The program the United States has launched a bid to drum up 50000000000. 00 to invest in Palestinian Economic Development the 2 Day International conference in. The u. S. Post and son in law and Senior Advisor is being billed as part of a wider White House Initiative to resolve. Conflicts palestinian leaders have already rejected the approach describing it as an attempt to further exploit. The Israeli Palestinian governments i think he is just explaining his vision. The goal of this workshop is to begin thinking about these challenges in a new way lets try to view this conflict and the potential of the entire region through a different lens and Work Together to develop a concrete plan to try to achieve it for a moment imagine a new reality in the middle east imagine a bustling commercial and Tourist Center and gaza and the west bank where International Businesses come together and thrive imagine the west bank as a blossoming economy full of entrepreneurs engineers scientists and Business Leaders imagine people and goods flowing quickly and securely throughout the region as economics become more integrated and people become more prosperous well as a shrill is director of the United Nations relief and works agency in gaza his experience situation the 1st one a welcome to d w do you shed jarrad rosy vision of the future. Good evening to you from gaza its a compelling vision but its not a plan and its not very realistic you cannot design something without agents on the ground in this case the palestinians no one will argue i certainly wont sit here in gaza with a 53 percent Unemployment Rate then 1000000 people depending on food aid from my organisation not economic recovery is not good and right seeing to have as a vision but you need to be realistic and concrete about how to get there they are not changing the 50000000000 a lot of money to spend in a region with the problems that youve outlined and if they can get the investment. Yes of course thats a lot of money and that is very interactive but what has to be taken into consideration is that the u. S. Government is putting no money of its own on the table the way i understand theyre trying to persuade others nor to be businesses and economic sector and in my understanding businesses will invest if the environment is stable the environment in gaza is anything but state so i cannot see our private enterprises will invest to go staggering amounts given the circumstances here so given what you say about businesses being unwilling to invest given the fact that the palestinians have said that this is a no starter you cant deal with economics before youve dealt with the politics why do you think the United States is pushing this. Well thats a good question you have to ask them that again i think that the asian is compelling i think they genuinely believe they can make a difference sadly the way they are approaching it especially in terms of dealing with a main actors notably the palestinians hes bound to end up in disappointment. So whats in it its new you mentioned the businesses that are being courted to invest and many of these are are from gulf states what would be in it for them. Well i think its a mixture all of course profit i mean businesses would invest for profit and i have to tell you again has he lived in gaza and worked it for over a year and a half people in the past talked about gaza being a potential sego or and i think thats correct there is an incredible entrepreneurialism spirit here theres good infrastructure so for businesses there is the potential to make profits i think theres an element of solidarity with this time especially since you mentioned the gulf states and of course for some of them its also about stability and healthy and thriving gaza and west bank is good for everyone stability and security good talking to thank you for joining us. From the United Nations relief and works agency in gaza. A simple look at the tensions between iran and the u. S. That teheran has said the path of diplomacy is now permanently closed following President Trumps imposition of new sanctions against the countrys Supreme Leader ayatollah. Ali khamenei and its military leaders irans of Foreign Ministry describe the measures as a sign of u. S. Desperation but President Trump said they were a strong and proportionate response to what he said were irans increasingly provocative actions. After ramping up the pressure the United States struck a more conciliatory tone at a meeting with israel and russia in jerusalem u. S. National security advisor john bolton encouraged iran to seek dialogue. The president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate Irans NuclearWeapons Program its pursuit of Ballistic MissileDelivery Systems its support for International Terrorism and its other malign behavior worldwide all that iran needs to do is to walk through that open door. Predictably u. S. Attempts to use economic leverage to coerce it into negotiations did not go down well with tehran irans president on monday lashed out at trump for imposing sanctions on irans head of state ayatollah harmony. How can a person lose their mind so badly. And do something so outrageous and idiotic. By sanctioning the leader of a country. The latest round of sanctions comes after iran shot down a u. S. Drone over the gulf of oman the u. S. Also blames tehran for a string of attacks on oil tankers in the area iran denies the accusations the sanctions were 1st levied in august last year shortly after