Provisions of the ceasefire agreement and ensured its implementation. Also on these Foreign Ministers from a media and azerbaijan meet separately with the u. S. Secretary of state to defuse tensions are going to going to cut about spains Prime Minister says his countrys real total of coronavirus cases could exceed 3000000 triple the official count. Starting with that breaking news from the white house where u. S. President donald trump has announced that israel and sudan have now agreed to normalize their relations sudan now becoming the 3rd arab nation this year to such a deal this was after donald trump and told congress that he will remove sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism that removal from the list has been a top priority for sudans Transitional Government as it tries to revive its. So lets start with alan fischer whos at the white house for us this friday hi alan take us through this while one by one will do the will do the peace peace deal the normalizing of relations 1st between israel and sudan. Well its all coordinated and it goes back to the fact that talks were going on between sudan and the United States about compensating people whove been designated victims of terror that was perpetrated by sudan because it was designated a state sponsor of terrorism sudan agreed to pay 355000000. 00 thats now been put in an account that will be paid to those who were involved in the east African Embassy bombings a number of years ago the attack on the u. S. S. Cole and also the killing of a u. S. Aid worker in sudan several years ago once that was done that then paved the way for donald trump to send a letter to congress to say that he was going to remove sedan as a state sponsor of terrorism and that once that was done that then clear the way for edge rail tickets step forward and say that it was going to normalize relationships with sit down as you say becoming the 3rd country this summer to do so after the United Arab Emirates and bahrain its clear that israel wouldnt have been able to take that diplomatic step had this country a Muslim Country in africa of course been still on the u. S. List for countries that were state sponsors of terrorism so by taking away that obstacle it made it possible and clearly sudan will benefit from both israel and the u. S. In fact just in the last day or so a 2nd date flight has taken off from israel for khartoum which hadnt been happening in previous months. Just reading some of the lines coming from the likes of jared coercion or even Benjamin Netanyahu as well talk about the circle of peace expanding a rapidly circle of pace expanding i mean we have to be clear sudan and israel went hostile as well as a similarly for the us a and behind this is a specifically normalizing of relations. But it is a significant victory for donald trump and is that ministration many administrations have looked at developing peace in the middle east and they approached it always with the idea that the palestinian israeli conflict had to be address 1st donald trump jury ive taken a slightly different view and they believe theres a slightly more successful it is more incremental theres no doubt about that but they believe by increasing the number of nations in the region that have diplomatic relations with israel that then creates a different climate where people are more willing to sit around the table clearly they would like saudi arabia to do something significant they would like that before the election but as we know these things dont just happen very quickly take some time there are negotiations as weve seen with sudan the money going in the removal of the terror designation and then relations with israel being normalized so as much as they would like another when before the election it still seems there are some Countries Holding out remember donald trump has talked several times about how you was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for getting the United Arab Emirates and bahrain to recognize israel this will no doubt increase his cause he believes that thats something that has been overlooked as far as he is concerned because he believes hes made significant progress in the middle east than what is true is he certainly more made more progress than the last 2 administrations yes absolutely fair point thank you alan fischer in washington will be back with you later on right now were going to west jerusalem with harry for so for some reaction from the israelis harry. Yes well we know that Benjamin Netanyahu was on this call we know that there was a reports at least of an israeli senior israeli delegation that visited sudan earlier this week it was 1st spotted as a familiar israeli business jet that was making a familiar route and it was then reported in the local media that yes this was further indications of this brewing deal and so the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu now has his 3rd normalization deal with an arab country its something that he has been pushing for for most of his current period in office the 2nd time around that he was Prime Minister of israel beginning in 2009 hes constantly been working towards these sorts of of deals with regional muslim arab powers and within the space of a couple of months this is number 3 so this will be another Foreign Policy victory as far as Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned however this is obviously something that he will want