>> a palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with the israeli army in the occupied west bank. hitting rock bottom, the mining company announces it will cut 85,000 jobs from its global workforce. >> i'm robin adams with sport li for you from doha. manchester united are fighting for last 16th place right now. but they're not making it easy on them. we have a full round up of tuesday's matches coming up. >> a warm welcome to this hour of news. the united states has announced plans for an international summit on the war in syria. that comes with syrian opposition groups meet in saudi arabia's capital trying to unify syria's fractured opposition.

many groups are coming together for the summit. well, new report shows the number of foreign fighters traveling to syria has more than doubled. an estimated 12,000, that was in june of last year, and as many as 31,000 today. the talks are expected to take place next week. they're announced by u.s. secretary of state john kerry along with u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. >> depending on the outcome of both the saudi-led conference of the opposition as well as a few other issues, it's our plan to try to attend and have a meeting in new york on the 18th of december. >> iraqi prime minister hyder al abadi has asked nato to urge

turkey to remove its troops from northern iraq. so far it has refus refused to remove soldiers already there. they plan to dissolve the disfoot while russia has called the u.n. skirt council meeting to discuss it. imran khan is inner big. he saiin--is in erbil. >> the troops coming over the border, privately we heard there is a real fear of what is happening in iraq is the war against isil is becoming a proxy war that the regional powers are using iraq to fight each other. we're hearing a lot of sunni about that for a very long time. now we're hearing from shia mps about the extreme reactions coming out of the

shiite camp is that we should bomb these turkish troops because they violated sovereignty, and many are worried about the russian and american role also in this country. it is likely that the reason, although prime minister hyder al abadi knew about these turkish troops for a year now, the reason why he's so angry he's trying to take control to what is happening in his own country. that's the view i've heard from several people i've spoken to during the day here in iraq. but what we're also hear something that we need--iraq needs to get itself together, and formulate a coalition that is really talking to each other. the moment that you have a lot of very desperate interests trying to fight against isil and iraq would see it. they've said this for a very long time now. they would like that coalition to be much more unified. >> well, al jazeera is in istanbul.

>> now the foreign minister said he spoke with his soldiers and promised they won't send more troop. they want all turkish troops out of iraq. turkey also said that that troop is specifically in iraq to help train and equip the iraqi forces in the area to fight isil, which took over mosul over a year ago. >> our belief is just as we operate with the consent of the iraqi government, that all

countries should do that. and our understanding of the original iraqi--turkish deployment is that that was something that was negotiated with the government of iraq, and so we'll hopeful that this additional deployment is something that could be done in that manner that where a sovereign government is making judgments about those who are deployed. >> kristen saloomey joins us now from united nations in new york. hi there, kristen, what are they trying to accomplish in this meeting? >> of course, tensions between russia and turkey are very high at this stage. russia calls the presence illegal under additiona inter

national law. with all of this as a backdrop russia is just listing their discontent and their disapproval with the presence of turkish presence on their soil now. iraq has been talking with turkey. both sides there talking. russia clearly wants to make a statement in the council. the meeting will happen behind closed doors. but they asked for a briefing with the u.n. secretary to set a level playing field. the u.n. spokesperson for the secretary general said that they are trying to provide facts from the region even though they have a very limited presence there in iraq. to try to bring all of the sides

together and establish what is really the case of what's happening on the ground there and bring everyone to the same page. all of these countries claim that they want to bring that's to syria and they want to stop the advance of isil in the region. but of course russia in backing president bashar al-assad of syria has run up against turkey, which has been supporting anticipate assad rebel anti-assad rebels. there are different views to bring peace to this region even though everybody claims to want the same thing, that is peace in syria and iraq. coming out of this meeting we don't expect concrete action by the security council. there are too many differing opinions, but this is a chance for everyone to get together and air their views. >> kristen saloomey, thank you. joining us by skype, a very warm

welcome to the program. thank you very much for being with us. jusjust explain, what is the significance of mosul for turk turkey? >> first we should see this strategy as significant for turkey. turkey wants to emphasize that mosul is the heartland of sunni iraq, and assemble and create a reality on the ground. >> turkey says and repeatedly said today that authorized for deployment. by who?

