A measles outbreak. The u. S. Is abandoned its long standing 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 all as with most of the International Community and the u. N. Security council well in jordan reports now from washington d. C. 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 establishing 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 ailes announcement is the latest in a string of Controversial White House moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israels official capital moving the u. S. Embassy 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 pomp a. O. Said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz efforts 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. 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 nation 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 prole is that i was a patient. War crimes and this is constituent a major threat to International Peace and security and this is. International community from the rules of International Law that all wars of solving conflicts by free support means and to the horrors of the. The European Union and many other country saying the settlements violate Human SecurityCouncil 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. Meanwhile israel says its intercepted 4 rockets that were fired from syria towards the occupied Golan Heights warning sirens were heard in the area as the rockets were down by israels eye and defenses israel has occupied the syrian territory since 1907 meanwhile syrias state run news agency is reporting explosions have been heard near damascus airport no other details have been reported on the blasts 3 taliban commanders have been released by the Afghan Government as part of a prisoner swap sources have told our jazeera theyve landed in qatar senior taliban leader and colonies among them in exchange 2 professors from the u. S. And australia have been released after spending 3 years being held by the taliban afghan president after afghani announced the swap last week. That kerry lamb is urging protesters still holed up inside a University Campus to leave peacefully and for police to treat them humanely lamb says about 600. 00 left so far after sunday nights violence that led to the stand off officers have surrounded the campus and arresting anyone you know whether those asian 18 are being released to their parents. We will use whatever means to continue to persuade and the range for these 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. Lets go live now to rob mcbride who is outside the University Rob so weve seen this steady stream of students coming out of the universe you just bring us up to date with whats been happening there rob. Thats right daryn this whole process has been going on throughout the day from 1st thing this Tuesday Morning were now into the afternoon here it has to be said maybe in the last couple of hours the flow of people coming out has slowed somewhat we see one or 2 every hour or so now coming out and there is a distinction in how they are treated those students who are over 18 who are going to face arrest and prosecution in the courts coming out of school to by police and taken to waiting police van sometimes with tires on but its a good number of the students coming out are under 18 and they are being details are taken there might be further action taken against them but for the meantime they are released into the care of their parents or guardians and disco to the way it has to be said that some of those under 18 year olds do look incredibly young they seem to be barely teenagers in fact we do know that of the 600. 00 students also who were in here who have who have either escaped or have not been now being taken away around 200 or so under 18 as you heard carrie lamb the chief executive wants the students to be treated humanely and to be seen to be treated as humanely as possible in the hope of defusing this whole situation i guess theyre probably maybe in the 10s or dozens of students still left inside the concern for the authorities here is that those students leave here because the longer they remain then there is the danger as we saw last night monday night 4 other protesters to take to the streets in support of them leading to fresh clashes with police during. This was a sustained standoff with the police wasnt it so whats the mood like among the protesters now and what happens next. It is still very polarized tension tensions you can still feel a certain amount of tension in fact as you get some of the students being released there are showers from some of the People Living nearby in support of them so it certainly has exacerbated this whole situation has become almost a rallying point you sense for some protesters so your thirties will hope that with this episode now seemingly drawing to a close it will deescalate things it will take some of the tension some of the heat out of this whole situation because of course we are in a very important week here in the run up to District Council elections that come up here in hong kong and i say those words it doesnt sound very exciting these are people going to vote for their local District Council is a local election but it is being seen as a referendum in the current debate about hong kongs relationship with china the autonomy and. How much autonomy hong kong should be allowed so its a very important very important vote and the people who are doing the protesting either peacefully or not so peacefully will be very conscious that the more violent protests become the more unrest there is the greater the danger will be that the authorities might say theyre going to have to postpone that election. In hong kong for us rob thank you. Banks in lebanon have reopened on tuesday after a weeklong strike by staff across the country meanwhile tight security around the bottoms polman which is for the 1st time since demonstrations began a month ago planning to prevent politicians reaching the parliament which is expected to discuss a general amnesty law that was in a honda joins us live now from Beirut Parliament sitting for the 1st time since those protests began but demonstrates a promising to block the m. P. s from reaching the building tell us whats been happening. Yes there and as you can see behind me tension in the streets protesters people who are against the ruling elites theyre gathering in different locations in downtown beirut for along the roads leading to Parliament Building what theyre hoping to achieve is to prevent the members of parliament from reaching the building in order to make sure that this session does not happen but as protesters are gathered on the streets the Security Forces the Lebanese Army they too are out in force because they want to ensure that m. P. s actually reach the Parliament Building you did mention that this is the 1st time that parliament is going to meet since the protests erupted a month ago people here believe that the parliament is illegitimate they want them to focus on forming a new government an independent government a free from the influence of Political Parties in order to enact Economic Reforms and call for early elections theyre also concerned about a law a general amnesty bill which is on the agenda they believe that the text of this bill is very ambiguous and at the end of the day politicians will be able to exploit this bill to protect themselves from any wrongdoing so protesters remain defiant but the authorities do are remaining defiant but the biggest question is will this session happen because of a coup or yes they need the 50 plus one that means 65 m. P. s the governing alliance is confident that they have that number. More than a 3rd of the 128 member of parliament will be boycotting the session so will the speaker of parliament hold that session in light of the fact that a majority of the not the majority but a significant number of deputies will not be attending that session. In the bronx not to to reopen today how significant is this given that theyve been close to most of the month since those protests began. Yes banks have been closed most of the months they opened after 2 weeks but only for a few days Bank Employees called for a strike they were being harassed by depositors people who wanted to withdraw of more money there are capital controls in place informal capital controls banks are not allowing people to withdraw more than 1000. 