to to to to prevail upon the israeli public to see that that he is making good on some of these International Policy pledges at the same time his own partys popularity in the polls has been plunging because of the Coronavirus Crisis in this country so itll have to be seen how much of an impact this makes locally but yes another of these major deals and as alan was just saying of course that the big prize as far as the israelis are concerned is saudi arabia that doesnt necessarily look immediately closer because if this one extra deal bit obviously there is a direction of travel which the Israeli Government is extremely happy about having to talk about in terms of not having to have done anything. As far as the palestinian question is is concerned not having to given up any territory but having to come to any kind of a resolution and yet managing to to get these deals done yes thank you harry and donald trump also saying at least 5 other countries want to join in a deal with israel those lines just coming in as well now next were off to khartoum morgan is there for us hi heather so this is as we were discussing with alan a 2 pronged thing the removal from the state sponsors of terror list and now a normalization of relations with israel its a lot happening in one go. Yes indeed but the removal of sudan from the list of state sponsors of terror did not start today now we 1st heard the announcement on monday evening sudan local time and we know that the process has started we heard from the Sudanese Government that they have transferred the money and that the rest that remains is the backing process the banks in the u. S. That is supposed to receive the money and then handed over to the victims of the u. S. Embassy bombings in 1989 now that next announcement the announcement of sudan and israel normalizing ties mediated mostly by the United States that is something that the Sudanese Government has been largely silent and quiet about we know that on on on wednesday an israeli plane did indeed fly into a part of tomb and that they met with the Prime Minister of the lamb talk as well as the head of the Sovereignty Council have been for the forehand now the Prime Minister of the dock had been repeatedly stating that his government is not an elected government credits a Transitional Government so he has no mandate to normalize ties with israel but the government has been under intense intense pressure where the Government Spokesperson on the day that donald trump announce that he will be lifting sudan of the state sponsors of terrorism now this business is largely because of the Economic Situation here in sudan the country is facing a huge queues long queues of bread as well as for as well as fuel and the inflation is quite high which is why we see that the focus on this announcement seems to be on trade and economy and the development of a culture is something that sudan desperately needs. Thank you for now. We will of course get more from you later on on this one from caught saying i want to bring one more correspondent into the mix now that is new to abraham who is in ramallah in the occupied west bank because once again neda motions towards once i pace but towards normalizing in the region and the palestinians are being excluded although i note that donald trump and Jericho Janeiro both saying that they believe the palestinians want to do something as well this is what trump has been talking about since they announced that they wanted the deal to be the mideast peace deal of course this is a deal that palestinians have rejected because based say that the americans are not just taking israels side but theyre becoming their agent pressuring now Different Countries to be normalizing relations with israel so even if trump is saying that palestinians will be a more would be made sure that they do not support all of these moves without israel and he gets occupation in fact weve heard many polls the nina Officials Say that they are giving normalization deals with israel without it having to do anything when it comes to the palestinians for example the u. A. E. Has and officials in the u. A. E. Have boasted that they have supported the palestinians by delaying israeli plans of annexing parts of the occupied west bank but for palestinians to continue a Settlement Expansion in the continuous israeli measures on the ground when it comes to. House them in a list and well to an explanation so for them not only is israel keeping and maintaining the status quo on the ground and compass skating more land but theyre getting rewards from different arab countries. Thank you need it abraham with that report from ramallah in the occupied west bank so if youre just joining us let me run you through a lot of the new signs that have been coming out of washington in the last 10 or 15 minutes donald trump has announced that sudan will become the latest our country to normalize its relations with israel thats happened on a phone call just now and been announced from the white house. The israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu calling it an ever widening circle of peace it is a normalizing of relations at the very least donald trump also claiming that if i just chip here he believes there are another 5 nations which want to do similar deals with israel with harry force it was telling us earlier the big prize being saudi arabia at some point and also talk that the palestinians want to do