border deal between russia turkey and iran but we don't know who would run one. victor from the problem and what will become of moderate opposition factions and the thousands of civilians living in the area has. increasingly likely that syrian president bashar assad will say in power after six and a half years of civil war focus is already shifting to the reconstruction of towns and cities reduce rubble in the conflict many countries are already preparing to cash in especially in neighboring lebanon in test times reports from the port city of tripoli tripoli port has been running below capacity for years but operators aren't dissipating that will soon change the huge terminal is just twenty eight kilometers from the syrian border and the lebanese government is positioning itself as a major player in the reconstruction of syria when the joint task of rebuilding the

country destroyed by war will begin is anyone's guess fighting continues in northern and eastern syria as well as in small areas around the capital damascus. but after a series of major victories president bashar al assad in the syrian government is looking increasingly likely to retain power over large areas of the country introducing an element of stability into economic forecasts not protected by economists since the war started six years ago then he called struction off so he had to mention has been so much in the news lately this has given a lot of hype if you want to. get on that lebanon and that to put it can play and this hopefully will. serve our interests tripoli port is nearing the completion of the first phase of an expansion project first drawn up in two thousand and nine then revised last year with an eye on syria's reconstruction regeneration of the port hasn't gone unnoticed by allies of the assad government including russia's and

bassett or to lebanon at b.h.p. visitor on a recent government organized tour the world bank estimates it will cost around two hundred billion dollars to rebuild syria from lebanon that could be just the economic stimulus that it needs for the past five years its economic growth rate has hovered at around one and a half percent and it's hoped that this port will lead the way and bring it goes numbers up the lebanese government estimate serious construction boom will create a demand for thirty million tons of cargo capacity annually which has already led to around four hundred million dollars of capital investment in the port i thought the top of the market tripoli put is one of the most important bullets in the mediterranean sea so this pull will attract a lot of workers from this area and it will also attract a lot of investors. tripoli is widely associated with poverty and the good reports revival could bring in thousands of new jobs and millions in revenue to the area as

well as stimulate lebanon's overall economic growth but that hinges on a peaceful settlement in syria that will pave the way for reconstruction and despite president bashar al assad's gains in recent months peace still seems a long way off in the outside al-jazeera tripoli in northern lebanon. in russia three thousand choppers have been evacuated from a shopping market in moscow after a huge fire the center which specializes in building materials was engulfed in flames on sunday firefighters use helicopters to dump water on the markets there were no reports of casualties countries across latin america have been marking the fiftieth anniversary of the death of che guevara several thousand people have attended a ceremony in the cuban city of santa clara to remember the revolutionary fighter guevara became known for his role in the cuban revolution of one thousand nine hundred eighty nine fighting alongside fidel and raul castro. to the u.s.

now and up to two hundred fifty millimeters of rain is expected in a sage of north carolina as tropical storm nate's moves across the country more than one hundred thousand people were left without power after the hurricane hit the gulf coast work is continuing to restore electricity to the worst affected say serve mississippi alabama and louisiana. staying in the us hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been fired from the studio he co-founded weinstein had taken a leave of absence after a new york times report on fair is a listing allegations of sexual harassment and weinstein company's board of directors says it fired the film director after new undisclosed information about his conduct. now some of the biggest names in italian fashion have helped to restore ancient roman monuments the government needed cash to pay for the huge cost of renovating some sites such as the coliseum and several private businesses stepped in to lend a hand i went to rome to find out more. it's

a steep climb to the top of the coliseum commission by the emperor spacey and in the years seventy two for the past forty years the fourth and fifth levels have been locked away from view until now welcome to the ancient cheap seats that probably wouldn't offer the best view of the regular bloodbath down below but they do offer a sensational view of the city. the opening of the upper levels is the result of a four year epic restoration project the outside's also been strengthened and spray clean to remove generations of grime the cost a colossal thirty million dollars and the still more work to do the sheer scale of rome's archaeological heritage poses a huge financial burden for the city and for the country the vast costs involved frequently exceed state budgets. ticket sales help but revenues don't go far enough

that's where high end italian fashion comes to the rescue the coliseums renovation was largely paid for by the billionaire owner of todd's luxury footwear company. in follows a three million dollars renovation of one of rome's main tourist attractions the trevi fountain paid for by clothes company fendi. and the spanish steps restored last year with more than a million dollars from jewelry designer ball gary when we had to celebrate there were one hundred thirty new very three we wanted to create something really special for this any of your three and that's why we thought to pay tribute to the sea today where our founder and also created so much richness in our creativity the financial help sloan she welcomed it's of these cash strapped government but there were some concerns about bigger tally and companies using

