in 2006 president mahmoud abbas handed a smile one ear the prime minister's job after hamas shocked everyone including themselves by winning 60 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections but within 2 months the hunt shakes gave way to conflict. the facts are on opposite watch seized control of important ministries. hamas took over the gaza strip after fighting broke out between the 2 groups. since then gaza has been crippled by an israeli blockade and in the west bank political life has ceased it seems to me that . there would one in the gaza strip without any problems and in the meantime hamas would win in the west without any problems which means that the majority of the palestinians in the west bank and gaza head their own governments and would like to have a change whether in the daily life conditions in gaza or in terms of the political situation in the west bank the. fattah and the palestinian authority have been criticised for clinging on to power way beyond their mandates his 4 year term supposedly ended in 2009 the m.p.'s it was 2010 and when and now it's time to see enough for

and 14 palestinian factions have agreed with president mahmoud abbas's request to hold parliamentary and presidential elections but has yet to hear from his main rivals hamas major hurdles remain before a date can be said in code and whether israel in the u.s. would allow an election given that hamas could win a large share of the vote this with has more from gaza it's dormant for 13 years the palestinians legislative chamber could now flicker into life that's because the main palestinian factions of hamas and fatah have agreed it's time for new polls well in. full saw what the how the elections are a legitimate right for the palestinian people and. it's an opportunity and a challenge an opportunity for achieving an equal solution and rearranging the palestinian house and to find an exit from the current crisis. in 2006 president mahmoud abbas handed a smile one ear the prime minister's job after hamas shocked everyone including themselves by winning 60 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. but within 2 months the hunch shakes gave way to conflict the facts are on abas is w

a message of a special friendship between his holiness and president mahmoud abbas it's a message of solidarity with the palestinian people it's a message of peace to the people of the holy land it's a message from the holy see that we in the you know and we should not be despair and continue to warp for a better future for. its return is a big event for the palestinian christian community. it took over 1000 years for this small piece to come back to the holy land however small it is so many people here it's very precious i'm very happy today to be here today to see to receive that piece of the manger is something that from the 1st century that we have here in the holy land again in jesus is something that jesus may ringback touch and she says is alive she says a person and is a life is this is this is very difficult to express but i feel so moved so enriched to be part of this wonderful feat of power as the roman catholic church following its rapturous reception in jerusalem the relic will move to its permanent home in bethlehem just in time for the start of the christian festival o

in 2006 president mahmoud abbas handed his smile one ear the prime minister's job after hamas shocked everyone including themselves by winning 60 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections but within 2 months the handshakes gave way to conflict . the facts are on opposite watch seized control of important ministries. hamas took over the gaza strip after fighting broke out between the 2 groups. since then gaza has been crippled by an israeli blockade and in the west bank political life has ceased it seems to me the. woodwork in the girls are still without any problems and in the meantime hamas would win in the west without any problems which means that the majority of the palestinians in the west bank and gaza hear their own governments and would like to have a change without in the daily life conditions in gaza or in terms of the political situation in the west bank. fattah and the palestinian authority have been criticized for clinging on to power way beyond their mandates his 4 year term supposedly ended in 2009 the m.p.'s it was 2010. and now it's time to see enough for divisio

abbas negotiated its return last year. just a quick recap of the headlines this hour for you iraq's prime minister has officially handed his resignation to parliament idyll abdul mahdi held an emergency meeting with his cabinet saying he had no choice but to leave his post but it's done little to calm protest as across the country another 3 people were shot dead in baghdad. the man who killed 2 people in a knife attack in central london on friday has been released from had been released from prison off way through a sentence for a bomb plot last month khan was shot dead by police on a london bridge which was the scene of another attack 2 years ago neil basu from the metropolitan police praised the actions of his offices and the public. the attacker of them left the building he ended up on love the bridge he was pursued with detained by members of the public as well as a british transport police officer who was employing quotas before armed officers for both the city and the metropolitan police arrived confronted the attack

