A 1st step towards peace. For the occupied west bank for a look at how 15 years on a separation wall is creating ghost towns and blighting thousands of lives. Chinas Foreign Ministry is asking the United States to immediately counsel of potential sale of arms to taiwan the u. S. State Department Approved the sale of over 100. 00 tanks 250. 00 antiaircraft missiles and related equipment the deal would be worth around 2000000000. 00 does not accept taiwans independence and argues its a breakaway province its get more now for a reaction out of beijing when he is there for us to weigh in we knew this was likely coming. Yes we did it was 1st mooted last month that there would be another sale another deal between the United States and taiwan nothing new in that really these happen regularly in fact this is the 4th sale to be announced from the United States to taiwan of defense equipment and training and things like that under the presidency of donald trump in fact its the 2nd sale this year but this size of it is particularly interesting and potentially quite prove provocative to beijing to the government here in china more than 2000000000. 00 as you mentioned the largest since Donald Trump Took Office and that type of equipment likely to also anger beijing and missiles. In overhaul of taiwans tanks combat tanks that it is buying from the United States so thats likely to also cause a lot of concern in the Chinese Government and like i say when this was 1st mooted last month they gave a very angry response at that time calling for this deal to be stopped and we heard a short time ago similar comments from chinas Foreign Ministry move on to the u. S. Selling of arms to taiwan is a serious violation of International Law and the norms of International Relations it seriously breaches the one china principle and the rules of the 3 joints in the u. S. Communique it is a crude interference and turns into a lot of fears and homes trying to sovereignty in security interests china is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to those theres already made representations to the u. S. Side. Well the reason that the Chinese Government talks a lot about sovereignty there in violating International Law is because of course it regards taiwan as part of its territory as a breakaway province and one day it will reclaim taiwan possibly with the use of force and that is exactly why the taiwanese feel they need to continue upgrading their Defense Forces and feel that they need to have the United States as a supplier and an ally when it comes to that potential threat from china i mentioned the timing as well this of course comes amid a trade dispute between china and the United States we saw a truce declared when donald trump and his chinese counterpart xi jinping met on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in japan last month negotiations face to face talks between the 2 trade delegations possibly restarting next week so interesting timing and it seems certain that the chinese will bring up this latest arms deal if those talks to restart next week ok weigh in here with the latest from beijing wayne thank you after weeks of mass rallies and pressure from protesters hong kongs chief executive has announced a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lamb admitted her governments work on the proposed law had been a total failure but prodemocracy activists arent convinced thats actually the end of the bill Brian Mcbride reports from hong kong. After more unprecedented protests hong kongs chief executive power alone appeared to yield. With the mission of failure in mishandling this controversial legislation she promised it is now dead there are still lingering doubts about the governments sincerity or where it was whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. So i reiterate here that is no such plan the bell instead opposition to the bill has resulted in mass protests with some violent clashes between a minority of demonstrators and police prodemocracy groups fear the bill would allow china to extradite political opponents from hong kong to face summary justice in mainland courts a claim the Hong Kong Government rejects but carry lymes concession doesnt go far enough for the protesters this week feel the same. City should feel. Like its a little. Bit of that if. We can find out what if any of the. Protesters believe the chief executive is playing with words and that although her government has given up on plans to introduce this legislation theres nothing to stop a future administration from trying again part of what many people here believe is a gradual erosion of Hong Kong Special freedoms within china the demonstrators are also demanding a full independent investigation into what they claim has been the excessive use of force by the police in breaking down largely peaceful protests. The governments strategy seems to be weathering this period of unrest hoping public support for the protesters will wane and that its concessions will have an impact this kind of dates are counterproductive it dont handle the crisis its way now has to be when the trust of the old enough parents he has failed to do so. On ageing support and all of. Them will have to support. For the pro establishment camp the fact. The people have taken to the streets in such numbers is evidence that home homes freedoms like the freedom of expression are alive and well. The bad news for the Hong Kong Government the protesters a promising more rallies of macbride aljazeera on the cover. Of the u. A. E. Appears to be withdrawing some of its forces from yemen that is according to media reports quoting senior iraqi officials there describing it as a redeployment and says they remain committed to the saudi Like Coalition fighting