Night gentlemen the neighbors so definitely a long term process and one with it with no clear answer no definitely won the world is watching closely knit conley in minsk thanks very much for the. Lets turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world Afghan Government air strikes have killed dozens of people in the Northern Province of couldnt those the Defense Ministry says the strikes target taliban fighters but its vesta getting claims by local witnesses that civilians and children were among the victims taliban and government goetia it is currently holding talks in hotter for the 1st time in decades. The death toll from a powerful storm which battered greece has risen to 3 cyclon yanis swept across central areas flooding thousands of homes and damaging roads earlier the storm caused widespread damage in the peloponnese and union islands. A German Charity sea eyes says its a rescue ship the alan kurdi has picked up more than 100 migrants in the southern mediterranean the refugees were spotted drifting into overloaded rubber boats and wouldnt a fishing vessel. Of thousands of prodemocracy supporters in thailand have joined in a rare challenge to the powerful monarchy in one of the biggest displays of defiance ever seen in thailand activists rallied all night in the capital bangkok their demands include curbs on the power of the king fresh elections and wide ranging constitutional reforms. This country belongs to the people the message inscribed on this brass plaque a symbol of protest cemented into the ground. For months now thais have been calling for reform of the mana king and political system. But this weekends demonstration was the biggest in the years. Tens of thousands gathered in bangkok and state to protest throughout the night. You a little rain i want to see changes in the most meaningful way a bigger change than before which will take into account peoples opportunities education and our right to speak the truth so we can question and discuss things were not supposed to talk about. And the world i doubt that matt. Meet me or guide them theres a chance well be successful without demands but well have to wait and see if the protesters are still committed to fixing the constitution then the government wont be able to ignore them forever really are. The protesters a growing bolder on sunday they handed Royal Guard Police a letter setting out their demands. Particularly sensitive is the call for royal reform including limits to the kings powers. This is broken its a bill in thailand where criticising the monarchy can be punished with up to 15 years in jail. King badger along corn is out of the country and spends most of his time in europe the royal palace is yet to comment on the weekends protests. But the student activists driving the movement see them as a success. And our overall view today proves we are all human beings we have the same red blood we prevent that nobody pleads blue blood. C protest is a calling for more rallies and a days general strike so far the protests have been peaceful but some feel the oath or a tease could change tack and adopt a more forceful approach towards dissent. U. S. President donald trump says he wants to appoint another woman to replace veteran Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died on friday republicans have vowed to press ahead with the nomination but democrats argue that the process should be delayed until after the election in november. The steps of the Supreme Court have become a makeshift memorial to Ruth Bader Ginsberg the collection of flowers and cards grew throughout the day. In the eyes of some people ginsberg was more than a leading judge a champion of womens rights even a liberal icon. It was because of the work that shes done that i was able to have a good job that allowed me as a single woman to support myself and to choose to have a family to have reproductive choices that allowed me to. Delay pregnancy and so i was ready for it and then to choose to do it on my own. The next Supreme Court judge could be very different for some grieve ginsburgs passing moves to find a replacement a gathering pace. President trumps a c. Could send a nomination to the senate as soon as next week the prices will move i think its going to move very quickly actually i agree with the state that put out by ridge the guard will. Do it. It actually 100 percent i put out a very similar statement you saw so i think were going to start the process extremely soon. We will have a nominee version of the statement President Trump is referring to as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnells pledge to hold a vote on a nominee before the election thats angered these protesters outside his kentucky home. Movies that d democrats complained that mcconnell refused to move on president Barack ObamasSupreme Court nomination 4 years ago. But theres no legal reason the republicans cant go forward. A 3rd of the president s have appointed a justice is during an Election Year and some even appointed them after they had been defeated so there is precedent for that but the lack of consistency between 20162021 the part of the republicans is in stark. The stakes are of course high republicans could secure a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court and that could have far reaching implications on issues like abortion obamacare and gun rights whoever wins the white house in november. The amazon rain forest is once again up in flames wildfires in the president jungle and bigger and fiercer than ever this year the pants now is one of the Worlds LargestWetland Ecosystems and after months of drought the region is now saying the worst places in 20 years. Smoke chokes the pad to now as the flames tear through this