the us are negative on a nuclear deal struck by the Obama Administration iran in may and a partial withdrawal from the deal and said it would grow its stockpile of weapons grade uranium at a Un Security Council meeting germany spoke for many when it forced fears that the saber rattling could escalate into war friends germany and the United Kingdom are gravely concerned by the increased tensions in the bit further hike after the downing of the u. S. Drone by iran on the 20th of june these developments risk miscalculation and conflict we call for deescalation and dialogue with respect for international. But with both the u. S. And iran unwilling to back down such calls are likely to go on answered. Governments across europe are warning people to take precautions as a record heat wave moves across the continent of the berlin zoo. Elephants refreshing shallows with temperatures expected to hit a c 40 degrees celsius in some places elsewhere. People sought shelter from the heat and the fountains and making shade. As the insight with temperatures expected to stay high for the rest of the week. Keeping cool in most every way possible people and animals across Continental Europe but feeling the heat of unusually High Temperature is. Just drinking try to go make too fast to slowly. Drink drink drink a lot. Of. This hot sun we try and keep to the cooler places above. The course at all we have been out looking at rome from 8 oclock this morning but from midday on were eating ice cream its very good we were able. Meteorologists say the soaring temperatures a jew to hausherr blowing in from north africa but many also call this heat wave unprecedented. In france or thirtys are taking extra precautions to care for the most vulnerable. The their country is still scarred by the intense heat wave of 2003 in which almost 15000 people died. In the midst of the loose this isnt scaremongering these heatwaves are going to keep happening as we know and perhaps theyll get worse in the years and decades to come because of Climate Change im asking everyone to take responsibility for themselves their family and their neighbors and to avoid a backlog in Emergency Rooms due to people taking unnecessary risks due to the history of. The haze was visible and if a paris on tuesday and pollution levels could rise further as the mercury crimes. In germany or thirtys in the state of brandenburg battling wildfires the area is a tinder box after. Long thompson try. Amid warnings across year at that midweek temperatures could break records staying cool remains top of the agenda. So what is going on well lets ask our weatherman meteorologist Alexander Hill the bronzes from the German Weather Service vetter dot com welcome to the debut thanks for having me so i what should we be preparing for its been quite hot is it going to get much hotter yes the temperatures will rise even more in southern germany even more tomorrow up to 39 degrees but it has been hot in france for quite a few days and it will get even hotter theres a 304344 degrees possible in Southern France and also spain is really hot at the moment but the heat will also proceed to Eastern Europe so 3638 percent in poland thats what we are expecting east of germany and poland put this in context for us on and on a normal day were looking at temperatures of what well in july temperatures like 28. 00 or 29. 00 or more pot off more often possible of course it can exceed 30 degrees easily in the moon but this will be the 1st of all the hottest june on record in germany and it will also the all time record of 40. 00 degrees in germany what might also be. Reached tomorrow its a feel theres a 5050 chance that it will be reached i was 40 degrees celsius in sydney in 2006 and even the sydneysiders are saying you know what that nobody left the house that it was that hot so thats something to look forward to and this is dangerous though isnt it is saying this for many people yes of course if your if you have problems with your with your or. If you are is already sick or if you are small children older people are really in danger so its a really probably. If you forget to drink something or if you eat too heavy you need to light meals of course and i wonder what are they in danger of well actually the we have seen in the last years that the mortality rate of mortality rises so the number from truth im of the numbers from 2003 or 10000 of people died through heat wave in europe are not because people die in the street but the mortality rate rises and you can count that later then. And make make that connect back to the heat wave so that is really a problem that more people die when its harder so and are we talking about a one off extreme weather event or does this fit into a pattern are we looking at Climate Change i think of the june of this year is a good example of how Climate Change has already changed our our weather patterns and our temperatures so there is only one way basically then that a way the way is up the temperatures are rising even more the junes like 50 or 60 years ago in middle and 0 europe were really different the temperatures have gone up like 2 degrees on average in june and also new of course the climate tends to break records as it gets warmer so were seeing more records. This year and its an its a very very went event that we are heading to and it can only get worse something to look for hildebrandt meteorologist rivetted dot com thank you thank you. 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