who the rebels since 2015 rebels are calling for a full withdrawal trial shell has more after 4 years of fighting reports say the emirates are reducing their troop numbers to pave the way for what theyre calling a strategic redeployment plan in yemen. Who is using those opposed to the u. A. E. Saudi war say its a withdrawal a sign that the 2 countries are losing the war in reality its difficult to know the exact reason behind the troop withdrawal 4 years since the war began what started off as an International Coalition of arab and muslim countries led by saudi arabia to restore the un backed government in yemen has turned into a coalition of true saudi and the u. A. E. Bombing yemen and transforming gets into the worst humanitarian catastrophe on earth according to the United Nations 4 years ago there was almost daily briefings by the Saudi Led Coalition troop numbers were given together with military targets. But since Human Rights Violations have emerged and accusations of war crimes have been leveled against the saudis and their morality is information has been much less forthcoming. Activists have filed court cases in the United Kingdom petitioning the government to stop selling british weapons to the gulf countries targets in yemen particularly saudi arabia last month the u. K. Supreme court ruled that on sales to saudi arabia were unlawful a decision the u. K. Government is appealing. In the United States members of both the house and the senate are demanding that on sale stop true and that according to nobel prize recipient some rights activists who are called car man is the main reason for the u. A. E. Withdrawing troops. Again and there but this is a partial withdrawal intended to improve the u. A. E. Is image in front of the International Community this withdrawal has come as a result of the emirates failure in yemen im certain that the u. A. E. And saudi arabia will retreat in shame from yemen after they fail completely there was real pressure from the u. K. On the emirates that forced them to withdraw in order to repair their Public Relations image another important reason is the iranian threat if tension in the region continues the u. A. E. Would be a prime target. Its not Just International pressure thats been applied on the emirates the truth us backed by iran have proven to be a formidable enemy taking the war to the u. A. E. They claimed responsibility for an attack on International Airport last year when an unmanned drone was able to reach its target without being intercepted while debates will continue over the reasons behind the reduction in forces many will be all skiing off to 4 years of death and destruction what exactly has been achieved the un recognized government remains on able to govern maintain control over yemen the only difference is more yemeni men women and children have been killed or had their livelihoods destroyed. Turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 military officers accusing them of involvement in an attempted coup in 2016 ankara says for 2 a girl in a turkish political figure living in exile in the u. S. Was behind the failed coup prosecutors say the military officers they want to arrest of have links to him so far 77000. 00 people have been jailed Regional Security and the strengthening of economic ties will be on the agenda during a meeting between the u. S. President and the emir of qatar shaped me and how it all funny in just a few hours time they held talks with the acting u. S. Defense secretary on monday at the pentagon his white house meeting with donald trump comes during a difficult time in the gulf with tensions soaring between iran and United States jealous arias a professor of political sociology at Qatar University he says the amir is latest visit to washington is a clear sign the u. S. Values qatars role in the region well of course there have been a lot of ups and downs in the past couple of years ago in that relationship but its very clear now that the white house has made its mind on how it feels about that that in the beginning of the crisis in 2017 it was very clear that the white house and at the time were very supportive of the about the agenda in the region especially to its got a. Shortly after that weve seen a flip on the administrations side with. You know state department and. Pentagon officials praising i thought at the time at the white house that if any form. A criticism of. I think about 2 things like terrorism and so on now weve seen very clearly for the past couple of months actually a positive attitude towards. The end especially by the White House Team weve had the president brave brave. But are a couple of weeks ago. Actively working in the mediation between iran and the United States actively working the mediation between. The United States. American interest in the region is being helped a lot by the initiatives and i think this is will be the main thing discussed today between the 2 leaders. A Sudanese Court has ruled the countrys internet providers must restore the service immediately following a weeks long blackout earlier sudans military Council Agreed to end the shutdown it says whats needed to protect a transition to what the opposition. Says it has continued to receive reports of social media platforms being blocked its Human Rights Division condemned the action call for the immediate restoration of the internet. So ahead on aljazeera russia turns out the pressure against georgia will have the latest from moscow. Hello again were here across japan we are watching what is happening down here across southern japan very carefully because we have seen extensive flooding over the last couple of weeks particularly across parts of q should now the rain is going to be coming back over the next few days and the ground is already saturated cross much of this. Area so that means flooding is going to be easily instigated across much of this region heres the area that were going to be watching this area of low pressure that is coming off from china now on wednesday and into thursday the area makes its way towards the north and to the northeast bring some very heavy rain across that region that was flooded for sockeye it is going to be a rainy day at 25. 