And a winning performance. A 21yearold from south korea wins one of the worlds most prestigious music competitions. U. N. Secretary general ban kimoon has meat with the palestinian president and once again called for calm. He is in the region trying to end weeks of unrest, but his pleas are making little difference on the ground. He is trying to end that unrest. In the latest violence, a palestinian man has been shot and killed in the occupied west bank. The Israeli Army Says he attacked one of its soldiers with a knife. So far 51 palestinians and 8 israelis have been killed so far this month. The situation in the west bank also deserved renewed attention. Settlement activity by israel is illegal, and only inflames the tensions while reinforcing the sense that the viability of the twostate solution is disappearing. We cannot ignore the sense of desperation that comes with the slow evaporation of hope. Translator in the face of these barbarian acts committed by the israeli settlers, and
Arsonist, investigators hunt for the culprit behind six fires in predominantly black churches in and around st. Louis. Why they say the fires are linked. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im Lisa Fletcher in for stephanie sy. House republicans just wrapped up their latest meetings over who may be the next speaker of the house. Wisconsin congressman paul ryan was in those meetings, and after weeks of saying no, he has agreed to take the speakers job, but some republicans are rejecting his demands for unanimous Party Support before he runs. The house has now scheduled a vote for a week from today. Al jazeera political contribute Jason Johnson says paul ryan doesnt have much chance of getting the job. He has about as much chance of being speaker of the house as joe biden does of being president of the United States. I think his statement yesterday makes it very clear he doesnt want this job. So he has laid out a series of conditions that he knows wont be met. He knows th
Tens of thousands of palestinians allowed in to pray as israel eases restrictions on access to the alaqsa mosque. Dozens dead after a bus and a lori collide in france. Most who died were pensioners on a day out. Hello, south africas president , jacob zuma has said he will freeze a fee increase proposed for University Students next year. You can see the crowds beyond the police, a massive demonstration in the capitol city by thousands of University Students who opposed any increase. They tried to storm the seat of government. They were held back by riot police, who fired stun grenades and used water cannon. Al jazeeras correspondent was in the middle of the protest and sent us this. Reporter these protests where we are now have been going on for over eight days. They have spread across the country, and that would explain why students are becoming increasingly impairment. They are due to begin exams next week. They say they cant do that if they dont have an answer as to what will happen
Be the biggest hurricane in the regions history. And it really is food for thought. We take a look at a new museum in london that is devoted to what we eat. South african president jacob summa, says there will be no fee increase for University Students next year. He made the announcement after a day of volatile protests where thousands of University Students tried to storm government buildings. They were held back by riot police who fired stun grenades and water cannon at the crowd. Government understands the difficult faced by students from poor households and ages are effected to allow the process to unfold, to find longterm solutions to ensure access to education by our students. Our correspondent is there, and joining us now. Last time we spoke you were taking cover from a very tense situation. Have the students now dispersed . Reporter well, we still see chaotic scenes here [ audio lost ] all right. We apologize still having some technical difficulties there. Israeli police say 30
Wins one of the worlds most prestigious music competitions. U. N. Secretary general ban kimoon has met with palestinians president abbas in ramallah and has once again called for calm. He is in the region trying to end weeks of unrest. In the latest violence a palestinian has been shot and killed in the occupied west bank. The Israeli Army Says he attacked one of its soldiers with a knife. The situation in the west bank also deserves renewed attention, settlement activity by israel is illegal and only inflames the tensions while reinforcing the sense that the viability of the twostate solution is disappearing. We cannot ignore the sense of desperation that comes with the slow evaporation of hope. Stephanie dirk was at that press briefing and sent this update from ramallah. Reporter the undersecretary general has now spoken to both sides. He met with the palestinian president in the occupied west bank on wednesday. He reiterated the need to calm what he called a dangerous escalation. He