>> kurdistan regional government authorized this. first we have to understand this fact. there are reinforcements that ar are unique to mosul. and i have to say this is not insufficient combat force for offensive cooperations, but i can say that with this deployment, and with the authorization with the kurdistan regional government, turkey has transformed the training camp into permanent, permanent military base. >> and is that a problem that something that started off as temporary, and now it's become a sort of permanent presence. that's a problem with the iraqi government? >> that's right. that's right. that's right, the iraqi government has been puttin

put--pushing hard on this issue. but the turkish foreign ministry with this plan, and reinforcement are counseled because of the position of baghdad. but i want to emphasize that they do not want to plan to withdraw. th >> so what is the end goal here for turkey? is this about having some sort of--if i can describe an arm of control s that the point of this particular action? >> there are, i think, three strategy calls for reinforceme reinforcement. to demeeting anti-a anti-isis alliance, and the civil war in

syria, i think it helps to have boots on the ground to avoid any allotment that will keep turkey out of the game in iraq. and secondly ankara believes that isis has reduced its forces in the city, and is having problems of consumer urban terrain. naturally ankara's primary motive is to decide the future of mosul in the post-isis period. and turkey with gains in iraq and syria, and with this enforcement, turkey wants to militarily dominate the region that has been a bridge between the pkk and iraq and to create that link between pkk and iraq and pyg and syria. >> thank you for joining us with

your analysis. thank you. >> thank you. >> well, as we mentioned more than 100 delegates from the various factions have gathered. there is optimism that progress can be made. >> the opposition here and other countries, a big proportion of them agree with regard to the political solution and process. we see way out in a document of consensus. >> a senior analyst, a warm welcome. thank you for being with us. with such a fractured oppositi opposition, is progress be made or is this just getting all the stake holders in one place and

making a start. >> getting all the stake holders in one place is a start, but it's only a start. there is a big problem in the opposition among a number of problems. the fact that the armed opposition on the ground, and here i mean revolutionary groups that are not transnational jihadi groups, we're not referring to isis but a range of groups who identify with the syrian revolution. they're not well represented in the oppositions' political bodies. they're attempting to address that issue in riyadh, and any resolution to the conflict will need a resolution on the ground, protecting it from spoilers. the challenge is to how to figure out that internal equation to make sure that the armed groups have enough weight, and all the other opposition, which are quite diverse, are

there and well balanced. >> is there a danger that some of the groups end up agreeing to things that they can't get their supporters to agree on on the ground. i'm wondering how much of this here will represent the reality of what is happening on the ground? >> well, some of the armed groups are really engaged at this level politically for the first time. in particular th the new development and it's an important one for them to be attending the meeting with a wide range of opposition representatives that aims to come up with a coherent negotiating body. along with major league political opponents of the opposition. it will be quite challenging because from one end of the opposition spectrum to the

islamist armed groups there is a range of opinions on strategy and what a future syria looks like. there is a lot to go and there is not a lot of play in this meeting. it will be quite a stretch to come up with a coherent result. >> once this takes place, and they hope to come up with a 25-member community, then we've got this meeting in new york. i think its happening next week on the 18th, they're going to be talking about what happens at this meeting and also this major stumbling block like assad. when does he leave? a date for him leaving? there are so many issues with this it really is hard to see that it will be anything other than tiny little steps. >> yes, i tend to agree with that assessment. first, it would an big step if simply the opposition could resolve it's internal equation

because that is the prerequisite for any deal moving forward. but your point is correct. the problem that we have, the process coming out held among external stake holders, it is the process based on a very narrow consensus between primarily the u.s. and russia as well as other state backers on each side that doesn't address the core question of syria's future, which is a political transition going to end assad rule? or is it going to extend the rule indefinitely as a regime, and the way iran and russia prefer? there is no really narrowing among the position of the stake backers including the united states and russia on that issue. there is a huge gaping hole that will be difficult to build a

process around. >> noah, thank you very much for joining us with your thoughts. thank you. coming up a little later in the news hour, cameroon identify hundreds of freed boko haram hostages, but are the chib rok school girls among them? >> and becoming completely self-sufficient for energy. coming up in sport, michel platini has his day in court. we'll have the latest on his trial to have his position in fifa turned over coming up later in the program. >> the white house has joined condemnation of comments made by donald trump on monday night. the republican presidential hopeful told supporters at a rally that muslims should be banned from the u.s. >> we can be politically correct

