Youre watching the aljazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the European Union commits fifty three Million Dollars to additional aid for the palestinians following the u. S. Decision to withhold funds. To reexamine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay. Also multiple promises for the u. S. Military that president state of the Union Address the kuantan of obey prison is to stay open indefinitely. And you have a government remains besieged by separatists inside the president ial palace an aide and aide operations have been suspended in the port city. Also well tell you about why the largest Retail Market for ivory has shut its doors to the trade story and the impact of hong kong. Welcome to the program the European Union is giving an extra fifty three Million Dollars in aid to palestine following the u. S. Decision to withhold funding that use Foreign Policy chief frederick made the announcement at a donors meeting in brussels the u. N. Has warned that guards economy is on the verge of collapse. We know the more we can achieve progress on the ground the more this can help prevent violence and the more this can help also as you call it a process so in this context we believe it is important that the Palestinian Authority is committed to the unites the west bank and gaza on the one single and legitimate authority there is a need for the International Community to recommit to common strategy of building the institutions that will ultimately lead to a negotiated two state solution and there is also a need for a comprehensive in supporting and the resumption of p. A. Control in gaza now the implications of the current shortfall in funding to support Palestinian Refugees are being felt across the middle east the u. N. Relief and works agency for palestine. Operates in five areas jordan lebanon syria the gaza strip as well as the occupied west Bank IncludingEast Jerusalem almost six million registered refugees receive basic aid and social services that rely heavily on outside funding row are set up to seven hundred two schools in the region with more than five hundred thousand students half of them are girls the aid doctors see nine million patients in one hundred forty three primary Health Clinics every year Christopher Gunness is the chief spokesman for our hes warning the Funding Crisis will lead to further radicalization in refugee camps. Under from United States of largest single state owner sixty million we were expecting up all the three hundred fifty million that leaves a hole in our budget of two hundred ninety billion dollars and thats just imperative contribution to the overall debt its so of course very pleased that donors are stepping forward and are coming forward in light of our isolates global fund raising and thats good but lets not make any mistakes or lets not have any illusions about this the task ahead is very very we are deeply in debt its an unprecedented a National Crisis and were really going to in the International DonorCommunity Step up because whats at stake is nothing less instability in at least having five hundred thousand children on the streets of the middle east not in u. N. Schools at a time when its themis groups are in full group mode i think we can all agree that that is not a good thing that does not contribute to a sense of stability and dignity in this region. Appeal for unity at home and a message of strength and power abroad doll comes to live in his first state of the union speech highlighting what he sees as the successes of his administration as outlined a plan for tougher immigration policies and a powerful military has well as a stronger Nuclear Deterrent program from washington d. C. Alan fischer reports. Oh donald trump has got to go for a president who wants to unite the country his journey to the capitol in washington was marked by protests below. The president of the United States inside a much warmer welcome for donald trump. The state of the union traditionally when a president leaves oak his vision for the future the state of our union is strong for donald trump a chance to look back at the tumultuous first year he boasted about his economic successes since the election we have created two point four million new jobs including the eve of including two hundred thousand new jobs in manufacturing alone but he talked about cutting black unemployment is a stormy reaction from some democrats the row over immigration help close down the government earlier this month he appealed to democrats to what with him and republicans to finally sort the issue so lets come together set politics aside and finally get the job done. And as he talked about to migration there were audible boos under the current broken system a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives under a player he talked about the battle against eisel claiming huge success pledging there was more to be done and of the need to invest more in americas military and a line not trailed by the white house the president revealed a new policy on the Detention Camp a guantanamo being cuba overturning a decision by barack obama i just saw i. Prior to walk in there and order directing secretary maps to keep open the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay thanks after u. N. Board which criticized the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel it was a clear threat to those who stood against his administration i am asking congress to pass legislation to help ensure American Foreign assistance dollars always share american interests and only go to friends of a now and thank there was no mention of the russia investigation but there was mention of iran and north korea but the president ended with a familiar message and its the people who are making America Great again the democrats reply came from the son of a Famous Family congressman joe kennedy his great uncle was president john kennedy their record is rebuke to our highest american ideal the belief that we are all worthy that we are all equal that we all count donald trump wanted to bring the country together and believes this speech will help democrats want to see if his actions his intention alan fischer algis you know washington. Well some use his state of the union speech to attack the iranian government hes urging congress to address what he calls fundamental flaws in the Iran Nuclear Deal the iranian that foreign minister zarif responded on twitter by saying trump again confirms his ignorance of iran and to the region everyone knows where he stands and its certainly not with the rain ians serif sarcastically added that his virtuous democratically elected clients in our region may cheer but not those on the receiving end of their tyranny and weapons including he have any children. Well trump also called russia and china rivals of the United States beijing as his bank saying that the u. S. Needs to be a better partner. Only found that we hope the u. S. Will cast away the cold war mentality of the us some ideology view china the china u. S. Relationship in a correct way and get along with china focus on cooperation properly have the differences and maintain a steady growth of bilateral relations lets go straight over to our White House Correspondent kimberly helka to use in washington d. C. Theres always reaction after a state of the union we got some of it was less than twenty four hours ago kimberly i was wondering how now that the dust has settled what the media is saying what politicians are beginning to talk about. Well the media the politicians responses are fairly predictable what donald trump tried to do but what many believe he did not achieve is really moving the dial in terms of his own popularity the president s Approval Ratings are standing at about thirty eight percent according to most polls. This is really the last year most people have felt that they dont particularly like donald trump but if he accomplishes what they need