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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR December 8, 2017

Hello im Adrian Finnegan this is the news out live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. A day of rage around the world after Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital in. The u. K. And the European Union reach a deal allowing briggss talks to proceed to the next stage. To breathe the smoke the latest warning in Southern California where some wildfires could burn for another two weeks. Hummus our top story in sport today christiane arnaldo given the award as the worlds best footballer for fifth time. Palestinians are protesting in the occupied territories and what theyre calling a day of rage other protests are taking place across the world. Theyre angry at u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital this was the scene in bethlehem where Israeli Soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the testers. In occupied East Jerusalem Israeli Soldiers arrested several pounds Palestinian Protesters at least ninety five people were injured after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli Forces. In ramallah in the occupied west bank Palestinian Protesters have been throwing stones and burning tires earlier hundreds of the march through the streets after friday prayers. And in gaza dozens of protesters were injured after confrontations with Israeli Security forces amass has called for an uprising aljazeera has correspondents are in different parts of the palestinian territories hotter abdul hamid is in ramallah in the occupied west bank burnat smith is in gaza city but first lets speak with harry forces live in occupied East Jerusalem harry earlier you were caught up in scuffles there on the the steps behind you tell us what happened and about the situation now. Well its a good deal quite a no there is a small scale protest you can probably hear carrying on behind maybe about an hour ago there was a sudden eruption of fairly major scuffling between the protesters and the Security Forces here it seemed to be triggered by medical attention being required by a very young child the Security Forces made a kind of a cordon in front of where palestinian medics were giving that attention there was shouting from the crowd above and fairly soon after that pretty much everyone had been on the steps protesting was involved in pretty close quarters scuffling with the Security Forces they were coming up the steps here making pretty forceful arrests pushing the media around us included so it does just show that even after a day of relatively peaceful protests here peaceful protests here outside damascus gate in the old city in occupied East Jerusalem the tension is very high and it doesnt take much to trigger those sorts of overt relatively small scale clashes compared to what weve seen in the west bank and gaza but nonetheless it is a sign of the high emotion involved here all right harry for the moment many thanks indeed. Lets go live now to. The occupied west bank in Ramallah Al Jazeera as Hoda Abdelhamid is that whats the situation now when we spoke to you an hour ago there was a lot of stone throwing going on a burning barricade. Well its still ongoing actually im going to step out of the camera so you just can see whats going on you see here the youth are gathering and gathering on this field thats where they pick up a lot of stones some of them are using the sling shots now you can see the Israeli Soldiers there behind that building just there in the background but they have been firing from a distance tear gas and rubber coated bullets you might hear these bumps going on right now now this has been going on for several hours now and is likely to keep on going on and you would have the same scene repeated over and over again crossed the occupied west bank in many cities have grown bethlehem in another part of ramallah. So far we know from Health Authorities that more than two hundred have been wounded either by rubber coated bullets or inhalation of tear gas you might want to cameraman pat there you see this now is a barrage of tear gas that has been fired by the israelis thats what happens every once in a while and thats when the way the israelis try to push the protesters as far as possible from them on the other side here on the hill you do see the rest of the Israeli Soldiers overlooking the situation at the moment they seem to be on standby weve been monitoring them throughout the morning but its very easy for them to come down and some of them actually come down by foot and i just want to show you one last thing this house in the middle is a house where actually there are palestinians who are living there we spoke to the old man who lives there he stayed that he stays in that house regardless of whats happening around him and that house is sometimes used by the Israeli Soldiers war by the protesters but hes right there in the middle right heart of anything. But it smith is in. Gaza city but when we were last talking to you an hour ago we saw ambulances taking away people whove been injured in whatever was happening there whats the situation now. On the eastern edge of gaza city near the front then offends the divides garza from israel the difference here is the palestinians are divided by that funds from israel the prospect for confrontation is less than it is perhaps in the occupied west bank occupied East Jerusalem nevertheless palestinians have been down there for this afternoon mainly throwing rocks and confronting Israeli Security forces on the other side of the phones weve heard return gunfire cracks of gunfire coming from the israeli side some teargas has been sent over fifteen people injured in gaza there are five separate locations like this where