and stupid, but it's going to get worse and worse. before we're able to determine and understand this problem, and the dangerous threat it poses our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. >> well, let's hear more now from kimberly halkett who is in washington, d.c. hi there, kimberly. how are conservatives reacts from trump's statements. >> this is the first time they found themselves distancing themselves from trump on the campaign trail. now we're seeing a backlash on the republican party. reports were gathered to remind them that there are many muslim members in congress and in the

armed force who is are fighting along with the united states to fight extremism, and these comments by donald trump are not reflective of the republican party. >> normally i do not comment on what is taking place in the republican party. i will make an exception today. this is not conservative. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly, this is not what this country stands for. >> the party may be distancing themselves, but what about the party base, kimberly, those who vote for the republican presidential nominee? >> well, there is no question when donald trump added these comments there was a standing ovation. it does play to a subset of republican voters, but those aren't necessarily the ones that will have a vote in this very complex nominating contest that begins early in 2016. this does play to many in the united states who have a

nationalistic stripe who are fearful, and it does show the tangible fear that exists in the united states as a result of the paris attacks and the san bernardino shootings. but at the same time this is a group that doesn't understand the nuances of this complex security problem looking for a quick and easy fix. the wider party, those who will be casting their ballots in this nominating contest, in which donald trump hopes to win, they do understand how complicated it is. these comments may be said domestically, but outside you have the white house denouncing it and the pentagon spokesperson denouncing it, saying this is dangerous. up to now we've had a very fractured republican contest and more than a dozen republican hopefuls, this may be unifying

that fractured party against donald trump. this may be playing well for him in the short term, but as a result of the unification this may be hurting him in the long term in terms of his presidential aspirations. >> kimberly joining me live from washington, d.c. joining me now from new york is ellie jacobs part of the national leadership organization. a warm welcome to the program. we've seen condemnation farnd wide. what do you make of what trump said? >> in the end he's liblist business got. he's making people less safe by demagoguing muslims at large. he puts the onus on the united states to demonstrate that we're not at war with islam as a whole, which is exactly what isil wants.

by trump making these sorts of statements it makes us less safe. it's good that people are coming out with whole hearted comments about what he said, but at the end of the day we're still talking about this 24 hours later. >> yes, i wonder what you think about the fact that although you say it makes americans unsafe, these incendiary comments, what about those who want to back donald trump. every time he makes a comment like this, it pulls his backers closer to his position, whatever that is. >> your correspondent had a very astute analysis. he gets a lot of attention because he says things that are so bombastic. in the end, his supporters will support him regardless of what he says. i don't think anything is going

to move the needle on that. what we should be worried with, and should be paying close attention to is he says thanks are so beyond the pale of acceptability that it moves people who would be normally considered extremist into a more moderate camp. the real worry for the republican party is that trump going out and saying these sorts of things pulse all their candidates in a direction that is bad fo for the country and bad for the party. >> does it tip the party into disarray, is that the word? >> i don't know if it is disarray. i think there has been disarray since trump entered the race. anyone who says whatever he wants, damn the torpedoes and

forget about the consequences. i think there will be a concerted effort by the old guard of the republican party. we saw that with speaker ryan come out denouncing trump's comments, and we've seen others come out and denouncing it. some who whole hearted comments such as lindsey graham and chris christie, and others weren't that way. trump has already even changed the dialogue within the party. what the party needs to be concerned about is if they attack trump too head on he may fulfill his threat and run as an independent. >> thank you for joining us. taliban forces have attacked an airport in kandahar. a spokesman said that fighters based themselves in a nearby school from where they fired the

airport of the attack nearby whom. >> the confrontation that ensued in bethlehem between the israeli army and palestinian youth followed the funeral of a young man who was killed in an overnight raid by the israeli army in a refugee camp close to bethlehem following his funeral. tens of thousands of palestinians followed the march. this street has become a flash

point in these confrontations. they vent their frustration and when you speak to them, many will tell you that the world has forgotten them. nothing is on the table to push israel to end the occupation of the occupied west bank and east jerusalem. there is a simmer situation that is becoming the norm. the protest is something that we see on a daily basis as well as incidents of stabbings, alleged stabbings, car rammings, it's all happening on a day-to-day basis. very tense in the streets, in the words of u.s. secretary of state john kerry, who has been very involved in trying to get those sides to the table to try to find a solution to this conflict, he said he had not seen the mistrust as high as it is now between both sides. >> stephanie dekker reporting. still coming up, hitting rock bottom, the mining company

announces it will cut 85,000 jobs from its global workforce. elsewhere a country with vast water resources still experiences severe drought. and in sport this pitcher is the highest paid player in baseball. robin will tell you how much, and it's eye-washing, i'll warning. a little bit later.

