West africas largest mosque opens in senegal find out about the powerful religious group behind. 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 probably israel move puts the u. S. In odds with most of the International Community and the u. N. Security council jordan reports some 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 as 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 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 war crimes and this is constitute a major threat to International Peace and security and this is. International community from the orders of International Law that all wars of solving conflicts by free support means into the horrors of the. The European Union and many other countries saying the settlements violate u. N. 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. 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 downed by israels iron dome Defense System israel has occupied the syrian territory since 967 meanwhile syrias state run news agency is reporting explosions and then 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 aljazeera they have landed in qatar senior taliban leader colonies among them in exchange 2 professors from the us and australia have been released after spending 3 years being held by the taliban afghan president ashraf ghani announced a swap last week protestors in lebanon are attempting to stop politicians from entering parliament which is due to sit for the 1st time since antigovernment demonstrations began a month ago groups of people have been seen attacking cars near the parliament as a security presence around the building meanwhile banks in lebanon have reopened on tuesday after a week long strike by stuff across the country without a joins us live now from the lebanese capital janus of Parliament Sitting for the 1st time since protests began tell us whats been happening that. That would be. Well it is proving to be difficult for the members of parliament to reach the building we are at one of the roadblocks protesters have been gathering along the roads leading to parliament to prevent those m. P. s from reaching and holding the session which they believe will be illegitimate what people here want is for the speedy formation of a new cabinet of independents people who are not affiliated with Political Parties in order to enact reforms and pave the way for early elections what we understand so far is that up to 6 m. P. s have made their way through parliament to parliament some even on motorcycles but also up to 62 m. P. s this is a 128 member of parliament youre going to need 50 plus 165. 00 mph over the core of an order for the session to go ahead 62. 00 at least 62. 00 are now boycotting at the session of Parliament Members of belonging to opposition parties as well as independents so its not clear whether or not this session will go ahead or whether the speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will announce its postponement yet again people on the street say that the part of metairie and theyre not working for the benefit of the paid people theyre working for their own benefit there is a controversial general amnesty bill on the table which they believe is ambiguous they believe politicians want to pass this law in order to protect themselves from possible Corruption Cases so its still not clear whether our not to a core of will be reached and that session will take place if it doesnt it will be considered a victory by the people in the streets im saying that the banks are very open today how significant is this given that theyve been closed for most of the month since the protests began. The authorities want to restore normalcy to the country they want schools. Universities banks to reopen the closure of bags really hurts the economy because suppliers for example couldnt access dollars in order to employ to what is needed in the country and now freak out told there is a cap on how much dollars you can withdraw from banks theres a real concern about the Economic Situation but like i mentioned authorities want the country to move ahead their remaining defiant they will not say theyre refusing to step down as one of the demands of the protesters. It seems that were getting reports that the Parliament Session has now been postponed daryn it seems that the people here have one. If you like. So were getting reports that that Parliament Session has now been postponed m. P. S. On able to arrive because of the people blocking the roads and there are also because of the Political Parties of those in the opposition boycotting the session or does a lot of the in the lebanese capital say no thanks im not a minister pete was saying i was saying that that lebanese Parliament Session has now been postponed because of the fact that protesters that were blocking access to politicians trying to get to the Lebanese Parliament thats now been postponed until the time that will be decided later south korea has confirmed 2 of its vessels have been seized by yemens who the rebels in the red sea salt is now asking the u. S. And saudi arabia to help recover them who they say theyve also taken custody of a 3rd ship which is saudi and all 3 are being held in the data the saudi government is describing the incident as a terrorist operation earlier fishel told al jazeera that release the ships once theyre sure they belong to south korea. Airstrikes have killed at least 7 people and injured more than 30 others in southern areas of libyas capital according to government sources all orderly for have to target a factory where the victims were working there mostly from bangladesh was some others come from african countries. A standoff between police and protesters in hong kong appears to be coming to an end as more students surrendered to police have been violent scenes over the last few days as police and protesters fought using tear gas and petrol bombs on calls me that has condemned the demonstrators behavior accusing them of destruction sarah has more from hong kong. This is the aftermath of monday night street protests roads blocked with burnt out cars tables and chairs strewn across major roads in Hong Kong Central callen district at Polytechnic University protesters started to emerge from the campus after a night of violent confrontations with police the choice to surrender we just want to leave. And why did you want to leave. Because i have a lot of political will also afraid of water police they all very bad because we dont know what will happen and some people have. A Common Knowledge because they are. Also in jail or some loose in the gangs i say or something generally like police set up a checkpoint to the campus for questioning those charged with brushing face up to 10 years in jail some students managed to escape on monday they were met by Police Firing tear gas and rubber bullets on tuesday university professes school teaches and principals negotiated a deal allowing students to leave the campus peacefully with those pages and they. Agreed not to arrest them we talked on near. East held in photos and then beat them but do things. Which reach the police based on the arresting them but. Make sure that they are state dealt with before the. Big meeting these protesters have emerged voluntarily for the still hard core group of protesters holed up inside the campus despite attempts by police to negotiate their exit they are facing today. Hong kongs chief executive kerri lamb condemned the protests she says 600. 