people are protesting for people injured here and a few more there that there was a bit of gunfire just going off there people being ferried back by ambulance couple with two or three gunshot wounds and someone else hit by a tear gas canister so there is protesting continuing but not quite on the intensity perhaps you might see in the occupied west bank but still the same levels of frustration anger felt by palestinians here of course as there is over the. Burn to really think such a serious bullet smith live in gaza will earn here today crowds of protesters marched towards the u. S. Embassy in malaysias capital kuala lumpur Prime Minister najib razak said that he is opposed to trumps decision he called on all muslims to protest against the move. Were going to break into our coverage of. The unrest. In the life of trance decision to take you live to paris where u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is speaking at a press conference with his counterpart in France Foreign minister eve let the pm. Lets listen in to meet the republic the president of the republic so this will be very brief. These regular. Meetings allow for a strong relationship. Im afraid. Pictures you saw there. From the from paris this is a different feed were looking at here but we dont have the translation english translation on this feed at the moment so were just waiting for our other fee to get back with the english translation so that. We can you can rejoin it. Because you speak french is no problem at all but this being i was there english we prefer to have the english translation of whats going on im trying to say weve now caught our translation factus this name is the situation in north korea. The control of terrorism. And. Common assessment of the situation in the middle east whether it be in iraq or syria and of course libya and of course we have points of disagreement to this well we said absolutely frankly. That we are against the recent decision of President Trump about jerusalem about climate change. It is important that we say things calmly because on the other subjects we are determined to Work Together and press ahead. In the face of the challenges of the world and to try and find solutions to results and thats essentially what i want to say by way of introduction and im prepared to. Reply to a couple of questions maybe even four but we do we are under certain constraints. And we will meet again before the end of the year. Also i think its important to reflect or visit as secretary of state certainly not my first visit we just had a lovely luncheon and i appreciated the opportunity to enjoy some fine french food while i was here as well. As the foreign minister indicated this meeting is a continuation of many many discussions he and ive had together and we will meet yet again before the end of the year. Also i think its important to reflect on the very warm relationship that exists between President Trump and president mccrum they speak often and i think as the foreign minister described the relationship that the United States in francaise is one of and allies that is so strong so deep in steadfast over two centuries long now shared values that we are able to be very frank and open with one another and on almost all things we agree but on those that we dont were very open to express those disagreements and i think both of us benefit from the richness of those discussions and i know President Trump values very much present micros views on issues and thats why they speak often as well as the foreign minister indicated i will take a lot of time repeating what he said of so many issues we are very well alive and dealing with the threat of the Nuclear Weapons program in north korea we appreciate frances steadfast support we appreciate the strong support that we share in the more to defeat isis if you could taint terrorism wherever it shows itself certainly on our joint efforts in the sun held and we appreciate frances leadership in the hell to counterterrorism and to contain isis and showing its face in that part of the world as well i think again all many issues we agree on all those we dont we have very open discussions and we value the relationship but i want to stop there because i dont need to repeat the issues that the foreign minister address goes on we want to have time for your questions. I dont see fit that would be thinking i doubt if i could make this easy for Bloomberg News would secretary of state just want to know what steps in we know you take to comply with the president s moving up with these really capitol hoodoos them when you move the embassy route you have to make a request to congress for the funding and finally would you be open stating were accepting the portages the moneys not not remains falls under palestinian control well the president has directed in his statement that he made that he has asked state department to begin the process of making the move of the embassy to jerusalem this will take some time we have to acquire a site we have to develop building plans construction plans as you point out ensure we get the authorizations although i do not anticipate any difficulties getting those offers ations and then actually build an embassy so this is not something thats going to happen this year probably not next year but president does want us to move in a very concrete step bash way to ensure the embassy is located in jerusalem when where able to do so there really is possible time i think with respect to the rest of jerusalem the president indicated in his statement that his decision to recognize as the capital of israel in his direction to the state department to begin the process of moving the embassy did not indicate any final status for jerusalem and in fact he was i think very clear that the final status of