getting the cargo to the capital is an even more dangerous charmin. risky to believe. at this time on al jazeera. turkey arrests a second u.s. consulate official and both countries suspend visas services as a diplomatic dispute intensifies. hello i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up at least

twelve or endure refugees drowned ten of them children as another boat capsizes trying to cross from myanmar to bangladesh the red cross dramatically cuts its operations in afghanistan after a series of attacks against its members. and spain's government called in the national police to god kept landes key court as it increases pressure on regional leaders to back down on the independence. diplomatic dispute between washington and ankara is intensifying after reports that taki has issued a detention warrant for a second u.s. consulate worker last week another american consulate employee was arrested in istanbul over allegations of links to last year's failed coup in turkey the turkish lira has dropped sharply since by a country suspended visa services for each other's nationals mamma doe reports. in the latest sign offering diplomatic relations between two nato allies the us say

that was suspending the issuing of visits to turkish nationals twenty four hours later turkey retaliated through its embassy in washington with a statement that effectively mirrors the want released by the united states with some exceptions the move effectively blocks turks from traveling to the united states and americans to turkey and definitively. from the americans. or or it means they're warning. at all we're going. to talk to the american interests the disputes comes just days of the u.s. consulate employee was arrested on charges of espionage and alleged attempts to damage the constitutional order in turkey. mateen to oppose attack each national is also accused of having links with the cleric for to lead. the u.s.

denies those charges turkey has also expressed deep frustration over its fruitless calls for the united states to extradite glenn he's accused of planning the failed july two into sixteen coup but denies any involvement in the. as others have also indicated the coup was a scheme but who planned it who was involved in it. thousands of people have been detained in a cock down since the famed coup including u.s. citizens yet tuckey remains a valuable nato ally it is home to the indian peace as true to dick military facility for the u.s. in the war against isel turkey is also part of the u.s. led coalition against isis but ties with washington are strained over u.s. support to the syrian kurdish fighters the y.p. . they're viewed by turkey as an extension of the outlawed kurdish workers pertti b

k k to the us though the white p.d. is the most effective fighting force against i saw mohammed oh i'll just have. well in the last hour takesh president i have one has expressed his disappointment to us may have to suspend visa services. above all this decision is very upsetting. for the year somber say in ankara to take such a decision and promoted it is upsetting. our foreign ministry colleagues have contacted their u.s. counterparts over the issue. well tensions between the u.s. intel he started when washington backed kodesh fighters in their offensive against isis in syria that was under the obama administration turkey considers those forces an extension of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which is waged insurgency within turkey for over three decades well recently a u.s.

grand jury indicted fifteen turkish security officials for fighting with protesters during president russia trip to washington in may of two on described the indictments as scandalous dozens of americans have been detained in turkey over alleged links with the tool of glenn a u.s. based muslim cleric who anchor accuses of being behind last year's failed coup and also even a personal appeal from president trump as convinced him to release them let's go live now to our u.s. state and defense correspondent patty call hey and patty is we were saying there quite a bit a falling out between washington and curry here what can we expect in terms of u.s. pressure in the coming days and weeks. well it doesn't look like this is going to end anytime soon really has been as you mentioned it happening for years and a lot of this goes back to that cleric as you mentioned for too long. the obama administration said initially that in think there was enough evidence there to extradite him to turkey and now we've seen some turkish officials float the idea

that they could trade some of the americans held hostage including an american pastor or an excuse me that have been arrested not held hostage they have been arrested under the legal system that they would it could be basically exchange their exchange their people the state department has pretty much dismissed that that's not really something the united states does so now the question is what's next do we see turkey took these steps to arrest these two turkish people who worked in the embassy trying to arrest the second they we believe have his wife and daughter in custody until he turns himself in so you see the state department respond with this than turkey responds so we'll have to wait and see what next steps the u.s. government to take fortune it's going to be pretty hard to get any answers today is a u.s. federal holiday celebrating christmas christopher columbus so no official response as of yet and speaking about all the different factors that have led to this