00 degrees and for seoul we do expect to see some rain in your forecast as well and attempt of 24. 00 well here cross parts of china the rain is going to be quite heavy anywhere from the South Southwest as well as along the southern seaboard and over here towards the east to the north though not really looking too bad over the next few days fairly dry also fairly hot we do expect to see attempt a few of 31 degrees but for show hong kong as well as noting it is going to be quite rainy here on wednesday and as we go towards thursday the rain really continues across much of the area and then very quickly as we make our way towards india we are watching northern india very carefully heavy rain is expected with more flooding across much of that area. Richard your problem is something which is a geopolitical issue thats for Governments International institutions to manage and the one thing refugees dont have the right to freely on the other boards can wolf really as far and as much as they want its a huge multinational colonialism this is a v im not and over the democratic process these companies they just want the money europes forbidden colony episode one on aljazeera. Watching aljazeera lets take a look at the top stories right now chinas Foreign Ministry is demanding the United States immediately cancel a potential sale of arms to taiwan the u. S. State Department Approved a deal worth more than 2 1000000000. 00 beijing does not accept taiwans independence and argues its a breakaway province. After weeks of mass rallies hong kongs leader has described a controversial extradition bill as dead would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to Mainland China artist organizers want to assure and says the bill will be completely withdrawn. The United Arab Emirates appears to be withdrawing forces from yemen and that is according to media reports quoting senior iraqi officials there insisting they remain committed to the saudi by a coalition which has been fighting for the rebels since 2015. Russias parliament as recommending the imposition a economic sanctions on its neighbor georgia thats in response to weeks of mass protests in georgia against russian influence and its government riot police were deployed on monday to prevent violence encountering. Us now from moscow to stop tell us more about this. Yes attentions are going up between georgia and russia in the last couple of weeks but it got worse over the weekend what happened is that on a private t. V. Channel in georgia a presenter was ranting about president putin and he was insulting him pretty badly and this has cost of course not only outrage in russia but even the leader of chechnya deal of has had that this has not only an insult to the president but the whole country so thats also one of the reasons that the state duma after these tensions were asked elating over the last couple of weeks has now. Gone that limits we decided to ask for economic sanctions to be imposed on georgia the president s spokesman in the past after that sad that they are not have made any decision on these sanctions as of yet but they have listened to do not very carefully and that he also called this a present unprecedented behavior of these georgians presenter on these private channel in georgia over the weekend. Weve touched on this because you expound little bit on the underlying causes of the tension between these 2 countries. Well it started in 2 weeks ago when a Russian Parliament member went to georgia and he was basically holding a speech in the chair of the speaker of parliament this has caused a lot of outrage in georgia and has lots of 2 and 2 russian protests that basically are lasting until today the situation between georgia and russia of course has been very bad in the past 10 years ago it was a war going on russia invaded parts of georgia. This of course led to a lot of protests from the georgian side relations have improved since then theres more Russian Support in Georgian Parliament recently but this whole incident with the parliament and the from russia sitting in the speakers chair that has basically cos this whole opera all over again all right step was in line for us in moscow step thank you palestinians say they are being imprisoned and their own neighborhoods by israels expanding a separation wall their National Court of justice ruled the wall illegal exactly 15 years ago construction began in 2002 israel said it was to provide what it called a better security wall now stretches more than 700 kilometers in the occupied west bank and East Jerusalem affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of palestinians Rights Groups say it is allowed israelis to confiscate Palestinian Land to build more easily goal settlements palestinians say the separation wall is a symbol of the Israeli Occupation are demanding freedom of movement we have correspondents on both sides of the wall Bernard Smith is in water hummus 1st lets go to nida abraham who is in our rom. Tell us more about how things have changed since this court ruled against the wall 15 years ago now. So its important to know that the court in the interNational Court of justice decision is an advisory opinion which means its nonbinding so israel has continued business as usual with its plan to build the wall nearly 50 to 65 percent