tropical wetland exceptionally dry conditions have primed the area to burn experts the logging in the amazon rain forest north of here is up sitting the ecosystem creating the conditions that make these blazes possible and insects are also dropping dead amidst the inferno. This is the 1st time ive witnessed an emergency like this the fires caused it. Theres no rain forecast for these wetlands in the coming weeks but the countrys president didnt come here instead he visited a neighboring region to mark the start of the soya planting season. And to make his supporters many of whom a local landowners but both are there is a failed to land in the thick smoke. Of your course on his 1st attempt the pilot had to abort the landing thats almost never happened to me something highly unusual happened the visibility was probably poor. As possible though even so the fires devouring brazils wild tolson are as top priority. The pandemic this year germanys october fest has been cancelled all is not lost for badgering because in the very end city of munich some local venues are organizing. Smaller scale festivities which comply with coronavirus regulations and thats. That 12 on the dot the 1st cake is tapped but thats all thats going on as usual this year iran 50th munich spear holes are taking part in their own self styled version of october fest. It wont be the usual money maker but it isnt a party either its more like a noble restaurant environment but with more atmosphere these and. Its officially not business as usual this year vacant and almost deserted this site normally plays host to the state organized october fest which brings more than 6000000. 00 visitors each year and over a 1000000000 euros in revenue. How does it feel we missed the october 1st were making the best of it. The venues taking part told to keep some of their real festival feeling alive but hygiene regulations are strict entry is controlled social distancing and the wearing of mosques is enforced still some people have their reservations i reckon we could have manage one year without oct 1st since its really pretty filled i wouldnt want to throw myself into the crowds. You definitely notice a difference. The police keep a watchful eye as coronavirus cases increasingly rise in need. For this reason children will have to wear masks to school from monday on and virtually just urge caution. Will. Be fun for we have to appeal to the responsibility of the people at the festival so as not to risk more problems with the schools and the nurseries of the common. The city meets on monday to discuss further measures the mayor has warned of increased risk. Will be ensuring that the rules are being followed i dont want to see pictures of people standing on benches and cheering without distance and without masks circulating for the world to see. People who support the event argue that celebrations can be properly controlled because all visitors have to register themselves even as the beer gardens are filled late into the night people are celebrating in a civilised manner. Britain is marking the 80th anniversary of the battle of britain during world war 2 the british spitfire and hurrican fighter planes flew over london to commemorate a conflict they were among the aircraft which defended britain against attacks by the german buffer in the summer of 1940 Royal Air Force force victory was a turning point in the war. Watching date over the news coming up next a date of a new documentary that looks at the oslo peace accords well have more News Headlines at the top of the hour until then stay up to date on our web site thats dot com im rebecca races in berlin for me and the entire team thanks very much watching. Between there and selfdetermination. I dont want anyone. Tony would not have stopped or noticed how women are striving to reform their islam away from traditional prejudices. Women in islam start september 24th on t w. Its hard to find an opening to my story. The tale of a small footnote in the history of our region. I can only write my own private memories of these 3 years of hope and anguish. Is this a tale of triumph. Or defeat. The ending to our story has not yet been written. This is. They wouldnt believe im that stupid. She said perhaps i should start with one decisive wednesday in july of 1902 professor he has failed called me up with a dangerous proposition to join him for a secret meeting with our sworn enemies the Palestinian Liberation Organization known to all as the p. L. O. Join us fighting shoulder to shoulder with the palestinian revolution against the zionist enemy palestine all or palestine is vera arab arab arab. The p. L. O. Was a terrorist Organization Led by Yasser Arafat a man many israelis considered hitlers successor. Our thought believed in an Armed Struggle fighting for palestinian freedom he took pride in the slaughter of the athletes at the munich olympics opening fire on School Children in monologues and planting deadly bombs all over israel. The problem was arafats was the only one palestinians looked up to he had the final say in only gunshy ations but israel refused to talk to him. On the american im against a palestinian state run by the p. L. O. Shelbys out of the question of no negotiations with the reality of vision but the goal was well above the most. 9 months before rabin had been elected to lead israel on a platform of peace and security. But as the months went by he delivered neither. With terror attacks on the rise and the Peace Process deadlocked the right wing opposition threatened to overrun him before he even completed his 1st year. In a desperate attempt to renew the peace talks deputy minister yossi beilin decided to act outside the law and set up a secret back channel to negotiate with