low point between the u.s. and turkey how might the u.s. use the whole issue of the good and extradition which turkey wants to their advantage. well you know it really it's makes it seems as if maybe this is a political that the president could simply say ok fine you can have back and put him on a plane it doesn't work that way all is based on a treaty between turkey in the united states it was signed and believe in one nine hundred seventy nine and it isn't a government decision this is a judicial decision so even though turkey has made the formal request this is something has to go through several layers of bureaucracy but ultimately a federal judge would have to decide that there is a case to be made that the laws were broken that there is enough evidence to prosecute so far well what we heard from the obama administration is they didn't have it and the drug administration has stayed mostly quiet about it thank you very much candy calling in washington d.c. .

at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying ranjoor refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of those who died were children and it's the third such incident since people started fleeing violence in myanmar's rankine state in august more than sixty people drowned when two boats capsized last month homage on june has more now from cox's bazaar in bangladesh. with news that yet another boat full of refugees capsized while it was attempting to cross from me and more to bangladesh comes another reminder of the magnitude of this refugee crisis and the fact that we're going to refugees are still trying to flee and come into bangladesh this area you see behind me these people that are here they all crossed by foot into bangladesh just earlier today we've heard horrific tales from them about what happened to them

was a woman over there who told us that her husband was executed in the past week by me and mars' military there's a young boy over here showed us a wound on his legs that he got that when the mean more army shot at the group that he was with very sad stories more reminders that this exodus doesn't seem as though it will in anytime soon that's one reason why aid groups humanitarian organizations are so concerned about the plight of these people international committee of the red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan seven members of its staff of been killed that this year six died in an attack on an aid convoy and february and last month a physiotherapist was shot dead by one of her patients another four have been abducted but the red cross says it will not be leaving the country altogether. exposure to release has become. our greatest challenge. we know that there is no zero risk in afghanistan. that we don't want

to build. differently our security then we have. built on acceptance and dialogue and. meaningful service is that provided to people at least ten people have been killed and as strikes in syria province despite it being part of a deescalation zone chaotic scenes in the popular market town of mar in the aftermath of the bombing sources on the ground say they believe the strikes were launched by syrian government warplanes most of the victims of believed to be civilians. a with the syrian civil war having raged for six and a half years rebel hopes for the overthrow bashar assad look further away than ever focus is already shifting to the reconstruction of towns and cities reduced to rubble in the conflict many countries are already preparing to cash in especially in neighboring lebanon and reports from tripoli tripoli port has

been running below capacity for years but operators aren't dissipating bout will soon change the huge terminal is just twenty kilometers from the syrian border and the lebanese government is positioning itself as a major player in the reconstruction of syria when the giant 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 and 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 projected by economists since the war started six years ago then nicholas struction all said he mentioned 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 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 ambassador to lebanon if you keep is it or on a recent government organized tour of the world bank estimates it will cost around two hundred billion dollars to rebuild syria for 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 felt

that was the market tripoli pullet is one of the most important ports in the mediterranean sea so this pole will attract a lot of workers from this area and it will also attract a lot of investors. triply is widely associated with poverty and the supports revival could bring in thousands of new jobs and billions in revenue to the area as well as stimulate 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. still seems a long way off if the us i'll just your tripoli it goes in the. iraqi forces of launched a mine clearing operation in how we joe after driving eisel fighters out of the city u.s. back to iraqi government troops and iranian trained shia popular popular mobilization forces declared victory over the group on thursday after a two week offensive since the military operation began thousands of civilians have