something as well that was needed was telling us that is the type of talk we do hear from donald trump on this sort of issue the other or the thing which has led to all of this in many respects is the fact that sudan has been removed from a state sponsor of terror at least by the United States which is allowed a deal like this to go through and also allows sudans economy perhaps to start recovering once it comes off of its like that so a lot of movement coming out of the middle east and north africa via washington d. C. Well have the latest on those of course when we hear more. Our other big story today is a Historic Deal in libya but one which has been received by many with a lot of caution the warring sides they have agreed to what the United Nations is calling a permanent cease fire that was signed in geneva or often nearly a decade of conflict triggered by the downfall of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi the support for mohammed. After 5 days of un hosted talks a historic breakthrough libyas warring factions signing a National Cease fire today is a good day for the libyan people. At 11 15 am this morning here in the u. N. Headquarters in geneva the 2 libyan delegations to the 5 plus joint military commission talks signed a complete countrywide and permanent cease fire agreement with immediate effect. Under the terms all foreign fighters are required to leave libya within 3 months and a new joint police force will start patrolling disputed areas. For libya which has been wracked by conflict for nearly 10 years these past 14 months has only seen the fighting worsen while the east of the country is in the hands of a powerful world order to leave a half that and the tobruk based house of representatives the west is controlled by the un backed government of National Accord led by Prime Minister. They remain in tripoli the countrys capital. Have to who is supported by russia egypt and the United Arab Emirates launched an offensive on tripoli in april 2019 but was pushed back early this year as pro g. M. A. Forces received support from turkey the you in which is accused foreign parties of breaching an arms embargo urged them to stop interfering in libya. And while repeated attempts for a u. N. Brokered ceasefire failed in the past this round has seen both sides agree to reopen land and air routes across front lines still many questions remain unanswered then asked to be. Arrangements on the ground as to how its going to be monitored now it will be done independent a mood of optimism may now exist but the coming weeks and months are likely to reveal whether this is a lasting peace. And. Lets get some more reaction from this without diplomatic editor james bays at the u. N. In new york. Theyre pushing the Positive Side they know that cease fires in the middle east are always very fragile very shaky things and theyre particularly concerned about the International Dimension about International Countries meddling in the affairs of libya thats been the long concern of the u. N. Just go back to the beginning of the year they have that burden conference to bring all the players together put them all on the same page and many you attended were not on the same page they were supporting one side or the other that then led to the resignation of the uns top person on libya gas son salaam and you saw that this agreement was done by his then deputy has been acting ever since the beginning of the year Stephanie Williams and to show you how divided the International Community still is after many months of wrangling they still havent found a new envoy ahead of what are supposed to be the key talks coming up in tunis the secretary general current candidate he wants to appoint is a guy called nicholai in london off hes the uns man in jerusalem previously was in iraq but right now 2 african countries are in south africa plus an instant and great indians are blocking that appointment i asked the secretary general if he was frustrated lets be clear this is not the 1st diet that an envoy is blocked in so good the council so i dont see that we should the outline or we should. Focus on the present difficulties because there were other difficulties but he seeding them and they hope that everything will be overcome in the near future the secretary general seemed somewhat irritated when he was also asked about comments of from president. Which in which he questioned whod exactly signed on behalf of the libyans the secretary general read out the list of the signatories and said they were the accredited representatives of the 2 sides and made it quite clear that it wasnt up to members of the International Community to comment on this he wanted a libyan solution to the problems in libya. The u. S. Embassy in ankara says its received credible information about potential attacks kidnappings targeting americans in turkey it says those at risk include its consulate general in istanbul the embassy also says other foreign nationals in the city it risk its temporarily suspended all services at its Diplomatic Missions in turkey and told citizens to exercise caution in places frequented by authorities as well johns Foreign Ministers meeting the u. S. Secretary of state might pump aoe in washington part of an effort to reach a diplomatic solution to the conflict in the going to kind of our. Well also hold a separate meeting with the armenian foreign minister later on friday they have been fighting in