their renovations as a branding exercise. there's a real risk of commercializing ancient monuments but the brands we chose last year were chosen carefully we haven't seen any signs of companies abusing their patronage. italians are intensely proud of their rich cultural heritage but preserving it comes at a huge cost that for now only italy's big businesses are able to cover these barca al-jazeera rome. no again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the united states in turkey have imposed visa restrictions on each other in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consulate worker in istanbul he is accused of links to the u.s. based cleric who turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's failed coup the

u.s. rejects the allegations against the consulate staff member at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying the hinge refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of them were children this is a third such incident since people started escaping the latest round of violence in myanmar's rakhine state in august a day after a massive march in boston i guess cost non-independent spain prime minister maine's prime minister mariano rajoy has said in a newspaper interview that spain will not be divided on his government's is a controversial referendum it held a week ago shows overwhelming support for independence from spain. at least ten people have been killed in as strikes in syria as it lay province despite being it's being a proposed deescalation zone there were chaotic scenes in the market town of matan gnomon after the bombing sources on the ground believe the strikes were launched by syrian government walk means most of the victims are believed to be civilians in the u.s. the trump administration has outlined to congressional leaders new hardline immigration

plans the proposals include limiting the number of green cards for family members of u.s. citizens trump wants to employ an additional ten thousand integration officers and judges to deport criminals and unaccompanied children. a courtin sarajevo has acquitted a bosnian commander of war crimes it has old master all rake is not guilty in connection with the case of three serb prisoners of war who were murdered in one thousand nine hundred two in seventy six he was sentenced to two years in jail by the court in the hague in two thousand and six but acquitted on appeal in two thousand and eight and the international red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan it follows the deaths of seven staff on duty in the country this year those are the headlines on al-jazeera up next sits up front stay with us.

you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. and al-jazeera. how does the philippine government justify its controversial drug war which is left thousands dead almost a country's foreign minister and later i'll speak with two mental health experts who say donald trump is psychologically unfit for office and the danger to the world. alan peter katonah thanks for joining me up front is your country's foreign policy on north korea to isolate the hermit kingdom economically and to abides by u.n. resolutions over its nuclear program because on the one hand you have joined a fair few other countries imposing trade sanctions on north korea on the other

you've actually increased imports from exports to the d.p. r. k. this year when president that they're to came into power part of his program is really peace internally with our muslim brothers in the south with the communists and in our region you know so from. having a dialogue with china to getting closer to the sea and that was our objective so when the north koreans started the testing of the missiles president that there was more prepared you know to play a peacemaker role but the problem is not only with the philippines but with the c.n.n. individual states north korea keeps telling us that the we are our friends they are our friends and they have warm relationships but they don't give an opening to talk of how to stop the nuclear weapons program there so what happened is that when the security council did in fact. passed its resolution before that a c.

and that by the philippines as chairman a very strong resolution and we have i have communicated to our trade. minister. so we are actually going to start do you know what ari that trade sanctions economically strangulate your isolating north korea could lead to an economic collapse in north korea and a regional humanitarian and refugee crisis that's what worries the chinese it doesn't worry the philippines. ordinarily in a different case it would concern us and we'd be more discerning how it affects their people but when you have the north korean leader claiming to have missiles that would reach higher reaches and you'd have his hand on the trigger then you have the united states saying we're watching you and ready to to do anything including your destruction you know there's no room for comfort there's no room to doubt whether or not i hope north korea does not have the nuclear weapons but we can't assume that are you more worried about president trump's finger on the bomb.

finger on the boat because both of them have said some pretty fiery controversial things in recent weeks more worried about what the difference is the president has an accountability to the u.s. institutions u.s. congress and the rest of the world he fires news he doesn't hear nukes in the space of a few minutes without checking with anyone he can but if north korea also has nukes then no one will win let's talk about the most controversial aspect of your government's record in office so far at least in the eyes of the international communities president due to the so-called drug war between three four five six seven thousand dead depending on which figures which study you look at including many innocent children senior police officers admitting to executing suspects planting evidence at crime scenes is it any wonder that the catholic church in your country has described your government's drug war as quote a reign of terror. if you won't believe the filipinos and

won't believe philippine surveys let's believe american surveys that p.t.w. the people they just came out at the survey that seventy eight per cent of filipinos support the crusade against crime corruption and drugs sixty eight percent believe that the drug war is actually working ok why is it because we believe in human rights violations that we believe in killing people no the perception that we're strolled into the. to the international community was led by certain human rights groups associated with our opposition and associated with some people in the oklahoma in the catholic church but they did not give the international community the correct facts so when the you said you should believe the u.s. and you quote poland i'm not disputing that filipino support president and support that i'm not disputing that you're just getting the record the u.s. assistant secretary of state for southeast asia says we have a very sustained and deep concern that the drug war is operating outside the rule