fled the city including hundreds of men who are thought to be i still fight as with the fall of how each of the only area in iraq that remains on the ice hill is a stretch along the western border with syria. you're watching al jazeera still to come for you on the program protests in kenya police fire on people demonstrating over proposed changes to election rules. i'm devika palin in hong kong of the our next exhibition where we meet the young talent representing the next generation of artists. hello there we're seeing some very heavy showers every part of turkey recently so we now have this weather system here the southern parts of turkey is where we've seen the heaviest of the rains and here some places have removed forty fifty millimeters of wet weather that system is continuing its journey eastwards enough

it does so it's also causing a few showers to sprout up a bit further south so lebanon's seeing some fairly wet weather at the moment that gradually will ease there was the whole system runs its way eastward so still the risk of one or two showers in the day on tuesday. but the main focus of the rain will be further north over the northern parts of ticky and it looks like it's going to be fairly wet here at times during the day even that low begins to ease as we had three wednesday when there's not a great deal of what weather left to tool as we head into wednesday meanwhile for the east is a return to the woman weather force in touch can well be up to around twenty six now but for the south and here in doha definitely not feeling as hot as it has been over the last month will say when the temperatures will continue to ease as we head through the next few days we're going to see the winds really begin to pick up later on during the week and that will bring down those temperatures somewhat still on the moment at reading around thirty nine but it's a dry heat so not feeling so bad just at the moment further south you can see this whole area of cloud to giving us some very very wet weather particularly in the

eastern parts of south africa. with.

a quick recap of the top stories for you now a diplomatic dispute between washington and intensified with turkey arresting a second u.s. consulate official the u.s. has suspended visas to turkish nationals turkey retaliated by doing the same to american because. at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying ranjoor refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of those killed were children. and the international committee of the red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan after seven members of its staff were killed there this year. now in all the stories we're following spain's deputy prime minister is warning that the government will act on any catalan declaration of independence president is due to address the regional parliament on choose day and the government is worried it will vote to unilaterally declare independence catalonia is high court is also spanish national police to provide extra security at the court building in case the declaration goes ahead. if the council on

president declares unilateral independence we will have to take measures and that decision be made by the government of spain to have a police groups join us but as i am saying that declaration will have a response john hall has more now from barcelona on the decision to deploy spanish police to the high court. well arguably this move has more symbolic significance than it does political significance because there they are a line of national police vans lined up outside the high court here in barcelona a substantially unusual sight on the streets of bass alone on the streets of catalonia a hugely provocative site for anybody in favor of independence and it points to the level of anticipation ahead of the speech by carla squeege demat the regional president of parliament tomorrow evening whether or not he will unilaterally declare independence from spain and the question of independence of course leads to the question of what happens the day after nobody really knows but among the things

that will change and change very quickly is that institutions of state like this court will change hands which is why the president of the high court here appealed to the supreme court to say look send us some additional reinforced security to stand alongside the mosque auster squadron catalona his own police force just in case to protect the integrity of the building in those inside so this is a judicial decision it's not a political decision as such yet having said that though it is very clear that the use of section one hundred five of the constitution which would revoke catalonia is autonomy it's never been used before but the government in madrid has made it very clear they may well be prepared to use it the day after any declaration of independence here. the vast majority of spaniards outside catalonia a bitterly opposed to it declaring independence many say the claim by some cattle a national effort they were the only ones who suffered under franco state and six year dictatorship ignores history actually reports from central spain.

across the her on the river valley you can see madrid away in the distance. the people here maintain the relics of war in tribute to the vicious history of spain. eighty years ago the forces of fascism try to encircle madrid the battle of her armor is legendary this incline was called suicide hill by the anti fascist brigades twenty thousand died stopping franco from taking the capital. basis was eleven and nine hundred thirty seven ninety one his memory is undimmed. your number there more korean dog number my mother and i run to a house looking for shelter we thought it was the end of the world we heard the explosions they made a great impression on me i understood then that we were at war. at the local museum you can see how outgunned the empty fascists were faced with the aircraft and tanks at franco's disposal these men and women came from across

