If it closes their Diplomatic Mission and washington d. C. Welcome to aljazeera live from my headquarters and me and the parana im also ahead. Take to the streets in zimbabwe a day before president mugabes party holds a meeting to decide his fate. Lebanese Prime Minister meets the french president paris and says he will return to his country next week loss. Of aversive and fortune to central asia. Where travel to carry the search of the elusive cat. Will begin with news of major tension building and us palestinian relations the trumpet ministration. Says it will close the palestine liberation organizations Diplomatic Office in washington d. C. The u. S. State Department Says the p. L. O. Has broken voles by calling for an International PermanentCourt Prosecution against israel for building illegal settlements a two thousand and fifteen us law bars palestinians from approaching the i. C. C. Against israel while the p. L. O. Office in the us has been open since the one nine hundred eighty s. And the plan to close it has led to serious concerns about efforts to find peace in the region its also being seen as an attempt to force the Palestinian Authority and to enter in direct negotiations with israel well israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says he respects the u. S. Decision but the p. L. O. Which the International Community sees as the official representative of all palestinians has threatened to end all contact with the u. S. If the office is closed while. We replied to the u. S. Administration also in writing saying that in the event that they close down the p. L. O. Office we will suspend all our communication with the administration until office is reopened meanwhile netanyahu government is destroying houses in the jabber jabber area and war as well as. The government is being rewarded and we are being punished this is totally unacceptable and it does undermine the Peace ProcessDon Estabrook has more from washington d. C. Well hopefully the p. L. O. Will get some sort of play or any on the reasoning behind the state departments decision to close this mission on monday the p. L. O. Is expected to have a meeting with the state departments legal team to go over this this was a decision that came down just within the last forty eight hours now the state Department Says it is acting to a law that was passed by congress that says that it can close the Mission Office if the p. L. O. Is pressuring the International Criminal court to pursue legal action against israel for alleged crimes against palestinians now the Trump Administration has ninety days to take a look at this closure and potentially keep this office open if it deems that the palestinians are having meaningful and direct talks with israel so this is not necessarily a done deal and perhaps this meeting on monday will provide some sort of clarity regarding what those talks might entail this is the first time in three decades by the way that the u. S. Has not renewed the p. L. O. Mission office here in washington d. C. Well lets get more on this now were joined by her man never it she was a member of the National Security council and the bill Clinton Administration shes joining us live from washington d. C. In this man never always a pleasure to have you with us on aljazeera what do you think the trumpet ministration is doing here you know President Trump had a very warm meeting with the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas at the start of his presidency hes had his son in law and chief negotiator jad cushion of the middle east representative jason green blatt traveling between ramallah and jerusalem to see what they can do on the one hand and now threatening to close down the p. L. O. His office in d. C. I dont think its i dont think its very well coordinated from what i understand the Trump Administration has been pursuing what President Trump promised during the campaign was which would be that he alone President Trump alone could achieve this great middle east peace this grand bargain in the middle east where none of his predecessors were able to do so and he entrusted that mission to his most is most important advisors his longtime friend mr green and his son in law jared cushion or and they have been pursuing it slowly but surely and very intently thats on one hand i think in a completely unrelated track you have republicans in congress here in washington working with Israeli Government officials this is something that was even reported on israeli t. V. Republicans in congress here working with Israeli Government officials to punish the palestinians for their pursuit of israeli officials through the International Criminal court and the palestinians continued pursuit of membership in International Organizations so on one hand i think you have the administration allowing republicans in congress here to work with the Israeli Government to purely punish the palestinians yeah and on the other hand you have President Trump trying to achieve a grand bargain in the middle east but can those two issues actually be unrelated can you punish the palestinians for taking wanted to take israel to the International Criminal court for breaking International Rule and at the same time hope that the trumpet ministrations of the has can work with the palestinians and ramallah. Well from what from what i understand the Trump Administration doesnt think the palestinians have very many options the palestinians need to talk to the United States and for the United States the palestinians are not even the most important player at this stage in their pursuit of this grand settlement in the middle east for their trouble ministration particularly within the white house among his close officials closest official closest advisers and officials like jared questioner the key player is the south are the saudis particularly crown Prince Mohammed bin some on so for the Trump Administration its not its just not that big of a deal for them to punish the palestinians on the one hand and think that they can continue to pursue middle east peace particularly with the saudis and that the palestinians will have no place else to go theyll have to deal with the United States one way or the other most men leverage its great to get your thoughts on this man leverage joining us live from washington d. C. Thank you. Lets move on to other news now tens of thousands of people of zimbabwe have been rallying across the capital calling for president Robert Mugabe to resign the ninety three year old has been under house arrest at his official residence ofter the military took control on wednesday as. Party says it will hold a meeting on sunday to discuss mugabes fate how do we toss a reports from. Ecstatic zimbabweans say they can feel change is coming soldiers posed herself in crowds hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of harare men women and children marched alongside armored cars and soldiers they say they want president Robert Mugabe who has ruled for nearly forty years to resign good money for the medicines but the. Sixty thousand dollars we are saying you should stop. This country like they have done enough i think it is. Freedom to ask all of us weve been waiting for this time for so long we have been oppressed for a very long time so we are saying. Basically. It was a united front opposition supporters people loyal to mugabe is on a party and veterans of the Liberation War against white rule marched together the main Opposition LeaderMorgan Tsvangirai says the country is preparing for a post mugabe era the army seize control earlier in the week and confined the countrys leader his private residence in harare. And. Speaking from south africa on saturday his nephew patrick was reported to have said the president and his wife grace are ready to die for what is correct and they have no intention of stepping down but people at the march insisted the ninety