the p. L. O. He approached his felt in me because we were the perfect fall guys 2 professors who had dedicated their careers to the israeli arab conflict but had no ties to the israeli government. We were in a very strange situation legally the law forbids us to come into contact with the palestinians i frankly spoilage if you dont go to conduct a ballistic is what are you going for them and tolls and from i mean mormons. Busses all over the world there were barrack there that quite an organization of general. The oslo process which i like to call the accidental channel was neither preplanned nor preprogrammed my own partial involvement began in december 92 when i was sent by the p. L. O. To norway to meet secretly with 2 israeli professors. On my long flight from tunisia to oslo i thought back on the day i was forced to flee my home in of 2 days when the p. L. O. Was declared illegal i left my family and home behind under the oppressive occupation of the israeli army and swore id return the day we were liberated. In the past 25 years robin had been known to us as the bonebreaker the architect of the iron fist policy of repression. The idea of meeting our occupiers face to face did not appeal to me at all but the freedom of palestine demanded all of us to take high risks. The 3 soldiers killed yesterday in gaza had been laid to rest an explosive device was found in a plastic bag under eventually ramallah the border to gaza was closed and will remain so for a few more days. As we approach the secluded villa hidden deep within a no we joined forest a chill ran through my spine negotiating with terrorists was one thing in theory but now i was just hoping that we had made a terrible mistake. Our 1st handshake was rather tense i scanned the people in front of me and matched their faces to the memos we had prepared back home. Abu allah served as the palestinian minister of finance. Beside him said court arafats confidant. The youngest of the group was haasan os for a militant communist who was the most aggressive of the 3 the palestinians wanted to know who we were and who we represented but all we could say was that we were 2 professors who were here in defiance of the law. The morning started bad morning started and. Said only palestinians understand how difficult it was to live in a not superficial in no way usually understand how difficult it was to live for them for us to live in these radio corporation. And it would have wanted to Say Something more irritating me emote getting me up like this is a good sentencings youre not allowed to do if you literally think that there is any comparison between israelis and palestinians in the nazis if you ever say this again im going to stand up and move out it never came back it never came back again and i think this was a very it was it was a very unpleasant stop but it was an important stuff. We knew that all past negotiations had been fruitless and in order to temper being wed have to come up with a completely new offer to be perfectly honest i said were standing on the verge of a new war which will harm both sides we are serious in reaching an understanding with you and are open for a historic compromise. Until now we have demanded your immediate withdrawal from the occupied territories but we realize it wont happen overnight. Arafat wants to bring up the possibility of withdrawal from the gaza strip as a 1st step towards peace. Has failed and i exchanged glances although we were trying to conceal them. We were stunned. The p. L. O. Was considered an Extremist Group and here was arafats messenger with a Game Changing solution. Now we are left with the most difficult task of all presenting the draft to the decision makers. So i dont care as i sent you know his garden on point of course not to meet some p. L. O. People and of the summit things they have this paper and i really want you to look at it and decide what we are going so good. Then next day i am asking to meet shimon did you read the papers and know. You know they did you read the paper. And then you read it and then he understood that he had something that explosive in his head. Been very good. There but ive goes well from my eyes i think about that got there fred the important fact was that discovered there are far. They planned it out about you had many times thank you. For taking the bait of their full of friends i dont think that there are any region in the world of has so many plans its already too late as i was in the middle of it. As the wave of terror engulfed the streets the protests outside the homes of rabin it had as have become routine the 2 leaders were stuck between a rock and a hard place they were losing their war against terror and the Peace Process showed no sign of revival. Perhaps the oslo channel was their only way out. With a heavy heart they authorized us to continue the talks as long as we exercised every precaution to keep the news from leaking if it became known we were deliberating with the p. L. O. It would be their last day in office. Now that the leaders were involved we were no longer in the drivers seat that has announced that they also channel would now be led by your reasons here the director general of the Foreign Ministry enjoy helsing or are rigid military lawyer. No way of bringing a military lawyer. For more than a good was feeling it was the law in the west bank in gaza and i come there to meet was the p. L. O. Terror always there or so from my perspective for you it was like a feel for. Theirs i go into the room and see a war like the 1st time he comes to me and kisses me on both cheeks coexist is kissing me. Oh my caught ive been kissed by a terrorist and probably thought i just kissed a military former military i mean man dog key is one