This is zero. Zero zero m. C. Test and this is the news hour live from london coming up. The United States is no longer a credible mediator in the Peace Process the palestinian president condemns the u. S. After the u. N. Rejects Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel spains Prime Minister turned down an offer from catalonia ousted leader to meet a after separatist parties retained a slim majority in thursdays reelection. Warring parties in south sudan signed a ceasefire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians and apple faces lawsuits in the u. S. Making it deliberately slow down older models of the i phone. And on peter stammered in doha with the latest sports news we host nation kuwait lose their opening twenty seventeen gulf cup match to saudi arabia that and more later this news hour. Palestines president says his country wont accept any. The u. S. Back to middle east peace plan Mahmoud Abbas was reinforcing his position after the u. N. Rejected pres
Longer be relied upon as an honest mediator. Oh i Maryam Namazie youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up the main powers backing syrias warring sides push for another round of talks to end six years of civil war. The United Nations imposes tough new sanctions on north korea in response to its latest Ballistic Missile test. The warring parties in south sudan signed a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. Welcome to the program out top story this hour palestines president says he will no longer accept the United States as mediator in the middle east Peace Process saying it cannot be relied upon to play an honest role Mahmoud Abbas made the comments during a meeting with the french president emanuel in paris in which he called for europe to take the initiative in peace efforts it comes a day after the United Nations adopted a resolution rejecting u. S. President Donald Trumps decision do you actually recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel as the
Hello im. Watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes deadly clashes in gaza as palestines president warns that the United States can no longer be relied upon as an honest mediator. Spains Prime Minister calls for a new era of dialogue following the success of catalonian separatists in five days but rejects calls to me ousted leader called his budget a moment. And the main powers backing syrias warring sides push for another round of talks to end six years of civil war. Also the United Nations imposes tough new sanctions on north korea in response to its latest Ballistic Missile test. Though with all the days sports news as to self american officials receive a guilty verdict on charges of reckless hearing in new york coming up later. Hello welcome to the news hour our top story palestines president says he will no longer accept the United States as mediator in the middle east Peace Process saying it cant be relied upon to play an honest role Mahmoud Abba
Animated debate in the Council Chamber before the discussions began members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u. S. In calling for this public debate the u. S. Ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in irans internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting. Used to mean put up look at the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also distancing himself from the u. S. Decision to call these discussions with your
Attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. Protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount a clear and simple we want the patriarch to resign we want to reform the patriarchate and assign a Legal Committee to evaluate the situation representatives of the Greek Orthodox church of jerusalem deny the allegations and nor the snow. We did not as they claim to sell our lands to the Israeli Occupation those are old deals the patriarch wants to rectify and clarify because all those old deals are detrimental to the rights of the patriarch eight and its congregation while this is not the first time the church has been accused of selling some of the nume