three year old has to go. Branches in all ten provinces have said mugabe should resign they also want to grace mugabe who heads the partys womens need to go through things on a pair party will meet on sunday to discuss the fate of president Robert Mugabe and his wife and reinstate the Vice President he dismissed him is imminent. Zimbabweans have only known one leader after decades of being afraid to speak out against mugabe things have changed the people marching insist its not a matter of if but when mugabe will go. When activists and coordinator of the group theres a virtual and he says the military paved the way for people to protest. I think what the people back home of discovered is that the army is open the way for them to go out there and express you know. The fact that they dont like Robert Mugabe and his wife so they kind of open the door for them and these are the two main obstacles people at home so the fact that the army is given the opportunity to say you can come out and express how you feel about everything its just that as you see the numbers of people in the streets and. The people of the military do the right thing probably install a Transitional Government a government that will be all inclusive of the opposition parties and the government to not sideline the opposition before by design appears the people want the kind of Transitional Government that is all inclusive including taking on board where the opposition is saying so that they move the country forward but the main main main point so that the Transitional Government will provide you know free and fair Credible Elections that are internationally want monitored because as you know. Elections for the past ten years. Gerry adams the leader of the Irish Republican Party fein has announced he will step down after almost thirty five years his party will let elect a replacement early next year adams was the leading spokesman for shin fein and westminster and pay when his party was the political wing of the Irish Republican Army the Paramilitary Group or to campaign against russias control of Northern Ireland for nearly forty years adams played a central role in peace talks in the nineteen ninetys which ended the violence leading leading to power sharing in belfast between sion fein and probe unionists what can marry as the dublin correspondent for political and he says adams likely replacement will not have an ira past what should help train politically. He said tonight that he stepping down as president of shoot thing the party is been like in charge of since nineteen eighty three the things have been happening here over the last of the years in the general election last year here in the republic of ireland thing increased its number of seats in the Government Parliament from fourteen to twenty three they all but wiped out the Irish Labor Party and they ended up holding the balance of power but the established parties to get in and fianna fail dont want to do business which in thing because when i didnt say in charge the party is due to feel like its being somewhat toxic adams has had a Long Association with the provisional ira the terrorist group that engaged in a Bombing Campaign to try and british rule in Northern Ireland began who are the governing party here and the Main Opposition Party the end of believe that as long as adams remains in charge of shin fein it is viewed as being if you like the terrorist party still ahead on the ballot or protesters in haiti called for the president to quit find out why theyre so upset and the International Community joins the search for argentina is missing some rain and its credit. From brisk north in fuel. To the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia. Hello there its cooler but fine for my service in the found eastern parts of china at the moment the winds a gradually drifting down from the north so at best will get to around twelve degrees in shanghai and force in hong kong will get to around twenty three in hong kong though you can see a little bit more in the way of cloud as well when fed in on some winds from the south and that will increase the moisture over the next day or so and we will see more showers further inland but the south you can see this area of cloud of rain here this is a Tropical Storm its gradually working its way north was disintegrating as it does say but its still in hunting the rains across this region for some monday so for many of us in viet nam we can expect to see some very heavy rains between now and then has that system a little bit closer on the satellite picture as it gradually tracks its way towards the west already throwing plenty of cloud across many parts of vietnam there over the south theres also plenty of cloud of theres been plenty of rain over parts of java these pictures showing just how much weather has been there from places you can only get about in boats and over the next day or so theres going to be plenty more showers across java again some of those showers again will be very very heavy and plenty more of them too as we head through monday there was i stretching further north singapore is looking pretty wet and theyll also be plenty of showers for k. L. To. The weather sponsored by qatar race. Tracing the four from prosperity to financial ruin this is precisely the movement where we humanized that nothing was first wealthy in greece the devastating impact to save the banks means also to save the deposits for ordinary citizens and the failure to prevent disaster banks and political leaders of the people who needed to learn the less i go or from democracy to the markets at this time on aljazeera. Good to have you with us on al jazeera these are our top stories this concern in the middle east for the trumpet ministration announced plans to close the palestine the ration organizations Diplomatic Office and washington d. C. That follows palestinian calls for prosecuting as read of the International Criminal court of illegal settlements the p. L. O. Says if the office is closed it will cut off communication with the us. Way held rallies. To. The ninety three year old has been under house arrest at his official residence since the military took control on wednesday. To discuss his fate. And gerry adams the veteran leader of the Irish Republican Party shin fein has announced plans to step down after nearly thirty five years he was a leading spokesman for the phase military wing the Irish Republican Army during its decades long Power Military campaign aimed at ending control of Northern Ireland. Lebanons Prime Minister has confirmed he will return to beirut by wednesday and hold talks with president michel on how did he made the statement during his visit to france reports from paris. In the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived at pariss look airport at dawn and headed to his apartment in the french capital it was the first time the lebanese Prime Minister had been seen in public since his sudden resignation in riyadh two weeks ago later he met the french president emmanuel markov at the elisei palace and said he would return to beirut. With regards to the political situation i will be in beirut in the next few days to take part in the celebration of our independence and all express opinions on all subjects once ive made president. Hariri was joined by his wife and eldest son but his other two children were left behind in riyadh fueling speculation about why that was at least a source is said only that it had been the hariri familys personal choice. Macro invited to really he said not to offer exile but as an act of friendship the fact that some of the rary was king of the elise is being seen by those in france as something of a diplomatic success for him and call it is the french president s mediation attempts over the past two weeks that have seen hariri finally leave riyadh. This is certainly a diplomatic success for a manual m