Instead to come to a larks itself and the surrounding area to carry out the prayers the main prayers for eat have been delayed from sunrise to the 2nd pres of the day at 730 local time in the morning presumably to maximize the number of people who can attend them and also that coincides with the time that usually the site would be open from the other side to non muslims now there are right wing and religious nationalist jewish groups that are calling for access on this day despite the fact its a major it was them 1st or because it also falls on the same day that jews mark to shut down of that as a commemoration of the falling of the 1st and 2nd temples and the jewish exile the background to this is that there has been a wide ranging political effort by the right wing in israel and the religious nationalists to get more access to x. The mosque compound site known as the temple mount to jews a lot of what happens next will depend on the actions of Israeli Security forces and police there
Especially during the later obama years ok what does that leave russian and chinese influence. Well china is deeply deeply involved in the issue because china as your correspondent was saying is indeed the 3rd party and theres an area of the former Princely State of german kashmir that is now held by china called the outside chin and china has deep Strategic Interests in the region because of unsettled border questions with india in the himalayas both on the east and in the west in kashmir. At the same time china has some limitations in terms of challenging the domestic politics of other countries because it has a very strong sovereignty norm and really rejects criticisms of other countries about the treatment of minorities in areas like to batten sinchon sinchon so there is with china i think a little bit of. Choice to move it towards more neutral International Fora like the Un Security Council which is in fact what pakistan is doing to with russia its not as clear because i think rus
Said that the Canadian National mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didnt divulge much details concerning these circumstances of his detention this is not hes not the 1st foreign nationals to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an American National was released about him himself playing a crucial role now hes calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the Syrian Government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to and sanctions at the end of these 2 these 2 foreign nationals who are held and in syrian jails are not among the high profile people who went missing and believed to be held by the Syrian Government so messages possibly from the Syrian Government to the west trying to regain lost legitimacy. Well still ahead on aljazeera a beach in troubled waters we report from the start of these results in todays year where tragedies playing out for migrants. An
So now holder has more from beirut. Lebanon has mediated the release of a Canadian National who was being held in syria the one of the top Security Officials in lebanon about for him was the man involved in this mediation effort he said that the Canadian National mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didnt divulge much details concerning the circumstances of his detention this is not hes not the 1st Foreign National to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an American National was released about him himself playing a crucial role now hes calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the Syrian Government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to end sanctions at the end of the day these 2 these 2 Foreign Nationals who were held and in syrian jails are not among the high profile people who went missing and believed to be held by the Syrian Government so messages po
Chanting and singing] singing songs of revolution in hong kong, as prodemocracy demonstrators kick off a threeday sit in at the airport. Rematch after a shocking defeat in june, a. J. Attempts to reclaim his heavyweight boxing title december 7 in saudi arabia. Welcome to the program. Our top story, thousands of protesters pour into the streets of kashmir in a wave of anger rooted in an unprecedented security lockdown and historic political upheaval. Video ofa has obtained unrest in one community where phones, tv, internet have been cut since monday when india ofipped the territory special rights, causing outrage in pakistan and criticism from the opposition. We have received reports police fired bullets and tear gas to Disperse Protesters. Of we have more from new delhi. [people yelling] reporter they came out in the thousands despite barricades and checkpoints, tear gas and s,llets, andthousands pellet motivated by the end in government taking their a tonto may. Autonomy. Their securi