Rebels in the red sea a very as. And as west africas largest mosque opens in senegal find out about the powerful religious group behind it. That the u. S. Is a band and its decades old position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal this latest pro israel move puts the u. S. At olds with most of the International Community and the u. N. Security Council Resolution reports from washington. For 41 years the u. S. Has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under International Law that u. S. Policy changed on monday calling the establish of civilian settlements inconsistent with International Law hasnt worked it hasnt invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ales announcement is the latest in a string of controversial fight house moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israels official capital moving the u. S. See there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u. S. Apart from at the United Nations pompei o. Said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz afeard to form a new Israeli Government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic politics anywhere in israel or otherwise this was about we were done we finished we conducted our review and this was the appropriate time to move forward the current Israeli Government was thrilled to see this is a historic day and another great achievement after President Trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of recognize all sovereignty over Golan Heights and now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal condemnation from jordan and from hamas we warned against dangerous consequences of the us change of position a continuation of u. S. Policy to support occupation from the palestinian leadership not just anger but also a call to action thats pro is that i was a compassion pro israel war crimes and this is a constituent a major threat to International Peace and security and this is turning International Community from the holders of International Law that all wars of solving conflicts by facebook means into the horrors of the jungle the European Union and many other countries saying the settlements violate the law and security Council Resolutions and undermine the chances of a 2 state solution but even with what the u. S. Says are the hopes of renewed peace talks the embassy has issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Hong kong leader kerry lamb is urging the protesters who are still holed up inside a University Campus to leave peacefully and for police to treat them humanely carol lam says about 600 have left so far after sunday nights violence led to the standoff officers have surrounded the campus and arresting anyone who emerges but those under 18 are being released to their parents we will use whatever means to continue to persuade to enter arranged for the remaining protesters to leave the campus as soon as possible so that this whole operation could be able to end in a peaceful manner and laid a basis for the subsequent work by the police to stop violence in hong kong. All right lets go live now to our correspondent sara clark she is outside the university in question and is there any sign sara that this demonstration inside the University Campus is about to fizzle out carol suggesting theres only about 100. 00 of the protesters there. There are about 100 remaining according to carry land weve seen about 50 or so a merge in the last hour you might never see them behind me theyve been covered by the space blankets to keep them warm but there are surrendering to police weve spoken to a number of them and they said theyre tired theyre hungry theyre also scared of what will come next and they were scared of the police hence why theyve emerged from our polytechnic University Campus here this morning in hong kong now theyve got a number been structured as well and been taken put in the ambulance and sent away for Health Checks and simply because theyve been holed up in this campus for days now now carol lam also mentioned on in that press conference earlier that she believes a number of the protesters who were holed up inside on this campus at Polytechnic University they werent actually students so theyll be doing identity checks checking the names and as you mentioned those under 18 im not being arrested their families have been lining up in front of us and theyve been taking those under 18 home but the ones who are over 18 they will be arrested and charged down the track and then what sort of what possible fate awaits them if theyre charged with the rioting for instance what kind of sentence if found guilty that they could expect. Well if they are charged with rioting they could face up to 10 years in jail its certainly a heavy sentence and thats what some of these protesters have been afraid of and now its been a number of calls by this protest movement the Antigovernment Movement to not refer to these protests and demonstrations as right simply because it incurs a heavier penalty but theyll be no doubt intensive questioning on these are these protesters who have emerged but as i said if there are 50 or so that weve seen come out the last hour there must still be some hardcore protesters who are mine holed up inside all right for now sara thank you well meanwhile Chinas Parliament has weighed in on a Hong Kong Cool ruling that overturned the ban on protests as wearing face masks the National Peoples congress in beijing says the territories courts have no power to consider such matters Andrew Thomas has more from beijing. Well this is beijing looking down at whats happening in hong kong and saying we are in charge and what the courts say should be the case in hong kong doesnt mean it is the case in hong kong if we say so this is the statement from a spokesperson for the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress essentially beijing china talking and he has said that whether the laws of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region complied with the basic law of hong kong essentially as many constitution can only be judged and decided by the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress by beijing by the communist party here in beijing essentially what theyre doing is saying that courts in hong kong have no rights or to overturn the laws in hong kong and the laws in hong kong have their license from here in beijing this is where this whole 2 country 2 systems one country comes crashing down really because this is all about whether the courts in hong kong have authority over the executive as is the case in many democracies including in hong kong or so people thought or whether the executive whether its carry laminate to hong kong or where she gets her power from here in beijing is all powerful and that is essentially what the party here in beijing is saying and theyve made a very very clear mistake this very rare statement for this committee to put anything out its all to put something out thats quite so strong really tells you how seriously they take it and its been double down on because the home for the macau office as well theyve also put out a statement talking about the negative the serious negative social impact of that court ruling on the ban on face off so all of these things coming together its really about beijing saying while all this chaos is running in hong kong the legislative side of it. South korea has confirmed that 2 of its vessels have been seized by yemen to see rebels in the red sea seoul is now asking the u. S. And saudi arabia to cooperate and help to recover them there who they say theyve also taken custody of a 3rd ship which is saudi owned all 3 are being held near her day there the saudi government has described the incident as a terrorist operation earlier the official told our jazeera they will release the ships once theyre sure they belong to south korea. Who killed at least 7 people and injured more than 30 others in southern areas of libyas capital according to government sources the warlord who leave a half dollars drones targeted a factory where the victims were working they were mostly from bangladesh with some from african countries more than a 1000 people have been killed since have to began his tripoli offensive in april. Bolivias interim government says its doing its best