about there was a difficult conversation bill and i had in our own home because this is personal we have to take it we have to look at it in our whole lives we have to look at it in our workplaces and we have to look at it in our community we do more unpaid labor everywhere that needs to change and i see you nodding theyre winning. Of course that it can change but like many interests it is the personal lives in the household agreeing to share that caring work more fairly between a man and a woman and their children but theres also a role for governments governments have an Important Role to provide this services that can liberate a woman from drudgery so that she can work and earn money so that she can be a leader in Society Governments have an Important Role especially in the provision of Public Services water in the g education child transport the most important one that is child care he says your child but the private sector also has a role to play so if we all play our roles and are able to free women from the drudgery then women can be part of the quantum and live better lives and be part of publics. Public savvis contributing us leaders picking up on what youre saying of course to play our role we need environments that are conducive to that so we got to be a comment ill direct this to you melinda because she does her name is matt her mentor shes a ph d. Candidate at Tulane University and heres what shes asking. Time money with marilyn summer and im a fulbright scholar from pakistan i love reading the book by Melinda Gates the moment of you and your book mention how certain what places had was time to just keep women out and how it times women hold themselves back and we know we cannot fix women to fit into systems that are created in designed by men so we have put forth comprising mostly of women how can we create genner Transformative Health systems in all nations that left women out and close the gender gap thank you. Thats a big question melinda but part of your lifes work. Yes and i think member asked a fabulous question which is how do we make sure we have full equality in the workforce and that is you 1st have to have transparency you have to actually know what your workforce looks like you have to publish what your look were person looks like at all levels you have to publish transparency on paper because you have to have equal pay and then you have to make sure that men and women have an equal voice at the table and so i dont care whether thats in the Technology Sector or thats in the Health Sector we have to make sure that were moving forward all roles not just for men but for women to in today we dont have enough role models and we dont have in the transparency of whats going on in industry by industry because only with that transparency and that data can weed then actually make commitments and decide were going to move for differently as a society no matter where we are in the world so when it comes to role models julie ever bring you in on the phone where the connection is a little bit better and stronger we got this comment for you on twitter this is dr rhonda and she says you are one of the greatest female m. P. s she says what kept you so strong in the face of the horrendous mythology you experienced whilst Prime Minister and so for our audience that is not familiar with some of the vitriol that you did face i want to share with them a clip though this is from several years ago of course but in it it shows just a taste of some of the things that you have to go through this is you in an infamous speech now in parliament in 2012 addressing the massage me of one of your colleagues for those of you who may not remember the moment heres a clip. I will not be lectured about 6 ism and a soldier named by these men i was 6 a kid and that day was i and the sergeant a by this man not now not ever the leader of the opposition say that people who hold sexist fuse and im a login is not appropriate for Higher Office well i hope the leader of the opposition has got a piece of pipe and he is writing out his receipt and maybe even wants to know i want a massage and he looks like the more you know strike he doesnt need a motion in the house of representatives from a name thanks for being a. Truly a power suit powerful words so round on twitter saying what can be so strong how do you keep going. Think thank you for the question and i guess 3 quick things kept me going of course the support of family and friends and colleagues matters to everything beyond that i think its very important to be clear about what you seem to. Ring even when the going is tough to know exactly what it is that youre trying to do. To write them on the shade of what i want to the government that i laid in on the toughest to get that increasingly crumpled pays the piper at the bottom of my handbag and read it again and stating they. Think its really important and. Of course we should all be open to the constructive criticism interact with and who care about us and they want us to be. Much toxicity out there on social in the traditional media and i think its very important for women to know. That feeling bad about you on the. Social media bad headlines if youre in the public school. And because of the things that you worked on we got this tweet a follow up from dr radha who says within a Hung ParliamentJulia Gallard delivered more legislation than any previous she disrupted the power disparity in Disability Services and launched a Royal Commission into child abuse that revealed the truth about institutional abuses just lifting listing off some of your accomplishments there but i want to move on to this tweet we got from someone who asked more direct question they say they want you to talk about female Education Empowerment programs because many females around the world especially in western Eastern Africa they say are illiterate most of the females are usually denied human rights and thats the wording of this week here to talk about education because i know that that is your mission right now. Right now and sorry for the wild waving around at the sand weve just had a few technical problems but i think were up and running i have the right on our of sharing the global issue for education and so where. Boys and girls but when we look who we now would use most likely to miss out on schooling now ease we want to make sure that every child gets a great education and