spain and far beyond to protect york from fascism only two years before the outbreak of world war two. and then i think if we get it after that madrid was called the heroic city they fought tooth and nail if madrid fell the next poets agree franco would have won the war sooner they want to talk all about this here because it's so important not only for historians what happened here eighty years ago plays directly into the sense of outrage that many spanish people have about what's happening in catalonia right now the capsule as they say are using the campaign for independence as a historical crutch to cover up their own sense of entitlement and victimhood the sense that the cat's lands were the only people who suffered under franco when actually much of the rest of spain did too. in the nearby town which is nothing like as rich as much of modern catalonia the spanish flags are out in force large parts of spain suffered starvation after the war they will do it but the claims of the council are leadership for special sympathy and i look you up in april but here

we are sad and worried we can't repeat history during the civil war the town square was washed in blood it wasn't only one region that was suffering history can be read in more than one way. the legacy of franco is used in catalonia for a new sort of nationalism here though in an age of new european divisions they say it is a reason for unity lawrence lee of his era in the forum of early. kenyan police have fired on people protesting against proposed changes that would make it harder for the supreme court to know the election. two protesters were taken of up to hospital in the capital nairobi with gunshot wounds a rerun of august presidential vote is due to take place in two and a half weeks after the court nala fight her kenyatta's it reelect reelection citing irregularities the latest demonstration came as

a rights group released new figures saying thirty seven people were killed in the protests that followed the august election. we are being killed we're being tear gas and shaw said what have we done wrong why is it that when can you also support his stagecoaches they are not tortured or beaten. so no comment kenya is a democratic country and we want to allow people to play around with our rights as citizens we have a right to demonstrate right now one of us has been shot for no reason we are requesting the president to stop giving orders to hamas there are reports that secret trials have started in nigeria for more than six thousand people accused of being members of the armed group. the mass trials are reportedly being held behind closed doors by civilian judges at a military facility rights groups say they're worried about the lack of transparency decimated around twenty thousand people have been killed and millions displaced fearing eight years of fighting between government troops and the armed

groups. now angela merkel is to capture refugee intake at two hundred thousand a year in an attempt to unite coalition partners following last month's election the german chancellor made the announcement alongside horst c.e.o. for the leader of coalition partners c.s.c. of bavaria one of the strongest critics of marco's refugee policies merkel's christian democrats have been forced to pursue coalition a go share change with several parties following a worse than expected election result before me. before noon. i'm happy that we found a compromise we didn't make it easy for ourselves yesterday for many hours we discussed all facets of asylum law refugee law and immigration law in detail we also analyzed the current situation and it was clear that it is all about an overall concept an overall concept and a regulator a framework for migration. court in syria ever has acquitted a bosnian commander of war crimes now so orage and another military veteran were

found not guilty of crimes against three prisoners of war who were murdered in one thousand nine hundred two in srebrenica the ruling was greeted by both celebration and condemnation in bosnia many bosnian muslims regard the former commander as a hero for leading the defense of strep a need to cheering the war but families of bosnia and serbs killed in the war who view origin his troops as criminals walked out of the hearing in protest iran is promising to give a crushing response if the u.s. designates its elite revolutionary guard a terrorist group the pledge comes a week before president donald trump is expected to announce his rejection of the iran nuclear deal when that happens the u.s. congress will be able to impose new punitive measures iran says it's taking threats of any new sanctions very seriously the same bus ravi has this update from tehran. in the last few days the headlines here have been dominated by defiant rhetoric from iranian leaders who say that any actions by the united states to impose new

sanctions or to abandon the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal will be met with a strong response at a news conference iran's foreign ministry spokesman bufferin hasa me has said that it would be a strategic mistake for the white house to place the country's revolutionary guard corps on a list of terror organizations and that he hoped for a more rational response from the u.s. president the language in recent days from the revolutionary guard itself has been much stronger chief commander has said that if the united states was to take such an action then its bases in the region would be considered strategic targets and that its troops in the region would be given the same status in the eyes of the iranian forces as isis fighters and even as countries who helped negotiate the nuclear dealers the united states not to take any actions to abandon it iran wants people to know that it will need any new challenges from a position of strength it's posturing on both sides that is putting the obama administration's hard won nuclear deal in jeopardy and japanese broadcast has shown