to get around blockades that have left cities critically short of food and fuel still queues along and prices a spiraling supporters of former president ever more alyssa behind the blockages protesting against what they say was a coup todays a burger reports now from. The. Race has been waiting for hours to buy chicken she came very early in the morning with her 2 children 2 but 5 hours later she continues to wait for those of us there shortages of everything weve been here since 7 oclock this morning for one chicken what are we going to do we buy it here because everything has become so expensive that i cant buy it anywhere else this is not alone hundreds of people in the past are lining up to do the same as the political crisis here starts to have an impact on peoples daily life protests are all going around the country against the interim government and that has made it difficult for some basic food items to reach the capital the prices of chicken beef and eggs have soared and thats why the local government is trying to distribute it at a price this battle in a louder is a doctor she says roadblocks need to end. The case that those who are blocking roads please stop because continue like this there is no gas no there are children here they want to make us look like venezuela. Protesters here are hoping to shut down the pass and force the resignation of interim president anyone yes who stepped in after ever more or less left the country. More or less was exiled in mexico has been saying he wants to return while the racine was once able moralists lawyer when he was a coca leaf grower but now he thinks bolivia needs to recover after his time in office was ordered to salute him or throw now it was proven that he committed fraud through one body. That he brought by Yvonne Morales and i thought that he would get away with it but it was so gross that there was no option and that made him resign some of his strongest supporters asked him to leave. Iraq says the only way out of the crisis is through negotiation. The current government should only be seen as transitional it needs to call for clean elections and if you want to clean process you need to run as party we need mediation because they are trying to destabilize the country. But more of his supporters say the problem is much deeper they say they do not trust in the interim president jennie 9 yes. We did trust that woman she doesnt respect us the Indigenous Women that west she wants to take everything away the rights that we got with this. And thats why they vow to continue protesting they say they want to make sure the future generations wont suffer the discrimination they faced ever again. And. Weve got a lot more to come here about his era including find out what happened in georgia after the government rejected proposals for Electoral Reform. Hello there weve got gale force warnings in effect through the eastern coastal areas of the United States these storms rolling out the eastern seaboard and another system working its way towards that same area meanwhile weve got that cold air in place to the north fairly mild in seattle but to the east of there for the mountain ranges we have got snow piling in on tuesday not too bad out towards the west how much is 16 celsius in San Francisco and not as cold as it was across so these areas of canada so 3 celsius in toronto still hovering around freezing in also a. And then by wednesday we will actually see the temperatures climb up a little bit but weve got to conditions particularly through the Central Plains in the u. S. It does kick quite nicely away from the southeast 18 celsius in atlanta feeling good some good sunshine but then look at this we have got rain pushing down into california across into nevada and again some snow into the mountain tops across the caribbean and Central America we have some areas of rain but not as heavy as we have seen mostly drive through mexico the yucatan peninsula some nice sunshine that calls another 25 on tuesday and also some pretty good conditions 3 much of cuba and up through the bahamas more a working its way through jamaica on towards haiti similar story on wednesday and as you can see not a bad day with a high of 26. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of how the line. Of the stories. Provided the temps into someone elses when. They. Do the. Inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Witness on aljazeera. But this is a look at the top stories here it is here this morning the u. S. Is abandoned its longstanding position on the israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal palestinians presence condemned the move is going well. By israels Prime Minister who says its rights historical role. Hong kong chief executive caroline the 100 or so protests is still holed up in the University Campus to leave peacefully she said around 600 have already left the area following sunday nights violent standoff with police. South korea says 2 of its vessels have been seized by yemens whoses in the red sea the rebels say theyre holding 3 ships one of which is owned by saudi arabia saudi government has called the incident a terrorist operation. Out of the u. S. And donald trump has tweeted that he likes the idea of testifying it is only impeachment inquiry while insisting that hes done nothing wrong in car is examining whether the u. S. President leverage military aid to ukraine to pressure its government to investigate political rival joe biden his White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett talking about the which. We never in modern history has a sitting u. S. President testified before a congressional inquiry but President Donald Trump says he might. In a monday tweet trump said i like the idea and will in order to get congress focused again strongly consider it congress is looking into whether or not the president committed impeachable offenses when he withheld military aid to ukraine hes in office. Way over his head and trumps tweet is a direct response to this challenge on sunday from his Democratic Political rival House Speaker nancy pelosi the president could come back before the committee and talk all the truth that he wanted he dont expect and if he wants to take the oath of office where he could do in writing its unlikely trump would appear in person and would offer only written witness testimony trouble went to Great Lengths to avoid in person testimony during the last investigation of his presidency looking into whether his 2016 campaign for the white house colluded with russia after months of discussions trouble eventually submitted only written witness testimony to the department of justice only chairmanship those are the whistleblowers we dont at last weeks public hearings republicans repeatedly criticize witness testimony as hearsay given none had directly heard the president withhold military aid to ukraine to secure a political investigation against his rival former Vice President joe biden thats when a democratic congressman quit id be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify present trump is welcome to take a seat right there maybe that laughter from the tory asli thinskinned president that his profit trying to up the ante dangling his potential testimony in front of the impeachment committees as Congress Prepares for another week of testimony new polling shows 70 percent of americans believe President Trump did something wrong regarding ukraine but only half of americans believe he should be impeached kimberly healthy at aljazeera the white house. Now the Pacific Island nation of samoa has closed all its schools and banned public gatherings as it struggles to contain a maze it was epidemic so far 6 people have died hundreds are in hospital and doctors say only 2 thirds of local people are vaccinated victoria gaze and the reports schools in samoan capital apia normally full of students at this time of year but since the government declared a state of emergency on saturday public gatherings are banned instead parents are being told to urgently vaccinate their children to protect them from a measles epidemic thats sweeping the Pacific Island nation so far more than 700. 00 cases of measles have been reported out of the population of 200000. Plus we really. Have its improved because. Theres been a resurgen