A vote on immigration in the coming weeks all are important work for the American People had to be put on hold while this manufactured crisis was dealt with up we made no substantive progress and i want to end on the serious bipartisan negotiations. To solve issues. Border Security Health care defense spending and many other matters so im glad were going to get back to work here i did joe castro has more from washington d. C. The compromise to reopen the u. S. Federal government has passed now both chambers of congress and the compromise looks like this Senate Democrats have agreed to reopen the federal government through february eighth in exchange they are accepting the word of republican leaderships that the contentious issue of immigration will be the next order of business with a vote scheduled by made february now critics and liberals and immigration advocates are criticizing democrats for having backed down from their initial demand in this fully they had wanted immigration and in particular the fates of the eight hundred thousand young undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country illegally as children they wanted a pathway to result their immigration status included in this compromise bill that did not happen and those immigration advocates are saying that putting trust in the word of republicans to eventually get to that topic was unwise and the number one source of mistrust from these liberal leaning democrats they are pointing the finger at President Donald Trump who has shifted in his stance on this immigration issue as well as the finger pointed honest twitter accounts accusing democrats of obstruction so even now as the u. S. Federal cover government looks to reopen Tuesday Morning this bigger issue of resolving this Immigration Crisis still looms with the potential of the country being back at this standoff in just three weeks time the date for the u. S. Embassy is moved from tel aviv to jerusalem has been brought forward to the end of twenty million tuning u. S. Vice president mike pence made the announcement in the knesset but he was briefly interrupted by protesting Israeli Palestinian politicians. The European Union has reassured the palestinian president that it supports his ambition to have used as the capital of a future state law of. Nations to recognize the state of palestine. Turkeys army says one of its soldiers has been killed as its troops and syrian rebel allies close in on Kurdish Forces president proud of and says the operation to secure the border will be successful however the u. S. Is urging turkey to show restraint. In yemen at least seven people have been killed after an airstrike hit a building used as a home and a Medical Center five others were injured in the attack in the Northern Province of sada its believed the strikes were carried out by the Saudi Led Coalition the u. N. Is putting pressure on the United Arab Emirates over the lead Human Rights Violations its being accused of obviously detentions and torture as well as suppressing freedom of expression the u. A. E. Insists its taking action like better supporting working Foreign Workers and tackling Domestic Violence bangladesh has delayed plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of ranger refugees who fled violence in me in march the process was due to begin on tuesday but a list of verifying the details of people to be sent back is still incomplete mexico has recorded its highest homicide rate in decades with just over twenty nine thousand killings last year but the actual murder rate is expected to be higher than official statistics because the tally is based on the number of investigations instead of the number of victims those are the headlines next and al jazeera aids struggle over the nile life in that. The nile the worlds longest river. A seven thousand kilometers a lifeline for almost four hundred Million People. Flowing north the nile runs through ten countries. From the highlands in the heart of africa to the shores of the mediterranean sea. A source of sustenance but also one of tension even potential conflict. For centuries egypt has sought to be must of the not. Seeking to tame the rivers some predictable flow until ensure exclusive control over its use. But today countries upstream challenging this dominance and up wishing for a greater say and a greater share the river nile. Cairo capital of egypt. A teeming much. Nicholas. That is grown on the banks of the nile. Its the first day of spring when egyptians for more walks of life. Flock to the river. To celebrate the arrival of the new season. With a kid with a knack a field of view of good and mostly every egyptian wants live by the nile as a football field and if they cant then at least they can sit in picnic their legs and saw the water its the place of their dreams and mahmoud everybody from young lovers to troubled souls come here for Different Reasons either to enjoy themselves or to wash away their pain to see for them on. The ancient greek writer who wrote it as described egypt as being the gift of the nile it was a fitting description. We made to cities that run along and are only there because of the nile and the novel that it would just be another part of the Sahara Desert you know it would just be dust and sand you couldnt live without it is the life blood. Attached to this source of life ninety five percent of the egyptian population lives along its banks just five percent of egypts land the rest just desert. The nile maybe most commonly associated with egypt. But its waters begin their journey thousands of kilometers upstream. There are two main sources of the river. One is the great lakes of eastern africa. And the other is in the ethiopian highlands where the majority of the nile waters originate. This is the summer rainy season in ethiopia. The rainfall forms gushing rivers and tributaries. They collect here in like ton. Ethiopias largest lake and a main source of the nile. The six hundred year old monastery is situated on one of the