of it is under construction but more building and more walls and fences are being built across the west bank now for the Palestinian Authority they say that this ruling by the interNational Court of justice is important as its provided the legal basis for them to move on so many fronts including in the United Nations Security Council and move for more decisions however if you talk to palestinians in the street they will tell you that these decisions even binding decisions that were taken by the United Nations Security Council havent been respected by israel or by the International Community they feel that theyve been left out even though there are many decisions that are calling for israels actions in the palestinian occupied territory as illegal now its important to know that its a note that that decision has been the 1st time for an International Tribunals to consider that its there is actions in the occupied palestinian territory that they fall under the 4th Geneva Convention which deals with civilians in a war zone weve toured many areas in the west bank and soha the wall affected their lives including the town of b. And about. The town of the east of jerusalem has been living in the shadow for 15 years. Its economy was booming in the 1990 s. When the town in jerusalem to many cities in the occupied west bank. It looks more like a ghost town now. Since the Israeli Government ordered the building of the separation 12002 the wall has blocked the towns main road limiting access to people and products hundreds of shops have closed their doors and thousands of people have left. Carpenter is one of a few who decided to keep his business open but its very different to when he entered the workshop in the year 2009. No the only carpenters there are him and his partner like the towns economy their business has been cut back. This is one of the most vivid areas and. A few meters away from an israeli Industrial Area this area was bustling with businesses and people going back and forth now we rely on a few customers the contrast between the 2 sides of the wall can be seen vividly here and also heard on the israeli side there is the loud noise of Construction Works on the palestinian side that sides. As palestinians are being pushed out on their side of the wall because of land confiscation more israelis are taking advantage such as. In the north of the occupied west bank. And Israeli Military order confiscated Palestinian Lands there for building the wall israelis build a stable on it. Palestinian fears have increased since israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to annex parts of the west bank. The main goal in the israeli agenda is to. Push more people out especially those living in East Jerusalem the wall helps israel build more settlements extending existing ones and consolidate them in the palestinian territory our own 65 percent of the israeli separation wall is complete their rest is under construction and when its finished is expected to take up to 10 percent of all land in the occupied west bank many palestinians say the main purpose of israels policy is to make life so im bearable they have no option but to leave. The occupied west bank. And joins us live now from. Tell us about the significance of where you are burner and whats happening there. Michel where i am is palestinian administered territory in every building and what else hamas has the right permits from the policy Palestinian Authority yet in an unprecedented ruling israels rip Supreme Court has ruled that the 2 buildings behind me and 14 others must be demolished because the Israeli Military says they are too close to the separation wall or the barrier and this barrier that runs right through this village it cuts it into happens a lot and the occupied west bank if the people relatives living on the outside want to visit family over here they have to take a really long secure which is walk all the way up there and all the way around here to come and see them and the fear is for the palestinians that israel knocks these buildings down it sets a legal precedent is the israeli authorities the legal cover to knock down any palestinian territory any palestinian home its not unusual that israel destroys demolishes palestinian homes but theyre often in there in areas that israel lays claim to or administers in some way in palestinian controlled areas its never happened before and this would set this precedent that people fear means more properties to be knocked down in the future in the occupied west bank russia. My friends thank you bernard talks between the taliban and afghan leaders have ended with a promise to reduce civilian casualties to 0 today then is expected to lead to more formal binding discussions with the Afghan Government charlotte dallas has more on the talks in doha. 17 taliban members and more than 60 people from the Afghan Government opposition groups of Society Leaders coming out with a joint communique of 1st time that people from the government and taliban have been in the same room and they see that civilians that civilian casualties should be brought to 0 that both groups the Afghan Government and the taliban should protect civilian institutions were talking schools hospitals mosques mage offices even dams they see that prisoners who are ill or old should be released and also that womans rights and minority rights should be protected by both groups now this is not legally binding but it does show that afghans from these various groups are on the same page we talked to the taliban spokesperson heres what he said i been very happy that. One is together from all walks of life. And just in 2 days we had this joint statement i think its a bit sexist and it is a good news for the afghans and good news that