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angelo america said it will cut two-thirds of its workforce. it has been hit hard by falling commodity prices and has seen its value fall by 70% this year. >> with mining operations on six continents, news that anglo american is in crisis will be felt worldwide. falling prices have already hit all mining companies hard. now the world's fifth largest mining company is taking action with radical restructuring. it is cutting 85,000 jobs. that's two-thirds of its entire workforce. the company will also suspend dividend payments for the rest of this year and into 2016. to balance the books it will sell off at set assets and merge.

the crisis is due in part from falling demand by china. platinum is close klose to a seven-year low and even diamonds have had a disappointing year. they spread their earnings across a number of commodities, but nearly all have dropped in price at the same time. the question now is will these measures be enough? >> the company believes at the current commodity price environment that they have right-sized the business for growth going forward. however, if commodities were to grind as a whole for another 25%, it means that they have not done enough. that's the risk at this moment in time that has been reflected in the price today. >> anglo american president had this to say:

>> the reorganization to remedy this is brutal. when done they're left with a very different company. al jazeera, london. >> the south africa athlete oscar pistorious will be sentenced for murder. last week the supreme court changed its conviction from cuppible homicide to murder. he'll remain under house arrest until sentencing next year. nigerian troops in what they call a final push to end the six-year fight against boko haram in the north. it comes in a stronghold days after 900 ha 900 hostages were

freed. >> after boko haram captivity they're finally free. these are some of the 900 hostages mainly women and children, who have been freed after days of fighting between boko haram and regional forces near cameroon's border with nigeria. >> i come from nigeria. i was taken on my way to my village. i was then put into a prison. >> soon he and others will be on their way home. >> we received strict instructions to support them, to repatriate them to their countries. what you see now is humanitarian support. right now there is a push to give them rest and support including food. >> cameron's government has deported thousands of other nigerian refugees. it said it is concerned of boko haram fighters hiding among them.

thousands of young men and women across the region have been taken by boko haram over the last five years. many of them have been forced to join the armed group. there has been a growing sense of frustration that after 19 months there is no news of the more 400 school girls kidnapped in khibruk. but for the girls and their families, their freedom could take longer. >> he says, they aren't giving up hope. >> i have not seen anything difficult in negotiating the release of these girls for the government. i'm very hopeful because it is not just possible to have over 276 girls taken and then disappear. >> the nigerian troops are under pressure to end the boko

harammifboko haram violence by the end of the year and return displaced persons. >> more than 8 million people in ethiopia are in need of emergency aid. that's according to the united nations. parts of the country is experiencing one of the worst droughts in 30 years. charles stratford reports. >> there this is perhaps proof that climate change hits the world's poorest people hardest. they'll wait to see if they'll receive humanitarian aid. the hot winds of el niño come over, something that scientists say has been made worse by global warming, destroys the season's harvests.

the need for hue than tearan aid may raise to 50 million. >> the men and children strong enough left to try and find work. >> the ethiopian government has allocated $120 million, but $600 million may be needed. international donors have been slow to respond. the u.s. said that 350,000 children are expected to require treatment from malnutrition. but ethiopia has plenty of water. this is the worst drought to hit some areas of east cope i can't since the 1980s, but it is important to recognize that this country has vast water resourc resources. this is lake ziway, the problem is lack of irrigation infrastructure to get that water to some of the affected areas

close by. farmers lucky enough to be near the lake pump water from a stream into their fields. >> it's difficult for us because the pump is so small and the pipes keep breaking. >> there is virtually no irrigation structure to get the water from some of the remote areas hit hard by the drought. aid agencies say investment has been slow because projects such as drilling holes is so expensive. but the government is trying to get water to some of the worst effected areas. >> we're trying to reach every farmer getting them access to water using different method such as rainwater harvesting. some of the projects are supported by donors. >> around 80% of ethiopia's approximately 96 million people work in agriculture. farming generates around 40% of the country's gdp. with such limited access to