another in the United States or in israel. That was the 1st time a man kissed me. Before the 1st round of talks i decided to get acquainted with my counterpart. Where are you from here jerusalem i replied. d im also from jerusalem he said where is your father from he was born in germany my father is from jerusalem and still lives there he said. We could go all the way back to king david i replied and didnt try to conceal my anger im sure we could argue about the past for years and never reach an agreement lets try and see if we could agree on the future. All right he said and we reached our 1st Mutual Understanding we wouldnt argue about the past ever again. Singur started the meeting by announcing that we had a real concrete proposal for the signed agreement. All traces of our optimistic document were racist and replaced by rabins agenda that would security and defense before cooperation and coexistence rabin had refused to deliberate on the core issues of the conflict in mending to discuss them at a later stage his offer did not include any mention of up rooting settlements dividing jerusalem the return of the Palestinian Refugees or definitive borders. As the reading commenced the palestinians astonishment grew. After a few minutes abu alaa turned to us 4 and muttered quietly in arabic its a massacre. The last round of talks left me more confused than ever despite sinkers humiliating offer it was clear we were not when the big leagues it was no longer an initiative of 2 peace loving professors but rather of her being and parents themselves. All the while the news painted an entirely different picture. Being tightened his fist every day demonstrators were being killed throughout palestine some of them innocent kids who should we believe the reality on t. V. Or yuris promises. The whole bush will host 1000 israelis was not in the past. We made the following decision 1st to impose a closure on the west bank and additional disclosure on gaza. Starting tomorrow there will be no palestinians occupied territories on israeli lap until 5 and i was just out load of the shot. For the 11th round in oslo we arrived with the proposition of our own perhaps singur and the israeli delegation thought we would surrender to their terms but that would not be the case our revised proposition stated the end goal would be Un Resolution 242. 00 demanding israels withdrawal from the occupied territories. The palestinian proposition enraged me and i responded with hard right opposition we would not acknowledge resolution 242 because it meant retreating to the 1967 borders and we refused to discuss borders at that stage we started believing the p. L. O. Were our partners in this but when we put our cards down the p. L. O. Always backed away from any clear decision maybe people are right to say the palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. There was a lot of tension people were walking out of the room slamming the doors but it was all. You know we knew. That they have a desperate to reach an agreement. I just said let them. Let kids we need to let all play out and then well just say no. The israelis dismissed our proposition refusing to discuss the definitive borders at this stage i said to yuri you refuse to recognize our national right and insist on retaining all the settlements we prefer to wait another 10 years for a reasonable offer yuri fired back in that case you can keep waiting until the messiah comes. I said to yuri weve made every possible effort to reach a Peace Agreement with you but unfortunately i now find myself unable to go on i have decided to resign from the talks. The room fell silent a dark expression spread across abu alaa face and he seemed powerless as he rose to his feet and left the room this time it was really over. Yuri asked me how i was feeling i didnt hide my emotions. Both sides were stubborn and did not grasp the importance of the moment. I just could not continue this negotiation i told him if you cant cure the onus we must find its cons lets put aside the maps and the agreements and begin by recognizing each other as partners the p. L. O. Will denounce all terror attacks against israel and we will stop viewing you as terrorists and allow our 5 to return to his homeland. I promised during i would present his mutual recognition proposal to arafat in tunis perhaps this round of talks wasnt a complete failure after all i descended to a bone in our bodies and you left this area many years ago do you think be a dream about your coming back to your home thats my dream all the period so far. To go yet and whats to come if that as a citizen and its too much for me. We were negotiating in all small Team Complete secrecy no one knew about working outside of this really small recoup and then when we were. Suddenly it leaked the story leaked oh. I think wonderful bill may not have a secret talks between the p. L. O. And israel awoke snowbound oss law from its sunday now they grabbed a lot of headlines with little actual information at press that lined up their location and content were unnoticed the Israeli Embassy is absolutely desolate the security guards floor that they knew nothing of the talks not to mention where they were held but it was our last stop in our search for the secret talks here at the kings palace as we can tell they arent here either. Here with me in tel aviv is Deputy Foreign minister yossi beilin is the recognition of the p. L. O. By israel official. I know nothing of any such recognition there is no such recognition. The worst thing that could happen was the premature exposure of the channel reporters kept calling me and i consistently denied everything without giving any unnecessary explanations but i knew we couldnt keep up the charade much longer