we are as a nation. You saw this long lasting issue the delegates from the skirt told me that they got to the point where they were able to put forth a unified statement because they talked about what they had in common and a lot of that came down to suffering when my friend. Was mistakenly hit by soldiers. Who might be it was decided that they will see any 2 sons on that was in the school and yes the. One that i take and also young boys of 77 and 8 years old got them back to the car to see if i did was what i. Thought they would are so. Its quite a. Moshe knew from both sides the taliban and also people from the delegation as they talked about the suffering but also their hopes for afghanistan Going Forward now they also say that they want to make this actionable and legally binding yes they were promises but they wont be Afghan Government involved this hope that Going Forward this was a good 1st step of positive optimistic food step to take it to the next level where this is legally binding and both groups the Afghan Government and the taliban are in the same room and the u. N. Says World Leaders may not be able to keep their promises to raise Global Education standards by the year 2030 according to a report by unesco one in 6 children are not enrolled in school all 40 percent of the worlds young people will not finish secondary School Learning rates are expected to stagnate and middle Income Countries in latin america and drop by almost a 3rd in french speaking african nations 2030 and the u. N. Says drastic measures are needed to change projections that show one 5th of young people in nearly one 3rd of all adults will be illiterate and 2030. Years the former Prime Minister of new zealand and is now an Education Advisor for unesco she says investing in education must be a priority. No country ever developed without a mystical listing in education for its people just doesnt happen so to break the cycle of poverty the whole countrys for communities for families education is ever since the critical it helps us achieve Sustainable Development goals on eradicating poverty hunger on the cheating gender equality everything is good about education for the individual the family the country so it has to be provost i think it has probably been a bit of complacency because say with some of the Health Emergencies of people dont get care then only it laid on ok you dont get a dive you dont get education but you cannot fulfil your potential or your countrys for potential so moneys never everything but it does help we need donors to step up and support for the most vulnerable and poor countries and countries themselves need to be dedicating more money to the us thats about a quarter of the u. N. Member states are not meeting the benchmarks for for investment in education from their budgets and tims old Gross Domestic Product then theres going to be a focus also on coal on trying teach is on classrooms a lot needs to be dumb but i think the real value of this report from yunus because Global Education moments from report is wake up call if we carry on as we are now we reach the goals that have been set for 2030. Recap the headlines for you now on aljazeera chinas Foreign Ministry is demanding the United States immediately cancel a potential sale of arms to taiwan and the us state Department Approved a deal worth more than 2000000000. 00 beijing does not accept taiwans independence in our case its a breakaway province. Theyve always known the u. S. Selling of arms to taiwan is a serious violation of International Law and the norms of International Relations it seriously breaches the one china principle and the rules of the 3 joints in the u. S. Communiques it is a crude interference in chinas internal of fears and harms chinas sovereignty in security interests china is strongly dissatisfied and food opposed to this is already made stewing representation is to the u. S. Side. After weeks of mass rallies hong kongs leader has described a controversial extradition bill is dead kerry lamb admitted her governments work on the proposed law had been a total failure would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to Mainland China but there are still the ingoing dollars a ball of the governments sincerity all worries whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. So i retreat here. There is no such plan the bill is dead. The United Arab Emirates appears to be withdrawing forces from yemen thats according to media reports quoting senior iraqi officials there describing it as a redeployment and insisting they remain committed to the saudi Like Coalition which has been fighting here the rebel since 2015 rebels are calling for a full withdrawal turkey has ordered the arrest of 176 military officers accusing them of involvement in an attempted coup in 2016 and process for to look cool in a turkish political figure living in exile in the u. S. Was behind the failed coup prosecutors say the military officers they want to arrest of have links to him so far 77000 people have been jailed. So the headlines keep it here the stream is next. Defiant iran says its exceeded its uranium enrichment cap but european signatories to the new deal say terran should stick to its commitments so wasnt sentence are they providing and can europe save the agreement this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Iran is fed up with just talking and wants action thats the islamic republics message to the remaining signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal particularly the europeans tehrans warning that its ready to act more decisively on its commitments under the agreement iran has already passed the 3. 67 percent uranium enrichment cap set by the pact
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