him to accomplish then thats ok and so many of sort of been looking at the down time speech this first state of the union kind of like this he managed to sell his successes he managed to sell the fact that there is historic unemployment lows the stock market is high people are starting to see bigger paychecks for the first time in more than a decade that was all well and good but what they generally didnt see a movement on and theres agreement on this is Donald Trumps popularity has not changed in any way and the other thing that donald trump set out to accomplish but it doesnt appear he succeeded on was the issue of unity this is still a country deeply divided along economic lines along racial lines but there are a polarized politically is just getting further and further apart and it doesnt seem that that gap was bridged at all is as a result of just one speech and of course with so many issues that weve been discussing since he spoke less than twenty four hours going to talk about Guantanamo Bay the fact that he says its not going to close it does raise questions about those that are still props some even a new additions if donald trump has his way. Right and this is the really big news that came out of that speech kind of tucked in there but certainly this is the one that a lot of people are going to want to sink their teeth into including aljazeera to try and get more clarity in terms of that because you remember this was a Major Campaign promise for barack obama that Guantanamo Bay cuba prison would be closed because of course the concern being that those that the United States is labeled as enemy combatants have been held there sometimes for more than a decade without charge denied the due process that the United States has typically been known for at a foundation of its democracy so as a result there has been grave concern for human rights activists about this ongoing indefinite detention barack obama deciding alternately that this wouldnt be close because there was a concern about bringing some of those that have been named enemy combatants to the United States but they discussion about even adding to those is certainly going to be concerning for many human rights activists but also many members of congress on capitol hill and Many Americans who feel that it doesnt represent what america is about of course one thing that is bubbling underneath all of this and its in the back of many peoples minds this is talk of Midterm Elections and how donald trump is befalling how the Republican Party is perceived and in fact how the state of the Union Address will go down with the masses across the u. S. Its interesting because when you look at it at the political level as i was standing there in statuary hall capitol hill last night what i noticed is there were an awful lot of republicans who have been fearful about what those Midterm Election results will look like in november and as a result have decided not to run again they were all parading around the cameras offering their insights and and being fairly critical of this administration it gives you the sense that there is this feeling even amongst members of the Republican Party that the Midterm Elections are not going to be good for the Republican Party and thats historically true so its going to be a challenge given the fact that donald trump has taken what many republicans would consider very bold controversial steps in terms of his policies that the republicans will be able to hang on to control of both the house of representatives and the senate so certainly there is that feeling among politicians but then i guess my kind of taxicabs gauge to talk to sort of the ordinary people and get their take on things they dont see it as being quite as dire there are many that are feeling relatively positive despite sort of the media hype and spin that you suggest or that has been suggested so as a result it really is unclear at this point you know its not until november a lot can change between now and then but certainly from the political level there are many that are concerned that those Midterm Elections will not be good for the Republican Party keeping a very close eye on it of course with you can be for the moment thank you. Well placed more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including some of these afghan refugees have lived in pakistan for generations but the deadline for them to leave is just hours away. Forcing britain britains Prime Minister heads east in the hope of securing a free trade deal with beijing. And one of the most deadly strikers in the World Football makes a big money move touch others got bad news and spoke. To british lawyers have submitted a review of human rights in saudi arabia to the huon Human Rights Council saudi arabia is currently chairing the council but is facing growing criticism over a wave of a rest and detentions its accused of arresting political and. Free speech activists and detaining them without charge. Is one of the reports authors he hopes it will encourage countries to put pressure on saudi arabia to change its behavior. We were commission to look into exactly what has happened and present illegal reports on as an army recommendation is that step should be taken by the General Assembly to suspend the government of saudi arabia from the Human Rights Council it being completely contradictory and ironic for a government with systemic curtains of abuse as weve highlighted in the report to be sitting on the council and previously to have have chaired the council we are hoping it will go overnight as many states to recognise the problem and to confront the government about the situation in the jails and in that way put pressure on the need for real change not suppose of reform but real change and then what we are hoping of course that depends on the states in the General Assembly is that that suspension will act as a major lever on the government there to clean up their act and to make a proper new start study Led Coalition plans have carried out several air strikes in yemen its capital sanaa toggling who theat rebel weapons stores that explosions assault in the area north of the city People Living there say these strikes resulted in flying shells and explosions yemens internationally recognized government remains besieged by succession its inside the president ial palace that eighty eight operations in the southern port city have been suspended succession its forces backed by the u. A. E. Took control of aden on tuesday. Russia and Syrian Government forces have been bombing towns in italy province and i strike hit an open marketplace in a city on shoes day at least twelve people were killed and Dozens Injured theres been a renewed syrian at Russian Military offensive this week targeting hospitals and markets in rebel held areas. The United Nations is worried about civilians in the Northern Syria area of free turkey has been attacking the kurdish region for more than ten days now a free man is controlled by the white peachy a Syrian Kurdish group that turkey considers a terrorist organization Stephanie Decker reports. Solidarity with the people of africa this protest is in the kurdish run area in northeast syria where people say they feel betrayed going on and then i go in for we condemn the turkish state we condemn russia because had it not been for russia giving the green light turkey would not have been able to attack a free russia and turkey your fate and will be at the hands of the heroes of the wipe e. G. Just like the end of ice. In africa and funerals are held for fighters from the Peoples Protection units or y p g. Turkey considers the y. P. G a terrorist organization but fighters from the Kurdish Group across syria make up the backbone of the u. S. Backed Syrian Democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against ancyl. This is said to be video gin that is an area close to the border with turkey that has been heavily targeted sou