line that runs through some of the most inhospitable terrain. 20 years ago this was uneconomic cal but now it s better than ever. keep watching to find out why. welcome to the newshour. israel says its. with holding around $127 million of tax revenue from the palestinian authority. the money which israel collects on behalf of palestinians is used to run the government and pay civil workers salaries. it comes a day after the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. handed over a formal request for palestine to join the international criminal court. it pushed ahead with the application after its resolution to i wanted israel s occupation of its territory was rejected by the u.n. security council on tuesday. the pal cityian leadership wants the icc to hold israel to account for alleged wire crimes during the war last year. stephanie knee decker in jer jerusalem has more. reporter: they usually do this as a punitive measure when the palestinians take action they don t agree wi
highly charged particles to treat cancer. the first palestinian leaders have accused israel of triergs trying to starve their people. israel has objected to palestine attempting to join the international criminal court. charles stratford reports. israel says i.t. was targeting hamas tinls tunnels used to smug smulg are weapons into the palestinian tears tri. international criminal court accusing israel of war crimes, israel says it will withhold $127 million of tax revenue. this month the medical supplies the milk, the bread for the whole nation. it shows that israeli occupation is not only concerned with settlement and there when it comes to exercising punishment, they are stashing them, dislow kateing them because they want to act with impunity. israel says the palestinian bid for membership of icc hinders efforts to restart peace talks. we need some leeway to prevent the derailing of reaching a is negotiated settlement. not bimutual complaints to the international cr
welcome to the program. let s start with some news from somalia. a massive car bomb has hit the capitol mogadishu where african union peacekeepers are based. the armed group am shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack which targeted somalia s national intelligence agency. it s confirmed four civilians were killed. the bombing comes after an al shabaab attack in bydoa. that was believed to be in ret trib rettribution for a u.s. air strike that killed one of the group s leaders a few days before. over the past few months somali troops and african union forces have stepped up their offensive against al shabaab fight to go impose islamic law in somalia. attempts to hold yemen together as a country are in deep trouble. there has been a bombing at the presidential guest house in damar city about 100 kilometers south of the capitol sanaa. several have been killed including a houthi t.v. reporter. on the political front, the leader of the yemen s shia movement has rejected
israel s prime minister justifies cutting off urgently needed tax revenues to the palestinians. can russia return to the front ranks of science, or are its glory days over? welcome to the program. attempts to hold yemen together as a country are in deep trouble. there has been a bombing of the presidential guest house in domar city about 100 kilometers south of the capital sanaa. several have been killed including a houthi t.v. reporter. an agreement has been rejected to dive i d the country six regions. houthis control most of the army s assets and are growing impatient for reform. the latest from the yemeni capital sanaa. reporter: it is the first time the houthi leader came out and announced the regression of his group to the idea of dividing yemen in to six regions. he said this is a western scheme backed by regional powers to have a weak and divided yemeni. the irony is that the houthis have agreed to dividing yemen last year in something called the national confer
racing through south america. iraq s armed forcing are marking their 94th anniversary but sadly there s little to celebrate. the army is facing unprecedented challenges, an enemy that sees large part of the country internal corruption and desertion and not to say an unstable political climate. mohammad adow, certainly no time for pomp and circumstance but still significant nonetheless mohamed. indeed significant nick. it is the nowrt 94th birthday for iraqi armed forces. the event today to marked the armed forces day was key with the prime minister and other officials with tomb of the unknown soldier. now the iraq army has had definitely a very ills ill citrus illustrious ceremony, seven or eight months have been the most critical for them when i.s.i.l. forces came charging across their country many of them left their positions those left behind face facing i.s.i.l numerous challenges. rah ramahdi. , what is making the difference. but the work is challenging in many way