jerusalem as a matter that would be left including the borders would be left to the parties to negotiate and decide. Thank you very much said just states. What what clarity did you gain today about the chain of events that led Prime Minister hariri to resign in saudi arabia like its affronts and later to earn resign what was accomplished in todays summit and when you call for preserving lebanon seventeen preventing foreign interference does that warning apply to riyadh as well i think what was important about todays meeting with Prime Minister hariri is that he of farmed that he had rescinded that resignation his full intention to remain as Prime Minister and continue to work with the government of levanon to move the level on forward in terms of its Journey Towards a Stronger Coalition government prepare for elections next year a strengthened their security and through the decision to call for dissociation to have hezbollah in its involvement in yemen as well shot there were a number of important issues that we discussed all of which i think are positive when it comes to lebanons future. Hold you meant to say use. Sync you still probably do if it means for both of you this connection. What do france and the u. S. Have the same approach to hezbollah and if so. So i mean is withdrawal from the syrian theater a first step pull the first step which could be asked of hizbollah under the present conditions. I didnt get more and more the question to do is just you know do both of you. Therell be another question be another question of other. New let us reply to this one very quickly we said this morning. That we were. Committed with a lot of determination to the unity integrity and with the. Sovereignty of lebanon and this whole question of dissociation means that nobody inside or outside actually challenges the notion of the unity of lebanon and this obviously applies to hizbollah both inside and outside the country. In addition with regard to the syrian forces. Front says position is that there should be rapid transition as a possible guarantee the integrity of syria and any kind of incursion from outside the u. S. Position i think it mirrors that of france as well in terms of this i just indicated importance of the decision of dissociation to a farm what has blood role should be and what has blocked role should not be i think the us also recognizes that the Lebanese Armed forces are the sole protecting force for levanon and its important that their role i think be strengthened and be a farmer in order to protect lebanon sovereignty. Thank you both for doing this mr secretary youve been placing a big emphasis on limiting iran interference and lebanon but i want to ask you about saudi arabia in particular that the kingdom has energetically asserted its influence over lebannon over qatar over yemen where your administration is now pleading with the kingdom to end its blockade what do you make of saudi arabias recent aggressive moves both inside and outside of the kingdom and is iran the only aggressor in the region and mr foreign minister if i may between its recent moves to decertify the iran deal a lot of the paris climate deal and recognized jerusalem what kind of that ally is the u. S. These days well the u. S. Strongly supports the reforms that are being undertaken in the kingdom of saudi arabia we think theyre important to the future of saudi arabia in terms of not just its stability but also its prosperity for the future i think with respect to saudi arabias engagement with qatar how theyre handling the yemen a war that theyre engaged down the lebanon situation i think we would encourage them to be a bit more measured and a bit more thoughtful in those actions to i think fully consider the consequences i think weve been clear when it comes to yemen we have called for and President Trump himself called for this week a complete end to the blockade of yemen a reopening of all the ports to not just humanitarian assistance but commercial delivery as well because about eighty percent of the food comes in all commercial shipments we are asking that saudi arabia allow that access i think goes to lebanon things have worked out in a very positive way perhaps even more positive than before because there have been very strong statements about affirmation about the future of lebanon which can only be helpful. Your question was about the Paris Agreement and quite understand its its about the combination of the paris fallout the decertification of the iran deal in this recent decision and whether you still see the u. S. As an ally growing in the same direction as france. Said at the beginning. The u. S. Historic allies we have a lot in common. And we have points where we disagree. And you know as well as we explain. We explain our differences we dont try to convert each other not yet anyway. We explain opposition some utopian. We have told the American Administration about this great withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. But we are part of it and we continue along that path well see how things work out. Kind of a sub frances foreign minister john eve live beyond their speaking along with his u. S. Counterpart secretary of state Rex Tillerson and paris to this and said that President Trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem does not indicate any final status of jerusalem he urged saudi arabia to be more measured and thoughtful when it comes to considering its actions in the region and yemen and its behavior towards castle as far as its actions towards lebanon concerned he said it could see it be seen to have had positive consequences well earlier in paris president emanuel macron cold on foreign powers to stop interfering in politics in lebanon hes been hostin

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