abbas negotiated its return last year made him has more now from bethlehem where palestinians are hoping the return of the relic or boost tourism. thousands of palestinians. to the manger square which is. right. now it took us i know where to get here from jerusalem because of israeli checkpoints we were delayed but this is the way. it's a joyful occasion it's a new beginning nothing competes with the beauty. of another reason to celebrate earlier in the day. it's of jesus christ more than 2000 years ago they've been moved to the vatican's in the 7th century before making their way back to. give to receive. the ministry and. the 3000000 visitors. here. as a quick look at the headlines this hour before we leave you iraq's prime minister has officially handed in his resignation to the parliament but it's done little to compress his across the country either lobdell mehdi held an emergency meeting with his cabinet and asked the lower house to debate his resignation said he said he had no choice but to leave his post. i spoke with my resignation was essential to this the crisis and calm the

abbas she is part of the solution was a main demand of protesters during months of unrest that led to bashir is removed. protest leader 100 kooker welcomed the developments but he's demanding further change. we are actually really excited about this rule it was like finally coming we were expecting it months ago and now that it's happening this is the one thing that was all uniting us on october 21st we went into big protests and the main aim was dismantling the national congress party and to us this is an end of an era just having this work is a big deal now when you want to talk about the deep state and all that and the committee that they put together there's only one thing that's really scaring us is for them to quit because the president of the committee is going to be from. the presidential council that we have right now and half of it is army people so we're actually scared that one of the army people will be head of that committee because then everybody knows they used to be part of the n.c.p. so for us he's like that has to be the 1st that we we need one of the civilians to b

mahmoud abbas is obviously loves truly. to join europe you know not to go on which are. you serious recall ever come on you good luck with. luck reaching. if confirmed the tapes would provide additional evidence that the kremlin had direct control over the separatist leadership and manage the transfer of a book aircraft system which detonated above the passenger jet and brought it down but russia denies any mint in the crash and is questioning the recordings. what are the conclusions based on the publication of evidence some of which immediately turned out to be fake and some of which doesn't check out we've been through this already. a high ranking russian officials publicly mentioned in relation with the downing of an. investigation has reached a new level. 3 low ranking russians on one ukrainian named suspects investigate a case all the way to the kremlin an important step for the relatives of victims who died 5 years ago. for justice. and al-jazeera. ukraine. coming up on the new. expanded. backed up yes but with andy thank you very much england have become the 1st c

abbas negotiated its return last year made to abraham has moved from bethlehem where palestinians are hoping the return of the relic will boost tourism. thousands of palestinians and like my 3 to the manger square which is there's another become church of. jesus christ and that he learned that it took us i know where to get here from jerusalem to israeli checkpoints we were delayed but. it's a joyful occasion it's a new beginning nothing competes with duty. here. they have another reason to celebrate earlier. more than 2000 years ago they've been moved to the vatican in the 7th century before making their way back to. give to receive. the ministry of tourism. the 3000000 visitors that came to palestine here . a measles epidemic sweeping through some has now killed 42 people more than 3000 cases have been registered since october when the outbreak began most of the victims are children under the age of 4 the world health organization says. has worsened the crisis. unfortunately in some of part of what is happening there. has to do with some social net social messaging around an anti va

abbas they were linked to mohamed duck land mohamed dr john is a former leader of fatah who was expelled from the party and has been spending the last several years living in the united arab emirates but he has a lot of support here in gaza hamas a lot of his supporters to march through the streets on saturday because they believe that dunn is a rival to muffle us now we understand that groups have been making representation to hamas to try to allow about supporters to take part in the commemorations in the meantime this is all happening against the backdrop of the upcoming palestinian elections they were announced back in september by president abbas but nobody has yet any idea what date they're going to happen on or what the circumstances are going to be but we're already getting a sense of the kind of maneuvering that's going to be happening in gaza politically in the run up to those elections. after being released from prison brazil's former leader lula da silva has been rallying his supporters against the government which they are boston r.-o. he is condemning the right wing preside

abbas it goes shaped and it's written last year. part of the big. celebration. thousands of palestinians and they gradually come to the manger square which is theirs and i think that church tradition. right on that event it took us i know where to get here from jerusalem because of israeli checkpoints we were delayed but this is the way. it's a joyful occasion it's a new beginning nothing competes with the beauty. this year palestinians have another reason to celebrate earlier in the day. that are believed to have been of jesus' prayer more than 2000 years ago they've been moved to the vatican's in the 7th century before making their way back to. linnean look at their own legs we'll get to raise them up with the ministry of tourism there then they hold the 3000000 visitors that came to palestine out here and. of course that was not every reporting there from bethlehem where palestinians are hoping that the christmas celebrations will provide a little bit of a boost to terrorism but if the news hour i'll be back with another bullet a