of law the growing number of extrajudicial killings is troubling we have raised those concerns the u.s. state department the catholic church they're all just biased against the philippines yes because the point is filipinos will not support human rights violations where very spiritual people whether muslim or christian filipinos believe in the dignity of life if i ask you how many additional killings in the philippines in twenty thirteen or twenty twelve or twenty eleven the minimum was eleven thousand five hundred the maximum was sixteen thousand ok every year eleven to sixteen thousand and let me just end it with a regular let me just you with the foreign minister of this government your position is that a few years ago under the last government there were eleven thousand deaths but this year i don't believe any of the numbers about that's not very convenient isn't it that's number one died on the last government nobody died under your government even a human rights groups that the u.s. state department kept. i want to talk to you for your records not the all the point

the point is that the people did bob you know as the the past administration changed the definition ok they said it's only extra dish out if you are a union leader if you're really just leave there if you're a journalist if it's ideological so they started reporting fifty one hundred one hundred fifty ok when that that that came in they went back to the old definition and anyone murdered or killed west charge against the drug war but the opposite is happening in the country where he'll have thirteen to sixteen thousand killings because of drugs not because of the police or the drug war but hold a hold of your own report say thirty eight hundred people have died in anti drug operation is thirty eight hundred people yes you think that's fine. with me hilda who police officers like little who've admitted that many of those killings were false killings know that they were dressed up that's absolutely not true filipino police have not visited me to yet a female police officer have not admitted no to any false can obstinately there are

a couple who we are told they have admitted there are no they have not admitted because they're guilty of no guilty guy with that with they're a couple of policemen who were caught murdering and they're being charged with murder so every single one of the three thousand people who was killed was a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didn't try them you didn't prosecute them you didn't show the shot the man saw and that's not a democratic way of solving crimes you're absolutely saying it if you're not on the ground come and look so if if i pull a gun on you here right now and you shoot me it's your fault hold on hold i forgot i thought i lost i said three a lot i wasn't people have been killed and that not enough thousand people all they all quit all they all criminal drug is how do you know because none of them were tried nobody you arrest somebody put them on trial the philippines is just killing people in the u.s. or even in any country you're surely shown if someone puts a gun on the police they have to bring them to court first before they fire back the police are doing what they can we trust the philippine police yes the press. it doesn't trust them we don't the filipino president doesn't trust the police you

know the trucks the road police none of that's already said you can do to a president who said you police rid of the most corrupt your corrupt to the cool it's in your system the well i wrote it in your system as time i checked hyperbole and figures of speech are allowed forty percent of the police in the philippines are corrupt he says is that true or false that's his estimation the chief of police estimation is two percent so who is right for a president of the chief of police i can't believe you're throwing your boss under the bus i'm not throwing him under the bus is the president correct forty percent of the philippine police is a simple yes or no answer is he correct in your view if the philippine police are forty percent of them are corrupt when you make an estimation is that a correct estimate of the net nor is it a great estimate if he has thirty or fifty that's not the point the point is he's trying to clean up the police and he said yesterday i think the problem find so there's a problem here in trying to clean it up and maybe forty percent maybe less than forty percent but those same police have killed three off thousand people and

you're not saying we should trust the police know your president and we can assess them we said we should follow the law which is some sort of regularity but investigate each how many investigations of them into the three and a half thousand killings to now thousand there have been federal sounds a lot of them are being in the gate the most independent observers are said to have not been investigated that's not dueling that's not true. independent investigators have seen the progress it's the ideological and the by us human rights groups they said there are three thousand cases they pick out twenty eight cases no scientific method of picking out twenty eight they only interviewed the families of the death of the alleged pushers they did not interview anyone from the government so it's not fair to you and then they came up with their findings generalizing the three thousand from the twenty eight without interviewing the other side and then what did their report say that they believed. that session of drugs should be legalized

so you tell me it's not a kind of group that is there to investigate or sort of be made the judgment for them any country that that's not legalized the possession of drugs is not handling the drug case properly we've invited them to investigate now let me tell you where the confusion comes in western countries use heroin. and also cocaine none of these drugs is associated with violence in part and to that users it's the drug sellers who fight it out but met them fed them in hydrochloride has been proven by the w.h.o. by the un office on drugs crime to have been annoyed and but you should handle treat these people not just shoot them in the head you'll hear nothing funding yes you'll get nothing from no you want to know you have attention that's not true yes you know it's not we're not sexy million dollars to fifteen million dollars it's not true twenty eighteen but i thought it was in the budget it was going into the buildings and where we're putting up billions worth of drugs centers all around

you've got to treat drug addicts yes i'm in there yes but if they have a gun and they're going to shoot you all through an awful lot of people have gotten smaller doesn't just not that's not where you're going to. come to the philippines and see because you're talking from space with what they're saying now you with the respect of course the u.s. state department of state human rights watch and the philippine catholic church and you'll say i'm in space i can learn and i can only give you those references if you're the feeling. there it's safe for an hour and if you were as if i thought them about it you know they said that the philippines struck them both pushers and users i thought their ambassador and it's a wrong translation then they don't have the.