water millions of people can only hope that next year there is a lot more rain. charles stratford, al jazeera, ziway. >> russia's defense minister said that the first missiles have been fired at islamic state targets. he told the russian president vladimir putin that the missiles have hit their targets in raqqa. russia has been reinforcing the contingent near the border. we have more now on the significance of the move. >> the ethnically mixed region has historically been where the ottoman empire and russian empire clashed. now, of course, modern russia and modern turkey are straigh

separated by azerbaijan and armenia and georgia. the two caucasian countries have an unresolved and occasionally deadly conflict over the contested region. now that russia and turkish relations are deteriorating, the caucuses are the place to watch for increased tension. the handful of attack and helicopters that russia has sent to one of its armenian air bases, it is not in itself a huge military build up, but by the end of the year turkey will be watching closely. >> less than a week afte after thafter the warning levels in beijing, schools are closed and cars are banned from the city street. adrian brown has the story. >> flying into a city that feels under sieged, and where the

enemy is everywhere. poison thousand particles in the air have reached dangerous levels. such pollution is not rare but the government's response was. although it did not go far enough for some. >> i think the government should have more control on the pollution instead of making us take the responsibility. >> i have to cancel my football class because of this smog. >> the measures are unprecedented. schools advised to close. work halted at thousands of construction sites. cars are now restricted to alternate days. the pollution is serious but not nearly as bad as it was this time last week when the government issued an orange alert, the second highest of its warning system leading some to wonder why a red alert is being issued now.

but those often critical of the government are now applauding. >> this is the first time we saw a red alert, and it is a sign of different attitude that the government wants to solve the problem and take care of the public health. >> china is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. the code red alert is a step towards meeting the challenge. adrian brown, beijing the rising number of cases of tuberculosis has been described as a national emergency with tens of thousands of new cases each year. a drug resistan drug-resistant strain of the virus has now appeared. >> the diagnosis takes place along the river bank. too ill to walk from the canoe

that brought her here to the clinic 200 meters from shore. >> it is possible to have tuberculosis. >> it was later confirmed she has become the latest victim of tuberculosis or tb epidemic sweeping across papua new guinea. matthew knew he was ill but did not make the journey until his son started showing symptoms, too. >> when he coughed, the blood comes with the cough. >> the only hospital is hundreds of kilometers, and it's struggling to cope. >> we're in a medical crisis, and it is getting bigger and bigger. the number of patients. >> most worrying is an increasing number of people have drug-resistant strains of t.b. >> if you don't follow up on your t.b. treatment, if you don't take all the right doses

all at the right time, it will create resistence to the drug. >> the t.b. takes weeks to treat and can be fatal. now doctors without borders goes on the rode. the problem is that the clinic is hours if not days away from where patients live. >> very few have cars, sick patients often walk hours for treatment. some paddle down rivers for days. >> for the patient it is very complicated because of the geography, the condition, the weather. >> this year medicine is being delivered by drones.

but the batteries were not sufficient to fly them to remote communities. last year millions of dollars committed to emergency response, but much of the promised money has not materialized, much of what has, according to some, has ended up in officials' pockets. >> corruption is endangering the lives of our people significantly. they're paying the significant price. >> we have a t.b. control program, but suddenly corruption is one area that we don't want to see in any department, in the health department, the pharmacy. >> meanwhile, in the hospital, the wards are filled, and many more are ill in the forest. andrew thomas, al jazeera. papua new guinea. >> u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon is warning of serious consequences if a deal is not done in the remaining three days of the climate change conference in paris. a draft signed on saturday needs

to be finalized by the nations at the conference. >> well, the ultimate aim is to become energy independent and self-sufficient in energy needs. the tiny island of aruba is leading the way hoping for energy independence in five years. we go to aruba to find out more. >> they call aruba the happy island, to a place that depends entirely on tourism it is an atm nickname. but arue bra is getting a reputation for something that most visitors are unaware of, if all goes well, this tiny nation will be energy independent in just five years. >> i have a whole section here that takes care of all the water. >> it's a goal that environmentalists have been promoting for years. his hotel on the edge of aruba's pristine beaches are as ecofriendly as they come.