this disputed region to go to cut about for more than 3 weeks so to that end and will last you have a chance in washington about this why now almost a month worth of conflict and now the u. S. And certain self into this diplomatic process. Im adding a lot of criticism against. The trunk of illustration from joe biden who started making statements on the on the conflict end of september and sort of keyed into the whole rhetoric of donald trump ceding Foreign Policy to russia cozying up to strongman meaning the turkish president and so on biden clearly he campaigns on the right on Foreign Policy it sounds like john bolton when he when it comes to donald trump its all about you know an american exceptionalism and so on russia and russia russia not all the trouble ministration is is taking more action with these meetings weve had statements from might prompt where hes asked for a cease fire hes asked for International Actors not to be involved meaning turkey not to be supplying weapons to. The competence and weve had these meetings now 1st the the as every foreign minister for and now the the armenian foreign minister for an hour however were not hearing much about any sort of plan it was very noticeable that the as very foreign minister going in and he. Sources going and said that this isnt really about a ceasefire this is just about getting a long Term Solution so nagornokarabakh whereas the armenian sources were saying no were going to be pushing for sanctions on turkey trying to stop turkey from supplying azerbaijan with weapons might compare has been making a statement saying we need a ceasefire we need far not just to stop supplying weapons to the competence adams he came out with this statement which would raise some eyebrows we will hope for the armenians will be able to defend against what the azerbaijanis are doing which is particularly interesting because it sort of goes against the traditional geopolitical interests of the u. S. There is a very cool and well organized armenian lobby here in the us very politically connected and also i mean you have to assume and i know we shouldnt but if you have to assume that it has a christian fundamentalist like that this is a majority Christian Country i mean youre fighting against a Muslim Country azerbaijan but traditionally. The u. S. Is only azerbaijan side of things because its all part of the sort of the strategic great game against against russia at least nominally russia on the side of armenia although russia has taken a much more nuanced during this conflict by john key to trying to keep russia out of European Energy market as well the markets with a pipeline that runs through it with lots of u. S. Oil Companies Companies involved as a budget very close to israel and they cooperate all in trying to get intelligence on iran and yet. It what is kind of interesting coming from a diplomat remain the main comment weve had from pump air so far is apparent support for the army for the armenians should have a chance with that update so on the diplomacy going on in washington ive been a go on account of. Back to our breaking news the normalizing of relations between sudan and israel this time and also sudan being removed from a state sponsors of terror list we are now hearing from the palestinians who say sudan normalizing relations with israel is a quote new stab in the back for them this is after of course israel normalize ties with the u. A. E. And bahrain earlier in the summer donald trump also believing that other countries want to maybe up to 5 other countries want to strike such deals and that sudanese israeli and some other country leaders will be coming to washington so similar signing do you would think to what we saw for believe they called it the Abraham Accords for the u. A. E. And behind now heading down the same sort of path for sudan as well one more line struck here Prime Minister netanyahu talking about. Not opposed to any deal with iran. Goodness theres a lot coming out of washington at the moment well be talking to our correspondents on the net and analysts about this more the breaking news though the headline is that israel and sudan will now normalize their relations wish and we move on to coronavirus spains Prime Minister says his nation may have 3000000. 00 cases which is 3 times higher than the official total european governments reimposing lockdowns and restrictions to contain rapidly rising infections russia slovakia and poland have all seen a record single day rise in the number of infections on friday french Scientists Say covert 19 is spreading faster now than at the peak of the 1st wave in march more from Andrew Symonds in london. Pederast sanchez the spanish Prime Minister gave this shock announcement a few hours back now that 3000000. 