00 have been arrested 200. 00 of them are under the age of 18 she appealed to the remaining group to give themselves up we will use whatever means to continue to persuade and arrange 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 lay the basis for the subsequent work by the police to stop violence in hong kong this protest at the University Almost be over but the cleanup is still underway with the added Government Movement vowing to continue the demonstrations which is now entering this sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. Time for a short break here and aljazeera when we come back food and fuel shortages in several bolivian cities as protesting supporters of former president everyone around is cut off transport routes. And we take a look at how this years selection of films and festival tackles some of the harsh realities faced by so many from sudan to syria and more of that stay with us. However i think a lot is say flooding into northern parts of the philippines over the next couple as you can see this area cloud here that is a typhoon just clipping a loose on further south it is generally dry achiles of one of cheese shallows just nothing in this we go on through the next few days quite a rash i was there across malaysia northern parts of indonesia seeing some wet weather as well and that way with the sinking a little further south which as we go on into with stay as it does say for much of indonesia for java at least it should be a lot of the chance of want to show i was just rolling in here and we could really do with some showers into that eastern sort of a strike him a fright it does stay dry High Pressure very much in charge and interior wind around these areas of High Pressure will pick those temperatures up pain to South Australia for example this is the same in sydney there you can see just how whole the conditions are here we have got slightly cooler weather at the moment for safety but as we go on into the next couple days those temperatures will edge up mostly winds in adelaide temperatures here around 38 celsius to 22 there for sydney on wednesday we go on into thursday that old makes its way a little further east with the city gets up to 27 and that is for melbourne the high here 37. Since its inception. 1961 the kuwait fund has been supporting peoples livelihoods in over 100 countries by funding projects in an array of sectors. Ranging from infrastructure to health and education. These initiatives ultimately help to eradicate poverty. And promote sustainable development. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on aljazeera the u. S. Has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying could no longer consider them illegal president has condemned the move but has been welcomed by israels Prime Minister and says it writes an historic wrong. The plan session of Lebanons Parliament has been postponed after politicians were unable to enter the building until government protesters are blocking roads and of attack some vehicles attempting to enter the complex. And hong kong chief executive is urging prodemocracy protesters who barricaded themselves inside a university to leave peacefully caroline has also asked police to treat them humanely. 3 members of irans state Security Forces have been stabbed to death by protesters near terror on thats according to media at least 11 people are now thought to have died during nationwide demonstrations against fuel prices they began on friday after the government announced gasoline rationing and a cost increase of up to 200 percent but also to borrow joins us live now from the iranian capital dosser at the death toll continues to rise from these protests are we seeing an increase in the violence as well. C. Know it there and i think were seeing it an increase in the information thats been shared this death toll comes to us from the official state t. V. Channels and officially there are reports that the number is much higher but we cannot verify those figures so this is the number that the state officials are saying has taken place the 11 deaths include 5. Members of the Security Forces and 6 civilians since the protests began on friday now the latest stabbing victims that weve heard about we dont know when those incidences took place but over the past few days obviously what we do know is that the Security Forces in the past 24 hours have been out in full force across the country that includes the Intelligence Ministry the revolutionary guard the bus each forces as well as local police in all the major cities and provinces across iran they have said that since the Supreme Leader spoke on sunday morning making his position clear that he supported the governments decision to increase fuel prices that means that it is their duty to make sure that these demonstrations do not take place they have called these people that are gathering that have tried to gather as thugs and instigators trying to sow unrest inside iran they say that many of them are being paid by outside influences to try and. Instigate some kind of violence inside iran and create instability and that is something the various intelligence apparatus is will certainly not how so in the past 24 hours weve seen a decrease in the number of gatherings across iran and as a result theres been very very few incidences reported in the past 24 hours president rouhani promised the subsidies will be paid a month i mean people see that money it. Yes about 20000000 iranians got their subsidies as of midnight monday morning choose that morning and they said that that was as a result of a decision by the government to try and help nearly 60000000 iranians to deal with the economic crisis that is ongoing in iran the president said that the government how to do something because these people are either living below the poverty line or very close to it and unless the government help them their situation would get so much worse this is because the United States has imposed a series of new sanctions on iran and withdrawn from the 2015 nuclear deal that irans Economic Situation is only getting worse so president rouhani said that they had no choice but to increase fuel prices to try and help alleviate some of the economic stress that normal iranians are under to assert thank you. Leaders of bolivias interim government say theyre doing their best to beat blockades that are leaving city is critically short of food and fuel supporters of the former president. Are blocking roads in protest of what they say was a coup to alstom trees about a reporter. When he has been waiting for hours to buy chicken she came very early in the morning with her 2 children but 5 hours later she continues to wait. 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 i lining up to do the same as the political crisis here starts to have an impact on peoples daily life protests our own voice 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 road blocks. Those who are blocking roads please stop because continue like this there is no gas no field there are children here they want to make us look like venezuela. Protesters here are h