special measures have to be engaged in to reach the poorest and most marginalised that we know from the 67 countries we work in we can make a difference weve saying leafs in Promise School completion rights now in secondary school were saying leafs in quality things like School Feeding programs can make a big difference attracting goes to school they families being prepared to send them having fame out his makes a difference having basic things like cemetery facilities looks like we might have just lost the connection again with Julia Gillard but we will work to get it back shes coming to us from vancouver so were going to hope that that gets a little stronger in the next couple minutes but i want to pivot here to this week from merriam di here she says i join the leadership in Health System in my country but i was the 1st in my area no woman inspired my journey and supported me i wish that i could find them im still struggling but my own in a male dominated field so miriam is a doctor and she sent us a video comment is directing it to you winning so have a listen to this comment now unfortunately the Audio Quality was not the best so we had a voice over her comment but heres what she says. And there can make me i started my journey in advocacy when i was going to the level of leadership and going to the Decision Making positions i couldnt find any women who were ahead of me so the main question is why dont we have role models why dont we have networks thats a poor young junior leaders who are coming up and wanting to change as well why arent we supporting each other as women unprepared and i think thats why were not supporting her performance or shes asking for support 20. Magni. I can see that you are a young woman with agency your a doctor i presume youre a medical doctor you say that you have been a 1st several times a connect i was up for us the couple of times but i dont talk to the ever talk about being 1st because i think being 1st itself speaks a sad story that no other women have had the chance to be there not because they didnt have the ability but they didnt they had left opportunity to break a barrier so you have the agency you would do it you will build and there to walk you bring got the women around you and you offer to support others thats the way it works if youre a where to sit and wait to see. You know to for changed up to no change would happen ross us court who sat in that bus and sparked the Civil Rights Movement didnt wait for another woman to get on that bus she did it ok youve been a fuss youre more fussed for women by bringing them around yourself and offering to mentor those with less opportunity than you thats the way i see. So when you speak of lacking opportunities and lacking agency although that video commenter did not we got another comment from someone and she says there is one field in particular and in her eyes its the field of philanthropy that is lacking and its lacking in diversity in several ways so this is a melody song she is the founder of diversity chair association for Fund Raising Professionals in calgary in canada and heres a comment she sent a stream a melody song im leading the Diversity Initiative for the association for Fund Raising Professionals in Calgary Canada charities are in dire need of diversity as their practices are designed around white male philanthropist and that needs to change but donors are more often fixated on making sure that the fund goes to the colace not the organization this creates a scar city mindset in the charitable sector that prevents us from investing in people diversity and sustainability how do you think we can change that so that charities can be more like certified be corporations with sound Business Practices to ensure greater impact. Ill give this one to you 1st millennium thing i knew you would want to hear what you who want to take it personally do you want to really know this is just ok go ahead go ahead with it thank you belinda i am angry at that you are so great that in our sector a sector that dreams values revenge that you still see fewer women in leadership than men what example are we setting i sit in many meetings where we are 2 or 3 women and everybody else is some excuse me white man leading a Global Organization thats not right it needs to change and we need to set some targets for ourselves we also need people to hold us accountable on inclusion there are no people with disabilities leading mainstream movements people of gender diversity the thing in our organizations not really so we need to challenge ourselves the things we tell other people to do we must do ourselves i agree melinda. Yes i agree with winnie and in fact this is one of the issues that were looking at the foundation very closely and were not doing a good enough job yet so were on what we call learning journey but i will tell you some places were making progress and other platforms were trying to make sure we have diversity at the table so we just have our annual Trustees Meeting there were 4 women in the meeting and 2 men when we sit around and do strategy reviews the people speaking at the table when were talking about our india strategy for maternal and child health there are far more indians at the table than there are americans or other nationalities when were talking about our african work these days we have far more africans from Different Countries because obviously africa is a huge concert with lots of diversity and talent and ideas so were trying to hold ourselves accountable but were also trying to do is create platforms for not just diversity and gender but for youth so one of the things that the foundations done in the last few years is created this group called the gold keepers which were trying to track and measure the s. T. D. G. s that the United Nations set but have the Youth Leadership show up from Different Countries to say where is activism making a difference where are movements making a difference what issues are we not looking at and not seen as a world need to be brought to the global stage so i think we need to do it as when he says basically at all levels of ourselves i see where the passion is im so sorry then to have to pause this conversation this conversation of course will continue online at hash tag stream because there is so much to talk about thats all the time we have for now Melinda Gates julie again lard and winnie be any mouth thank you