lakes many islands. Decorated with biblical paintings it belongs to the ethiopian orthodox church. The custody of the monastery is a doll it believes the nile holds magical powers and is akin to god. And of men buying up the nile is one of the four rivers mentioned in the holy bible that feeds heaven and i know that. The nile gives us as well as other countries like egypt. All sorts of benefits more than i youre going to have the night. Water isnt the niles only get. The surging streams in ethiopia turn red with silt washed from the volcanic plateau. The silt rich in nutrients and minerals is born downstream. It was to prove a blessing for the first settlers in the nile valley thousands of years ago. Each year rainfall in ethiopia caused the nile downstream to flood its banks in what is today egypt. This unusual phenomenon known by the ancient egyptians as the inundation was celebrated as a divine event. It was de fide in the form of a god known as hobby. In manama most how happy if you look at the pictures of this character and graves on the walls of egypts temples you find that have is there strange character on the whole hes a man with large breasts but not a woman one of the most of the caribbean he also has a Petroleum Belly so these two characteristics symbolize fertility and generosity are granted by the nile xeon and the whole school. Was the key gift. When the nile flood receded the rich silt carried by the river remained behind fertilizing the soil creating arable land in stark contrast to the surrounding desert. Ancient egypt was the birthplace of agriculture. Techniques developed thousands of years ago. Are still in use to this day. Early thunder in the herd envelop dylan was with still used the old plough. The one foot by cutting for wagner there are many factors here my uncle has a truck my neighbor has one everybody has attacked and that would put a one at anything but i prefer the traditional method. The pharaohs have long since passed from the stage of history but some of their legacy and use. From time immemorial the river has been a subject of adoration. And yet me all found a full mile all found to full in iowa old bountiful miles of the ancient egyptians exulted the river nile theres an old chant that goes people dont eat jewels they eat the bread made from the wheat that grew on the banks of the river nile and. But theres a dark a side to this love of the nile. Such adoration can lead to possessiveness. For the egyptians the nile is unquestionably their river above and beyond the claims of any other nile basin country. By the early one thousand nine hundred eight britain ruled the length of the nile. Egypt was strategically crucial as the suez canal controlled access to india the jewel in the crown of the british empire. To coopt their allies in one thousand nine hundred twenty nine britain awarded the egyptians exclusive control of the nile to phuket does our issued in the one nine hundred twenty nine agreement stated that egypt had the right to veto any project on the nile that would affect its share of the waters or the flow of the river to the north towards egypt. This stipulation was based on the fact that egypt completely depends on the nile waters while the upstream countries have other water sources before they have. Thirty years later in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine a second agreement was signed. Freed from colonial over rule egypt and sudan agreed on dividing the rivers waters. During the one nine hundred sixty s. African nations upstream gained independence. Nowadays these countries are challenging agreements signed when they were under colonial rule. Instruments and then. We had two countries sit down make us a thing now and that need to said then. And knowing very well. That they want to share within the two countries. To this day egyptians regard the nine hundred twenty nine and nine hundred fifty nine agreements as technically binding. Egypt has its reasons for wanting to uphold the treaties. It share of the nile waters has remained at fifty five and a half billion cubic meters a stipulated in the one nine hundred fifty nine agreement. However since then egypts population has tripled over eighty million. Taking the country into water poverty. And if. These agreements give us a minimum amount of water. Less than what we actually need. Any of the basin countries they dont need to they get their water from nature and. The annual amount of rainfall at the sources of the one point six trillion cubic meters egypt and sudan use less than five percent of this amount the rest thats ninety five percent is lost through evaporation and. But sometimes rainfall is not enough. Famine has ravaged states through which the nile flows. Here in ethiopia one of the river sources the failure of the annual rains has led to catastrophe in the past. Millions have died. Beyond such tragedy upstream states claim the past agreements violate their National Sovereignty and prevent them harnessing the river for their own development. I know that some people in egypt. Fashion i. D. s. Fashion i. D. s based on the assumption that the night of the longs to egypt and that egypt has a right to decide us for all gets what of the night water and the countries that are unable to use the night water because it will be unstable and because they wont be for. This circumstances have changed and changed forever. The change came in may two thousand and ten at a meeting in ten year ganda when the upstream countries took matters into their own hands. In an unprecedented move six of the eight nations signed a new agreement declaring greater autonomy in Decision Making over the niles waters aware of the agenda egypt and sudan had refused to attend. What was signed an entirely set off alarm bells in cairo. Touching the very core of egyptian fear about its water source or must it is a red line for egypt existence. There is a difference between security and existence itself. We are wholly dependent on the nile we have no other water