00 a week there is a daily weekly cap but youre not allowed to transfer money abroad because the authorities are doing their best in order not to devalue the local currency the a car the economy crisis is dire but clearly what the authorities are trying to do is bring back this sense of normalcy schools and universities have open but people here are really frustrated because what they were hoping for is for the government over those in power really to make concessions to hear their voices but clearly those in power are not ready to leave office and they still insist on forming a government yes with a few independent ministers but they insist that there will be representation of Political Parties in any future cabinet sign up. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back and admission by chiles president to the countrys Security Forces of the state. We take a look at how this years selection of films at a gel festival tackled some of the harsh realities faced by so many from sudan to civil war in the state. Had some very stormy conditions across the eastern portions of europe plenty of cloud give you an idea where the bulk of the weather is but as i say within this we have had some pretty strong thunderstorms has been damage done this is in rome many trees of come down there are 200. 00 weather related incidents although functionally no reports of any injuries and of course to the north into venice the floodwaters really a just not showing much sign of receding still the streets are full and yes well there is more rain on the way as we go through tuesday this is the next system it so well his way across the Central Regions of the med really in golfing much of a heavy rains down towards the south but a break across mainland europe system to the north snow and rain through scandinavia then another system just waiting in the wings across into western europe that will gradually work its way east was as we go through wednesday slightly push the rain across into the u. K. And down into spain and portugal but the right in italy that will shift towards the southeast as we go to wednesday but the same system in the central med that is like a british long Northern Areas of africa algeria and tunis the attempt is not too bad there is having said that 17 celsius in tunis warm in should play a bit cab bubbling up into coastal areas and this in the story as we go on into wednesday. Right. Welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour the u. S. Has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal palestines president has condemned the move but its been welcomed by israels Prime Minister who says it writes an historical. Executive is urging prodemocracy protesters who barricaded themselves inside a university to leave peacefully has also lost police treat them humanely. And theres tight security around lebanons ollivant which is due to sit for the 1st time since antigovernment demonstrations began a month ago but testers are planning to prevent politicians from reaching the parliament sits back to discuss a general amnesty bill. All right back to our top story now the u. S. Saying as far as its concerned israeli settlements in palestine are no longer illegal its the latest shift in israels favor under President Donald Trump well in december 27th seen trump formally recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel he then ordered the us embassy to relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem this angered palestinians and drew Widespread International condemnation and march this year trump recognize the occupied Golan Heights as part of israel the directive made the us the 1st country to recognize israeli rather than syrian sovereignty over the region all it says trump is also promising a socalled deal of the century to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict and bring peace to the region. Is executive director of the arab center in washington he says the move doesnt come out of the blue. Im not surprised at all with regards to the content of the statement by the secretary of state im so surprised though like everybody else probably by that time you know the statement itself was somewhat inconsistent i think it was definitely. Considered despite the fact that the secretary said it comes after a long period of 3 assessment of the policy effect of the matter it wasnt accidental that so many different administrations prior to this one looked at these really settlements in the west bank in gaza not in the golan and as illegal and a violation of International Law there is a universal consensus about this issue so what is inconsistent is not what the secretary is accusing which is the wrong position by the Obama Administration or blaming it on former secretary of state kelly what is inconsistent here is this administration that is leaving if you will that International Consensus and clearly itself an accessory to an International Crime south korea has confirmed that 2 of its vessels have been seen by yemens who the rebels in the red sea someone is now asking the u. S. And saudi arabia to help recover them who he say they have also taken custody of a 3rd ship which is saudi owned all 3 are being held now data well the saudi government is describing the incident as a terrorist operation early have a healthy official told al jazeera that released the ships once that szell they belong to south korea. Well mama della todd has more now from santa. According to this press release released that they have captured the 3 vessels one belongs to saudi arabia while the they have been giving more details about the other 2 according to sources that. The other 2 believed to be belong to south korea its an oil rig but the whole thesis during this press release havent giving the identical more details about the other 2 they have mentioned that they have tried to contact the crow on board of the vessels but they havent received any reply and thats why because they havent given them any permission to go to go inside the yemeni region waters so they have to target them to the neighbors to yemeni cause line we have captured the 3 vessels. Just 3 miles from this yemeni cost line near the band island. Syria millets syria of official how modality houthi in a tweet he says that the staff on board of these vessels. Will not be harmed and that the if he received any can frame a confirmation from south korea that this these prisoners belong to them that they will carry out the legal procedures in order to release them. Strikes have killed at least 7 people and injured more than 30 others in southern areas of libyas capital according to government sources the warlord holly for have to as Drones Target a factory where the victims were working mostly from bangladesh while some others came from african countries at least 24 soldiers and 17 fighters have been killed in an attack on an army patrol in malis gower region there tack happened in the northeastern town of dung court during a joint military operation with no group has yet claimed responsibility for the west African Leaders meeting in senegal are calling on the un to allow a more aggressive approach by peacekeepers the un Security Council renewed its mission in mali