a philosophy that helps his business and the environment. >> i always say to my customers, feel good because you probably wasting less energy in coming on vacation to aruba than spending it at home. >> but aruba's path to energy independence has not been easy. energy prices were rising steeply, and thousands of barrels of oil were imported daily to generate power. and the refinery closed its doors in 2012. that's why aruba has began to consider alternatives. aruba has it's fair share of potential power sources. the sun is an obvious one. but officials say by the end of 2016 half of the electricity so this island will be supplied by wind power and that makes them a leader in green technology. >> the government said that changes such as scrapping old steam turbines and embracing

solar power cost $300 million. but it has made all the difference. >> coming together in support of what aruba does, but also basically adding their message to an effort that is not only for aruba but for the world. >> since the move to greening technology electricity prices have dropped 25%. inflation has been reversed, and aruba is close to paying off the money borrowed to make the changes. by 2020 it may be the nation that others turn to as an example of what green really means. andy gallagher, al jazeera, aruba. >> pope francis has ushered in the year of mercy by opening the holy door. in september pope francis announced for the duration priests will be given special dispensation to absolve women

who have had abortions. still to come, we'll know the identity of a first batch of teams for the knock-out stages of the champions league shortly. details coming up next in sports.

>> welcome back. now for the day's sports. it's over to robin. >> julie thank you very much. football first. confirming their place in the last 16 of the champions league for the very first time. the progress, though, met an unhappy ending as they now

prepare for life in the europa league. in the seventh minute anthony marshall with a goal that put them ahead. they were then back on level terms two minutes later. and then were in the lead 15 minutes after that. united equalized courtesy of wolfsburg only goal, but me made amend just minutes later. >> no doubt finishing in top a a,real madrid and psg gone from group b.

atletico madrid won the top of the table battle, and in group d manchester city have taken top spot scoring three goals in five minutes to come from behind to beat monchengladbach. michel platini asking to have his 90-day ban overturned. platini will face an ethic is committee next week. >> you know i do not like injustices. i hope i was he heard today. my lawyers have been very good. >> let's get more from our

sports correspondent lee wellings. >> platini is halfway through his suspension. the 90-day suspension that he's trying to have lifted, this is the first part of the process. but of course, he has to face that fifa ethics committee hearing next week. that's where he could get a ban for as much as six or seven years. so platini's lawyers feel confident that they have the document that will clear his name. yet, what has got platini in this mess largely was that there was no document between him and sepp blatter, it was accepted as a verbal agreement. but platini will continue to fight because he wants to be back in the presidential race. >> the ahead of the south american football consideration

has agreed to be extr extradite ed. the former fifa president was arrested last week accused of accepting millions of dollars in exchange for marketing rights. now among multiple football officials from south america who have been arrested by u.s. authorities. professional footballers in greece will go on strike indefinitely next week. the players association said that the top two leagues have failed to commit to an agreement. two teams were relegated from the top super league last season due to financial problems, and many players have not been made in months. greinke is about to become the highest-made pitcher with a contract at $265.5 million and

greinke opted out of a six-year deal with the l.a. dodgers after three seasons. without the salary cap baseball is the highest paying professional sports league in the united states. greinke becomes the highest earner in per-season terms. price will earn $31 million a season. a salary matched by miguel cabrera by detroit tigers. it was signed a year ago between the miami marlins and john carlo staten. the international olympic committee has fears that mexico could be banned from rio games. they're accused of interfering in the sports organization in the row of public funding.

rugby players from singapore's international team has made a bit of history in the sport. they managed to screen together the most number of passes in the space of one hour for a new world record. all part of the festivities to publicize singapore in the world rugby in april. they cut the mark for 4,002 passes earning themselves a spot in the guinness world record. back to julie in london. >> thank you. i feel tired just watching that. you can find plenty more on our website. you can see our top story. there is plenty of analysis, and you can find that at www.aljazeera.com. i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with more of the day's news. see you then.

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>> fighters head to syria. the u.s. announces plans for an international conference to end the fighting. >> hello there, i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> donald j. trumps sparks international fury as he calls for a ban of all muslims coming to the united states. a palestinian teenager is