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Here is a brief look at Press TV Newsroom's headlines from 0900 GMT to 1700 GMT, September 5, 2018.

Israeli demolitions

Israel’s top court upholds a demolition order to level a Palestinian village to the ground. Khan al-Ahmar is a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank. The residents had filed a petition against the demolition order, but the Supreme Court rejected their appeal. The court said a temporary injunction will expire within days and the village would be razed. Palestinian Bedouin families mostly live in tumbledown houses scattered across the West Bank. Israel says the houses lack construction permits and must be destroyed. The regime almost never grants such permits to Palestinians.

Trump’s White House

American investigative journalist, Bob Woodward, is set to publish his latest book. He has written about all previous US presidents stretching back to Richard Nixon. His latest publication covers none other than President Donald Trump. Let’s see what the book tells us about the state of the US administration and how it compares with other publications this year about President Trump.

UK poll on economy

An opinion poll suggests a majority of Britons are not satisfied with the United Kingdom’s economic policies. The survey is conducted by polling organizations Sky Data and the Institute for Public Policy Research. It says the UK economy is not working in the favor of young people and those living outside the south of England. The study says the British economy is incapable of helping more than 70 percent of those who are non-home owners or are born poor. The poll also found that only 22 percent of the British public thinks the way the economy works is fair.

UK-Russia tensions

British prosecutors have accused two Russian nationals of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are accused of possession and use of nerve agent Novichok. The Crown Prosecutor Service says it has not yet asked Russia for the extradition of the two men but an arrest warrant has been issued against them throughout Europe. In reaction, Russia said it has no idea about the identity of the two suspects. The Russian foreign Ministry also criticized London of manipulating information rather than practical cooperation. Sergey Skripal was a former Russian military intelligence officer who also worked for Britain’s MI-6 Security Service. Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in the city of Salisbury in March. They recovered months later.

Iraq protests

The United Nations has called for calm in the Iraqi city of Basra in the wake of deadly protests over poor public services. The world body’s envoy to Iraq urged the authorities to avoid using disproportionate and lethal force against the demonstrators. Jan Kubis also called for those responsible for the outbreak of violence to be held accountable. At least six people died and thirty security personnel wounded in Tuesday's clashes in Basra. Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said vandals had infiltrated the protestors. Meanwhile, the Iraqi prime minister has ordered a prompt investigation into the deadly protests. Haider al-Abadi expressed doubts about the alleged use of live fire against the protesters.

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