00 figure he refers to as a real time figure after new research which hasnt been fully detailed yet into the infection rate and this is 3 times the figure that the official figures theyve been using so far now in spain theyre stopping short of a National Lockdown its quite controversial they have made a number of measures like the rest of europe but this is a country structured by its regions and there are complaints from the leaders of those regions that the National Policy doesnt add up to a really a coordinated one at this stage now in france you have the starkest warning yet of the infection rise being potentially not potentially in fact thats the wrong word is going to be as bad if not worse than the late march early april when the pandemic was at its peak france has made new measures to try and contain the virus its curfew policy has been extended to effect 2 thirds 2 thirds of a 1000000 of the popular 2 thirds of the population i should say terms of what theyre doing right now which is suffering really big restrictions so pretty critical there when we talk about the infection rate you can expect at going on from that the number of hospital admissions to rise and then the death rates to rise so there is more to come and so this is a pretty bad picture south koreas forensic an agency has reportedly found the death of a 17 year old boy is not linked to the flu shot which she received earlier at least 32 people have died after being immunized in recent weeks raising a lot of safety concerns or the 8300000 people have received the flu shot in south korea this year. Investment Bank Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay a fine of nearly 3000000000. 00 for its role in the Malaysian Investment Fund scandal the penalty will be paid to u. S. And other foreign regulators the companys malaysian subsidiary as admitted violating anti american and the bribery laws this report from florence though in kuala lumpur its been described as kleptocracy at its worst a fund set up by the malaysian government under former Prime Minister najib razak to promote Economic Development in the country used instead as a vehicle for. Us in malaysian Authorities Say 4 and a half 1000000000. 00 is believed to have been stolen from the fund now Goldman Sachs the Investment Bank that helped raise billions of dollars in bonds for one m. D. B. Has agreed to pay back nearly 3000000000. 00 for its role in the scandal todays resolution is significant it includes criminal charges against the bank in a guilty plea by its malaysian subsidiary it also requires goldman to discords the entirety of its 600000000. 00 profit pay a 2300000000. 00 penalty and admit wrongdoing. Malaysian and u. S. Prosecutors allege the bond sales provided one of the ways for associates of not to steal from the fund investigators say the stolen money was used to bribe corrupt officials buy luxury assets and even finance a hollywood film over a 1000000000. 00 and those go into foreign officials. Show Companies Holding companies and so forth the most money and of course thats money that could go into people citizens of those countries who use it so its really i think a story that goes beyond the actions of one particular Financial InstitutionGoldman Sachs reached a 3900000000. 00 settlement deal with the malaysian government in july in exchange for malaysian prosecutors dropping charges against him the same month former Prime Minister was found guilty of corruption and Money Laundering charges linked to subsidiary of one and b. No job is appealing against his conviction and is being tried on dozens of other charges related to one and other people have been caught up in the scandal the u. S. Justice department has filed criminal charges against 2 former Goldman Sachs bank its us and malaysian authorities are seeking malaysian finance though take joe known as joe was accused of having played a central role in the fraud florence italy aljazeera. Conservationists in namibia and raising concerns after the death of thousands of seals nearly 7000. 00 cape seal pups and fetuses of washed up along the coastline this month actually unclear whats causing it but there are fears the death could affect breeding cycles of the animal for years to come. And yet another warning about the health of the arctic for the 1st time since records began 40 years ago a key source of siberian ice has yet to stop freezing this is on the lot to say known as the birthplace of ice the latest well this is the latest it has ever gone without starting to freeze over scientists believe its because of a record breaking heat wave in the region and changing waters in the Atlantic Ocean and why the lack of ice will cause Chain Reactions across the arctic heres more from jason box whos a climatologist and a professor at the Geologic Survey of denmark and greenland he says the drop in temperature could lead to other problems in the region the sea ice has in the last 40 years lost half its mass half of its that is and half of its area in this year after greenlee persistent heat wave that affected siberia since since time weve the fires across northern siberia this part of the arctic is especially warm and so we see the sea ice effectively reacting to this extremely warm situation to the north coast of syria and its a great concern has its a very shallow sea. And. Underneath that 10 to 40 meter deep water layer is a sea bed that itself contains an enormous store of current im concerned that he or me see waters can destabilize the carbon see that so this area of open water its releasing a lot of extra heat into the atmosphere and what thatll do is perpetuate this condition of open water thats probably part of the delay of the return of the frozen sea surface itself past the hour on al jazeera and if youre just joining us the breaking news this hour is that sudan has become the latest arab country to announce it is normalizing ties with israel this was on the back of a decision by the United States to remove it from a list of state sponsors of terror plenty of lines coming through from washington at the moment lets talk to alan for