what it says is the final video of the hof brother of north korean leader kim jong un before his death and malaysia in february fiji t.v. show came jong nam lying on a stretcher in an area next to a lift at kuala lumpur airport now died after the highly toxic v.x. nerve agent was smeared in his face as he waited for a flight to women a car and on trial in malaysia for the killing the final note about prize winner of twenty seventeen has been announced with the us academic richard thaler winning the award for economics is a professor of behavioral science at university of chicago is been acknowledged for his work on how human a check and distort rational markets you know wins one point one million dollars in prize money and says he will spend it as irrationally as possible. now hong kong's next exhibition emerging artists are getting a platform to showcase that work the fire presents creations by seventy artists

from around the world but as reports it's also an unusual event for hong kong a city which mostly caters to the well heeled and well established in the us well. it's being called the art fair for everyone you'll see established art experts those experiencing their first exhibit are technophiles curious about the app that makes the drawing come alive and the south african artist says it's not just the visitors who gain a unique perspective it actually just opens our eyes to different cultures two different ways of working to different materials to different kind of tasers into. the fair features work from nineteen different countries but it's these watercolors from a local painter that have captured the imagination of many. few people in hong kong . sketches mycenae paint the landscape but can't make up just people in that daily

lives she bought to pieces. as a good way out of expressing your heart because you can draw whatever you like on a blank piece of paper and. draw what's unusual about kenny is not just his age he's twelve or his talent but that is thriving in a society where academics and material wealth are valued above creativity his father an architect turned art teacher encouraged him to showcase his work. after. the way you doing the work. i've. just learned from which to choose which style but these learning opportunities are few and far between despite hong kong being a destination for international art collectors and buyers many years say the focus is on high end high profile events and there's very little attention given to nurturing young talent and creativity that's the theme of this artist's charcoal in

ink piece depicting. students eating pineapple buns a local snack as a metaphor for force feeding education system so there are a whole painting it's about transition from the home we're richard society and now we're able to have more creativity now in their leisure life organizers say the event not only gives artists exposure but will also allow the art world to see the city in a new light. in our jazeera hong kong. quick recap of the stories making headlines this hour a diplomatic dispute between washington and anchor is getting worse with turkey issuing a detention warrant for a second u.s. consulate worker the turkish lira has dropped sharply since both countries suspended visa services for each of his nationals turkish president. called the

halting of visas very upsetting a u.s. state department course want to patty called. the biggest impact is going to be on countries though both countries citizens they won't be able to necessarily travel between the countries tourism is going to take a hit obviously that's vital to the turkish economy and important to point out that tourism international tourism into the united states since president took office is also on the way down so this could have an economic impact the bigger question is what's the next step if they continue down this path and we've seen it turkey or the u.s. make the step turkey takes another step and it just keeps building so what are they building to let's not forget these countries are supposed to be very strong allies . at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying range of refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized kind of those who died which children and this is the third such incident since people started fleeing violence in myanmar's right kind state in orcus more than sixty people

drowned when two boats capsized last month the international committee of the red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan off to seven members of its staff were killed there this year six died in an attack on an aid convoy in february and last month a physiotherapist was shot dead by one of her patients and all the four workers have been abducted at least ten people have been killed in as strikes in syria as a live province despite it being part of a deescalation zone the strikes hit a if the popular market town of martel nomen still says that say strikes were launched by syrian government will planes iraqi forces of launched an operation to claim mines left by i still in how we after the group was driven out of the city last week during the two week offensive thousands of civilians and i still fight has fled the city. will have more on everything

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