it was only a matter of time until the who hardly used the talks to make rebellion in paris see my traitors who were conspiring with the murderous air. Go to the people tell the truth tell them this is our intention to hand the heart of israel over to arafats and establish a palestinian state go to the people before you implement your plan we are trying to beat the clock by reaching an agreement before a prematurely could would stop the oil slick remember. The mutual recognition option excited the leadership in tunis and i was sent back to oslo with arafat support. And it seemed as if the israelis returned with a deep desire to move forward as well. Sitting there in that guesthouse which the press made out to be a sort of dream cast but thats how the press is simple to show is a very difficult month several terrorist attacks and youre sitting there talking in a businesslike manner gentlemanly making jokes but youre out of touch so if its imminent talk theres a whole new talk and i hope we arent out of touch we dont want to ignore the present or forget the past were trying to set them aside for the moment and figure out together not how to make the past better but how to make the future better to talk it over as so we created a bubble we arent out of touch not from what happened to the jews or the arabs not from whats happening now but what were applying maximum force to try to get this process moving was. We managed to progress simply. Of differences to 5 open issues. And we went back and force and force and early in the morning falwell good morning we reached for agreement on those 5 issues. At 5 am the norwegians printer delivered the final draft of the declaration of principles for peace between israel and the p. L. O. It stated that as a 1st step israel would withdraw from gaza in jericho and grant the Palestinians Authority for self governance. In the 2nd stage which would take place within a year the Palestinian Authority would expand to most of the west bank. And within 5 years a Permanent Peace treaty would be signed addressing the core issues of settlements Palestinian Refugees definitive borders and jerusalem. Formula. Of the it was strange there were 15 of us. After hundreds of hours of negotiation crammed inside a small room of people signing our initials and the world knew nothing about the disconnect between the intimacy of a handful of people in that small rooms and agreement which is such a breakthrough made in such secrecy it would do because there wasnt a sense of euphoria or joyful emotions in high but a sort of heaviness the strangeness was a little. I cried this week. The 1st time at 5 oclock after we finished pretty good and. Become jaded to each other that we should now we have to stop that he didnt just say but for development for construction for a vacation. But he says it started the day we wrote it and it must be won by both of us. And that. We came in with a will yes we know d you. And we follow through those of colleagues and know that you are the natives who wish to live. By this many friends but they make the end of our part. In the long days and that we also or with great love about insulin that we get a lift up of them. Yeah. Good evening israel and the p. L. O. Are not far from a historic embrace and i remember there was a t. V. Set with stations norwegian swede feed me and everyone was talking in. Foreign languages all slow were going to be alone. No no. No i want you. To suddenly realize that wow. Its its us that were talking to. 29 years after declaring israel and illegal state the palestine Liberation Organization has decided to recognize israels right to exist peacefully and after decades of calling the p. L. O. A terrorist organization israel finally recognizes the p. L. O. As the legitimate representative of the Palestinian People given the history of the palestinians and the israelis which is and also much of the rest of the world. You know were staggering. The last minute negotiations went on for a day. But when the haggard norwegian mediator arrived in tunis he said he had the historic documents a recognition in his back. That he was doing he said modest weight but belong to israeli Prime Minister rabin and p. L. O. Chairman arafat in the one page letter from arafat to rabin the p. L. O. Recognizes the right of the state of israel to exist in peace and security in his return letter to arafat rabin says that in view of those commitments the government of israel has decided to recognize the p. L. O. As the representative of the Palestinian People. I want. I never expect to see the government. For hard. In the middle east today israeli Prime MinisterYitzhak Rabin will fly to washington for the signing ceremony of the also the agreement between israel and the palestinians Yasser Arafat will arrive from chinas for the signing which will be his 1st visit to america since 2 p. L. O. Were denied entrance to the u. S. Right wing opponents are calling the signing of the treaty treason while arab opposition is calling a traitor to the palestinian cause and threats of being made on his life. While in my last meeting with clinton just before the celebrations started he took me aside and said he wanted to concessions i said mr clinton we gave enough concessions and then this outburst said concession one could you prevail on mr arafat to come dressed in a french suit and abandon its military garb i said this was part of the way his people view him so i said im sorry i cant give you that concession was the 2nd one so he said no hugging no kissing. And i said this is a very tough concession but for peace i do it. They brought the morning shows to the white house to talk their way of the bottom of the south lawn work charlie and paula and bryant and katie