sources in eight so the truth is that any threat against the nile waters will result in the reduction of egypts share this would threaten us with thirst and death but. The specter of a water war looms over the region. For egypt securing the nile waters is a matter of National Security even if it means military action. A common feeling shared by most egyptians. Egypt would die what would we drink out of course we would fight we would fight anyone who attempts to stop i would force a water. Throughout its history egypt has been at the mercy of the nile. Along the river columns such as this known as my limit as have been built to measure the height of the waters. Controlling the river was of paramount importance. With the well being of the state dependent on the level of the annual flood waters. The key was in finding a way to reserve these waters for use during the drives some of periods. The ancient egyptians first attempted this. But it was the founder of modern egypt Mohamed Ali Pasha who built the first ever down on the nile in the mid nineteenth century. To this day the old brick dam known as the delta still stands. In a new land as long as i live in the nile was on muhammad alis agenda it was extremely important because egypt was threatened by drought that if. You wanted more cotton and drain plantations as well since in those days egypt used to export these products to your. Muhammad ali himself laid the dams first stone in eight hundred forty seven. But this was only the beginning. As demand for water grew more irrigation projects were completed in the first half of the twentieth century. But it wasnt until that early one nine hundred fifty s. That egypt began to put in place plans to finally control the nile once and for all. In july nine hundred fifty two a group of Army Officers carried out a coup detat. Egypts king was dethroned then exiled a new regime to power. The main office a behind the coup was Jamal Abdul Nasser were going to gender to modernize and strengthen egypt. Adoptive plans for a massive new dam to be built in southern egypt to harness the full potential of the nile. Called the last one high dam it would be built on this stretch of river at a cost of some one billion u. S. Dollars egypt was going to need help. In the beginning britain and the United States went together and told big the world bank nazi that they were supporting him. However that support came with strings attached. Egypt was expected to join the western camp. But nasa was his own man. In the cold war setting he was committed to a policy of nonaligned. Policy that displeased the americans. On july nineteenth one thousand nine hundred fifty six John Foster Dulles the american secretary of state withdrew the offer to finance the us one high dam. Nasa would not be intimidated one week later he hit back. With. Nasas decision to nationalize the company that owned the strategic suez canal was a bombshell. The revenues paid by ships passing through the canal could help egypt finance the us one hide them. It was a trump card but it rattled the powers in europe and led to the suez crisis of nine hundred fifty six. Law. Britain france and israel conducted a joint attack on egypt to win back control of the canal. British and french troops landed in port sight on the northern tip of the suez waterway. But this was a far as they went. Fading armies were forced to withdraw on the heavy International Pressure from the United Nations. Egypts relations with the west was shattered. Nasser now look for friends elsewhere. In one thousand nine hundred fifty eight egypt signed an agreement with the soviet union for the financing of the hide them. The russians in egypt two laws or four hundred five hundred million probably this was not a question egypt paid back these loans from the suez canal gravelly streets. With the soviet loans inaugurated the start of construction of the us one high down in general nine hundred sixty. The project was immense. It is said that enough rock was used in the construction of the dam to build seventeen great pyramids. Through the eleven years of construction egyptian saw the dam as a symbol of National Pride and defiance to the west. The shop a muslim operetta lot of the egyptian people proved it and to use it and bracing to hide and project we should but only if they glorify it in their songs in t. V. And radio shows movies plays and everyday activities thats how it became such an icon of the nation it was shot something which everybody rally behind that would have set in. Nasa the father of the project never lived to see the completion of the dam. Just four months before construction was finished he died of a heart attack. The Opening Ceremony in general one thousand nine hundred seventy one was attended by egypts new president anwar sadat. The dams save the flow with over thirty billion cubic meters of floodwater each year water that otherwise would be lost into the mediterranean sea. Behind the dam a huge manmade reservoir known as lake massah was created. The water held in this lake was egypts insurance policy against the rivers unpredictable flood. They also. Gave the egyptians a guarantee that the rain always the water there i mean during the drought in the night and seventys night in the eightys. In sudan in their field go. To gyptian so they could go on cultivating as before because id always work behind the down and a song. That perhaps most important it was a us on down in the way and thats in my eyes that even now in the. Elsewhere the river remained untamed. Upstream countries were still at the mercy of the nile and. Experiencing at times the the famine. Or devastating floods. But playing with nature was to prove costly for the river and for all those living off it. Counting the cost. Is better than expected growth story and. Negative publicity. Explores prominent figures of the twentieth century. Is going. To. Break through. On aljazeera. And in doha the top stories on aljazeera the u. S. Government shutdown is about to end aft